[They still need the time. He's not doing this without Bonnie, whatever boost Sierra thinks she might have given him aside. He needs her to steady him because he feels like that's part of the mistake that Sierra made - she tried to do this alone, and that's not what the ritual was ever meant to be.
But he does take that warning about Josie, and the ring. She'll pass it along.]
Since you might see him before I do, David helped her too. He wasn't the only one, but he was part of it.
[Josie, oblivious to so much of this, is tempted to silence her vibrating phone as she chills outside after her extra curricular that has just let out, waiting for Hope to swing by to meet her. But when she sees her sister's name on her caller ID, she excuses herself from the conversation and steps away to answer.]
Hey, is everything okay?
[She's calling. Their generation doesn't call first - they're usually texting.]
Sierra dropped by our dorm room to see Danny. Never mind she whammied him into thinking she was eighteen, she tracked him down. Freaking phased through the ceiling.
( First, she freaks out. Let her freak out. This will become relevant. )
Siaura, whatever we call her, she's the same witch, except, this time she came as herself, introduced herself as herself, and warned us about Bonnie's magic. ( She pauses, looking at Danny. ) She tossed this gaudy gold ring. Do you know if there's something wrong with aunt Bonnie's magic? ...Or yours?
[Dropping her voice, she steps even further away from the group.]
Well ... I still have the magic I accidentally siphoned out of the box when we were trying to get her her magic back. But I don't know anything about Bonnie's magic.
( It's not a no, is it. But, she asks. She'd rather Josie stick to her own life. Every time she sucks her back in Josie loses herself. It's why she left in the first place and why Lizzie went on her hate hope journey herself. But, Josie brought herself back into the proceedings and saved them both. )
I don't think Danny's in trouble, but Danny mentioned the more we have on our side, maybe the better the outcome. Sier -- Maur -- the witch we should sick Chris Hansen on implied that what she got wrong was trying to do it alone.
( She looks to Alice and to Danny as she calls for reinforcements. Or, almost. She still doesn't want to drag her sister into something, especially if it pulls her from her life. )
Said best friend very recently went on Hope's bogus journey when her humanity switch was flipped in the off position. Excuse me if I want to make sure she's up for throwing her hat in the ring to help Danny's wellspring of magic. Not that her and I haven't gotten over our respective actions and come out the other side closer than we've ever been, but the question still has to be asked. Elizabeth Saltzman has always been an endorser of consent of all kinds.
( Which is her overdramatic way of saying, 'Yes, ask her.' )
no subject
But he does take that warning about Josie, and the ring. She'll pass it along.]
Since you might see him before I do, David helped her too. He wasn't the only one, but he was part of it.
no subject
( He always did walk the line. )
I'll be seeing you.
( And in a flash of yellow light now that she's given up his line, Sierra sinks into the floor. )
no subject
You should call your sister.
no subject
These hunters used a dark object to take our aunt's magic and Josie helped her get it back.
( She finds her sister's number and dials. She inspects the ring as she waits. )
She'd tell me if something was wrong.
no subject
Hey, is everything okay?
[She's calling. Their generation doesn't call first - they're usually texting.]
no subject
( First, she freaks out. Let her freak out. This will become relevant. )
no subject
Sorry, who's - oh! Is that Maura's real name?
[She's not always great at keeping up with group texts, but she can't imagine who else Lizzie would be this upset about.]
no subject
no subject
Well ... I still have the magic I accidentally siphoned out of the box when we were trying to get her her magic back. But I don't know anything about Bonnie's magic.
no subject
( Is Sierra just blowing smoke? )
no subject
[Because that would be considered both weird and off.]
I don't know? I've never had magic like this before. It doesn't feel weird?
[A beat.]
Do Hope and I need to come to New York?
no subject
( It's not a no, is it. But, she asks. She'd rather Josie stick to her own life. Every time she sucks her back in Josie loses herself. It's why she left in the first place and why Lizzie went on her hate hope journey herself. But, Josie brought herself back into the proceedings and saved them both. )
no subject
[Josie shifts to lean against the wall.]
If you're in trouble, I'm not going to not come up and help you.
no subject
( She looks to Alice and to Danny as she calls for reinforcements. Or, almost. She still doesn't want to drag her sister into something, especially if it pulls her from her life. )
Hope won't mind?
no subject
[C'mon Lizzie. But she can't necessarily say for sure.]
I'll ask her. But I don't think it'll be a problem.
no subject
( Which is her overdramatic way of saying, 'Yes, ask her.' )
no subject
[And with that, she will hang up and go find Hope, while Lizzie is brought back to the rest of the room.
"On their way?" Danny asks, trying to gauge what he can from Lizzie's half of the call.]
no subject
She's asking Hope.
( Elizabeth may have pushed too hard. )
Nothing on Josie's magic front except that it's definitely not hers and she still has it so tabling my sister's consequences for the weekend.
no subject
["So what now? Do we need to scope out a spot for spell casting?" Alice is all about logistics because she can't do much else. She's not magic.]
That's not a bad idea, so we're ready for when Bonnie gets here.
no subject
( There's the witch store. That's one idea. )
no subject
There's probably lots of places on campus? I have friends with keys to places that are abandoned after hours.
no subject
( And the sooner the better. )
no subject
Let's do this.
[Before she gets too far, Danny reaches out and catches her hand. "Thanks, Alice. I now you have nothing to do with any of this."
Alice smirks, then shrugs.]
Family business. It's what Earps do. Throw themselves recklessly into dangerous supernatural situations for their friends.
no subject
( And with that, she makes her connections and they do a sweep of the campus together. )