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02 | text / location: wilde | meant to be

[ text: caroline & jenna ]
With all the mess that's happening I'm calling girls night. Pick a movie.

[ text: fitz kreiner ]
Hey, it's Elena. Do you have any jobs?

Elena had needed to get out and clear her head. She'd left a note for Jenna in case she wasn't back when Jenna got home from work and had just walked, not really any direction or location in mind - it sort of counteracted the needing to clear her head. So much had seemed to have happened in such a short space of time and to add with that she was still adjusting to being here, to Katherine being here, that Jenna was from her past and Caroline her future. It was... not good. And weirder than anything they've ever had before.

Katherine had been eerily quiet, barring her 'public call' regarding the attack. And then was the attack itself. She didn't know how many Vampires were here but she'd hoped it would be safer. And it didn't even seem like the Sheriff was doing anything, not like he had with Party and Kobra. It was definitely a strange place.

It took Elena a while before she stopped walking. She wasn't even certain how long it had been but her surroundings definitely indicated that it was somewhere that she hadn't been before, and it wasn't so much of a straight line walk. At least it was something different to see, even if the playground looked a little creepy. They looked weird without kids in them but this one had an even weirder feeling to it.

[ text: all ]
Does anyone know where the playground is?

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Even the Extra children - false eyes in false faces, playing without any real sense of enjoyment - knew to stay away from Drusilla's playground. It was still and silent. The tall trees cast long black shadows that formed a shroud against the sunlight.

And then there was the vampire that could almost have been a ghost. She drifted between the trees and whispered in the mind and, one day, she was sure to snap the chains that held her back when she was hungry.

One day.

For now, however, she would have to content herself with a picnic beneath the poplars. She poured Miss Edith another cup of tea - her own cup was filled with something warm and crimson - and tipped her to the side at the sound of footsteps.

"Are you coming to join us?"

Elena stopped when she heard the voice, turning her head more towards the playground. She hadn't seen anyone on first glance but she hadn't really been paying attention - she'd just noticed how creepy it was.

And then when she saw her she remembered the voice, finally placing it with who it was. And that didn't seem good. Elena didn't know why but she didn't have a good feeling about the woman, mostly because she liked Katherine but there was something else too.

"I was just passing." Getting out of there was definitely her better option.

With Miss Edith's cup full, Drusilla turned to face the new arrival. The playground was unnerving even for the vampire - heavy with the distant memories of her reunion with the Angel Beast and the considerably clearer memories of the day that the Slayer had saved her from the tin soldiers - but it was also the closest thing that she had to a home in Taxon.

"There's plenty of tea," she informed Elena. "And cakes. Miss Edith knows when to share."

"I'm actually not hungry." Which wasn't a lie - she hadn't eaten for a couple of hours so she would be soon but she didn't need anything right now, especially not in a creepy situation.

"They'll be cross," she said, and it was impossible to tell if she was talking about herself or the dolls or another power entirely. "Come and sit with us. Just sit. I didn't bring any pomegranate seeds."

They weren't in the underworld. Breaking bread with the devil would trap you in Hell, but Drusilla was, when all was said and done, just his daughter.

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"I'm sorry. It was nice of you to offer but I need to get home, my aunt's waiting." A lie. Sort of. Jenna was still at work but she would be getting home soon, and Elena had to if they were having girl's night.

"You have a family here?"

Drusilla had been keeping her voice as light as air - to draw her in and because half the fun of frightening people came from confusing them - but it hardened at that.

Her family - both real and makeshift - had been taken away from her, person by person. She was jealous.

"You should watch them. Someone might snatch them away."

I can get other things from work to make the mess more bearable.

[ a few minutes later: ]

Check the map... Don't tell me you got lost.

Not lost I just haven't been here before.

And thanks. Other things sounds good.

Neither have I or I'd give you better directions. What's it like?

Kind of creepy looking, although a playground that's empty manages to be that anyway. This one's more creepy.

You're right. An empty playground usually is creepy. Just be careful. I get off in a few hours.

[ hopefully she won't have to come looking for elena, but she will if she has to. ]

I will be. And you should stop texting at work.

Are you mothering me?

Just making sure you keep your job. It'll be nice working with someone I know.

After all we've been through, I doubt Fitz would fire me. I'll be sure to keep an eye on you everywhere.

[ she teases, elena. ]

I'm glad you're here.

[ Not just working there but in Taxon too ]

And I'm glad you're here. [ more than elena would ever know. ] Be careful. I'll see you at home, okay?

I will be. Caroline's coming over, too.

Good. I'll have a lot ready when you're back. Assuming you don't beat me home.

Probably not. I'll see you there.

Sounds good.

I might at that. Anything in particular you're looking for?

Just something to keep me busy.

You don't happen to play the drums, do you?

[ hope springs eternal! ]

Nope, and nothing else.

That's all right, I can come up with something for you to do. Can you stop be so I can pretend to give an interview?

An interview sounds good.

I pick one that the Sheriff isn't going to like. Robin Hood? I think he kicks the sheriff's ass.

I like the idea.

I'll have to get it from one of those hatch things. I hope I don't have to sell a bit of my soul for it.

I don't think I've spent anything yet if you need some.

You don't use money to buy from the hatches. You use your bracelet. Hasn't anyone told you about that yet?

There's still credits.

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