♪ Burying the hatchet ♪

[Skylar]

--The following transcript was a live chat roleplay--

This RP takes place on Sunday 19th April 2015.

Skylar:
Almost a week since the party and I still haven’t made good on my promise to myself. I could blame everything that’s going on, on Dillon; but I won’t. I have to deal with his funeral next. Or missing it to be more precise. Still. I’m pretty sure I can keep finding excuses to put this off if I let myself. Though the death of my best friend… it’s a pretty damn good excuse.
I take out my phone. Pull up the message folder and start a new message; Hi. I know this is kinda outta the blue and that you likely won’t respond but I kinda need to at least try. I have a pretty good idea why you hate me and all that but I’d love to meet in person and see if we can’t work things out for Ric’s sake. Skylar.
I add Kat as the recipient and then hit send. I’m not sure if the girl will reply but at least I can tell myself I made the effort. Ric has no idea I’m doing this. Or that I got her number off his phone. But we do what we have to do and push comes to shove I’m pretty sure he’ll forgive me. It’s not like I went through his closet or anything.

Katerina:
-blinked as her phone vibrated in her pocket. She stuck her blade in the blood thief she was relieving of his head before wiping her hands on the floor of the abandoning building she was in. Pulling out her phone she blinked, then smiled- I have actually been looking for a way to get a hold of you for ages. I don't hate you. I thought you hated me. That’s why you have been telling people I hate you because "I'm not the one ******* him?" Yeah. I think that’s how it was put. I took that as a pretty clear indication you hated me.

Skylar:
I laugh as I read the reply. I sure as **** didn’t start this, whatever it is, that’s between us. But at least she knows why I think she hates me. I don’t reply straight away though because well, it’s weird. I don’t recall telling anyone besides Ricky why I think the girl hates me. That’s when it hits me. Beverly. Must have been her, cos I’m pretty certain it wasn’t Ric. She’s the only one that’s ever heard me say anything like that.
Note to self; be careful what I say around the ex-nun in future, she clearly can’t be trusted.
I reply; Started a bit before I jumped to that conclusion. But probably best we talk about it in person. You wanna meet up and discuss it? I’m free tonight if you have the time.
Yep. Free as a ******* bird. No band practice, cos well… no band. Not without Dillon. We need to find a new lead guitarist but none of us are even ready to think about that yet.

Katerina:
-blinked. She probably worded that poorly- Oh, I'm not mad. I have a saying "if it don't apply, let it fly." But yes. I'd like to meet up. Anywhere is fine with me. Any thoughts as to where?

Skylar:
My phone hums as the reply comes through. This is going way too easy.
I read what she’s written and chew on the inside of my mouth as I try and decide where to meet her. Pubic place? Private place? I guess the question is whether or not we’re gonna cause a scene. Yes. I do have a habit of doing that wherever I go. It’s kinda ten times worse now I’m a vampire but such is life. So… Do I want to go armed? Probably not cos - as I frequently tell Ricky - I’m no battle babe.
Having made my decision I reply; Meet me in the Station Net Café in Honeymead. I’m pretty sure you know what I look like. Be there in 30 mins. Roughly.
That’ll give me enough time to get there even if I have to catch a train. I’m pretty sure there ain’t a portal in the depot that’s gonna take me right there.

Katerina:
Nodded at the location and time. "I'll be there." She ripped the head free from the body and used celerity to her apartment. Tossing the head in the kitchen sink she went to change out of her bloody clothes and fresh up her makeup. Katerina would not jeopardize the secrecy of the vampire by going out looking a mess. Nor would she ever go out not on point. She wasn't vain, she was secretly very self-conscious about her appearance and she had no clue why. She chose a bandage style dress that went to her knees, and only showed a bit of cleavage. If she had a weapon strapped to her, even a blind person would see it. She wanted to go in with her best foot forward and no weapons would be the best thing. If **** hit the fan, it could be dealt with later. Five minutes to spare. She celeritied to ally just behind the cafe and came around the corner and in to the building.

Skylar:
I arrive at the café with time to spare. I’m not the kind to go dressing up unless I have a reason, so I’m wearing the usual; a pair of tight blue jeans, a rocking t-shirt and a short cropped leather jacket. Having ordered a coffee I take it to a table where I think we’re less likely to draw attention to ourselves and settle down. I place my jacket over the back of the chair, run my fingers through my hair and wait.
Kat’s pretty much on time and when I see the girl enter I give her a wave. Nothing ostentatious, just a quick gesture to catch her attention.

