sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood

[madskilled]

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[uniquelyvulnerable]

You - head up the things in Europe.

( He's young. But, he passes the card along to Bela. )

Is that all you needed, Bonnie?

( Speaking of, Bonnie takes Bela aside, leaving small talk between Elijah and Isaac.

"Actually. Bela. The witch we met with earlier. What's his last name?" )

[enjoythe_ride]

["Someone had to do it," Isaac comments in return as Bela and Bonnie head off for some perceived privacy. "Allison wanted it to be someone she trusted."

Which either says good things about Isaac or terrible things about Allison.

Bela, on the other hand, follows Bonnie's lead.]

Gainor. David Gainor. Are you ... pursuing a lead?

[moralitypolice]

He could be lucrative. He could be the key to it all, honestly. It's been a long time since we've had a coincidence like that.

( "And she trusts... exactly how old are you?" )

[enjoythe_ride]

["I'm going to choose not to be offended by that question because most people are probably infants as far as you're concerned." Sometimes the smartass Isaac is still there, even when he's trying to be his most professional. "But old enough."

Bela nods.]

Just be careful. The Colony isn't a coven that's easily trifled with. Particularly avoid Harvey Specter, if you can.

[moralitypolice]

Harvey Specter.

( She can do that.

"You can choose what you wish, Isaac." )

[enjoythe_ride]

If you do run into him, be careful what you say.

[Lawyers, after all, will do whatever it takes to trip you into a deal that screws you. Doubly so for witches.]

Otherwise, I'm sure you'll be able to handle David.

[moralitypolice]

David, he's - there's something dark about him. I could feel it.

( Part of that witchy empathy she tends to stretch. )

[enjoythe_ride]

[She pauses, unclear if she should go further, but at the same time, it's not like it's a secret.]

Well, the Colony would never claim to be witches of noble intent, but David's case is a bit unique. There's rumors that when he was a teenager, his parents had him intentionally possessed to get information out of a demon but contained that situation poorly.

[moralitypolice]

They had him possessed? I felt that residual darkness, that's what I got from him.

( Well, that's horrible. )

[enjoythe_ride]

[Bela nods.]

He lost almost five years of his life, before he finally got exorcised. That's how he met his husband. His situation within the Colony is unique, but I'm fairly certain his intent is to core the whole of the leadership out and start over. Part retribution, part public service.

[moralitypolice]

You know an awful lot about his inner machinations. Are you fairly certain or are you two close?

( Or, formerly. )

[enjoythe_ride]

He's my client. A lot of the moves he's mad, I've been facilitating.

[With all kinds of dark objects and cursed totems.]

[moralitypolice]

So, does that make me your next client?

( So to speak? )

[enjoythe_ride]

Do you want to be?

[She's not opposed one way or another, but she wants to make sure that Bonnie isn't doing this just to keep up with the Joneses. The kinds of things people usually employ Bela to get don't lie in the realm of Glinda the Good.]

[moralitypolice]

Maybe this is something we can do for one another.

( Information for - something. Not that Bonnie wants to owe Bela Talbot anything. )

[enjoythe_ride]

[Bela isn't opposed to quid pro quo, and she tries not to offer a blank check, and would discourage Bonnie from doing the same. It will be something they'll have to address as they go, one way or another.

But she nods as she turns to head back towards Elijah.]

I'll be in touch if I find anything.

[moralitypolice]

Okay. I should get back inside anyway.

( She has to figure out how to cloak Danny from - everyone - so she should get into that. )

Elijah. Isaac.

( If Isaac wants to follow when he's done, the door will be unlocked. )

[notwitty]

[Bela makes her way over and slips her arm in Elijah's. They say their goodbyes, and once all of that his settled, Isaac does follow her back inside.]

Thank you, again, for making that introduction.

[moralitypolice]

Hey, we all need to be friends right now.

( If hunters are targeting all supernatural people, it behooves them to all stick together and seek help from one another.

She leaves Isaac downstairs with Eliza before heading upstairs and knocking on the second guest bedroom door. )

[undermyfeet]

[Danny's been lying on the bed, staring up at the ceiling after coming back with Eliza from the morgue. Seeing the bodies of both his father and sister stretched out like that, with no sign of his mother is harder than he'd care to admit.

(They say the meeting hall burned so hot that there wasn't anything left of her to find, is what they claim. Danny isn't sure if that's true or not but right now he wishes he could push the images out of his head.

When the knock comes on the door, he doesn't turn to give it his attention, but he does speak:]</small. Come in.

[moralitypolice]

( She leans her head in first, not trying to invade the quiet. )

Hey, can we talk for a minute?

[undermyfeet]

[He glances over to look at her, before nodding as he shifts to sit up.]

Yeah, sure. Everything okay?

[moralitypolice]

Relatively. We're going to need to get you away. Soon. If not tomorrow. And a friend, an actual friend offered somewhere in Scotland. Have you ever been?

( She needs to dole out the information carefully and not bombard him. )

[undermyfeet]

[He shrugs because he has been there before. It's not hard to visit other countries in Europe.]

Once or twice.

[But that's not the important thing.]

What about the hunters?

[moralitypolice]

The hunters are just beginning, and with everything you inherited, we'll be cloaking your whereabouts. I think if we go back with him we would have more resources. You'd be safer. And you could learn from a coven with roots in your ancestry.

( All pros in her column. )