Archie Hopper
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Fairytale Name: Jiminy Cricket
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Post by Archie Hopper on May 2, 2013 0:53:10 GMT
Although Henry and Daniel were twins and usually had their sessions with Archie together, sometimes Henry had them on his own. That had begun about a month ago, shortly after Henry had received a book of fairy tales and had decided somehow that its contents were all true. It was especially troubling that he had decided his mother was the evil queen of the storybook. Well, there was nothing unusual about children sometimes calling their parents evil, especially when they didn't get what they wanted, but Henry had always been fond of his mother before. Now he seemed to view everything she did as part of some kind of evil plot. Archie was sure there was some reason behind it, that something must have happened to suddenly turn the boy against his mother... something other than a character in a storybook that somewhat resembled her. He just hadn't gotten to the bottom of it yet. And getting to the bottom of it was harder than you might think, because he was trying to be delicate about the issue of the storybook. You didn't just come out and tell a little boy you thought he was having delusions and that he was too old to be believing in fairy tale stories. You didn't just take away a book that was obviously so important to the boy, even if you thought it would probably be for the best. You didn't just come out and shatter his fantasies. It was an approach Regina didn't seem to understand, but thus far she had accepted it and let the therapy go on at its own pace. But the woman wasn't known for infinite patience, that was for sure. Sooner or later she was going to start to demand results.
And then there was the new issue of Emma Swan, the woman Henry had brought into town... the woman he had found online... the woman he was sure was his and Daniel's biological mother. And the woman hadn't denied that, nor asked for a DNA test as proof. She just seemed to accept it without question that these were her kids. This was something he would have to discuss with Miss Swan as soon as he got the chance to speak to her alone. But this wasn't that time.
Archie was preparing for one of his solo sessions with Henry. They were going to discuss the storybook, why Henry thought people were the characters he thought they were, why it was so important to him for the stories to be true (a question Archie had asked before and never gotten a satisfactory answer)... and if there was time, they would discuss Emma, why Henry had gone searching for her and what place he thought she had in the storybook. He set out a dish of assorted candies on the table in hopes the sweet treats would encourage the boy to open up and talk about the subjects he intended to bring up. Not that Henry needed much encouragement to speak up; he seemed to enjoy talking about that storybook to just about anyone who would listen, anyway. And besides which, Archie liked to think he and Henry had developed a trust and a kind of rapport over the past month, much more so than he had developed with Daniel. He knew he wasn't supposed to play favorites, but Henry was his favorite little patient nonetheless.
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Post by Henry Mills on May 2, 2013 18:13:08 GMT
A busy start to the month you could say that was for certain, though it may be busy Henry was a lot happier than he had been for a while now, things were looking up. Even though he was still living with the Evil Queen, Henry was sure sooner or later that, this would be changing and he could live with his real mum Emma. Of course she would have to break the curse first saving everyone in the town, so that was a while off yet, and Henry had to come up with ways to get Emma to help. He had already told her a few of the fairy tale people, and that Mrs Blanchard was her mum. Obviously Prince Charming was in coma at the moment, Henry just had to plan a way to get him out of it, he did have a small idea how, he was just not entirely sure about it.
Henry knew that his mum the Evil Queen would most likely try every single step of the way to keep the curse intact, however Henry was very determined to not let that happen in fact Henry was hoping he could find something that would give proof of the curse. That way everyone would believe him once he had it, the curse was real and he knew it even if everyone else said it was not, and that was only because they were cursed. Once he had proof not even his mother would be able to deny it, of course Henry would have to find the proof first, but Emma would be able to help him. There was another who could help him Archie, who he already considered part of the operation Cobra, Archie might believe him but he had never said it, but well Archie was his friend, also he did not think he was crazy, Henry was sure he would help in finding proof.
Something he could ask him today if he got around to it, because today was one of his solo sessions with Archie, usually he was with his twin brother Daniel when he had these session but of late he had also been having solo sessions with Archie. Henry found himself liking it better and it was much more private than the sessions with his brother, his brother was okay just not all the time though. Henry was certainly going to this one; he had already missed the last session after he went to go fined Emma with Daniel. He was sorry he had but it had been important, without Emma there was no way that the town would be saved.
