fourth scream ♚ video ♚ both courts ♚ locked so the alphaaaa can't see bc he doesn't need to know

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( there is an edge of panic to her voice, though she tries very hard to suppress it. she has clearly been crying, her makeup a streaked mess. behind her sit prada, and both of allison argent's hounds. )

What happens when a person leaves the Drabwurld? Where do they go? What happens to them?

( allison is dead at home. what does that mean? )

These dogs came to my door today. So I thought maybe they got away from Allison. They're hers. But no, I went to her room, and it's empty. It's like no one ever lived there at all... I can't reach her on the lockets, either. Allison Argent - has anyone seen her? If she's gone...

( she takes a breath to steady herself, licks her lips, tries to soothe her nerves. )

What happens to a person if they disappear from this world, but they've died in the world they're from? Because she's -- she's gone. ( then, in a quieter voice, little more than a whisper thick with emotion ) Stiles?

Allison's gone.

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[herotypical]

Like where? A giant pot of honey? Because I've been partial to vinegar, myself, when it comes to fly-attracting techniques.

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A container made from a magic tree?

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[herotypical]

Or that. That'll do. That'll probably very much do.

[ she doesn't even sound surprised. buffy summers is right now the definition of non-plussed. ]

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( lydia narrows her eyes slightly because the level of nonplussedness is pretty... high... ) I'm guessing you've got some experience with the supernatural?

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[herotypical]

I've snapped a few wishbones in my day.

[ understatement. ]

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Are you a hunter? ( she seems actually a little happy to hear this. )

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[herotypical]

A hunter? [ oh no she sounds almost a little indignant. it's not your fault, hun. this just happens to be a sore spot. a very sore very hypocritical spot. ] Puh-lease. I don't hunt. I'm not the hunting kind.

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( lydia's surprised by the tone, because most hunters are proud of what they do. ) My best friend was a hunter. Maybe they're different where you're from. ( she purses her lips thoughtfully. ) What is it that you do, then?

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[herotypical]

I -- uh...

Work. In a high school. Regular nine-to-five. Well, okay, ten-to-maybe-three. But it's something.

[ and she doesn't sound convincing. mostly because her curiousity was getting the better of her: ] What exactly is a hunter?

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And what, exactly, does working in a high school have to do - at all - with the supernatural?

( lydia thinks it's pretty self-explanatory, please forgive the very skeptical look you're going to get. she's silent for a moment as she thinks, then her eyes narrow and she takes buffy in. ) Do you by any chance speak French?

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[herotypical]

What? No. [ carefully avoiding that first question. ] I mean -- I know fromage and I know les pantalons but...trust me, there's only a very few very specific sentences you can cobble together with that level of linguistic ability. And they all suck.

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Well, the family -- my best friend's family, they've been hunters for centuries. Their last name is Argent. In French, pronounced argent, it means silver. A werewolf's weakness is silver. And their motto has been, for a very long time, nous chassons ceux qui nous chassent. - We hunt those who hunt us. But... My best friend... She felt a little differently about it. Nous protégeons ceux qui ne peuvent pas se protéger eux-mêmes. We protect those who cannot protect themselves. Unfortunately, some of her other family members lost sight of... What they were there for, why they were hunters. They became killers instead... But she never -- ( lydia's voice cracks. ) - She was always strongwilled about it.

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[herotypical]

Strong is a good will to have, as wills go. Does she -- uhm -- get along with her family?

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Some of them. But their practices... She thought they were outdated. That they needed to protect people that needed it, instead of solely hunting predators.