you're gonna love tomorrow, i'm making it my personal guarantee

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A student?

[What kind of supernaturals do they have over at that school?]

Are you sure?

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Both Caroline Forbes and Elena confirmed it was a student. She's hedging what kind which tells me there's something new on the Chessboard. ( The Mystic Falls chess board. ) Angel?

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Maybe. Where the Winchesters go, Castiel usually follows.

[They know at least that much.]

They tend to be able to pull those kinds of strings.

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It's been a long time since high rollers were in town.

( Wait. He had a reason. )

Wait, why were you calling me.

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Right.

[Sorry, Ezra, you're going to hate this.]

The elders are sending Harvey.

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Elena's alive. And well. They can call off the dogs.

( This is his fault. He should've lied. He should've let this play out, get more involved, something. )

What can Harvey do that I can't. That we can't.

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They're concerned that you didn't know about a hunter threat of this size hanging out in your backyard and you not noticing until the doppelganger was in danger.

[If he sounds tired, it's because he is. He's tried arguing in Ezra's favor, given his own experience with the same group.]

Upside, I'm also coming. Since I was on their ground during their last attack, I'm going to be there for "context."

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"Context" and the upside better involve dirty sex and a back massage. Also, like Harvey would've seen this coming. They were organized. Tactical.

( He knows, he also missed the multiple supernatural factions descending, the Slayer. He is right about that. )

Can I say, I'm just one witch without calling down the great forces. Harvey isn't a closer. He's a fixer. Elena? Is fixed.

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For now. Things aren't over yet.

[He sighs as he runs a hand over his face.]

We'll be there after lunch. Sit tight, okay? It'll be fine.

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My boss's boss's boss is being called in.

( Laterally. A specialist. But, it still feels like his firing is imminent. And in the witch world, that could be permanent.

Not that David would allow that. Not that David could stop it. )

Say something more reassuring.

[maleficum]

I love you.

[Is it reassuring? He hopes it is. They still have their plans, they still have their work. They'll get it done, one way or another.

And they'll do it together.]

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That almost worked.

( Thank the laidback Californian upbringing for some of his choices in vocabulary. )

As far as anybody knows, I'm still Elena's friend and low-key, a witch. Nobody bat an eyelash. They just see me as the guy who saved their lives.

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Don't worry, we won't blow your cover.

[They have other things to worry about.]

We'll cover it all when we get there.

[praevaricatio]

Is it a briefing or a debriefing?

[maleficum]

Both? Neither?

[SHRUG.]

Honestly, I don't really know. But I'm leaving to pick up Harvey now, so we'll see what happens.

[Aka he's going to walk through a door and exit in the elevator to whatever his law firm's name is now.]

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Fine. Love you.

( Don't make him regret telling you in the first place. Don't meet up with Harvey and die. He needs you here in one piece around lunch. It's around the time he gets off, at least.

Until then, he brings the phone back down.

Harvey Specter.

They're all dead. )