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[forgetyourusedtobe]

Who: Elena Gilbert and YOOUUU!!!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Starstruck if you wanna??
When: rite meow!!!

I just want to say that I really appreciate everyone's who's answered my questions about this place, but now that I've had a little time to get settled, [and stop silently panicking] I'm curious about what home is like for everyone.

And since you've been here, have you seen anything like home?

[And since she doesn't really expect to be able to ask and not give an answer herself,]

My world's nothing all that special probably in comparison to some of yours. It's 2012, Earth, with modern-day technology that's nowhere near as advanced as all of this. I live in Mystic Falls, Virginia in a country called the United States.

We do have magic, but I can't do any of it. I only know about it because my best friend was a witch. [And it's invaded every part of her life for the past couple of years, but ssshhh.] Magic where I come from has a balance, it's rooted in nature and spirits of ancestors. So the further down the line of witches you are, the more power you can have. But you have to maintain the balance of nature or the spirits of your ancestors will cut you off.

There are other kinds of magic, but they're bad news and not something you want to mess with. It has some really bad consequences for the user since it ignores maintaining the balance.

[And she leaves it there. She's not willing to out herself as a vampire or acknowledge the existence of other supernatural beings beyond witches and spirits.]

Comments

[forgetyourusedtobe]

That definitely sounds like a very unfulfilled life.

[She's mostly teasing, but she's also a little serious. Going your whole life without nachos does seem like a waste. Especially if they were available to you this whole time.]

At least you were there to fix it.

[feathery]

Yeah, it was a feat better left described in history books. Or a tabloid. It's like I was in the sports zone and the spotlight was on me as I made a dive for the home team hoop.

[He doesn't actually have any idea how sports work.]

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[Elena is also no expert in sports, however,] I don't think there's a sport with all of that in it...

[feathery]

Oh. Not even dodgeball? That's a lawless battleground, right, as long as you don't get hit by the ball.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

Not entirely lawless. If you make a three-point shot, everyone's let out of the prison and has a chance to make it back.

[A beat.]

Not that most schools let you play that anymore anyway.

[feathery]

There's a prison??? I don't remember a prison. What the fuck, who ever heard of sports jail.

[WHY DO SPORTS DO THIS TO HIM.

He barely remembers the DodgeBall movie.]

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[She can't help but laugh.]

Did you cut P.E. or something?

[feathery]

Uh. No. I never really played sports as a kid. My bro was always way more into dragging me out onto the roof of our apartment for a daily smackdown.

[He almost sounds a little guilty, like that's his fault.]

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[That raises an eyebrow.]

Older brother?

[feathery]

Yeah.

[Who was in fact his biological dad, but apparently he liked being called "bro" more. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

He always said it was for training, like I had some dumb badass milestone I was supposed to achieve by my fourteenth birthday.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

And you just went along with it?

[feathery]

I guess. I always felt like I had to, even if I hated it. Like maybe one day I'd actually "get" what the fuck he was on about. Or he'd at least... [Ugh. Bitterly remembering when his bro showed up in Asgard.]

I don't know. It doesn't really matter. What matters is sportsball makes absolutely no fucking sense.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[It's not something Dave wants to talk about. Duly noted. Elena lets it go without any fuss.]

It's not that complicated. Jocks get it, right?

[She is completely joking though. Two of her best friends are football players after all and one of her exes also used to play.]

[feathery]

[thx, Elena. You are a true friend to this kid you just met.]

Are you sure. Maybe that's all part of the ruse. No one actually understands sports; they just think they do.

[He isn't being 100% serious, but he isn't completely joking, either.]

[forgetyourusedtobe]

Are you about to do some math to lay the blame on the Illuminati next?

[feathery]

Yes. Yes, that's exactly what I'm about to do. Let me get out some sick statistics and drop those suspicious figures into your lap. Oh shit, all of them are shaped like triangles.

Illuminati confirmed.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[Elena laughs.]

We better keep it between us then.