if she'd been covered with glitter

[maleficum]

Comments

[ostensively]

Possession is not my MO. Who am I, Klaus Mikaelson circa 2000 and late?

( With her guard down, she lets a smile form, missing the playful quality she used to have. They were all close once. Maybe they can be again. )

[maleficum]

[He smiles back before nodding.]

Exactly. So as long as you stick with that, I'm sure you'll figure it out.

[But she also shouldn't take any of this too seriously. He's a bit too responsible to burn something down not to rebuild it himself.

He may take a small vacation though.]

[ostensively]

We all will. You get your vacation and Jaq and I get paperwork.

( The corporate side of rebuilding a coven. )

We're coming out on top.

[maleficum]

I hope so.

[They have a long struggle ahead of them. But he feels confident in their chances.

If they move fast, the Inner Circle will never see them coming.]

But we have a lot of work to do to get there.

[ostensively]

Then we better get started.

( All of them. )

Same time tomorrow?

[maleficum]

[He nods as he gets up to let himself out the door.]

Same time tomorrow.

[Once he gets there, he glances back to her with a smile.]

Nice to have you back, Harper.

[And with that out the door he will go to his next stop of the day.]