( — march catchall )

[rocinantes]

Who: katherine pierce, amos burton, stefan salvatore, wanda maximoff
What: event stuff and other sundries
When: march
Where: all around trench

Content Warnings: language

Comments

[prescind]

I don't know.

( she does have a good point there. he blows out a breath and watches the plants move again. )

What if they get too close to the house?

[manipulative]

[ then stefan needs to sacrifice a few of his shitty shoes!

katherine huffs. ]

Maybe we can poison it.

[ she looks at stefan and shrugs. ]

I'm that Vile-thing. [ she waves her hand dismissively. despite it being a curious topic for katherine, she wouldn't be katherine if she remembered what-ever-the-fuck it was called at this very moment. ] Maybe this is a thing that I can stop with... vileness.

[prescind]

It might wreck your entire garden.

( not that it wasn't already getting wrecked by these plants that were suddenly there. )

You wanna start from scratch?

[manipulative]

[ she makes a noise as she considers. if she doesn't go out and kill it, her beautiful garden will be destroyed. if she does kill it, whose to say that it won't grow back?

katherine taps her fingers against her chin. ]

I wonder if it'll stop at the garden.

[prescind]

( that...is a good point. he really doesn't want anything to eat their house.

he swallows. )

Okay, you wanna go out there and see what we can do?

[manipulative]

Yes, but—

[ pivoting away from the door, katherine walks to the kitchen drawers and opens the one with the butcher's knife. with that in hand, she opens another drawer and pulls out the rolling pin. ]

We need weapons to take out a plant. [ she curls her lip up. ] Never thought I'd say that.

[prescind]

Do we...have weapons?

( they didn't tend to need them. )

Or anything close to a weapon?

[manipulative]

[ she holds up the butcher's knife and rolling pin, smiling close-lipped at him. ]

We do now.

[ looking at the rolling pin, she shakes it in her hand as she regards it uncertainly. ]

We didn't really need this thing, right?

[prescind]

I cook with those!

( but fine, fine. he sighs. )

Do I get something or just you?

[manipulative]

You can get your cooking instrument thing.

[ dismissively pursing her lips, she waves the rolling pin before extending her arm to hold it out to stefan. ]

We can get you a better thingy at the store tomorrow.

[prescind]

What a professional.

( he takes the rolling pin. )

It's not a thingy.

[manipulative]

It's a thing, then.

[ katherine scoffs. she walks away from the main kitchen to return to the glass door. she doesn't open it. ]

I doubt right now is the time to be pedantic over a name, Stefan.

[ except it is, because she's never going to pick the rolling pin up ever again and call it a "thingy". ]

[prescind]

It's not a thingy.

( gonna die on that hill. but he does give the rolling pin a swing before he takes a breath. )

You want me to go first?

[manipulative]

[ IT'S A THINGY!

at the idea of stefan going first, her heart lurches. if this was three or so years ago, she'd have set her shoulders back and nodded. yes, go first. he deserves to. she'd have reluctantly sacrificed him to secure her own survival.

but it's different now.

katherine shakes her head. ] No. [ clearing her throat, she inhales deeply through her nose and sets her shoulders. ] We go together. If you get hurt by a plant, well… I'd want to be there to give you mouth-to-mouth.

[ if you jump, i jump, jack. ]

[prescind]

Oh, of course. Mouth to mouth. After you murder the plant, right?

( because that's a thing that she's been doing lately, hasn't it? he chuckles but nods. okay, they go at the same time. with a butcher's knife and a rolling pin.

not a thingy. )

Come on.

( he heads for the door. )

[manipulative]

Hang on, hang on. Shouldn't we have a plan first?

[ no, she's not stalling. this is katherine coming back to herself. she's a planner; she's the one who thinks several steps ahead and on various different levels. a plant like this shouldn't be treated any differently.

she tugs on his hand and pulls him back, using some of her strength to make sure he doesn't pull her outside. ]

I don't want to stab you and I don't want to get hit with the thingy. [ yes, thingy. ] One of us should go high and one of us should go low.

[prescind]

Go high and go low on the moving plants outside?

( he doesn't necessarily disagree with the plan part but still. he frowns a bit and shakes his head. )

I can go high since I'm taller?

[manipulative]

[ with an unimpressed purse of her lips, she rolls her eyes. but it makes her feel better, having what feels like a moment of normalcy within a very strange situation. ]

This one time, I'll agree with you.

[ it's probably for the best. she's not wearing her heels and if she goes high, she risks cutting his hair tips off. and she likes his hair tips.

katherine looks at the rolling pin. he can handle it, but she's stronger than him. should she have given him the knife instead? ]

Make sure you smack it hard with that rolling pin, Stefan. Don't hold back.

[prescind]

I can't believe I've got a freaking rolling pin.

( and she gets the knife. he sighs. )

Come on, I'll go out first and you can get in front of me.

[manipulative]

You can have the knife if you so desperately want it.

[ she doesn't like the idea of him going out first, but she's smaller and quicker and can easily get in front of him if needed. sticking by him, she waits for him to open the glass door.

but not without a katherineism. ]

It just goes with my outfit.

[prescind]

Keep the knife.

( if he can't cook certain things for awhile, it's going to be her fault.

stefan makes his way over to the door and reaches for the knob, holding the rolling pin. )

You ready?

[manipulative]

[ bracing the knife in her hand, she holds it upright as she stands off to the side and behind him. she nods. ]

If this plant eats you, I'll remember you fondly. Sure you don't want to tell me where your journals are?

[ she smiles at him. ]

[prescind]

If this plant eats me, you'll never find my journals.

( ha ha. )

You'll live with that question on your mind the rest of your long life.

[manipulative]

[ ugh! ]

Ugh!

[ she'd whack him if she was holding the rolling pin. ]

You could die! Why don't you want me to have more things to remember you by, Stef!?

[prescind]

You could die too!

( if they're being worried. )

That doesn't mean I'm going to tell you where my journals are. I guess we'll both just have to stay alive.