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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.

[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]

[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.

[wantedthis]

So, did you find an answer?

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

[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.

[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.

[wantedthis]

Maybe so. I guess you're of no use anyway. You always were a waste of space, John.

[dutybred]

No, Isobel. You only find people useful until you get bored, and then you move on. At least I was smart enough to not marry you.

[wantedthis]

[ She laughs. ] Marry me? That would never have happened. I got bored of you very early on.

[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]

[dutybred]

Except when you wanted something from me. And then you came back. [just saying]

[fyi]

Ah, so you're the exception.

[ Two can play that game. ]

[wantedthis]

[ Don't flatter yourself, John. ] Believe me, if I could have found someone else, I would have. You were a way in to the founding families, and a way in to Elena.

[dutybred]

A means to an end. That's always the way with you. Selfish and self-centered.

[dutybred]

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

[wantedthis]

[ She rolls her eyes. ] I see you haven't dialled down the condescension.

[fyi]

I'm saying that, perhaps, it's not as black and white as you might believe it to be.

[either]

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