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[forgetyourusedtobe]

Who: Elena Gilbert + you!
Broadcast: Video
Action: Starstruck if you want
When: now!!!

I was told that these augments [she gestures to her own and feels a little stupid for doing so because everybody knows what she's talking about (hopefully)] can alter memories. Does anybody have any more specific information on that?

Like how far back in your memory can it reach? How much can it change? How long does it last?

[...You know. Asking for a friend.]

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[forgetyourusedtobe]

[Elena draws a deep breath, but doesn't let it go right away as she considers it. Maybe? She settles on maybe. But what she says is,]

I don't think she'd be against it?

[Elena just isn't sure if she'd want to. Just because someone decides to go along with something doesn't mean they're all about it, after all.]

[stefanged]

[He taps the edge of his mug, letting that sink in for a little bit.]

It wouldn't hurt to ask. Sometimes, it's painful to talk to them, or help them move out, or--you know, but she cares about you, right? If she doesn't want to, it'll become clear pretty quickly.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

I just don't want her to feel like she has to do it for my sake, you know? I think it'd be easy for her to feel maybe a little obligated because of...[Our? Her?] ...their history together.

[stefanged]

Possibly, but you never know unless you give it a shot.

[He shrugs.] Or she might come around first, since that's usually how it goes when someone loses their... [Echoes] memories.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[Elena nods a little because he's right. Of course he's right. Out of the two of them, he has the most knowledge about all this memory business since he's been through the ringer with that twice now. (An honorable mention to his time with Klaus, too.) She's quiet a small moment, her mind already trying to figure out what she's going to do from here. But she pushes it aside at least a little. There'd be time for that later.]

It's kinda weird having the shoe on the other foot...

[stefanged]

[There's some strange, small part of him that wants to feel relieved, because it's been rough losing your memory over and over again - but instead, he settles for something a little more sympathetic.]

Can't say I want anyone to know what it feels like, but... let me know how things end up.

[He takes another sip of his tea.] If she's on your ship, do you want me to steer clear for a while? I can drag Yosuke to the Iskaulit until then.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

Just for a little while. [Elena rubs at the back of her neck. She admits with a weak, reflexive smile,] I hate asking you to do that.

I just don't want things to... [She doesn't even know what the right word is because she really doesn't know how Abigail would react to being around Stefan. Something.] I want a chance for her and I to figure things out first before adding you into the mix. It might be a little too much right away.

[stefanged]

[He shakes his head.] No problem. I've been meaning to make him help me out with the Center anyways.

[Some small part of him doubts that the good Captain'll mind, but details.]

I get that. I hope you two figure out something that works, no matter what that is. Even if you may never remember her, she still cares about you - and that's gotta be something.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[There's a flicker of a smile. For a moment that seems that will be all there is, but then Elena manages to smile a little wider.]

I'm really glad you're here, Stefan.

[She's (probably) said that before. But it bears mentioning again now. Things are complicated between the two of them as they have been for a while back home, albeit in different ways. None of that, however, discounts the support Stefan readily gives her with little asking.]

[stefanged]

[She could ask him to move a whole planet, and he'd try his best to fulfill that request because when she smiles like that, he feels like he's home. As complicated as things get (or have gotten), she's still one of the most important people in his life (lives?)]

Not as glad as I am that you're around.

[He's teasing a little, but he no longer feels the need to duck his head or avoid her gaze when he says these things.]

Seriously. I couldn't have asked for anyone better from home to join me, even if... well, the circumstances're less than ideal.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[Elena laughs a little, shaking her head.]

If the circumstances suddenly become ideal, I'm going to worry.

[They just don't have that kind of luck.]

[stefanged]

Probably, but I can dream about it a little.

[He knows, and he hates that he knows. Mystic Falls was a cursed town from the day it was founded, he swears.]

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[She holds up a hand in surrender.]

Far be it from me to crush your dreams if you're holding onto that one.