Will You Keep The Secret

"It's impossible, this is just what you are stuck with."

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"Can I - Can I move in with you for awhile?"

"This?!" She waved a hand around. "What even is this!?"

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"Of course," Laney readily agreed without question. "Is everything alright?"

((Did Wren return home after he left? Lol))

(( Lets say yes ))

"I done it... left Eric." Ariel whispered. "He came home from work late again, I'd made an effort I just... couldn't do it anymore."

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"It's just a place," He answered with a shrug. "Like where you want to go is a place. Now, do I get to know your names?"

"Oh, Ari," she whispered, pulling her into a hug.

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"No, this is... I don't even know. This isn't my home," she shook her head. "Ripley. My name is Ripley."

"I'm Camryn," she whispered.

"Oh I am perfectly aware that you don't belong here," Lawson answered, "But Ripley and Camryn- you are stuck here for a bit longer. Things take time."

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Ariel hugged her back quietly. "I- I'm okay."

Ripley narrowed her eyes at him. "What... things are you even talking about? How did I get here? Who are you?"

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"Would you like some tea?"

"The things I have to do to get you back to where your meant to be, geez you are hard work. I have already told you my name."

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Ariel nodded.

Laney got up and headed into the kitchen to put on a pot of water.

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"I-... what are you?" Ripley asked.

Camryn wrinkled her nose. "How do you even know how long you're here? It feels like I've been here forever..."

"That is a very good question. Ripley- how do you know how long you have been here, that is very unusual."

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Ariel sat herself down on the sofa

"How should I know? I don't even know where "HERE" is!" She flailed her arms in exasperation.

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A few moments later, Laney returned with tea and biscuits.

"Here is just.. here. You can see your here rather than there. It isn't that hard to get your mind about that." Lawson answered with a shrug. "I can get you there rather than here, but it'll take time. It was easier to get here then it is to get there."

(( I am getting mad hatter vibes from him ))

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"Thank you,"

((Oh, my gosh... I would want to strangle him! LOL I love it! XD))

Ripley stared at him like he was all kinds of insane. "Riiiiiiiight.. well I need to get THERE as soon as possible. I have family and friends an-and... I just have to get home..."

Camryn ran a hand through her long dark hair. "How can we know how long we've been here? It seems like ages upon ages but I truthfully have no clue."

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"You're more than welcome," she hummed sitting down beside her. "You're always welcome here for as long as you need."

"It will take ten years for the portal to reopen here, so that is how long you are both stuck here for." Lawson answered lightly, before looking to Camryn. "Certainly twenty years in here time, thats when the last portal was open."

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Ariel nodded subtly

Ripley paced back and forth.

"Twenty ye-years?" she whispered. "Are you stuck here too?"

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Laney patted her hand gently.

"No, no I'm not stuck here." Lawson hummed gently, before glancing over at Ripley. "You'll be very fit if you do that for the next ten years."

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"Is it wrong that I feel relieved?"

Ripley narrowed her eyes at him. "What else am I meant to do here? There's no one here besides us."

"You live here? Don't you get lonely?"

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"No, it's not wrong. If things weren't working out you did what was best."

"I live all over the place," Lawson answered with a small shrug. "I flit between everywhere." A moment later he glanced to Ripley. "Well what have you done the past twenty years?"

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Ariel nodded

"How? You said... portal and magic?"

"I've been looking for a way out of here... twenty years... " she mumbled shaking her head.

"Mhm, all thigs magical." Lawson nodded before rolling his eyes at Ripley. "Well, find something 0roductive to do for awhile."

"Like what? What is there to do around here since you seem to know it all so well?"

"Think, reflect. Stop being so annoying and whiney." Lawson shrugged

She narrowed her eyes at him annoyed.

"And maybe be nicer to me," Lawson added, "Or I can make sure your way home never appears, or maybe I will just go and make you go into somewhere a lot worse than this." His gaze moving to the other girl, "You though - you seem nice. I'll make sure you get home."

"And I will make sure you're life is a living hell," Ripley snapped at him.

Camdyn sighed softly.

"Oh no, sweetheart," Lawson pouted. "Only you will be stuck here, remember. I am free to come and go as I please. Now, I suggest you stop being crazy and start being nice to me before you regret it. Hm?"