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[When the feed begins, the blonde whose face appears in the center of the screen makes no attempt to speak immediately, seeming to be thinking about something with her lips pulled into a bow, her eyes narrowing infinitesimally as they look off screen before snapping onto the camera itself.]

I have to admit. [Her face animated as she starts to speak, accompanied by a dry, almost snarky tone.] I was all ready to pin this on the little Witch but I think it's fair to say we're not in Mystic Falls anymore.

[It's hard to say whether she's annoyed, bored or amused. The woman who can't look much more than early twenties, taking time out to top up her glass of Scotch. She doesn't so much as grimace as she takes a drink before speaking again.]

Right - [Refocusing on her screen.] Introductions then. Lexi Branson.

[The blonde raises her glass and drains it before setting it aside.]

I'm not exactly sure how long this is going to last... [Leaning closer to her device.] So lets skip all the boring bits and you can tell me what passes for fun in this place. Okay?

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I was gonna say there's a bar here for fun, but it looks like you've already got the drinks covered. [Daisy offers Lexi a smile.] During downtime when this place isn't throwing 'events' at us, there's a little something for everyone I guess. A library, pool, gym, I already said bar ... it depends what you're looking for, for 'fun'.

Anyway, yeah. I'm Daisy Johnson. [She'll introduce herself in return.]

[She offers up a grin, raising her newly refilled glass to the camera.]

Magic seems to be working in my favor these days. [Nobody is shocked that within five minutes of being here and reading over the brochure, Lexi wished herself a bottle of Scotch.]

Hmph. [Tilting her head as she considers those options.] I've been stuck in worse places.

[That whole being dead thing hadn't been a bundle of laughs.]

Tell me then, Daisy Johnson. What do you do for fun? Cause you're striking me as more of a bar girl I'm thinking? So you can at least tell me on a scale of dive to pretentious, where the one here ranks.

Right? I mean, it has its perks. [Booze perks.]

You are thinking correctly. [She has decided you are awesome, Lexi.] The one on the fifth floor? It's a pretty chill place, and the people around there seem to be too. Not too bad of a place to hang out, especially after this place messes with us. [bleh, "events"]

[Another one from Mystic Falls. Isn't that interesting.]

We seem to be seeing a lot of people from your neck of the woods lately.

[He's aware of the fact that he answered literally none of her questions.]

Angel.

What a fun coincidence that is.

[The way her smile doesn't quite reach her eyes suggests this may not be the best news she's heard today.]

Angel? Wild guess here but that would be your name and not a line, right? [Just checking, okay.] Any of these people particularly memorable?

It's my name.

[If it was a line, it would have come out a hell of a lot more awkward. As for the rest:]

Some of them might be called memorable-- but some are also friends. [Meaning he's not looking to give names away without knowing for sure who they're going to.] They're not the first we've seen from Mystic Falls, either. I assume you know the Mikaelsons-- or at least know of them.

If we're being totally honest, there's not a lot that counts as "boring" when it comes to the introductions to this place.

[And no, Cami totally hasn't missed which town she name dropped. Seems like their world is getting popular with the random chaos. So the question is, vampire, wolf, human, or something else? Given how she talks about some other witch, it seems like that one is out at least.]

It looks like you've already got the drinking part down. Sometimes someone will throw a party, but those are somewhat infrequent. There's a pool, a couple of gyms if working out is your thing, a coffee shop, a library, movie nights...

And all the hectic mayhem that comes with being stuck in an alternate universe based on a fairytale. [Can't forget that one!]

And introductions in return: Cami O'Connell.

The cupboards were very accommodating. [Raising her refilled glass for emphasis.

Lexi nods along thoughtfully as Cami offers the rundown, sipping her Scotch and registering subtle signs of surprise at a couple of the options but for somebody who has just been kidnapped and found themselves in Wonderland?! She really doesn't seem to thrown by it.]

I'm surprisingly well versed in hectic mayhem these days. [Her smile, notably not reaching her eyes.

Any coldness that might have been there, quickly fades at the introduction however. Lexi inclining her head by way of acknowledgement.]

And all this - [A finger twirling around.] Magic, yes? Pretty powerful magic from the look of things. [Her... being here at all, the strongest evidence of that.]

They can be, although sometimes they don't cooperate as much as everyone would like. [Cami herself has been fortunate in that area; no stray chickens or massive amounts of plastic toys have ended up in her lap. The same can't be said for everyone though.

