Open Picture Prompt Post

[desertions]

An Open RP Post, with a ~twist~. Basically, I love picture prompts more than life itself, so this is what you do.

1. You choose one of your characters.
2. You leave me a picture prompt and/or what character of mine you're requesting (if you don't request a specific one, I turn the wheel of RP fortune or something like that).
3. I comment setting up a scenario inspired/based on the prompt
4. profit????

Comments

[healthinsurance]

Yeah, I know tha - [ he stops. ] When doesn't it? What'd he do?

[ No. ]

A headstart? [ No... ] He isn't.

[lockwood]

Ready to hunt me down and kill me? [It's said in a dry tone, because that's exactly what's going on here.]

Yeah, he is. I can't stay here.

[healthinsurance]

Why? What -- what did you do? He's had his chance. You broke the sire bond weeks ago and he, what, all of a sudden wants you to pay for that?

He can't drive you out of town. You could stay at the Gilbert's. Or, somewhere he can't get in. You can stay at my place until we figure something else out. You can't just up and -- What about Caroline?

[ It hurts to mention her considering their mutual past with her but she should be considered in this decision. He may have lost her - and chosen to lose her - but he still cares about her. Matt's just the guy that will always care about his exes. ]

[lockwood]

I also helped all his other hybrids break theirs too. And apparently killing them and my mother wasn't enough.

[You didn't really think she drunk drowned, did you Matt?]

And he's been invited into the Gilberts, and if I stayed at your house he would just burn it down. It's too risky, Matt. I'm not going to let anyone else get hurt because of me. You're all safer if I'm gone.

[He pauses.]

He almost killed Caroline. Because of me. Because I was goading her on. It's better for everyone if I leave.

[healthinsurance]

[ The realization hits. Nobody ever really confirmed it. But, it makes sense. It sucks that the whole town would believe she drowned. ]

He -- is she -- fuck. [ Excuse him while he punches the front door. Fuck, fuck fuck, that hurt, he shakes his hand as it throbs and it didn't help anything. ] Why do we let him do this?! How did things get so fucking screwed up?

[lockwood]

What the hell can we do to stop him? [Tyler words sound equally frustrated.] If we kill him, I die, more importantly, Caroline will die. So will Elena and the others, what the hell are we supposed to do, any time any of us try to stop him it just gets more fucked up.

[healthinsurance]

Something. [ Understandably. ] We dessicate him again. This time, there's no Terminator Mr. Saltzman to go after him. I distract Rebekah... [ Feelings there, too. He'd feel guilty about it. ]

This isn't fair. Jeremy's off somewhere because he's some hunter and you're leaving. Everyone's in Canada. [ ARG ] I hate Canada. [ Just in this instance. And everything else. ]

[lockwood]

You really think he's not expecting us to try that again? Perhaps even banking on it? [It's too risky. He can't just keep baiting Klaus and putting people at risk.]

No, you're right, it's not fair. But it's what I have to do. To stay alive, to make sure no one else gets hurt for me either.

[healthinsurance]

How long will you be gone?

[lockwood]

I don't know.

[healthinsurance]

[ He takes a second, fighting back emotion before pulling Tyler in for a hug. ]

[lockwood]

[Tyler is awkward for a moment, never one to be great with this stuff before finally, he returns the hug.]

[healthinsurance]

[ And he'll step back. ]

Hey, be safe, man. [ Fuck, his tears are betraying him. ]

[lockwood]

Of course. You too. [He pauses.] And make sure Caroline stays safe too. Just because he has his little crush or whatever on her doesn't mean she's not in danger.

[healthinsurance]

We will.

[lockwood]

Good.

[healthinsurance]

I should get back inside.

[lockwood]

And I should get out of town