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Katherine Pierce believes her own lies. (believesownlies) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2014-06-22 10:42:00

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hal yorke, katherine pierce

Katherine & Hal; Helping with his new brand of transitioning
Late night Friday/Early morning Saturday, June 20/21, 2014; TBD
TBD (but lbh, it's a newbie vamp transitioning, at least mid-level warnings!); In progress

The call had been short and to the point.

As tense as things had been lately with his family, on top of knowing his opinion of her friend, Katherine had been genuinely surprised at Elijah's reaction regarding Hal. She had told him, straight-forward, upfront and honest, much like she hadn't been able to, Hal couldn't handle the humanity like he thought he would have and Damon was fixing that for him. Katherine would have, but all things considered, she was glad Damon had taken that part. Elijah, her redemption, things would have gotten messy if she was the one to turn him. She'd likely be getting enough backlash for helping him the way she was. She had told Elijah in no uncertain terms she was helping Hal with the transition. She had expected an argument, a fight about how Hal had used her, or how she had cheated on him or any other number of things. She had been prepared to stick to her choice, no matter what though. No would not have been taken as an answer. She would have done it with or without his okay, she simply felt for honesty's sake, she needed to tell him. And he'd reacted quite reasonably and for that, she was glad.

So, then he waited. And finally, she got the call she was expecting and headed to the address that she was given. It was a small motel, kind of out of the way. As far as Katherine knew, so far it was just she and Damon that knew about Hal's decision, and now Elijah. He wouldn't say anything though, that much she knew.

The call before had been short and to the point, and Katherine wondered how it all went in the end. Admittedly, she was fairly certain he hadn't turned Ripper on them, or it would have been Damon making the call and not Hal. She stopped in front of the door to the motel room and knocked three times, waiting for her friend to appear on the other side.

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needstheroutine
2014-06-23 03:48 pm UTC (link)

Hal hadn't been scared or anything as he'd been turned. He'd been scared back in Orsha. And this, well it was a lot more formal. They'd done what needed to be done, Damon had killed him, his blood in Hal's system and then he'd woken a little later, desperate for blood, a feeling he knew well. For a while, he worried. If it had gone wrong, if he'd become what they said, this...Ripper. But when Damon had thrown a redhead his way with a smirk Hal had bitten into her, drained just enough to complete the transition and quench the taste that had never quite left him before summoning what willpower he had, and pushing her away. Admittidly, pushing her to the floor was hardly gentlemanly. But it was better than dead.

Damon had waited around a while, waited to make sure he was coping, and left to go to his Elena. Leaving him to call Katherine. God, Katherine. Emotions hightened, they hadn't been lying about that, he still thought she was something else. Oh he still loved Alex on some level but she had betrayed him. Walked away, decided against him. Left him to his own devices. Katherine, she was loyal to him, she was a true friend. And yes, she was beautiful.

Hal opened the door soon as the knock came and admitted the vampire. No invitation needed, it was a motel, nothing more.

"I've been...staring in the mirror. I mean the holy symbols doing nothing, I'd had that anyway as an Old One. But our reflections, they were taken by the Devil. Wishing to be human, it was the first time I'd seen my reflection in 500 something years. And I did wonder would I lose it again, but..."

It was an odd thing to focus on. Not the strength or speed. His reflection.

"And well, the blood. Its interesting. I want it. But I don't...Its not as it was. I can still taste her on my lips and yet I'm not Him. I'm not Katherine. I promise you, it's worked. I think its worked."

Oh he still feared the change to Lord Harry. The monster was still in there, had been even when he was human. And it was possible, he didn't know quite how without blood being the trigger. But it was better.

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believesownlies
2014-06-23 04:40 pm UTC (link)

She stepped inside once he let her in, smiling at the man on the other side. He looked...better. Like he felt more himself than he had while he was human. And that was something she could understand. She had felt so incomplete, so out of sorts while she was human. It wasn't until Elijah had turned her, mircale that it seemed to be considering that it apparently didn't work back home, that she had really felt right again. She could see that same feeling in him. She smiled, "You look...so much better." she admitted.

"The mirror?" She couldn't help the small laugh. She had never thought much about it, what it might be like to not have a reflection. That had never be a concern for her. "It's just a myth for us." she nodded, taking a moment to circle around him, just once, for a good look-over, and she faced him again. "Did you see? What it looks like when you manifest?"

