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Dec 26, 2011 20:36

The tablet turns on spontaneously to reveal a slender young woman with riotous brown curls seated at a table in a certain coffee shop not far from Taxon hotel. Coincidentally, it's the very same coffee shop she'd disappeared from well over a month ago in the middle of a tablet broadcast; the very same table too, in fact ( Read more... )

(day), gwen raiden, drusilla (au), @ central, katherine pierce

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[visual] freaks_myword December 26 2011, 23:50:57 UTC

"Practically overnight," replies a scowling woman Katherine may not be familiar with. The unfamiliarity's mutual, of course, but people appear and disappear in this stupid city so much, she'd rather not waste her time questioning it.

The withering look on Gwen's face is clearly disdain at its finest, but its directed at a shared displeasure with Taxon and all its...holiday festiveness.

"Seriously."

[visual] whoneedsrules December 27 2011, 21:17:14 UTC

The brunette is indeed unfamiliar to Katherine, but then she doesn't bother with every newcomer. She isn't exactly well-suited for the welcome wagon crowd. Gwen's response garners a bemused expression from Katherine, and for a moment she wonders if this chick is crazy or is the vague sense of something being amiss more truthful than Katherine gives it credit for.

"Overnight, hm? I'm obviously missing something, considering I only just walked into this place and that--" she points a finger in the general direction of the outdoors, "Wasn't there a couple of minutes ago."

[visual] freaks_myword December 27 2011, 21:38:48 UTC

"Sounds like you're missing something," answers Gwen with a carefree shrug and a knowing look, leaning back on her chair and taking a sip from her own coffee mug. If the girl's been out of commission for a while, she's the lucky one. She gives the drink a stir, gloved hands twirling the little stick back and forth before taking another sip.

"They turned down the thermostat in this place a while ago. Guess they're going for that whole holiday thing?" She rolls her eyes at the cheesiness.

[visual] whoneedsrules December 27 2011, 22:50:14 UTC

"Great," Katherine grumbles with a contemptuous roll of eyes. "A one-way ticket out of this place would've been too much to ask for. Now I know where my coffee went, at least."

She's annoyed, yes, but not overly surprised. She's seen too many people pulled in and tossed out of this place without rhyme or reason for that. Gwen's follow-up remark garners a sharply raised brow from the younger (at least physically) female.

"Holiday thing? It's Christmas already?"

[visual] freaks_myword December 27 2011, 23:17:43 UTC

There's some detached sympathy on Gwen's part. People come in go, change into animals and gods and superheros and as much as she hates to admit it, it's become the norm.

"Don't know," she says, truthfully. "The holiday cheer crap's still up and running out there, though." Along with Ghosts of Christmas Pasts, but that's a little bit more than a missing coffee cup.

[visual] whoneedsrules December 28 2011, 16:42:41 UTC

"Hm. It was early November, the last I checked," Katherine muses mostly to herself, her expression shifting from contemplation to distaste. "Which means I've been stuck here for a year now."

Not that she's all that opposed to it. She's quite safe from the Originals here, but what's a girl to do with nothing or no one to entertain her? The Salvatore brothers were both gone, so was Caroline... she should check out of Elena and Jenna were around, still.

Smirking slyly at the idea, Katherine focuses back on the woman she's talking to. "Not a big fan of holidays, I take it?"

[visual] freaks_myword January 3 2012, 21:02:13 UTC

A year. Oh, God. Gwen hasn't even kept track of how long she's been stuck in this hell hole. Does she even want to know?

Nope. Not even a bit. She won't be looking into that any time soon. Taxon just sucks the fun out of everything. Money pretty much has no value here, and Gwen can't hack into anyone's individual accounts. And what good is it, when you can hatch out anything you want? Pretty much stole the job benefits of a thief right from under you.

Holidays lost a bit of their shine, too. Not that she's big on them. "Not here, at least," she replies, gesturing a bit to the room around her. "Not when I have to worry about being turned into an elf, or something."

[visual] whoneedsrules January 5 2012, 19:25:08 UTC

"Point," Katherine allows with a slight shrug of her shoulders, not that she really cares one way or the other. Scrutinizing the other brunette with narrowed eyes for a moment, Katherine tries to make up her mind. She's not overly fond of idle chats, but knowledge is power. Katherine had always made a habit of knowing as much as possible about the other people around her.

"I can't recall having seen you around before. New arrival, huh? I'm Katherine, by the way."

[visual] freaks_myword January 6 2012, 00:43:48 UTC

"Not really," is her cool reply, and her gaze is just as appraising. Maybe she is, for people who've been stuck here for twice as long as she has. She's not a veteran, but she's not green enough to not know the score.

She puts down her mug and appears to lean back, completely at ease--one leg in front of her, one gloved arm holding her elbow. "Then again...Seems like you've been out of commission for a while. I'm Gwen."

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