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Arrival - (Voice/Video/Action)

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[The man on the screen looks calm but wet. It has taken him little time to figure out the phones and get all the information from the hologram and pamphlets. He's been to a lot of worlds though this is the first one with a welcome center.]

I'm looking for a man named Rumpelstiltskin. He also goes by Gold.

Thanks.

[With his message spoken he hangs up.]

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[Neal's first public stop is to a bar to grab a beer and hear whatever the hell is going on with this city. The information is helpful but it doesn't have a current events section. Once at the bar he pulls out a newspaper that he had picked up, orders a beer and begins to read.

Bounties, job openings... it's a weird mix of Storybrook and the Enchanted forest. He's not sure what to make of it but for the moment he's stuck here. Being stuck here doesn't concern him as much as other things, but that's what the beer is for.]

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[Neal gasps for air as he pushes his way out of his coffin. He remembers fighting, screaming, struggling and then nothing. He's dead but this isn't how he imagines what being dead should feel like.]

Hello? [He calls out, his voice thick and horas. He tries to get up but instead feels the weight of a box on his chest.] What the fuck?

[He pushes the box and hears a splash. Great, water. Neal follows his box and stumbles into the water. For a half second he forgets how to use his legs and just rests there on his hands and knees. The box is in front of him and he grabs it before pushing himself up to look around.]

He- [His voice cuts when he sees Emma in a similar coffin next to his.] Emma...

That's just a fairytale.

... What an awful name.

Stories have to come from somewhere.

Not looking for your opinion but I'll take that as you haven't seen him.

I can assure you, anyone coming in here with a name like that, I would have noticed.

It's bad enough we have magic giant cats wandering around the city, we don't need evil gold spinning goblins too.

I don't think you're going to get a bite if you go around asking for someone without explaining why.

Both are vastly interesting names. I think if someone named that were around, I would have noticed.

I'm sorry, but I haven't heard anyone with that name here currently.

[She isn't sure about the past, however, so no point in thinking too much about that.]

However best thing to do is always keep track of the device for just in case.

Thanks.

[Neal's lips twisted in a thin line.]

For the record, he isn't a golbin, not the one I'm looking for anyway. What sort of magic giant cats? [He hadn't read that in the pamphlet.]

It's a yes or no question and I got my answer.

[There is a thoughtful pause before he continues.]

The why's are complicated.

[Except they aren't, Neal has a habit of needlessly complicating things.]

Thanks.

If you see him... give me a heads up? I'm sure that's an odd request.

Yeah, I've noticed.

[Strange little phone.]

Nice to know you're all prepared for this. How long you been here kid?

Three years this coming November.

[Right to the point.]

So at this point being prepared is pretty much second nature.

That is indeed an odd request, but it would be very rude of me to ask why.

But I will let you know.

I don't care what he is. I don't want him here.

The massive, feral type that causes you to vividly hallucinate for two hours. He's not in the reading material yet, someone should get on that. He made my first day here a screaming nightmare.

Did you? Looks like you're being left a bit in the dark to me. [ Considering no one had mentioned that one noteworthy detail. Of course, there was no reason to share if this guy couldn't even say why he was looking for such a specific someone to begin with. ] Complicated because they're complicated or complicated because you have something to hide?

That's a hell of a long time.

[Excuse his language.]

You holding up okay?

It wouldn't be rude.

The man I'm looking for is my father.

It's a bit of both when it comes to that man. [His voice is soft, almost affectionate. His relationship wish his dad is weird but he's trying.] Maybe. Do you want to know that badly?

The man I'm looking for is my father. I wanted to make sure he's not dead.

Happy that you know?

Yeah?

Thought he wasn't here?

You know I really feel that this should come with a spoiler warning.

It is, though it's actually quite rare that be here that long. I think there are a few people who have, but the numbers aren't in the double digits.

[She nodded slightly.]

Fine. I mean after being here for that long, if I couldn't hold up well, I'd be in big trouble.

Ah, your father.

[She goes quiet, she has her reasons.]

Well if he is to ever arrive here, I do hope you'll find him.

[ There was nothing but silence on his end for a several long seconds. That put an unexpected twist on the situation. Jefferson's predicted outcome was that either he'd get no answer and he'd have to make a hobby of watching this guy, or the answer he did get would be something along the lines of a deal going awry. In the latter case he'd have information to his advantage. In a way, he still did if the man's claim was true -- but family was the one area he really didn't want an advantage in. He had no reason to disbelieve that this was Rumpelstiltskin's son. He may have asked for him by name, but he wasn't broadcasting their association. That was only when pressed. Saying you were his son definitely wasn't something you'd do unless it was the truth. What kind of liar would have a death wish so dire to claim as much? ]

You're Baelfire?

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