Katerina:
Glanced about and saw the blonde waving at her. She nodded and made her way over to her, before sitting across from her crossing one leg over the other. "Hello there. How are you this evening?" She asked with a smile.

Skylar:
“Not bad. You?”
I glance around the café and then back to Kat. I’m sure I was told her path once but I can’t recall what it is now. The girl didn’t stop to grab a coffee or anything so she’s either not an allurist or she’s not a fan of caffeine.
“You don’t drink coffee?”
I ask as I raise my cup and gesture with it. The woman knows what coffee is I’m sure but it’s one of those things you do without thinking. She’s dressed like we’re going clubbing but I strongly suspect that if we were we’d wanna go to different places.

Katerina:
Chuckled at the question. "No. It doesn't agree with me anymore. Gives me killer heartburn, you see," she stated, trying to keep their conversation as unsuspicious as possible. "And I'm doing great. So glad the weather is improving."

Skylar:
Weather? I guess it’s a general chit chat topic but I’d rather not go there. I kinda catch what she says - or rather how she says it - so I’m quickly reminded of the path she’s on.
“Shame. You know about the coffee. I’m not sure what I’d do without this kinda stuff myself. And yeah. I guess the weather’s changing. Not really had much time to think about it truth be told.”
I take a sip of my coffee and try to decide how to start the conversation properly. What did I want to say to his thing? It’s funny how that can happen. Right? My brain must have decided to pop out for a moment or something.
“So… I kinda felt you started this… whatever it is between us.”
With my cup back on the saucer I gesture between the two of us with my free hand.
“I never had a problem with you till you came into our flat and dismissed me as a nonentity by referring to me as ‘that’.”
I do air quotes on the word and wait to gauge her action.

Katerina:
-blinked at her and laughed- "Honey, I'm called Thing. You really got that upset by someone who is called thing calling you that?" Talk about some thin skin.

Skylar:
“Actually yeah. You were pretty damn rude. I’d only said half a dozen words to you before that and I’d only ever been nice in doing it. I never had a problem with you till then. You stormed into our home and insulted me for no reason. Oddly. I don’t like being degraded like that. I still have no idea what your issue was. Seemed to me you didn’t like me being with Ric.”
I shrug. I’m not about to beat about the bush. It’s not my style. I know I never did anything intentional to provoke the girl.

Katerina:
"It wasn't your home at the time. It was Roderic's and mine. Roderic had always told me that. And I wasn't rude. You just chose to see me that way instead of getting to know me. And yeah, I was pissed. I couldn't ever talk to my sire because you were always ******* with him, and god forbid you would let him have five minutes of peace. Roderic even told me how that annoyed him. YOU annoyed him. But no. This is all my fault and has nothing to do with little innocent you." Skylar wanted to act innocent and pretend like she hadn't deliberately made Katerina's life hell by stripping her of her sire, the one person she gave a **** about, for the last several months? Katerina wouldn't tolerate bullshitters.

Skylar:
“Babe. I was living there. It was my home. I moved in just after Christmas, cos Ric was looking after me cos I happened to set off a few rather unique home security items in the family homestead; if you get what I mean.”
I don’t think I need to elaborate on the fact that I stepped into a **** load of traps. I mean you never know who’s listening and the music in these places isn’t as loud as it is in pubs and stuff.
“And I don’t doubt that I annoyed Ric at times. I still do.”
I laugh. Ric and I have a way of being able to wind the other up without trying at times, but we were getting better at not doing it.
“And actually yeah. I was innocent. You never knew anything about me other than that fact that I hung out with Ric. Whether or not I annoyed him was between him and me. You really think I’d of been around if Ric didn’t want me there? You’ve met him right? He’s not exactly shy about telling you what he thinks.”

Katerina:
You think you're innocent and just a poor little bullied victim, and I think I'm innocent. So what are we going to do about this? Move the **** on like two grown *** women, and put the past behind us, or continue to sit here and cluck at each other like hens?
-was blunt and two the point, if nothing else.-

Skylar:
“Well I thought we were here to kinda get everything out in the open too. I mean you get why I thought you were jealous right? Ric and I weren’t exactly joined at the hip at the start of the year. It’s truer now, maybe, but we still do our own things on a nightly basis.”
I pick up my coffee and take another sip. It’s kinda strong but I need it. I’ve had way too much alcohol of late and even if I don’t actually need it to counter balance me physically, it’s kinda comforting on a mental level.
“So yeah. I was pissed. But that passed. Kinda. I mean I never really knew what I’d done to piss you off. Besides be with Ric that is.”

