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[well hello there, tranquility. meet isaac. again. while he might not be the biggest fan of putting himself out there when he doesn't need to, he knows it's only going to be a matter of time until he's recognized here by people who'd met him before. so it stands to reason that he gets this over and done with now. on his own terms.]

I was told that I've been here before, which is- [a huff of amusement. too bad the humor is missing] Well, it's kinda strange to think about. [UNDERSTATEMENT] But then again, everything about this place is strange anyway, so I guess that's already pretty normal for some of you.

[okay, yes. there is actually a point to all this]

I guess...I'm just wondering how many of you here knew me. Before. And how well, I suppose. I can't promise I'll be the same guy you knew, but-

Yeah. Hi.

[and yes, he actually waves once there. awkwardly. he's trying okay]

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[well. the idea of stiles actually keeping it around doesn't sit well with him. but he's scott's friend. scott trusts him, which means- well, he's still stuck in the middle of trying to work that out completely. but for now, it at least means that the wolfsbane isn't his problem anymore. which is enough.]

Yeah, Derek gave me a pile of stuff right after the Jump. They were sharing a room, so I guess it all got left behind there.

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Same thing happened to me when I turned up. Dad dumped me with a bunch of stuff from... from uh, the "last time" I was here.

[ the bunny ears are audible. he rolls his eyes. being the doppelgänger is weird and he still hates it. ]

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[wait, hold on a second there.]

You don't remember being here before either?

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Yeah. There was a dude here for four, maybe five jumps? Just like me, except not me because I don't remember being him.

[ a little shrug. ]

I have a theory that I'm his 616 alternate, but it's unconfirmed.

[ and he assumes scott mk. ii, and now isaac: the sequel, are from his universe too. ]

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So does that mean we have to play Q&A with everyone from our world? Cause I'm pretty sure that won't go down well.

[despite the conversation, isaac ends up edging a little further away. nothing personal, stiles. but sticking around in an enclosed area with that plant isn't ever going to be a good idea.]

Did Scott tell you what the other-you got up to here?

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[ he gets it. he considers trying to — muffle it somehow, but scott could smell it through the bag that time in the jeep. he goes in the other direction, puts some space between them as he heads to the lifts. not like isaac won't be able to hear him. ]

A variety of people filled me in.

[ peter, derek, lydia, kate freaking argent. strangers he'd never met before acting like they were bros. his tone is a little dry. ]

Scott went through it too, this is his second time 'round.

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[while he's grateful that stiles is taking the initiative here, he doesn't say anything about it. instead, his grateful look is solely due to the fact that they really are alone in there, so he doesn't have to shout to be heard in response. that's the only reason. obviously.]

We're all from the same place though, right? Derek never mentioned anything about that. [about the possibility of the five of them not sharing the same memories.]

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Well, you know Derek. He's not great at filling in the details.

[ understatement of the century. stiles gives a little huff of laughter. ]

Lydia's from the future. I dunno, it's complicated. But from what I've checked with Scott and Derek, we all have the same intel.

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[that he can definitely agree with. derek's never been the type to share more than he thinks is necessary, back home. there's no reason to think things would be any different here.]

Has Lydia told you much? About whenever she's from. [about why she's suddenly so interested in being considered one of the pack. jackson isn't going to join them, so there's no reason for her to share even a passing interest in derek's pack. it makes no sense to him for that to change here, even if it's just for extra protection while she's stuck on the ship.]

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She's told me some stuff, yeah. As she tells it? We all end up one big happy werewolf family.

[ stiles' tone is hard to read. he still thinks it's stupid, but — he'd kinda hedged his bets on it, hadn't he? and the pack thing isn't working out too poorly. ]

Jackson, Danny, me, Scott, even Allison.

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Jackson, Danny, and Allison?

[if he'd heard that before, he'd have even less of a reason to trust lydia. that has to be a joke. or a trick. or something. because he knows there's absolutely no way that derek would ever include allison in the pack. and quite why danny would have ever entered the equation, he doesn't know.]

That makes no sense. Allison tried to kill us- [of course, gerard was a large part of that. but she hadn't second-guessed herself as far as he saw] -so why would she ever want to join us?

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[ stiles hadn't really given it that much thought, too selfishly hung up on his own issues, his own reasons why that would never freaking happen. ]

Hey, look, it's not my future. But I guess if Scott did, and they were, you know...

[ he shrugs, smacks the button to call the elevator. they're "off again" right now but he has faith that those two crazy kids are gonna work it out. ]

I'm gonna go lock this up where it can't give my pals a case of the furries. But I hang out in the Space Bar a whole bunch, if you wanna compare memories sometime.

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[it still doesn't make any sense to him, but he knows he can't really question stiles about it. not when they're both (kind of) on the same page about it all. the pack is suddenly four times as big as it was before he arrived, and only one person here really knows how that happened.]

You hang out in a bar? [though that isn't really the part that earns the brunt of his surprise. instead, it's the simple fact that stiles opened up an invitation in the first place. they may not be enemies anymore, but they're not exactly friends either. the only thing they have in common now is their friendship with scott (even though his own pales in comparison to stiles'). so meeting up without him around seems...strange. and kind of welcome too.]

Twenty-one probably means nothing here anyway. [shrug. okay, he can play this off like it's not a big deal to him that the offer even exists.] I guess I could drop by at some point.