seventeenth bite; and I'm hungry like the wolf

[interpersonally]

Has this happened before? I've seen spirits around but this is -- specific. [ Primal. Animalistic. Maybe dangerous. ]

Also, interesting wardrobe change this week.

( Team Mystic Falls - curiously not minus Katherine if only because, she should be aware )

Does anybody else notice the wolves roaming the castle today? They aren't engaging or attacking but I think we should all be careful, anyway. They're big enough to be werewolves.

( Damon )

It's getting easier. I thought I'd... tell you that what you're doing is working. Thank you, Damon.

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mystic falls

[interpersonally]

The comatose what, Damon?

mystic falls

[compels]

Vampire Slayer.

mystic falls

[interpersonally]

I got that. Why do you have a comatose vampire slayer in your room?

mystic falls

[compels]

Well, where else was I supposed to store her?

mystic falls

[interpersonally]

Why are you storing her at all? Why is it your responsibility?

mystic falls

[compels]

... Didn't really think about it.

mystic falls

[interpersonally]

...You found her in her room and -- took her to yours.

mystic falls

[compels]

No. She slipped in my bathroom and didn't get up. Last week.

mystic falls

[interpersonally]

She's a vampire slayer, Damon.

mystic falls

[compels]

Really? I didn't notice.

mystic falls

[interpersonally]

Are you --

mystic falls

[compels]

Am I what? You really need to learn to finish your sentences, baby brother.

mystic falls

[interpersonally]

Are you sleeping with a vampire slayer?

mystic falls

[compels]

No. [ His tone indicates that would be ~ridiculous~. Then he corrects; ] I'm having sex with a vampire slayer.

mystic falls

[interpersonally]

Damon.

mystic falls

[compels]

Stefan.

{ Stefan Salvatore }

What? You want to lecture me about my choice in friends now? Don't you think after everything that's happened here, your moral superiority's a little tired?

damon salvatore

[interpersonally]

It's not about my or anyone's moral superiority. Everything that has happened is blowing over but what you're doing could blow everything up again.

stefan salvatore

[compels]

Who I'm doing is giving us an ace in the hole. Katherine steps out of line, we have a Slayer pal to handle it. Shouldn't you be rejoicing? [ If only it were really that simple. But, Faith's honestly his friend -- probably the best one he has. It makes it complicated. But he'll pretend it's that easy, pretend that he's using her for what she can give him. ]

damon salvatore

[interpersonally]

And what makes you think Katherine's going to step out of line? It's been weeks. Months. Still nothing. Pretty quiet master plan, don't you think?

stefan salvatore

[compels]

Hers always are. It's Katherine. You really think she's just sitting out in the garden planting rosebushes?

damon salvatore

[interpersonally]

No. But, I think the main reason Katherine stepped out of line isn't here. We're waiting for her to make a move that's not going to be made. She said -- [ And there it is, what he's been keeping from his brother -- not thinking about it when it slips out. ]

stefan salvatore

[compels]

She said what, brother? Something that tricked you into thinking that anything but a lie could come out of that bitch's mouth?

damon salvatore

[interpersonally]

I don't trust her. You know that. That hasn't changed. But, what she said, it made sense. She ran. For years. Because of Klaus. Klaus isn't here. There's no reason for her to -- make any kind of move.

stefan salvatore

[compels]

Until she decides there's something here she wants and screws us to get it.

damon salvatore

[interpersonally]

She does screw us. She will always screw us. [ What is it about his conversation with Katherine that hit him? Because, Damon's reminding him of what Katherine does. HAS done. ] Wouldn't it make sure to be closer to her, then? Beat her at her own game? [ A beat. ] Which is what you're doing with Faith. In case Katherine starts piling the bodies... I know a slayer, too. Buffy. Do they know each other?