We Tried (afterparty)

[outsidethecircle]

[A couple hours after the trial there may be a note slipped under your bedroom door reading simply in very formal handwriting (actually it's very amazingly neat for someone of her age you might think it's the other Anna)--

I made sandwiches. They're in the lounge if you want them.

-Anna

Anna herself will be found in the study after seeing everyone has enough sandwiches. Where she very sulkily is drawing a boat.]

Comments

[folkscallmewander]

[He sits up straighter.]

She's from your past?

[pardonmylanguage]

...maybe? I know I've heard about someone called Mulan from history, but I don't know if it's actually her. Everyone's memories and timelines seem to be different, after all.

[folkscallmewander]

[Memories. Sylvia has said that his and her stories didn't match up, as if Wander lot his memories...or was it different timelines? Did that mean each had their own Wander and own Sylvia waiting for them back home?]

So...you think everyone from Earth ain't from the same version of Earth?

[pardonmylanguage]

I think it's definitely possible. I remember something really big happening in 2012 that really couldn't be missed...

[folkscallmewander]

And no one from the future remembers it?

[This could be a problem.]

But Mulan is real in your timeline.

[pardonmylanguage]

Yeah...or at least a bunch of people think she's real. [Hey, history is kinda malleable, y'know?]

[folkscallmewander]

Not all legends are one hundred percent accurate. But in your past, there must have been a girl who disguised herself to save her dad.

[pardonmylanguage]

Yeah...and I think there were lots of little girls who wanted to be like her, y'know? Although they wouldn't have to disguise themselves anymore.

[folkscallmewander]

[Wander's smile fades. He understands. He understands more than most people would.]

She was yours?

[pardonmylanguage]

...maybe? Things have changed after I kind of went through that thing with the Boov myself...but I remember thinking she was cool. And talking with other kids on the playground about that...

[folkscallmewander]

If you were talkin' about there, then she had some positive influence on you. [He folds his hands.] I guess...well, even back then, she wouldn't know just how special she would be hundreds of years in the future.

[pardonmylanguage]

[She leans back a bit.] Yeah, you never know what's going to make it into the history books.

[folkscallmewander]

...You need another hug?

[pardonmylanguage]

...yeah, that'd be nice.

[folkscallmewander]

[He wraps his arms around Tip and holds her tightly.]

My room door's always open.

[pardonmylanguage]

[She hugs him back with one arm.] ...I appreciate that.