ladamedemartel

[ladamedemartel]

ngl i continually deactivate my Disney+ subscription and reactivate it when I need to see LOJ as Burr in Wait for It

[ladamedemartel]

The girl was sweet. Chipper even. Aurora wished to tear out her throat. She ought to compel her to slit her throat in front of Niklaus, convey some message of Aurora's presence. Would that affect him? Was he long since caring? What was his fascination with the brunette? Did his family need money that she could offer? Surely he could find sums through compulsion or other means.

"I am from France." Aurora explained. She was trying to remain polite, trying to conceal her frustration at the fact that she still did not understand Niklaus' interest in the girl. Perhaps she reminded him of how Aurora had been once. She liked to think that, but even she could not delude herself. "Have you ever been?" she asked in place of the questions which itched on her tongue, which begged to be asked. Perhaps Aurora ought to simply compel her. Ask her questions and be done. She couldn't though. Compulsion could be tricky. Answers were direct. Too direct perhaps. It was best to see what answers came to the surface naturally.

There was something off about this woman, something that unsettled Katerina but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. That being the case, she considered it inconsequential and chalked it up to her just being new and Katerina being a little shy, despite her out going outward appearance- she was easily intimidated by confident and dominant personalities.

The brunette smiled and nodded, offering a soft chuckle in response.

"Yes the weather here can be quite dreary, but nothing compared to the madness a prolonged stay in the castle can bring."

"It appears we do have such in common." another gentle smile.

"I don't believe you've stated but forgive me if you have and I have forgotten; where are you from?" Her tone was curious and inquisitive, not in the suspicious way but in the genuinely wanting to know kind of way.

Katerina felt like she'd made a new friend, she wanted to get to know her better.

[ladamedemartel]

Swap sides? What did that mean? Was he between living and dead? Some sort of other creature? Aurora did not have time for that. She had to stop Rebekah for drinking the cure and destroying their entire line. She hardly thought it a clue. "I think we need something more substantial than a man who may or may not be some creature of sorts. Still, I'll speak to him if you wish. Unless you think that you can" Remembering the journey in the car, Aurora was reluctant to allow Amara to interact with anyone, but she wished to give the option.

"If I kill him, would that make the conversation easier?"

@touchedbydestiny

        it reassured her to know that these people were real, that aurora could see them, so they were real people in the real world. even if the one man was strange. amara hesitantly entered the tavern (or whatever you want to call it) further but stuck to the walls. she didn’t feel comfortable standing in the middle of a room.

       "neither. he's ... he seems to swap sides ... or perhaps is sometimes trapped between sides." amara narrowed her eyes, trying to explain it the best as possible. "but he belongs here, he doesn't belong on the other side. he does not meet the requirements to even enter the other side." this man didn't make sense to her. he wasn't dead, apparently, and usually, it's also not possible to just leave the other side once you're there.

       "perhaps that's a clue." he wasn't the man they were looking for but perhaps he was a part of the puzzle. || @ladamedemartel 

[ladamedemartel]

Fear of retribution. No. It wasn't that. They did not respect her. They only retribution that they feared was that harm may come to her on their watch, in which case they would do better to take their own lives than await Tristan's opinion on the matter. Even if no harm came to her, should he find the risks unnecessary, well, Aurora knew how unkindly he would take such a development.

But thinking of unkind: Finn had been treated unkindly. So unkindly, apparently, that he felt the need to thank her for the day before it was even over. "There are not many of us, but I would still enjoy your company, even if there were. You forget that Tristan and I enjoyed you when we were mortal. We enjoy your company still. If you'd prefer to stay with us for a while, you would be welcome. You could see more of how the world has changed. We have a villa not far from where you first met us. I think it may be on land that once belonged to my father. I'm not sure if Tristan owns it, or Lucien does, or some company controlled by one of them, but I quite like it. Centuries ago I used to be able to close my eyes, breathe in, and not know what century I was in. Now there's no escaping that, but it is still lovely."