Kind of like how it can't be said everyone handles their arrival as well as Lexi. Sure, the woman's gone for the booze first, but she's not freaked out when Cami brings up the fantastical truth of where they are. Then again, like she says: hectic mayhem is a thing in their world. Cami gets the sense that it's probably as true in Mystic Falls as it is in New Orleans.]

So the theory goes. It's as good of an explanation as any I've heard, at least. [Not that there have been that many other options; even the scientists haven't been able to offer up too many answers when it comes to explaining how things actually work around here.] But even the people around who do practice magic can't break through it—or stop what else happens here.

[ Brennan's expression is apologetic when he flits on a feed - he doesn't normally linger on the Network, but every once in a while he peruses through it and something will catch his eye. Such as this. ]

I'm afraid no witch is responsible for your presence here. 'Twould be a much easier problem to solve if it were.

Well... That's still up for debate.

[She'll just take a moment out to start refilling her glass.]

Wonderland though. [Not even going to explain that response.] People around here see this place as a problem then, do they?

Many do. Not all. [ He amends that with a tip of his head. ] Some people see this as an escape or a pleasant diversion from where they come from. As some of them seem to come from terrible realms, I cannot say I blame them for preferring this world.

Fun depends on what you enjoy. I wouldn't want to list something boring.

( BUT if she had to guess based on the way the woman speaks, and the glass: )

There's a spa, the bar, and sometimes something actually happens in the ballroom.

Trust me. This place would have to blow pretty hard to worse than my last place.

[Well. Really. Not much fun to be had on the Other Side.]

A ballroom? [That one surprising her.] And here I thought those went out with the twenties. [She almost looks nostalgic.] But what you're saying is that it's not round the clock, broody angst and drama at least?

Well you could be broody if you wanted to be.

( Some people probably were, Lydia had no doubt about that )

But the mansion leaves us alone for about half of the month.

Edited 2016-06-21 18:58 (UTC)

[. . . Well, that's one reaction. It's sort of hard not to smile.]

If you're as horribly materialistic as I am, you can have a lot of fun with the closets.

If they're half as accommodating as the cupboards then there's definitely some fun to be had there.

[Of course the first thing she figured out was how to get her hands on a decent bottle of alcohol.]

It seems to me that you've already discovered the most interesting thing to do here, as terrible as that news might be.

[He means the booze.]

No doubt you're about to be swarmed by those telling you how strange and dangerous this place can be, but I've yet to encounter anything of the sort.

[And Wonderland just got better.]

Try living in a dry dimension for a while. If this is as good as it gets? I'll take it.

[Can you drink in Hell Lucifer? Cause you sure can't on the 'Other Side'.]

Well that's a shame. Strange and dangerous might have helped keep things interesting.

Been there, done that.

[Pretty sure there isn't any relief from horror there. Just a guess though.]

That's what I kept saying. Sadly, it seems I'm likely the most dangerous thing here, and what's the fun in that?

[ now there's a face elena never thought she would see again.

there is no going around it: this is stefan's best friend. y'know, the one that damon killed when he was being all villain-y. an ache blooms in her chest every time she thinks of stefan; it's a helpless thing. elena will never forget the advice she was given — when it's real you can't walk away — but she finds herself thinking of something else altogether. she is thinking of the last time she ever saw this woman, and the fact that's now two familiar faces in the span of a week. it can't possibly be a coincidence.

breathless: ] Lexi?

[If anything was going to stop her from taking another sip of her newly refilled drink, it's this face. This, oh so familiar face because while it might have been a while for Elena? For Lexi it was barely more than an hour since she'd seen her and all of that time had been spent in Wonderland.]

Elena... [Mouth open as her face is reminiscent of how it looked the first time they ever met.]

If you're here. And I'm here... [Eyes narrowing.] Tell me you know where I'm going with this?

[Of course her first thought is for Stefan.]

I know.

[ or at least, she thinks she knows. the words rush out of her in an exhale, half-reassurance and half-understanding. the last time she saw lexi was on stefan's birthday, and that seems like a lifetime ago. god, stefan would love to see lexi again. it's almost unfair elena is the one to greet her instead. ]

Time ... works really weirdly here. Like it's frozen.

[ and when (if) they're sent back, they're sent back to the same moment they last found themselves in. ]

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The scientific properties of this place are totally nutso! It's been fascinating.

[A beat.]

Though I suppose my idea of fun is not the same as everyone else's....

Little Witch? [ excuse u ] I have a name, you know.

[Someone else from Mystic Falls? How curious. There seems to be a rash of those lately.]

No, this is definitely not Mystic Falls. Not that I have been there myself, but my family is from there.

[Sort of. Vikings man.]

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