Relatively speaking. There was that little dust up with the hunters a few months ago, and we had some Gauntlet-related skirmishes, but no inter-faction feuds which truly did the bulk of the damage.
[Josh, Hayley and Davina have done a lot of work to keep this city from eating itself alive.]
People are doing a lot more talking than killing these days.
Not wrong. But vampires are prone to more likely accidentally kill something just by virtue of our diet.
[Some of the older vamps just don't like the blood bag diet. Sophie included. Maybe a little bit. But she's used to it given the years she's spent with her team.]
("Accidentally doesn't fly with watchers," Beck points out. )
Nor with us, but it's easier for a vampire to lose control and that always winds up with a dead body. Happens a lot less here than it used to. Vampires in New Orleans are thoughtful. Reverent. There's a vampire bar, even. You last long enough, maybe you'll be given the full tour.
( But, he says it in both a sweet way, but also in a way that coveys to their guest they shouldn't ask. Her best stage is a con. Not on the actual stage. )
Dinner's almost ready, everyone can move to the table.
( A quick sip of sauce, it's great, he turns burners off. He's already put the meat to rest. )
Well, Brianna runs background on everyone before we bring them in. But, eagerness is a red flag. Most people are reluctant to come forward for fear of backlash or they worry about the cost. Worry for us.
( There aren't too many. Most of their referrals, they take. Nobody is Nathan Ford, here. )
Sophie's final call if we take anyone or we don't. Could be too much a coincidence.
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[Josh, Hayley and Davina have done a lot of work to keep this city from eating itself alive.]
People are doing a lot more talking than killing these days.
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( A little leftover rhetoric from the patriarch of his family, but it applies here. )
Talking that gets them somewhere?
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[At least Sophie believes so.]
And in ways that benefit the humans, more often than not. At least in my experience. A lot less unexpected bodies from the vampire sector.
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( Wolf. Vampire. Witch. Nefariously, anyway. )
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[Some of the older vamps just don't like the blood bag diet. Sophie included. Maybe a little bit. But she's used to it given the years she's spent with her team.]
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Nor with us, but it's easier for a vampire to lose control and that always winds up with a dead body. Happens a lot less here than it used to. Vampires in New Orleans are thoughtful. Reverent. There's a vampire bar, even. You last long enough, maybe you'll be given the full tour.
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Good support structures too. Much better than when I was coming up.
[Lindsay tips her head to the side as she studies her. "How long have you been a vampire?"]
Oooh. Let's just say I saw the premiere of Hamlet when the Globe was new and leave it there, shall we?
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( But, he says it in both a sweet way, but also in a way that coveys to their guest they shouldn't ask. Her best stage is a con. Not on the actual stage. )
Dinner's almost ready, everyone can move to the table.
( A quick sip of sauce, it's great, he turns burners off. He's already put the meat to rest. )
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So how do you find your clients? Is it all referrals?
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( Or, on vacation. Or on a night out. )
People find us.
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So if people are coming to us, are there any red flags we should look for before we refer them?
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( There aren't too many. Most of their referrals, they take. Nobody is Nathan Ford, here. )
Sophie's final call if we take anyone or we don't. Could be too much a coincidence.
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[She'll get a better feel for it once she actually gets into the role.]
I'm not on the force now, but I probably will be once the wedding is over. Is there anything that you would need from that angle?
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( Well, what they really do isn't on Google. )
Someone on the inside could run real interference if we need it. We tend to run afoul of law enforcement and the FBI.
( If that's a real offer, Lindsay. )
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I'll probably be keeping an eye out for supernatural-related crimes too. Not like I wouldn't already be bending the rules.
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"She was initiated in Mystic Falls with the devil himself." )
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[Sophie tips her head to the side. "And which one is that?"]
Cade? Or Arcadius? Psychic who created a hell dimension when he died.
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Eliot rolls a shocking (16). )
Really. You took out Cade. Been there and back. ( He was on death's door once. ) Glad he's closed up shop. You did that?
( Funny story, he only remembered his time there after transitioning. Good old magic. )
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[It was a coordinated attack and really she just did the stabbing.]
But I was involved, yeah. Did you get caught up with the sirens?
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( And all he remembered was that symbol. )
I never had the pleasure.
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That's a nasty place to be. I'm sorry to hear it. Cade's gone for good now though, so fortunately his psychic plane went with him.
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( He lifts his glass to that.
"Not before Hell's own hornet's nest snuck through into our plane and did a little damage themselves," Beck explains. "Alls well that ended well." )
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[Then things got exciting again.]
Though I kind of considered that a good thing. I was getting bored and monsters at least kept things interesting.
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( The kids were doing it for themselves. )
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[Lindsay makes a face.]
All those years I spent cleaning up after his students and he leaves me out of the actually fun monster hunting.
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