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ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴅᴏɴᴏᴠᴀɴ. ([personal profile] otherwise) wrote in [community profile] voyagers2014-11-13 08:35 pm

open | super super super rusty brief surprise revival...

Quick and painless — that was a lie. There was nothing quick or painless about having your neck broken. Maybe it seemed quick and relatively painless to the inflicter and the observer, but to the one experiencing that 'quick and painless' death, the brief moments that seemed to go on for hours and sharp spikes of pain unlike anything you've ever felt before said otherwise.

It hurt. It hurt a lot, and the darkness that enveloped him while he waited out his return wasn't exactly what you'd call comforting. Unsettling was more like it. There was nothing. Nothing but a dark veil cast over you, like you were underwater and unable to surface.

But eventually that ice cracked and Matt surged past it, taking a great big gulp of air that went rushing into his lungs so powerfully it startled him. He bolted upright, bumping against the cool metal of the railing that gnashed against the line of his spine. Vision still blurry, a rush of sounds assaulted him: birds, footsteps, voices, and the distinct sound of waves slapping against the side of a boat.

He'd only been on a boat once, with Elena's family out at the lake before her parents passed away, but the sound of water rushing against the side of a boat stuck with him as one of the most soothing sounds he's ever heard.

It had him twisting around and grasping the railing to peer down over it, to try and get an idea of where the hell he was. Had Damon gone back on his word and done away with his body? Had Elena? Had their attempt to get her to turn it back on gone awry?

Matt couldn't say. All he knew was that he wasn't where he should be, this wasn't exactly a boat, and there was a strong possibility that the ring hadn't worked like Damon said he would and death was having a good laugh at his expense over daring to trust the word of a Salvatore.
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[personal profile] vampireboulevard 2015-01-02 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Caroline nods a bit, because even though she knows how things end for Matt, telling him that now probably won't help. Right now, he just needs a distraction more than anything else. "Want to know the one great thing about this ship, though?"

And there's that mischievous Caroline Forbes smile that no one wants to see, ever.
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[personal profile] vampireboulevard 2015-01-04 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"There are like ... two bars on every deck of this boat." Because no matter how much time has passed, the alcoholic tendencies of everyone in Mystic Falls will probably never change. "And the booze is vampire-proof, so I can actually get drunk again."

Okay, maybe not the good news he's hoping for, but it's certainly a distraction from much more serious topics.

"I feel like we both could use a drink right about now."
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[personal profile] vampireboulevard 2015-01-26 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
And off they go to drink their troubles away. Good times to be had by all.