[Carroll shrugs as he takes another sip of his drink.]
My Ma was a Watcher but my dad wasn't. My brother's a baker but his late wife was a witch. Donna runs a law firm, and she isn't the only supernatural person who works there. I grew up knowing all this stuff was out there so it's always been part of my normal. Most witches or vampires or whatever just want to live their lives. They're not planning grand supernatural power plays.
I don't know all the details on that. Above my paygrade. But ... there's a lot of crazy witch stuff happening right now. My brother almost got blown up a couple weeks ago. And Harvey has some high level covens as clients.
Blown up.( That's his least favorite type of blowing. ) Focusing on the almost. And you've been around all this your entire life. Was your childhood, like, dangerous?
Nah. We had slightly different rules for safety than everyone else. Like you don't verbally invite someone in. But vampires weren't showing up at my house trying to kill us every week.
[Possibly helped that Catroina hadn't been assigned a Slayer, and also he was one of the younger set.]
So witches are nasty because spells can cause big damage. But spells have two, sometimes three components. Verbal, somatic and material. Disrupt any of those, and they can't get a spell off, so blunt force usually does the trick. Plus spells take time, so if you hit them hard and fast, it tends to work out better for you.
Thanks, for trying to walk me through this. But, it's not my first time in over my head. And it is my first time without a body at my feet, at least. ( He leans back, looking into his drink. ) I figure I can joke about it, being the subject of a Netflix miniseries and all.
[There's a small smirk before the reminder of the documentary makes him wince.]
Right, about that documentary. Cormac might have dropped that into the family group chat, so if you do come to the wedding, there's a chance that some of them will have probably watched it.
[Bradan will definitely have watched it. Bradan is the worst that way. But he does not plan to leave Connor alone with Bradan, so that will hopefully be avoided.]
( Mistakes will be made, Bradan will make to all of his brother's significant others at some point.
But, in the here and now. )
Guess I'll have to fact check them in real time.
( Which is fine. The documentary took liberties. The reenactments were the more dramatic than the interviews. That they tracked down Simon Drake was not something Michaela needed, but there is no proof anywhere. Just like there's no proof about what happened with Sam. )
[Honestly, he should know better than to rely on Colm, Cormac and Brogan to be looking out for his best interests. They are all very easily distracted.]
Only one of them will probably be an ass about it, but it's because he's over-protective.
[More because Bradan has an incisive ability to see through people, especially his brothers and well.
Connor is his type. If Carroll dated frequently enough to have types. (He does, it's nerdy girls that like to infodump about their special interests and guys with too much charm of his own good.
And the problem is Bradan knows it all too well. And he's more of a mother hen than their actual mother. Catroina comes to histrionics when castles explode and people are hurt, but is fairly hands off when it comes to their personal lives.
Bradan knows that sometimes it's the personal that can hurt worse.]
Oh, I'm sure he'll take that very seriously. Up until you're alone with him at a table, three drinks in, and realize you may have told him far too much.
( But maybe there's a first time for everything. Before he was part of a documentary topic, he was enigmatic. Mysterious. Cocky. And then he got married. And then he went to jail. )
( He's not even flirting, well, he is, but he's not trying to. Just gauging where they are on the spectrum. He reads friends and friends are good right now outside of nameless hook-ups. Which, technically, happen a lot less frequently than they used to. Being inside changes you. But getting divorced changes you more. )
[Brogan, Colm, they'd probably take to Connor. Bradan is a no. Cal and Bairre could go either way, by virtue of the fact that Cal does better with animals than people and Bairre doesn't have time to watch documentaries with three daughters and a bakery to run.
Cormac is the one who outted him to the family.
But there's a bit of a tease in his tone even as he says it. He can balance this flirting-but-not. It's when things become real that things get complicated.]
But I think that's going to be for you to figure out when we get there.
( Win over every one of his brothers just to prove he can. Not that he'd ever have to. He is who he is. Some days, that's "not good enough," but for a thousand other reasons. )
[That feels a little more real, so the teasing tone drops from his voice. He takes it seriously.]
You did your time. You already paid for it.
[Carroll isn't one to beat a dead horse, and he's not one to judge. People get into trouble for a lot of reasons, and the world is complicated as it is.]
( There's a lot that didn't make it in the documentary. He wishes it hadn't caught fire like it did but with a name like Operation: Bonfire, why wouldn't it have. )
Some people don't believe I did. ( But, it doesn't matter what other people believe, does it? ) Depends on the day, what I'd say. ( He sighs. ) Thanks, for making sure my head was on straight. But, I've been confronted with worse. Witches and vampires kind of feel like nothing. Comparitively.
[Carroll makes a bit of a face as he finishes off his drink.]
