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[personal profile] rehire 2022-01-13 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
( Right. Scott doesn't need reminding of his biggest loss to date, but he keeps from falling apart. He feels like things aren't done. And they'll wait here to make sure the hunters do what they say they will.

Down the way, with Kieran, Harvey turns away from the proceedings.
)

Not going to lie, I wondered if that would work.
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[personal profile] transientem 2022-01-14 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes people will surprise you. It's rare, but it happens.

[She glances up from the texting she's doing and shrugs in return.]

As harsh as the world can be, sometimes a little sincerity can go a long way.
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[personal profile] rehire 2022-01-15 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a lawyer, we don't traffic in sincerity.

( Sometimes, it's how he gets his point across, but mostly it's about bending the rules. )
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[personal profile] transientem 2022-01-15 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Neither do I. But for a guy like Scott, it works.

[He's a good dude, at least that's what she's heard.]

But then again, he has the power to back it up. Witches, as powerful as we are, tend to be low on the supernatural food chain.
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[personal profile] rehire 2022-01-15 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Destined to be in the middle of everything. Like their lawyers.

( But in the real danger. Vampire business. Hunter business. All business. )
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[personal profile] transientem 2022-01-15 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed.

[She's looking forward to moving up on that food chain though.]

So. What's next? Once all the blood shed and murder is done for the day.
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[personal profile] rehire 2022-01-15 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Once I know everyone's safe, I'll be on a plane back to New York. Answers I'm looking for aren't here.

( He's been in the wrong place at the wrong time. )

And Monroe losing her foothold will mean something to my clients. My work's already doubled.
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[personal profile] transientem 2022-01-15 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Guess it's a good time to be a lawyer for the supernatural.

[And since David wasn't super specific about an end date for this:]

If it's all the same to you, I'll stick around until you get on that plane. Just to cover our bases.
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[personal profile] rehire 2022-01-15 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
It's been a long time since I've had a witchsitter.

( Wait a second. )

What do you know about ancient spellwork?
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[personal profile] transientem 2022-01-15 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It's been a bit of a niche interest lately.

[She tips her head to the side curiously.]

Why?
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[personal profile] rehire 2022-01-15 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
How about a damnum essentia.

( He senses her motive here (12) )
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[personal profile] transientem 2022-01-15 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a brief look of interest, though it's hard to say whether she wants to obtain the artifact or study it (13).]

Heard of them. Never had the chance to take one apart.
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[personal profile] rehire 2022-01-17 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Would there be a reason a low-level first tier hunter would have one on them, much less would use it.

( Something so ancient. )
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[personal profile] transientem 2022-01-17 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
By accident? They were unfortunate enough to stumble onto one and figured out how it worked. Those things don't come with an instruction manual and if you're not careful you've got a pretty nifty magic bomb on your hands.

[A beat.]

Or, someone who did know what they're doing, found it and gave it to them on purpose.
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[personal profile] rehire 2022-01-17 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Knowing it could fall into their idea of the wrong hands.

( Door two does make more sense. )

From what I heard, you don't just stumble onto a damnum essentia. They're stored or made.
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[personal profile] transientem 2022-01-17 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Theoretically, yeah. But we don't know how many of them were ever made, given how ancient the spell is, and hunters have gotten crafty. Sure, some of them are chucklefucks like these assholes, but the real scholars? The ones who can build curse boxes? They'll hold on to this shit for years until they can figure out what it is and how to destroy it. Their life expectancy may be shit, but if they don't have friends to pass that on to, their stashes of magic items could remain buried for years.

[She would know. She's raided some of them.]

As for making them - well, there's only one coven that's got the means to do that. And I can't see those stuck up assholes deigning to stooping to helping hunters like this unless there was something huge in it for them.
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[personal profile] rehire 2022-01-17 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
If this is the dedication a follower of Monroe would employ, scholars would be few.

( How much influence she carries... They don't know. )

What would a rogue member of that coven get from putting that into the hands of an every day hunter?
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[personal profile] transientem 2022-01-17 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
That depends on what they want.

[Which can be hard to pin down with most witches on a good day.]

A witch competitor out of the way, without your hands being tied to it would be my best guess but ... there are many varied reasons. I might need more context.
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[personal profile] rehire 2022-01-17 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
The witch in question was captured, rescued and then had her magic returned. If that was what they wanted, then that process was sped up.

( He considers. )

It sounds like a shot in the dark.
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[personal profile] transientem 2022-01-17 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
... Not necessarily.

[This is a very interesting set of scenarios, she will have to dig into this later in her off time.]

Witch spells are all about timing. Especially big ones. You have a limited window to pull something off. So even if the witch in question might have gotten their magic back, if interference during that window would have been a problem, then it probably was what they wanted.
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[personal profile] rehire 2022-01-17 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
( There was another spell going on. Maybe it was about timing.

He too has some things to think about. But, less to go on than he expected.
)

Thanks for letting me pick your brain.
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[personal profile] transientem 2022-01-17 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
No problem.

[She's happy to help.]

If you need to pick it some more, you know where to find me.