for the rest of us death will be a relief

[praevaricatio]

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I will handle telling everyone. You guys can figure this out.

[Stefan waves his hand on Jo and Kai's direction.]

I'd just keep him away from Bonnie or Elena at minimum.

["That's the plan," Jo nods. "We'll be in touch once we decide what to do." Before they go, Jo reaches out and catches Stefan's arm. "I'm not asking you to leave Tyler out, but I know that once you tell Tyler -"

Stefan shakes his head.]

I'm not leaving Tyler out.

[So however Liv finds out is up to Jo. Jo sighs before nodding. "Okay. Alright, I'll ... I'll figure it out."

And with that, Stefan will reach for Buffy's hand and they will make their exit. They can decide whether they'll spend the night in Williamsburg or just drive home to Mystic Falls after Stefan opens another group chat.

And so will Jo. "Give me a second to do this and then we will ... figure everything else out."]

[paraphrasing]

( "Okay, we have a plan," Buffy tries, but Jo barrels on, trying to decide what happens with her family by proxy. Buffy frowns, but waits for Jo's hand to let go, following her boyfriend out.

Buffy thinks Mystic Falls. He should be near home. And he needs rest.

Kai holds his hands up. )

Everybody remembers that I didn't do anything. Just keeping score, reminding everyone of the facts. Ric, bolster your wife. Bye, Stefon! Buffer!

( The door closes behind Buffy and Kai leaves them all to their chats. )

[saveslives]

[After she gets the chat going, she turns back to Kai and holds up her hands as she takes a breath.]

Okay. Here's what we're going to do. We are going to be extending our stay here through the New Year. Once everyone is gone from Mystic Falls, we'll go home and see if we can get to the bottom of why this is happening.

[She looks over to Ric.]

Does that work for you? The girls aren't coming home for the holidays anyway.

[paraphrasing]

( "I think it's in everyone's best interests to keep Kai as far away from them as we can," Alaric answers. "And until than, we test what we can. We answer what we can." )

I'm good with that, not that I have a say. But, my only, only requests. Big Christmas ham. Something festive. And fireworks. Christmas. New Years. Like we used to do as kids. Maybe a lake.

[saveslives]

We'll ... see what we can do.

[He's lucky if he gets the ham. Jo hesitates, before continuing.]

We'll see if we can get another room, so you don't have to sleep here.

[One she will absolutely spell to track his comings and goings but she'll be honest she needs some privacy or she and Kai will truly drive each other crazy.]

Can you handle that?

[paraphrasing]

Can I handle space and privacy. I don't know. I handled it for over ten years in a prison world alone. I think I'll be able to handle it in the same room. For a few weeks.

( He's being glib, but he means it. )

[saveslives]

Good.

[And with that she will send Ric to manage the logistics and manage the group chat. This is going to be a long holiday.

But maybe it could be worse.]