[ ok elena she knows, so she's accepting that one. even if she could obviously rip stiles to shreds if she wanted and stiles tends to not say the right thing. ]
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Okay, fine. Although you might learn he's not the best with warnings.
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
I never said you were. That's why I was asking.
[ maybe because he thinks her being 'not human' is weird but vampires are all good?? (and she's cranky shhh) ]
[ the text comes nearly an hour later, as he debates whether to disconnect or actually explain himself to some degree. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
my brother's one
[ not "my brother's a vampire" because he doesn't like thinking about it, let alone saying it. Richie is just Richie. Stefan is just Stefan. Lydia is just Lydia. they're only different when it's funny or useful or he feels particularly antagonistic.
... maybe she understands. maybe she earned that knowledge for helping him in the bet. maybe he's just tired. ]
[ when he didn't respond right away, she assumed he was sore about being chewed out. she has a very loud bird to keep her distracted from worrying about an apology. that's actually why it takes her a minute or two to pick up the conversation. it clicks, but it doesn't... ]
[ he can practically hear Richie lecturing him. i'm not a vampire, Seth. i'm a culebra. there's a difference. yeah, whatever. it all translates to bloodsucker, anyway. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
it's a recent development. i'm doing what i can to figure it out
[ hanging out with vampires, asking the questions he would normally shove to the bottom of his throat to avoid churning his stomach, applying himself for once. he's becoming an expert, in his own way.
so that's why he knows about vampires, to answer her earlier comment. ]
[ ah, and it makes more sense now. even lydia's icy exterior melts a little knowing that he's shared this with her and is actually trying to do something about it wow. she can sympathize. ]
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Well, that makes two of us.
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Our friends back home are werewolves and kitsune. And banshee, obviously. It's new and I don't know much about it. Stiles is really the only human one left.
[ and after his possession scare, she would like it to stay that way. maybe because of allison... ]
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
No vampires yet, but if I find anything I can let you know?
[ and that makes her kneejerk protection of Stiles more understandable, too. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
well i like stilinski, even if he needs to turn off his hero switch. he's a good kid. i won't let shit happen to him if i can help it
[ that's part of why he specifically directed him to Elena, not Stefan — Stefan who admitted he didn't eat anybody in the avalanche partly because Seth asked that of him. she's the safe one, relatively speaking. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
i appreciate that, though
[ she was dragged into a supernatural mess, too. figures. life is shit. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
how do you become a banshee, anyway?
[ he isn't sure if he's allowed to ask that question (or even if he wants to know the answer), but he does it, anyway, ever pushing boundaries. he wants to contextualize her situation and in his knowledge of popular media, banshees aren't like werewolves or vampires — venom transfer by bite doesn't make sense. ]
[ he doesn't know what he expected, but that — that pisses him off. somebody, a guy who knew what he was doing just like Santánico, went after an innocent teenager.
who the hell do they think they are? ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
jesus you really are tough, martin
no idea how you go from werewolf to banshee though
[ seriously, how the hell does that work out? his texts also take some time. for events that happened over the course of a single day, they're difficult to condense. not to mention, how strange it is to discuss. stefan's the only other person who knows about his brother, though he made some thinly veiled comments to stiles, too. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
his name is Richie
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
he's not exactly a vampire. he's a culebra. some kind of mayan or aztec shit. just take a vampire and add snakes.
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
this girl Santánico is like the culebra goddess or something. she got in his head, made him hurt people. i just thought he was losing it, y'know?
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
it's complicated, but she tricked us down to her freaky human sacrifice temple. my brother got hurt. she dragged off his half dead body
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
next time i saw him, he looked good as new, except for the goddamn fangs and scales
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
guess she made him her fucking prince of the underworld. reckon she still has her claws in his brain, too
[ he got in my head too. it's that text that seals the deal, really. he may have been willing to do a lot for her before, but now — he's over-empathizing, in too deep, whatever.
he'd fill peter hale with bullets, if he knew him, if he could. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
lemme guess: a werewolf bit him too?
