Breathing fire was skipped in the abilities package.
[Look if he gets stuck, he can freeze to death just as easily as the rest of them- he'll just come back to life when he's thawed. No where in his file did it say he was indestructible don't you judge him]
FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
Good to hear. My team isn't the only one stuck here.
[Technically, it all is that- for him. He couldn't have fathomed running water in the common home, or electricity, or cars- but this is just really bullshit t b h.
There's a long pause though, like the signals gone out- or like he just couldn't decide the merit of sending it. Maybe both]
FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
A bad map is a good way to cull the herd.
[He's not saying that's a thing, but he's saying Red Team turns off cuffs for not stabbing people in the back, so that might be a thing. He trusts absolutely nothing]
[Whatever he was going to say, about the delay- about how the supplies shouldn't be able to sustain them, and sustain heat for that long- sharing it amongst them only works when they're even capable of retaining it- is lost when he gets the next text.
It's simple. Just that he's coming, and for Stefan. He stares at it so long the text starts to blur, when his eyes inevitably water. It's been more than a hundred years since his own brother would have dropped everything to come if Stefan had asked him to. Wouldn't even have, in this past year, come by for more than to force Stefan to suffer for what he'd done. Chases him now, because Elena has asked.
He sends the next text on a reflex, without really thinking about it, because he can't wrap his mind around it. He barely knows him, and Stefan is a vampire- something Seth doesn't even like- is volatile and empty where a person is not.
[ it's not that he's oblivious — it's just his instincts. seth will be the first to tell you that he puts himself first all the time; that if he could use someone as a human shield, he would.
but he went to hell and back for richie, who never asked that of him.
call it brotherly instincts or projecting or desperation, but he's all in for stefan now, too. never half-asses a commitment, this one. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
no i'm just fucking with you
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
dumbass i signed up when you said you were stuck. check the network
[He does look, because it's him that's on autopilot now. He tries to think of a motive that Seth might have- a mission, like the one he's heard about from Orange- but he runs through the logistics and he still draws up empty for anything of use.
It's just them, in the same boat, on the opposite end of the spectrum, fitting them together neatly. He doesn't half-ass either, and he's spent more than one lifetime trying to be better, trying to make up for the things that he'd lacked for Damon. It hadn't worked, but that didn't mean it wasn't enough to stop history repeating.
He hasn't felt this young in a long time]
FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
Okay. So then I won't eat them. Until you get here.
[He makes no promises after that- because he can't. He's never had the self control to curb it, but a day? He can hold out a day. He'd held out ten years without food]
FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
Orange got a mission to find the most dangerous members of each team. Keep an eye out.
The member from Orange was looking for people to volunteer to be turned in. I caught another skulking about the old fashioned way. I don't know who was named or when it's due.
[You gave details, he figures he can return that favour. The important thing isn't really when, either. Unlikely a move regarding the info would appear immediately, but he doubts nothing would come of it.
Red though- give him a minute to go digging, and resist the urge to be like- why would you ever ask for someone who buttdials?]
FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
Sounds like he wants hired thugs, not a specialized task force. Pick this back up at a better time?
[His fingers are getting stiff, okay? And he'd rather talk about this where there aren't any textual evidence of the conversation]
[And- by get warm he also means he needs to eat. He thinks asking Seth to try and bring him food, or get extra blood pills from Elena before coming is just- pushing it.
He's also still not entirely convinced he'll come, but even if 1/2 happens- two heads on this shit is definitely better than one.
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FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
you're a fucking x-man, but you can't do snow
[ b a b y ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
armada's mounting a rescue mission
[ which he's not saying he volunteered for, let alone that he volunteered because of stefan, but
yeah, he's on the list. ]
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FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
Breathing fire was skipped in the abilities package.
[Look if he gets stuck, he can freeze to death just as easily as the rest of them- he'll just come back to life when he's thawed. No where in his file did it say he was indestructible don't you judge him]
FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
Good to hear. My team isn't the only one stuck here.
