coming at you fast, midnight

[cosmiccon]

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[rehire]

( He's familiar with that level of opportunism.

The email vibrates, lighting his phone screen but he doesn't check it.

He knows Josette's affiliation and history with the Colony, but he is David's lawyer and it isn't for him to question his last will and testament. He's only on the Colony's retainer, he is not their slave. And he doesn't react.

But, as his friend, he has to ask... )

Is there anything I can do.

[maleficum]

[David drums his fingers against his leg, silent for a long time because he's not sure there's anything to do. But he's been running the odds in his head for as long as he could, and the chance that he could wind up dead isn't zero.]

I don't think there's a way out of this. I have a plan, and it's going to get messy.

[He's going to cut the head off the snake, whatever it takes.]

Just look out for Ezra. He'll need someone in his corner if I'm not there.

[rehire]

( When David returned to the fold and took up his legacy once more, it was Harvey who was assigned to him and to Ezra. What started as a tense standoff on both sides grew into a real friendship for all three. )

I'll see to it.

( He won't be left in the cold. )

Ezra comes from his own family line, doesn't he?

[maleficum]

Yeah, he does.

[It's what helped persuade his parents to allow for the marriage in the first place.]

But as much as Logan may put her son first, the Gauntlet has a way of ripping through all power structures, not just ours.

[rehire]

I just mean, he has a support system. He won't just have me and Donna.

( Elena was his friend at one time. Seeing as Harvey has been otherwise occupied (first, for Donna's safety) and second, professionally, he asks, )

Have they asked for any updates on Elena Gilbert?

[maleficum]

[He shakes his head.]

From what I know, for now she's safe in a bunker with the Winchesters. But I think they're saving whatever they're planning for once they know who's won.

[Reunite the power over the strongest member of the next generation, then move forward with the plan for word domination.]

[rehire]

( He sets his pen down. )

I'll take care of this. It should be notarized by the end of the week.

[maleficum]

Great.

[Hopefully he'll live long enough to see some of this through on his own.]

Be careful, Harvey. Things are going to get very messy very fast.

[Unlikely friends as they may be, he doesn't want anything to happen to him. He doesn't want anything to happen to anyone, but the Gauntlet is designed to happen to people.]

[rehire]

( He waits for David to take his leave before calling Donna into his office. Making sure the door's closed before they talk, he activates an object David once provided him to cloak their conversation. He draws back a bead to one of his desk tchotchkes. It hits the four others, knocking the fifth back which returns and knocks the first. )

David Gainor wanted to update his will.

[thefaxwhisperer]

I assumed it was bad but I didn't realize it was preparing because my death has become slightly more likely bad.

[She moves to sit in David's now abandoned seat, looking at him with concern.]

Are you okay?

[rehire]

He told me to take care of Ezra.

( He doesn't like deathbed promises. )

If the Gauntlet can't be prevented, or stopped, it's highly likely he could die. It's not slightly.

[thefaxwhisperer]

David's gotten himself out of worst scrapes. I'm sure this is more of a precaution than anything else.

[Though the Gauntlet is the Gauntlet and it's not a non-zero chance.]

Does he at least have a plan?

[rehire]

He always does.

( But will he come back from this plan in one piece. )

[thefaxwhisperer]

[The plan is the first step.]

Then I would trust him to see that plan through. And David's like a cockroach. He's come back from worse.

[rehire]

I'll update his will.

( Because that is his job. )

Push everything today. I want to take you to dinner.

( How can he not stop and smell the roses. )

I'm calling can opener.

[thefaxwhisperer]

[Pushing everything because he wants to go to dinner, given life and death situations may be on the line? She would like to assume that it's just a friendly dinner, but that's not the vibe he's giving.]

Unfortunately I have something I can't cancel. Maybe another time?

[rehire]

( It's not, but he's missed his chance before. He tried. )

Yeah. Another time. I'll get working on this.

( He doesn't press the issue. He never has. They slept together the one time and they are much more than most people are together without that component. They still can be. )

[thefaxwhisperer]

[She nods, before stepping back to head back to her desk.]

Let me know if you need anything for David's paperwork.

[And things will stay business as usual.]