"Stefan?" Her face may light up when she realises her mind isn't playing tricks on her. That's Stefan Salvatore's, the broodster extraordinare, voice. Just the vampire friend she wanted to see. Or hear. She turns to the tablet and frowns when she realises she's in this room by herself. Caroline crosses her arms over her chest. "You can see me?"
"Like a video camera?" Tablet. Weren't those things that had no recording function? She isn't quite sure, but nonetheless, she does as he says. There's no reason not to trust Stefan. As much as she hates the thought, she's glad that he's here. "Okay," she reaches the pedestal and frowns at the tablet. It looks normal, and there's no red recording button she's used to seeing on a video camera. "Where are we, Stefan?" Or more specifically, 'where am I and where's your serious vampire face?'
[ katherine will just sigh with something akin to heartfelt exasperation. or perhaps resignation. some people were just impossible to get rid of, it seems. the hamsters have a strange sense of humor. ]
Couldn't she get a break? First werewolves, now vampbitch.
She jumps, startled for a moment, before she realises she recognises the tone. Spend a few months hating one individual with every core of your being, while playing Pinocchio to their Gepetto, and you start realising a few things about them. Caroline wasn't expecting to hear Katherine, of all freaking people. She's come to realise that despite looking alike, Katherine and Elena speak in different tones. Elena's is warm while Katherine's is ice cold. ]
Not you. [ Caroline frowns, momentarily. She's unsure by what Katherine means, but she supposes she should play along. Asking Katherine questions means wanting to be told to jump off a bridge into an active volcano. ] If you're here, this must mean I'm in hell.
[ katherine's answering chuckle is a slow, smoky sound suffused with amusement, a kind of non-verbal mark of superiority. caroline is very right - a laugh like that would never come out of elena.
it's all good and well to be a smart mouth over the tablets, but taxon was only so big. eventually, they'd cross paths in person, and katherine hasn't forgotten the part caroline played during the masquerade ball at the lockwood mansion. she had something of a bone to pick with the vampire barbie. one day.
in the meantime, she'd just entertain herself by watching the blonde stew in confusion while she could. obviously, caroline has no recollection of her previous visit to the hamsterland. ]
If it's hell you're after, I'm sure that can be arranged. It's not exactly all rainbows and unicorns, here - although I do hear there's one in the zoo.
[ Caroline makes a face. Zoo? What. The. Fuck. ] What are you talking about? [ And instantly regrets it. Asking any type of question, especially to Katherine, is stupid. And dangerous. And whatever she's going to walk into, whether it be minutes from now or days, Caroline's going to have herself to blame.
And Katherine, of course. It was always Katherine's fault. ]
Oh thank God - literally the first thing that flashes through Jenna's mind when she sees the transmission. She breathes a sigh of relief and immediately picks up her tablet to respond.
"Caroline! Are you okay?"
Poor girl looks like she'd been through a lot and Jenna knows there's a chance she won't remember anything, but it's still good to see her back. One more vampire on their side.
"Jenna?" Oh, well, this is kind of awkward. Caroline runs her hand through her hair, as if that's going to erase the look of utter exhaustion from what she's been through the last few hours - prior to the sleepover - away. "I'm - I guess I'm okay?" Not really. She's utterly confused. Why the hell was Jenna here? Did Elena know? Was this some new ploy from Katherine to harm Elena? Well, Caroline wasn't going to let that happen. She'd been beaten down earlier that evening, she wasn't going to let it happen again. "Where are you?"
Oh boy. There's so much Jenna wants to say, to ask Caroline, warn her about if she doesn't remember, but none of that can be said over the tablets. So she settles for other ways.
"This is going to sound so strange - trust me, I freaked out when I first got here, too - but this is an alien city and I'm at home. Somehow, I brought the whole house with me. Who knew that was possible?"
In an effort to calm Caroline down, Jenna reached a hand up to her neck and turned her necklace over in her hands. It had been given to her by Elena a while ago and it had vervain in it, to keep Katherine from trying to compel her. With any luck, Caroline would be able to figure it out. And if not, they could talk about it later.
Caroline's about to ask how the hell Jenna's home is here when she watches her reach for her necklace and show her. Caroline's face freezes for a moment, and then she knows. Jewellery. Vervain. At least Jenna's being looked after. But does she know?
