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[Eventually locked from Klaus]
I never thought I would say this, but even I can't drink myself into tolerating this place. Other than people being stupid and making stupid choices that might or might not affect us all in the long run, is there any sort of entertainment here other than the booze?
Any at all?
[Salvatore Brothers]
So how is the polite way to get blood in this place? Or should I just bite the first idiot that seems easy to be compelled enough?
Look, I'm even bothering to ask.
[Ilde]
How is my favorite person in the whole ship doing? Not as bored as I am, I hope.
[Elizabeth of York]
How do you fare? Being much more of a lady than myself, I can't possibly imagine how this place has forced you to change your habits.
I never thought I would say this, but even I can't drink myself into tolerating this place. Other than people being stupid and making stupid choices that might or might not affect us all in the long run, is there any sort of entertainment here other than the booze?
Any at all?
[Salvatore Brothers]
So how is the polite way to get blood in this place? Or should I just bite the first idiot that seems easy to be compelled enough?
Look, I'm even bothering to ask.
[Ilde]
How is my favorite person in the whole ship doing? Not as bored as I am, I hope.
[Elizabeth of York]
How do you fare? Being much more of a lady than myself, I can't possibly imagine how this place has forced you to change your habits.
private voice »
I don't know if you can. Really, Katherine, I wouldn't rely on anyone else to keep you a secret. I'll do my best but Jenna at least has plenty of reasons to hate you.
[ please, elena has elijah wrapped around her little finger. if she asks him to do something, he'll do it.
why is she not surprised. ]
I don't believe you. You like manipulating people, and lying, and ruining my life, because I have "everything you want", nevermind that my whole family died and I've lost more friends than I can count.
[ bitter? elena? nah. ]
If you want to take your chances with them, then fine, but don't bother lying. I know how you are, Katherine. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth just because it's coming from me.
[ she can't help it, kitty kat. that's just the way she is. ]
private voice »
I think she might actually have more reasons to hate Klaus, but I am going to take your advice and stop the PSAs until I'm sure there's no crazy hybrid tracking me down. Again.
[ gdi Elena leave some vampire dudes alone would you. ]
Ruining your life has been a really unfortunate side effect, I'll admit that much, but you don't see me doing that here, do you?
[ Not yet at least. ]
...I never discard anything.
[ And then she chokes on the thanks because seriously. ]
Do I even want to ask how you're doing?
private voice »
Probably for the best. Keep a low profile until I can tell you what he's up to. If he still wants you dead, then we'll figure something out. There has to be something we can do about him here that doesn't end in all of us dying.
[ nope sorry she's just too awesome they all love her eventually. ]
Not yet. I'm not naive enough to believe that you've just given up on that.
Then remember what I said. Hurt Damon, or any of the rest of my family, and I will hand you over to Klaus and let him do whatever he wants with you.
[ kicking damon while he's down is something of a game to katherine, and elena won't let her play it here. no matter what they are to each other, she loves him, and the idea of katherine hurting him by pretending to be her makes her feel vaguely murderous. ]
No, you probably don't. I wouldn't believe you care anyway.
private voice »
It's nice you worry about me, but remember that Klaus is a problem for absolutely everyone in this ship. Everyone, no exceptions.
[ grr ]
Gotcha.
[ Seriously though, it's going to take a while to make her believe she really have no beef with Elena and Co. although Katherine can't quite explain it to them. Her life has just gotten increasingly screwed up over time. ]
It's not about caring, but if you can mind my business, then I figured I should at least offer the same. But go on, tell me how much of a manipulative bitch I am and turn your back to me.
private voice »
[ it's not that she doesn't have any beef with elena or her family -- truthfully, elena dislikes katherine just as much as she always has and she can't see anyone else she knows forgiving her either -- it's just that elena is too good for her own good. she can't let someone go into a potentially life-threatening situation without a little warning, not unless they really deserve it. so far, she has no idea that yes, in fact, katherine does deserve it.
there's a long pause, and then elena sighs. ]
If you must know, Damon's missing and Jenna didn't come out of her pod this month. So I'm a bit... frazzled. At the moment.
private voice »
And I do appreciate it, okay? There, I said it.
[ It doesn't get closer to "thanks" than that. Her tone is ...delicate? Considering? Maybe a bit of both next time she speaks. ]
As far as I have seen, it happens sometimes. No reason to think they are gone. Damon is too much of a pain to go silently, and Jenna...where else would she go? They'll be back before you notice.
private voice »
[ there's a bit of a pause, and when elena next speaks, the smile is evident in her tone. ]
You're welcome, Katherine. I hope you'll keep this in mind in the future.
[ elena doesn't really expect her to, but it would be nice if katherine would return the favor some day. that's not why she did it, though. she did it because it was the right thing to do. ]
Jenna might go back home next jump. [ home where she dies because katherine is a terrible person, but elena is doing her best to ignore that. ] And there are manticores out there. Damon might be getting attacked, he might die and I would have no way of knowing.
[ another pause, and then: ]
Thank you, though. For making the effort.
private voice »
[ She's just going to grunt, because no response will make any difference on that subject. ]
And you can't do a thing about it, so don't go troubling your pretty head until you hear back from him. This is a bad time to distract yourself with scenarios that might or might not happen.
[ You can almost hear the shrug. ]
I want to make this clear; we're not in Mystic Falls anymore, whatever we were doing back then doesn't matter as much as making it out of here alive does. Like it or not you and your band of merry friends are my best shot to survive, so the least I can do is making myself anything but an undesirable.
private voice »
[ that's the first elena has sounded actually condemning this whole conversation, annoyed at katherine's insistence that she not worry about her boyfriend and the woman who may as well be her mother. how is she supposed to not worry about them? they're her family, and they might be hurt, or just plain gone. ]
No, we're not in Mystic Falls. But that doesn't mean we can just ignore everything that happened there. I appreciate that you're trying now, but let's not pretend that you're doing it for any other reason than to weasel your way into our good graces. I warned you because I know what Klaus will do to you if he finds you, but don't mistake that for friendship.
private voice »
[ Jenna though, she really doesn't care about. ]
And now that we have that cleared out, I'm going to get royally drunk and pretend Klaus is not on this ship.
private voice »
Have fun with that. Let me know if you run into any trouble, I'll do what I can to help you.