Considering a few games...

[egocentric]

Hey, you know that guy I've been running from for five hundred years? Why are you considering games that have him in them? Sure, it might be nice to get to an entire planet where he isn't, but how about we go one better and just don't put me where he is? It's not like there's a shortage of games. Just look elsewhere.

No, not at the Minneapolis one, he's there too. Plus, it's in Minneapolis. Not a very exciting city.

And not that prison ship either. You may not have noticed, but I'm happy the way I am. I don't want to be redeemed.

Or, here's an even better idea. How about you stop looking entirely? Don't you have better things to do? I know I do.

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[somanyadjectives]

Minneapolis isn't that bad.

[egocentric]

I don't want to be stuck there for eternity, Stefan.

[somanyadjectives]

Well, I don't know this yet, but right now, there's nowhere else to go? Technically being there means you're the ultimate survivor.

[egocentric]

Until Klaus or that little blond Slayer kills me. I guess I'll just have to pretend I'm your girlfriend again. I've gotten pretty good at it, don't you think?

[somanyadjectives]

[a look]

Katherine.

[egocentric]

Oh, don't give me that look. I'm just trying to have a little fun.

[slay]

Kinda loving the idea of you not being in the same universe as me, actually. Regardless of what other planet you decide to lurk on.

[egocentric]

I'm not the one you have to convince. I've got enough people trying to kill me without adding perky superpowered slayers to the list.

[slay]

Oh, don't worry. You won't have to add me to any list. I'm not one for waiting in line. I'll just get straight to the point. The sharp, wooden, stake-y point.

[egocentric]

Great. [It's way more fun when she's dealing with people who don't plan to kill her on sight.] I have a better idea. How about instead of trying to kill me, you go after the hybrid vampire-werewolf who would happily kill all your loved ones to get his way.

[...Katherine would do that too, of course, but that's... not a good thing to admit when she's trying to get someone on her side.]

[slay]

Believe me when I say he's on my list. He's just ... tougher.

[crossbreed]

I'm sure we could make our own fun in this city.

[egocentric]

...I'm still hoping for the one with interplanetary travel.

Shouldn't you be preoccupied with the other doppelgänger?

[crossbreed]

I have enough influence to have many pursuits at once, Katerina.

[egocentric]

You don't have your hybrid army there.

[She... doesn't sound certain about it.]

[vampiris]

There's nothing of worthy interest in Minneapolis. Never was, never will be. Not that you have much of a say in any of this. Mundanes aren't known for taking the desires of their test subjects into consideration when they toss them into the latest experiment. I'm afraid you're quite screwed.

[egocentric]

Yeah, I've noticed. And she's immune to compelling too. I guess I'll just have to get out of here the old fashioned way.

[vampiris]

Oh, compulsion. Tricks of the mind. How terribly cliché. Some of us have been able to get by just fine without screwing with people's heads.

Don't be so dramatic. I'm fairly certain you'll survive the experience. Mundanes are in this for some sense of sick, twisted enjoyment, so the odds of your remaining alive - or not, as apparently the cliché extends beyond the boundaries of brainwashing - are higher than not.

[egocentric]

Hey, it's effective. That's the important part.

And you don't know where she's putting me.

[vampiris]

Effective, and also cheating. [ tsk tsk. ] Honestly, what's wrong with a little hard work? Kids these days. ...or those days. Whichever, the point still applies.

The specifics don't matter. All these so-called 'games' function under the same set of panfandom principles. Lacks ingenuity, if you ask me.

[reaction]

I'm putting my vote in for prison ship. For obvious reasons. [ He's not there. ]

[egocentric]

Good thing it's not up to you.

[reaction]

Can't bear the thought of my dear brother existing in a place without you?

[egocentric]

Who says it's about him, Damon? Maybe it's you I miss.

[...spoiler, it's not.]

[reaction]

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... Been there. Done that. Over it.