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[dutybred]

I'm not sure what you think is so funny, but at least one of us is amused. [goddamn all these vampires and werewolves lately]

So now that you've had your laugh... what's the plan?

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[facsimile]

It might be safer to just stay where you are.

[dutybred]

Elena. [that awkward moment when the dead parent sees his vampire daughter for the first time] I'm not one to go for "safer".

[facsimile]

[ Yeahhhhh... About that. ]

I guess that's true. You've never really been afraid of anything.

[dutybred]

[he meant what he said in his letter: he'll still love you anyway]

I learned to move past my fear a long time ago. I had to, in order to keep up the family duty.

[fyi]

Plans these days are all so Bond villain. Let 'em laugh. Or would you rather they toss you somewhere inconsolably dull?

[ Did someone say werewolves? ]

[dutybred]

I'd rather they leave me alone.

[down boy, or he'll go get a flea collar]

[fyi]

Well, if we all got what we wanted, something tells me none of us would be wasting our time here. Or anywhere else, for that matter. Points for trying.

[ Ouch, now that's just rude. ]

[dutybred]

Better than laying down and taking it.

[w/e he does what he wants]

[fyi]

Ah, so you're the exception.

[ Two can play that game. ]

[dutybred]

You're saying you do just lay down and take it?

[wantedthis]

So, did you find an answer?

[ Isobel is curious to hear what his plans are too. ]

[dutybred]

[oh, Isobel. So many feelings relating to you, where does he even start]

I always find answers. They just don't always end up being the ones I wanted to find.

[wantedthis]

[ If she has any feelings regarding John, she's hiding them well. ]

I'm sensing regret. Care to share?

[dutybred]

[isn't that how they roll, though?]

Not with you.

[wantedthis]

[ Pretty much. She'll give him a mock hurt look. ]

Your loss. Maybe I could have helped.

[dutybred]

I think your definition of "help" is different from mine, Isobel.

[either]

What's the matter, John? Don't like the idea of someone else pulling the strings?

[dutybred]

The thing about strings, Katherine, is that they can be cut.

[either]

And yet, think of all the fun you could have. All the places you could go, the people you could meet —surely even you remember what that's like.

[dutybred]

That type of fun is more your style.

[either]

And what's your style of fun, John? Up all night with a beer in one hand and a wooden stake in the other? That whole Lone Gunslinger act was never a good look for anyone, much less a Gilbert. Although, I must say, our little Jeremy's certainly filling out nicely.

[dutybred]

Is he? Well... Good to know someone hasn't lost their mind.

[wantedthis]

You're wasting your time. He wouldn't know fun if it hit him on the head.

[either]

Oh, I know, but it's just so much fun to watch them brood.

[dutybred]

You forget so easily, Isobel. Or is the human fun below you now?