[ blame everything on werewolves?? ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
i just want to know he's making his own choices
[ maybe that's why he left with her, because he isn't richie anymore.
if he still chooses her, well, that's shit. that's life. ]
[ but Richie already did monstrous things, he wants to say. he already splattered their record with more blood in a day than years of their careers accumulated — that's not even including their father or the goddamn bank teller, whose eyes were no longer where they belonged. and Seth isn't innocent, either. he may have fired less shots, but he forgave every crime.
maybe the Geckos were monsters all along. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
stronger than some scrawny jailbait werewolves. i'm flattered
[ completely ignoring that first text, yep. his pep talk with sturmhond was enough of an emotional struggle, no matter how much he wants to grasp at hope. ]
[ she's figured out seth enough to realize when he wants to back out of the emotional part of a conversation — mainly because she's the same way. she figures he got the message though and that's enough. that it's sitting somewhere his mind now. ]
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Oh, so taking care of some penguin should be no problem for you then. Hm?
[ he can have that jailbait jab since it won't be true for long. (lydia doesn't want to think about missing her eighteenth birthday party because she's blowing up planets. #priorities) ]
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FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
because they have spare blood on hand, and the penguins are freaking thirsty
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
and he's a smart kid
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
what are you, anyway, his girlfriend?
[ leave him alone. he was helping ok. ]
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stiles wishes.and the both of you talk too much, so. suffer the lydia martin consequences. ]FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
No, I'm someone who is trying to keep him alive and human.
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
When did you become the expert on vampires?
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i sent him to elena, okay? she's a disney princess vampire. and I passed on the necessary warnings
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
jesus, i'm not a fucking vampire whisperer. i just know a few of them
[ them. honestly, he wants to tell her that she's right — that they're dangerous — but he doesn't want to admit Richie or Stefan are unsafe, either. ]
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FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Okay, fine. Although you might learn he's not the best with warnings.
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
I never said you were. That's why I was asking.
[ maybe because he thinks her being 'not human' is weird but vampires are all good?? (and she's cranky shhh) ]
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FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
my brother's one
[ not "my brother's a vampire" because he doesn't like thinking about it, let alone saying it. Richie is just Richie. Stefan is just Stefan. Lydia is just Lydia. they're only different when it's funny or useful or he feels particularly antagonistic.
... maybe she understands. maybe she earned that knowledge for helping him in the bet. maybe he's just tired. ]
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FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
A vampire?
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yeah
[ he can practically hear Richie lecturing him. i'm not a vampire, Seth. i'm a culebra. there's a difference. yeah, whatever. it all translates to bloodsucker, anyway. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
it's a recent development. i'm doing what i can to figure it out
[ hanging out with vampires, asking the questions he would normally shove to the bottom of his throat to avoid churning his stomach, applying himself for once. he's becoming an expert, in his own way.
so that's why he knows about vampires, to answer her earlier comment. ]
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FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Well, that makes two of us.
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Our friends back home are werewolves and kitsune. And banshee, obviously. It's new and I don't know much about it. Stiles is really the only human one left.
[ and after his possession scare, she would like it to stay that way. maybe because of allison... ]
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
No vampires yet, but if I find anything I can let you know?
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FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
well i like stilinski, even if he needs to turn off his hero switch. he's a good kid. i won't let shit happen to him if i can help it
[ that's part of why he specifically directed him to Elena, not Stefan — Stefan who admitted he didn't eat anybody in the avalanche partly because Seth asked that of him. she's the safe one, relatively speaking. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
i appreciate that, though
[ she was dragged into a supernatural mess, too. figures. life is shit. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
how do you become a banshee, anyway?
[ he isn't sure if he's allowed to ask that question (or even if he wants to know the answer), but he does it, anyway, ever pushing boundaries. he wants to contextualize her situation and in his knowledge of popular media, banshees aren't like werewolves or vampires — venom transfer by bite doesn't make sense. ]
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Haha that's putting it mildly. But thank you.
