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[eyething]

[Damon is not happy, and definitely not drunk enough for this. At first, he assumed he'd been hallucinating, on some trip after drinking bad blood. However, he has been roaming Wonderland for hours on this bright and early morning, while everyone else was likely asleep. He’s poked his head in where it doesn’t belong, waiting for the hallucination to fade. Spoilers: it doesn’t. He finally studies the communication device, accepting that this is either one very long dream or he’s actually here. Somehow. He’s on the main floor, pressed up against the marble pillar, staring up at the ceiling. It takes minimal effort to skim through previous entries before he switches to video.]

Question #1, for the masses: How drunk do you have to be for this place to start making sense? Because I’m starting to think this poor, lonely bottle's not gonna cut it. [Damon looks to the bottle in his hand with a little sigh, tapping his fingers on its surface.] Looks like we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto.

[He takes a long drink, swallows, and sends the camera a slow but absolutely charming smirk:]

Question #2: what’s the one thing you wish someone had told you on your first day in the merry old Land of Wonder, but failed to?

[Damon points a finger at the camera with the hand that's still partly wound around the bottle] And go. Best answers get a pony.

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[Video]

[vampdetective]

[Such a prince, Damon. Just like he remembers.]

The price is that they lose their memories-- not all of them, at least not yet, but a word or two. Maybe a name, or an important place. After Wonderland draws from a person's memories, they lose something.

[Inconvenient, to say the least.]

[eyething]

[noooo, one day he will find out!!! damon's determined now esp if she's not telling]

I like to keep people on their toes, and look I had to have something to reward good answers with. [and okay, he didn't expect to be able to get hold of ponies but then he did, and now he needs to get rid of them]

Promise a pony, and people will demand a pony.

★~(◡﹏◕✿)

[eyething]

[damon's mouth parts as she starts to stomp off, and he lifts up a hand, pulling the my-little-pony bag further up his shoulder as he follows her]

Wait, worse than what? Details would be nice, because I've been talking to a bunch of strangers, and they're not exactly trustworthy. ... I'd give you a pony. [he picked it out just for her!!!

that totally helps with bringing in news from the future, right? maybe.]

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[ keep working on her. maybe if she likes him, she'll be nice. ]

I'll pass on the pony. I can barely take care of myself, I don't need another living thing to ruin.

[ noooo thank you. that's why there's a rooster in the stable nowadays. ]

(-_-｡)

[goeth]

[ ugh he's the worst so she speeds up gdi!!!!!! ]

You're a big boy, Damon. Go figure it out yourself. There's a pamphlet, I'm sure you remember how to read?

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[eyething]

Nothing like protective armor to prevent death and head explosion.

So how long have you been in the Merry old Land of Wonder?

voice.

[eyething]

[This is interesting. Damon's used to magic happening back in Mystic Falls (barely understanding it).] How'd you figure that out? You a magic user yourself?

[eyething]

Guess you're lucky you ended up in the pool instead of swallowed.

Info's worth a pony. Will definitely avoid swimming out to sea now.

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[eyething]

Boredom's not a bad reason to drink.

[Just sayin. Damon... stares, because he hadn't really expected such a candid answer. Vampires though. Also, half-angel hunters, which means there must be angels. Vampires, he's familiar with (obviously), but... half angels????]

...yeah, that's weird. Surprised you don't drink more often with that kind of weird in your life. Half-angel hunters?? Aren't angels good and halo-y?

[like sure, there's plenty myths and stories get wrong about vampires, but... not the basics (they need to drink blood, blood is delicious to them, they're monsters, etc).]

voice;

[eyething]

Zombie events. Events. They make it sound like a party, but then you tack on zombie, you know it can't be true.

Flarked. Yeah, I'd say it's pretty fucked.

video;

[eyething]

It's just not a common name. I mean, I think I heard it used as a stripper name once, but more power to you, pink princess.

