Considering asgardeventide

[cinnamoning]

 I'm not sure about this, mundane.

If they find out I'm missing again - I don't think telling them that I was in a different world is going to count for a good excuse and the situation is problematic as it is.

I'm not sure I want to take that chance even if...going away for a while does sound tempting. 

Still. I think the wise move would be to wait a bit until everything clears out and then you can have your way without making me look like the bad guy here. 

....And then there's the superpowers thing in that place. Just. Let's talk once this is over, ok?

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[cinnamoning]

..Prince Charming.

[ Emma would smack him upside down and call him crazy but he's not David, then - ]

I don't...I live in Storybrooke. I always lived in Storybrooke.

[hasaname]

No. You have lived in many places - you were born in a palace. The evil queen drove you to hide in the forest. And now - now you are back in a palace - as my queen. You are loved by all, and I know not how I could ever have ruled a kingdom without you.

[cinnamoning]

I...don't think I'm the one you're looking for. I may look like her but -

I'm not a queen. I'm in prison now for a murder I didn't - I never killed anyone but that's what they call me. A criminal. I am not loved by everyone at all.

[hasaname]

Look at me - you are. You simply forgot.

I will rescue you, I swear to you. I will not let any harm come to you.

[cinnamoning]

It's her fault -

[ said more to herself but. ]

Regina. She said she knows I didn't kill anyone but...that I deserve it anyway. I don't know why - what did I ever do to her but she loathes me. She wants me gone.

[hasaname]

She has always hated you, for a child's mistake - a child's innocence. But it will be alright. Good cannot lose.

[cinnamoning]

It already has. Dav - James. Everyone but Emma think that I'm a killer.

[hasaname]

They are blinded by the curse. It is a setback - not a defeat.

[cinnamoning]

I don't know how to win this. And you - David, he thinks I might have done it too.

[hasaname]

[That blow hurts more than anything. For something to cause him to lose faith in Snow? No, he cannot accept it.]

I believe in you. I will always believe in you.

[cinnamoning]

[ Yet she says it anyway, almost pleading, since no one else but Emma does. ]

I didn't kill her. I would never hurt anyone. I loved - I love David but I would never kill his wife.

[hasaname]

You could never hurt anyone - they must be mad not to see it. I will make them see it.

[cinnamoning]

You really love your wife, don't you? I'm sorry. That you were pulled away from one another.

[ His wife that is not her. ]

[hasaname]

Yes - I love you with all my heart, Snow. I will make you remember - if it's the last thing I do, I will make you remember.

[cinnamoning]

Remember that I'm Snow White? So we can live happily ever after?

[ it's a pained smile. She's not even sure she believes in the idea of happily ever after anymore. ]

[hasaname]

[He smiles]

Yes.

[cinnamoning]

...I'm sorry. That I'm not - that I don't remember.

[hasaname]

No - [he strokes her cheek] you need not apologize. The queen is at fault here, but I will find a way to fix this, I swear to you.

[cinnamoning]

Emma is - she's twenty-eight, James.

[ at least she didn't get it wrong this time. ]

She's not a child.

[hasaname]

[He closes his eyes for a moment, trying not to think of all those lost years]

Then everything is in line to break to curse.

[cinnamoning]

...It is?

[hasaname]

Emma will save us all.

[cinnamoning]

Emma?

[ She loves her friend but Emma works for Regina, after all. ]

[hasaname]

Emma. We saved her from the curse - and only she can save us.

[cinnamoning]

[ This is all surreal. It's one thing to have Henry claim you were meant for each other and believing her to be Snow White; a whole other thing to have someone looking like David claiming to be Prince Charming and supporting the same version of events.

w h a t d o. ]

Well if anyone is stubborn enough.