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[ Quinn’s eyes flutter open, and for a moment she thinks she must still be sleeping. She’s sitting on the floor of a hallway she has never seen before. a second later she groans, last thing she remembers was drinking with the Skanks, one of them, probably Ronnie, must have slipped something in it. It must have been strong, since Quinn was barely
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Sorry, sweetheart. 'Fraid you're not in Kansas anymore.
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Uh. Good question.
[He counts on his fingers for a second.]
...Little over a year, I'd say. But time doesn't pass where we're from while we're here. We got, um...magic closets. They'll give you anything you want 'long as it ain't somethin' personal from home. Get anything you need in the kitchen, the dining room'll make stuff for you if you're lazy...
[He knows all about that.]
...you can pick your own room out, there's a ton of 'em...got any particular questions in mind?
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[ Quinn stares at him, partially in horror and partially in disbelief. She doesn't even want to think about being here that long. ]
How have you not gone insane?
[ Her attention perks up a little when he mentions the closets, that sounds amazing. It's something the old her would be ecstatic over, currently she isn't sure what to feel. ]
...anything, really? So then could I technically wish or however it works for the Crown Jewels?
[ She thinks for a second. Where to even begin? ]
Honestly? I wouldn't even know where to begin. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around...whatever this is.
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Yeeeeeah, I know, right? And call me crazy, but it ain't half-bad.
[Because you really don't want to know what his own universe is like or what he does for a living. At all.]
The closets'll give you anything but money. Not that it matters here, anyway. [Dean rubs his chin.] 'Least you're from someplace normal. It's not gonna be easy getting used to everything, but you had good stuff where you were, right?
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[ But she smiles a little at him anyways. He could be right. Closets that give you whatever you want, and hey - she's away from her mother, and McKinley. A fresh start mayber? ...in wonderland? ]
It was alright.
[ She shrugs slightly. ]
So...do we vanish where we're from? How does that work?
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Time stops back in Ohio for everybody else. When you leave Wonderland, you show up there exactly where you left off, no time lost. There's a catch, though.
[This is the part he doesn't particularly like.]
You're not gonna remember any of this when you go back. Some people think it's for the better, y'know?
[Dean shoves his hands into his pockets and shrugs. In his case, it's worse. A guy like him doesn't exactly have friends back home.]
You also get five lives here, like a video game. You lose one - you got a few to spare, so that's pretty friggin' nice. But if you get any injuries-
[Dean taps his eyepatch.]
-they won't go away 'til you've died again and come back.
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The information about lives stops her in her tracks. ]
But, how is that...
[ She trails off, running a hand through her messy hair. She can sort of accept the other stuff - or she'll be able too, eventually. But five lives. ]
Have...
[ Pause. ]
Have you ever died?
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[Dean nods.]
And I hate t'break it to ya, but it wasn't pretty. I mean, some of 'em aren't so bad, from what I hear, but mine definitely wasn't a cakewalk.
[Because being disemboweled and torn limb from limb really isn't a pleasant experience, by anyone's standards.]
But I'm gonna be honest with you - I kinda want my eye back, so I'd rather my next death happen sooner than later. Call me morbid, but, [Dean shrugs.] Back home I used to put my life on the line all the damn time. It ain't any different here.
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Wait...you said next. How many times have you died?
[ Pause. Maybe a subject change? ]
What did you do at home?
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[Not an experience he wants to repeat, but if he ever wants to see with two eyes again, he's got to bite the bullet and suck it up.]
I was...sorta like pest control, I guess. Secret pest control? [Dean grins.] I'm a monster-hunter. S'my job to go after all the stuff that goes bump in the night.
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[ She stares at him for a second. He's kidding, right? ]
Are you saying you're a Ghostbuster or something?
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[Seriously.]
And yeah, I, uh...we're like the real Ghostbusters. Me and my brother drive around the country bustin' ghosts and everything else you can think of.
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