[eyething]

[damon tilts his head to the side with a slight shrug like welp, because he can't really blame her given.... she had been jogging and then surprised and then ran right into his chest as he came out of her room.

he smirks, all pleased, at her expression as she takes the pony. (he's a murderous asshole, a serial killer, but he's also a big dork secretly, deep down who plays the piano and loves classic books and has a bag of ponies)]

Someone told me I could actually get ponies from the closets, and these were the ponies they handed out.

[damon lifts open the bag so she can see.] I got a few worthy answers, but not everyone wants their goddamn pony.

[Video]

[eyething]

Wonderland needs our memories, and given there are people who have been here for years, I'm guessing no one's figured out how to stop it from taking.

I don't like anything messing around in my head. [Which is hypocritical of him given all the compelling he has done and dream manipulation, but hypocrite is on a long list of his sins, and he doesn't really care. He takes a deep drink from the glass in front of him.

it's not like he plans on running around compelling anyone, and when he finds out what elena has forgotten, it'll be a kick in the teeth that he deserves.]

[eyething]

[he does like charming people into being nice to him.]

It's not exactly living. Let's just say the closet already decided to work its specific magic on me.

...not that I would've wanted live ponies. [the hell would he even do with one? it's too small to ride, and he doesn't want a pet. animal blood is gross to drink, and even if it wasn't, ponies have giant, furry necks.

anywho]

[sponsored]

What the fuck?

[ nose wrinkle

eyebrow wrinkle

ENTIRE FACE WRINKLE ]

The closet gave you a dead pony?

[eyething]

[damon stares and then snorts abrupt laughter]

What? ...No.

This isn't The Godfather.

I mean, the eyes are dead, soulless... [he lifts up the pony into the screen so she can see.]

[sponsored]

Oh. Jesus. I mean I've seen some messed up stuff around here but-- [ wow guy way to freak a person out. faith huffs out a relieved laugh. ] You're either wicked jaded or you're from a world with all kinds of weird.

[eyething]

[and it's not even the usual way he freaks a person out tbqh] Why can't it be both?

[because it's most definitely both]

Are you sure you don't want a pony now? This one's soulless eyes are looking straight at you, begging to be adopted.

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[howkickassiam]

Couple weeks. Long enough to know it's better than being dead, but only just.

[video]

[ttlynotabloodmage]

Oh. That's good then? [Jowan doesn't sound entirely certain about that but if it means that he's not seen as a danger, then he can accept whatever the other man wants to call him.

And then there's that question and he looks thoroughly miserable again. Not that he has any right to keep it to himself or not to be judged for his actions but still, he hates the mistakes he made in the past and admitting to them is a reminder all over again that he wishes he could avoid.]

I am, was... a blood mage. It's dangerous magic and forbidden in Thedas, but I did it anyway. But I promise, I didn't use it more than twice, and I never hurt anyone else with it. I'm trying to learn other magic so I never use it again as well.

[luckynumberthree]

[ Simon squints a moment. ]

Not usually. Most of the time, if there's a death in the mansion, they show back up in a few days. Sometimes they go home for a few days and come back a little while later. Sometimes they vanish to go back home entirely - or so we assume. It's a little hard to check on that when we're stuck here, and when we're not, no one remembers Wonderland anyway.

[ He holds out a hand to the man in greeting. ] Simon Lauchlan, by the way. What can I get you?

[deathlessness]

[She gives a small shrug.]

You had a larger threat on the horizon it seems. Your brother had attracted the attention of a vampire hunter named Rayna Cruz.

voice.

[intelligently]

No, but plenty of people here are.

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[eyething]

What a beautiful selling point. [only just better than death....]

[video]

[eyething]

[Damon lifts an eyebrow at the terms that he doesn't... really understand in the slightest. He folds his arms across his chest, tilting his head to the side with a slight shrug. He doesn't look judgmental more thoughtful about it really.

Blood mage sounds bad to most, but so would vampire... with all the blood sucking. He shrugs a bit as he tilts his head to the side.] It happens. [People make choices. If they're Damon, they frequently make bad choices... and people get hurt.]

So why did you do it? You don't really seem like the dangerous, forbidden type.