for the rest of us death will be a relief

[praevaricatio]

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[tearhiseyesout]

[Jaqueline pauses, considering carefully, because she knows her brother and she can't say that either is a deal breaker.]

I think the bigger problem is that Rusty's already rejected him once. I'm not sure he'll give him the chance to do it again.

[ostensively]

He rejected him for a reason.

( Rusty will probably see that, now. )

Though it would take me a minute if you had close, intimate relations with the person in my mother or father's body. Too bad he really only has a minute. ( She takes her hand. ) Thank you. For being here. I meant every word that I said up there.

[tearhiseyesout]

I did too.

[It's always been Sierra, for better or worse.]

We could throw a second one, that's more to our taste and maybe has less murder?

[She actually enjoyed the murder, but this is Jaqueline. She doesn't think her wife agreed.]

We probably have to get actually legally married anyway.

[ostensively]

Only a little less murder. We need to keep everyone in line.

( She grins, pulling Jaq's hands up to her mouth, pressing a kiss against them. )

And, get god in there with us. Considering we only have our questionable ancestors and a power store we could only ever dream of. We did it.

[tearhiseyesout]

In my opinion, God is overrated.

[She smiles into the kiss, and is thinking about how they'll be able to keep everyone in line when she realizes something.]

Oh, shit.

[She springs up from the piano bench and starts to back away before turning back to her.]

I know I'm ruining the moment but I have to check something.

[And then she's heading out of the ballroom and down towards the holding spells.]

[ostensively]

So sanctimonious.

( She pulls back, confusion in her features. And then she takes off. )

Well, it's about time you left me hanging.

( She spies a splotch of blood on the piano, and then the piano bench. She smiles at them.

Getting up, she moves into the main area, eyeing the witches helping them. Sizing them up. Her wife will be back in no time. )

[tearhiseyesout]

[She will. In fact, Sierra will probably hear her before she sees her because this shriek echoes through the empty halls:]

Damnit.

[A few minutes later, she stumbles back into the main area, seething.]

Hallewell's gone.

[ostensively]

He slipped out during the ceremony?

( That does make sense to her. It's unfortunate. )

You need to talk to your brother, then. Make sure all contingencies are in place. ( She scoffs. ) He's young again, too, isn't he.

[tearhiseyesout]

Unfortunately.

[Jaqueline grumbles before exhaling with a sigh.]

I'll find him after he's done talking to Rusty.

[ostensively]

Is it the worst thing in the world that Hallewell's a loose end?

( Or, maybe she's just tired. )

[tearhiseyesout]

No.

[At least not that she's aware of. She's not fully certain of what Max did to get Rusty's name from him, but maybe now would be a good time to find out.]

I just really wanted to kill him.

[ostensively]

Never say never.

( She softly kisses her wife in front of the other lemmings. )

You want to find Max now, don't you?

[tearhiseyesout]

No, he's talking to Rusty and I don't want to interrupt however that is going to ...

[Her voice trails off and her eyes go distant, and she shakes her head.]

Never mind. He's leaving and heading back and Rusty is standing still so they're probably not sneaking off somewhere to have sex. We're safe.

[Bummer for Max, though. Either way, she takes Sierra's hand and off they go to track down Max.]

[ostensively]

Waste of an opportunity, but I'm not then. And I got the best girl in the bargain.

( She does turn around to spy Max heading back around. She waves as Rusty's car disappears. )

Goodbye, psycho.