She listened as he explained about the blood. How the need was there, but it wasn't the same. She assumed it was the simple fact of...he knew he needed it to survive. But he didn't need it like the addiction from before. Not that it couldn't just as easily become addictive. There was a certain feeling from feeding that was...near euphoric, but...that's what she would be focused on. Making sure he didn't step creoss that line. Five hundred years already under his belt or not, Katherine would make sure he didn't go overboard. "That's great," she grinned. "I worried. I really did, because I just saw it going that way so easily, but you would've known already, after completing the transition." Of that, she was certain. Especially for Hal, he'd have recognized it in himself instantly.

"So," Katherine looked to him expectantly, "how do you feel?"

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needstheroutine
2014-06-24 09:59 am UTC (link)

She was happy for him. Probably one of the few, but then she understood, didn't she. And she was right, he did look better. He was better, happier. Definitely more content than he had been since he'd seemingly gotten everything he'd ever wanted. He probably should have been content with humanity. But there was nothing left for him. Tom had accepted what he was now, and Alex...no, no he couldn't think about her. That was in the past, it had to be.

"I feel better. I mean, its different obviously. Your kind of vampire. Probably in many ways better. But I feel weaker than I did as an Old One. Of course, stronger than I did as a human. And its selfish to do it, I know that too, but its done. And I'm all the happier for it."

The blood, The Ripper thing. It was interesting, but he was starting to have an idea about that.

"Thing about me, when I'm like that. I'm calm. Focused. Cruel yes, heartless, uncaring. But the ripper is all instinct yes? I don't work well off instinct. Perhaps that's why I regained my control. All in all, I feel better than I have in over 500 years. But I know its not simple. I truly do. And I know there's a lot to learn."

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believesownlies
2014-06-27 04:13 am UTC (link)

"Not to be smug, but...from what I've learned of your kind of vampire? I think ours is better. In a lot of ways." She admitted with a slight nod. And she really wasn't just trying to be boastful, Hal's former brand of vampire had so many drawbacks. "Oh, I know. Being all...newborn again? It was weird." she said, wrinkling her nose a little. "That's why I wished everything to be what it should. I'm almost five hundred and thirty-eight years old. I should not feel that...new." She understood where he was coming from, in so many ways. "You're allowed to be selfish sometimes, Hal. It's just in what ways you are that matter."

She considered the theory for a moment. It did make sense. Lord Harry, he was creepy-calm, hard-nosed focus and Rippers were pure instinct, absolutely animialistic in everything they did. "Could be. It makes sense. I'm glad, Hal. You deserve every bit of better you feel right now. You struggled for so long with everything and even that struggle was mostly futile because He was like a ticking time bomb, you just didn't know when He'd detonate. And humanity didn't give you what you thought it would. You deserve this." It wasn't that she was trying to push him into feeling entitled, she just genuinely felt that after everything? This was the least he could have, things in his favor just this once.

"There are," she nodded, "there are things to be learned, but I don't think you'll have a problem with that." If nothing else, Katherine knew he was a quick learner and a perfectionist to boot. He'd practice it all to death, if he had to. "Plus," she put a hand on his arm, all bright smiles as she spoke, "that's what I'm here for, right?"

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needstheroutine
2014-06-27 08:36 am UTC (link)

"In many ways yes." he said simply. "Its not so much of a curse is it. And I'm not stuck with that need. I can drink now and its not going to make me lose myself. And with you here, I know I won't." God it was complicated, emotions heightened and this was Katherine. She was here for him when Alex had walked away. And he really did need someone. He had tried being human. And he thought that maybe it could have worked in other circumstances. He could have lived and died and been happy with Alex in his life. But that was a dream long since forgotten and he'd made a choice. The only choice really that was left to him. He couldn't live like that, lost, unable to really help anyone. He was stronger now, and he could do so much. Not as tied to the blood as he was, he could do this.

"I don't believe he's gone. Life isn't that easy. But I'm a damn sight more dealable with like this, your kind might be 'better' but I'm not as strong. And even if I wish as you did eventually. I'll ensure you can still take me down." Maybe he was allowed to be okay with this. Maybe he was allowed to finally be happy to be different.

Her hand was on his arm and Hal nodded, he needed to focus those emotions away from her as she was very clear that it was the idiot Original that she loved. "It seems that is what you are here for, and I'm willing to learn."

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believesownlies
2014-07-01 05:43 pm UTC (link)

"Mm-mm," she shook her head at his comment about the curse. Her kind, it wasn't. Unless you were Stefan. Being a Ripper was definitely a curse, made everything that much harder, and she couldn't even imagine how hard it had to be for him, if she were honest. She was just glad hat Hal hadn't turned up to be one, it had seemed so likely before. She smiled at that, "Exactly. I won't let you step over that line. You won't lose yourself, Hal. I won't let it happen."

