oceanview || ❝ two worlds colliding, there ain't no bargaining. ❞

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but we can leave our gilded cages.

Two worlds colliding
There ain't no bargaining
No giving in without a fight CODE BY TESSISAMESS

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[outlierdirector]

[ Beth looks down again. It isn't hard to catch that undercurrent in Alan's tone. Not that she expected him to immediately believe her and consider Polaris a friend or ally. Still, it somehow makes her want to box everything she has just exposed back up and never speak of it again. Defense mechanisms she thought she left behind when she was married and had someone who wanted to spend the rest of their life with her. ]

She's not... always here. [ She tentatively tries to explain once more. ] It's been awhile since I heard from her.

I don't know what it means for you, Alan. I can't guess when this is the firs time...

[ Beth falls quiet despite the questions and the discussion on what she'll do. What does it matter what she does? This is Alan's path they're talking about. Not hers. She only stayed in Bright Falls because it was where Alan wanted to be... and because she could protect her home town. Though, it seems that isn't really needed anymore. not with the Bureau being there as they are.

Elizabeth sighs and pushes herself from the desk. She takes a few steps forward before dramatically gesturing with her arms to the two Alans. ] Your powers are YOURS, Alan. You can't run away from something that is naturally apart of you. Not thinking about it is simply ignoring it: not running away from it all. You see things from other places in time and space. Peoples lives. You always have, haven't you? HE has.

[crazyisinevitable]

[ That surprises him, for some reason. He just figured that Beth and Polaris were part and parcel, never really apart. He's not even sure how he knows that; maybe it's some kind of deduction that part of him thinks he shouldn't have. ]

Does she do that a lot? Leave, I mean?

[ But then Alan flinches slightly under the weight of Elizabeth's words. He doesn't normally react like that, but there was some strange kind of power or energy or what the hell ever behind it. He doesn't really like it, but there's a hell of a lot of things he doesn't like.

He lets out a breath and rubs the back of his neck. His gaze travels first to Beth, then to the other him, then back to Elizabeth. ]

If they're mine, why don't they feel like mine? Is it because I didn't ask for any of this? Let me guess: I have to figure that out for myself.

[ The other Alan decided his role here was to just observe, not talk. That's fine with him, really, given how he does nothing but talk sometimes. But he feels a pointed look from Elizabeth landing on him, and he figure he better say something or she'll jab him with her elbow or something. ]

I think... Trying to is enough. Putting in the effort. [ He glances at Beth. ] I think people can surprise you; you just have to ask for help sometimes.