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elena gilbert (matter) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2015-01-12 08:13:00

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damon salvatore, dexter morgan, elena gilbert, katherine pierce, kitty pryde (aoa), martha jones, rose, sam winchester

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[ elena is neither bright-eyed nor bushy-tailed this morning. on the contrary, she’s shaken, unspeakably confused, and even a bit angry. her brown eyes convey that much, though she’s taken some time to look around and calm down -- but only comparatively. ] Look, I’ve heard the message, and the charges against me or whatever. [ she looks off the side, incredulous -- and frankly in shock. ] So, this is an underwater- [ wow she can’t even get ‘prison’ out. saying it makes it real or her crazy, right? ]

You know, let’s just start with: Hey, I’m Elena, and is this some horrible dream?

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[ elena doesn't know where else to go. she woke up on the ground in the middle of a park, knowing she wasn't anywhere she should be even before her crimes were being listed off from some foreign device in her ear. she'd flinched and pulled it off, looking at the communicator in her hands, her heart starting to speed in her chest. she took a look around: at the benches, the trees, the shops, and the impossibly high dome ceiling.

now she's up, walking around the so far empty block in a daze. is this damon? she thinks -- or stefan? where is he? she'd can't yet grasp the reality of the situation, struggling to reconcile it with what she knows: vampires.

she stops at the storefront, and the smell of coffee, drawn like a beacon to some activity -- and where people would go, right? she walks inside, her eyes widening at the bots behind the counter. ]

ooc: catch elena oh-so-politely trying to talk to the bots at bean crushers or run into her on the street!

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	kitty_has_claws 2015-01-12 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	[Kitty is looking you over, Elena. The expression is a little bit confusion and a little bit scrutiny and a little bit curiosity which is probably the color equivalent of a muddy grey—not quite making sense.] This is getting weird. (Reply to this) (Thread)

matter
2015-01-12 05:15 pm UTC (link)

[ because the answer to a frightening, surreal situation is more frightening surreality, this is the first real, alive person elena runs into. she doesn't notice at first, what with the bots in her face, but when she turns at the sound of kitty's voice some hope enters her eyes. that's followed quickly but more confusion and some frustration now.

she tries to temper that with only a little success (it won't get her far) and angles towards the other woman. ] I'm sorry; who are you?

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	kitty_has_claws 2015-01-12 05:24 pm UTC (link)
	Kitty Pryde. Did you change your hair since you got back? [Nothing weird or surreal about this question, right?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2015-01-12 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	[ what? ] No, I- I've never been here before. [ elena punctuates this by gesturing to the floor, her palm facing outward. ] What is going on? Why are there robots? [ also why is she in a prison that resembles suburbs. why is she in a jumpsuit. why is she underwater. robots are merely the most present and graspable issue for her at the moment. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2015-01-12 06:34 pm UTC (link)
	Right... [Could be two of them? There are two of her. Weirder things have happened.] Maybe we should sit and have the robots make us some coffee while we talk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

matter
2015-01-12 07:16 pm UTC (link)

[ the robots will make them coffee. okay. she looks at kitty warily; she doesn't want coffee or anything but explanations, and so far this interaction hasn't inspired much in the way of belief or trust -- though in the pause that follows she suspects kitty doesn't want to hurt her. ] I want answers. [ she needs them. she says it not as if that isn't what kitty's offering; she says it to be understood, because she is scared, and kitty is the only person who can help her. ]

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	kitty_has_claws 2015-01-12 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	[She takes a breath, softening a bit.] I know. I've been here for [taking a moment to calculate] 282 days and I'm the leader of the Defense Force, so I've got a few answers. I can't promise they're all going to make sense or not sound like something out of sci fi, but it's a lot so I figured sitting and beverages would help. [Gesturing to a booth.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

matter
2015-01-12 07:26 pm UTC (link)

[ it's enough -- even if that two-hundred and eighty-two throws her for another loop. she doesn't understand what any of it means, but elena's jaw sets and some of her resolve and composure returns to her.

she's just done this, hasn't she? just a few days ago: sat across from stefan and demanded answers. her world was changed then, and she handled it. she handles this, for the sake of her sanity and to get back to jeremy if nothing else, walking over to the closest table and sliding into its booth, tucking hair behind her ear as she does.

it's then she realizes she's still holding onto the communicator she'd snatched out of her ear, and she places it on the table, then looks to kitty to join her. ] It said this was a prison.

