open ♔ socialization log

[wynn]

 

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.  THIS IS MOSTLY AN OVERFLOW POST for the last social log whoops
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, Andres, etc!
WHEN || Any time in May/June
HOW || Actionspam

[ The castle can be a happening place, even on more mundane days. This log is for random interactions over the course of these few months. Because not everyone is into parties, ok. Characters who are not currently squired in may also post, as their characters are living in the castle awaiting their ceremonies.  This takes place after the Knights have returned from Dimitris' wedding. 

You are encouraged to start your own threads and tag around, and feel free to threadjack into any on-going threads that aren't specified as 'closed' in the subject lines since people can enter into rooms even in the middle of what's going on. WE ARE BIG ON THREAD-JACKING HERE. You can also specify 'single thread', meaning you want only one response for all participants, rather than multi-thread, where a number of different scenes/threads can be done as replies to the top prompt.]

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cora & derek | post-tw pow-wow | closed

[impetere]

[She knows that this was a lot. In a lot of ways, it's more information than they ever really needed to know. Cora's been gone from Beacon Hills for a long time, and Derek doesn't know enough to give any of this context. But it was his choice to stay, so the best she can do is try and fill in the blanks that Scott can't, because he doesn't know their family.]

Derek!

[Her dog is close on her heels as she goes and finds him outside, sliding her hands into her pockets.]

You okay?

[grumpypuppy]

[he stopped at Cora's voice, his body tense like a spring ready to explode. His eyes were closed, focusing on his breathing. Anger was quick to him, and he knew he needed to keep it leashed or he would shift.]

No.

[there was no use lying, so he just waited for her to catch up.]

I shouldn't have stayed.

[impetere]

[She sighs and crosses her arms in front of her chest.]

I know it was a lot.

[grumpypuppy]

It was like listening to another person's life and being told it was mine.

[impetere]

[She nods in agreement.]

I know more of it. But if you don't want to know, then we don't have to talk about it.

[grumpypuppy]

How much more of it makes me come off as an arrogant fool who all but destroyed a family legacy?

[the words were meant to be biting, but they were more dismay. Hearing things he never thought he would be capable of doing. Of all the loss. The deaths he couldn't stop.]

[impetere]

You didn't destroy anything.

[As far as she's concerned, regardless of what happened while Derek was alpha, the real damage was done by the Argents - at least the ones that aren't Allison.]

Other people put you in a bad situation and you did what you had to do.

[grumpypuppy]

I want to believe that. But it didn't feel that way when Scott said it.

[impetere]

Maybe that's just from Scott's perspective. He knows a lot but that doesn't mean he knows everything.

[grumpypuppy]

I guess. [he looked up at her] But at least I saved you. That I like knowing.

[impetere]

[She nods as she looks down. She doesn't remember that - everything Scott said after her and Boyd in the vault she never got to live through.]

I guess it explains why you're a beta now.

[grumpypuppy]

I guess so. Not that I mind, actually.

[he looked at her and offered a small smile]

I may not remember how we were back home, but I know us here. And you're worth giving up that kind of power for.

[impetere]

[Cora doesn't know how he can say that when they're still trying to figure each other out - or at least, she's still trying - but that doesn't mean she doesn't appreciate the gesture.

She nods with a slow swallow.]

I wrote something for you, back before we were leaving for Andres. It was an in case I didn't make it off the island kind of thing. It was about our family - the things I didn't have a chance to tell you yet. Do you still want it?

[grumpypuppy]

[Derek thought a moment.] Is it something I should know here?

[impetere]

I don't know.

[There's a beat until she just decides to come out with it.]

But I am worried that Peter is going to come through the Veil like we did, and if he does, there's no saying that he won't try to manipulate you in some way. He's done it before.

[grumpypuppy]

[He worked his jaw a moment, thinking of the pros and cons in his head, and then gave a single nod]

Give it to me.

[impetere]

[She swallows hard, before nodding and turning towards the Hide wing.]

It's in my room.

[grumpypuppy]

Then let's go.

[impetere]

[Cora nods, before turning to lead the way back to her room. She doesn't try to keep pace with him and simply stays one step ahead, not really wanting to invite any more questions than she had to.]

[grumpypuppy]

[and it's not like Derek needs conversation as they walk. And he knows where he is going if she gets too far ahead. He's just going to keep mulling over the conversation in his head from before and try to find something in his own head that can remember it]

[impetere]

[She doesn't give much of a preamble either, leaving the door to her room open as she makes her way in. Bernie hops up on her bed as she fishes a notebook out of one of the drawers and places it down on the edge of the bed. She then goes to sit next to her dog, idly scritching him behind the ears.]

That's all of it. Everything I remember, anyway, prior to the fire.

[grumpypuppy]

[he will look down at the notebook, his fingers hovering over it a moment]

Do you think there is any magic in this world that would be able to give me back what the veil took?

[impetere]

[She's quiet for a moment, before shaking her head.]

The Veil has been doing this for centuries. I think they would have found it already.

[grumpypuppy]

Or maybe just no one has looked in the right place, or been willing to let the magic be tested on them.

[impetere]

[Cora purses her lips because with some of the magic users she's met, she honestly doubts that that's the case, but there's not much she can say about that either way.]

And what if it goes wrong and you lose even more than you already have?

[She doesn't want to have to start over. Again.]