every day a little sting

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[interminably]

( Yeah, he takes just enough before ripping his fangs out of his neck completely and letting the hunter drop to the ground bleeding to death. )

Ladies first. Shall we knock?

[enjoythe_ride]

[She nods, before lifting her leg and kicking in the door. There are in fact, three hunters waiting for them inside, two with guns at the ready and one with a stake.

Stake charges forward, aiming for more Bela than Klaus (14 vs. 8), and while Bela twists away to avoid her heart, it does manage to get her in the gut. Bela retaliates by trying to get her teeth in some part of him (5 vs. 20) but he evades her grasp.

Gun 1 and Gun 2 open fire on Klaus, with wooden bullets (7, 3) but they're terrible shots so it's a miracle they didn't hit Bela.]

[interminably]

( (19) and (13) have Klaus zooming out from around where they were trying to fire. He stops equidistant between them. )

No wonder you're held back. Not the crack shots I'd heard about. You didn't take down Allison Argent, did you?

( Waiting if they're dumb enough to open fire on him, he will want to zoom away so they shoot one another. (12) )

[enjoythe_ride]

[Bela makes another attempt to dig into the hunter's throat (13 vs. 6), and she manages to strike blood, digging in to compensate for the wound he gave her. Eventually the stake slips from his hands and Stake drops to the ground.

Gun 1 does fire, managing to compensate enough to actually catch Klaus (14), but Gun 2 is not so fast (11), but Gun 1 manages to dodge away (16).]

[interminably]

( Ouch, Gun 1. Screw this lot. He's a bit annoyed in how adept these hunters are and aren't, so he goes to toss Gun 2 into Gun 1's direction. Fuck yoooou. )

[enjoythe_ride]

[Gun 2 goes flying, colliding with his friend (18 vs. 15) and collapsing to the ground. Bela finishes her snack and makes her way closer, kicking their guns away so that they can't rear up and shoot at them again.]

[interminably]

What is the common threat in action cinema? Stay down?

( He'd imply it, but then you'd get up and attack again, wouldn't you. Anyway, he's giving you a chance. A fat one, a but a chance. )

[enjoythe_ride]

[They intimidated enough that they do as they're told, staying on the ground and not providing any additional interference. Like any good thief, she goes to poke around the stuff they have to see what she can find.]

See if Monroe stashed any of her fun toys here. They might come in handy later.

[interminably]

( Still impatient, Klaus' (8) isn't a sincere effort, as he is also continuing to intimidate the hunters while he searches. It's more of a surface search than anything. Though if any drawers or cabinets are locked? Yeah, he'll use his strength to break them open. )

[enjoythe_ride]

[Bela does a bit better (16), and finds a collection of magical objects. She can't tell anything about them, but she has a feeling that it'll be useful. She starts pulling them out, letting them rest on the table next to her before she catches sight of a file towards the back.]

Looks like they were organized enough to keep an inventory.

[interminably]

How magnanimous of our assailants.

( It's just like them to hand something to Klaus and Bela on a silver platter. He comes nearer. )

Anything that could prove useful?

( They know these hunters have only been working at half potential, if that, if they had access to these dark objects. He assumes they're dark. )

[enjoythe_ride]

Given what they've wielded in the past, it'd probably be of great interest to your sister and her new lawyer friend. Maybe they came from the same witch.

[She taps the top of the page she just flipped to.]

Some of them were created for them by a witch called "Maura."

[interminably]

This would explain the dark object found in Prague. Surprising, they kept the cache. Saving it for a rainy day?

( That's to the hunter grunt currently cowering. He can answer if he'd like. )

[enjoythe_ride]

["Boss wanted them destroyed." The voice is pitiful, but they are still answering the question asked. "But she wanted what they did cataloged in case we found another one."

Bela tips her head to the side.]

I assume you know how to do that properly and not get yourself killed with the magic backlash?

[The hunter blinks at her, confused.]

Lovely to see that she knows how to find true professionals.

[interminably]

Were she concerned with professionalism, she's turn to a better recourse. In this, your choice of leader is lacking.

( Back to Bela.

And, (9) to hear if there's anybody else in the building or possibly approaching them. )

[enjoythe_ride]

[Nope. All the reinforcements seem to have mysteriously disappeared. Or maybe directed elsewhere. Who knows but they're not here. Bela continues flipping through the files, before she comes up with a face, one that is unfamiliar, but clearly important.

She holds it up and turns it to face Klaus.]

Perhaps our mysterious Maura?

[interminably]

Perhaps.

( He doesn't recognize her, but he is also not the premier authority on witches in this world. )

What file was she in?

[enjoythe_ride]

[She shrugs. It's all jumbled together at this point, so it's hard to say what belongs with where.]

Maybe we should have our witch friend have a look at it.

[She deliberately doesn't use Davina's name, not wanting to give the still alive hunters any ideas or information to feed back to their boss.]

Probably should have her check out some of these objects too. Find out if they really are what they say.

[interminably]

They'd be best.

( He understands. )

Looks like we've found treasure.

[enjoythe_ride]

Indeed we have.

[She closes one of the crates, but keeps hold of the file.]

Should we bring the witch here or bring the magic to her?

[interminably]

Davina's come back from the dead once before.

( Excuse him hunters, but he throws a quick text together.

Bela Talbot and I stumbled on to the hunters' collection of dark objects.

And he drops a nice pin. )

[enjoythe_ride]

[Only problem is that Davina's phone was left behind in Davina's apartment. But that's okay, because Bela would send a follow up text to William:]

We've found some dark objects that need sorting. Do you think you could quietly get Davina here?

[slavophile]

Monroe's on the move, so, she's distracted. That shouldn't be a problem.

[enjoythe_ride]

Fantastic.

[And she drops a pin for William to follow before turning back to Klaus.]

Seems as though Monroe's on the move. William will bring Davina here but any interest in joining the fun?

[interminably]

As much as I'd like to witness Monroe's execution myself, this is more Allison Argent's fight than ours. I want to know what it is we're dealing with.

( Also... if he could use any of them. )