Video - Day 319

[teenyoda]

[There's a face that might be familiar to some people appearing onscreen. It looks a little less perky than it usually does and seems to be needing a moment before actually speaking.]

Hey. I don't know what happened, but I could swear I'd gone home for a while. But I'm back here again and... yeah.

I guess a few people missed me, judging by the messages waiting for me. I'll get to those in a bit, but I thought I'd let everyone know I'm back. Scott... I guess I'll see you when you've got some time. I hope things have been quiet and I have no idea how long I've been gone, so any heads up on that would be appreciated.

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So happy my pain makes you happy.

[teenyoda]

It's open, Derek. You're here. You're talking. You don't need to come in to do that. What do you want?

[Because Derek knew in some strange way that in the future... they got along. And it scares him.]

always

[predators]

[ but see, you can just close the door on him if they talk like this. but, but, fine. he sighs, deep and annoyed. ]

What happens? Tell me everything you know.

[ maybe if he didn't know about erica's death, maybe if the other isaac from the future hadn't hated him, maybe then he wouldn't ask. but now he needs to know. ]

psst. guess what?

[teenyoda]

I can't.

[Okay, that was a lie. He could, he just didn't want to. There were things he didn't want to say to Derek because he'd seen how much they'd wrecked him when they'd happened. And he knew more about him now and it just made it awkward.]

what B|

[predators]

[ not quite what he is expecting..... though it does just make his expression turn darker. ]

You've never failed at talking before, I don't see how now is any different.

I ♥ u

[teenyoda]

Hey, if you want a long and lengthy conversation on how you've become more and more allergic to shaving, I can do that. But...

[He sighed and scrubbed a hand over his hair.]

I don't know, Derek. Can we just say that a lot of bad stuff happened?

oh u////////u

[predators]

[ you can't just say something like that and expect him to leave it. ]

I know the future isn't pretty. I need the details, Stiles.

=)

[teenyoda]

Maybe you're not supposed to have all the details.

[Maybe he didn't want to see that look on Derek's face again, okay?]

uwu

[predators]

If you think hiding the details is going to do anyone any favors, you're wrong. [ it had been frustrating enough when isaac had known things, when he'd had to wait for his beta to talk to scott instead of him about the things isaac future-self had told him. he's not about to wait around this time just because stiles can't deal. ]

[teenyoda]

I could be right. I could be the most right I've ever been about anything. And I'm right a surprisingly large percent of the time. I have a very good evil radar.

[predators]

You need to tell me. I'm not going to be left in the dark about this, Stiles. [ oh, look, some of that anger is back. ]

[teenyoda]

Maybe you should be.

[This was said almost quietly, that brown eye peeking through looking down at his hand on the door.]

[predators]

[ the moment those words leave stiles' mouth, derek's punching the wall next to your door, fist breaking the paint and drywall, small pieces of both littering the floor. better the wall than your face, right? ]

You don't get to decide that.

[teenyoda]

Maybe I do?

[He flinches when that happens. He can't help it.]

Derek... Maybe you don't want to know this.

[predators]

No, you don't. Erica is dead, and Isaac wanted nothing to do with me. I want to know why.

[ he has a right to know, he's their alpha and something had caused all of that shit to go down. and if there's more? he'd rather not pretend all is well when it isn't. ]

[teenyoda]

They're dead because of the Alphas. Not because of you, okay? Deucalion and his little pack came through and screwed everything up.

[There's anger in his tone, a lot of repressed anger. Fear as well. And hurt. Heather wouldn't be dead if the Alphas hadn't come through. Jennifer wouldn't have come if they hadn't. Boyd, Erica... They'd all be fine if those goddamn Alphas hadn't... if Gerard hadn't...

He lets go of the door and moves away from it, going back to sit on his bed because standing was suddenly too much work.]

[predators]

[ it isn't the alphas that has him pausing, nor the way stiles seems to shut down about the whole subject, though that doesn't spell out anything good. it's that first few words, they force him to step inside the room once stiles moves away from the door, quiet dread pooling in his stomach. ]

They?

[teenyoda]

[Oh... Oh shit. Way to go, Stilinski. Tell him you're not going to tell him, then make a huge goddamn slip up like that. Crap.]

Derek...

[Don't make him say it, Derek.]

[predators]

[ it's enough that erica is dead, that she doesn't have much of a future to return to, but someone else suffers the same fate now? he can't back off about this, not anymore. ]

What happened.

[teenyoda]

[You're an asshole, Derek. He hates you, Derek.]

Boyd. They...

They hold you down and drop him on your claws. He was already weakened by the electricity.

He dies. I'm sorry, Derek.

1/2

[predators]

[ boyd. no-- boyd isn't supposed to die. no one is, not besides erica and that's bad enough, bad enough because he'd let them go, let both of them go, let them leave when he should have fought to keep them safe instead, to work things out--

and drop him on your claws

so boyd dies by his hand, because he's not strong enough to fight the alphas? stiles' words aren't a lot to go by, don't build him much of an image of what goes down by it's enough for him to know he's failed, that he will fail his betas, and it'll cost him not one, but two lives.

what else did you expect--

and he's just stuck here. unable to do anything, useless and stuck-- ]

[predators]

[ he's quiet for a long time, something between anger and failure wrestling in his gut, both eager to lash out. in the end though, all he ends up is asking; ]

What else.

[ what else happens, who else dies, what more is there. ]

[teenyoda]

[He didn't want to do this. Couldn't Derek see he didn't want to do this? He wasn't enjoying watching Derek be in pain. Not like this. He scrambled for something to bring out of it that wasn't absolute shit.]

Cora. Cora's alive and you find her with Boyd. The Alphas had her.

[predators]

Cora? [ it's a leap from one thing to another, though this one leaves him more shocked and silent than upset and angry. cora-- cora who he'd thought he'd lost in the fire, is alive? unless--

there's a step or two taken towards stiles, his eyes flashing with something intense as his hands twitch at his sides, itching for claws. ]

I swear if you're messing with me right now, Stiles.

[teenyoda]

Why would I mess with you? Especially about that? We didn't even know you had another sister until she showed up.

[His hands are lifted defensively, eyes wide as he stares up at Derek.]

[predators]

She died-- I thought she died in the fire, and you're telling me she's alive? How?

[ and it's not like he's ever been otherwise open about his family, past laura... and her only because stiles and scott dug up her body. ]