So that was What Henry was doing at this moment going to see Archie to begin the session, he had already gone to his mum's office to see her there was no getting away from that, it was not bad, but now Emma was in town Henry could see that she was worried, which was good he was just hoping they would have more time until she realized who Emma was other than his real mum. He walked himself from his mum's office to Archie's office. Henry had run into Daniel along the way, he was still angry at him at dragging him along to find Emma. He was sure Daniel would come around though; he had the belief that he would. Henry walked up the stairs to Archie's office and knocked and then waited patiently for Archie to open.
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Archie Hopper
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Doesn't Remember/Hero
Posts: 33
Fairytale Name: Jiminy Cricket
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Post by Archie Hopper on May 4, 2013 23:32:11 GMT
There was a knock at the door, right on time, and Archie smiled as he went over to open it.
"Hey, Henry," he said cheerily. "Why don't you come on in and let's get started."
He looked Henry over and didn't see the large tome in his hands, but maybe it was in his bag. Wherever Henry was, the book was never far away, for as long as he'd had it. And Henry could probably guess what the topic of conversation was going to be today; it had been their main topic of conversation every week for the past month.
"So, have you been reading any more in that book of yours, Henry?" he asked. "Have you found out anything new? Any more people's fairy tale identities or any stories you hadn't come across before?" He thought for a moment. "I'm curious to know, since I know you think I'm Jiminy Cricket, who does that make Pongo? I don't remember any dogs in the story of Pinocchio. Is he from a different story, then? Or did he not come out of a fairy tale? I'd be interested to know what his story is, if you have it."
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Post by Henry Mills on May 5, 2013 15:24:34 GMT
"Hello Archie," Henry replied just as cheerily as Archie sounded, he was glad to see Archie again even if it was because his mum wanted these sessions. He already knew what they would be talking about and the book was in his bag if he was to need it, he was sure he would plus he still wanted to talk to Archie about his ideas as well. He had a lot of fun talking to Archie about the book and the curse through the recent month, while not entirely sure it did seem that a part of Archie believed him at least in Henry's eyes
He smiled back at him and nodded as he mentioned getting started heading right for the extremely comfy sofa, Henry also took off his backpack and placed it next to him keeping it close enough so he could get the book out if need be. Henry waited for Archie to come sit down as well and once he did he started going on about the book causing Henry to sit forward excited. "I read it as much as I can Archie," he replied smiling proudly, by now he had most of the stories remembered off by heart the Snow White and Prince Charming story was remembered easily. Archie asked if Henry had found something new and Henry paused for a moment to think, he did remember a new one but he was not entirely sure what the story was. He was brought back out of his thoughts when Archie mentioned Henry thinking he was Jiminy Cricket, which he was. "You are Jiminy Cricket you help people guide them," he told him grinning from ear to ear glad to be talking to at least someone about it. "You weren't always a cricket though," which was true the man Archie was at this moment was the person who had become a cricket, all thanks to the Blue Fairy "the Blue Fairy turned you into one," he said explaining it before Archie could say anything. The mention of Pongo caused Henry to frown because to be honest he had no idea about the dog, other than the fact it's name was from the Hundred and one dalmatians and Pogo was a dalmatian. "I don't know ive not found a story yet but I don't think he's in the book Pongo's just Pongo," he answer still thinking about it, as he thought about it he unzipped his bag and brought out the book.
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Archie Hopper
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Doesn't Remember/Hero
Posts: 33
Fairytale Name: Jiminy Cricket
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Post by Archie Hopper on May 5, 2013 22:17:00 GMT
Archie nodded as Henry said he read the book as often as he could. He had noticed the boy's obsession with the storybook, of course, and while he didn't support it, he did nothing to discourage it, either. Henry didn't answer as to whether he'd found out any other people's identities or read any stories he hadn't before. Did he not have answers to those questions? Or maybe he just didn't trust Archie enough to let him in on that?
Henry then insisted once again that Archie was Jiminy Cricket because he helped people and guided them.
"Is that how you determine who's who, by who has similar traits to certain characters? I think you forgot one important trait, though. Jiminy Cricket is, well, a cricket, and I'm a human being." That was when Henry insisted he hadn't always been a cricket, that the blue fairy had turned him into one. "Why did she do that? Was it some kind of punishment? Maybe if you were to tell me more about the story in your book I might understand. The Pinocchio story as I know it doesn't say anything about Jiminy's origin."
