a muse returns!

[tarblacksoul]

Welcome back, love.

Now let's try to get me up to speed, shall we? I hate being out of the loop and I know how much you want to play with me.

..What? You didn't like that?

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[lostswan]

I'm gonna guess ..."no."

[tarblacksoul]

But it's all part of my charm.

[lostswan]

Oh, is that what it is?

[tarblacksoul]

Of course. You certainly keep me around.

[lostswan]

Trust me. Your charm has nothing to do with it.

[tarblacksoul]

Is it for my ship? If it is, Regina is certainly being dethroned as the ice queen.

[lostswan]

It's for your help. Your ship and your services, wasn't that it? The ship will only get us so far.

And if anyone can navigate us through freakin' [stiiilll weird to say, so she can't help the slight hesitation] Neverland, I'm thinking Captain Hook's a pretty sure bet. Am I wrong?

[tarblacksoul]

[LET HIM GET SERIOUS FOR A SECOND.]

No, you're right.

And I do admire your lack of hesitance to just jump into a different world.

[lostswan]

[CAN WE NOT. (FINE.)]

Yeah well, I don't exactly have a choice. My son needs me.

[Plus Neverland won't be SO bad. Right? RIGHT?]

[tarblacksoul]

Commendable.

[Neverland is horrible. Mermaids are horrible.]

[lostswan]

[With that cautiously appraising Emmaish look (he's so much easier to figure out when he's being a perv goddammit):]

Thanks.

[tarblacksoul]

[Believe him, interacting with her is easier when he's being a perv.]

So! Have you ever regretted being born to your charming father and your mother?

[lostswan]

[WOW that took a turn. Why you gotta go there, Hook?]

What the hell kind of question is that.

[Other than one she is just totally gonna avoid, obviously.]

wow real life is hard!!!

[tarblacksoul]

[He's blunt, what can he say?]

A curious one. Your life hasn't been much easier since you came to Storybrooke has it?

I knoooow I've been there =( that's what these distractions are for!

[lostswan]

[Easy? What is this strange and unfamiliar thing you speak of.]

Things might've been simpler before Storybrooke, yeah. But I don't really make a habit out of expecting things to be easy. The second you do ... someone throws a dragon at you and tells you to slay it.

[We are talking literal and metaphorical dragons here, just so we're clear.]

[tarblacksoul]

[wow you're getting a strange look at that metaphor]

You know, at one point I would have disagreed with such an outlook.

[lostswan]

[It's a really fitting metaphor, okay? She would've gone with the magic beanstalk/giant scenario but that miiight still be a touchy subject.]

And now?

[tarblacksoul]

[he's still bitter about that thank]

I'd say we're both entitled to our pessimism.

[lostswan]

[Wow if any conversation needs a drink, this one sure does.]

Lucky us.

[tarblacksoul]

[oh look, here's his flask of rum.]

Well, if anything, it's made us resourceful, hasn't it?

[lostswan]

[Please, like he needs an excuse. Also, is that thing bottomless or what?]

As long as it's resourceful enough for us to beat Pan and get Henry back, I'll take it.

[tarblacksoul]

[yes.]

Speaking of which, why is Regina so hostile to you? You both have a common interest.

[lostswan]

Long story. [The let's not even go there is implied. Although, really, who isn't Regina hostile to?] She can be hostile all she likes. She knows our best chance is putting aside all that crap and working together.

Unlike Gold, apparently.

[neverneverlandboy]

Hello Hook.

[ Because it's always nice to see old faces again.]

[tarblacksoul]

[oh shi-]

Pan.

[neverneverlandboy]

Did you miss me?

[ Because hey, you would right? Look at this face.]

[tarblacksoul]

Who wouldn't?

[He hopes you sense his sarcasm there. You feel it?]

[neverneverlandboy]

[ Hey, he's not totally stupid.]

Spoken like a true pirate. You know that's all they'll still see you as. A villain. You could just embrace that.

[tarblacksoul]

[wow you're a little shit aren't you]

I may have lied and schemed to get all the treasures I've come across in my life as a pirate, but, boy, you haven't seen what a true villain is.

[neverneverlandboy]

That so captain?

[ A total little shit. The shittist.]

Nice words but I doubt they'll please Swan much. She's lost already.

[tarblacksoul]

[he visibly bristles.]

Emma doesn't need anything from me to find herself.