@itsonlyfinn

"Perhaps their actions are caused by fear of retribution. Your brother does not exactly rule with a bleeding heart." The dynamic between the de Martels reminded him of Niklaus and Rebekah. The way he tried to control her. Finn definitely had an opinion on the matter, but he thought it better to keep that to himself. Meddling got him in the sort of trouble he did not need or want. He glances at the outside world passing them by and then back to her. "Anyway, thank you for stringing me along today. I do appreciate spending time with someone from the old days. Not many of us left, from what I gathered."

[ladamedemartel]

"Oh, Elijah, I think that may be the closest thing to a compliment that you've ever paid me." The compliment was two fold. He spoke of her competence and her pragmatism the latter being the point that she had been trying to make to him. Her motives, Tristan's motives, they were all rooted in their own survival, their own selfishness. Elijah knew them to be self-interested creatures. Their motive was self-interest. Aurora did not hide it.

While Elijah finally seemed to accept that point, it surprised her that he had not grasped the other that she'd been skirting. Well, she had heard that he'd been spending the majority of his time with teenagers of late. Perhaps it had dulled his wits. "According to what I have heard, three of you shall fall: one by friend, one by foe, one by family." She tossed her hair over her shoulder before her eyes went back to his. "At best, I only qualify for two out of three, and I would argue that even that is a bit of a stretch. And my own self-interests keep me from raising a hand to harm Rebekah or you, whatever unfinished business we may have. Whether or not you think I would harm Niklaus, well-" she looked away as she trailed off. Even Aurora herself did not know the answer to the question. Would she harm her former love? Would she bring about his end? A better question would be if she would intervene if Tristan made a move against him. It was a question that she did not enjoy considering. It was best avoided, locked away in a distant corner in her mind.

"If you like, perhaps I can arrange for you to see this prophecy for yourself."

@deceptivemorals

          elijah stood motionless, as aurora's words spun a web of deflection and feigned innocence that failed to impress him. her quip about a bedroom set grated on his patience, a flippant dodge of the real issue. "aurora, i dare to say you can handle being faced with a bedroom set. but aside that, you can mask it with jest, but tristan’s arsenal isn’t furniture. witches armed with dark magic and crafted tools aren’t trivialities. your brother’s ambitions pose a threat you can’t laugh off." this was a serious danger, and he hoped that she would think about his words as seriously.

         “you need no reminder of my nature, yet you frame yourself as a protector of my siblings. it’s a hollow act. your concern for rebekah, or me, reeks of self-interest, tied to your brother’s survival through our bloodline. it’s not devotion; it’s pragmatism. you, tristan, and lucien dread the consequences of our fates unraveling; not out of care, but calculation. don’t pretend it’s more.” he would welcome it if it was more but elijah knew how little they think of him and his family. partly justified, without question, but mainly exaggerated.

         "you think i’d turn it to my gain? if it’s baseless, it’s irrelevant. if it holds truth, i’ll confront it without your brother’s contraptions or your assurances. i don’t manipulate shadows; i act." and preferably alone to ensure everything goes according to his plan.

         "according to you, what do you think this prophecy states? do you have any indication? what assures me that you are not the threat, which needs to be eliminated? your need to warn me speaks against it, but i am well aware that you believe you three think you have an unfinished business with us." it doesn't necessarily have to involve dying, of course. || @ladamedemartel

[ladamedemartel]

REAR WINDOW (1954) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

[ladamedemartel]

fahrenheit is better than celsius and I will die on this hill

[ladamedemartel]

“Your hand looks heavy with the weight of your peerless beauty. Let me hold it for you.”

memes!

Aurora's eyes sparkled as they looked toward him, and she dramatically offered him her hand to hold. "It's very heavy. I haven't the strength, but I suspect that you might." Her delight was evident as she looked at hi, all but vibrating with how pleased she was with his attentions.

[ladamedemartel]

“When God made you, he was showing off.”

memes

She was meant to be in prayer, but his voice drew her attention from the scripture in front of her just as much as it drew a smirk to her lips. "Oh? Have I made a convert of you?" None of his siblings knew the prayers uttered in Mass; Aurora had noticed that almost straight away. Now she was beyond caring for such things. She cared not what he believed in, only so long as he believed in her. "I think you're rather unique in that assessment. My father would certainly disagree."

