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[ voice | location: gilbert-sommers home / dodgy jammer ] I don't feel right when you're gone away

Sep 05, 2011 18:51

Jenna had looked high and low for her niece for the last few days, calling Elena, trying to be sure her suspicions were correct and that she wasn't just jumping to conclusions. But after almost a week and no sign of Elena at all, Jenna was forced to admit what she didn't want to face: Elena was gone. And she wasn't coming back ( Read more... )

jenna sommers, fitz kreiner, helen magnus, { caroline forbes, paul smecker (au), (day), @ speares, { rose, katherine pierce

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[location | dodgy jammer] rose_tainted September 5 2011, 23:09:46 UTC

After hearing Jenna's message over the network, Rose headed towards the bar in question, looking out for the other woman. She had promised to look out for Elena and now the young girl was gone. What made it even worse was the fact that Rose knew what lay ahead of her, what Elena had to go through.

That hurt more than anything.

It wasn't along until Rose was in the Dodgy Jammer, spotting Jenna immediately from the door. Without hesitation she walked over to the bar, sliding into a stool beside her.

[location | dodgy jammer] auntjenna September 5 2011, 23:26:14 UTC

Jenna thought she recognized the brunette woman when she sat down, but by that point the blonde was already too far gone to really care much. She wiped at her eyes with her hand - the tissue she'd been using had long ago been shredded into pieces - and glanced at her new companion.

"The drinks here are good."

Well, she could at least still do part of her job.

[location | dodgy jammer] rose_tainted September 6 2011, 00:36:02 UTC

"I know they are," Rose replied, glancing over at the other woman. "I'm sorry about Elena, Jenna." Her voice is quiet, perhaps a little bit sad.

After hearing about everyone else who had went home alongside Elena, she had taken to keeping to herself. Not wishing to talk to many people. But Jenna was Elena's family and Rose felt obliged to be next to her, offer her comfort.

[location | dodgy jammer] auntjenna September 6 2011, 03:08:44 UTC

She just nodded at first, glancing at the other woman as she spoke. So this was also another of Elena's friends. Jenna was starting to feel very out of the loop again and she didn't like it. But there wasn't a thing she could do about it right then, so she just sighed and tried to force a smile through her tears.

"Thank you," she murmured. A tinge of sadness added itself to her voice, leaving even the casual listener no doubt that she had experienced this sort of loss at least once before. "I have to believe she'll be okay at home without me."

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[ visual ] ...sorry for the tl;dr. whoneedsrules September 5 2011, 23:46:03 UTC

Katherine had been immersed in her own version of dealing with the disappearances for the past few days. She'd scoured every inch of the city map on her tablet looking for Stefan, but to no avail. Damon's signal had been nowhere to be found, either. Unwilling to lose hope, she'd taken a trip down to the Boarding house only to find the building gone, same as the Old Well's church - no big loss, that one. After that, Katherine had been unable to deny the truth. The brothers had been sent back home.

She misses Stefan. The longing mixes in with anguish and rage at the sheer unfairness of it all, to have found her way back into his arms and his heart only to have him taken away from her so soon afterward. Katherine wants nothing more than a chance to tear into those furry beasts governing the comings and goings in Taxon. As it was, she'd settled for demolishing her hotel room, breaking glass and splintering wood in her fury ( ... )

[ visual ] i love your tl;dr :3 BRING IT auntjenna September 6 2011, 00:02:26 UTC

It takes Jenna a moment to realize her tablet's still on and she eyes the feed for a few, trying to decide if she should answer or not. By now she's started wondering if she should be trying to keep up the cover story, but she can hardly bring herself to care now that Elena's gone. Of course, the only things keeping her from telling Katherine off right away are self-preservation, the amount of alcohol she's already consumed, and the idea that she might screw Elena over later on if she does. So, she bypasses all of that and focuses her drunken mind on something she can wrap it around.

"You sound about as happy about all of this as I feel."

[ visual ] <3333! whoneedsrules September 6 2011, 00:40:59 UTC

The cover story is one of the last things on Katherine's mind in light of recent events. She just simply can't be bothered to care anymore. Especially if Elena is gone, she no longer sees the need to pretend being a twin sister to the teenager. Taxon already has public vampires, even if their numbers have decreased of late. What's a few more? That's one of the reasons why she doesn't bother locking this feed in case something will be slipped.

Jenna's statement causes her eyes to narrow, but she has to take a moment to ensure her tone remains steady before responding. "With good reason, as your niece is not the only one who's gone."

Her choice of words is intentional. Your niece. Not my sister.

[ visual ] ♥ forever! auntjenna September 6 2011, 03:14:20 UTC

Jenna notices, even through her drunken haze, but she doesn't comment. She can't control Katherine - she'd be an idiot to even think about it - so she won't even try. From the tone of Katherine's voice to the choice of words she gives out, Jenna can guess at who else is missing, which would explain why the vampire is so upset and why she isn't being kept far away from Jenna still.

"..Stefan."

It's a statement, not a question, and her voice is saturated with sympathy. Not pity, because Jenna's not sure she could ever pity someone like Katherine. But sympathy, because in spite of it all, Jenna knows what it's like to lose someone she loved like that. She's experienced it far too often.

"I'm sorry, Katherine."

And she is, even if she knew the real reason for Stefan choosing Katherine over Elena. She can't help it. Maybe it's the drinks, maybe it's the knowledge of how that feels. Her normal inhibitions are gone for now. For better or worse.

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[voice] smecker September 6 2011, 01:09:34 UTC

He remembers the voice-- the woman he'd had a few drinks with, sang karaoke with (?! still can't believe he did that).

