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[king]

I've been wondering, Scorched.

[ Arthur has been training since before the sun rose: it's visible in the flush across the bridge of his nose, the way his blond bangs are sticking dark to his temples, the slouch of his usually straight-backed posture. But he needs a break, a distraction from his own mind, from the questions that have been plaguing it without concrete answer. ]

Say that the Door started — temporarily — working the way that all doors should, and we could all trip merrily back to our own worlds.

[ A breath, considering whether he's really going to ask. Despite his slightly laconic tone, he knows how depressing some of the answers he'll get will be. But he still wants to know: ]

Would you stay here in Anatole?

Or would you go home?

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[isherarmor]

I would never go back.

[She'd glue the rest of her family to the floor of their home if she could. Even with Joff still alive here - even with Cersei having seen that terrible memory that her Father hadn't meant for anyone to see, she would still never choose Westeros over Anatole.]

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[king]

[ Gently, ]

Why not?

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[halcyonthird]

I could make my peace either way. But I don't think I'd stumble through just yet.

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[king]

I see. Unfinished business?

[voice]

[girl_unlocking]

Wow. I um.

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...I don't know. You mean right now?

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[king]

Right now.

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[sonvisage]

Are there conditions?

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[king]

You don't know if you'll remember. You don't know if you'll come back. You don't know how long the Door remains open.

[ If those can be said to be conditions at all. ]

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[lestrangestone]

I think it might be best if I did.

Return.

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[king]

Bellatrix. Are you well?

[feyecandy]

Mmm, you know, it's funny. Not too long ago I wouldn't even have hesitated to say that I'd go back home. But now... there is someone here that I don't want to lose. [He sighs, his smile solemn.] Still, it's not a matter of want as much as need. I have to go home.

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[king]

[ His eyebrows raise slightly — this is pretty much his dilemma too. ]

And why's that.

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[servant]

I guess I would return.

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[king]

And forget.

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[wotcher]

I dunno, Arthur.

[ I don't want to die. I don't want to leave Remus alone. ]

Would you go home?

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[king]

[ A wry twist of the lips. ]

If I knew the answer to that, I probably wouldn't have to ask everyone else.

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[brewglory]

An impossible question to answer unless I am truly confronted with the choice.

I would prefer home, only because I am here against my will.

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[king]

And here I was thinking you were something of a foregone conclusion.

[ After all, this entire post is a result of his dwelling on the question since Snape opened up home as a distant possibility. ]

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[bruxisms]

I have to go back.

[ But, perhaps it was not as simple as he made it sound. ]

[king]

Do you?

[ Rhetorical — your reasons are his reasons, after all. ]

What if nothing moves on without us?

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[veneficus]

[ quietly. ]

I would stay.

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[king]

Good.

[poweroflegend]

A decision that becomes harder to make the more of yourself you give to this place.

[Sitting on a rock, skinning a fresh kill. At length he lightly tosses the knife down, its blade piercing the soil.]

I'd go, ultimately. I have a wife waiting for me at home. And a legacy to consider.

Even then, I won't go easily.

[king]

[ Nods, slowly. ]

But it's not as though we can simply hold ourselves back.

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[raisedtobe]

Would you stay here?

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[king]

That's what I'm trying to figure out.

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[ganking]

Guess there's no third option for neither, huh? [ Because he honestly doesn't know. ]

Has that ever even happened before? Or something close to it? [ The Door working correctly, that is. ]

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[king]

Well, I suppose if you offed yourself you create a third option.

[ But that's a little dark, and he's wincing. ]

And, no. Never voluntarily.

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[maythespirits]

I would go home. [ Considering her tone and the lack of hesitation before her answer, it's pretty clear that she wouldn't even consider staying. ]

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[king]

It's good to hear someone who knows what they want.

[ But he feels sorry, too; at least the people who would stay already have that wish granted. ]

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[dedicatedbitch]

You know, I would say home, but I'd probably just be sent back to Atia instead. [ Which she might actually prefer over this place; at least there she has some really great friends. ] Or some place that's worse than Atia and this place combined.

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[king]

Atia?

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[last_to_kneel]

[Now, why does this sound like a discussion that he had with Ed not too long ago. His eyes narrow.]

Why should you care about what others do?

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[king]

Pardon?

[priscilla]

I'd stay.

But you know that.

[king]

[ A small smile. ]

I do.

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[buryindecadence]

Staying. Absolutely staying.

[ There's no way he's going back there, not unless he's got a deathwish or something like it. ]

I've got everything I could ever want in terms of second chances right here.

...Why, you thinking of heading back?

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[king]

Yes, I was just going to pop home again for a visit.

[ Please. ]

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[iattractmushi]

[Well. There's a hell of a question.]

...would I have to go back to my original home, or could I pick any world that I know about?

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[king]

Would your answer differ depending?

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[calamitousnaiad]

It would be a terribly difficult choice. But I would go home. There is someone waiting for me and I want to return to him.

[She smiles sadly.]

I'd hate to think what he might do if my timeline were to progress without me.

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[king]

You never know, Verity, he might yet end up here.

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[halfman]

Home is where we all belong. It may not be ideal, but neither is this place.

[Tyrion shrugs.]

Here all we can do is regret the past. At least if we return home we have a chance to change the future.

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[king]

Who's to say this place isn't our future?

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[silverking]

I would stay.

For some of us there is nothing to return to.

[Voice]

[king]

[ Nothing's awkward, nothing's weird, la la la~ ]

I'm not surprised.

There's a man recently arrived who is taking a lot of interest in the Door. You're the resident expert — have you spoken with him?

[coy]

I'd stay here if my friends stayed here. [As much as she misses her mom, at least Elena is safe here. They're all safer here without Klaus.]

[king]

What if they all wanted to go home?

[miata]

....Don't know anymore.

[king]

[ Gently, ]

Why not, Miata?