because the lives of the wicked should be made brief

[somanyadjectives]

Comments

[bravebartender]

I agree. No matter what stories you heard, anything faerie is bad news.

[Shortly after, Buffy receives: Fortunately for you, I am currently in the secret warehouse of supernatural research with nothing to do but read. I'll let you know what I find.

Love you too. ❤️

Stefan shakes his head. "I have a feeling we're not going to be so lucky. But we'll be careful."]

[attainathons]

Dawnie's on it.

( She sets her phone back into her purse. )

Look, if we end up in its' crosshairs, then we beat its' system. Do the witness thing.

[somanyadjectives]

I think my concern is that we won't simply be witnesses. We'll be the ones being arbitrated.

[And they don't know what the scale of punishment looks like.]

[attainathons]

Then we arbitrate right back. They cast the first stone. People countersue all the time. Sue back? Resue?

( YOU KNOW WHAT SHE MEANS. )

[bravebartender]

You missed having the fancy lawyer in town. But I think it's countersue?

[Don't quote her on that though. Carroll is the paralegal, not her.

... She may text him to ask later, but not now while they're chatting.]

[affronting]

( "Well, whatever. If they embroil us in the ancient legal mumbo jumbo, then it's probably only fair," Buffy says with a huff. )

If that's how it works. It's admirable to want to meet them in the middle, but I doubt someone as established as "The Arbiter" can simply be influenced by a countersu...ing. ( Buffy abuses the English language. It is not easy to keep up with her. ) But, I agree, more research is needed. And in the meantime, I suggest not worrying so hard over it.

[somanyadjectives]

[Of course Stefan is going to worry about it. He's a professional worrier, especially since of the two entities potentially coming at them, he does know the Ivory Tower and their tendency to be vindictive.

But Klaus is right, and he tries to follow the same advice he said to Buffy earlier - it's a problem for another day.]

Would be a shame if we wasted all our time in New Orleans worrying about something that hasn't happened yet.

🎀

[attainathons]

Well, if this plan is Stefan-approved then I am all for it. This place has food, right?

( And with that, they order, settle in and have a genuinely nice time. While Buffy abuses the English language. )