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[ en ] tranceway . m . o . d . s. ([personal profile] vitaelamorte) wrote in [community profile] entrancelogs2016-11-11 07:47 pm

+ Your imagination can't hurt you! +

Who: YOU!
Where: The Mindscape
When: starting November 11th
Rating: may be up to R for character deaths
Summary: Navigate challenges to learn valuable lessons about nonviolence, cooperation, and self-sacrifice! Release your inner animal! Read more about the event here, and on the bulletin board.
The Story:




"If you know yourself, you have nothing to fear."
"Working together is the only way."
"Deaths are a necessary part of life, but not all deaths are necessary."
"The needs of the many outweigh the life of just one."
easily: (be a good little trout)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-20 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
[it's not often that they see eye to eye but at least for now they can. they're stuck with one another until they figure a way out, after all.]

It was here that we turned the first vampires after us -- that we discovered we could that at all. The three we turned, Lucien, Tristan and Aurora had recently made their way to New Orleans.

[and everything kind of spiraled into disaster after that, especially because of that damn prophecy.]
interpersonal: (shrouded.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-22 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ elena's eyes widen slightly at the revelation.

is this some kind of parallel? rebekah's death led to elena becoming a vampire. is that why elena is here, in the remnants of the place where aurora met her maker?
] Where exactly did you turn them? I need you to remember, Rebekah. We might have to retrace your steps.

[ that might be where they have to go next. ]
easily: (It's exhausting to keep smiling)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-23 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
I only turned one of them.

[And it's not exactly a pleasant story -- but Elena has seen the cruelties of the world herself, she'd probably not be surprised to hear of Aurora's suffering.]

Aurora, my brother's first real love [Tatia had been more Elijah's than Klaus', after all] had tried to kill herself by slitting her wrists. She was deeply unhappy and troubled, and wanted to be like us. I had healed her to try to save her life, to try to remind her what a gift that life was.

[She had envied Aurora then, because she had a choice. The option to live.]

That all happened in her bedroom, which means we'll need to find that first.
interpersonal: (watchful.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's not a pleasant story, no.

it's tragic, and so perhaps it should not be surprising the originals are involved in some way. elena has never actively wanted to end her life, despite the many kamikaze missions she's embarked on that might prove otherwise, but she does understand losing one's appetite for life. not knowing how to live anymore.
]

I didn't know Klaus had a first love. [ or ... love at all, really. not in the romantic sense.

elena sets off after rebekah, aware that she is the one that needs to lead right now, whether elena likes it or not. (she doesn't.)
]
easily: (the only way to get)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-23 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Aurora had been plagued by demons that at the time no one knew how to help her with. It is ironic, in some ways, that Tristan had denied Aurora the agency to be with Klaus when Klaus would go on to meddle in Rebekah's relationship in similar ways.]

Aurora De Martel. She jumped out a window after I had given her my blood, making her the first in my sireline. Their relationship was cut short because of Elijah's interference -- Aurora had admitted that she knew about our mother's death at Klaus' hands and Elijah was the first of us to use compulsion to make her turn on Klaus and reject him.

[The story ends in tragedy, everyone their family loves suffer for this. Rebekah knows this truth to be evident now more than other (it still hurts if she thinks on Marcel too long or too hard) and while she does not excuse the actions of the Trinity she gets why they targeted her family.

The Mikaelsons started it, they always do, that is their tragedy.
]
interpersonal: (droll.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ elena's eyebrows nearly meet her hairline.

elijah has always been the favored original, where elena is concerned. she thinks highly of him, despite the way they have betrayed each other. while she has no delusions as to what he is capable in the name of his family, it still surprises her. they really are cursed, aren't they?
]

Does Klaus know?

[ elena can't imagine he took that well. ]
easily: (who throw dollars at my feet)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-23 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Elijah is as fallible as any of them, but even Rebekah is guilty of holding her eldest brother to a higher standard and pedestal. Even when his actions are deplorable his intentions are usually admirable.

But not always.
]

He does now. But there was a prophecy that led us to believe the Trinity, or someone else, might take our family down one by one, even Nik knew this was not the time for us to become divided.

[while they talk Rebekah is going to lead them over to some stairs that will presumably take them up to where Aurora's room should be.]
interpersonal: (gleaning.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ a prophecy.

don't mind elena as her curiosity piques. she turns the information over in her head, calm and attentive though she looks on the outside. she does want to understand the story. she wants to understand why it's led them here and what kind of test it may be so they can return to wonderland as they know it.

but information itself can be power.
]

So — Aurora, along with Elijah and Klaus' first vampires, they were all in New Orleans trying to kill you?
easily: (do i wear you out)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-23 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Well, they couldn't kill us could they? If we died, so would they.

[She is not telling Elena that Davina found a way to break the sirelines, or that Klaus' were in fact broken. She knows better than to trust the doppelganger with that kind of information.

(it is a form of power, after all)
]

But they did want to trap us, seal us away so they wouldn't have to worry about us, and to punish us for what Elijah had done -- he didn't just compel Aurora to reject my brother, he also forced the three of them to pretend to be us, to be decoys for our father.
interpersonal: (dusk.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... right.

that's why esther needed to link all of them. elena is so relieved, in retrospect, the plan didn't work. some of the people she loves most belong to klaus' sireline. jesus, elijah was not fucking around, tho.
] And now Wonderland is replicating the place where it all started.

[ elena says this musingly as they turn a corner, approaching aurora's bedroom now. ]

This can't be a coincidence.

