he'll be waiting in his room with a half empty bottle of space wine and a flared temper. there's been a confrontation, one that didn't exactly go his way.]
[Someone can't be assed to get up right now - and why should he anyway?
Klaus is sitting on the bed with his back against the wall, legs propped up, drinking straight from the bottle. He's been at this for some time before he decided it was a good idea to call up his minion.
If he can't be happy, well (you know how this story goes).]
[And after taking another drink from his bottle he tosses it in Tyler's direction, some wine sploshes out but it remains generally upright while flying through the air.
He gives Tyler a dark look. Go on, ask me what we're celebrating.]
Edited (SORRY FOR ALL THE EDITS i swear i am not drunk) Date: 2012-09-24 06:19 am (UTC)
[There's a pause as he considers Tyler for a moment, ignoring the question.]
You understand what it means to be turned by me, what a threat against my life might mean for yours? [a beat] What it means for Caroline?
[There's no reason not to claim that bloodline as his now, not when his siblings are nowhere to be found and he remains the sole target. Rebekah, Elijah, Kol, they are his - to threaten, to dagger, to send away, to keep at his side, and always targets of his misdirected anger. They had once conspired together to abandon him, and now here he sits. Alone, his army reduced to one.
Welcome again to your lot in life, Tyler. Punching bag for the world's oldest child.]
[Tyler stiffens a little. He doesn't like where this is going.]
Yeah. I heard about the whole if an Original dies, so does everyone they sired bit. [Caroline filled him in as soon as he got here. He remembers how resigned he felt, how sure he was that as soon as they knew everyone else was safe -- he'd be expendable.]
But there isn't any of that oak tree or whatever here.
[He gives a snort, eyeing Tyler as if he's just said something deeply stupid]
Haven't gotten a mysterious gift from your locker yet?
[A white oak stake could turn up in any of them. And there's also the airlocking threat - which frankly he's still not sure what would happen with that, but he assumes death would be much more slow and painful that way.]
Let's do a quick tally, shall we? [He counts off his fingers.] Ms. Sommers is so blinded by the idea self-sacrifice that she doesn't even see you, Damon Salvatore has had a death wish for quite some time now, and just give that history teacher of yours some time to stew, I'm sure that homicidal, vampire-hating personality of his is bound to show up eventually. [He cocks his head to the side.] So tell me, Tyler, exactly which one of those people is going to stop and think about you?
[And the next part, he tenses more, deciding to take a long drink from that bottle Klaus had thrown at him.
Honestly? He's not surprised by any of it. The only person outside of Caroline who probably gives a shit is Mason -- and he's not going to bring him up. The less Klaus knows about him being attached to his uncle, the better.]
None, apparently.
[The worst part is Tyler agrees, he's expendable. If he knew for certain Caroline didn't come from Klaus' bloodline, he would see himself as an acceptable loss in order to get rid of Klaus.]
At best you're forgotten, at worst you're their enemy. [Because while the magic that sustains him does the same for all of them, it's his blood that flows through Tyler's veins.] And Caroline - well, they've had no qualms about using her in their ineffectual plots before.
[Caroline. His tone remains impassive as he tugs at that string again, an imperfection in Tyler he can't forgive. His hybrids are supposed to be stronger than that, more loyal than that. Bone and muscle and instinct may belong to Klaus, but the boy's humanity remains a glaring defect. Enough to manipulate, but too much for Klaus to stomach in his creation.]
I know they'd use her. They're good at using people.
[It's part playing along, it's part truth. Other than Caroline and Mason, Tyler has no loyalties to most of the Mystic Falls crew here. Not really.
And it doesn't take long to figure out how people like Damon operate. The ends justify the means. Except they don't. Not in Tyler's mind. Not if it's putting someone he cares about in danger.]
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Re: text; (yay surprise!)
Date: 2012-09-22 07:14 am (UTC)I'll be right there.
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Date: 2012-09-22 07:59 am (UTC)he'll be waiting in his room with a half empty bottle of space wine and a flared temper. there's been a confrontation, one that didn't exactly go his way.]
action!
Date: 2012-09-22 08:17 am (UTC)Which is why it's only a couple of minutes before he's knocking on the door.]
action!