Henry frowned when asked about who Pongo was in the book. He said he hadn't found a story about him yet and figured Pongo was just Pongo.
"So the animals aren't in the stories, only the people? And people play the non-people, like me being Jiminy Cricket. That's interesting," he observed. "Now I'm really curious as to where animals like Pongo come from, if they're not the animals in the stories."
If he were being really honest with himself, Archie didn't remember where he'd gotten Pongo from in the first place. He'd just kind of had the dog for as long as he could remember being in Storybrooke. And he couldn't remember Pongo ever being a puppy, either, in as long as he'd had him. That was a little strange, but he quickly put it out of his mind. He was supposed to be focusing on Henry right now, not himself.
Henry took the book out of his bag, and Archie looked on curiously. He'd been lucky enough to be shown a page or two here and there, just the illustrations, but had never been allowed too hold or read it himself. The book was like a fabled thing he was only allowed to look at from a distance but not touch.
"What does it say?" he found himself asking.
He was curious not only what it may or may not have said about Pongo, but also what it allegedly said about him.
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Post by Henry Mills on May 14, 2013 12:24:52 GMT
"Well yes but it's not only people's characteristics but it's the items, who they live with and the pictures in the book," Henry told Archie excitedly before suddenly taking Archie umbrella and holding it up, "this is the same umbrella that you have in the Enchanted Forest, and if you look at the book the picture is you, I can show you the picture if you want?" Henry asked rather quickly not really wasting a breath or giving Archie a chance to answer, because he was already searching the book for the story eagerly wanting to show Archie. To prove to Archie that he really was Jiminy cricket. He was not entirely sure if it could work, the curse was extremely powerful after all and he expected it would be a lot harder than showing them a picture, but there might be some recognition or something.
Archie seemed confused when told that the Blue Fairy turned him into a cricket and asked if it as a punishment, which was something that caused Henry to shake his head fast. Henry smiled and put the umbrella and down and moved closer to Archie as he did before deciding to explain. "No she was granting your wish, you were lost you did something you regretted, and you wanted to get away from your family, to become a better person, she helped you to do that and you found yourself, who you wanted to be." Henry explained not exactly telling him the whole story just enough of it to get Archie to understand that he had not been punished, Archie was a good person he would never hurt anyone.
Henry looked at Archie deep in thought as Archie mentioned the animals not really being in the story and then took a glance in the book on his lap not sure what to really say, because he had yet to come across animals characters, there seemed to be no talking animals either apart from ones who used to be human. "I'm not really sure, some of the animals like Pongo might be in the book but not important, to the story" Henry looked down at Pongo and smiled weakly, he liked Pongo calling him unimportant felt wrong. "Most people are the animal's of the story, like Ruby she's Red and the Wolf."
Henry grinned happily as Archie asked what the book says and he opened it to halfway through Archie's story, "Do you want to know a bit mroe about your story? Or maybe see if we can find Pongo?" Henry scooted closer to let Archie see the book.
