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[lockwouldnt]

[He's going to need something stronger than his favorite kind of caffeinated beverage. Alaric had been having blackouts (?!) and Caroline's dad was dad and Klaus just decided to fake his death and -

And Tyler gets up, once Caroline's finished, holding up his empty latte weakly.]

Shit. [He takes a breath.] I-I think I'm gonna get a refill. Thanks, uh, for filling me in.

[He scuttles off for maybe a minute and a half, to grab a refill and get some much needed space. Now that he's starting to process everything, it hits him: this all happened in the span of two years.

Every single chaotic, crazy, stupid thing had happened during "the best years of their lives." This wasn't real, or possible, except it had happened to her. And the gnawing in his stomach just gets worse.

He checks with the barista, if they stock anything for supernaturals (they don't), and he comes back with two drinks - his latte, and then what (he remembered) as Caroline's favorite. It was only polite, he figured.]

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[She watched him go, rubbed a hand over her eyes and then accepted the coffee when he came back, before glancing up at him. ]

I know it's a lot. Do you want to hear the rest or would you rather wait?

[lockwouldnt]

Can, uh... can we wait? [He smiles apologetically, taking the first sip of his second drink. It's just as warm and cozy as he remembered - and for a moment, his guard slips completely.]

Sorry. I really thought I could've handled the whole thing.

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Yeah, waiting is good." [Let him come to terms with the deaths she already mentioned before telling him what else happened. Especially since the events come up next were more personally relevant.

Well to her Tyler, anyway.]

So...yeah.

[lockwouldnt]

[It'll take him more than a few seconds to really process this - a world without Mace, or half the people that he cared about. Caroline hadn't mentioned Anna much, which worries him more than he wants to let on.]

Yeah. I thought my world was complicated but it's like... a whole different kind of complicated.

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It's a mess, basically, but it's home. [Which doesn't really make it less of a mess but it's the life she's gotten through.]

I mean, not that I'm making light of everything, but we're kind of in a constant of, okay what next at home because every time things look to be calming down, something else pops up.

[lockwouldnt]

Sounds about right.

[He's gonna get a massive headache from this, he can feel it already.]

My Mystic Falls had a ton of chaos, don't get me wrong, but we had a lot less... it didn't end nearly as badly. [He lets out a low, slow breath as he forces himself to take a sip.] I'm sorry, Care. I don't think it's something I can process overnight.

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I'd be more worried if you actually could do that, I think. [ She set her cup down and then sighed out a breath, leaning back in her seat. ]

....Want to talk about it?

[lockwouldnt]

I don't know. [He peers back at her. She's still the young woman he loves, and yet, her life is completely different from what he remembers.] You're the one who lived it, Care.

If anything, I should be asking you that question.

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I don't really know what to talk about. I mean, it happened and there's nothing I can do to change it or take back my own choices.

It's just...it's what life was at home for me. Seems like yours is a lot better, at least.

[lockwouldnt]

I wouldn't say better, just... different. I grew up with the Salvatores, and their powers were different, so things wouldn't have remotely ended up like they did for you.

[From the sounds of it? He would've hated her Stefan big time.]

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Yeah, they showed up at the beginning of junior year at home. Came looking for Elena more or less, or at least Stefan did. Damon followed him, I think, and after that, it just kind of...[Caroline trailed off and sighed.]

It's just been messy.

[lockwouldnt]

Well, of course Stefan would. He and Elena are like Cory and Topanga.

[If that isn't a belief in soulmate love, Tyler's not sure what would.]

Look, uh, I'm sorry they've been a handful. They're.... Interesting, to say the least.

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No, no, Stefan was fine, except for that whole Klaus making him flip his switch and go Ripper mode. Damon...he's a dick, first class. When he first came to town he decided since Stefan had Elena, he needed someone close to her. [Which had been one of the worst experiences of her life, at least at that point.]

It didn't really start getting bad till Katherine turned up and then we had the Mikaelsons and Silas and, just snowballing from there.

[lockwouldnt]

[Right, Silas. The whole doppelganger thing makes his brain hurts when he really thinks about it.]

So Damon chose you.

[He's THIS close to running into town and ripping off one of Damon's limbs. Or biting him. Vampire!Damon sounds like a world-class douche.]

How're... I don't know if this is rude, considering I don't know this Damon at all, but how're you dealing with him? Being here?

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I try not to. Elena's stupid over him, but I just...I can't do it. I mean, he gets a pass from basically everyone else. He's done so much shit and he just...

[Caroline rubs a hand over her face.]

He gets a pass because it was 'the only choice' because had to do it.

[lockwouldnt]

Yeah, well - he shouldn't get a pass.

[Take it from someone who regrets what he did to Vicki every single day. He's not going to let someone else walk away, consequence-free.]

I don't really care what Elena thinks, let alone what she believes by making him a better person. You can't change someone who doesn't want to.

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Bonnie even forgave him eventually after what he did to her mom, I don't...

I mean, okay I forgave Alaric for my dad because it wasn't him, Not really. I mean, the ring kind of screwed him over, but Damon knew exactly what he was doing every time.

[lockwouldnt]

Bonnie's also way too forgiving. Always has been.

[His expression softens. He can't imagine what this Damon would've done to Ms. Abby, but it couldn't have been particularly good.]

Don't let Elena's stupidity influence things. If she has a hard-on for the idiot, you don't have to sit around and watch.

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Yeah. She lost pretty much her whole family. Miss Sheila, her mom became a vampire, Silas killed her dad.

I mean, I at least still have Mom. [Which is one of the few good things in her life.]

I'm kind of the lucky one in that respect.

[lockwouldnt]

[He blinks back even more surprise - ]

Silas killed Rudy? [He's quiet again, peering down at his mug.] Shit, um - back home? In my Mystic Falls? He and Mom were on their honeymoon.

[Care's Mystic Falls makes him so, so very worried.]

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At home her mom kind of walked out when she was a kid. She had reasons, but yeah. Bonnie's dad and Miss Sheila kind of raised her after that.

And then her mom helped her with a spell, but it wasn't till Esther was using them in her ritual to kill Klaus and his siblings that Damon turned her mom. Elijah had taken Elena hostage and it was either Abby or Bonnie.

So he turned Abby. We uh...we did everything we could to help her through her transition and she did make it, but turning a witch into vampire...

Abby left again. I mean she came back when Bonnie got tied up in all the Silas stuff and expression, but.. [It had been too late then.]

It was just... A lot of shit.

[lockwouldnt]

[Hoo boy.

Tyler's skeptical stare says enough for him because on top of what he's learned? This is the icing on the most terrible cake he's ever witnessed.]

Yeah, it sure sounds like it.

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And I keep ending up talking about it. I'm sorry, Tyler, it's just.. [ Caroline gives a slight shrug and then sighs. ]

At least everyone's happy in yours?

[lockwouldnt]

You still have nothing to apologize for. [Besides maybe infodumping him with far more information than he can process in one night.] Better to hear this from you than say, the slimy greaseball that used to be Damon.

I wouldn't say happy, 'cause I've got my own shit to deal with. Just... different?