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[unprepared]

I get it, you're on a life thing, you've got classes and weird hijinks going down on your personal life sidelines. So the whole missing the last three episodes deal? Totally understandable.

I mean, it sucks, because we're probably all half-dead - that so can go both ways in terms of meaning, right - and there's the whole villain resurrection issue that you've spoiled yourself all the way to Hell on despite your better judgment, by which I mean why were you checking tumblr, dude, you know better than that, you've only got yourself to blame—

But it's cool. Don't let it get you down.

...Ooooor you could let it bother you all day for the last few days, why not. It's not like the season finale's next week, right? Penultimate episode of the season just aired, there's probably a ton of gut-wrenching "feels" again. You're so missing out on everything and wow, awesome, now you're listening to me? Really?

You know, sometimes it's like you're Scott. I am not comforted by this thought.

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[puppysitting]

Muns tend to listen at the last second. Or when its too late, from what I've learned.

It'd probably be for the best if your mun takes it slow with those last three episodes. It's a lot to take in, from what my mun says, at least.

[unprepared]

Yeah, it's been extremely alarming how much yelling's been going on in the usual internet hangouts this past three weeks. It wasn't this bad early on in the season, what the hell, is anyone going to survive this show for certain other than Scott?

—Don't answer that. Not honestly. I fully encourage lying on that one.

[puppysitting]

I'll... actually have to agree with you on that part. Things have gotten a lot more extreme this time around.

But, let your mun savor the ignorance for a while.

[unprepared]

Ignorance is painful, though, and it'd be just my luck if my player gets the time to watch right before the season finale airs. Wanna bet on my horrible feeling that it's going to be actual case?

[unprepared]

...Wait, you're not dead, are you?

[puppysitting]

No. I'm not dead.

[quirks a brow though]

You seem to be pretty concerned. Unless you were asking in place of your mun.

[unprepared]

What, I can't ask? Do you realize how unfair that is? How many questions of yours have I answered? How many of mine have you answered?

[Granted, Stiles is all questions half the time, but that's no excuse for you.]

Look, usually when something's trying to kill you, that something ends up trying to kill everyone else around you along the way — there's reason to be concerned. You have to have noticed that too.

[puppysitting]

[Stiles had a good point there. Might as well give him some slack this time around.] Alright, alright, I get it.

It's just that, there's not much I can say without giving something away.

[And his mun is being strict with him about spoilers.]

[unprepared]

We could do it Twenty Questions style? Keep it yes-or-no? That works loads of times on TV.

[ The internet and TV are valid sources of information and no one can tell him otherwise.

Deep breaths, though. You still haven't gotten rid of the eyebrow thing you always do, Derek Hale, and it's still intimidating a whole season later. ]

I mean, if that's cool with you. Because I'm down with not getting answers if that means having a painless conversation. —How is it even a thing in my life that I have to qualify conversations, anyway?

[puppysitting]

[He could list so many things that were wrong with that first statement, but c'mon. It was Stiles he was talking to here.]

Painless conversation works for me. If it's possible that is.

[Sure, the two of them talked, but only when it dealt with Scott, the Argents, Peter, the Kanima... anything that cause their paths to cross. Other than that? Not so much. Derek was more concerned about his pack after all.]

[unprepared]

[ Wow, Derek. After taking great pains not to shed light on that particularly bad phrasing, you just had to shove it right back to focus, didn't you. It's like you hate me. ]

Okay. Awesome. Scott isn't dying, obviously, so... Hm. Mama Argent's shoulder is gonna be an issue, isn't it?

Just yes or no. Shake an eyebrow if it's somewhere in between.

[ Hey look no steering wheels! ]

[puppysitting]

[JUST GIVES HIM A DRY STARE, and slumps his shoulders. Oh Stiles why. WHY.]

Obviously it would be.

[unprepared]

[ BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT and you and Scott kind of suck in different ways when it comes to addressing important things. At least Scott starts his difference with the letter A. Stiles is on to you both. ]

Right. So. Are the werebabies safe? Relative terms. Safe can be synonymous with marginally alive, I'm not going to be picky.

[wolfteen]

I listen to you! [ Beat. ] Mostly.

I'm not sure the last episode is anything to look forward to, though. We're falling apart, man. All of us are, but especially Allison. I don't know how to fix it anymore.

[unprepared]

[ You're getting what is probably the fondest lineface in the history of linefaces, Scott. ]

See, that right there is why this is bad.

And no offense, Scott, but you're kind of pretty bad at fixing things without help, but it's turned out pretty well thanks to... luck? Come on, how bad can it be?

[wolfteen]

No. [ His eyebrows lift. He's totally serious now, okay Stiles? ] Do not say that. Every time someone says something like that, the bad gets worse, and I'm already freaking out here. All of our plans suck and nothing's working. [ And he's the king of optimism. ] It's like, the story of our lives now.

[unprepared]

...Dude, since when did you start channeling me?

[ It's a sign of complete and utter badness that Scott McCall is the pessimist in this conversation. ]

I'm gonna regret watching the last four episodes of this season, aren't I?

[wolfteen]

[ Folding his arms. ] I told you I listened to you.

There's just. Things aren't going how I want. Allison won't even talk to me, and Derek...

You'll see what I mean.

[unprepared]

Yeah, you listen to me most of time, and usually under pain of literal death. It's not all that reassuring, Scott.

This cryptic BS is so not your look, man. [ It's so unsettling that he's the one who doesn't have a good handle on the situation, like this. He's not any help like this, and it makes Stiles feel closer to useless than he usually does. ]

[wolfteen]

[ In reality, Scott would be totally screwed without Stiles, and he knows it. ]

Hey, we're still in it together. That part didn't change. It's the same old story, we're in trouble because of what everyone else is doing. I'm seriously tired of that theme, man.

[unprepared]

[ See, Stiles doesn't think that. Well, he does sometimes hope that Scott'll, you know, grow a brain cell sometimes, maybe buy a clue or ten, but 4 out 5 times Stiles has ever questioned Scott's survival rates it's always in jest.

You come through when you absolutely need to, as far as Stiles is concerned. ]

Theme of our lives, buddy; just be glad the Jaws theme hasn't started following us around yet.

And that I didn't just jinx us by saying that, but knowing our luck, it's probably a moot point by now.

[wolfteen]

[ Stiles is basically the only person Scott trusts to always be on his side. He can't even trust Allison for that, especially not these days. So when it comes to someone coming through for him? It's always Stiles, consistently. ]

Are you kidding? The kanima needs its own theme music.

If we come through this, I want a vacation, no packs allowed.

[unprepared]

[ When Stiles hoped you'd focus on someone other than Allison for a bit this wasn't at all how he would've wanted it to happen.

They're so boned. ]

We could do with Gollum's hissy muttering in the mean time?

You know, actually, let's just move like one city over. Just a vacation wouldn't cut it. Bring your mom and my dad along, and all that. [ He's mostly kidding. ]

[wolfteen]

[ Mostly kidding, nothing. Right now that sounds like an awesome idea. ]

You know, we could do that, and five minutes after we got there, we'd still see Derek stalking us from the forest. We need somewhere with, like, zero trees. And maybe a lifetime ban on old leather.

[unprepared]

Well we can't go to New York, Derek's already been there. Plus he knows how to drive.

[ Derek's probably left some kind of territorial scent there, anyway. ]

San Francisco, maybe? Tokyo?