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[ex_heightens219]

Alaric Saltzman and Jenna Sommers went home. I know a lot of you were friends of theirs, and they were here for a long time. I'm sorry for your loss.

[ it's short, but elena doesn't really know what else to say. just that hurt to type, and she can't... she just can't. knowing what they're going back to, that jenna is dead and ric is going to go crazy and then die too... she doesn't want that for them, doesn't want to think about it.

for all the tranquility's faults -- and faults is putting it lightly -- she at least had jenna and ric. her family was mostly put back together, and it was safe so long as they didn't try to do anything stupid. now they're gone, and damon doesn't remember anything, and honestly, she just wants to go home. there's nothing here anymore that makes staying worth it. ]

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[ex_heightens219]

They did. I wouldn't say if I wasn't sure. I've tried to message both of their comms and the messages are being bounced back.

[ which has never happened to her before, but she knows what it means. this is a number elena doesn't know, but whoever's attached to it seems just as distraught as she is, so... maybe it's one of their friends? ]

[iceboxed]

no you don't get it
they can't be gone
they don't have anywhere to go

[because they're dead. gone means not existing anymore. gone means losing the father he wishes he had.]

[ex_heightens219]

I'm their daughter. I know exactly what they're going back to. Who are you?

[iceboxed]

isaac
and you're elena

[he was meant to meet her. jenna had wanted it, and he'd not taken the chance while it'd been there. he'd gotten too preoccupied by his hunt for his father to pay attention to what was right in front of him.]

they were family for me too

[ex_heightens219]

I am. Did they tell you about me? Because I'm sorry, but they never mentioned you.

[ not that elena doesn't believe that they considered isaac family, but she really just has never heard of him. his number is slightly familiar, maybe they've had a conversation on the network before, but that's all she can think of. ]

[iceboxed]

you were in some of the memories that got shared
jenna
she wanted me to meet you