for the rest of us death will be a relief

[praevaricatio]

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[enumerating]

Do these rules also apply to Pasha? Mostly in the sense that he will sit on him the moment he sees him.

[Pasha being his old man chocolate lab.

Also Ken leaves the message on read but does not respond because he's a brat.]

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[sexwax]

So acknowledged, but, someone forgot I'm still on West Coast time. I fly in tomorrow morning. I hope bothering our step-brother doesn't take precedence over picking me up at BWI.

[richrisque]

Someone didn't forget. Be happy you were included.

Pasha is on his own, but, I recommend maybe not reuniting Pasha and Elton right away. Sticking him with the morning walk might do him some good, though. Leaving that up to you.

KEN.

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[enumerating]

[Ken is still ignoring these texts.]

Do we actually want him leaving the casino? He may just disappear into the ether again and then we're back at square one.

[klep]

Well, he can't run too far because he can't exceed a hundred mile radius of his new husband.

[enumerating]

Is that some kind of unfortunate autocorrect typo or did you say that Elton has a new husband?

[klep]

Nope. Kidnapped his ex, got married to someone else, and is now part of some kind of witch coup power vacuum situation.

done

[facetimes]

[SIGH he kind of has to respond to this.]

Felicity if you're fucking with us this really isn't funny.

[richrisque]

Felicity isn't fucking with you. It's a witch coup power vacuum situation and our stepbrother is in middle of it.

[facetimes]

That's fucked up.

[To put it mildly.]

Who even is this husband guy? Do we know anything about him?

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[sexwax]

Did not have that on my Bingo card.

[richrisque]

Someone who survived. He's Colony. I don't know enough yet to vet him. He was getting very very drunk when I found him.

1/tbd

[facetimes]

Get a name out of him once he's sober. We should run a background check.

[klep]

If you want to go see if you can twist a name out of Ezra you're more than welcome to, but he wasn't exactly forthcoming with the information.

[facetimes]

Please tell me that was autocorrect and you meant to type Elton.

[klep]

Nope.

[enumerating]

Ezra is the ex he kidnapped?

[klep]

Yep.

done

[facetimes]

Well this is a fucking trashfire.

[sexwax]

He kidnapped his ex-boyfriend but married someone else. Just if I'm following.

[richrisque]

I didn't reopen the group chat to gossip.

But yes.

[facetimes]

This doesn't sound like gossip to me. This sounds like pertinent fucking information.

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[enumerating]

I kind of have to agree with Ken on this one, Em. It's good to know what we're potentially dealing with. This isn't just some rando coven.

[richrisque]

Once I had answers, you all would have. Unfortunately, our stepbrother started in metaphors and ended near tears.

And, yes, then Ezra called.

Here are the facts. In a desperate attempt, Elton sided with the older generation of the Colony. He tricked Ezra and took him. He took his place in their ceremony. During the ceremony, he expected the coven's power, but learned that all the coven wanted was the next generation's bodies. And when push came to shove, he fought back and chose his side. But the ritual still went through. (The first, not the body snatching one.) So, now, according to Elton, he's tied to them directly. And will need to report back to solidify his place.

But, he's still grieving. So, it's fucking shit timing all around.

[sexwax]

Yeah, this is all a LOT coming from across the country.

Way to bury the lede.