The ride to town isn't far, coming up on a pretty little hamlet tucked into the hills. As they wind past the pastures into the little village, the driver lets them off at his destination, and Stefan ducks into a coffee shop to see if they have a charging station and someone they can charm out of their phone charger while they have a cup of coffee.
Once that's done, he joins his brother at the table.]
So it looks like we're about pretty far from where we started. About a half-hour drive if we can get a ride.
( Damon compels them coffee. He holds his with both hands as he blows on the hot wisps of steam. )
Another ride.
( Why he didn't compel the good samaritan in hindsight... )
Tell me what should stop me from borrowing someone's car. There's only so far we can take the kindness of strangers, Stefan. The longer we're out here, the less we know about what happened with Rhett or Scarlett or Melanie or the fiancees.
[Because it is strange that they got this far out without someone realizing what happened to them, only to wind up being dumped in a cow field.]
I'm starting to wonder if going back is the best idea. We woke up in that pasture for a reason. Maybe what we're looking for is closer than we think. If I were kidnapping at least three vampires and taking them somewhere to do something sketchy, I don't think I would want to be close to where I snatched them.
( He sips from his coffee, then. He's not the only one thinking about it.
Speaking of, he scrolls down Stefan's contacts and uses his phone to call their ex-girlfriend, a fellow doppelganger. How does the time difference work? He doesn't care. Ring, Elena. )
[Stefan sees that and rolls his eyes. "How is Elena going to help us, exactly?" He was going to call Buffy as soon as he had enough battery. But he doesn't try to end the call.
Elena was in fact asleep, but old doctor habits die hard and she fumbles a bit before silencing the annoying phone beside her as she answers.]
"It wouldn't be the first time someone failed at trying to capture us," Damon says. "But, it feels more like they got what they needed which is why I still have a vote in the 'doppelganger' column now that we're entering the Witch Wars.
[The image comes up and Stefan blinks, before showing it to his brother.]
Isn't that the woman who bought the last round?
[The door the cafe jingles, and when Damon looks up, he'll happen to see that exact woman stalking towards them, hands already rising with a spell prepared.
[Before Damon can even respond, the witch hisses an incantation and he passes out at the table. Stefan stays awake a second longer just to panic (3), but soon follows his brother into unconsciousness leaving Buffy listening to open air on the other end of the line.
This time, Stefan will not be taking his phone. Sorry, Buff.]
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The ride to town isn't far, coming up on a pretty little hamlet tucked into the hills. As they wind past the pastures into the little village, the driver lets them off at his destination, and Stefan ducks into a coffee shop to see if they have a charging station and someone they can charm out of their phone charger while they have a cup of coffee.
Once that's done, he joins his brother at the table.]
So it looks like we're about pretty far from where we started. About a half-hour drive if we can get a ride.
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Another ride.
( Why he didn't compel the good samaritan in hindsight... )
Tell me what should stop me from borrowing someone's car. There's only so far we can take the kindness of strangers, Stefan. The longer we're out here, the less we know about what happened with Rhett or Scarlett or Melanie or the fiancees.
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[Because it is strange that they got this far out without someone realizing what happened to them, only to wind up being dumped in a cow field.]
I'm starting to wonder if going back is the best idea. We woke up in that pasture for a reason. Maybe what we're looking for is closer than we think. If I were kidnapping at least three vampires and taking them somewhere to do something sketchy, I don't think I would want to be close to where I snatched them.
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( And what would that have been. )
Got any top secret slayer knowledge someone might want, brother?
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[He'll pass it over so Damon can read how, in true Caroline fashion, she has laid out what she knows and also what they don't know.]
So maybe the witch needs vampire blood or slayer blood for a spell of some kind?
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( He sips from his coffee, then. He's not the only one thinking about it.
Speaking of, he scrolls down Stefan's contacts and uses his phone to call their ex-girlfriend, a fellow doppelganger. How does the time difference work? He doesn't care. Ring, Elena. )
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Elena was in fact asleep, but old doctor habits die hard and she fumbles a bit before silencing the annoying phone beside her as she answers.]
Damon, it's the middle of the night.
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She doesn't sound kidnapped with no memory of why or how. Sorry for waking you.
( To Stefan. )
This doesn't mean this isn't doppelganger related.
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Were we expecting me to be kidnapped?
[Stefan leans closer to address them both.
"No, but Damon and I had a really weird night. We lost some of our friends and there might have been a witch involved."]
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( How else can they explain it?
Dean stirs, meanwhile, pushing one eye open and turning over.
"What is it?" )
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[Elena thinks it's a valid question, honestly, but she gives Dean a shrug.
"We were definitely drugged. So maybe the intent was kidnapping, but they lost us in a Scottish cow pasture."]
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( What is happening?
"It wouldn't be the first time someone failed at trying to capture us," Damon says. "But, it feels more like they got what they needed which is why I still have a vote in the 'doppelganger' column now that we're entering the Witch Wars.
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[To Dean. But then she turns back to the phone.]
Well, call someone in Scotland to help? But this doppelganger is fine and she is going back to bed. Good luck.
[And with that she will hang up, and Stefan will nod, before holding out his phone to Damon. "My thoughts exactly. Can I call Buffy now?"]
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At least we know there isn't an international doppelganger taskforce. Considering our hunter run-ins, I thought my check-in was a-propos.
( But fine, have your phone back, Stefan. )
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Ring ring ring Buffy phone.]
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It's Stefan! ( She answers, on literally half of the first ring. ) Hey! Where are you?
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[And he'll give her the address for the cafe where he and Damon are sitting.]
My phone was dead and Damon lost his, but we're okay.
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We have Damon's phone. I'm with Scarlett, Melanie, and Beck. Is that it, you went on a bender and ended up a half hour outside town?
( She'll be calmer, just confirm this wasn't brotherly negligence and alcohol. )
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[Which is unfortunate and indicates they still have some detective work to do.]
And the fact that we were able to get that drunk? Means there was probably something else at play.
[Speaking of, perception check, Damon.]
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Do you think they were after Lindsay or Rhett? ( She looks to the group. ) Do you remember Lorden Wallis?
( "Real sinister with Stevie Nicks levels of witchery," Beck says on the other end of the line, having found her on Facebook. )
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Do you have a picture?
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( She brings the phone down, takes a picture, sends it, brings the phone back up. )
It's sent. Beck's right. It's like Carly Simon meets Stevie Nicks.
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Isn't that the woman who bought the last round?
[The door the cafe jingles, and when Damon looks up, he'll happen to see that exact woman stalking towards them, hands already rising with a spell prepared.
Will saves, please.]
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( Your choice what Damon's (1) means, but yeah, natural, fucking 1 at the very worst time to have a natural 1. )
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This time, Stefan will not be taking his phone. Sorry, Buff.]