ostensively: (bring on the night)

[personal profile] ostensively 2023-03-06 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not handing over his birthright he should be fighting harder for. He needs to toughen up or bow out.

( And the playing field needed to be evened. )

As for us, we need to strategize where we should position ourselves. And I know what you think I'm going to say, but, I think you and I have spent enough time apart. Do you think the boys would let me and you take one of the targets? Like old times.
tearhiseyesout: (jaq14)

[personal profile] tearhiseyesout 2023-03-08 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
I think they'd be happy that we're occupying each other rather than troubling them.

[For the most part.]

But I promised Max I'd keep him in the loop. That we were doing this together too.
ostensively: (when she was bad)

[personal profile] ostensively 2023-03-08 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Well, nothing says you can't keep the golden boy in the loop and partner up with me.

( Unless there's fine print she's missing. )
tearhiseyesout: (14)

[personal profile] tearhiseyesout 2023-03-08 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Trust me. I always want to partner up with you.

[She smiles widely.]

Just wanted to let you know that I am keeping him in the loop.
ostensively: (amends)

[personal profile] ostensively 2023-03-08 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. I know now and I wouldn't expect anything less. You know what I think when it comes to family. When it comes to not my family.

( For the record. )
tearhiseyesout: (jaq9)

[personal profile] tearhiseyesout 2023-03-08 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, speaking of your family - we didn't exactly come to a consensus on when we were doing this. And if your parents find you, the Gauntlet begins.

[So is Sierra still laying low, or are they making this decision for them?]
ostensively: (bring on the night)

[personal profile] ostensively 2023-03-08 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
The perfect trigger.

( Basically: When do you want her to surface. She can singlehandedly start this bitch. ,b>)
tearhiseyesout: (jaq8)

[personal profile] tearhiseyesout 2023-03-09 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Jaqueline nods.]

Let's see where the Solstice lands. Either Danny has his moment or he doesn't, and then we can make things interesting.
praevaricatio: (down)

[personal profile] praevaricatio 2023-03-09 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
( Her fingers lace with Jaqueline's.

Back in Baltimore, back through the portal, the marrieds sit in a booth in the hotel bar a few buildings away from the restaurant.

Ezra's red wine sits, barely touched, the seriousness of their play setting in. He knew it would come to this. Inner Circle revelations aside, he hates his in-laws maybe as much as his husband does, but he didn't anticipate a strike on all fronts. He wanted to avoid a Gauntlet. Now, his husband and the other heirs become the de facto leaders. If this doesn't go sideways.

He liked his idea of getting out. If only they got out. But, instead they sold their souls. Maybe his husband's soul was never his own to begin with. He's a mob wife. But, he's not going anywhere.
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maleficum: (7)

[personal profile] maleficum 2023-03-10 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[David takes a sip of his beer, before glancing over at Ezra and reaching out to take his hand. He knows that dinner was a lot, and he wants to know where his head's at.]

You okay?
praevaricatio: (forward)

[personal profile] praevaricatio 2023-03-10 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I know what I married into. And I know where I came from. Something about this just feels -

( Worse. )

And forget all the collateral damage, witches, who if they don't have to power to survive, than that's Darwinism, because I should care about them. I took an oath to care about them, to do no harm. Under my knife. ( When he is their doctor. ) But, all I can think about is you. How, I don't want to lose you. How, for who knows how long your parents, who were monsters, aren't even your parents and are now bigger monsters. And, I would burn it all down, burn the entire world down. For you.
maleficum: (12)

[personal profile] maleficum 2023-03-11 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
I don't want to lose you either.

[Honestly, Ezra puts more net good out into the world than he does, when he's actually allowed to do his job and not being caught up in his family's bullshit. All he's ever wanted was to get them free of it so that he could do that.

But they just have to make a very big mess before they can do that.]


Look, you don't have to do any of this. The four of us can handle it.
praevaricatio: (up)

[personal profile] praevaricatio 2023-03-11 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't. Not mathematically. Three viable targets. If you think I'm letting you go after anyone alone. Or, with Jaqueline as your partner-in-witch-crime, or the walking Polo. It's you and me. Always. Until the end. In a shower of sparks. Except, you and me, we're growing fucking old together. In witch - old, like, MaCleod old. You're not dying and I'm not going anywhere. End of discussion.

( He gets a bit carried away, but he means it all. )

...Or, say whatever you want to say, whenever you want to say it because you have equal parts in this. Have you thought which prong we need to hit? Or, who we're enlisting to help? Five of us can't carry six targets, can we.
maleficum: (14)

[personal profile] maleficum 2023-03-12 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
No. But I have already started on the making sure they can't come back part. Sam Winchester was involved in my favor for Allison Argent and I've got him and his brother hunting down the original corpses.

[If there are corpses, that is. He's not going to comment on whether or not they're growing old together, because he's not about making promises he can't keep.]

I figured it was worth giving them a boon in return. And our little venture into the swamp was successful. So it might be worth it to give Sam and Dean some time. But as far as order goes, I'm not sure.
praevaricatio: (share)

[personal profile] praevaricatio 2023-03-13 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Salting and burning is usually the part hunters don't dick up.

( He doesn't need to trust the Winchesters to trust this job won't fail, because his husband trusts them. )

Pretty macabre boon.
maleficum: (11)

[personal profile] maleficum 2023-03-13 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well. I gave them a blank check and it's the Winchesters, so I assume that will comeback to bite us on the ass later.

[Please don't get caught in another fucking apocalypse.]
praevaricatio: (Default)

[personal profile] praevaricatio 2023-03-13 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
If they don't drag you into another apocalypse.

( Husbands think alike.

While we do the heavy lifting. Mexico City, Louisiana, three sets of parents - and -

( He holds a hand up. Who knows. )
maleficum: (3)

[personal profile] maleficum 2023-03-13 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well. We need to make some actual plans first. Reach out to some allies.

[He takes a beat.]

Find Kirsanov. I don't like leaving him as a loose end.
praevaricatio: (down)

[personal profile] praevaricatio 2023-03-13 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
You graduate med school, you think you leave homework behind, but every surgery, every clandestine witch operation requires homework.

( But, he'd rather be doing it with his husband, than without. )

We plan, we wait, we -- pull the trigger.
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[personal profile] maleficum 2023-03-13 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[David nods, before turning back to him with a smile.]

But until then, we keep things business as usual. We don't want to give them any reason to suspect.
praevaricatio: (up)

[personal profile] praevaricatio 2023-03-13 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Which means back to the compound we go.

( He thinks about that. )

If Dean and Sam Winchester are involved, than so are Elena and whoever else is with them. Maybe I should reach out.
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[personal profile] maleficum 2023-03-13 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
I was thinking maybe what's left of the Gemini Coven might be willing too.

[Not that he thinks they owe him anything, but of any of them want a little revenge and want to take the risk, then who is he to deny them.]

I could reach out to Jo.
praevaricatio: (forward)

[personal profile] praevaricatio 2023-03-13 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
There's a Gemini at the armory. Think Elena might extend her own boon? Or Bonnie?

( He agrees, they should reach out. )
maleficum: (14)

[personal profile] maleficum 2023-03-13 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe. But Bonnie's got a bigger problem on her hands at the moment. We'll see where we're at once the solstice passes.

[If the Knightsbridge power is taken out of the Colony's hands, then that's a step in their favor. But there will still be a Gauntlet.]
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[personal profile] praevaricatio 2023-03-14 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Regroup. I want it on record, I don't like being against the ropes.

( Not. One. Bit. )

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