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[luthored.livejournal.com]

[Stefan Salvatore]

You really are working hard to win that popularity contest, aren't you?

[/Stefan Salvatore]

[Tess Mercer]

You've been awfully quiet.

[/Tess Mercer]

Has anybody else noticed an increase in crows lately? I'd swear I see one nearly every time I step outside.

Comments

[luthored.livejournal.com]

I'd point out that it's creepy.

[compels]

You're a smart girl, Lana, I think you'll figure it out.

[luthored.livejournal.com]

[ That could not be more obvious. ]

Damon, if this is you, cut it out.

[compels]

So following is too paranoid, but suggesting that I'm shapeshifting into a bird to follow you around is ... what? Acceptable?

[luthored.livejournal.com]

I don't know about shape-shifting.

[ That's actually a topic that will make Lana even more edgy, if a little uncertain. ]

I didn't say that specifically. Maybe you're controlling the crows, how am I supposed to know? Maybe if you stopped acting so vague about everything, I'd be less paranoid.

[compels]

Maybe if you came around more, I wouldn't get away with vague.

[luthored.livejournal.com]

Would you like me as much if I caved so easily?

[compels]

Not nearly.

[luthored.livejournal.com]

How fortunate for me then.

[ Sarcasm voice. And yeah she's totally going to follow a crow one of these days, gdi. ]

[ Damon Salvatore ]

Considering you've already been quiet and minding your own business so far, I'll take it as a good sign.

What's the deal with your brother? Is he locked up?

Lana Luthor

[compels]

He is. An old friend has him in the panic room, keeping him on a regiment. It took a while to get him used to the human stuff without having him freak out back home, but we've got it under control.

Damon Salvatore

[luthored.livejournal.com]

Really? I find it interesting how you and Stefan insist upon helping one another, when you can barely keep a handle on your own problems. Is that just a sibling thing?

Stefan Salvatore

[compels]

And your only child complex is showing for the fact that you can't possibly understand what that's like.

Damon Salvatore

[luthored.livejournal.com]

No, I guess I can't. But I know what it feels like to want to help someone no matter what.

I think it's a good thing. It shows that you do have empathy of some sort.

Lana Luthor ... definitely not Stefan Salvatore ...

[compels]

Oh, please. Don't make this warm and fuzzier than it really is. I'm helping him because if I don't, he'll become a liability. That simple.

Damon Salvatore

[luthored.livejournal.com]

You just told me I could never understand, being an only child. It's obviously not that simple. Why do you try to write it off? It's healthy to care about your brother, even if you don't care about anybody else.

Lana Luthor

[compels]

Worried about my health, now? Or is it that by worrying about mine, you think you're looking out for yours?

Damon Salvatore

[luthored.livejournal.com]

This isn't about me.

Lana Luthor

[compels]

Arguable. [ There's annoyance in his tone at that. He doesn't want it to be about her. He doesn't like being this invested in her. ]

Damon Salvatore

[luthored.livejournal.com]

What is that supposed to mean?

Lana Luthor

[compels]

[ frustrated pause. ] Nothing.