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Tweak says, "IT'S ALMOST OVER!"

vikingly (vikingly) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-10-16 18:18:00

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Evening 241 } Action } Open Mingle
[ As mentioned by the wardens yesterday, Eric is hosting a costume party. The Blood Shack is lit by candles for the evening (he remembers the last party he had being interrupted by a power outage) and a small buffet of sorts has been erected. It furnishes mostly hors d'oeuvre and finer foods, things that Caroline picked out as Eric hasn't a clue about human food.

There is blood on tap (naturally) as well as a full bar. Eric has made certain to include water, sodas, tea and various non-alcoholic drinks.

The jukebox is playing a variety of music, but patrons are always invited to pick out their own music. The dance floor has a disco ball and there's the ever present 'dancing' pole on stage if someone gets brave. Tables are scattered about as are sofas and chairs so that people have a choice where they sit.

Enjoy yourself, mix, mingle and admire everyone's costume and everyone is required to have a costume in order to be here. ]

[ooc: I've turned off replies so if you want Eric's attention please tag his thread. Mingle here, have fun and be merry? Everyone is invited, including and especially newbies. ]

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matter
2013-10-25 09:57 pm UTC (link)

[ she hasn't seen anna yet -- and while the wariness towards her is still present, it's tempered however little by their conversation. somehow, anna is the first person elena confessed what she was to - the first person outside of her friends and family, at least. she pulls in a breath, turning towards her, and takes her costume in. ] Hey. [ still, she's not unfriendly. ] Nice outfit.

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	neverhurthim 2013-10-25 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	[Anna glances down at her dress, smiling faintly and then looks at Elena's own costume.] Yeah, you too. [She knows this isn't the time or place to really inquire more about how Elena's actually dealing with things even though she wonders.] Are there a lot of parties here? Because I have to say, this isn't at all how I imagined prison. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

matter
2013-10-25 10:26 pm UTC (link)

Thanks. [ there's almost a smile there, even though she can't bring herself to make a real one. anna might have shown her compassion, so many things might have changed between that day in that motel room and now, but she also can't forgot how anna once used her ruthlessness against her and bonnie. against jeremy. yet she can't be entirely unwelcoming either. ] And actually, yeah. People like the distraction. I guess it gives us the opportunity to see each other.

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neverhurthim
2013-10-25 10:35 pm UTC (link)

[Anna's done a lot of things she regrets. And maybe being here, in this place, she'll be able to reach some kind of redemption. Maybe. She's pretty sure that Elena's trying her very best to be friendly with her considering the circumstances. She won't put her through it much longer.]

Yeah, I suppose it does. [She pauses, glancing away for a moment and then back at Elena.] Well, I hope you have a good time tonight. As good as a person can have in prison, anyway.

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matter
2013-10-25 10:52 pm UTC (link)

[ anna's farewell isn't abrupt, but she understands its meaning and why it comes so soon. maybe that's why she blinks a little and makes the decision to stall her a moment, before she can walk away. ] Anna. [ she pauses once she has the girl's attention. needs a moment to find the resolve, the words. ] I might not ever be able to forgive what you did to Jeremy. What you were going to do. I might not trust you. But I... know you were just trying to save your mother. [ that she was in pain and wanted some kind of revenge. ] And as much as I hate it, I... know you feel something for Jeremy too.

[ they're not friends. they're not even allies. but these things mean something. elena has been through enough in the past few years, done enough bad for the good of her friends and family, to know that they do. ] I just want you to know that.

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neverhurthim
2013-10-25 11:02 pm UTC (link)

[She's actually caught off guard by Elena's words. The mention of Jeremy's name makes her stomach tighten. She misses him so much it's physically painful.] I don't expect forgiveness. I've done a lot of things that...

[She shakes her head.] I was alone for 150 years. I'm not trying to excuse what I did. I just wanted my mom back. [She smooths her dress down, more of a nervous gesture than anything.] I never saw Jeremy coming. [She figured Elena would understand what she meant by that.]

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matter
2013-11-02 05:08 pm UTC (link)

[ there's nothing to gain from feeling so harshly about anna. not here, not now. there was nothing to gain before; it was about protecting jeremy first and foremost, because there were so many reasons not to trust her. she hurt her brother, she fed her blood to pearl for revenge; that kind of ruthlessness is something she knows intimately and therefore cannot forget. not for elena, and not when it comes to her brother. and she sees how caught off guard anna is, how her confessions pains her. (she misses jeremy too and cannot help but feel a softer compassion towards her. she might be the only other person here who truly knows what it is to miss jeremy.)

she can respect anna's answer. that she doesn't want forgiveness or to give excuses. she can understand just wanting her mother back. (she thinks she'd do no less.)

she understands what anna means about not seeing someone coming all too well. ] I'm glad. In a way. Love has a way of... showing people they're not alone. [ and in this case it saved jeremy's life. ]

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