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. )
[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.]
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.
[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.
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.
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.
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( Basically: When do you want her to surface. She can singlehandedly start this bitch. ,b>)
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Let's see where the Solstice lands. Either Danny has his moment or he doesn't, and then we can make things interesting.
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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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You okay?
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( 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.
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[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.
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( 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.
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[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.
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( He doesn't need to trust the Winchesters to trust this job won't fail, because his husband trusts them. )
Pretty macabre boon.
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[Please don't get caught in another fucking apocalypse.]
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( Husbands think alike.
While we do the heavy lifting. Mexico City, Louisiana, three sets of parents - and -
( He holds a hand up. Who knows. )
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[He takes a beat.]
Find Kirsanov. I don't like leaving him as a loose end.
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( But, he'd rather be doing it with his husband, than without. )
We plan, we wait, we -- pull the trigger.
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But until then, we keep things business as usual. We don't want to give them any reason to suspect.
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( 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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[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.
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( He agrees, they should reach out. )
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[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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( Not. One. Bit. )
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[Because the more comfortable they are, the better they'll react when the time comes.]
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( Isn't there a difference between getting comfortable and staying at the ready? )
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[Familiar, maybe?]
I mean more that I need you ready for fight not freeze.
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( He's going to be okay. Everything is going to be okay. It has to be. )
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[But in the nice husband way, not the you're going to be a liability way.]
But whatever comes at us, we do it together.
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( Simplicity. )
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