Katerina:
Be with him? You hoarded him. Didn't give him any alone time to spend with friends or family, and bitched anytime I tried to talk to him. Oh, that right. Because as any childe trying to talk to their sire I only wanted his dick. Sorry, Not a disgusting slut like that.

Skylar:
“Wow. I really didn’t call you up to argue. I thought we were gonna talk things through and move past all this.”
I start to wonder if the girl is on the wrong path, because she seems more like an allurist to me.
“But just to make things clear, let’s get a few things straight. Firstly, there ain’t a person on this planet that can hoard that boy. Ric’s gonna do, what Ric wants to do. Secondly, I’ve never said a word to Ric about the time he spends with family and friends or anyone for that matter. I’m not his keeper, just like he’s not mine. I have a life of my own you know.”
I shrug. I don’t address the last part because slut is a bit of an overreaction. I’ve never phrased it that way; at least not that I remember. As far as I can tell the whole sire/childe crush thing is kinda par for the course. I’ve never looked at Elliot that way myself. Well, not without being under that one funky superpower of his like that first night. Elliot’s just not my type, pure and simple.

Katerina:
But like you said, you wanted to get all this out in the open. Or does that only apply for you?

Skylar:
I smile at the woman before me.
“Say what you like. I’m not arguing. I didn’t raise my voice or nothing… yet. I’m just correcting what you’re saying. I’m not sure who’s told you some of that stuff but it’s pure BS. That’s kinda the reason I wanted to get it all out in the open. I wanted to know your side cos all I had were my own assumptions as to why you were pissed at me.”
I shrug again.
“It’s nothing personal I assure you. I’m not trying to rile you up or make you out to be stupid or anything. It’s just you’re presenting me with information about me as if it’s fact and it’s not. So I kinda need to set the record straight on stuff like that.”

Katerina:
The woman uncrossed her legs to recross them in the opposite position. "Like I need to set the record straight on that I don't want my sire's dick. That was utterly disgusting and vile of you to say by the way. Or every woman automatically wants to sleep with every man. Or any man. Or anybody. We are not all whores. Why would you even say something like that? 'Oh, I won’t let my boyfriend talk to his childe and she’s getting pissed about it. I'm going to go tell everybody what a slut she is and how jealous she is she isn't ******* him. That will make me look so mature!'"

[Katerina Teresi]

--The following transcript was a live chat roleplay--
Skylar:
“Actually I was hoping to find out the real reason. That’s why I set this little thing up. So I could ask. I’m making a real effort here to be nice and you’re making it a little difficult. I seriously don’t know who told you that. It can only be one of two people. But once again, you’re wrong. I’ve never called you a slut. Yeah I told Ricky that I think the reason you hate me is because I’m ******* him. And Beverly may have overheard that once. But aside from that. I don’t tend to go around trashing people I don’t know. It’s not my style.”
I take a sip of my coffee and wait to see if she’ll tell me more things I’ve apparently said. The girl and I don’t even run in the same circles, so god knows who’s been filling her head with these lies. At least my misnomer was of my own making. I’d admitted that though. Told her that was a conclusion I jumped to as it was the only thing that made sense. In some ways it’s still l the only that makes sense. She’s certainly jealous for some reason or another.

Katerina:
You didn't think to find out the real reason before you started saying that though? And I'm not making anything difficult. I am simply telling you what you wanted to know, what you asked from me. I don't think we will ever be friends, but there is no reason we can't be civil with each other.

Skylar:
“Actually you’re accusing me. I’m talking. And yeah you’re probably right about the whole being friends thing but you seem to think you’re innocent in all of this when you were the one that was rude to me first.”
I shrug again. I don’t think the woman is capable of owning her actions but I’m not gonna say that. I’m gonna wait and see if she proves me right or wrong.
“And to be fair. I don’t think you stopped to think before you were rude to me. And I can say what I like to Ricky. I know it won’t go any further. He’s trustworthy.”

Katerina:
"When was I rude? And what exactly have I done to start any of this? All I wanted to do was talk to my sire, and you wouldn't leave us alone to do so... I fail to see why you can't get that."

