TEST DRIVE MEME

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The grand feast is held in the Eaglais clearing. The food is good, the music is sweet, and the evening is lit by gentle fairy lights. All Shardbearers of all courts are summoned here under a universal truce for the evening. Nature itself has shaped itself into tables, chairs, and long couches so that the new guests can rest. When they’re ready to call it a night, Shardbearers are brought to their court strongholds in a one-way trip by fairies and imps. 02. NETWORK Take advantage of your Locket! The network can be accessed by any Shardbearer with a locket or shardless characters with enchanted devices, and is a quick way to meet new people and discuss the state of the world. 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld! There are lots of places to go, and plenty of trouble to get into in them!

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Never too late daughter! :D

[fortruelove]

If he had seen her from behind there would have been a familiar tug, something that told him this was his daughter. But even he would have taken a moment to recognize her, his daughter was changing but she is and always will be his daughter.

His daughter who he had days before left for the second time. An ache that courses through him every day. An ache that ignites hope at finding himself in another world. Because if he was here, she could be too. Then there is a voice, yes, it calls him David and not dad but that matters not. Charming turns to face her, the cloak moving easily with the motion. As comfortable in this garb as he was in the jeans and plaid. His eyes swim with emotion, tearing up as he looks at her face.

Lips smile as he rushes forward, no heed for the crowd, all he cares is to reach her. "Emma....." He thought he would never see her again. A fact he has been forcing himself to accept every second since they left her. Here she is and in his arms before she can protest. The man folds his daughter into a hug that can rival any papa bear.

"You're here..."

[dreamcatcher]

That moment wasn't so terribly long ago for Emma. She remembers the pain of letting her parents go. At least as an infant, she hadn't known what she was missing. As a full grown adult, she knew exactly. It didn't matter that she'd forgotten, for a little while. With her memories she had plenty of time to digest that pain all over again. Being separated from them again in the Enchanted Forest, from David here in the Drabwurld... all of it was a painful reminder of how incapable she was of holding on to the people she loved.

Even if it was easy to get lost in his embrace and pretend, for a little while.

Tears sparked at her eyes as she held onto him, almost unsure if she could believe it was actually happening. They'd gone so long on their own, after all. Could he really have managed to find them? The Drabwurld didn't work that way, he didn't realize how long they'd been gone. Emma, Henry, Snow, they weren't so lucky.

"Dad, how..." Her fingers curved into the meat of his shoulders, not wanting to let go but needing to look him in the eye at the same time. "When did you get here?"

[fortruelove]

What was a father's embrace for if not for his daughter to feel safe and pretend that the world did not continue to make them fight. She could come to him for a hug for just that reason or any other, any time. He would never refuse her. No matter that he had not been able to raise her, she was his daughter and he loved her as any father would.

It did not matter if it was days,weeks, months or years. It did not matter what land they were brought to. Emma could count that one way or another, he would find her. Yes, for a time he knew he was going to have to accept the Enchanted Forest and life without her but in his heart he was a man who never lost hope.

When she took his shoulders he smiled, eyes as sincere as one could be as they looked into his daughter's "Because I will always find you." That was what he did, he found his family. It had started with her mother, his wife and it would not end till he had his family all together. Charming took her face in his hands gently and kissed her forehead.

"I just got here and I'm not going anywhere again." He knew the pain in her and he would not push, he knew she would talk and say what she needed to in her own time. He knew to be patient with her while reminding her that he was here should she want or need him or a shoulder.

[dreamcatcher]

That made one of them. She'd definitely given up hope at the town line. It turned out she was wrong in the end, though it's not lost on her that her parents only sought to find her when they needed her for something else. It's not an argument for now, maybe ever. There are certainly more pressing matters at the moment. Now that he's trapped here along with the rest of them.

She relents a little at the smile, the familiar way he tries to reassure her. No matter how painful some of their memories tend to be, she can't deny it seems like he loves her in the way he treats her. She gives him a sad smile, trying to focus on the reality of his presence. It was harder than it sounded.

"It's not that easy. Sometimes people just go home, and there's no warning." So far she, Henry, and Snow have been trapped for quite some time. She just knows that it isn't impossible to go back home, whether you want to or not. "I haven't found any way to get us back. I'm looking, they just want to keep us here to fight their battle for them."

[fortruelove]

Charming definitely would not win father of the year, being cursed again did not help in that matter. If only he could have raised her, if only he could have learned when she was little what being a father really meant. What he could do, was learn now, be there in any way he knew how. Protect her, Snow and Henry no matter what was coming their way. And show her now how much he loves her, learn to be the father she needed. If he made a mistake he would listen to her when she wanted to talk, even about the subject which is not lost upon her. He will always listen.

He does, for every mistake he has made Charming loves her deeply. He is proud of the woman she became even if he could not be there to help her along the way. She is amazing and no father could ask for a better daughter as far as he is concerned. He sees her relent even a little and it warms his heart. The world was so hard on her, he wishes he could take more of the burden, though he knows he can't.

"It's never easy but there's always a way." He stays close keeping contact with her, offering comfort as he regrets every moment he has not been here. Once again, he has failed her and all he can think is how can he possibly make it up, how can he make it right. "Well, they didn't realize who they picked, if anyone can change this. It's you and our family. We never give up." He means it, he believes in her, if there is a way home for all of them Emma will find it and he will be right there with her looking.

[dreamcatcher]

"There's got to be a way out," she muses, frustration evident. Honestly, it is easy to get swept up in the day to day here. The life she's forced to make for herself to make sure she and Henry are provided for. It's not a big surprise that she's found work as a sheriff, it's what she knows and what she's good at. Maybe helping the natives really doesn't find her a way back home, she still can't turn a blind eye when people need help.

She shakes her head, shaking off the negative thoughts that aren't going to help her right now. She finally pulls back from his embrace, a necessary detachment, even though she's incredibly happy to see him.

"Henry and Mary Margaret are here too. I'm not sure where right now, but somewhere." It was funny how they'd managed to all find each other. Maybe it was the Charming way after all. The tip of her tongue seems weighted, wanting to ask if anyone had come with him... Maybe someone with a dashing amount of leather and more eyeliner than he possibly needed... but she manages to resist.

[fortruelove]

He can see her frustration, his own will be short in following after he makes an attempt or two at finding a way. What he will not do is give up, never, no matter what is put in front of him. Getting swept up into the day to day and the lives going on around you was easy, he knows this. Never would he turn his back on someone in need, it is no surprise that his daughter is the same. They are similar in many ways after all.

He aches at her pulling back, he also knows why she does it. He knows Emma and Charming does not push. They have a bond but there are still things to be worked through, twenty eight years leaves a lot of baggage.

"Of course they are." His smile is wide, it says he is thinking exactly what she is thinking. They would always find each other, sure he may have been the last to arrive but that was not the point. The point was, they were all here now, together. He can see it in her eyes, the desire to ask something and he gives the softest of nudges.

"What is it Emma?"