Lizard

Elizabeth "Lizard" Thief. Former Collector. Member of storybrookehasfalenrpg

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“Then you haven’t been down here nearly long enough. Don’t worry- the fear will start to creep in with you least expect it.” It really wasn’t that hard of a concept- the longer someone spent trying to stave off fear, the longer they didn’t notice their own internal monologues. 

“Don’t worry that little head of your’s, I’m not going to hurt him. He might not be my current ally, but I never betray the trust of someone who helped me. Especially when the person involved is about as useful as a wet piece of cloth.” It took more than some time spent on a wall to kill her, considering the century spent in the tower a long dead ruler had seen fit for her. Besides, it kept her away from Jafar, which was a treat in her book.

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“I’ll worry about that when it happens.” She knew if she dwelled on it, it would make the fear come quicker. The paranoia. The worry. She hoped to leave with Will- many had mentioned it and she wanted to... badly. So if she could get out she could worry about the fear of the underworld much in the future.

“So wouldn’t hurtin’ me mean betraying him? I am his best friend y’know. Even if he don’t love me. And I know he doesn’t.” She glared. It was dumb but well- she couldn’t help herself from a little shot at making this woman leave. She had spent too long crying. Too long worrying herself over Will. She’d been afraid down here for a while She was simply exhausted of all the emotions since her death. 

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The comment about her not being around caused Will’s heart to sink just the slightest. The fact that she was there to make the joke meant the world to him, but he already knew their time was brief- there was no way the Storybrooke residents would let him bring someone back. None of them really cared for him. “I dunno, Belle’s getting better at poking fun. You could still talk circles ‘round her, though.” The comment was meant to be harmless, and any implication went right over Will’s head.

Will chuckled, “If ‘m careful ‘bout it, could last me a few months. Got in the habit of nicking from the liquor store. Idiot who works there has a habit of sleeping on th’ job. Could get a couple bottles a week if I timed it right.” Though he also drank almost a bottle a week, so he wasn’t taking all that much. Not really. “Get the feeling ‘drunk’ isn’t a thing that can happen down ‘ere. Too good ‘a feeling to keep around.”

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Liz didn’t really realize the pain the comment could cause. She’d come to accept that she was dead and there was no way around it. However, when Will spoke about someone else... a woman... Lizard’s eyes lifted to him. “Belle?” She asked simply. Keeping her tone even. He did say Anastasia had died... she shouldn’t expect him not to move on from that... but if he was dating someone else... she was a little sad she never got the chance to be there for him.

“Sounds fun.” She smirked, she did still enjoy the thrill of stealing, so she couldn’t blame the fact that he was still stealing. It was exciting, a little immoral... but if the man did his job, there wouldn’t be an issue right? “That’s true... this isn’t the most lively place y’know.” She grinned at her own joke., It was stupid, but it amused her.

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“There’s no such thing as a lack of fear in death. There’s always something worse.” She’d seen the creatures that lived in the realm, seen what they could do, and yet these people thought they were at their absolute worst. It was like a game to her- see just how intelligent the people could be. And thus far, nearly all of them had failed. There was a difference between walking away in boredom and walking away because she couldn’t scare someone.

“Keep that brave face on, little mouse. You’re going to need it in the future.” She hummed quietly, moving further off to the side. “That boy you love so much is down here, did you know that? I let him go, before you start worrying. I’m not about to harm the man who let me go.” Her lips curled in a mockery of a smile. “Did you know that? It was Will Scarlet who released me from the wall after Jafar put me there.”

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“Well I’ve yet to find it.” She wasn’t afraid of the ghouls... they terrified her initially, but there were worse in Wonderland. Worse in the Enchanted Forest too. Physical wise. Fighting didn’t scare her. Physical battles were easy. She ran her hand through her hair, ruffling it a bit. Her shoulders were slack and her posture simply lacking.

“Yes, I know.” Well she really wasn’t a mind reader. Or she’d have known that. A very brief moment of panic crossed her when she realized it meant the Jabberwocky had encountered Will... but he was fine. She didn’t seem to kill anyway. Just scare. “Sounds like him. We’re thieves, not murderers. And a prison is just as bad, isn’t it?” She couldn’t imagine being stuck in one place with your thoughts for centuries. A few moments was long enough.