Date: 2012-09-23 04:40 am (UTC)[Someone can't be assed to get up right now - and why should he anyway?
Klaus is sitting on the bed with his back against the wall, legs propped up, drinking straight from the bottle. He's been at this for some time before he decided it was a good idea to call up his minion.
If he can't be happy, well (you know how this story goes).]
action!
Date: 2012-09-23 06:09 am (UTC)He's not exactly thrilled to see Klaus drinking, but he's generally not thrilled to see Klaus at all, so no surprises there.]
You wanted to see me?
action!
Date: 2012-09-24 06:14 am (UTC)[And after taking another drink from his bottle he tosses it in Tyler's direction, some wine sploshes out but it remains generally upright while flying through the air.
He gives Tyler a dark look. Go on, ask me what we're celebrating.]
action!
Date: 2012-09-24 07:51 am (UTC)What are we celebrating?
action!
Date: 2012-09-25 01:29 am (UTC)You understand what it means to be turned by me, what a threat against my life might mean for yours? [a beat] What it means for Caroline?
[There's no reason not to claim that bloodline as his now, not when his siblings are nowhere to be found and he remains the sole target. Rebekah, Elijah, Kol, they are his - to threaten, to dagger, to send away, to keep at his side, and always targets of his misdirected anger. They had once conspired together to abandon him, and now here he sits. Alone, his army reduced to one.
Welcome again to your lot in life, Tyler. Punching bag for the world's oldest child.]
action!
Date: 2012-09-25 02:38 am (UTC)Yeah. I heard about the whole if an Original dies, so does everyone they sired bit. [Caroline filled him in as soon as he got here. He remembers how resigned he felt, how sure he was that as soon as they knew everyone else was safe -- he'd be expendable.]
But there isn't any of that oak tree or whatever here.
action!
Date: 2012-09-25 07:28 am (UTC)Haven't gotten a mysterious gift from your locker yet?
[A white oak stake could turn up in any of them. And there's also the airlocking threat - which frankly he's still not sure what would happen with that, but he assumes death would be much more slow and painful that way.]
Let's do a quick tally, shall we? [He counts off his fingers.] Ms. Sommers is so blinded by the idea self-sacrifice that she doesn't even see you, Damon Salvatore has had a death wish for quite some time now, and just give that history teacher of yours some time to stew, I'm sure that homicidal, vampire-hating personality of his is bound to show up eventually. [He cocks his head to the side.] So tell me, Tyler, exactly which one of those people is going to stop and think about you?
[The answer is 'none'.]
action!
Date: 2012-09-25 08:05 am (UTC)[And the next part, he tenses more, deciding to take a long drink from that bottle Klaus had thrown at him.
Honestly? He's not surprised by any of it. The only person outside of Caroline who probably gives a shit is Mason -- and he's not going to bring him up. The less Klaus knows about him being attached to his uncle, the better.]
None, apparently.
[The worst part is Tyler agrees, he's expendable. If he knew for certain Caroline didn't come from Klaus' bloodline, he would see himself as an acceptable loss in order to get rid of Klaus.]
action!
Date: 2012-09-26 06:44 am (UTC)[Caroline. His tone remains impassive as he tugs at that string again, an imperfection in Tyler he can't forgive. His hybrids are supposed to be stronger than that, more loyal than that. Bone and muscle and instinct may belong to Klaus, but the boy's humanity remains a glaring defect. Enough to manipulate, but too much for Klaus to stomach in his creation.]
Re: action!
Date: 2012-09-26 10:17 am (UTC)[It's part playing along, it's part truth. Other than Caroline and Mason, Tyler has no loyalties to most of the Mystic Falls crew here. Not really.
And it doesn't take long to figure out how people like Damon operate. The ends justify the means. Except they don't. Not in Tyler's mind. Not if it's putting someone he cares about in danger.]
action!
Date: 2012-09-30 07:39 am (UTC)Tyler Lockwood, there may be hope for you yet. [It doesn't sound completely facetious.]
Re: action!
Date: 2012-09-30 08:57 am (UTC)So instead, he'll take another swig of space wine.]
What can I say? I like surprising people.