@pain-is-temporary

[ladamedemartel]

All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies

and if they catch you, they will KILL YOU

But first?

They have to CATCH YOU- ©

[ladamedemartel]

Their arms were linked, but the brunette made no move forward, leaving them, in Aurora's opinion, somewhat awkwardly linked. Yes, she could drag her, to try to force her to move, she had the strength and though a witch, Aurora wasn't sure that any retaliation for forcing a walk would be met with magic. "I am hardly ever selfless, so no, it's not." Aurora said with an encouraging smile. "It does not make it any less true. In fact, it may make it more likely to be good advice."

@touchedbydestiny

The red head kept a polite smile in place, even under the seeming scowl of Diana's words. "Ah, none of that "always and forever" spirit with you then." she laughed, a perfectly practiced giggle that radiated warmth despite the calculation beneath it. Even the way that Aurora looped her arm with Diana's gave the appearance of effortlessness though it too was planned. "You ought to be careful though. You have tools at your disposal that most can only dream of wielding, solely due to the ties of your blood. Some things must be turned to one's benefit before they are turned against you." she continued, trying to coax Diana into walking with her."

@touchedbydestiny

[ladamedemartel]

“Would you like to have breakfast in bed when the morning arrives?”

Memes (ish) !

Sleep still clung to her, trying to coax her back into the fullness of its embrace. Aurora did not know what time it was. She had return late herself and gone to sleep in his bed before he returned from his own evening excursion. Now, comfortably settled, she was reluctant to remove the silk mask that covered her eyes, nor even open them. It wasn't as if she needed to use them to find him. Her body rolled over to face Tristan and she instantly wrapped around him. "And maybe lunch." she murmured sleepily. Her nose found his neck, instinctively looking for the scent of blood or anything else that might be out of place. Finding nothing, she settled against him and almost instantly drifted back to sleep.

[ladamedemartel]

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[ladamedemartel]

Her victory was won. Gia was intrigued now, Aurora could tell, asking questions in spite of herself. Either that or the girl was learning. Not that this would be much of an interrogation. Really, more of the reverse of one. Aurora wanted to give information, some of which could be verified by Marcel later, some that not even he would know. That would pique his interest, and Aurora's designs of coming her with an olive branch would be achieved. And, if she could tarnish Elijah's image in the eyes of someone enamored of him, all the better.

"I mean literally." Though this story would likely make Elijah seem more the martyr. "They've worked together to take more from Rebekah. And most of all from Finn. It's truly a tragedy what happened to him." The frown that curved Aurora's lips was actually genuine. She had liked Finn. Still, his death had been useful, and if she would have to choose to sacrifice Mikaelson's in exchange for the knowledge that had been gained from their deaths, Aurora supposed Finn and Kol were the two that she would have selected for the task. "Your friend Marcel may not even know about Finn. I assume he knows of Mikael. Be glad that we're all truly rid of him from what I hear." Though, Mikael's death had been rumored before. Aurora would have preferred to have seen it with her own two eyes.

@touchedbydestiny

        gia’s brows lifted at aurora’s question about 'kol', her casual mention of more mikaelsons catching her off guard. "kol? rebekah? no, i haven’t met them," she said, her voice tinged with surprise. "i didn’t even know there were more mikaelsons." elijah hadn’t mentioned siblings beyond klaus, but that could also be due to the fact that he in general doesn't talk a lot about private things. the other comment piqued her curiosity. "is the order of turning important?" she asked, her tone cautious, unsure if it was a trivial detail or a vampire hierarchy thing. although gia did assume that it gets more difficult the more time passes by. what vampire is she? number 568.315? how many vampires even exist?

       it feels odd to ask so many questions. it somehow also makes her feel fairly uninformed, even though that's also not her fault. it's not like there's a vampire wikipedia that she could just look up in. "what do you mean, taken years? like, literally, or metaphorically when someone says something along the line of 'making my hair go grey?'" somehow, her earlier reluctance was fading quickly (although aurora was still not allowed in here), intrigued by aurora’s cryptic history lesson, eager for clarity. || @ladamedemartel

[ladamedemartel]

the prince of egypt sentence starters

likelancelot:

