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[manipulative]

[ working with efficient witches makes life so much easier. katherine almost thinks to continue dangling her own thoughts as questions, waiting for freya's responses to study how she seems to be taking this, but even the most strategic of people can be impatient. katherine's one of those people, although she doubts telling freya of where her mind's headed won't endanger her. ]

What about memories?

Open the door in my mind, link it to Stefan's, and see if anything triggers a reaction in him. Perhaps that's the key to unlocking what's her face's spell on him.

[ if they were face to face, katherine would've gestured with her hand, waving it in the air along with an eye roll. what's her face isn't a threat to her here, although she knows that silas is. what she's potentially suggesting may make him aware of her, but katherine has a feeling wonderland may have been protecting stefan since the day he rolled down the rabbit hole. ]

[deathlessness]

I was thinking of something similar actually.

Qetsiyah is an older and more powerful than I am, but I know how to work around things like that. You and Stefan are both doppelgangers. Travelers cast a spell on the doppelgangers long ago to draw them together, and I believe I might be able to use that to my advantage if you are willing to participate in the spell as well.

[manipulative]

[ katherine will never get used to the fact her family line isn't the only one that seems to breed doppelgängers, but it's not an emotion she shares through text or her own expression. letting it shift away, she takes a moment to consider — if she participates, she could potentially end up injured by the spell itself, at the mercy of freya mikaelson, or worse. if she doesn't participate, she'll never quite know if what they've found is a solution to a problem she imagines will one day rear its ugly head. ]

[ oddly (or not quite, though she tells herself this is odd), she finds herself actually wanting to help. having the chance to not cause destruction and not react so viciously is a rare chance in itself. ]

What do I have to do?

[ it's not a yes, but it's not a no. ]

[deathlessness]

There will be a bit of blood involved. And I will need you to focus on a memory - preferably a pleasant one, to make this easier on him - that both you and Stefan share.

I will hopefully be able to manipulate the traveler's spell to slip behind whatever barrier Qetsiyah placed in his mind and find the corresponding memory. Once that loophole is found, I should be able to release the rest of them.

[manipulative]

[ once upon a time, katherine hadn't wanted her blood to be spilled for some silly little rock. now, her blood has to be spilled (although most likely just a dollop) to help someone. it's almost the same as before, where she had to sacrifice something to break someone's curse — she supposes the only difference is that she gets to choose whether or not she participates this time. ]

You will manipulate the Traveler's spell and we'll find that loophole.

[ katherine pierce doesn't work with "hopefully". everything is a success, because katherine pierce doesn't accept anything else. ]

I'll find a memory strong enough to work. Is there anything else I have to do?

[deathlessness]

Just sit there and look pretty.

[Which she's sure you already excel at.]

[manipulative]

[ that's the easiest request anyone's ever made of katherine pierce. ]

[ there's a lull, perhaps a silence indicative of the conversation drawing to a close. but katherine ceases it, as she does every opportunity, and finds herself doing something she often keeps under lock and key (or as the catalyst for her plans, given she is an emotional being). ]

I'm hoping this works. For Stefan's sake.

[ and katherine doesn't like being a failure. she's certain freya must share the same sentiment. ]

[deathlessness]

As do I. I just hope he can handle the ... resurgence of his old life, though I'll try to be as gentle about it as I can. It would be easiest if the memory you focused on is something ... fairly benign.

[Which might be difficult, considering their world, but she figures there had to be at least some good memories in there.]

[manipulative]

[ that's the thing, isn't it? there's nothing particularly kind associated with katherine. if stefan had his way, he'd link every horrible thing that's ever happened in his life to her, if only to feel a little better about himself. of course, that's the perception katherine carries around, understanding that whenever she's in front of him and gives him the opportunity to blame her, he will. after all, she blames herself from time to time. ]

I'll find something.

Will anything happen to my memories?

[deathlessness]

Not at all. I just need to give the spell something to search for.