"Sorry to hear that," he answers on the tablet. "Lots of people gone lately."

[voice] auntjenna September 6 2011, 03:04:31 UTC

Likewise, his voice rings a bell for her. She's been known to do far worse than bad karaoke. But his kindness and somewhat enthusiastic talk during all that haven't been forgotten.

"...Thank you."

Her voice is tinged with something that might make even the casual listener believe this isn't the first time she's lost someone close to her, either here or in her home. This whole situation rings way too closely to when she lost her sister and brother-in-law. So suddenly and in a situation she couldn't control. How will this change her life now?

"Makes you wonder why, what they did."

Elena was like her pillar of stability. With her gone... Jenna's not sure what she's going to do.

[voice] smecker September 6 2011, 20:53:01 UTC

Paul sighs; there's the sound of his cigarette lighter clicking on.

"I don't think she did anything. No more than any of us did anything to get here. It's... natural for us to try to find reasons, explanations, but... this is life. Sometimes there aren't any, even back home.

"Let alone here."

He takes a drag on his cigarette, lets it out. "I'm sorry."

[voice] auntjenna September 8 2011, 04:26:08 UTC

"Maybe not." But that won't make it hurt any less. "Whatever life we have here will just keep ticking. It's not like they give us a choice."

It's not like anything gives them a choice, even at home. She sounds bitter... and for good reason. She's tired of having people ripped away from her.

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[ visual ] longaevus September 6 2011, 15:52:17 UTC

"I'm sorry to hear that." Helen had only been in Taxon for a matter of days but already she was finding it a less than pleasant place to be. It wasn't simply the matter of arrivals but the information that she'd learned - the glitches, the theories on disappearance... it was all so much and none of it was pleasant.

Add to that the pain of someone leaving, especially when you weren't certain if they did go home? Helen could only hope that home was where they did go.

[ visual ] auntjenna September 6 2011, 16:05:23 UTC

If there's one thing Jenna was used to by now it was addressing the multitude of strangers who would come out of the woodwork when something bad happened to offer condolences. Still, the words are appreciated and so Jenna attempted to treat kindness with kindness and actually show her face. It took a while to wash off and make sure she wasn't looking too awful, even though she probably was already anyway.

The drinks she'd had today weren't helping, either.

"Thank you," she answered, in a tone that suggested she was not a stranger to losing people. "She's my niece. I can't watch over her if I'm here and she's at home."

[ visual ] longaevus September 6 2011, 18:26:55 UTC

Helen knew the pain of loss too well to expect all too much composure from the woman, and when she saw the woman on her tablet she gave her a brief, friendly smile.

That tone hurt to hear. It was painful enough when she heard it from herself but from others... from someone so young, also (she assumed). It made it all the much worse.

"Is there anyone else at home with her?" It wasn't quite the same, that Helen knew, but it may have been able to alleviate some of her concern if she knew that Elena would be protected... or at least with someone who would try.

[ visual ] auntjenna September 8 2011, 04:14:30 UTC

The question made Jenna nod, though she glanced back at her glass of wine as she did so. Yeah, Elena had more people to help her at home than Jenna did here. It was better that way, though. Elena needed the protection more than Jenna did and at least this way she would finally have Stefan back.

"Her brother, her boyfriend, his brother, her uncle-" Jackass though he was, Jenna knew John would be helping to keep Elena safe anyway. Now that she knew the role he played in Elena's life.

"-and my-"

Not boyfriend, surely. They'd shared a kiss or two, but he was still in the process of getting over Isobel.

"-someone very important to me. They'll all watch over her, I'm sure."

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[location] rereremembered September 6 2011, 23:12:53 UTC

Fitz had lost many people in this city, and watched many others go through the pain of a loved one simply not being there anymore. The recent losses were staggering, River being sent home to leave Kaylee on her lonesome, and now Jenna's lost part of her family...

He met her at the bar and poured himself a lager. "Tell me a good memory," he suggested. "Anything, just some time she made you smile."

[location] and my secrets become your truth auntjenna September 8 2011, 04:46:28 UTC

Jenna hadn't really expected company tonight, but Fitz's presence brought a small smile to her face. She'd been there for him when he'd lost someone important and now he was here for her. The thought that this was bypassing any other employer-employee relationship she'd ever had flashed through her mind, but she shoved it away. They were friends, support for each other. Not many people did that for her, no matter their position in her life, and it meant a lot to her that he was willing ( ... )

and my secrets become your truth rereremembered September 15 2011, 17:10:44 UTC

Friends, definitely, partly because Fitz was horrified att eh idea of himself being an employer but mostly because...well, Jenna was nice and funny and blessedly normal. He needed a bit of that in his life.

He listened and sipped his beer, and smiled along with her until she got to the bit about Elena's parents being dead. Then he just nodded, filing that away for later. One tragedy at a time.

"Thought we weren't supposed to call them stewardesses anymore," Fitz remarked instead. "Though I don't doubt the 'sexy' bit." he winked because he was teasing, trying to turn that tiny smile into something more.

and my secrets become your truth auntjenna September 16 2011, 13:14:52 UTC

Jenna shrugged at the stewardess comment, glancing at him with a semi-teasing smirk. "Maybe not, but you know what they say about old habits dying hard." They died very hard.

Fitz was lucky enough to get the desired effect, as the smile on Jenna's face had widened a bit from when they'd started. "Well, it wasn't the best choice for a parent-teacher conference, but it was my first one. I didn't know any better."

Now she did, though, and she was beginning to wish she had another one coming up, something normal in this world of crazy.