[He shouldn't be surprised by the fact that the Colony has expensive taste, but ... man is it expensive. From the hotel room that David booked for their entrance and exit to Russia, as well as the first class train car they're taking to Kirsanov's isolated corner of Siberia, the Colony certainly prefers to travel in style.
Too bad all of them are too tense to appreciate it.
Still, once David, his husband and their co-conspirators head to the dinner car for a meal, Alexander gathers the remainder of the group in a quiet place where he can give them a couple extra helping hands.]
This might itch a bit, but only for a minute.
[It's a new spell (13), but the murmured incantation does the trick and while it does itch, like someone running a finger over a part of your brain for just a second, when it settles, they shouldn't even realize it's there.]
Think of that like a mental group chat. That way you'll be able to keep in touch with us as well as each other when you're in there.
( He doesn't want to try, doesn't like the idea of anybody being inside his head, but thinking takes very little thought. It comes too naturally.
J >> Everyone can hear this? >> he sends out.
The train doesn't phase Ezra or his husband. Harvey is used to luxury, and the finer things, but this is a mission, it's not about the luxury.
And so the sixth of them meet. David may be Harvey's friend, but the Colony picked a side. They pushed. And if their push comes to their shove, they need this contingency.
Like before, Parrish hangs back, hands on the back of the booth Malia's sat back against
Jackson sits between his boyfriend and his best friend. )
(I heard that Jackson says, obviously, as that was the spell. )
This is our inner circle.
( He likes the sound of it. He doesn't trust anybody here but Lydia, but you take what you can get where you can get it. )
What's our end goal. Putting the Colony aside. What do we want out of this?
( 'We' implies Lydia, but everyone is playing nice. So he'd like some clarification. Is this about having their own agenda and an upperhand or a contingency plan? )
[Which she knows is a long shot, given what they're doing. She knows that Harvey is likely thinking of a part of the larger picture, but that's her first priority. Even Parrish, who is fairly unkillable, is at risk here -- she's willing to bet any creature collector worth his salt is going to have cold storage for a hellhound.
Especially in the middle of Siberia.]
Priority number one is for all of us to get out. But, if things go far better than we expect ... Kirsanov probably has records regarding a lot of curses that the Colony has cast over the centuries. Maybe we should take some of that power away from the middle men.
[Being the Adin-Gainors, Rusty and Max. She knows that Elena and Jo were looking for information on Colony-related curses. She glances over at Alexander and his eyes widen as he nods. "Yeah. Yeah, if there's something here that's something we can use."]
( David and Ezra were under his thumb once, and David meant something more to him, more friend and ally once he was clued into what the husbands really wanted - and how they were going to get it. )
[Malia opens her mouth, but before she can interject, Lydia reaches for Harvey's arm: "And I trust him."
Malia closes it, then huffs.]
Fine. Don't fuck it up.
[And with that she marches back to her boyfriend as the massive fortress that looms in the distance as the train inches closer and closer, before lurching to a stop in the snow.]
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Too bad all of them are too tense to appreciate it.
Still, once David, his husband and their co-conspirators head to the dinner car for a meal, Alexander gathers the remainder of the group in a quiet place where he can give them a couple extra helping hands.]
This might itch a bit, but only for a minute.
[It's a new spell (13), but the murmured incantation does the trick and while it does itch, like someone running a finger over a part of your brain for just a second, when it settles, they shouldn't even realize it's there.]
Think of that like a mental group chat. That way you'll be able to keep in touch with us as well as each other when you're in there.
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( He doesn't want to try, doesn't like the idea of anybody being inside his head, but thinking takes very little thought. It comes too naturally.
J >> Everyone can hear this? >> he sends out.
The train doesn't phase Ezra or his husband. Harvey is used to luxury, and the finer things, but this is a mission, it's not about the luxury.
And so the sixth of them meet. David may be Harvey's friend, but the Colony picked a side. They pushed. And if their push comes to their shove, they need this contingency.
Like before, Parrish hangs back, hands on the back of the booth Malia's sat back against
Jackson sits between his boyfriend and his best friend. )
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For this one, it's a fairly large range. We haven't tested the long extent of it, but I've used it at least over a ten mile radius.
[So hopefully even Harvey and Alexander will be able to pick up on what's going on even if they're not up close and personal.]
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This is our inner circle.
( He likes the sound of it. He doesn't trust anybody here but Lydia, but you take what you can get where you can get it. )
What's our end goal. Putting the Colony aside. What do we want out of this?
( 'We' implies Lydia, but everyone is playing nice. So he'd like some clarification. Is this about having their own agenda and an upperhand or a contingency plan? )
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[Which she knows is a long shot, given what they're doing. She knows that Harvey is likely thinking of a part of the larger picture, but that's her first priority. Even Parrish, who is fairly unkillable, is at risk here -- she's willing to bet any creature collector worth his salt is going to have cold storage for a hellhound.
Especially in the middle of Siberia.]
Priority number one is for all of us to get out. But, if things go far better than we expect ... Kirsanov probably has records regarding a lot of curses that the Colony has cast over the centuries. Maybe we should take some of that power away from the middle men.
[Being the Adin-Gainors, Rusty and Max. She knows that Elena and Jo were looking for information on Colony-related curses. She glances over at Alexander and his eyes widen as he nods. "Yeah. Yeah, if there's something here that's something we can use."]
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OK. Priority one. Make it out alive. Priority two. Locate anything ancient, anything that could even the playing field, or upset it altogether.
( Sounds like a plan! )
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Are you sure we can trust those witches?
[It's not that she doesn't want to, it's just that they haven't really done anything to earn it.]
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We trust each other.
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Malia closes it, then huffs.]
Fine. Don't fuck it up.
[And with that she marches back to her boyfriend as the massive fortress that looms in the distance as the train inches closer and closer, before lurching to a stop in the snow.]