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kitty_has_claws
2015-01-12 07:31 pm UTC (link)

[She slides it off to match and fortunately she hears English so it's all good.] It did. It wants you to know that you've been very naughty and that your rehabilitation is their priority. Hard to say how much of that's true, but so far we haven't been able to get out, so it's a prison one way or another at least.

The only bars we usually have here are the kind with cocktails. It turns out the buildings have bars that can lower during lockdown, but that hasn't happened very often.

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	matter 2015-01-12 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	[ she doubts her rehabilitation is anyone's priority. none of this seems real, or sensible, or logical, and from discerning kitty's tone, she gets the same impression. at least the sensible and logical parts. ] But it's happened. In the... 282 days you've been here. [ she repeats the number, the look in her eyes pleading for this not to be true. almost a year. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2015-01-12 07:45 pm UTC (link)

Sure. If bars are coming down there's something big going on and it's theoretically for your safety. Coming here is kind of impossible even for people like me who have a lot of practice with the impossible in our lives before we're shipped in. And then once you're here trying to wrap your mind around that more weird and impossible drops on top of you. Yesterday, we had little flying robots carrying mistletoe that would catch two people in an invisible, shrinking force field that would only release if they kissed. And that's probably one of the better ones.

[She thinks this probably isn't the place to start, but where is? Does she tell her that her body is actually sitting in a pod?]

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matter
2015-01-13 02:52 pm UTC (link)

[ no, it's not the best place to start -- but in kitty's defense, how could anywhere truly be? elena's head in spinning, barely processing the information kitty is giving her. ] So it's less a prison and more some terrible joke? Because no offense but I'm kind of wondering if you're insane, or I'm insane, or someone is. [ she pauses, because despite wanting to believe that, she doesn't. and what it comes down to is this: ] There's no way out of here.

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kitty_has_claws
2015-01-14 04:23 am UTC (link)

[Kitty smiles a little.] If you didn't think one of us insane then you'd probably be a little insane.

[And then a shake of her head.] None that we've found, but we're looking. I mentioned the Defense Force. It's a group of inmates working together to keep people safe while we're here and to get us out.

Another thing you should know that isn't going to make me sound any saner... You used to be on that team.

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matter
2015-01-26 03:34 pm UTC (link)

[ kitty's comfort she can take, even welcome, even through how shaken she feels it does little. she blinks and swallows at the smile, but even despite that small olive branch, she's stiff and still in her seat, her expression set in a visage of calm control. but she doesn't feel necessarily in control. it's on the tip of elena's tongue to ask more about this defense force, to know what they have found...

any semblance of pretending to know how to handle this is out the window when kitty utters the last. ] What?

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kitty_has_claws
2015-01-27 03:53 am UTC (link)

Yeah, so, people sometimes disappear for awhile and when they come back sometimes they remember being here and sometimes they don't. Maybe it wasn't you at all, but another girl who looks just like you also named Elena. So, kind of you, but could have had a different life. [But so far she kind of doubts that's the case. Not to mention Kitty and her double have more obvious, surface differences.]

This isn't my first time talking to you.

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tallerthanthou
2015-01-12 03:48 pm UTC (link)

Elena...? How? [Last time when she arrived he thought she was already here, but he hadn't seen her in a few days so it was possible she'd been sent away and brought back, but this? He saw her yesterday—kissed her yesterday. How does this keep happening?

Why are the wardens doing this or is he caught up in another Mystery Spot situation with Gabriel? He takes a deep breath because whatever's going on isn't her fault.]

It's okay. [Reminding them both.] I'm Sam. Sam Winchester. I can explain everything. [Just not to himself.]

(OOC: Also, I didn't specify and the tag doesn't really make it seem like it has to be either, so let's say Kitty is action just to make them different.)