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that's basically indestructible. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
i heard. when you said "forced off route," what did you mean?
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The autopilot kicked in.
[Needless to say, they clearly couldn't fix whatever malfunction had happened after that]
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of course it did
this space age tech is shit
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
if we just had fucking keys and maps, we wouldn't have this problem
[ actual old man seth gecko. ]
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No arguments here.
[Technically, it all is that- for him. He couldn't have fathomed running water in the common home, or electricity, or cars- but this is just really bullshit t b h.
There's a long pause though, like the signals gone out- or like he just couldn't decide the merit of sending it. Maybe both]
FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
A bad map is a good way to cull the herd.
[He's not saying that's a thing, but he's saying Red Team turns off cuffs for not stabbing people in the back, so that might be a thing. He trusts absolutely nothing]
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FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
that'd explain the delay, too
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
but i'll be there for you tomorrow so don't start eating people to absorb their warmth or whatever it is you do
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It's simple. Just that he's coming, and for Stefan. He stares at it so long the text starts to blur, when his eyes inevitably water. It's been more than a hundred years since his own brother would have dropped everything to come if Stefan had asked him to. Wouldn't even have, in this past year, come by for more than to force Stefan to suffer for what he'd done. Chases him now, because Elena has asked.
He sends the next text on a reflex, without really thinking about it, because he can't wrap his mind around it. He barely knows him, and Stefan is a vampire- something Seth doesn't even like- is volatile and empty where a person is not.
But Seth still says-]
FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
You're coming to get me?
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but he went to hell and back for richie, who never asked that of him.
call it brotherly instincts or projecting or desperation, but he's all in for stefan now, too. never half-asses a commitment, this one. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
no i'm just fucking with you
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
dumbass i signed up when you said you were stuck. check the network
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It's just them, in the same boat, on the opposite end of the spectrum, fitting them together neatly. He doesn't half-ass either, and he's spent more than one lifetime trying to be better, trying to make up for the things that he'd lacked for Damon. It hadn't worked, but that didn't mean it wasn't enough to stop history repeating.
He hasn't felt this young in a long time]
FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
Okay. So then I won't eat them. Until you get here.
[He makes no promises after that- because he can't. He's never had the self control to curb it, but a day? He can hold out a day. He'd held out ten years without food]
FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
Orange got a mission to find the most dangerous members of each team. Keep an eye out.
[You earned it :')]
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FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
generous of you
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
interesting info
[ he wonders if it's better or worse to make the list? probably better.
the next text comes after a pause. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
red's recruiting from other teams. all i know is that dagger asked me, gibson, and some idiot called buttdial, but i doubt we were the only ones
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FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
The member from Orange was looking for people to volunteer to be turned in. I caught another skulking about the old fashioned way. I don't know who was named or when it's due.
[You gave details, he figures he can return that favour. The important thing isn't really when, either. Unlikely a move regarding the info would appear immediately, but he doubts nothing would come of it.
Red though- give him a minute to go digging, and resist the urge to be like- why would you ever ask for someone who buttdials?]
FROM: salvatore.stefan@cdc.org
Sounds like he wants hired thugs, not a specialized task force. Pick this back up at a better time?
[His fingers are getting stiff, okay? And he'd rather talk about this where there aren't any textual evidence of the conversation]
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FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
yeah, sure
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
see you tomorrow
[ it's all interesting info. seth gets the idea that something's happening soon — but, well, when isn't something happening around here. ]
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Okay. We'll get warm, and then take a walk.
[And- by get warm he also means he needs to eat. He thinks asking Seth to try and bring him food, or get extra blood pills from Elena before coming is just- pushing it.
He's also still not entirely convinced he'll come, but even if 1/2 happens- two heads on this shit is definitely better than one.
And he disconnects]
NOT HERE
HE SHOULD BE THE ONE TO DISCONNECT. ]