Skylar:
“I already told you why I thought you were rude. You walked into our home and insulted me. Do you think I knew you wanted to talk to Ric in private? Did you even tell me that was what you wanted? No. You didn’t you walked I and had a go. You know that was the most I’d ever heard you say? The sad part is. If you’d of come in and just asked to talk to him in private I’d of had no problem leaving you two guys alone. So yeah. You did start this. There was never any need for you to treat me like that.”
I get the feeling we’re gonna have to go over this a few more times before it sinks in. If it ever sinks in at all. I’m here to try though, so I may as well give it my best shot. Can’t do better than that.

Katerina:
I think you are just upset that my sire laughed at something I said that you took as an insult, and because my sire agreed with me, you decided to project unnecessary drama at me. Being called "That" is not an insult, and if it is, you are so thin skinned I have no clue how you survive our life. And yes, I had said SEVERAL times that I wanted to speak to him in private, and you saying that I didn't only makes you a liar.

Skylar:
“Not to me you hadn’t. You’ve never once said anything of the sort to me. So if you’re going to start calling someone a liar, you should probably take a moment to think first. And yeah. I wasn’t happy with Ric either. Thing is. I talked all that out with him after. He understands me, like I understand him and sometimes we just understand that we don’t understand each other. It’s part of what I love about him. He’s super calm. But I never deflected my anger at him on you. You pissed me off first.”

Katerina:
-chuckled- Nice try, but I remember distinctly saying I wanted to talk to him, and you kept on just stalking him everywhere. I said it several times. Over several weeks, but if it makes you feel better about your drama to just forget all that fact stuff, then please, continue. Also, for the last freaking time being called that by someone called Thing is not a ******* insult.
I wear my nickname with a badge of honor. I am Ric's "Favorite Thing". See? I don't let someone saying something that thinned skinned ***** might start crying about bring me down. I love that ****.

Skylar:
“Actually. No. You never said anything of the sort to me. You’d barely said a word to me at that point. Maybe you said it to Ric but he sure as **** never told me. So I don’t know why you’re telling me something I know to be false. If you guys needed to talk I’d of made myself scarce. You can ask Ric on that one, because we discussed it at the time.”
I’m really not sure what’s going on with this girl. She’s telling me I said and did stuff that I’d never done. I had to wonder if she’d made some of this stuff up at the start and had just been thinking it for so long that she now took it to be true. I’d only spoken to the girl three times before she’d stormed into our apartment. The first time was when we’d been introduced. The second a couple of days later and the third was when I’d tracked Ric down in the caverns cos I hadn’t seen him in a while.

Katerina:
I have talked to Ric about it, thats how I know you annoyed the hell out of him because he bloody agreed with me. Are you going to continue to lie and cry about being a victim, or are you going to help me reach a point of civility?
Because if you are looking for an apology from me, you won’t get one. I have done nothing to apologize for and I do not lie so I will not apologize for how you interpret something. That’s on you.
We have two options. We can either end this childish drama and be peaceful from here on out, or things can remain the same. Which do you chose? Because we are getting nowhere just sitting here clucking, and it bores me.

Skylar:
The whole conversation is very surreal. Kat seems to want to antagonise me at every turn and I’m really not sure how much longer my patience will last. For now at least I laugh it off.
“Well I’m pretty sure I don’t annoy him as much now as I used to, what with us being married and all.”
I consider correcting her again, because the woman is clearly a liar as she’s still trying to tell me things I’ve said and done when I know I’ve done nothing of the sort. Sure maybe if I’d ever met her when I was half cut I may have said or done something but that still wasn’t like me. I’m not rude. I’m not disrespectful. Well. Not in that way. I flout rules at times but I had never once stopped Ric from talking to his things.
“You know what. Let’s just agree to start over. I can be civil to you, if you can be civil to me. I can do that for Ricky no problem.”

Katerina:
-extended her hand with that, smiling- Then we have reached a point of agreement. IT is nice to meet you. I am Katerina.

Skylar:
I shake the woman’s hand when it’s extended to me.
“I’m Skylar.”
I’m really not sure what else to say at this point. I mean how civil is civil? Do I wanna try and get to know the girl?
“So what do you do for fun?”

Katerina:
"I write music, play the cello, violin, and am learning the piano, and sing. What do you do?"

Skylar:
“For fun? Quite a lot actually. I don’t like taking life too seriously. I’m musically inclined too. I play a couple of instrument, sing. I’m in a band and I busk every night too. I make jewellery. I make weapons. I draw. I love to drink and hang out my friends. And I hang out with Ric. I’m not really sure I could rank any in order of what I love to do most. A month or so ago I’d of definitely ranked music as my number one love but I couldn’t truthfully say that now.”
I know I have a tendency to talk and overshare so I cut myself off there. I mean pretty much everything I do, I do for fun. Except maybe conversations like this, which I’d usually have with Elliot. Which reminds me. I still have to sit down and talk to him about Dillon. I’m not really looking forward to that conversation I can tell ya.

