Spoilers ~ Selfless, Brave, and True

[enchantedsnow]

[She's pacing- obviously conflicted, confused... you name it.]
Well, Mundane, I suppose that if August was given a chance at redemption, perhaps I will be as well...
...but at what cost? August is basically back to the very beginning of his life..almost as if time was turned back. It seems as if some of his memories have been erased as well. I can't even bear the thought... [Mun is not exactly happy about this arrangement.]

Charming seems to believe that there is some other way to stop the darkness in my heart from spreading- a way that wouldn't cost me the way August's own mistakes cost him.

Just like him to have so much faith in me... [She shakes her head, reaching down to nervously twirl her ring.] I would love to be able to agree with him, but the only way to save August was by use of magic...and you know how magic works. It always comes with a price.

[A deep, lengthy sigh. Oh, the uncertainty. So painful, yet so unshakable.]

(OOC: I know I can't be the only one who's seriously hating on Tamara right now. FORREAL. No more adult August. I just...)

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[lifes_short_pop]

((OOC: Oh, no kidding. But apparently that #$#$% hasn't really figured out the price tag or how "be careful what you wish for" applies in the Horowitz-Kitiss universe. It'll backfire, and I'll be there with popcorn.))

Darkness is part of everyone's heart. You gave in, and now you'll have to fight harder to hold it back. But the trick seems to be to keep fighting.

At least...I hope that's how it goes. Looks like I'll be putting the theory to the test real soon. Watching your universe gave my mun some ideas.

[enchantedsnow]

((OOC: Oh I know! I can't wait for the moment when she gets what's coming to her. When and where? I'll be joining in, ha!))

[She nods.] I just never thought that I would be coming back from something like this..

...You're right about that. It will take a fight to keep the darkness out- now that it's there..and seems to be looking for outlets to grow. [She winces, remembering that out-of-character moment in the woods when she hit Gepetto. It wasn't her...]

[A light chuckle.]
That may not be a good thing. My Mundane doesn't always get the greatest ideas from happenings in Storybrooke. Especially recently..Things haven't been going so great in town. For anyone..

[lifes_short_pop]

Keep fighting, and trust those who love you when you can't trust yourself. I'll keep hoping on my end for what it's worth.

As for the ideas? Well...mun already had them, but your situation's just giving her some ways to carry it out.

You see, I don't know details...yet. But what I do know is that she's going to send us back to that other world; Sam, Sam's girlfriend I don't know yet, my parents...We're all going to have to fight our darker impulses and face up to the things we had to do in the other world to survive. I know my father's been fighting some kind of silent war for years, and my brother...

[He visibly winces, and sighs heavily.]

I don't even want to contemplate what he's fighting inside himself. Even the little I've heard here is bad enough. I...I've never met him before this. I just know of the hero he used to be; stories from when I was a kid. He won't know me or really understand why I want to help. He might even hurt me or worse, but...

[He feels like a silly little kid for even saying this...]

Even if he doesn't know what I am to him or what it means, I have to try.