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Daryl Dixon ([personal profile] unsleeved) wrote in [community profile] entrancelogs2014-02-11 03:29 pm

020] whoa, my thing went off, is your thermostat okay?? [closed]

Who: Daryl & Peter Pan
Where: The Library! ...Nope I lied it's the woods.
When: Morning of the 11th?
Rating: G for hugs and candy canes and shit
Summary: Someone is messing with Daryl's room!! Who could it... Possibly be??
The Story:

[If he'd actually been out here as much as he should have been, it's likely he'd have noticed this sooner.

This being the trail he's following today... Even if "trail" is probably too strong a word; some bent branches and indistinguishable indentations in the muddy snow that don't belong to any animal he's used to seeing out here do not a proper trail make, but he'll manage. It's his thing, after all, and despite his somewhat lax attitude lately, he does still want to keep his skills sharp.

And it's not even that he's not concerned (not yet, anyway...), but the disturbances in the woodland status quo are just too obvious to ignore, and he's... Well, he's curious. No one else that he knows of spends enough time out here for their presence to pique his interest like this.

And so now he's wandering, crossbow in tow, occasionally kneeling to inspect a branch or clump of vines hanging down, half-buried in dirty snow.

...It's his idea of a party, honestly. He's glad to have something interesting to do that isn't the bullshit he was dicking around with on his device. This? This is more like it.]
boyhood: (→ for i am so afraid to die)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-02-14 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Spoilers: it's always Peter.

You know why? Because he's a boy who likes to play games, he sometimes gets bored, and he lives and breathes spying on other people, even when he's spying on people not of Neverland. It's more fun to know more things than your opponent. For that matter, it's fun to know more things than most people!

As a consequence, when Peter designates the forest his new safe haven, Daryl's presence doesn't go unnoticed. He respects a person who knows how to live on the land, but he's only ever been a greedy boy at heart. He can't just allow he and the man to be neighbors and leave it at that. He needs to know more. He needs to know who he's dealing with. He needs to know his authority won't be questioned.

Hence the trail Daryl's following.

If the hound can keep the lure in his sights by following the faint signs of passage Peter's left for him, the tracks will eventually lead Daryl to a camp, if not his camp. It's well-guarded against idle eyes with camouflage, and Peter's boot prints don't start appearing with regularity until the border. Being only in his middle teens, the foot prints are smaller than a man's, due for another growth spurt or two. The area itself is small and the fire in the center is cold, gone untouched for a few hours. He has, however, taken the time to move the snow out of the circumference of the camp, making it clear someone's been there.

There's not many personal touches to hint at the owner--a drying rack here, a few knives and shavings from carving wood there--but at the rear of the camp is what might qualify as the camper's "house." There's a latticework of branches neatly twined together to make a small dome, the opening requiring a person to either crouch or crawl to get through. If Daryl dares to enter, he'll find a sleeping mattress made out of materials from the forest and a single book lying askew beside it. The book is a manual on tracking. Peter's left a message within its pages for a curious Georgian resident if he thinks to look.

Open it, and a slip of paper will fall out with a message: Looking through other people's things is rude.]
boyhood: (→ how worthy do you feel is your price)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-02-17 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Daryl might have made a fine Lost Boy, to be honest. Boys had come and gone from Neverland through the years, but the best of the best had taken to the primal way of life there. Hunting, trapping, tracking, making one's own weapons... Neverland isn't just an island of dreams and magic, it's an island of self-made children. Wild boys. Warrior boys.

A pity the man's aged far beyond his age requirements.

Peter does hear the admission, and it does bring a smile to his face, but he doesn't deign to appear so soon. He'll let Daryl go about this business and see what he does next.

It's when a person least expects a surprise that it becomes the best time to spring one.]
Edited 2014-02-17 20:55 (UTC)
boyhood: (→ an ode to the death)

I WANT THIS...

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-02-21 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
[All is silent. Why, you might even call it peaceful, aside from the weather's bite. If there had been magic keeping this place warm and protected, it's gone now.

