Tale 011: The pages keep turning

[theboywiththebook]

Phone

[Henry's been wandering around the town when he's not in school. The friends he made were all vanishing, one by one, only being replaced by drones. Today, he wandered by the Once-ler's house to see Rapunzel is now a drone too. They were all going back, which was good, but now Henry was beginning to know how much it hurt to be the one left behind.

So he's gotten on the phone to try and keep his mind off of things.]

When people go home and drones are left here in their place...do those people still remember us when they go home?

[This was probably the worst curse of them all, even if they weren't cursed. Knowing each other and then being sent home and forgetting everyone.]

School

[Henry's in class, he's not really paying attention to the teacher right now. It's probably just a drone anyways. Currently he's reading his storybook, trying to find some hope in it. This book always is able to give him hope.]

Comments

[a_gentle_boy]

Ah...

[Lucas tries to keep his tone as light as possible.]

From what I've heard from people who've come back... no. They can't remember the town while they're gone.

[theboywiththebook]

[Ow, nope, no matter how light it is, that hurt.]

So...we'll forget each other, Lucas?

[a_gentle_boy]

...Yeah. In our heads, we will.

[He continues to keep his tone airy as he tries to imbue his voice with more warmth.]

But... it might work out better that way. We couldn't go home and live our lives the way we were supposed to if we had Mayfield stuck at the back of our minds the whole time, right?

As long as we can remember... in our hearts. If we can hold on to the friendships and the times we shared, if we can feel that we've been changed because of it - so that if we do meet again, even if we don't remember everything that happened exactly... we'll be with each other again, and we'll know that we were meant to be friends. We were friends and we always will be.

A friendship is timeless. Even if everyone forgets, it doesn't mean it never happened.

[theboywiththebook]

[There's a small smile from Henry on his end as he listens to this. That was true. It was like with the curse. Even though all the people in Storybrooke forgot who they were, it didn't mean none of what happened in the Enchanted Forest didn't happen. ]

You're right...I guess it'll be somewhere deep down if we do forget.

[a_gentle_boy]

((Sorry to keep you waiting! I've been out of town on hiatus for the last week. Feel free to drop if you'd rather not go on.))

Right.

...That doesn't mean it really gets easier thinking about people who're gone, but... try not to be too upset, if you can.

[phone]

[noluckduck]

... I dunno. I don't think they do.

Re: [phone]

[theboywiththebook]

Oh...

[Thanks Clover. You always help.]

[noluckduck]

I'm just sayin'! Ya know when people go back home temporarily? I've heard they don't really remember Mayfield, or think of it as some kind of bizarre fuckin' dream. I don't blame 'em.