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This one, this… child was tugging so beautifully at her senses that she couldn’t bare the thought of leaving. Not until the girl was a sniveling mess on the ground. The people in her current realm of location had been calling her ‘monster’ since they saw her, and she was on the warpath to prove them right.

“What do I want? That’s a funny question, coming from you. I want for nothing, other than people to fear me. I don’t know everything, little one, I know fear and what comes of it. I know of lost love and aching hearts. Contrary to an apparently popular belief, I’m not a mind reader.” Though there were times she wished for such power, her own ability was far more powerful. People could hide their fears under layers upon layers of thought; she could pluck terrors out like picking a flower. “I could leave, but I can also do anything I want. And what I want, right now, in this instant, is you.”

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"I think you're in the wrong place for people to fear you... we're dead you can't hurt us." She'd given up trying to sound strong, she was just tired, exasperated. She wasn't afraid right now, not of this creature. She knew Will would never love her. It only mad her sad and disappointed, it didn't make her scared. She was dead, her fear when alive was that no one would ever love her. Ever. But she was dead now and that had come true. So what else was there really? A thought crossed her mind, maybe this creature wanted everything to fear her because she shared a fear with Liz herself. She was too afraid to never get love. But Lizard said nothing and hoped the Jabberwocky couldn't read it. After all, it wasn't a fear, so she shouldn't be able to according to herself. 

Lizard was already crying, and the tears continued to flow but she just stared at the creature in the form of a woman in front of her. She wiped her eyes and leveled a stare that was tainted by tears. "Do what you want...You can't hurt me anymore.I'm dead." The last words were almost a hiss as she kept eye contact.

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“Avoiding it. I don’t trust that version of Storybrooke at all. I’ve been here a little while - before that fake town popped up.”

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“What’s wrong with it? I got a friend who’s in there… seems fine to me… But I never saw it above. I’ve just been to Wonderland and the Forest.“

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“Blimey, you always were the clever one,” he grumbled, leaving her line about interpretation to hang in the air. He wasn’t about to let that one get over on him, even if there was that slight grumbling irritation at the back of his mind. There really hadn’t been anyone to poke fun at him since leaving Wonderland for the last time, and he hadn’t realized how much he’d missed such a presence in his life. 

“I’m not explaining telly and video to you. Tried to explain s’mores to Alice and tha’ didn’t go over well. We’ll jus’ show ya instead of explainin’.” Especially since he couldn’t really figure out how to say ‘there’s moving pictures in a box and the kids enjoy them’ without sounding like a nutter. “Think th’ lack of booze would drive me up the wall. Good thing my entire stash came with us.” Shame he’d had to go out and try and fix things. He could’ve spent their entire time in the Underworld drunk. But he also saw their stay extending beyond the bottles he’d stashed, and that would have made life hell.

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Lizard couldn’t help but laugh. Oh she did love teasing Will. Mostly because she knew he could take it without getting too upset. He teased her too, so it was even really. “You have it too easy without me around, don’t ya?” She grinned proudly. Knowing full well that quite a few people wouldn’t dare, others just … didn’t pester him the way she did. She did it out of love though, and hopefully he realized that after their previous encounter.

“… Okay.” She hadn’t the slightest idea what he meant by telly and video so she wasn’t overly concerned by those at the moment. Especially since he said he’d have to show her. “It did? Lemme guess, you’ve got enough for a while?” She knew Will, she’d seen a few bouts of his drinking, so she expected there to be plenty down here. She wasn’t quite as much of a drinker as he was… but you know what they say, you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone. “Thankfully there’s kind of other things to take your mind off of it down here… like running from ghouls that eat your soul.” She rose a brow at him. “I’m not even sure I can get drunk anymore honestly…”

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The easiest way to get her to leave people alone and stop rooting around in their heads was to bore the creature. She’d yet to find anyone in the place that really bored her; there was just always someone else. Plus, after a while, it was all too much for her to handle. Decades of being stuck to a wall had her mind feeling like an oversensitive nerve; the lightest brush could set her off.

