( day 215 ) video.
[ elena pulls in a breath the moment she's on the feed, sudden and bracing. she knows why she's doing this: because it matters. nothing matters more. she didn't make an announcement when john left for different reasons, but jenna and ric... ] I thought I should say something. Jenna Sommers and Alaric Saltzman are gone. They've been gone. [ for a few days. (in more ways than just lost in the stabilizer. they're dead. been dead, at home.)
her lips purse in something resembling a smile of dull reassurance, and it's unclear if it's more for herself or the recording. she seems fine: collected, together, strong, but weighted by sadness.