[ it appears they're operating on the same level and that increases her respect for seth. and trust. although her explanation takes a minute. ]
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
As far as I know, it happened the night I was attacked by a werewolf. Instead of being turned into one myself, he told me it sparked my abilities.
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
I don't even know if you can be born a banshee, but bleeding out on a lacrosse field can do it apparently.
[ and months of thinking you're crazy, but she doesn't need that reputation again. ]
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Are we swapping supernatural stories?
[ aka: am i allowed to hear what happened with your brother? ]
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who the hell do they think they are? ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
jesus you really are tough, martin
no idea how you go from werewolf to banshee though
[ seriously, how the hell does that work out? his texts also take some time. for events that happened over the course of a single day, they're difficult to condense. not to mention, how strange it is to discuss. stefan's the only other person who knows about his brother, though he made some thinly veiled comments to stiles, too. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
his name is Richie
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
he's not exactly a vampire. he's a culebra. some kind of mayan or aztec shit. just take a vampire and add snakes.
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
this girl Santánico is like the culebra goddess or something. she got in his head, made him hurt people. i just thought he was losing it, y'know?
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
it's complicated, but she tricked us down to her freaky human sacrifice temple. my brother got hurt. she dragged off his half dead body
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
next time i saw him, he looked good as new, except for the goddamn fangs and scales
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
guess she made him her fucking prince of the underworld. reckon she still has her claws in his brain, too
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FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
I have no idea either. But he got in my head too.
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Your brother also sounds like my ex-boyfriend. He was a kanima, which is basically a homicidal lizard. We weren't together when he was fyi.
[ she's getting off topic and he probably didn't need to know that, but they've already passed the point of this being super weird. ]
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Anyway it sounds Mesoamerican, so I can look into that. I read.
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
So, you want to get him away from her?
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he'd fill peter hale with bullets, if he knew him, if he could. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
lemme guess: a werewolf bit him too?
[ blame everything on werewolves?? ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
i just want to know he's making his own choices
[ maybe that's why he left with her, because he isn't richie anymore.
if he still chooses her, well, that's shit. that's life. ]
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You're catching on quick.
[ blame everything on werewolves!! ]
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
I hope you find out, or your brother breaks free. If Richie is like you I don't think he'll listen for long.
[ it's meant to be a compliment, something close to it anyway. ]
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he's a know-it-all like you, too, so a guy can hope
[ he shouldn't, but he does. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
thanks, by the way. i don't read, but i can always fight
[ for her, anyway. his track record is pretty solid, even with the supernatural, all things considered. ]
though i figure your boys are tough, since they're hanging out with you
[ stiles, her boyfriend — Lydia's a force to be reckoned with, definitely. ]
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FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
You know it's ok to hope and it's ok to help him. Being a monster doesn't always mean doing monstrous things.
[ go find true alpha werewolf scott mccall. ]
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Well, I think you still have them beat in that department.
[ if he's now part of "her boys," or the lydia martin defense squad. ]
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maybe the Geckos were monsters all along. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
stronger than some scrawny jailbait werewolves. i'm flattered
[ completely ignoring that first text, yep. his pep talk with sturmhond was enough of an emotional struggle, no matter how much he wants to grasp at hope. ]
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FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
Oh, so taking care of some penguin should be no problem for you then. Hm?
[ he can have that jailbait jab since it won't be true for long. (lydia doesn't want to think about missing her eighteenth birthday party because she's blowing up planets. #priorities) ]
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he wishes. ]
FROM: gecko.seth@dreamwidth.org
hope they didn't give you a beast bigger than your short ass
[ ur even shorter than him. hilarious. ]
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My ass is fine, thank you.
[ :) ]
FROM: martin.lydia@cdc.org
I have a kelsi and it's totally under control.
[ these are blatant lies, but she did manage to get it to settle down and stop screeching for the time being. ]
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as long as you're not puppy chow :)
FROM: gecko.seth@cdc.org
good luck, martin