But this one was putting on a brave face to hide her debilitating fear, which only made her more interesting. It was always interesting to her, how people would try and hide things to seem less appealing, and yet it had the opposite effect. They would never learn that from her, however. Of course the girl kept moving, which caused her to spin out of the tree and practically skip along behind her, the glee in her step not quite making it to her face. She started humming under her breath, murmuring nonsense lyrics to herself before skittering in front of Lizard, stop a few feet in front of the girl. “No witty comment? No snark to support the tears? What a… disappointment.”

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Lizard had hid her feelings for Will, and all the insecurities involved in them for a few decades. She wasn’t one to let them show too easily, then again, Will was a bit thick. But now, this creature was trying to bring them all to the surface. And it was working. She stopped short when the creature was in front of her yet again.

She listened to the words, taking a deep breath trying to keep herself calm. However, the tears were already streaking down her cheeks and the comment from this creature was just about enough. “What do you want from me?? You can’t kill me, you know everything already!!!” It was mix between anger and desperation to get this creature to go away, mixed with the feelings of everything this creature was bringing to light again. “No, Will doesn’t love me, but I can’t do anything about that! I’m not even sure I can leave this place!” Her voice cracked. “Can’t you just go away?!?”

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Neal didn’t know half the references Lizard made, but he understood her story well enough. It would’ve been nice to have someone like Lizard around when he was a small boy. “Yeah, I understand that. I want to thank you for doing that sort of stuff. When I was growing up… it would’ve been a pleasant surprise to have someone like you wandering the streets. My papa was the town coward and the spinner before becoming who he did so… yeah,” he trailed off. “I ended up being a thief, but only to survive. Ya know? The last things I stole…. I tried to make things right with those thefts. I tried to provide for someone even if I couldn’t be there for her.”

She rose her eyebrows, not knowing this man or who his father was… but she knew that people could change sometimes. “I did it because growing up I was alone it would have been a great thing to have someone do what I did. Plus- I had free time and I didn’t have debts like my friend to pay off. So what else could I do with them? I wouldn’t be used to having extra money… “ She ran her hand through her hair. “It was that too… I’d become a thief out of necessity and it was all I knew. The towns were neglected and they needed the coin. I knew how to take it from those who had too much- so I did. I gave it to those who really needed it.”

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“I’ll be your friend, if you want, or if you want.. an ally. I know my way around these parts. I know where the safe food and water are. I’m a walking encyclopedia for weapon making, traps, and fishing…hunting. I’ve got this place and it’s pretty big,” he offered with a shrug. “I don’t really have much down here either. It’s been safer. So, what do you say?”

  He nodded. “I do. I do believe it. I’ve seen a lot of things in my travelling. You’re looking at the only person to ever escape Neverland. If I can do that I can anything’s possible,” he explained. “And…I do. At least I hope so. I’ve got a son to be a father to and a father to get to know and all sorts of stuff to live for. I don’t know how, yet. But I don’t plan on staying in this place for all eternity.”

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“I didn’t think there was any good food or water.. but I lived in Wonderland, I’ve got quite a bit of skill myself, but I know safety is in numbers… so I’ll help you if you help me?” She offered a smile. She hadn’t had a friend, ally.. anything really since Will had left. Sure the Caterpillar’s lackeys were around but what use were they when it came to really caring for someone?

“I don’t know what Neverland is…” She shrugged a little, understanding that there were tons of towns and things that she didn’t know of. She hadn’t even known Wonderland existed before she met that man that took her there. “I don’t have anything out of here… but I’d like a chance to have something to live for.” But if it came down to only a few people leaving, she’d give up her spot. She had nothing. Just a hope for a life. others had children, and people who loved them.

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She’d intended to bother the girl and leave (she was no fun, with her fears written all over her face and not even hidden within her mind), but then she had to go and try and insult her, and the Jabberwocky was rolling her eyes. There was a reason she’d always thought the average intelligence in Wonderland was less than the other realms she’d visited.

The girl wanted to leave? Let her. She remained in her spot, watching with a bored expression on her face, as she girl walked about a hundred feet. Enough to let her think she served no longer purpose, but not quite far enough that she was out of sight. Then, she vanished, reappearing directly next to Lizard, breath brushing her ears. “Your death meant nothing,” she murmured before disappearing again, reappearing in one of the low hanging branches on a near by tree, “Foolish little girl. Believe me, that man was never worth an ounce of your attention. You weren’t even on his mind last I was near him.”