❝I have nothing I can give, but this chance that you may live.❞

❝I pray we’ll meet again.❞

❝Be still, love, don’t cry.❞

❝I’ll be with you when you dream.❞

❝Second born, second place!❞

❝You’ve always looked up to me.❞

❝You don’t think we’ll get in trouble for this, do you?❞

❝One weak link can break the chain of a mighty dynasty.❞

❝All he cares about is your approval.❞

❝You are rather pathetic.❞

❝Why is it every time you start something, I’m the one who ends up in trouble?❞

❝You know what your problem is? You care too much.❞

❝Your problem is you don’t care at all.❞

❝I won’t be given to anyone.❞

❝You’re here! After so long – at last.❞

❝Now you go too far. You shall be punished.❞

❝You will regret this night.❞

❝Now I am home.❞

❝Now you know the truth. Now forget, and be content.❞

❝When (the) God(s) send you a blessing, you don’t ask why it was sent.❞

❝Everything I thought to be true is a lie.❞

❝I’m not who you think I am.❞

❝I can’t stay here any longer.❞

❝Sit with me!❞

❝It seems to me that you don’t know what’s worthy of honor.❞

❝To one lost sheep, a shepherd boy is greater than the richest king.❞

❝You’re just one man.❞

❝I’m coming with you.❞

❝What on earth are you dressed at?❞

❝Alright __, I know you. What’s this really about?❞

❝In my heart you are my __. But things cannot be as they were before.❞

❝God has never answered my prayers. Until now.❞

❝But there is one thing he/she/they can’t take from you. Your faith.❞

❝Once I thought the chance to make you laugh was all I ever wanted.❞

❝I wish God had chose another.❞

❝All this pain and devastation, how it tortures me inside.❞

❝All the innocent who suffer from your stubbornness and pride!❞

❝How could you have come to hate me so?❞

❝Is this what you wanted?❞ I will not be dictated to, I will not be threatened.

❝Let my heart be hardened.❞

❝You were always getting me into trouble.❞

❝You were always there to get me out of trouble again.❞

❝Who am I to lead these people?❞

❝ I will not be dictated to, I will not be threatened.❞

❝I did not see because I did not wish to see.❞

❝I am showing you all the respect you deserve: none.❞

❝ And there shall be a great cry in all of _, such as there never has been or ever will be again! ❞

❝__ you bring this upon yourself.❞

❝I hoped I would find you here.❞

❝Please talk to me. We could always talk here.❞

❝This place…so many memories.❞

❝Why can’t things be the way they were before?❞

❝I/we are not afraid, although I/we know there’s much to fear. ❞

❝We were moving mountains long before we knew we could.❞

❝There can be miracles when you believe.❞

❝Though hope is frail, it’s hard to kill.❞

❝Hope seemed like the summer birds: too swiftly flown away.❞

❝I’m standing here with heart so full, I can’t explain. ❞

❝Who knows what miracles you can achieve?❞

❝Kill them! Kill them all!❞

❝Look at your people. They are free.❞

[ladamedemartel]

Telling a girl she is a priority vs treating her like she is a priority are two completely different things.

[ladamedemartel]

Aurora let out a laugh despite the fact that she assumed the brunette's words had been partially meant as an insult. "People have been consuming gossip in some form or another for centuries, but I will admit, the goings on in this town would make for better television than most others." she shrugged and then took a drink from her wine. "And my life would be better television still, but many people work quite hard to make certain that I remain a mystery." Aurora punctuated her sentence with a flourish of her hand and then laughed once more. "If you're causing this much of a stir with only two former romances in town, I can only imagine the entertainment when more begin to arrive."

@survivingpierce

      katherine’s facial expression lightened up in entertainment by the partly unexpected, partly amusing response of aurora. "is that so? i didn’t realize that my love life is so interesting that strangers are as interested in it as some others are in reality tv." perhaps she should charge people for it? even though too much attention wasn't good at all, it could lure the false people to her.

     "oh come on, i currently have two in time. two isn't much but i agree it's more than you have. although you also have to take into account that no one knows you." katherine certainly hadn't known aurora and she doubted that anyone in mystic falls had ever heard of her before. || @ladamedemartel