ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ sᴇᴇ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ's ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴs.

[interpersonally]

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[interpersonally]

Tim, I told you all of the reasons why it wouldn't be Klaus. How he wouldn't display anyone like that. How he wouldn't keep or dismember their parts. I may have delayed telling you, but I think I made it clear this isn't Klaus.

[holyposition]

Unless he's the alpha, I'm not convinced he has any control over the display.

I didn't make him do it. He read her words and yours and came to the conclusion on his own.

But you didn't delay telling me. That implies that you were ever going to, if Katherine hadn't first.

[interpersonally]

Well, now we won't know, will we.

[holyposition]

You dodged the powers question more than once, what am I supposed to think?

It's not personal, Stefan. I understand why you'd want to protect your own. Most people are thinking the same way.

[interpersonally]

No, most people continue to insert their irrelevant findings to this round. I don't see why anyone should look anywhere else besides Shauna and August with the evidence presented. More accusations burn more votes they should be getting, don't you think?

[holyposition]

Shauna may be a wolf, but she's not the alpha. She doesn't have the power or inclination to stage it all like that. My priority is getting the alpha out, so that the ones in jail are safe, and they can't put on another scene like this that muddies the waters next round.

[interpersonally]

Well, we both know Klaus plays another role and therefore can't do both. Shut it down, Tim.

[holyposition]

I already have.

And don't talk to me like I'm an idiot. I'm checking all avenues and dropping the dead ends. What are you doing?

[interpersonally]

I'm not questioning your intelligence. But, you keep grasping at straws down to the wire and the more you do that, the more Misty's will come out of the woodwork.

[holyposition]

We need to put two up that are capable of being the alpha.

And you don't get to complain about the last minute push when you voted for it last time. You getting duped doesn't reflect on me in any way.

[interpersonally]

Devon wasn't last minute, Devon was accused on Monday. I waited until the last minute and used my best judgment. I've never played this game before and I don't know anyone here.

[holyposition]

It was Tuesday morning. Right after breakfast, to coincide with Ren being poisoned.

Your best judgement was bad. That's not an insult. God knows, it's happened to me more times than I can count. But I've played it, caught two, and came out alive on the other side of it. Trust me a little.

[interpersonally]

Just because you lived to tell the tale doesn't mean you're any better at it. Now, we have another accusation. People leave them for the last minute for a reason, don't they? What do you think about Faith or Yelena?

[holyposition]

You forgot the caught two part. You're very selective.

I think Faith is a dead end. The evidence is what, that she and Buffy are both strong? So are a lot of people.

I'm more interested in Yelena. I don't think she's the alpha if she doesn't have powers, but he's taken into account more specific skills, background, a witness, how it fits into the full picture of the coordinated kills. As of right now, I'm voting August, but I could be convinced still.

[interpersonally]

I'll be voting against August.

[holyposition]

I think that's where Harry and I will end up, too.