"Elena's here?" The answer would be no. And the question about how Jenna's house is here slips her mind momentarily. Caroline's face scrunches up as she says, "Katherine's here."
River recognizes her, vaguely between her last stay here and Stefan's descriptions (in his journals and in his head). Welcome, Caroline, to River trying to be helpful.
Oh! Someone not from home. Maybe Mystic Falls isn't the centre of all things crap, after all.
Caroline frowns. Confused seems to be the emotion of the day.
But the girl seems harmless. And she's not Katherine. So bonus. "... I don't understand what that means exactly, but I've been informed I've been brought to this place by aliens." She bites her lip for a moment. "And you're not from Mystic Falls."
"Different planet," she explains. Poorly and with a vague air of annoyance, as is her usual fashion. "New system. You're all late." Not that River minds dealing with the initial explanations of time discrepancies, she's just exceptionally bad at doing it clearly.
After another few moments spent considering Caroline and she continues.
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"Like a video camera?" Tablet. Weren't those things that had no recording function? She isn't quite sure, but nonetheless, she does as he says. There's no reason not to trust Stefan. As much as she hates the thought, she's glad that he's here. "Okay," she reaches the pedestal and frowns at the tablet. It looks normal, and there's no red recording button she's used to seeing on a video camera. "Where are we, Stefan?" Or more specifically, 'where am I and where's your serious vampire face?'
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Missed us that badly, hm?
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Couldn't she get a break? First werewolves, now vampbitch.
She jumps, startled for a moment, before she realises she recognises the tone. Spend a few months hating one individual with every core of your being, while playing Pinocchio to their Gepetto, and you start realising a few things about them. Caroline wasn't expecting to hear Katherine, of all freaking people. She's come to realise that despite looking alike, Katherine and Elena speak in different tones. Elena's is warm while Katherine's is ice cold. ]
Not you. [ Caroline frowns, momentarily. She's unsure by what Katherine means, but she supposes she should play along. Asking Katherine questions means wanting to be told to jump off a bridge into an active volcano. ] If you're here, this must mean I'm in hell.
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it's all good and well to be a smart mouth over the tablets, but taxon was only so big. eventually, they'd cross paths in person, and katherine hasn't forgotten the part caroline played during the masquerade ball at the lockwood mansion. she had something of a bone to pick with the vampire barbie. one day.
in the meantime, she'd just entertain herself by watching the blonde stew in confusion while she could. obviously, caroline has no recollection of her previous visit to the hamsterland. ]
If it's hell you're after, I'm sure that can be arranged. It's not exactly all rainbows and unicorns, here - although I do hear there's one in the zoo.
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[ Caroline makes a face. Zoo? What. The. Fuck. ] What are you talking about? [ And instantly regrets it. Asking any type of question, especially to Katherine, is stupid. And dangerous. And whatever she's going to walk into, whether it be minutes from now or days, Caroline's going to have herself to blame.
And Katherine, of course. It was always Katherine's fault. ]
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"Caroline! Are you okay?"
Poor girl looks like she'd been through a lot and Jenna knows there's a chance she won't remember anything, but it's still good to see her back. One more vampire on their side.
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"This is going to sound so strange - trust me, I freaked out when I first got here, too - but this is an alien city and I'm at home. Somehow, I brought the whole house with me. Who knew that was possible?"
In an effort to calm Caroline down, Jenna reached a hand up to her neck and turned her necklace over in her hands. It had been given to her by Elena a while ago and it had vervain in it, to keep Katherine from trying to compel her. With any luck, Caroline would be able to figure it out. And if not, they could talk about it later.
"Have you talked to Elena yet?"
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"Elena's here?" The answer would be no. And the question about how Jenna's house is here slips her mind momentarily. Caroline's face scrunches up as she says, "Katherine's here."
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River recognizes her, vaguely between her last stay here and Stefan's descriptions (in his journals and in his head). Welcome, Caroline, to River trying to be helpful.
"Structural differences are inexact but solid."
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Caroline frowns. Confused seems to be the emotion of the day.
But the girl seems harmless. And she's not Katherine. So bonus. "... I don't understand what that means exactly, but I've been informed I've been brought to this place by aliens." She bites her lip for a moment. "And you're not from Mystic Falls."
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After another few moments spent considering Caroline and she continues.
"The sky hides characteristic rock formations."
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