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matter
2015-01-13 03:30 pm UTC (link)

[ she's thrown: the first person to reply to her and it's with her name. her lips part and she wants to ask how again, why, and how is this still possible? but kitty has already explained. the unsettling feeling that still accompanies this is hard to control, but she gets to the bottom line -- mostly because she sees no other way to handle this.

(and he's telling her it's okay. even though it's not. nothing about this seems to be, but that he would say it means something, even if it doesn't work.)

she pulls in a breath. ] I think I already got most of it.

Kitty said people would know me. [ the practicality of that statement is thrown into doubt because she's is forever unsettled at this point. ] Some other me, I guess. Hi.

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tallerthanthou
2015-01-17 04:04 am UTC (link)

[At this point the lack of recognition is such a familiar sting that he barely even processes it, but it's there under the skin.]

I guess you've already heard some of the explanation. [There's a fleeting smile.] There's probably no good way to show up in a place like this, but for what it's worth you—or some other you—was well liked. [He says that as much as he can with a "by everyone" inflection. Even if there was definitely liking from him specifically.]

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matter
2015-01-26 03:41 pm UTC (link)

Well, that's... [ she doesn't know what that is. it's hard to see the compliment when elena is too busy trying to work through the discomfort of being known let alone liked, of living, without knowing the people who know her, without knowing this other her.

she puts it out of her mind, shoves it off to the side -- has to. she'll go crazy. whoever this girl was, whoever she was or is, isn't who she is now. her brow furrowed, she looks down, and then back up to sam. ] So we knew each other? We were... friends? [ and yet the burning curiosity, the desire to know everything, is something she can't resist. and maybe it's easier to ask about him than it is to ask about her. ]

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	tallerthanthou 2015-01-31 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	That's right. We were friends. [There was just a beat of hesitation before the word comes out. The last thing that happened when they were still them and she remembered everything happened in a dream. It wasn't real, but now he knows all of this is kind of like a dream and it's just a lot to take in and they never got to talk about it.] We have some things in common. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Video notrosesshadow 2015-01-12 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	Elena? [Except she doesn't seem to know anything.] Um... hi. Elena. My name's Martha and yeah. It's prison. I'm sure you have lots of questions. I can try to answer them. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	matter 2015-01-13 03:31 pm UTC (link)
	Hi. [ another person that seems to know her. watch elena try to not be continually unsettled by this and fail. ] Hey. I've pretty much got the run-down by now: prison, weird, underwater. [ she pauses, inclines her chin down some. the curiosity she has presently is the familiarity. ] You said your name was Martha? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2015-01-14 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	That's the gist of it. [A nod.] Martha Jones. I work in the clinic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2015-01-26 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	Right. A clinic; that's good. [ they need one here, right? ] You're a doctor? Or a nurse? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2015-01-29 12:55 am UTC (link)
	Doctor. The clinic's run by me and a man named Ton Phanan. He's part cyborg and a bit of a jokester, but a good doctor. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2015-02-01 02:38 am UTC (link)
	[ this all sounds semi-normal until the 'cyborg' part. elena's brows reach high. she's expecting something along the lines of an artificial limb. ~~sweet summer child.~~ ] Cyborg? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2015-02-01 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	Think part robot... though much more advanced than any robot you can think of... (Reply to this) (Parent)

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delusive
2015-01-13 06:37 am UTC (link)

[Oh great, it's Elena. This underwater prison sure knows how to ruin her fun. It's been just a bit over a week now but Katherine was expecting it to happen sooner or later since she heard Elena was here before, possibly multiple times.

She doesn't respond to the broadcast, instead decides to seek her out and oh so coincidentally run into her at the coffee shop] Well look who it is, hello Elena.

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matter
2015-01-26 04:11 pm UTC (link)

[ she was getting ready to leave, to find clothes, to situate herself, somehow, someway. when elena moves to leave and looks up only to see -

she is frozen in her tracks, her communicator in her hand, her eyes filling with shock and fear and awe. (just when she thought she had found some semblance of explanation, some piece of something, if not surety, she could slowly work to accept: she's in a prison. she was here before.)

her breathing picks up, because the face she's looking at is so familiar and foreign to her she's in denial for a moment; she's in denial until a large lump of horror lodges in her throat.

what is this? is this her? the other elena people say has gone? ] Who?

