some roads you really fly

[beanchaointe]

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[phonetically]

( From under the faced down phone, Jackson's voice cries out again.

"Turn me back over." )

Yeah. And not just the guys that took Derek and got the jump on me. But, the ones that went after Elena - and then me. Both groups. Pretty dead.

[beanchaointe]

[Lydia rolls her eyes, before reaching forward and picking up her phone.]

So what's next? Stiles is going to need to stay here for Vampire 101. I'm planning to stay with him, at least until classes start up again in September.

[commend]

I'll be staying, too. The hunters have gone to ground and I think I can do some good for the Salvatore School. I might even - teach.

( He's mulling. He likes what he's mulling. )

[impetere]

["Good for you," Isaac nods.

Cora glances up from the table.]

I'm going to stay too.

[matriarchate]

( Allison nods. Stiles slowly takes in the Cora is staying information, turns, wonders, and then - settles back again. )

Should I secure us a house then?

( "Us?" Scott asks. )

You're right. With the hunters all but underground, unless there's pressing business, I want to stay close. ( To her friends. To Stiles. She gives him an encouraging smile. ) So. House?

[beanchaointe]

[She nods, not looking over her shoulder at the vampire who sure is sitting there listening to their every word.]

Definitely house. There is not enough room for us at the b and b.

[engender]

I'll be flying to New Orleans.

( No one asked, but he's there, perched on the edge of the top of the booth. Since people are sharing their plans.

"We don't need that," Allison says. "New Orleans is handled." )

There's a witch there.

[impetere]

Freya's going to help is with a problem.

[Which addresses the question without addressing the question. Then she turns her attention to her cousin.]

Can you go with him? Make sure Freya doesn't do anything shady.

[Malia nods. "Let me know when you're getting in and I'll meet you in the Quarter."]

[engender]

( "Freya." Allison says.

"What happened, Derek," Scott asks. To his Alpha, Derek answers. )

The witch that held me did a spell. My strength and wolf form are gone. I can't transform. Not fully. Not. At all.

[beanchaointe]

...That explains the trip to the warehouse to find the weird rock.

[Lydia nods as she takes that in.]

Good to know.

[illtempered]

It's a moonstone and it apparently matters.

( By now, Jackson has let a certain witch of his own into the B & B's room. )

Also, I'm leaving. I helped with this, but - I'm going to try to help some put upon witches. It's hard out there for shapeshifters and witches.

[beanchaointe]

[So it'll be the four of them, plus Cora. Just like old times.]

Anything else that we need to put on the table?

[matriarchate]

Derek, take care of what you need to. I trust Freya. Stay by your phone. Malia? It's a family affair, stay on him while he's powered down. ( Not powerless.

"Oh," Scott says. "I might have another werewolf on the payroll soon. Tyler Lockwood? I guess he asked Elena for a referral." )

That would be a good get.

( Allison looks at Stiles, who's really only made commentary. And then Scott. And probably everyone ends up looking at him. Except for Jackson, he's finishing packing.

"What? You know what's on the table for me. Eternal life. I will be eternally long-fingered and quick-talking." Allison did not need that. Scott smirks. )

And? What's next for -

( "Vamp school? Caroline says I have promise. But, this is my last 'outing,'" he says, using quotation marks. " Until, I get a handle on my wandering and my mouth. Her words." Or, her paraphrased words. )

Okay. Lydia, we should go house hunting. Everyone else, we didn't pack for this kind of longterm assignment. So, let me know if you need a credit card, the expense account, an assistant to bring or pick up things. We're still on lockdown. We're still wanted. We're just small town people now. Again.

[notwitty]

Well. Sounds like you guys are going to have fun.

[Isaac is starting to feel a little superfluous and he's got things to do.]

I have to get the group ready to get moving, but I'll be in touch if I hear anything.

[And with that, he ends the call. Malia also nods. "Derek, I'll meet you at the airport. Text me the details." And with that she will also head off to get herself feeling more like a person again.]

[engender]

( Isaac isn't, he's just taken the international positioning. That happens when you leave junior year and move to France. )

Is there anything else? Anything he should hear?

( The vampire texting at the bar. He doesn't react. )

[beanchaointe]

[This time Lydia does look at Damon, checking to see what he's currently doing, before turning to Allison and offering a shrug.

She's not sure.]

I think we can keep him in the loop if things change that he needs to know about.

[commend]

He's in the loop, but thank him for us. For giving us a place to do this.

( AKA, thank you Damon. )

I can help with house hunting, too. I like houses.

( Oh, Scott. Never change. )

[impetere]

[As the three of them start talking about housing options, Cora turns to her brother.]

Do you need a ride to the airport?

[matriarchate]

( "I should leave the car with you," he admits. "Flight's not for a few hours. Should we get our own table?" Eat? )

So, five bedrooms for when Stiles graduates vampire college.

[beanchaointe]

[Cora nods and off to the side they go to grab some food. Probably will sit at the bar to be an appropriate distance away from the plotting friends.

Lydia nods.]

That's a fairly sizeable place. Do you think there's something available?

[matriarchate]

( Damon hands them menus and complimentary Moscow mules.

Back at the booth... )

It's an old town. There might be properties like that. Only one way to find out.

( "What about the Lockwood's. They're like an estate, right?" )

They are also a historical landmark.

[beanchaointe]

And I think someone lives there.

[Maybe not all of the time but some of the time. That being said.]

If we don't find anything, we could also always just rent two apartments. Three in one two in another.

[matriarchate]

( "Like a werewolf sitcom." Thank you, Stiles. )

Sure, Stiles.

[beanchaointe]

[She rolls her eyes.]

I'm just saying that we have options.

[matriarchate]

We do. We'll find something. We have a plan, now. That's something.