[She didn't feel right sending it in a text, and for all they know, their phones are being tracked.]
David wants to meet. Him, Ezra, you, me, Max. He'll open a door to where we need to be, but we need to figure out a strategy. Because I don't know about you, but I think I'm ready to burn this bitch to the ground.
What does any of it matter if you're no longer you?
[She can't touch her, not like this, but she will take a couple steps forward.]
Do you really think that this will save you? You what, take the power and win the Gauntlet, and think you can lead the coven without taking our birthright?
[She says the word so bitterly that it might as well be a curse.]
They will either own you or they'll kill you. We need a better plan. I can't even believe I'm saying this but I don't think that David is wrong. We need to work together. If we don't break the wheel then they'll always have a way to come back.
Given how David's been feeling lately? Something along the lines of killing them all, and making sure they can't come back. But we've only known for a few hours so it hasn't really gotten much farther than that.
That's why he wants to meet.
[So they do this together. Just like they were always supposed to.]
( Already, she weaves her plans differently in her mind, climbing over and through contingencies knowing that David and Ezra and Max are her best bets. Their best bets. )
[Because she needs to remind her of that. That this was her grand mission and Jaqueline is along for the ride because she loves her and she agrees that the power dynamics needed to change.]
And there's still time. We have a few days before the solstice.
( She can admit that. Maybe she's been blinded, and - in a way, manipulated by Monroe like everyone else. She thought she was doing the manipulating but it went both ways. )
Terminus ad exolvuntur.
( Before Jaq's eyes, Sierra returns to her current age, eyes resolute, energy dropping. )
Like the diplomats our parents never raised us to be.
( She ends the connection and lets herself finally breathe. She clenches her fist and closes her eyes. Letting this go won't be easy, but it needs to be done. She has something to do before 9PM. )
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[She didn't feel right sending it in a text, and for all they know, their phones are being tracked.]
David wants to meet. Him, Ezra, you, me, Max. He'll open a door to where we need to be, but we need to figure out a strategy. Because I don't know about you, but I think I'm ready to burn this bitch to the ground.
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( Maybe what they need to do is burn everything. But it would mean giving up her efforts. )
I'm close with Danny, again. He thinks he befriended a new local witch visiting family. I'm this close, Jaq.
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[She can't touch her, not like this, but she will take a couple steps forward.]
Do you really think that this will save you? You what, take the power and win the Gauntlet, and think you can lead the coven without taking our birthright?
[She says the word so bitterly that it might as well be a curse.]
They will either own you or they'll kill you. We need a better plan. I can't even believe I'm saying this but I don't think that David is wrong. We need to work together. If we don't break the wheel then they'll always have a way to come back.
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( She knows it can't be that easy, but she needs to get it out. And now that she has... )
Do they have a plan?
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That's why he wants to meet.
[So they do this together. Just like they were always supposed to.]
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( Already, she weaves her plans differently in her mind, climbing over and through contingencies knowing that David and Ezra and Max are her best bets. Their best bets. )
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[For all she knows, maybe she could come herself.]
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If I do this, if I meet you, if we become one for all and all for one, that's it. Danny takes his birthright.
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[Because she needs to remind her of that. That this was her grand mission and Jaqueline is along for the ride because she loves her and she agrees that the power dynamics needed to change.]
And there's still time. We have a few days before the solstice.
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( She should ensure he is. But, her plan is neither here nor there. )
Fine. But, this for us, it's to bring them down once-and-for-all.
( She's going to break her binding spell. Like hell she'll be caught dead at 16 years old. )
I guess God really does laugh.
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[Her face softens because this really is not what they had planned. But maybe, in a way, this is better.]
Perhaps if Danny takes his birthright, we can make an ally out of him. Then it won't be a total waste.
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( She can admit that. Maybe she's been blinded, and - in a way, manipulated by Monroe like everyone else. She thought she was doing the manipulating but it went both ways. )
Terminus ad exolvuntur.
( Before Jaq's eyes, Sierra returns to her current age, eyes resolute, energy dropping. )
Like the diplomats our parents never raised us to be.
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I can't believe I'm advocating for this, but maybe we can actually make things better. Who would have fucking thought.
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( Not with their parents' eyes on them. )
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No, that's smart. They can't start the Gauntlet until they find you. We should continue avoiding that for as long as we can.
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( And that's what matters. )
It's good to see you.
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[She wants to reach for her, but she knows her hand will just go right through her.]
Hopefully, we'll see each other for real soon.
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( She ends the connection and lets herself finally breathe. She clenches her fist and closes her eyes. Letting this go won't be easy, but it needs to be done. She has something to do before 9PM. )
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She'll be there.
[Don't make her regret this.]