( CLOSED ) THEY'RE LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH.

[manipulative]

Who: Katherine, Stefan, A Space Robot, and Wanda.
What: October scary stuff.
When: All month.
Where: Around!

Content Warnings: Applicable content warnings go here.

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[rocinantes]

Super.

( amos doesn't much care for all this. he just wants to find his way out of the woods and go home, have a drink. but he's been lost for a long fucking time and he doesn't know what else to do besides follow these damn lights.

at least katherine's here? but she seems to be pretty lost herself so...maybe it's not as good a thing as it usually would be. )

I'm not gonna die in these woods.

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[ katherine regards him with some amusement. ]

What? Not a fan of being eaten by animals? It's good for the environment.

[ she's not going to die out here, either. she hadn't died in the woods in the 1400s and she refuses to die in them now. even if she has no idea where they're going, she knows she'll get them out of here. she always does. ]

[rocinantes]

Then, by all means, be a good example for me and get eaten.

( and maybe he'd follow suit.

but probably not.

but maybe. )

[manipulative]

[ hardy har har har. katherine does chuckle at that one. ]

I have too much to live for. Besides, I'm old.

[ pouting like that's a "boo hoo, poor me" kind of deal, she waves her hand towards him as she smiles. ]

Animals prefer fresh meat.

[ this is the only compliment he's going to get this side of the year. ]

[rocinantes]

Did you really just refer to me as fresh meat?

( wow, objectify him a little more, katherine. come on, he can take it. )

Makes it sound like you've been checking me out in your downtime. Thought you had like a husband.

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Just because I have something of a husband doesn't mean that I don't have eyes.

[ katherine makes a point to look him up and down. she enjoys doing it to stefan (who, of course, has her favourite reactions to it), but she can never turn down the opportunity to get under amos' skin.

she smirks. ] Or a good memory.

[rocinantes]

Aww, I'm glad our time together could be so memorable.

( don't worry, he remembers it too. )

How is your something of a husband anyway?

[manipulative]

[ you know, katherine's enjoying stefan being referred to as her "something of a husband". it may be wordy, but those extra words make it all the better. ]

Good. Broody. [ anyone who lays their eyes on stefan would be able to pick up that he broods a lot. it's the hair and square jaw, really. but she purses her lips and corrects herself, ] Very broody. I'm pretty sure you'd be able to see his broodiness from space.

[ you can see that, right? ]

[rocinantes]

Why's he brood so much?

( it's a question that he's always wondered as they walk, stopping to pull at a branch in front of them. )

Thought he'd be happier with things.

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[ she shrugs. ] It's just the way he is.

[ katherine imagines it's an amplification of stefan's guilt, which is something she doesn't feel needs to be said to anyone who isn't stefan. that broodiness had existed in 1864 long before he turned, but she thinks it's been amplified over the years from his bloodied past. ]

He's the pensive journalling type. I'm sure if he wanted to, he could write some very angsty poetry. [ she cracks a smile. ]

[rocinantes]

You don't think he already has?

( sounds like he probably has a journal of poetry somewhere. he smirks. )

You like that, huh?

[manipulative]

Like what?

[ katherine stops smiling as she regards him with a pointedly unamused look. oh, she knows exactly what "that" is. she just doesn't want to admit it. ]

[rocinantes]

You like the brooding, angsty, broken kind, huh?

( yeah, he's gonna tease her. he's earned it. )

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[ katherine rolls her eyes. ]

I do.

[ she knows he's teasing her and she refuses to grow flustered. she's simply too old for that. ]

The angsty types are a lot better than the arrogant ones. They can at least take a joke.

[rocinantes]

What, that doesn't send him crying off somewhere?

( he smirks a little. )

Cuz you've hurt his feelings?

[manipulative]

[ she looks at him pointedly, arching her eyebrow. ]

If it does, are you going to comfort me?

[rocinantes]

I don't do comfort.

( so, no. )

You should know that.

[manipulative]

Some friend you are.

[ katherine continues to walk, her strides long and confident despite not feeling confident at all. although her abilities are technically heightened, well… she's well-travelled, but not as well-travelled in the trench as she'd like. ]

If there's a man-eating bear in these woods, I'm not going to save you.

[rocinantes]

What makes you think I need to be saved?

( he could take a bear. )

I've fought bears before.

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[ she regards him with an incredulous arch of her brow. ]

How is this the first time I'm hearing about it?

[ spill the tea, jaime lannister. ]

[rocinantes]

I didn't now you were that interested.

( he starts to laugh at her exclamation though. )

You find that kind of thing hot?

[manipulative]

Depends.

[ she scrunches up her face. while katherine enjoys flirting, she's a little more interested in the bears. ]

When did you fight a bear? Why did you fight a bear? Is this some weird space initiation thing they leave out of all the movies?

[rocinantes]

God, you're really interested in this.

( he smirks. )

It was a space bear.

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[ she immediately rolls her eyes. ]

You're making this up.

[rocinantes]

Am I? Prove it.

( you can't. )