@marcos.diaz

[heliophilous]

with everything that's gone on lately, i had a question.

if given the choice, how many people would stay here and how many people would leave? i get that it's a pretty personal question and don't feel like you've gotta answer. i'm just curious considering the way the place has changed lately and the people that have been lost.

could you live your life here? or would you leave and take your chances?

Comments

[heliophilous]

because those people are still important and those things don't stop existing.

[gradual]

is it about a girl? ( that would have been his reason to go home except the love of his life is dead and gone. )

[heliophilous]

no, it's not about a girl.

it's about things i left unfinished.

why does it have to be about a girl?

[gradual]

why can't it be about a girl? but tell me about this unfinished business of yours then.

[heliophilous]

my business is not your business.

why are you so interested?

[gradual]

oh, don't be like that. you started this whole curiosity thing. and obviously i've got nothing better to do at the moment.

[heliophilous]

it's great that you're curious but i'm still not going to tell you.

it doesn't matter anyway. it has no bearing on what's happening here.

[gradual]

more reason for you to simply spew things out actually. i mean, what are we going to have a conversation about otherwise?

[heliophilous]

we can talk about anything you want.

but i'm not telling you about my home.

i don't know you.

[gradual]

fine. do you have any idea what happens to the people who disappear around here?

[heliophilous]

that depends.

sometimes they don't come back so i assume they've been sent back to where they came from.

when they do come back, sometimes they don't remember where they were and sometimes they've gone home only to be returned.

no rhyme or reason for which way it goes.

[gradual]

better than ending up dead, i suppose. ( and he would know. ) it's annoying though, isn't it? all this mystery.

[heliophilous]

it is.

but i've been here long enough that i'm learning to live with it.

and just hope that we're able to figure out what's going on.

[gradual]

figured out anything interesting so far?

[heliophilous]

i'm not the guy to ask.

far more people have done more than me.

[gradual]

like that well-dressed giant. i'm assuming he's done plenty. proper job and everything.

[gasping]

kol, shut up
why are you so weird?

[ why is caroline so defensive??? hmmm??? ]

[gradual]

( omg. why is he not allowed to have a perfectly normal, boring conversation with mark. or mike. or whatever his name is. )

are you my keeper?

[gasping]

[ it's marcos, which he knows, because the stupid user id is plastered at the top of every message!!! jeez!!! ]

again, why are you so weird???
can't you just have a normal conversation without trying to badger somebody about their private life

[gradual]

now, now. don't get your knickers in a bunch, darling. if you were stalking marky mark here, you're not doing a very stealth job of it. but hold on, weren't you flirting with my brother before he up and disappeared?

[gasping]

[ oh my god, KOL ]

i'm not stalking anyone! it's a public post, which means everyone can see you being a complete weirdo asking about people's private lives...

[ she's not! going to dignify that! with an answer!!! ]

[gradual]

yes, but when i have, say, a newspaper in hand, i don't find myself reading every article unless it's something of interest...

( yes? no? yes? )

[gasping]

when have you ever read a newspaper in your entire life?

[ sounds fake ]

[gradual]

let's get back on topic, shall we? did you break nik's heart and have him running off into the woods somewhere?

[gasping]

i did not break anybody's anything, kol, and i did not send klaus running anywhere.
he disappeared. that happens.

[ and she was really choked up about it for a bit there too!!! ]