Now, it's just a cold and quiet camp, one that's served its purpose. Got your attention, stranger? Good. The book itself isn't one you'd find in the twenty first century, though it comes from Earth. It's travel writing from another time, utilizing technology that someone from Daryl's age might find archaic.

A hint, from Peter to his guest.]
boyhood: (→ the darkness of the clouds)

One day I will make this thing happen.

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-02-27 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Hospitality runs both ways. If the adult wants to spend time in his playground, it's only fair that Peter gets to spend time in his. If they're going to share the forest, then share they must.

Daryl can spend as much time as he likes in the camp that, in truth, Peter has never used for anything besides setting the stage. Having done his homework, however, he has an idea where Daryl has disturbed the forest and left his mark on the land--more than that, he has a good guess where Daryl will go next.

When the man finally gets tired of his investigation, he'll never guess who he's going to find back at his own camp. Those boot prints dug into the earth around the now roaring fire will probably give Daryl a hint... as will the youth stretched out leisurely beside it.

No one has to tell him to make himself at home, he's already done it.]
boyhood: (→ this dimension celebrates)

COME TO ME, BABY DARYL.

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-03-05 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peter is aware of Daryl's approach long before he comes into view, and he's ready with a slow smile. Cocky shits don't need an explanation, they just are, like the wind through the reeds.]

You could've kept it, you know.

[Oh wait, were you talking, Daryl? Peter scuffs his boot heel against the ground, idly packing a little dirt against a rock in the campfire's ring of stones. They both have practice at putting forth veneers of disinterest.]

Oh. [Said as an afterthought, almost. His eyebrows lift.] Funny you should say that, I'm rather familiar with boys who are lost.
boyhood: (→ and minds no mortal rule)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-03-09 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm.

[A noise of confirmation before he gives the man another smile, one that looks almost angelic at its peak, then dims into something a little more devilish, the curl of his lips creating dimples.]

Only as much as you've been watching me. Yes, that was mine. And well done there, by the way. From what you've done out here, I figured you had some skill, but I needed to be sure. Did you like it? My little test of ability.
boyhood: (→ to the halls of Morpheus)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-03-12 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Unsettling people means Peter hasn't lost his touch. All is well in the world.]

I thought so.

[He wags his index finger knowingly, taking the man's answer as an affirmative. Peter's not a little impressed with himself, at that. Tracking requires certain talents, but laying one down in reverse for someone else to follow is harder than it seems.

Admit it, you were intrigued, weren't you, Daryl! You're allowed to admire his clever trick.]


Like I said, I had to test you. [He sits up straighter. Peter might as well be the one who owns this camp and is the one inviting Daryl to take a seat.] I couldn't share the area with just anyone. If you were anything less than skilled, we'd have a problem.
boyhood: (→ send all the elfin din you can)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-03-14 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He's older than you by a long shot, Daryl, respect your elders!]

No, I don't think you would. Being dull is a shame, don't you think so? Especially if you and I are going to be spending time together. I like to keep things interesting.

[His smile is the playful smile of a magic brat, probably the very last thing Daryl cares for, but the very thing he's going to get, anyway. Fate is oh so kind that way.]

Peter. [The charming smile doesn't budge, but something about it still seems to grow a fraction.] Pan.
boyhood: (→ to gain the world is to sell your soul)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-03-18 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
[It's called being pixie-like, thank you! Helps with the charm and the air of mysteriousness.

At the very least, he has a reputation that requires defending, unlike Daryl.]


A quaint way to put it, but no. I'm very serious.

[As serious as a laid-back fifteen-year-old gets, looking like the world's most darling feral child.]
boyhood: (→ this brand new world)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-03-23 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
[You're welcome to give the swirlie thing a try if you're feeling adventurous, bro, as long as you're okay with losing a few limbs in the process... Skinny white boy got game.

If anything, those damn Lost Boys are even worse, since they're the ones firing poisoned arrows and beating people over the head with clubs before a person ever gets to Pan himself. Peter looks for a second like he might just make Daryl's nightmare a reality by answering in the positive, but all the suspense deflates out of the moment when he merely makes a "beats me!" face.]


