#comeawayupdate

Hello all! Instead of moving forward with a group plot from months ago that killed the muse in me, allow me to make a brief update on the island.

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Where we left off…

Hook had been abducted by the witch and made a dark deal; when he came out from under her spell, the captain learned that the brief moments spent with the woman had actually been many months. She was pregnant with his child, and claimed that it was one of the last pieces that she needed to reset the Neverland, and to rid the island of all of the travelers that had found home on its shores.

Hook and Pan were beginning to set their feud aside to rally their forces to stop the wicked witch. They knew they’d need the help of all peoples on the land and sea to bring down the woman and stop the destruction of the home they loved.

What conspired…

From pirates to lost boys, to wandering souls, to the merfolk and pixies, and even the rare witches and natives, the inhabitants of Neverland were able to stop the witch from fulfilling her dark wishes. Instead of sacrificing the new baby, Peter’s closest companion fairy, the scales of a sweet mermaid, and the totem of the late Indian chief, the witch was convinced to bury herself into the eldest tree on the island, where all life therein is said to have begun. It was she that needed to be reset, to once again become the caretaker that the Neverland had created her to be.

What’s next…

Deep in the Neverwood, the witch of the island is rejuvenating in sleep. Time will only tell what she will become, and what will happen without her meddling.

Peter and Hook’s truce has come to an end, though each have grown a slight respect for the other. It is doubtful that it will last, but one can hope.

Tinkerbell, returned to Peter without her wings, as lost the power of Fairy magic. Her pixie dust remains, but she has been forced to live as a full sized human fairy, and is growing accustomed to being back among the lost boys.

The majority of the merfolk, though still mistrusting the pirates, seem a bit more curious with human life, having joined forces to help rescue their beloved island. Perhaps their new moon strolls will be more popular now that they’ve seen what the humans can do together.

Whatever happens next, the island seems content. Shall we have an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first?

These roles have been reopened:

Peter Pan

The Battle:

The skies are gray, and there is a chilled whisper the wind carries over the island. The port is unusually quiet, everyone working on projects or baking or making sales. A sound cuts through the silence, clear as a bell. A loud crow breaks the skin of false calm, followed by a raucous crashing through the woods. Whoops and howls and war cries as a dozen painted lost boys and girls emerge from the forest wielding swords and daggers and clubs. 

With Hook and a selected crew gone for two weeks, the island seemed a little less chaotic. Or more, depending on where one stood; the Lost Boys were a little more liberal with their swiping from the buccaneers in port; the fairies held sixteen fairy dances (two on Sundays); and the pirates were more relaxed in their duties; the haunts of the falls crept out of their hiding places and caused much mischief, while the beasts of the island seemed to be hibernating. When the Jolly Roger’s regal silhouette was first spotted on the horizon, the ghosts and ghouls rushed back to their places (many of which had been doomed to die by the hook handed captain), the beasts yawned and crawled out of their dark hiding places, the whispers amongst the children sent word to Peter that the old codfish was back.