every day a little sting

[wildkingdom]

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[slavophile]

Your magic was blocked?

( He glances up, figuring.

"But, it's back," Allison says. "If your help is needed, then there's that. Progress is always something." )

[regentem]

[Davina nods, making a face.]

She drugged me. There was another witch there too, who had the same thing happen to her. But yeah. Progress is definitely something. Let's just see where they call us too.

[matriarchate]

Another witch with you. Also captured. Did you recognize her?

( She is ready for the call, but in the meantime, she didn't expect another witch involved. )

[regentem]

[She shakes her head.]

She wasn't from the Quarter. But she and Monroe seemed to have a relationship of some kind.

[Cooper's head snaps over, and he turns and points at William. "Prague. There was a witch on the inside, the one who killed everyone at the clock. Think it might have been her?"

Davina shrugs.]

No idea. They didn't actually say much about that relationship.

[slavophile]

( Allison follows the thread.

"How many coincidences could there really be. If Monroe knew her, then maybe she double-crossed Monroe in Prague. They thought she was performing a spell, the kids all said she was trying to stop the spell. What if she wasn't. Did they get a name?"

William looks up. )

Mia said, ( (17 for recognition) ) Maura.

[regentem]

[Davina's eyes narrow, because yep. That's definitely her name.]

That's the name she gave us too. Though if she's working with someone like Monroe, who knows if it's actually her real one.

[matriarchate]

And she was captured, with all of you. Clearly captured.

( Not that the cliché hasn't been used before. )

Did it seem like she was fishing for any information?

[regentem]

[She shakes her head.]

If she was, she was a damn good actress. But at the same time, we didn't have any information to give her.

[matriarchate]

True. Maybe she crossed Monroe and she strung her up with you. After this is all over, I want to talk to her.

( Oh, Allison. )

[regentem]

You're not the only one.

[Too bad they won't get the chance.]

Hopefully they're all still in one piece when they get there.

[matriarchate]

They are. Derek doesn't go down without a fight.

( Even if he's a teenager when they find him. But, she won't say that.

Finding Cooper in the room, she does owe him something - in person, especially. )

Thank you. I know what you risked coming to me.

[positiveinfluence]

[He shrugs, offering her a small smile.]

It was the right thing to do. Plus my dad didn't try to kill me for it so aside from being dead for a while and finding out my best friend got turned into a vampire when I wasn't looking, I'm doing great.

[He then holds out a hand to her.]

Nice to actually meet you in person though.

[matriarchate]

I'd say that sounds the plot to a Disney Channel movie, ( but she's also living it.

"I knew you'd get along," William says, admiring what feels like a bit of his handiwork. )

[positiveinfluence]

[He glances back over at his boyfriend with a teasing expression.]

No one likes a know it all, you know.

[But he doesn't mean it. He likes William very much. But as they're discussing that, an alert goes off on William's computer, presuming that the first thing he did when he took this job is set up a facial recognition profile for Tamara Monroe.]

[matriarchate]

( William breaks the teasing moment and checks his computer alert. He has a few out there, but not the one he's expecting.

"Guys," he says. "I connected New Orlean's network of traffic cameras to my facial recognition software. It's Monroe."

Allison's smile falters, crossing the room in an instant. )

Where is she?

[positiveinfluence]

[Cooper comes to lean over William's shoulder, trying to see what he can see.]

Looks like she's on the move. Can you stay on top of her?

[slavophile]

( Taking from one of the cameras, he draws up her profile, scans it and affixes it to the network of cameras he hijacked (nat 20, natch), so that wherever she goes, the cameras follow her like someone's directing the Monroe Award special. Go to camera 2, they might say, then 4. )

Where are you going.

[positiveinfluence]

[Coop watches as the streets and street signs pass and his eyebrows rise.]

She's heading to the Quarter. Maybe passing through to pick something up on their way out of town?

[slavophile]

( "Behind enemy lines?" Allison asks, perching over Cooper. )

Maybe she's trying to make her escape and this is her only way out. Or, her witch is here. Or, she has more witches.

[positiveinfluence]

Whatever it is, this could be an opportunity.

[He glances over at Allison and Malia perks up in response.]

Time to come back from the dead?

[matriarchate]

I think that could be arranged.

( William's cameras track as he tries deducing where she's going (8) but he's not familiar with the landscape of New Orleans. )

[regentem]

[That's what Davina is for.]

I'll stay and help navigate. But you guys should move fast. We need to stop her before she gets out of town.

[Malia grins. "Do we get to punch something now?"

And as these arrangements are being made, William's phone buzzes with a text from Bela.]

[slavophile]

Bela and Klaus found dark objects. They need Davina. ( He looks to the girls and to Cooper. ) Split up?

[regentem]

[Cooper nods. "The three of us can go after Monroe, while you two tell us what you can from there."

Davina nods as well.]

Sounds good to me. Good luck and don't die for real this time.

[slavophile]

Do we have two cars?

( The man about practicality right here. )