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[justella]

Who: Jacinda and YOU!
Where: The gardens or the rest of the mansion
When: 3/5
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Jacinda was just trying to get to her daughter not end up in another world.
The Story:

She isn't exactly sure what's happening- Henry came into the bar to tell her that Victoria had been arrested, which meant that Lucy was going to be hers again. That’s all she needed to hear before she was rushing out the door. All she can think about as she races through the streets is Lucy and bringing her home, finally. They can be a family again and maybe this time life won't find a way to knock them back.

She's at the tower and in the elevator, fidgeting and willing it to go faster, Lucy is on the other side of those doors and as soon as they bing open Jacinda is moving. Shes moving so fast she doesn't realize at first that this is not the tower, in fact she's not even inside anymore. She's taken a number of steps into a garden that she doesn't recognize. She stalls to a halt, startled and looking around.

"What the hell?" She spinning but there is no elevator behind her- just garden. Everywhere garden.

"Lucy?" Her voice is quiet and unsure the first time she says it, and then it picks up strength. "Lucy?!"

This has to be some kind of trick, or hallucination. How can she go from the tower to wherever the hell this was in the blink of an eye?

"No, no, no no," this wasn't happening. Not when she was so close to getting her daughter back, to getting everything she wanted.

"LUCY!"

Eventually she will move, it’s cold out there and she’s not dressed for winter. She’s looking for answers inside the mansion, poking her head into rooms, reading the pamphlet and trying to figure out what’s real and whts a crazy hallucination brought on by stress.

Comments

[emojis]

"Yep." It's ridiculous and Ivy is not a fan. Especially because she's pretty sure he almost threatened her with it and that's not cool. But it's not the first time for Drizella and it probably won't be the last. "It's super weird, but whatever. If this is how he wants to have his mid-life crisis then yo ho ho."

[justella]

“I think I need to sit down.” Luckily there’s a bench nearby and she sits, hands coming up to massage her temples. “This feels like some sort of bad acid trip-.” Not that she would know but she imagines its similar.

[emojis]

"I know the feeling." Wonderland has been an adventure to say the least. She moves to sit next to her stepsister on the bench, crossing her legs in front of her as she does. "But as I said - at least Henry's normal. He's been a weird sort of ... grounding wire in all of this."

[justella]

Thats makes Jacinda smile, just slightly. "Well, he's Henry. That't not really surprising." In the few weeks she's known him that seems to be his MO. "At least someone can keep their head around here."

[emojis]

That smile when she mentions Henry is not according to plan. If there's anywhere to break the curse, here may be the best place because Henry will just come right back, but that doesn't mean she wants it to happen right now when the Savior and the Evil Queen are ready and willing to rip her heart out.

"Yeah, at least there's that." Her tone is dry, but she doesn't say any more than that. For now. "Have you decided which room you're staying in?"