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

[praevaricatio]

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[deathlessness]

That sounds like a binding ritual. And a nasty one. Likely designed to keep you complacent and controllable.

[There's the sound papers turning, as she shuffles through grimoires, but there's not a lot she can do from here.]

I'll have to see you in person to assess the full damage.

[engender]

Damage.

( What is he, a car? )

I can drive out in few days. I need to check in with my Alpha. ( And they need to get to the hospital. ) Killing the witch didn't reverse it?

[deathlessness]

Binding rituals aren't those kinds of spells. They're intended to last forever, depending on the immortality of their target.

[Esther's binding ritual lasted a thousand years, after all.]

But they are reversible. I'll work on tracking down the exact spell she used, so hopefully fixing it will be quick and painless.

[engender]

I'm not immortal.

( But, he could live over a hundred years, if he takes care of himself. )

But, thank you. The stone - it was white. Translucent. I could almost see through it.

[deathlessness]

A moonstone.

[That certainly narrows things down.]

Any chance you happened to recover it?

[engender]

Unless it's fireproof.

( He doesn't want to think about the torching of the warehouse. It is slightly triggering. He implies enough, doesn't he? )

[deathlessness]

A spell totem already bound to a spell wouldn't burn.

[So it's probably fine in the charred remains of wherever Derek was being held.]

I'm going to need it. If that's what she used to bind the ritual, then I won't be able to break it without it.

[engender]

( He looks at Cora. )

Everyone is busy today at graduation. We'll get it ourselves. Maybe we can take Jackson.

[deathlessness]

["We'll figure it out." She doesn't know where they're going, but they'll make it work.]

Good. And text me anything else you might remember as you go. It will help me narrow things down.

[engender]

( They used a witch to find him once. Maybe they can do it again. )

If I remember anything, I will.

Sage was burning.

[deathlessness]

[Sage? A privacy spell most likely, but she'll keep a note of it.]

Okay. I'll start looking.

[A pause.]

And assuming that since it isn't Allison calling me, I should keep it off Allison's plate for now?

[engender]

Go through me. Please.

[deathlessness]

Will do. I'll keep you in the loop with what I find.

[And with that, she hangs up.

Cora looks up at her brother, raising an eyebrow curiously. "So what now?"

[engender]

Now, I ask Jackson for a favor, and we take my car back to my room. I need to change. And then, we drive back out to the warehouse. We need the moonstone. You're coming.

( Sorry, he's big brothering. )

Do you want to.

[impetere]

[She nods.]

Where else am I going to go?

[She came here to see you, she's not leaving you until she has to.]

[engender]

Where do you need to go. Have you seen Stiles, yet?

( Don't make him explain that he's seen you have a stubborn affection towards him. He doesn't want to actually talk about that. Not at all. )

[impetere]

[She shakes her head.]

I'll have plenty of time to see Stiles.

[Mostly because she's probably going to stick around.]

This is more important.

[engender]

Is Jackson downstairs?

( Can she hear him? Derek can't. )

[impetere]

[She nods.]

He just arranged for breakfast for him and a friend.

[engender]

Good to see he hasn't changed. Let's go, then. Have our own. Then make a plan.

[impetere]

[She nods and off they go to the kitchen where hopefully they're not interrupting Jackson and his date. Not that his date would mind, but Jackson might.]

[illtempered]

( Jackson wants to make an impression, so he's setting out plates and cutlery, etc, out back by the fire pit, which is just for show this early in the morning. But, it's -- ambience?

Jackson turns around to face them when they join in the kitchen. The look he gives is, yes, I heard it all. )

[impetere]

How long do you need for your ... date?

[Because that's what this is, right, this is a date?]

[illtempered]

( Stone-faced. )

I wasn't planning on keeping time. Go and come back, then I'll tell Alexander we have a full day ahead. Shower.

( Sorry, but, he has a very sensitive nose. )

[swillpot]

[She gives him the patented Hale glare before nodding and going to do all those things. If he's already heard, then they don't have to discuss it.

And not long after the Hales disappear, Alexander once again strides in like he owns the place. His head tips up when he catches the scent of breakfast.]

Something smells good.