Lizard was annoyed frankly, this woman wasn't just pushing buttons of things she was afraid of, but the anxiety of her picking around in her head freaked Liz out. To a point where she was overreacting. Where she was trying to push the other woman away in a manner that might work with humans. She just wanted to be left alone like she usually was. No one to interupt or poke around in her thoughts.

She was walking quickly, though not quite a run. A run would make it seem like she was afraid of the creature... and she wasn't. She was afraid of what the creature could do. Lizard's fears weren't well hidden. She knew that. She just wanted to leave, get away from the anxiety caused by wondering exactly when this creature would bring them up. Or what else she'd find in her mind. She knew, the moment she felt the creature's presence again, what would be brought up. Tears stung at Lizard's eyes at the creatures words. But she didn't look at ehr, she just kept walking. Like any bully, she hoped ignore it and leave would work. She blinked hard, one hand coming up to wipe away her tears before they could slide down her cheeks. She kept her eyes forward, a silent mantra of Don't look at her. Don't look at her. Don't look at her. running through her mind as she kept trucking forward.

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Will grinned at the… compliment? His hesitation in calling it such meant his smile slid off his face and he turned to furrow his brows at Lizard. “That suppose’ to be an insult?” Because it almost sounded like one. She’d always bothered him about being oblivious and thick skulled (which he now knew was a specific reference to her feelings), but he guessed it had come in handy? Though that was more of his bull headed decision to rip his own heart out.

“An’ here I was hoping this wasn’t going to end up like ‘nother one of those movies the kids in town keep watching,” he grumbled. Part of him had been hoping for another mythos, though he knew that the Greek was probably the less likely to murder all of them out of spite. But that wasn’t really considering his own personal luck, which recently, had been about as consistent as the mood swings in town. “Garden? Like, with food? Ain’t that the stuff that keeps you here forever?” Or was that something different? Blimey, there was too much information try to be crammed in his head at once. 

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Lizard couldn't help but stifle a small laugh at Will's confusion. "It's open to interpretation." She grinned at him widely, mischeif written all over her features. She did love the few moments she could pick on him. Usually it was Lizard being the butt of jokes among the men of the group. What could one expect being one of few women in a group that was more brawn than brain most of the time?

"What's that suppose to mean?" She looked at him for a moment like he'd just grown another head. Sure she knew Storybrooke was different but what the hell was Will on about this time? Movies? Things th ekids watched? She didn't have the foggiest idea. "I think it's any food that's from down here. I ain't about to test any of it to find out. I don't need to eat anymore and I'm not going to. Not with that risk." She shook her head. If she could get out she wasn't going to even look at the freshest tart made or think about the sweetest wine. No, that could wait.

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“Touché. I get that. More years than not I’ve spent as a thief,” he agreed, with a shrug. “I…uh…stumbled upon it. I wanted to get away from the center of town. I ended up here.”

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“I see, yeah that’s makes sense enough… Didja come with the town? Or just plan on avoidin’ it?”

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“…You’re the … -god tryin’ to help the town get back home, right? Hercules?” She asked when she caught the man near the town. She wondered… would he know if she’d be able to go back with them?

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It was harder to smell people’s fears in the Underworld. Most of the time, anyways. The tinge of death or dread had a habit of flavoring them with smoke and ash, and it made everything turn to dust. But for those she had encountered before, it was only a matter of recalling what the scent had been to brush off the decay from time apart. Not that she’d ever smelled the girl’s fears, having only met her corpse, but there had still been the lingering aroma of love lost and longing.

“So there is some residual thought inside your head. I thought the Caterpillar liked to siphon all the smart from his people.” She’d only heard things about the creature that ran the underworld, but the chatter was enough to make her curious. “It’s funny that you think I owe you anything like an explanation. You served your purpose after death- that’s all you need to know.”

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Lizard didn’t like this woman. It was the looming knowledge that she could read her fears. That she knew what lurked in the corners of Lizard’s mind that fueled nightmares. Things that made her cringe. She knew the woman either knew them, or was trying to find them. She didn’t know how… but she hoped it would be hard. Lizard was brave, but she had fears. She was definitely not indestructable.