I don't like lying to people or dancing around things so it's a bit of a relief that I don't have to. Plus it'll make things a lot easier when we go to New Orleans.
[He won't have to slip him vervain or get his family to edit themselves.]
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[Carroll shrugs as he takes another sip of his drink.]
My Ma was a Watcher but my dad wasn't. My brother's a baker but his late wife was a witch. Donna runs a law firm, and she isn't the only supernatural person who works there. I grew up knowing all this stuff was out there so it's always been part of my normal. Most witches or vampires or whatever just want to live their lives. They're not planning grand supernatural power plays.
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( He just needs a little clarification about that part. )
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I don't know all the details on that. Above my paygrade. But ... there's a lot of crazy witch stuff happening right now. My brother almost got blown up a couple weeks ago. And Harvey has some high level covens as clients.
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[Possibly helped that Catroina hadn't been assigned a Slayer, and also he was one of the younger set.]
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[Then he shrugs.]
I played rugby in school.
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( He's seen the muscles you hide. )
Thanks, for trying to walk me through this. But, it's not my first time in over my head. And it is my first time without a body at my feet, at least. ( He leans back, looking into his drink. ) I figure I can joke about it, being the subject of a Netflix miniseries and all.
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Right, about that documentary. Cormac might have dropped that into the family group chat, so if you do come to the wedding, there's a chance that some of them will have probably watched it.
[Bradan will definitely have watched it. Bradan is the worst that way. But he does not plan to leave Connor alone with Bradan, so that will hopefully be avoided.]
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But, in the here and now. )
Guess I'll have to fact check them in real time.
( Which is fine. The documentary took liberties. The reenactments were the more dramatic than the interviews. That they tracked down Simon Drake was not something Michaela needed, but there is no proof anywhere. Just like there's no proof about what happened with Sam. )
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Only one of them will probably be an ass about it, but it's because he's over-protective.
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( He's not needy, so he doesn't need to ask if it's that kind of date. It's in, like, seven months, anyway. )
What if I promise to treat you nice?
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Connor is his type. If Carroll dated frequently enough to have types. (He does, it's nerdy girls that like to infodump about their special interests and guys with too much charm of his own good.
And the problem is Bradan knows it all too well. And he's more of a mother hen than their actual mother. Catroina comes to histrionics when castles explode and people are hurt, but is fairly hands off when it comes to their personal lives.
Bradan knows that sometimes it's the personal that can hurt worse.]
Oh, I'm sure he'll take that very seriously. Up until you're alone with him at a table, three drinks in, and realize you may have told him far too much.
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( But maybe there's a first time for everything. Before he was part of a documentary topic, he was enigmatic. Mysterious. Cocky. And then he got married. And then he went to jail. )
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[And he does. Maybe he'll get lucky and Connor will be the first person to withstand Bradan's charms.]
And if he's being an ass, I'll do my best to bail you out.
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( Or, it backfires and he winds up sleeping with them. )
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Good. He can take it.
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Why'd you ask me, anyway?
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Thought we would have fun.
[Because that's true, even if he didn't have feelings.]
And warnings aside, you could probably keep up with my family better than most of my friends.
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( He's not even flirting, well, he is, but he's not trying to. Just gauging where they are on the spectrum. He reads friends and friends are good right now outside of nameless hook-ups. Which, technically, happen a lot less frequently than they used to. Being inside changes you. But getting divorced changes you more. )
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[Brogan, Colm, they'd probably take to Connor. Bradan is a no. Cal and Bairre could go either way, by virtue of the fact that Cal does better with animals than people and Bairre doesn't have time to watch documentaries with three daughters and a bakery to run.
Cormac is the one who outted him to the family.
But there's a bit of a tease in his tone even as he says it. He can balance this flirting-but-not. It's when things become real that things get complicated.]
But I think that's going to be for you to figure out when we get there.
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( Win over every one of his brothers just to prove he can. Not that he'd ever have to. He is who he is. Some days, that's "not good enough," but for a thousand other reasons. )
I like that you don't treat me like I'm a felon.
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You did your time. You already paid for it.
[Carroll isn't one to beat a dead horse, and he's not one to judge. People get into trouble for a lot of reasons, and the world is complicated as it is.]
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Some people don't believe I did. ( But, it doesn't matter what other people believe, does it? ) Depends on the day, what I'd say. ( He sighs. ) Thanks, for making sure my head was on straight. But, I've been confronted with worse. Witches and vampires kind of feel like nothing. Comparitively.
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[Carroll makes a bit of a face as he finishes off his drink.]
I don't like lying to people or dancing around things so it's a bit of a relief that I don't have to. Plus it'll make things a lot easier when we go to New Orleans.
[He won't have to slip him vervain or get his family to edit themselves.]
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