coming at you fast, midnight

[cosmiccon]

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[undermyfeet]

Yeah.

[It's not his favorite choice, but it's the choice he's going to make. The choice he's going to have to live with.]

I know it's not the least dangerous option, but I don't think I could live without at least trying to keep them from getting it.

[jockwitch]

It's your entire coven and their magic, there is no least dangerous option.

( Not to mention the big oncoming witch war. Every option? Dangerous.

She pauses the movie, tapping the space bar on her laptop. )

You have me. I'm here. For whatever.

[undermyfeet]

I appreciate that.

[He takes a deep breath.]

So we do the ceremony on the solstice and if I'm successful ... I'm going to have to go home for a while.

[See his coven, actually be their leader, not just in name.]

I wanted to check how you felt about that.

[jockwitch]

I know what it's like to hold up your family's legacy. Josie got to leave and choose herself, but I stayed. ( Until she was turned in her revenge quest against Hope. Still, she returned and rekindled something that she'd grown past. She and MG ended things on good terms in their junior year and she chose herself from then on. Until Danny. ) Whatever you have to do, you have to do.

( She knows it's not personal and that it won't change anything. Unless it does. )

Does you having to cross the pond make you feel any different about me?

( Or any different about any decisions made with her? Like moving here in the first place? Because she will never keep someone where they can't be, especially if it's about leading their coven. Even if that breaks them up. They are new and in the painfully cute stage - which is somehow just as freaking angsty as the painful stage thanks to all this complication. )

[undermyfeet]

[He shakes his head.]

No.

[He still cares about Lizzie and still wants to be with her. He just knows this kind of long distance is going to suck.]

I just know that long distance relationships aren't everyone's thing. So I wanted to let you know what was on the table.

[jockwitch]

Well, we have a shady mutual friend who makes long distance feel a lot closer. Or whatever you're calling him.

( If Bonnie doesn't owe him a favor, someone does. Or, someone will. It's more about rationalization. )

Will I accept it and inevitably freak out from paranoia that some British trollop has taken you for her concubine. Maybe. ( She gives him the hint of a smile. ) It's your coven. It's your magic. I trust you, but if anything happens or isn't possible or gets in the way as it does, I'll be okay.

( She knows what she deserves now. )

[undermyfeet]

Believe me. I know most of the girls my age in that coven, and they're not for me.

[Nothing against them. They're lovely girls. But they're not Lizzie.]

We'll figure it out, one way or another.

[jockwitch]

What's the timeline. A few days, right? It has to be on the solstice.

( She can - they can plan accordingly. )

[undermyfeet]

Yeah. There's a whole ritual but we should be able to do it here. Bonnie is coming in, so she'll be able to help.

[He hopes. Her magic's been a bit off lately.]

[jockwitch]

Like hell you'll be alone.

( Although. )

Are we including Alice in this?

[undermyfeet]

Do you think we should?

[This is her friend. Her roommate. He knows that they've been trying to be more "normal" friends, but if Lizzie's going to be involved, it's possible this could land on Alice's doorstep too.]

[jockwitch]

Leave them out every time and they get roped in every time.

( But, she doesn't want to put her in danger either. )

Leave it up to her?

[undermyfeet]

[Danny nods.]

When's she due back from her study group?

[jockwitch]

I think it ended - ( She leans over Danny and checks her phone. ) I suspect she's sexiling herself because she thinks this was more chill than Netflix. I should message her and tell her to come back early?

( Get it out out of the way? But, she asks to make sure. She just knows if they leave her out of it somehow she'll be pulled in. Lizzie just knows. )

[undermyfeet]

[He could make a comment about how they could just do what she thinks they're doing and they can discuss in the morning but he also knows that the mood has been ruined, so:]

Yeah, we should probably loop her in sooner rather than later.

[jockwitch]

Hey. Chill will come. And so will you. But, right now

( She pulls up Alice's contact information and sends a message that she should come back to the room, they have to talk about something. )

- we loop her in. Everything.

( Because if they don't, Lizzie just knows she'll stumble into it. Or, worse, get roped in in a different way. )

[eredite]

[When Alice receives this text, she factors in what she knows about what she assumes were Lizzie's plans were for the evening and well ...

... She is Wynonna Earp's daughter so her mind goes crazy places. Thankfully, she is restrained enough to send Lizzie gets this text back:]

Talk about what, exactly?

[Please do not say a threesome. Not that her friends aren't hot but she is so not ready for that.]

[jockwitch]

About Danny's coven.

( Gross, Alice. Not, like, that there's anything wrong with threesomes. But, she is not that Saltzman. )

[eredite]

[Oh what a relief. Then she's immediately confused again because they're involving her in coven shit?]

Cool. On my way.

[Then a beat as she stares at her phone.]

Cool? I'm an idiot.

[But she is on her way back to her dorm.]

[jockwitch]

( The scene is much less cozy than it was twenty minutes ago. Lizzie's top blanket is folded on the edge of the bed as she sits at her desk and combs her hair out of anxiousness. She didn't do it today so now's the time. She has music playing low in the background since they couldn't concentrate. )

[eredite]

[Danny is sitting on the bed, scrolling through his phone, but he looks up when Alice lets herself in. She glances from him, to the look on Lizzie's face, and then she takes a step back.]

Oh, no. You guys didn't break up, did you? Because like ... Danny, you're a nice guy, but Lizzie gets me in the divorce.

[She's mostly kidding but she's also not?]

[jockwitch]

If we'd broken up, we wouldn't confront you together. We're not influencers.

( The opposite. He's technically in hiding. Danny Bennett.

And, he'd be out. Off the island completely. Maybe invited back in a few weeks time when things could be platonic, or if everyone ended up in danger. With their track record, Lizzie and Danny would be thrown back together quickly unless he skipped town. )

It's about his magic, it's not about us. He's taking it back, Alice.

[eredite]

[Alice nods slowly as she closes the door, not entirely connecting the dots at first, but when the synapses finally connect, her eyes widen and her jaw drops.]

Oh wait. Like the big legacy power thing? Damn.

[That's a lot. She looks over at Danny and frowns.]

Are you sure you're ready?

["Don't really have much of a choice. It's pretty much now or never." So ready or not, this is happening.]

Okay. So why are we having a big sit down to talk about it?

[jockwitch]

Because, he's not going alone. You're invited if you want in.

( As she's explained to her boyfriend. This is the best way for Alice not to stumble onto everything unprepared. )

[eredite]

[So this is a strategy talk. Alice isn't a witch, so she can't help with the casting or any of that. But if they need someone to watch their backs, that she can handle.]

So what's the plan?

[Danny slides his phone to the side as he takes a deep breath. "Bonnie is coming in to town to help, but we'll need a secure place to perform the ritual where we won't be disturbed. I'm not sure how much you've dealt with stuff like this..."]

I grew up in Purgatory. You learn the ropes.

[Alice makes her way to the trunk under her bed and twists it open to reveal the armory inside.]

But depending on where this happens, you'll probably need more than just me.

["Bonnie's probably bringing her ... wolf." Is Isaac her boyfriend? A question Danny can't answer. "But we should find somewhere to set up with minimal entrances."]