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[sheriffing]

Seriously? How the hell am I still here?

[It doesn't feel like she should be. A floodgate of new memories tells her she should be back in Storybrooke trying to track down the Author. Instead of chasing him down, she's breathless from her fight with a solid, stubborn door and feeling more useless than ever.

Without knowing who's still here and who was sent home, Emma doesn't even know who she's looking for. Killian, Neal, maybe Regina. Outside of the three of them, she'll take whatever information she can get.

It doesn't feel like she ever left, but there's no telling how long she's been down here.]

Anybody ever wake up in the boiler room?

[If they have, she wouldn't hate an explanation - or maybe she would, but at least she'd have one. It's better than all the blanks she's been left to fill in on her own, stuck debating whether or not the things she's struggling with fall under the category or "real life" or really shitty dream.

She looks to the screen, her brow furrowed in uncertainty and her lips parted just enough to take in a few extra breaths. Was trapping her down there part of the plan, or a bonus? The only relief Emma finds is from being out of there, left to wander the halls the way she did on their first day.

It feels a lot like starting over, but she's not sure why.]

Comments

[missingbuttons]

Iiiiii... don't think so? He just said he left and came back, he didn't say how long.

[sheriffing]

I'm not even sure that I left and came back. It feels like I did, but it could've been the world's longest nap.

[She shrugs.]

... I'm Emma.

[missingbuttons]

They sure do like messing with our heads.

I'm Coraline.

[sheriffing]

Eventually, we're going to figure out how to put a stop to that.

How long have you been here, Coraline?

[missingbuttons]

About a month and a half. What about you?

[sheriffing]

I don't know, I guess it depends on whether or not I actually went anywhere when I went missing.

[missingbuttons]

Oh man, that's a good point. You think it might've all been in your head?

[sheriffing]

I think there's no way to tell for sure. Felt a lot like being home, but it could've been a dream.

[A crappy one.]

[missingbuttons]

A dream where you ended up in the boiler room? I mean you could've sleepwalked, I guess, or someone could've brought you down there.

[sheriffing]

A dream where someone just... left me down there for a while.

I don't know, I was in a room when I started out.

[missingbuttons]

Ugh, getting left down there would be terrible, it's gross.

[sheriffing]

Yeah, it was - technically it was only bad when I was conscious.

[So it could've been worse, but...]

I have people here from home who are pretty shaken up by it. They can't make sense of it either.

[missingbuttons]

You going home and coming back or just being here in general? 'Cause both are pretty crazy.