Where? Home, I imagine. You know this is supposedly Wonderland and not Neverland, don't you?

[Do you need help putting that one together? The cavalier smile returns.

(Spoilers: Peter Pan is much worse than the Lost Boys put together.)]
boyhood: (→ on the platform are all)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-03-26 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't say that when I have all of you.

[But then Daryl has to go and say something that makes Peter snort a laugh, eyebrow making a sharp ascent on his forehead. Peter might have designed this little game, but he hadn't forced the man to play it--that had been all Daryl.]

Says the man who was trespassing in a place he obviously knew he didn't belong?
boyhood: (→ you sound crazy and you aren't lost)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-03-31 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
You didn't have to.

[Because Daryl's right, Peter's been spying. Know your friends, know your enemies, know yourself. However, he's also no fool and he suspects the man wouldn't have needed the prompting.

He smiles a knowing smile.]


As I said, you could've kept it. The book.

[He's a spy and a liar, but he's not one to let other people get away with those things.]
boyhood: (→ to the halls of Morpheus)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-04-02 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[They'll get along famously. End game is Peter Pan and Daryl, woodsmen bffs for life.]

Oh, no! Not me! That's just something I once found I thought you might appreciate.

[The very thought makes him laugh. Now Daryl really is giving him too much credit. Although Peter's been happily living the nitty gritty life on Neverland, he's never made such an effort to consolidate what he's learned in one place. Perhaps not a lack of things to say, more a lack of interest in the novelist lifestyle.]

Something I came across one of the last times I visited your world. Maybe not your exact world, but one you'd find recognizable as a land without magic, I think. It's interesting to me to see these skills in other places. Some of Neverland's forests aren't much different from this. [He pauses, briefly. Well, there is one difference...] Aside from the greater danger. A person would have to do what you did to find their way.
Edited 2014-04-02 03:14 (UTC)
boyhood: (→ but i seem a bit quicker)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-04-03 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peter Pan versus America, sounds like another beloved children's tale for the ages.

Peter's thinking along the same lines as Daryl, however, when the man displays a student-like interest in the subject that's a far cry from plenty of other people he's met over time. Even when their eyes have been opened to its existence, not everyone really believes in magical power. So where does this one fall?]


Are you interested?

[And here Peter had thought the adult would just boo and hiss over being wound up by a child, maybe fall back on learned habits and try to push back like a person defending territory they have no right to.]

Fancy yourself a little travelling when all this is said and done, and you're free to leave?
boyhood: (→ that time is not reality)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-04-06 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Peter observes him in silence. He has a fondness for knowing things, too, lots of things--how worlds work and how people work. If Daryl wants to learn, he'll have to help Peter learn, too.]

Well then, why not take a seat? It is your campfire. We can talk.

[Synonymous with "butt heads until someone cries."]
boyhood: (→ brought in by the tide)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-04-06 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[As he watches Daryl take a seat, he laces his fingers together on top of his leg before pointing out the utter lack of obligation he's under.]

I said we can do that, not that I'd agree to be interrogated.

[Peter is as casual as can be.]

You need plenty of magic to cross the boundaries between worlds, or know where to look. You've heard of the white rabbit, haven't you? Those special holes of his?
boyhood: (→ for i am so afraid to die)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-04-09 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Sadly, the ultimate perpetrator of being cryptic, allergic to straight answers, and entirely unhelpful himself has also noticed that whatever "native" residents this world employs, they tend to draw heavily on the inane sides of Wonderland, quite like their storybook counterparts. It's annoying, really, and he's liable to agree with Daryl. Throwing them all into a pit with no ladder would suit Peter just fine--it would keep them all in one place.

At the moment, however, they're more akin to barnyard chickens, clucking about the farm to flap their wings from time to time and get themselves into tizzies.

But the white rabbit... oh, Peter's heard a little of the white rabbit. He'd asked out of interest, on the off chance perhaps one of the older inductees had learned something about the portals, but Daryl's not a good enough liar to lead Peter astray if he'd wanted to hide information from him. He cluck his tongue.]


