Video - Seelie/Unseelie

[teenyoda]

[Stiles hasn't used the lockets until today, a day spent flicking mostly through the posts and seeing how to actually work this thing and, oh, okay. Like that. It was like a weird magical phone set to Skype. Okay. He could do that.

Smile into the camera, Stiles.]

Hey there, uh, fairy people. And non-fairy people. And, uh, the draconically inclined. Or furry. I don't... just... hi. So, in light of the whole worm thing, which by the way, eww, I have a question. Since there seem to be a lot of, um, not exactly human people around and ones who have skills with like, swords and magic and stuff, ah, what... hypothetically speaking, would someone who was just a regular, normal, average human be able to do here? You know, besides hiding under tables and throwing rocks ineffectively?

[This was a very important question, Drabwurld. He wasn't a werewolf or a wizard or witch or... any of the multitude of people here that he'd run into. His coordination was subpar and, well, he didn't really have any skills that included cutting the heads off of giant worms or not getting eaten by dragons if they felt the need.]

Just, ah, I guess just reply here, if you want. Or leave a message if you're looking at it later. 'Kay. Uh, thanks.

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[teenyoda]

Glad it worked. Now, do you have any tips for how I can be something other than worm bait here?

[altercate]

You've been doing fine so far. You're still alive.

[ and isn't that a loaded statement. ]

[teenyoda]

So I've noticed.

[Ouch, Derek. Ouch. Right in the feels.]

[altercate]

Why are you asking about this?

[ aka are you planning on doing something stupid? ]

[teenyoda]

What do you expect me to do, Derek. Sit and try to get the fairies to braid my hair?

[altercate]

You don't have enough hair to braid.

[ yet. ]

Do what you do at home. You don't need to go out fighting worms.

[teenyoda]

And what exactly do I do at home? Oh, that's right, get right in the middle of things.

[Look.]

[altercate]

Within reason.

[ haha who is derek kidding there is never any reason. ]

[teenyoda]

Are you actually trying to make a case for me being logical, Derek?

[altercate]

I'm making a case for you having better survival skills than this.

[teenyoda]

Sure, I've got good survival instincts, but I can't just... sit on my ass while you guys potentially get hurt. Specialness or not.

[altercate]

Why not?

[teenyoda]

[Eye roll.]

Have you met me? Like, do you know me at all?

[altercate]

There's other ways to be useful than to put yourself in danger here.

[ don't roll your eyes at him!! ]

And you didn't bring your baseball bat.

[teenyoda]

There are trees. I'm sure I could make one.

[Unfortunately, him and wooden bats sucked.]

[altercate]

Maybe you should.

[ because that would keep stiles busy for a while, and derek's all about that. ]

[teenyoda]

... You know, I'm not completely useless.

I'd think out of everyone here, you'd realize that.

[altercate]

Don't put words in my mouth, Stiles.

[ sharply, faintly defensive. ]

[teenyoda]

Please. Offering for me to go make a bat is like jangling keys in my face to distract me. I'm not a baby, Derek. Or useless.

[altercate]

I'm not saying you're useless. Stop acting like a child and maybe I won't treat you like one.

[teenyoda]

Stop treating me like one. Making me sit down, telling me to stay out of things. I'm not that fragile, Derek.

[altercate]

[ there is a frustrated pause. ]

I told you to stop putting words in my mouth, and find a way to help that isn't going to end with you getting eaten by killer worms.

[ he doesn't say that stiles almost died. that's a level of concern derek isn't comfortable airing publically. ]

[teenyoda]

I'm all for not winding up being digested, partially or fully, by anything. I just don't know what that is. But sending me off to go do something stupid and useless isn't going to help me or you or anyone who's actually out there, Derek.

I'm not a front liner, but I'm not useless.

[altercate]

Then don't go make a bat.

[ sharply, though stiles has a point. derek knows he has a point, but it's just-- ]

Take Allison up on her offer.

[ are you really surprised derek was creeping on your conversations. ]

[teenyoda]

Are you--

Dude. Are you stalking my calls?

[SUBJECT CHANGE.]