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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-01-28 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Money's not always an issue, we could find a channel somewhere. Not a bad idea, though. Bunker was pretty central for a while because we had this influx of hunters from another world.

( That was a tense time. )
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-01-29 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but I'm sure you don't want me fleecing a bunch of drunks in your living room.

[Does the bunker have a living room? Guess she'll find out soon enough.]

It's good for them to have a place to socialize that's ... neutral. Where they can do what comes naturally.

[Gossiping like little girls and giving Jo all their money.]
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-02 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Like the bunker.

( She is not hosting a US crossing for hunters at the bunker. )

Damn straight, Annie Oakley. Sam and me will back you. You know your mom's in. Matty Blue-Eyes.

( Thank Katherine for that one around the time of the murder party. )
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-03 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Matty Blue-Eyes?

[Is that what people are calling him? She will be saving that for later.]

We'll see. Gotta find a place first. And more than anything I just want to get back on the road.
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-03 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Then we'll get you a car.

( And they'll make it happen. )

We want you to do whatever you need to with this second chance. We've done this before. With friends. We'll help in any way.
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-03 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I know.

[She trusts the boys not to leave her hanging.]

Until then, we enjoy the party. Especially since they're willing to spring for the top shelf.
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-04 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Top of the top.

( He pats her knee once, before pushing himself up and offering her his hand. )

Party we should get back to, though. Or, else we'll start collecting them.
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[personal profile] decoys 2026-02-04 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[She waves him off, catching sight of Matt wandering closer.]

I'll be out in a minute. You go.

[She still needs a little staircase time.

That being said, when Dean wanders out towards the bar, he will find Liv behind it, fighting to pull wrapping paper off of what looks like a bottle of flavored vodka. It's a struggle she's losing, because Elena enjoys her suffering, clearly, and she settles for just getting enough to clear the cap.

"Fine, mystery flavor it is."]
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-04 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
( Dean nods to Matt, who takes his place, asking if she's okay.

Dean definitely wanders to the bar to refill. Dean smirks to himself though.
)

Put me down for one mystery shot, just so you don't go it alone.
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[personal profile] geminated 2026-02-04 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[She smirks, before nodding as she pulls up a second glass.]

I tell Elena every year that she doesn't have to actually wrap the bottle, but apparently she enjoys suffering. Unclear if it's mine or hers.

[She pours them both a shot, before knocking it back and making a pleased face once she swallows it.]

Plum. Nice.
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-04 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't know, this is the first year I've had a Mystic Falls Christmas.

( With Elena at this age.

He takes his back. A bit sweet for his taste, but it doesn't rankle.
)

Did not expect flavord vodka. Not usually my speed.

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[personal profile] geminated 2026-02-04 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
It's not always. It depends what new local distillery she manages to find.

[She goes back to peeling off the paper, revealing the label for a distillery a couple of hours from the bunker.]

Our relationship is mired in alcohol, for better or worse.
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-04 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Mystic Falls has local distilleries?

( Oh, close to the Bunker. This one is in Kansas. She means anywhere. She's thoughtful like that. )

There are worse things a relationship could be mired in.

( He picks through the mixers. Plum, plum. He holds up the 2-liter of Sprite. Hm? )
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[personal profile] geminated 2026-02-04 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[She considers, then nods, because that should work. She also goes to start working on the wrapping paper for the second bottle.]

I'm Liv, by the way. Not sure if we've been properly introduced.
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-04 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
( he collects ice and pours some into two cups, setting them down on the table. )

Dean. ( he sifts through names. his (10) lands him squarely in the 'this name is familiar' column, but not why. so she's mystic falls. so, he provides more information. ) I'm Elena's boyfriend.

( and partially why she moved away. )
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[personal profile] geminated 2026-02-05 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Tyler's girlfriend.

[There's their appropriate six degrees of separation.

She pours a shot of the vodka into each of the cups, before screwing on the top and leaning back.]


I've heard good things.
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-05 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. ...Armory.

( Once he has two names and a fact behind it. She's also a witch. But not a crazy house-wife one. It's always the crazy suburbans that witch wrong.

He unscrews the Sprite with a sizzle and fills both cups with two shots equal for flavor and replaces it, setting it down.
)

Really. From Tyler?
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[personal profile] geminated 2026-02-06 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
From my sister, Jo Laughlin.

[She probably should have led that she was a Gemini witch.]

Though that may have been purely from a school parent perspective.
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-06 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Right, right. Jack. ( He can - make regular conversation not about hunting PTSD. ) It's a good school. Real happy hunters didn't have their way. Didn't know Jo had siblings.

( Again, what a small world. Jo Laughlin - Saltzman - didn't read Parker. He's also a bit behind on all that drama from being apart of the Elena side of the kidnapping. )

You, uh, went to Williamsburg, right?

( Fuzzy details after the fact. )
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[personal profile] geminated 2026-02-07 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
There's four ... well, I guess technically there's five of us right now. Me and Luke, Shep and then Jo and Kai.

[She makes a face at the mention of Kai. Unfortunate that he's real at the moment.]

Yeah, Luke and I did.
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-08 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I got the skinny on Kai. He did not score an invitation. Haven't heard about Shepherd. He going to make an appearance?

( Giant family, what's that like, Liv. )

Thank you, for helping with Elena.
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[personal profile] geminated 2026-02-08 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Shep is a recent development and not today. At least, not that I'm aware of.

[She thinks that he and Annie are on Underground duty after being off for Thanksgiving, but she and Shep haven't confirmed beyond Merry Christmas texts in the group chat this morning.]

Of course. Elena is my second favorite of Tyler's friends.

[First being Bonnie, though as she weighs that thought.]

Though Matt being back means she may be getting demoted down to third.

[Not important. She probably shouldn't have a hierarchy of Tyler's friends but what can you do.]

Besides, that curse ruined my life long before I met her. It was long overdue for it to get broken.
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-08 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I got one of those, too.

( apparently, they have a lot in common. )

I'll keep that between us.

( No need for Elena to be in the middle of a ranking that only names her. )

Yeah, but, she didn't get kidnapped for your curse. Just - thank you.
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[personal profile] geminated 2026-02-09 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
No problem.

[She takes a sip of her drink.]

So what's next for you guys after this? Heading back to Kansas?
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[personal profile] cholesterol 2026-02-11 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably. Things are finally winding down. Elena and Damon are kicking around those kids right now, so it may depend on them.

( Or, are they going back to New Orleans. )

Feels like there are a lot of promises nobody asked for up in the air.

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