“You heard wrong.” That was the only comment. Sure the Caterpillar did align with some less intelligent folk, but they were the brawn. There were others, like Lizard and Will- they were bright, clever, and good at more than just grabbing someone. “You put an awful lot of energy into gettin’ on people’s nerves don’t you?” She looked at the woman, scoffing. She’d been hanging out with Will for long enough there was a form of immunity to such tactics. Along with the others on the Caterpillar’s team. She was one of only a few women. So she was occasionally target of banter. “You know what? Whatever. I don’t care. Not like can do anything about it anyway, right?” She shrugged. “You have your fun- doin’… whatever it is you wanna do. I’m gonna… go… anywhere else.” She nodded and turned. She didn’t think it would be that easy to get away but hey, she could try, right?

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“Oh really? Care to elaborate?”

"Well I stole from the Queen's lackeys for years, right in her palace. I stole from royals on a daily basis and I told the man I loved that I loved him. Just a few examples." She crossed her arms over her chest, a smirk playing over her lips. "What about you? You ever done anything risky?"

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“Oh really? I’m…I’m sorry,” he stammered, seeing that he’d touched on a tough topic. “I understand though. Alive, I uh, didn’t really have much family either. I spent a lot of time on my own. And you don’t have to care if you don’t want to. But, you can always make a family. Family isn’t always flesh and blood.”

Neal then shook his head. “I don’t believe that. I think it does matter. It gives us something to hold on to. It gives us hope,” he pointed out. “And maybe that hope can transfer into something tangible. Maybe we can get another chance.”

"I know." She nodded. "I just ... I never had that. I had-have a friend... but... he's better than family." Not to mention she'd been head over heels in love with him so she wasn't about to consider him family for that reason. "Don't really have anyone other than that. I got a boss, and a couple idiots i work with... but that's about it." She shrugged.

"You really think we're gonna get outta the Underworld?" It wasn't a sarcastic retort, instead she was genuinely wondering if he believed it. "Do you think we can go back with them?...I was told.. that- that I could but... I don't want to get up hope and be left behind." The last time she'd dared hope it'd end up leading to her death.

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See You Again || Will & Liz

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“Well, not your thoughts, exactly. She couldn’t read me because ‘a the lack of a heart. No heart, no real emotions, so no fear, yeah? Pissed her off ta no end, I think. It was actually kinda funny to see a centuries old creature get huffy with me.” Or more specifically, with his lack of a heart, but it was still slightly humorous at the time to watch her pace around him and grumble about being unable to read him. Especially since, at that point, there wasn’t anything that Jafar could have done to him. He’d felt awfully untouchable. Pity it hadn’t lasted.


l sighed heavily, shaking his head. “Whoever runs this bloody place really likes thinking up ways to torment you all, don’t they? Blimey.” A myriad of possible ‘rules of the Underworld’ spun through his mind, considering that he wasn’t sure what mythos and rules the place ran by. “Bloody wanker. Ever met any of the heads in here? Or just other dead people? Because I’d love to see wha’ exactly the protocol is around here.” The eagerness in her exclamation went right over his head, just like everything else Lizard had ever told him. “Not like they really ever want my help. I help them figure out where a big bad is hiding and they lock me in jail. Bloody bastards.”

Liz coudn't help but laugh at the idea of a creature as formidible as the Jabberwocky getting frustrated with Will Scarlet. "Well... if anyone could frustrate The Jabberwocky, it'd be you, woudn't it?" She smirked at him. Remembering the way Alice spoke of him and how easily he ticked people off. Usually it was because of his actions but she some how wasn't surprsied he'd managed to do the same to the Jabberwocky. She could imagine it now, the cocky smirk on Will's face as the creature tried to figure out what was wrong.

"Hades. That's what I've heard his name is." She shrugged. She hadn't met the guy, but though she didn't spend a lot of time chatting at a local pub or anything, there were moments in passing when she'd meet someone and they'd warn her of something. The food for example had been a passing warning from a stranger. "Only met a few others like me. None of the big wigs. Though, I heard he's got a garden, which must mean he's got some kinda house, yeah?" Palace, Castle, something. He was a god after all he'd probably have something over the top. She shook her head at his comment. "You can't even stop gettin' locked up in another world."