everyonelives | someone is on your side

( Darling, you're already inside. I'm afraid that horn will go unhonked. Sit tight, I have to pay a certain witch a visit. )

If I may ask, who called your services in?

[See you soon.]

David Gainor. I owed him a favor.

[And Bela straightens. Because of course David wriggled his way in here somehow. "Here about the magic stealing box I presume?"]

Not initially, I was here to play bodyguard, but Harvey and I did wind up talking about that, yeah.

( (2) gives him the barest of recognition. Like, the name matters, but not why.

Bela knows him. That's something. (15) gives Elijah his knowledge priorities, Harvey. )

Harvey Specter?

That's him. He was in town looking into some artifacts when Rousseau's exploded, so David called me in so he could have a little extra fire power.

[She shrugs.]

And then we got pulled into hunter negotiations, which was fun for the whole family.

A riot. You are aware everyone has parted ways. Those of us not affiliated with this family won't be reconvening.

( Again, not kicking her out. )

Were the artifacts Harvey was looking into the artifacts my brother and Bela Talbot acquired?

Oh, well aware. This is a very different appointment.

[Harvey is safely on a plane, heading back to New York. She will not be joining him.]

And no. As far as I'm aware they haven't picked up a damnum essentia. At least that's word on the street.

[Bela shakes her head. "No, but David and I came across one in Prague."]

Perhaps, it's the very one. They are rare, are they not? Was Harvey here on the Prague tip?

( How much of a coincidence are they all living in right now? )

I'm assuming. We didn't get into the details. He just asked me some probing questions and got on a plane to head back to New York. I just know David was involved because David asked me to be here.

[Lots of coincidences, apparently. Though some would call it confluence.]

David Gainor.

( Well, that does pose some interest. Confluence does sound like the correct buzzword here. )

Yep.

[And she's going to go back to her phone again, while footsteps sound in the courtyard. Another selection of family has returned, Cami with her partner in tow. She comes to the door and blinks in surprise.

"Kieran. You're still here."]

As I was telling your in laws - I have an appointment.

( Camille seems to know the urchin on their couch. A modern man's David Copperfield. Joke aside, this drop-in does feel more random.

"With Freya." )

Freya does house calls now? We're to put a stop to that. Kieran.

From what I understand, the usual place she holds court got blown up, so ...

[Still not actually here for Freya, but she'll let them believe it until it's no longer useful.

Which will probably be when Freya shows up.]

It certainly did.

( 'Do you trust her?' his eyes ask Camille. )

[Cami shrugs. She appeared out of nowhere to help Harvey, and she didn't seem to sell them out or turn around and kill everyone, so Cami trusts her about as much as Cami trusts anyone.

Which is at least seventy-five percent more than Klaus.]

But yeah. I was told to wait here, so that's what I'm doing. Feel free to ignore me if it makes your lives easier.

Well, that would set a poor example in hospitality. I'm sure if you requested an audience with Freya and she granted your request, than who would we be to put you out. Elijah, did you offer her a drink?

( "Earlier, but she declined. I could offer her coffee or tea. While your waiting for Freya to arrive," Elijah saves, sort of, his polite streak winning. "It is better to indulge my brother when in his home. Left to his own devices, who will know what will become of him." )

Tea would be lovely, actually. If you don't mind.

[And she still does not correct them on the fact that she's not here to see Freya. Because it's more fun this way.]

( Tea, he can do, leaving Cami, Elijah, and Bela. It gives him a little more time without the Mikaelson family obligation. Even though it does feel good to have his brother under the same roof.

"You said your name was Kieran," Elijah asks? )

Connors, yeah.

[Not that her family name is anything of note. They're just witches.]

This is my first time in New Orleans, if you're trying to place me somewhere.

Not placing. I'm not the brother to place witch families outside of New Orleans.

( And he doesn't... much care about a witch footnote. )

No, you're not. But you are the guy who likes all the details. Or at least that's what I've been told.

[Though she will again neglect to say by who.]

And what details do you presume we should be concerned with?

( And Klaus returns with tea, setting a tray down by Kieran, pouring for her like the unwitting host he is. )

Just that you all didn't get to be a thousand years old and running New Orleans for several centuries of that without making note of the little things.

[One of them had to be detail-oriented and given the impeccability of his dress, she's willing to bet it's Elijah.

But before she can respond further, Freya bursts into the room, in search of a drink. What she finds is Kieran on the couch, and she raises an eyebrow. "Who are you?"]

( Be they little or insignificant.

Your guest.

( Now there's just going to be a moment where all the Mikaelson's and Cami just -- blink at one another and set their sights back on Kieran. )

[Freya blinks, then shakes her head. "Not mine."

Kieran holds up a finger.]

You assumed. I just didn't correct you. But I didn't lie about having an appointment.

We're all accounted for, Kieran. If you didn't make an appointment with any of us, which guest of the abattoir invited you?

( Who else is staying with them? All of their significant others are here and their guest stars are in their own lodgings. )

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