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delusive
2015-02-09 05:53 am UTC (link)

[katherine watches elena for a moment when her doppelganger finally takes notice of her and the reaction she got was not exactly what she was expecting. there was no hostility just pure shock and fear from seeing her accompanied by the undeniable confusion and upon hearing elena ask who she was, katherine feigns looking offended look on her expression before she responsed] You really don't know who I am? I would have thought between Stefan and Damon, you would have at least heard about me.

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	video; justexisting 2015-01-13 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	Definitely not a dream, Elena. [She has no memories of this place. That much Rose has gleaned already.] You won't remember but you were here before. I'm Rose. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	matter 2015-01-26 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	[ and there's another person to know her -- another person she doesn't recognize. elena tries for a smile: it's small, and soft. ] Hey. Yeah, I got that gist. Both. [ not a dream and been here before. she tucks some hair behind her ear. ] It's nice to meet you. I guess, again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justexisting 2015-01-26 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	[ rose returns the smile without hesitation, just as soft as elena's. she may not know her but rose counted her as a good friend. ] I am always glad to see a familiar face. Even if you don't remember me. Have you heard from Damon yet? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2015-01-26 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	[ she's glad too; at least she's glad to for a friendly face. at the mention of damon though, her mutual friendliness slackens: ] Damon's here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justexisting 2015-01-28 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	He is, yeah. [ the slight change in Elena's demeanor has Rose worried. ] Is there a problem with that? (Reply to this) (Parent)

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hastohappen
2015-01-15 07:40 pm UTC (link)

[ It's apparent that Elena doesn't remember being here before - they'd only just been acquainted, of course, but it's still a point of interest. ]

If it is a dream, we're all having a very difficult time waking up from it.

[ Arching his brows, he purses his lips into a tight smile that aims to convey a sympathetic understanding - the sense that they've all been there. He doesn't think Marina is actually real, but he's not given to tossing that view around too casually. ]

Someone fill you in a little already?

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	matter 2015-01-26 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	So far the pinching hasn't helped. [ she offers the man a smile, trying to make light of something clearly weighted; she's not doing a very good job of it. elena nods ] A few people have. Everyone's been... really welcoming, which is... well, I guess I don't know what to expect in this situation. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hastohappen 2015-02-02 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	I don't think most people tend to have preexisting expectations about being pulled out of reality. [ His smile softens a bit in return, a touch of sardonic amusement. ] I guess most people figure that if we're all stuck together, we may as well actually stick together. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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reaction
2015-01-28 04:51 pm UTC (link)

[ Getting an early morning warning that it's newbie day means Damon's going to ignore the communicator for a bit. He's not a fan of having to explain things about the prison to someone who's going to be all shocked, surprised and insert every other reaction here. ]

Morning, Miss Pierce. [ He casually greets the brunette as he walks past her on his way to the counter to make a quick order of coffee and croissant, faking politeness because he can. God knows why she's talking to a bot of all things, but it's clear Katherine probably hasn't made any friends. No surprise there.

Damon's got a book in hand and is planning on spending the next hour or two catching up on some light reading before heading over to the Vampire Blood Shack. As he waits in line, he thinks about letting the old lady know that she should quit trying to pretend to be Elena Gilbert because a) there's no point to it and b) re: a. But since he's not keen on ruining his morning, he's just going to shut his mouth and contemplate the choice of baked goods in the display case instead. ]

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matter
2015-02-01 02:33 am UTC (link)

Damon? [ there's a note of angry incredulity and breathless hope (this situation truly is dire) in her voice as he passes her -- brushes by her in fact, as if this is a completely normal morning for him, and he doesn't even know it's not. she doesn't think of what he's called her, not yet. it's just another oddity on the list of these oddities. and truth be told she's not 100% convinced he's not somehow involved in all this, despite what everyone seems to be telling her.

so yeah, she follows him to the counter, because he's the first familiar thing she's seen all morning. ] Damon, what the hell?

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