( 007 ) video ✶ one second i'm thinking i must be lost and he keeps on finding me

[unparental]

[ what's up, tranquility. jenna offers the screen a little wave from her position of slumped against a wall, mug in hand. ]

Is it too soon for a 'the reports of my death were greatly exaggerated' joke? [ what. ] It was a... fear gas-- is that really what we're calling it?-- a fear gas thing.

[ she shrugs one shoulder. ] Still sounds like bad horror movie, but okay. Either way, still here and still fine. A little unsettled and not feeling like participating in the scavenger hunt of the damned, but fine. If anyone wants to give the girl who still can't program a VCR the Cliff Notes tech nerd rundown, I'd owe you one.

[ unbidden, her lips curl into a smile and she looks down, taking a sip from her mug while her cheeks go a little red. ]

You'd have to deliver those CliffsNotes to door one sixty seven, not sixteen. I had a move in locale.

[ subtle, no, but it's like "accidentally" flashing the rock after a proposal, okay. let a woman have her moment. ]

l o c k e d ;

I need to talk to you all about a few things.

...All right, mainly just the one thing. Elena knows I'm a vampire, but I kept the details back on how and why. I'd appreciate it if no one changes that, thanks.

[ beat. ]

She's been through enough, I'm not adding to it. Just-- please. I can leverage you all lying to me for months for the guilt points if that helps. I'll play dirty if I have to on this one.

/ l o c k e d ;






l o c k e d ;

Before you start in on sentiment and adorable human traits and whatever other condescending vampire crap you have ready, there's a reason I included you on that filter.

You don't like me much, and I really really don't like you. But we both hate Klaus, and I think that just might be more important right now.

[ she inhales, shrugging, and her tone goes from wary to almost sympathetic. ]

You can't run from him on-board, not for long. None of us can. I'm not saying we need to start trading gossip or hanging out, but the enemy of my enemy... You know the rest.

/ l o c k e d ;

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[unparental]

[ jenna hears the slip, but just nods firmly in return. ]

Well, then when she shows up we're just going to have to sit down and trade embarrassing stories. You're doomed, Remus.

...I'm going to tell him you called him that, and it's going to be pretty hilarious. I owe you one. [ let's just say that back when they were kids, ric certainly would have been too old for her. six and a half years isn't much when you're in your late twenties, but ric's closer to her sister's generation than jenna's own. ] Alaric Saltzman, maybe? Ric's a nickname.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Saltzman, then. And I'm fairly certain he's the one doomed. I don't precisely lend myself to embarrassing stories-- a disappointment, I know, but you're going to have to learn to live with it.

[What a filthy lie.]

[unparental]

Oh, please. It's always the mild-mannered sweet ones who have the wildest nights in Cabo they're trying to keep under wraps. Do not even pretend like I couldn't find dirt on you from the right sources, because I won't believe it.

[ so that was kind of a compliment, in jenna's world. ]

[theshabbiestofmen]

I live in England, you know. The city you're searching for is Amsterdam-- and no, before you ask, I'm not speaking from experience. Simply trying to be culturally correct.

[unparental]

Liar.

[ said in the Most Affectionate Tone, remus jenna rly does adore your face. ]

[theshabbiestofmen]

You can ask Sirius, you know. He'll back me up on it.

[unparental]

Wait. Sirius, as in-- the guy who scoffed at the idea a girl could drink him under the table?

[theshabbiestofmen]

That sounds about right, yes. He's one of my closest friends, although he's not the age I remember him. The last time he saw me, I was sixteen, and the last time I saw him, he was-- my age.

[unparental]

...God, that's got to be weird. [ INSIGHT WITH JENNA. ]

[theshabbiestofmen]

You have no idea. It doesn't help he still can't quite get used to the idea we didn't all stay sixteen forever.

[unparental]

As much as I adore Mason, I don't think I'd want to deal with him at sixteen, again.

[theshabbiestofmen]

[Despite himself he snorts.]

Quite. I do like him, you know, but . . . it's difficult. A sixteen year old Sirius is quite different from a thirty-five year old Sirius.

[unparental]

Ooof, yeah. I remember sixteen, really well, and I have a feeling I was more Sirus than Remus, if we're comparing. Had a lot fun the first time around, really wouldn't want to do it again.