1st Bite } Video

[duplify]

[ the feed flickers on to show a girl, no older than eighteen, giving the device something of a squint; a mark of annoyance, irritation as she rakes a hand through still damp hair, before she lifts her brown gaze away from it, to look around the place. ]

Well...at least I'm not back in Mystic Falls. [ It's a passing remark, before returning her attention to the feed, her initial look of irritation holding, mixing with curiosity. ]

[ A beat.] This is all just a bit...rude, don't you think? Getting dumped into a fountain hell knows where? [ how did anyone even manage to sneak up on her, let alone bring her here? ] I hope no one thinks that a new phone makes up for the ruined clothes and derailed plans. [ her voice drips with disapproval. By the sound of it, someone clearly had plans to attend to, and the girl was none too happy about them being cut short.]

[ she pushes out a sigh.] I think at this point, I'd actually appreciate any information anyone gives me.

[ Her eyes narrow just a fraction, momentarily, before she ends the feed.]

Comments

[synanthrope]

Probably.

[duplify]

Mm.

Care to help a girl out? What is this place?

[synanthrope]

It's called the City. It's a pocket dimension.

[shall_yield_us]

And you'd do what for it? Pay how much and how?

[duplify]

[ she raises a brow. Was this guy actually serious? ]

Nothing? Unless this information is something so much more interesting than everything else I've heard?

[shall_yield_us]

Well, darling, you're stranded in a position of what I assume must be considerable disadvantage, I think-suspect-believe-have it that you should indeed pay for anything that might give you better footing. Besides of which, now's when you're likeliest to agree to it, so of course I must ask. Shouldn't everyone?

Private

[worldofourown]

The information you get might not be to your liking.

Private

[duplify]

I'd like it more than being completely without it...

Private

[worldofourown]

Very well.

[Fanfare.]

Welcome to Hell.

voice;

[brobeforehos]

You know, you look like an English Literature professor I used to have.

We have towels.

voice;

[duplify]

Do I? [ She actually sounds curious.]

...towels? Those would definitely be useful. Where?

voice;

[brobeforehos]

Yes - though, granted, that was during a curse. Do you remember a curse? Or, actually, nevermind. You just got here, didn't you?

There's a shop that sells bathroom supplies - I work there.

[signatures]

[ He laughs, slightly, a mild chuckle. ]

Very rude. But you'll find the people here don't much care for etiquette.

[duplify]

[ Though she smirks back, it's only half-hearted. She's still silently seething about her arrival.]

Oh, I'm getting that much.

So. Is getting dropped into a fountain the standard welcome here? Wherever here actually is.

[signatures]

More or less, but it could be worse. You could end up plopped in the ocean, or someone's basement.

[likeboudica]

[ That looks like— ] Elena?

[duplify]

[ ...one. This girl looks like Elena. Which means she also looks like her, which makes Katherine do a slight double-take.

Two. This girl thinks she is Elena. Which means her doppelgänger is here too. ]

[ So the question is, just what sort of lie to make up? ] I'm Katherine.

[ a beat.]...Elena is here?

[likeboudica]

[ So she isn't Elena?

That's just— another person who looks like her? The City truly is strange. ] Katherine. My apologies. I'm Theresa Gray.

[ Wait. They even know one another? ] Yes. [ It comes out a little unsure, even though it isn't actually a question. ]

[dudeimbatman]

Great. So you don't remember being here. Friggin' fantastic. I'm out a receptionist 'til you catch up.

[duplify]

No, I think I'd remember being in a place like this...

[ Hang on. ] If you know me, what do you think my name is?

[dudeimbatman]

You'd be surprised.

[Now she's just going to get a 'have you lose your mind' look.] Elena.

locked ]

[rehashing]

Dean, that's not me.

locked ]

[dudeimbatman]

Yeah, she let me in on that. Sure looks a hellva lot like you though.

late forever and ever

[rehashing]

Katherine.

[ No.

No. Of all the people to show up here. This isn't Jeremy. It's not Damon. Or Stefan. Not even Jenna because apparently that's possible. Of all universes and timelines...

And she landed in the fountain? ]

I'll find it somewhere in my heart to forgive you. also private-ing this!

[duplify]

Elena. [ Mimicking her doppelgänger's tone.]

You've been around. Everyone keeps asking me if I'm you

[ She takes a pause, for good measure. Katherine has been careful to appear as human as she could, though just as careful to make sure everyone was aware of the distinction between her and Elena. She will only 'pretend' if it would ever benefit her.

And for now? It wasn't. ]