voice testing. oh my god i am collecting too many of these.

[roused]

I know what you're doing. You're going to set me up in here and just let me collect dust, is that it?

I won't have it. I won't. Why is it that you want to doubt me, too? Do you want me to prove myself?

I don't have time. There are - intruders that I must eliminate. For Phillip's sake. And I'll keep Mulan safe. Because he asked me to.

I slept for twenty-eight years, in case you forgot. I won't be still anymore.

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[makingfire]

[She would like to see how you would keep her safe, your highness.

She's the one with the sword after all]

[roused]

[Truth be told, she hasn't thought that through yet. That'll probably come on impulse. In the meantime, does crossing her arms and looking "regal" help?]

Yes?

[makingfire]

[Maybe until they come across a real threat. Somehow she doesn't see that being effective against a troll.

She shakes her head] It's nothing.

[roused]

[She can - hit it with something. That'll work. Right?]

The ones who brought the wraith. We're not taking them with us, right?

[makingfire]

[Learning to use a knife would probably be more useful.

She'll teach you. Maybe.]

We'll figure out what to do with them once we find out who they are, and how they brought it.

[roused]

[And then she'll do her best and not be a bother at all. Promise.

Okay, maybe a little bother. Comes with the territory.]

How do we get the truth out of them?

[makingfire]

They will tell us what we want to know if they want to get out of here safely.

[She won't know if it's the truth though. She won't trust anything they say.]

[roused]

[Of course. That makes sense. Still -]

And if they don't? We'll leave them?

[That seems like something someone brave and imposing would do, after all. Leave it up to an ultimatum.]

[makingfire]

[It's against her warrior code to leave two defenceless women alone in a dangerous place...

but they did play a part in killing Philip]

Maybe.

[swanprincess]

[One of the intruders would like to point out that she has no idea what's going on, where the hell she is, let alone who the hell you are. Then again, she hasn't actually seen you and the warrior with the sword yet, so that may play a hand in this. Oops.]

[roused]

[DOESN'T MATTER. You clearly had a hand in killing Phillip. That's what matters.]

What are you doing here?

[swanprincess]

I don't even know where here is.

[She kept thinking how how Regina has said this world didn't exist anymore, assuming this was "Fairy-tale Land"]

[roused]

Really? You brought a wraith to kill my prince, and you expect me to believe you have no idea where you are?

[swanprincess]

Listen, I didn't bring anything with me. Not on purpose at least. We didn't even know where the wraith would go when we tried sending it through the damn hat, and we certainly didn't know that it go off and kill your prince or whatever; that's also assuming it's the same wraith!

[There can totally be more than just one of those things, right? Right?]

So I'm sorry for your prince, I am. But I honestly haven't a clue as to where the hell I am right now, and the last thing I want to do is argue about it with someone I don't even know.

[roused]

A hat.

[Okay, maybe you're just confused.]

Even if you weren't in control of it - if - you had to know what it was capable of. You had to know it could mark anyone it came into contact with, regardless of where it went.

[swanprincess]

Yes, a hat. The Mad Hatter's hat, actually. [Wow. She couldn't believe just how ridiculous that sounded out loud.]

Look, the only reason we were sending it away was because we were trying to save the person who was mark in my world. We have no idea your prince was also marked.

[Frankly, she had no idea this place even existed, so!]

[roused]

And who was that?

[Said too haughtily. There's exactly a zero percent chance that whoever it was was more important that Phillip. She crosses her arms and glares.]

You sound mad.

[cursedtosleep]

[Well... Aurora is... surprised? Yeah, let's go with surprised because that sounds like a lovely word right now.]

good.

[roused]

[Okay, yeah something is strange about this. Really strange. But then again, so is everything else, so she's going to do her best to ignore it.]

Is something wrong?

[cursedtosleep]

My writer... tells me your name is Aurora... [And you know, Phillip, kingdoms, Aurora's not a fool.]

[roused]

It is. You've - heard as well, I'm assuming? Of the curse. [Because let's be real - who hasn't? That's totally what's going on here. Totally. Definitely.]

[cursedtosleep]

Well... My name is also Aurora and my husband is named Phillip... Your curse... you... were you put asleep as well?

[roused]

[...Oh.]

Yes. I was.

You mean - there's some way that you are together? There's a way that I can get him back?

[cursedtosleep]

Of course we are together. And if you love him, then you will get him back.

But... where is he? What has happened to him?

[roused]

The wraith. [As though it's the most obvious thing in the world.]

If we really are as similar as it seems, your Phillip was marked, as well, right?