Katerina:
What Genre does your band play?

Skylar:
“Alternative rock if we can help it but we’ll play almost anything if asked. I mean you kind of have to play what’s popular at times to appease the masses. Especially if you play parties and functions and stuff.”
I lift my cup to my lips and drink down a couple of mouthfuls of coffee.
“What about you? If you play cello and violin I’m guessing you’re into classical?”

Katerina:
"Maybe... Alternative classical? Post-apocalyptic classical? Weird *** **** that sounds decent in my head Classical? I don't know how to label it."

Skylar:
“Yeah not sure I’d know what to label it either. Classical isn’t really my genre. Not unless you count songs from like Nightwish and stuff.”
Okay so we have two things in common. Ricky and music. Though our musical tastes seem to be on almost opposite ends of the spectrum. I’d of guessed that anyways just from the way the two of us are dressed. I mean I could rock an outfit like that but I sure as **** wouldn’t feel comfortable in it.

Katerina:
"Nightwish is awesome!"

Skylar:
“They’re alright. I’m more into Halestorm myself right now. Actually there’s a song you might like that the lead singer sings on.”
I pull out my phone and start scrolling through it. I know I posted the video on the family forum shortly after my turning so I know I’ll find it there.
“You heard of Lindsey Stirling?”
I’m still trying to find the damn thread. If I’m lucky I probably don’t need to bother.
“She did a song with Lzzy Hale called Shatter Me. It’s all kinds of awesome.”

Katerina:
I honestly don't know much of Halestorm. I have heard of them, but not much by them.

Skylar:
“Oh well. You should check out this song cos Lindsey Stirling plays the violin. It’s pretty cool. By far my favourite song of hers but I suspect that has something to do with who she’s partnered with.”
I find the YouTube video and pull it up.
“I’m not sure if you’ll be able to hear this in here. Though…”
I turn the volume down so as not to disturb the people around us.
“I guess we have better hearing than most. You just might need to focus. You don’t have to listen to all of it if you don’t want, so say when and I’ll switch it off.”
I hit play and focus on the song. No matter how many times I hear it, I never get sick of it.

Katerina:
-listens- I love it.

Skylar:
“Yeah? Cool. I think it’s pretty amazing myself. I mean if your into classical stuff, you might like some of her other stuff. Most of the rest of it isn’t really my taste.”
I log out of the family forum and put my phone away. As much as I’d love to just listen to music, now really isn’t the time.
“So you any good on your instruments?”

Katerina:
"Let me pull up something and you can decide for yourself." she said as she pulled her own phone from the tiny clutch she had brought.

Skylar:
“You just playing or singing here too?”

Katerina:
Both. And I wrote it.

Skylar:
"Not bad. I have to be honest it's not my style, but it's not bad."
I don’t much go in for that sort of thing but she knew that before I started listening as I’d said classical wasn’t my genre.
“Do you sell your songs online then?”

Katerina:
"I try to. pretty much to gauge how much interest there is for what I do. Either way, I enjoy it so I'll keep doing it."

Skylar:
“I’ve set down a few tracks solo and with the band but we really only do it to mess around. I love playing live. There’s not a feeling like it. We played at the recent festival over in Redhart Arena. That was amazing.”
I smile at the memory but it’s a double edged sword cos Dillon’s a big part of that. I set that aside though. I could grieve again later. Sooner than planned maybe. I mean things are going well between us at this point so I kinda decide we should probably call it quits while we’re ahead.
“Anyways. Thanks for replying and stuff to my texts. It’s been interesting.”

Katerina:
Anytime.

Skylar:
I stand to leave and grab my jacket from the back of the chair.
“Take care and all that.”
I smile and turn on my heels. I pull my arms through my jacket as I walk towards the door. Once outside, I retrieve my tome, find somewhere safe to use it and disappear. I could be home in a matter of minutes but rather than go straight there, I stop, find a quiet corner of the den to curl up in and just let my grief out. By the time Ricky sees me, I’ll have composed myself again.

Katerina:
-returned the smiled and followed her out. Instead of going home she found an isolated place to slip in to the sewers and go kill things. Mmm, killing.-