[ she can't help but wonder if their tentative truce is a part of it, though elena can't say how much is left after the last stunt. ]
easily: (t's ruthless that it comes at no surpris)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-23 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Of course it isn't.

[Rebekah isn't dumb enough to think anything about this place is a coincidence.

nor is she going to apologize, though she probably should. but it wouldn't be genuine, she doesn't feel bad for being ruthless in trying to find her sister.

the mikaelson bond is a viscous, toxic thing but none of them are willing to let go of it for very long.
]

I wonder why they chose this of all places to take us, though.
interpersonal: (vigilant.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ elena's bonds are just as vicious and codependent. rebekah was right that elena would do everything in her power to protect and save her family. she wouldn't go about it the way rebekah did, but she also wouldn't hesitate to dagger her in the back again if she needs to.

and she can't say she'd be sorry about that, either.
]

It's trying to tell you something, and for some reason, decided to bring me along for the ride.

[ she sounds overjoyed.

really.
]
easily: (Default)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-23 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[maybe that much they can agree on, that they would never be sorry for the things they did for the people they cared about, and they wouldn't insult one another with false apologies either. ]

Believe me, you weren't exactly my first choice for a companion either. But maybe that's the point.

[Wonderland is trying to force them to work together. Fun.]
interpersonal: (huff.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
You don't exactly have a lot of options for companions as it is.

[ she can't imagine rebekah has made a lot of friends during her stay, but that's elena's mean girl side talking. she allows space for agreement, snarky commentary aside, and only stops walking when she reaches a hallway. ]

Which one is her room?
easily: (You say you fell)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-23 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
I have friends!!

[Rebekah you have like...one friend at this point and predictably you're already beginning to project feelings onto him. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

in anyway she huffs off the annoyance and takes a look around.
]

The second one on the right.
interpersonal: (temper.)

1/2

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
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interpersonal: (scoff.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ rebekah's annoyance, perversely gratifying though it may be, signals a warning.

elena doesn't realize she is without her powers just yet, and is perfectly aware that rebekah could snap her in half if she wanted to. there's only so much of the elastic band elena can push. so she nods, takes a deep breath, and steps into the room rebekah has singled out.
]

Here goes nothing.

[ except it's never nothing. once rebekah joins her inside, the door shuts solidly behind them. ]
easily: (with my big feet blistering)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-23 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[well that's not ominous at all.

rebekah grabs the doorknob and tries fruitfully to open it back up and she doesn't make any progress. if Elena is paying close enough attention she might notice Rebekah isn't using the sort of force she normally would -- mostly because she can't.
]

We're stuck.

[she lets go of the door and wanders in. if they can figure out why they're in here they can get out, right?

there's some sort of letter on Aurora's desk but it's too dark to read it -- maybe there's something they can use as light?
]
interpersonal: (gleaning.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh, she notices.

and elena understands the gravity of their situation, enough that she doesn't keep it to herself.
]

What do you mean, we're stuck? You're a vampire.

[ an original one at that. she should be able to break down that door. rebekah steps away and elena moves on up, grabbing the knob with both hands and using all her strength to try and open it. it's a comical sight, tbh.

speaking of light ... you smell that smoke? the curtains are kind of on fire now.
]
easily: (and you say how appropriate)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-23 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
I know. Obviously this is one of Wonderland's tricks.

[it'd be too easy, wouldn't it, if she could just break down the door?

and now there's fire to add to this hot mess of a situation. lovely. fire isn't good for anyone but vampires in general are particular vulnerable to it it.

as they raise their voices the flames seem to grow higher and higher as well, as if responding to their hostility towards one another. if she could use her powers she'd would speed run them out of here to solve this problem but now they have to find an escape --

is that a window?
]
interpersonal: (reckoning.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ elena refuses to accept that her first wonderland death might be burning alive alongside rebekah mikaelson.

r e f u s e s.

... but she does note the more they raise their voices, the more the flames grow higher, too. elena backs away from them, but fire is catching everywhere. she knows this sickening feeling. it wasn't that long ago she was trapped inside a ring of fire, waiting for rebekah's brother to kill her.

welp. they failed the first part of the test, and shutting up does not stop the fire from spreading.

she rushes over to the window.
] We're going to have to jump.
easily: (Or did you long for the next distraction)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-23 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[rebekah just stares down the other girl like she's completely insane. ]

You cannot be serious.

[it'd be fitting though. Aurora jumped out this window to turn herself into a vampire. maybe that's what Wonderland wants from them. or maybe it's another trick.

this is probably not the time to debate, however, because: fire
interpersonal: (alarm.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ elena's face is now wearing that expression it gets when she's grown so determined she almost looks a little unhinged, tbh. ]

Does it look like I'm not serious?

[ FIRE. THE ROOM HAS LITERALLY CAUGHT FIRE. ]
easily: (you're my crack of sunlight)

[personal profile] easily 2016-11-23 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
[without her hard power to fall back on rebekah is more than a little skittish.]

We don't know what's down there, and if the rest of my abilities aren't working I doubt my healing or blood is either.

[so it's either death by fire or falling?

what a great choice to make.
]
interpersonal: (repeating.)

[personal profile] interpersonal 2016-11-23 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's a choice rebekah is failing to make.

so elena makes it for her. she has a feeling that if she leaves rebekah behind, she won't like what she finds next.

SO.

elena uses the fact rebekah is ranting and thus distracted to flatten her hands on the original's back.

and then shoves hard.
]

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