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Archie Hopper
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Posts: 33
Fairytale Name: Jiminy Cricket
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Post by Archie Hopper on May 16, 2013 6:28:05 GMT
Henry began to rattle off his "proof" excitedly. He said Archie's umbrella was the same one he had back in the Enchanted Forest. That was something else Archie couldn't exactly remember where he'd gotten. He'd just had it for as long as he could remember being in Storybrooke. He always called it his lucky charm, but it was really more like a security blanket. Having it made him feel safe, and without it, well, he felt kind of naked. Henry offered to show Archie a picture of himself in the book, and before he could even answer, the boy was eagerly flipping through the pages in search of it. "All right, I'll take a look," he agreed. Not that he expected to really be in the book, of course. Maybe there was a red-haired male character with glasses that reminded Henry of him, but it wouldn't be him. Henry then tried to explain how becoming a cricket was a wish, not a punishment, and why he would've wished that, but Archie had a hard time following the boy's words. He had wanted to become a better person, so he became a cricket? What kind of logical sense did that make? Then Henry started in about the animals, and how he couldn't really find any talking animals in the book. The fairy tales Archie knew had plenty of talking animals, though, just not talking dalmatians. "It's all right if Pongo's not in the story," he said. "I still love him whether he's a fairy tale character or not." Archie smiled over at the dog, who was curled up in his home away from home dog bed that was kept at the office specially for him. Then Henry said something he found a little curious; that Ruby was Red and also the wolf. "You mean Little Red Riding Hood? But the wolf is a completely separate character in that story. The wolf and Red Riding Hood interact. How could they be one in the same?" But the stories in Henry's books were different from the traditional versions, he knew, so that might just be one of the many differences. Henry sat down beside Archie so they could both see the book, and offered to show him his story, or to look for Pongo. "Well, I have to admit to being curious," he said, adjusting his glasses. "Maybe you can show me Jiminy's story in your book so I can understand better what you're talking about when you reference it." Tag Henry Mills
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Post by Henry Mills on Jun 13, 2013 13:12:05 GMT
[sorry this will be Short]
Henry looked over at Pongo studying him for a moment he really wished he knew if he was from the Enchanted Forest or not either way he was an awesome and cool dog but it would be nice to know. "He most likely is but the curse could always have created him," that was an interesting idea but something told Henry that this was not the case, plus it would mean Pongo was not truly living which would be horrible.
He nodded as Archie tried to confirm that Ruby was little red riding hood, which was one thing that Henry had come to the conclusion about for a very long time now. He thought her story was said but Ruby herself was just awesome, plus she knew how to control the wolf now. "Well that's the wrong story what really happened is that she is the wolf as well, they thought it was Peter but well, he died when she turned, like a werewolf." he explained to Archie knowing he did not need to explain about the full moon as well that was an obvious feature of the a werewolf.
Henry had first opened the book on the picture of Archie as Jiminy before he turned into a cricket to try and prove to him that this was himself, he was not sure if it would actually work as often sometimes people needed lots of proof. "See look Jiminy Cricket is you, this si you before you asked the Blue Fairy for help," he pointed to the picture and showed it to Archie.
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Archie Hopper
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Doesn't Remember/Hero
Posts: 33
Fairytale Name: Jiminy Cricket
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Post by Archie Hopper on Jun 16, 2013 0:00:55 GMT
Henry thought that maybe the curse had created Pongo, since he didn't know him from the book. Archie wondered about the implications of that, like saying his dog was possibly fictional, and decided he didn't like that idea. "So either all the animals in town were alive in the Enchanted Forest or they were created from nothing by the curse?" he pondered. The second option sounded terrible. "So are there any people in town who you think might have been created by the curse, or are all of us real?" He wouldn't want to be the one to tell someone they weren't in the book, and thus not real. But then again... "There are thousands if not millions of different fairy tales in the world, and they can't all be in the book. Does that mean the stories that aren't in there aren't true? Or are the only stories there the ones about people from Storybrooke?"Henry tried to explain about how Ruby could be both Red Riding Hood and the wolf, and he started off by saying the story Archie knew was wrong. And he mentioned someone named Peter. Archie knew of a piece of music, sometimes accompanied by a narrated story, of Peter and the Wolf. "So, wait, the stories of Red Riding Hood and Peter and the Wolf are part of the same story?" It was still another difference between Henry's book and the familiar tales everyone learned as children. "Are there any other stories that intersect like that?"Then Henry flipped through his book until he came to the story of Jiminy Cricket. There he found and pointed to a picture of a man with red hair and glasses, which he said was Jiminy before he asked the Blue Fairy for help. "All right, I admit, that does look a lot like me, b-but that's just a coincidence, Henry."Sure, it could be coincidence that there's one character in the book who looks like me, Archie thought, but characters who look like just about everyone in Henry's life? What would be the odds of that?"I-it just doesn't make any sense to say-"He started skimming the story, just picking up on the important points, but when he reached out and turned the page a strange feeling came over him. It was like a sudden case of deja vu, like he had read this story somewhere before or something, though he knew he hadn't. He could swear he knew what was coming up next, though... and to his surprise, a couple of paragraphs later, he was right. Archie furrowed his brow as he looked at the page, reading more slowly and carefully now. "It just doesn't make any sense," he repeated, more quietly. Tag Henry Mills
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