"Maybe not, but He's not as strong as you are, whatever He may think. And He won't be as easy to trigger as before, either." Katherine didn't much like thinking about that idea, having to take him down. Oh, she would, if it came down to it, if he became that much of a danger to people, if he was beyond help and being talked down again. But still. This was Hal. He was one of two of the best friends she'd made, not just in Lawrence, but in her whole life. He was upfront and honest, he held to his beliefs, never took another's opinion simply because they gave it to him. He was, in every way, his own person and she loved that about him. "We'll worry about that if it comes. But in the meantime..." she shrugged her shoulders, the whole manner of it almost coy, "you get to enjoy life, Hal."

Five centuries and you learned to be observant, even in people's smallest, nearly unnoticable mannerisms and there was something in that moment that caught her attention. She couldn't even quite put her finger on it, but it was...something. Her hand fell back to her side and she grinned widely, "Perfect."

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needstheroutine
2014-07-02 10:59 am UTC (link)

"I think that my control stopped it, I truly do. I've spend so long ensuring that I have the focus needed not to give in to the blood and the pull it has on me, its not as strong now. So perhaps, at least in that way. You have no problem."

As he had said though Lord Harry was always a problem. Probably always would be but she was right, maybe it wasn't going to be as easy to trigger him and maybe, just maybe, she wouldn't have to step in and stop him. Maybe he could fight him easier this time.

Her hand fell back to her side and Hal nodded once, simply. Putting the thought out of his head.

"Yes. Quite. And thank you, for being here. For not saying I told you so when frankly you have every right to, all of it."

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believesownlies
2014-07-03 06:58 pm UTC (link)

She listened as he explained his theory, it was a good one, honestly. "That makes sense," she nodded, and it truly did. All that control he had held onto for so long, that he had so perfected through the centuries, it had really paid off here, where it could have all gone so terribly wrong. She was proud of him. "I think we'll be okay, no problems at all." she said positively, smiling at him in a way she hoped was reassuring.

"Where else would I be?" she asked, tone almost incredulous at the almost-but-not-quite there implication in his comment. "And I wouldn't do that. It's tacky." she wrinkled her nose at the idea oif tossing an 'I told you so' in his face after everything. Katherine Pierce was anything but tacky.

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needstheroutine
2014-07-07 12:58 pm UTC (link)

Hal appreciated her, probably more than she would ever know. She was here in spite of argument. Unlike what most people believed he was capable of apology when he was wrong. And in her case he had been wrong. He still believed Caroline hypocritical, and Kol utterly insane. Perhaps he wasn't trying to win Alex' heart, but he had ultimately taken her from him. And he was no less dangerous. He in fact was worse in many ways. Unkillable and hiding behind a mask of civillity. It disgusted him. And it was why he had left her.

"I just know what they'll say, they'll accuse me of clinging to you, to Damon, of hypocracy and yes, I'll freely admit I was wrong about your type of vampire but I have learned some things already. I still feel as I do about the particular people I have issues with and I do not believe heightened emotion to be an excuse. Yes, I possess it now, and perhaps because of my nature I am able to tone it down some, but it is far from a reason for being as fickle and offensive as a lot of your kind. So let them say what they will, I'm ready for it."

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believesownlies
2014-07-09 05:26 pm UTC (link)

Katherine shook her head, "it doesn't matter what they say, Hal. All the matters is you did what was right for you. Whether they see that or understand it or not, that doesn't matter. They all do it. They live in the ways that are best for their lives, they have no right to say you can't do the same for yours."

She knew he could handle whatever anyone tried to throw at him, and probably with more grace than she ever had. She had faith in him on this.

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needstheroutine
2014-07-14 12:36 am UTC (link)

He knew that, logically anyway, it didn't matter a bit what they said or thought. He had made the choice that he needed to make. And there would be ways and means for him to grow stronger, be safer. There would be so much he could do now, ways he could help that he never could have before. He could control himself. And it was better this way.

"They live that way and yet insult others who do not agree. Its a popularity contest and one I never stood a chance in, but that doesn't matter now. It won't ever matter again."

He planned to live his life, and be content with it, with his friends, with what truly mattered, and with more control than he may ever have had before. It felt good. He was not simply just Hal but he had not switched, he was not the monster. Finally and utterly completely. He was somewhere in between

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