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upon the hill he'll hear my secrets -- open post for october

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"Alright. Let me know if you change your mind."

She relaxes back into the couch. "Again, I think Cooper's the one to talk to about that. There, ah- was a party like that, last year." It was where she'd met Kyle. "So it's not unheard of."

"Yeah, you uh ... mentioned that before." It explained why Kyle hated vampires so much, though she had a feeling there was more to it than one party. "And I know, Cooper is going to have all the inside information. But I'm curious about non-vampire opinions too."

She shrugs. "I wish people would just ask. There are plenty of people willing to be food if you ask. My business has been down, since Harris, at least with vampires. So... I guess... There are a lot of really good vampires. And there are a lot of really good people. I know I'm an outsider, but... I think Cooper likes to keep me in the dark as much as he can." They were trying to be honest. But that didn't mean she expected him to tell her everything. Just not lie.

"I wish I had something to tell you, I really do."

"Even if you think you don't know much, it's probably stuff that I don't know at all. Especially since I wasn't around before Raymond took over."

Every little bit helped, though Caroline admits to herself that she was hoping Nancy might have a bit more information. But she's met enough people to ask around, at this point. She really does need to sit down with Cooper sometime though.

She had a good point. "Milicent came before him. She'd been the Duchess for so long... Apparently someone finally got fed up with her, after she declared Blood Fest." She shook her head. "There were three days without rules. It got pretty ugly. But no one knew just how ugly, I suppose."

She takes another long drink.

Three days without rules. She could imagine how bad that had gone. "How did she ever think that was a good idea?"

Nancy rolled her eyes. "Hell if I know. She was encouraging skinning werewolves then, too. But this... This just got worse with Harris."

"I just don't understand. All the vampires back home were so good at not doing this sort of thing, because it drew too much attention. Why is it so different here? Just because it's a big city?"

She's sure Nancy won't have the answers - she's not really sure anyone will. But it just doesn't make sense. Skinning werewolves, god. "It's not like we never had run ins with other species or anything like that and sure, sometimes people ended up dead but it wasn't something we just did for fun."

Nancy sighs. "Maybe. I wish I could tell you. I've only ever lived in London, and only recently started getting involved in all of this." part of her wished she'd never entered into the political realm.

Caroline sighs too. "I never thought that life in Mystic Falls would seem simple, small town or not. But I guess that's just the way it is here. Also, from what I've heard, New Orleans is pretty complicated too. It's one of the reasons I didn't consider just moving there."

The other reason was, of course, Klaus.

Nancy nods. "I don't know what the supernatural population of Mystic Falls is- but I imagine it's a whole lot larger in London. So skirmishes become wars. We live longer, so grudges get held for centuries. It's... a mess, I guess." But when she looked at it that way, it made sense.

"Really? I've never thought I'd live anywhere but London." Travel, maybe. But this city was her home.

"It's definitely much smaller. Plus, it's most vampires in the area, with a few werewolves and witches. No other groups, at least not that I know of. And no real organized factions either. As I sort of mentioned before, I used to date the werewolf."

She pauses for a moment, thinking. "I guess I always planned to leave Mystic Falls eventually. Go out and see the world. But home is always going to be home."

Nancy nods. "Yeah- I did, too." So she totally gets the werewolf thing. "D'you know if there's any structured anything in the US?" Now she's super curious.

"Well, I'm glad you came to stay with us, and hope in time you consider it just as much a home."

Caroline shrugs. "The only place I really know much about is New Orleans, which from what I've heard is pretty structured. But I haven't actually been, so I don't know for sure. But London can't be the only place, I'm sure."

She smiles. "I'm glad too." And she is, at least most of the time.

Nancy shakes her head. "No, definitely not. I'm sure most big cities have one. And, apparently, Mystic Falls as well."

Caroline nods. "Well, maybe I'll find out one day. Though not anytime soon, since I'm finally feeling pretty settled here."

"Good. I'd hate to think of you leaving too soon."

"Definitely not too soon," she replied with a grin. "Side effect of making friends."

Nancy laughs at that. "Tell me about it." Friends brought about a certain loyalty. No matter how bad it may wind up. Still, they were good to have.

"We're glad to have you in London, Caroline."

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