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[ after the death of sherlock - someone caroline never had the opportunity to meet - and the disappearance of elena, she's starting to wonder how this ship operates. she still feels brand spanking new, despite being on the ship for a few months already. there are things she doesn't even know that the first comers do. and as much as she likes to rely on the expertise of others, caroline's found fending for herself usually ends with her in less trouble. at the end of the day, though, caroline is so sick of losing people. ]
So many people seem to go missing on this ship. It's not like there's a How To Tranquility available - and if there is, where are the mass-produced copies? - but, anyway, I've only known a few people to go missing before. As in missing - gone, poof, like they no longer exist here.
How is it that you know when someone's gone? Besides them not answering their phone, which can mean a multitude of things back home, anyway, but is there a way people know when someone is gone-gone?
[ there's a pause. caroline's voice is softer and sadder. ] No one has an answer for why, do they?
So many people seem to go missing on this ship. It's not like there's a How To Tranquility available - and if there is, where are the mass-produced copies? - but, anyway, I've only known a few people to go missing before. As in missing - gone, poof, like they no longer exist here.
How is it that you know when someone's gone? Besides them not answering their phone, which can mean a multitude of things back home, anyway, but is there a way people know when someone is gone-gone?
[ there's a pause. caroline's voice is softer and sadder. ] No one has an answer for why, do they?
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[ damnit, caroline. these are things that aren't suppose to be talked about. they're just suppose to pretend like nothing happened, drown their feelings in substances and move on. ric and jenna got that, why can't you? ]
...She's gone. Gone gone. Poof, Mystic Falls gone.
[ he refuses to believe otherwise. ]
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I'm sure you're included in that file.
[ if only it was a time for jokes, but, you know, can never resist calling damon a creeper ... or him having a nice smile. which one it is, you won't know. ]
And I know she's gone. I looked for her, Damon. Everywhere. Asking questions never hurt anyone.
[ trololol. caroline just wants to be able to recognise when someone's gone, so she can tell people, too. she's so sick of finding out everyone's gone, though. being the person to realise they're not here is something she hasn't experienced yet - and probably something she shouldn't. ]
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friendsacquaintances is the best thing to do, right? ]Nope, just Stefan. Good guess though.
[ cue damon being really happy this is audio and not video, because that just hit a little too close to home. in retrospect he probably should have said something to caroline but...well...he's been dealing with a lot of shit lately, alright? ]
Who knows, maybe she's back home blabbing to us about her crazy, realistic spaceship nightmare.
[ it's suppose to sound like dickish sarcasm but it just comes out depressed. ]
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and maybe she's a moron, because she takes a few minutes before she speaks softly and admits something she'd rather admit to stefan than damon: ] I'm really tired of losing people.
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[ having answers makes life more easier. or does it? honestly, half the answers caroline receives ends with life being the opposite of a dream. ]
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[Like Damon, he cannot accept that their doppelganger has gone anywhere other than Mystic Falls (and that there is a chance she could return).
It's just for entirely different reasons and needs.]
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you never cared about elena. i'd rather know how people know someone's gone than to hold onto some weird false hope that she's somewhere around this ship.
[ ... which is what she was doing before these lovely visuals, thanks klaus. remind her to vote for you as best comforter of the tranquility. ]
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If we were brought here for some purpose, we will be sent home for some purpose, too.
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And if that purpose was to die?
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Death is unfair. But maybe-- there is some purpose to it.
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They are gone, Sunshine.
Death or disappearance, it's all the same in the end.
[He doesn't sound happy, just frustrated.]
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[ which is a massive waste of time but whatever, whatever, caroline's more angry about one more thing. ]
She left once; she can come back again.
[ well, she left during a jump, but details! ]
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[He snorts.]
So you want them back? That's selfish.
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[ she says it with a laugh. though, bending the rules a little, whatever, whatever. she's allowed to because she's sunshine and rainbows and things. but at least now she knows that the device seems to be the way to go. as much fun as stalking is, she'd very much prefer an easier option. ]
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[ she sighs. there's nothing else to really say about it, because being gone gone is better than simply being another person on some weirdo's hit list. it's depressing to think that people know when people die around here, but don't know when someone's simply gone home. ]
Are you free?
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[He's not as close to Elena as Caroline is, but it's still not comforting that someone from home has just...gone missing on them. It could happen to any of them.
It's not a comforting thought.]
I am. What do you need?
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[ such limited thinking, caroline. she'd notice is josias left, but then that most likely stems down to visibility. people who don't make themselves visible most likely won't be seen. but caroline likes to think everyone on this ship has someone. ]
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[It was a grim aside, though. He hadn't really meant to linger on it too much.]
Considering the numbers of those that do, though, I imagine it isn't something to be overly concerned about.
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