No, eh. That's a pity. What of the Hatter? [He smiles a little.] The Mad one.
boyhood: (→ and fade like smoke)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-04-12 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[The cat, and the mouse, and the twins...? Peter raps his fingertip against the side of his knee thoughtfully.]

Well, it would seem all of the characters who'd have the easiest time leaving this world are absent. Strange, isn't it?

[Possibly not any stranger than turning around and running into some other fairytale persona everywhere you go... But what's life without a few surprises, eh? Peter might not be a native to this land, but he's sure he can still offer a few of his own.]

Fortunes. [That's worth a soft snort.] How generous.

[As he'd reminded Rumple in Neverland, one can't tell the future in a place where time doesn't move. There is no future in the conventional sense of the word. Telling people's futures from outside of this stagnant world, on the other hand... Not that takes a bit more cleverness.]

And what was your fortune? Feel like sharing? Was it anything good?
boyhood: (→ that adventure is starting)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-04-18 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peter merely smiles at this. The man seems to be weighing the scales as to who's the bigger pain and who's the bigger danger--these residents, with their riddles, or other captives like Peter himself, an unexpected guest with unknown intentions. It'd be easy to dismiss them all and try to keep clear, especially if Daryl suspects they're in possession of power greater than his own, but here they are having a conversation.

Peter suspects he's being judged, weighed to see what sort of colors he has. That's smarter than some. Not everyone has the mind to hedge their bets.

He lifts his head high, peering at the man with consideration.]


You talk like you've been enduring this world's magic for a while. Enough to know to watch your step. How long have you been here?
boyhood: (→ how much further can you go)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-04-23 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Longer than Peter by a stretch, but since he is Peter Pan he naturally fails to acknowledge anyone's claim to territory as being superior to his own. Especially an adult's. Especially an adult's with seemingly no magical aptitude of his own.]

A year.

[The answer isn't met with surprise, per se. A year means greater experience with the environment, but it's barely a blink of time in the grand scheme of things; he'd trapped people in Neverland for far longer.

He's not much for apologies, either. It's much more fun having reasons to antagonize others, isn't it! Of course it is!]


Their loss. Why would you care for the accommodations this place has arranged for you, even if it is nice? You must not if you're staying outside.
boyhood: (→ hold me in your mind's eye)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-04-29 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Peter seems to like this answer for reasons of his own. He smiles, this one wider than the rest.]

Those aesthetics aren't so different from my own, you know. You chose the wild unknown over luxury. You wouldn't find Neverland so awful.

[Just a thought.

And it's always pleasant finding people with similar values, almost as nice as having people to antagonize.]


We might just understand each other after all.
boyhood: (→ in silvery nets)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-05-02 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[It's in the man's best interests to play along, so for his sake Peter hopes he does... But at the rather colorful remark, it's Peter's turn to look like he wants to scoff.

Is this what his stories amount to?]


Do you mean do fairies exist? As a matter of fact, yes. There was only the one in Neverland.

[Tinkerbell is no miniature companion of Pan's, that much can be said of their relationship. He keeps the edge of malice out of his tone, but the fact remains that he'd shown the lost member of her kind a substantial amount of generosity and she'd thrown it in his face at the end. He'll kill Tinkerbell himself as soon as look at her.]
boyhood: (→ to live forever is to live)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-05-05 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peter pulls a vaguely chagrined face, not at all serious.]

Am I not enough for you?

[Really, first the Lost Boys, now Tinker Bell. One might start to think folk are bored with the very best part of Neverland--that is, Peter Pan. If for him, none of them would have amounted to anything.]
boyhood: (→ in the eye of those who behold you)

[personal profile] boyhood 2014-05-08 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peter pushes himself up against his seat, drawing his legs in to sit straighter. Spying seems to be Wonderland's bread and butter, and Peter doesn't have to have been in this world long to know it.]

Unfortunately, it seems there will always be a few, on this side or the other. Those of us with secrets will just have to be extra careful. You haven't buried any out here, have you?

[Just joking! Not that Peter couldn't find out if there's anything worth knowing.]