everyonelives | every day a little sting

( "Freya, you need not remind me of Camille's decision-making," he muses, not blaming her. A long time ago he was on the opposite side of her decision-making and it bit them all in the end. It almost got her killed.

Aurora. )

I thought you'd be happy to see me. Strength in Mikaelson numbers.

Klaus had two brothers return to him in one day. You know he gets cranky when he's overwhelmed.

[Teasing, Klaus. She's teasing.]

( "Violence usually follows. Threats. Fratricide, the one time," he counts. His humor shows through. Kol will forever be his brother, even if he is a ditching disappointment. He still loves his brothers. He ached for Elijah, tracking him down once in Monasque, knowing he shouldn't have. )

Never sticks.

[Aww, she's missed her family. Glad to have them all under one roof.]

As much as I would love to have a nicer reunion, we should probably get down to business.

[They can snark at each other later.]

What did you find at the bayou?

( (15) for deception, because he needs to sell this lie to everyone to believe. he has no connection to allison or freya, so he couches it in losing allies. )

Allison Argent attempted to reach the hunters herself. She was shot at point blank range --

( "What," Scott chokes out. )

There were other bodies left behind. A shapeshifter who aided the Bayou, from your pack.

( "No. Not Malia." )

Yes. Malia.

( Scott knows something isn't right (13), but not how. Klaus' apology is reading as more forced because of it. )

[Freya, unfortunately, rolled real low (4). Whether it's the implicit trust in her brother or the fact that she's surprised that someone as feral as Malia could be felled. Either way, she buys the lie, and she turns to Scott with a soft look of understanding.]

Then let's do something about this, shall we? We have three targets to cover and not a lot of time. Is Bela joining us?

Bela will be joining us shortly.

( Hopefully, with a hunter in tow. Which one she chooses, he does not care.

"What Monroe wants is hate," Scott says, quietly. "She got her wish. Where am I needed?" )

We have three targets.

[She will pause as Bela pulls up with two hunters in tow, one of them Klaus knows and one of them he doesn't. She raises an eyebrow as the three approach, before turning back to the map.]

We have the hostages here, a potential bomb making operation here, and reinforcements here. We just have to decide who's going where.

[Bela speaks up. "William Queen is working on getting the city cameras back - or at least controlling them enough to obscure our movements."]

Mouse.

( He moves to the map, as does Scott.

"Sorry if this question was asked before my timely arrival, but what are we planning on doing with the reinforcements?" Kol asks. Namely. Are we eating the reinforcements? )

[Mia's here too! I forgot her in the last tag but she totally rolled up with Bela, Mickey and Sullivan.]

I don't have an opinion one way or another.

[Maybe she's mellowing in her old age.]

Though I would think we'd like to avoid resurgences.

I know what I said, but, they are people. Monroe is walking hatred, but, these are real people.

( He has the opinion and needs it stated for the record. )

I don't know how to avoid a resurgence, but we can't forget that.

["You'll have to convince them that fighting for you is better than dying for her. And some of them you won't ever win that fight."

Sullivan addresses Scott, not the rest. The rest are a hard sell even on a good day, given all the harm that the Mikaelsons have done. But Scott? Scott's reputation isn't that terrible. The monsters he's conquered have been actual monsters.

"But some of them you might."]

Then we have to try. Somehow. So, I'll go where their reinforcements are. We need to beat them to a full deployment.

( He's decided. Everybody else can go where they please. )

[As much as Freya would like to have faith in Scott's plans, she doesn't want him to go in without an Original back up so she turns to her brothers.]

Any of the three of you feeling diplomatic?

Diplomacy has never been my strongest suit.

( "I'll accompany him," Elijah says, volunteering. "Should things not end up in his favor, he will have proper backup." He gives an indication to Bela, a see you later exchange of glances. "Perhaps, one of their own," Elijah supposes, looking to Sullivan or Mickey. )

["I'll go." Regardless of his feelings about Mickey, Sullivan knows that he has the best reputation. They'll listen to him, and hopefully he'll be able to persuade them accordingly.]

While we're covering powers of persuasion, perhaps that's also a good task for Camille and our new lawyer friend.

[The more people who can talk themselves out of a hole, the better.]

( Harvey wouldn't make the call to send the vampire in to negotiate, but the lawyer should be a slam dunk.

"I'll go," he agrees, looking to Cami to see what she thinks. )

And while you're off negotiating and standing down, we will be raining down hellfire.

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[Cami nods in return. She's not sure about herself either, but she has been known to get through to people on occasion and she also can read body language and what not.

"I'm going to get my husband," Aiden states firmly, not willing to take any argument on that.]

I expected nothing less. I'm going as well. Whatever magic they used to cloak them might still be in effect on sight. We also should probably take our inside man, if that works for him?

( And, at the end of the day, vampire should they need one. Scott's not ruling out compulsion if it comes down to the more stubborn shoulders. He's not about taking someone's choices away, except when they lead to deaths on this scale.

"I can get eyes on it," Mickey says. "Or get the drop on them." He's in. )

Then it's settled. Everyone to their corners. Do we have word on William putting the cameras in our favor?

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[Bela nods after she checks her phone.]

It seems as though we're in. They hopefully won't be able to see us coming.

They won't.

( Knowingly, he thinks about Allison Argent and the useless hunter. Malia, too, and William. They have four aces up their sleeves, not that they will need them. )

It's a pity one's crusade should end so catastrophically. But, Tamara Monroe brought this on herself and all of her followers.

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