open-ish | i'm just trying to find my way to you

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CHARACTERS: EMMA SWAN and HOOK, SIX; and GOLD; others as they happen
LOCATION: Medical Bay ; Floor 013 ; others as they happen
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Catch-all for September closed logs.
NOTES: If you wanna hit Emma up for anything, feel free to drop your own starter in this post, or get in touch with me.

Comments

[gilding]

[It's a good try, he has to give her that. Not quite good enough, though, especially for how long he's been dealing with her now. He laughs a little, as though the idea of him being up to something is a gentle joke, turns his attention to lifting the lid of the teapot again, checking if it's steeped well enough yet.]

I've never had much care for people's wonderings.

[Accurate or not. He's lived with a reputation of one sort or another for a very long time, and the idea of one growing on the ship isn't entirely distasteful. There were very useful things that could be done with the right kind of word spread about.]

And I imagine most of them will be completely unaware I'm here.

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Most.

[ She returns the qualifier promptly, straightening her back and folding her arms over her chest. For a moment, she side-eyes him as if she expects to be able to assess his motives through scrutiny alone. Of course, she's never been able to read Gold so easily, but her instincts start there all the same. ]

Why are you staying up here?