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[royalpassport]

We're all stories. Tell me yours, and I'll tell you mine.

(Preferably over tea.)

Don't forget to start with "Once upon a time..."

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[royalpassport]

Black's fine, thanks.

[ Jefferson twists in his seat to watch Victor, his expression thoughtful. ]

I never would've taken you for a fatherly type. But then, I suppose we were both quite young the last time we really saw each other.

[jolting]

We were. Just teenagers, really. [he shakes his head, as if marveling over how young they were]

So time's a little weird here. Emma here, but she's from a point in my past. I'm curious: what was going on in Storybrooke, last you knew?

[royalpassport]

[ Jefferson lifts his brows, though it's not... totally surprising that they're from different points in time, given how people arrive here. ]

For me, it's... The curse broke, and then a wraith was brought to Storybrooke. Somebody used my hat to banish it, and it took Emma and her mom to our-- well. [ Not our world, for Victor. ] The Enchanted Forest.

People are still trying to find their loved ones in the fallout.

[jolting]

[he lets out a sigh, running his hand over his face]

That was years ago. A lot happened since then. Most recently, there's finally another scientist in town named Doctor Jekyll.

[royalpassport]

Great. [ Now it's Jefferson's turn to sigh. ] More magic? [ And Dr. Jekyll, huh... ] Did he bring Mr. Hyde with him?

[jolting]

Of course more magic. [he shrugs. Kind of goes with the territory, bro]

No. They’re trying to get rid of him. It’s a long story, and I was honestly just happy having another scientist around.

[royalpassport]

[ UGHHHhhhhhhhhh ]

Yeah, I guess they're in short supply back in Storybrooke.

[jolting]

Painfully so. But of course I was brought here just when I met him, so I couldn’t even enjoy it.

At least there are some scientific minds here.

[royalpassport]

[ Jefferson makes a thoughtful noise and nods. It's true, there's definitely some science afoot here. And magic, too. It's strange to see them coexisting, really. Every other land he's ever been to was always heavily weighted in favor of one or the other.

After a moment, he speaks up again. ]

Do you think you're going to stay here? Or return to Storybrooke one day?

[jolting]

[he thinks about that for a moment, sipping his tea]

I'm not sure if it makes a difference one way or another.

[truthfully he likes it more here. The Prometheus Lab, hanging out with Lucy, the fact that magic isn't crashing through his lab and he's not being attacked... But then he can't help but think of the hospital in Storybrooke, and all the citizens who need him as a doctor]