perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart

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[affronting]

( "And, if she's willing, her blood. Perhaps a magical biological scan. I am not the scientist, only the person that loves her and will try anything within reason." )

Within reason of what my daughter, your niece would be willing to do. Say she takes the conversation. Say she even donates to her little experiments. Has she found the vampiric loophole to such a disease? I wouldn't be so heartless as to point out her odds, and what aren't diseases, but, a game of odds and inevitabilities.

( "Klaus," Elijah says, speaking up finally. "There is no need to needle our brother. You don't respect Kol for coming to us directly?" )

There is always another way when it involves my daughter.

[likeaweapon]

I assume that at this point, vampirism is the goal. It's simply a matter of whether or not she'll still be able to do magic once all is said and done?

[That's at least her understanding of things, but she wants to make sure that Kol is on the same page - that it isn't a case of Kieran waffling on the vampirism itself.]

[witchaffinity]

She wants to retain her magic, and live, even if living means dying.

( But, one thing at a time.

"I also vote we shouldn't be putting this to a vote, and that Hope should know nothing of this... cloak and dagger backroom bargaining," Elijah says. )

[likeaweapon]

["Also, the information she seeks requires her magical skillset. Ideally, it would be better were she to find the solution before she's turned."

Freya glances over to her sister, knowing that she's the last to weigh in with her opinion. Rebekah considers carefully, before nodding.]

I agree with Elijah. Hope should hear nothing about how we were trying to put guardrails on what she should and shouldn't know. But I think that she should be allowed to make her own choice on the matter. And if there's anything that Kieran could possibly learn from my blood, I'm happy to provide it.

[witchaffinity]

Thank you, sister. And thank you, family.

( Kind of no thank you, Klaus.

"Democracy in action." )

[deathlessness]

Isn't it wonderful when everyone has an opinion?

[She loves you, Klaus, but you have to make everything more complicated than it needs to be. She then turns to Kol.]

Let me know if you need anything, brother. I'm going to go and get some rest.

[witchaffinity]

I'm going to check in on Kieran. Get your rest.

( Klaus gets a glowering, Rebekah gets a kiss on the forehead! )

[transientem]

[Yep. Back to his girlfriend who totally wasn't listening to all of that (it's not her fault the Mikaelsons are loud by default). While Rebekah stays to bicker with Klaus about his tendency to try and control everything, Kieran scooches herself back to bed to give herself some plausible deniability.

Today is slightly better than yesterday. She'll take slightly better over worse.

She curls back up into the covers and waits for Kol to stick his head in.]

[witchaffinity]

( He does knock for politeness before letting himself in and sinking onto the bed. He flops back with a weary sigh. He turns his head. )

You're awake.

[transientem]

I felt like being awake.

[She smirks as she rolls over to face him.]

Plus there was a very interesting conversation happening in the kitchen.

[witchaffinity]

Yes, Freya pulled an all-nighter. She went dancing.

( That conversation, right? )

[transientem]

[Yep, that's totally the one.]

You know, for an older sister, she parties like the baby sister.

[witchaffinity]

Only now and then.

( But. )

You heard everything, did you?

[transientem]

I'm not mad. It was a conversation you were going to have to have eventually. And no one said anything I didn't expect.

[Meaning she didn't expect much of Klaus.]

At least now what we need is out there.

[witchaffinity]

Out there enough to approach Hope. And you can have what you need from Rebekah. You know she only wants to help. Are you on the mend?

( Or as on the mend as she can be? )

[transientem]

Better than yesterday.

[She's at the point where this comes in waves rather than a slow decline into uselessness. She'll take this over how things get towards the end.]

I can make time to talk with Rebekah if you figure out how to talk to Hope.

[witchaffinity]

I was thinking about our options, and I quite though that astral projection would be under the fairest terms. It lacks the pressure of the in person reveal and gives her the space to make her own decision. How do you feel about that?

( What does she want? )

[transientem]

[She nods slowly.]

That's fair enough for the initial conversation. But if we move past that, I will need a blood sample.

[So that will have to be in person.]

[witchaffinity]

The blood sample would come next.

( Logically. )

[transientem]

Yes. So we will have to go to New Orleans, eventually.

[But eventually is not now, and they have time to figure that out.]

[witchaffinity]

And we shall. Once Hope is brought in.

( And once she gives her answer. )

[transientem]

[She takes a breath as she shifts to face him more, looking him in the eye.]

I know we're on a clock here. Eventually we're going to hit a cut off point. I'm okay with putting a plan for that in place.

[A pause.]

I know I'm trying to have it all here, but ... alive with no magic is better than dead. I don't want to be dead.

[witchaffinity]

And I don't want you dead, either. I will move heaven and earth to give you the chance to keep your magic. You know what side I fall on if this fails.

( Or if Hope refuses. )

And we are running out of time. I can see that.

[transientem]

The problem of being mortal is there being a ticking clock.

[She weighs her options.]

Is there a point of no return for what vampire blood can fix? Like if I start losing mobility, does that become the line where we can't wait anymore?

[witchaffinity]

Without my family's magic, yes. Vampirism could send your disease into overdrive if it progresses too far. It helps cancer along, I assume it will only push your Huntington's.

( Which, yes, does put a big ticking clock. Or at least it points it out for them. )