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]

He also uses emoticons. Not emojis.

[highlyemotional]

🔪🔪🔪

Last year no one knew about me but with Kai and Katherine here I assume that isn't going to be my reality anymore.

[ she types and erases "can we kill him" a dozen times before she sets her phone down and screams into a pillow. ]

[interpersonally]

Kai just brought up your name in the Clubs group chat. As a vampire, not a culprit. If we thought he was playing for anybody but himself.

I'm handling it.

[poppycock]

( more kill bill sirens ) Wonderful. If we kill him, does he stay dead until the game is complete?

( tempting, if not a longterm solution. longterm, klaus considers a nice, damp cell and a chamber pot. )

What I am is not well-known, for the record. There are very few, outside those from our world, that do. Obviously this may also change.

[interpersonally]

I don't think so. I think if a Werewolf kills him, yes. But, if we kill him and it acts as a regular death and it gives him a death consequence upon his return, it won't be pretty. And then our truce is up in flames.

You know Kai, does Kai know you?

Obviously. I don't even think Tim knows, actually. But, he does know Katherine and I are vampires.

Also, Klaus, Caroline and I were talking. We want you to stay with us. There are strength in numbers and we should stick together.

1/?

[poppycock]

✔ read 10:35 am

2/?

[poppycock]

user @ klaus is typing...

3/?

[poppycock]

user @ klaus is typing...

4/4

[poppycock]

( on second thought, he's gonna let caroline weigh in first. he would love to hear what she has to say. )

[highlyemotional]

People were killed outside of game last time and they stayed dead the whole game I think.

A couple people died and didn't come back at all.

[ which she was hoping to avoid mentioning but she's bad at secrets. ]

But I don't remember all of it so I'd have to check.

[interpersonally]

I'm guessing that people that died and didn't come back were sent home. Indefinitely.

Find Misty Quigley. She surfaced on the network a week ago. I did a little light reading after waking up. She seems to have kept tabs on everyone.

And, maybe, Koby, but be careful. He likes his murder-board threads.

[poppycock]

I already have sights on Misty. She’s with my team. One of the few level-headed players, so far.

As for Kai, I doubt he knows me, besides by word of mouth. If it comes to it, let’s not hesitate to consider the risk might be worth the reward.

As for our sleeping arrangements, I agree. I see more than a few positives to strength in numbers.

[interpersonally]

Keep her in your sights, then. Maybe befriend her.

Then we'll keep you in our back pocket.

As do we.

[interpersonally]

@ caroline

Kai is hell bent on getting face time with you. I don't know why and he won't tell me. He says it's between him and you.

In the spirit of sticking together, would you want to bring Klaus?

I've reached the end of my limb with him. There is very little good will on either side.

[highlyemotional]

I can talk to him. I'll be fine, he doesn't have magic here.

[poppycock]

I think it's obvious why he would want to see Caroline. Would his suspicions be correct?

[highlyemotional]

You mean am I somehow magically pregnant like a YA fantasy novel that rhymes with Highlights? Yes.

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[interpersonally]

The girls.

[interpersonally]

Could he have recognized their chanting? He died swiftly.

[poppycock]

( klaus' fingers hover over the phone's keys. for a rare moment, the enormity of his empathy, care, and desire to comfort her overrules his imperative to categorize, strategize, and protect them all with swift solutions to their many problems. )

Death is not always permanent, particularly in our world. If that was not truly Kai's end, he would know that Caroline is carrying the twins. Why else would he insist on seeing her, other than being a nuisance?

Lie to him. About what you remember. For now, that is the best course of action. If he believes you are not with child, he'll have no reason to come after you, and with no magic, no recourse to discover otherwise.

[highlyemotional]

And when he has his magic back and finds out I lied?

Assuming I can somehow pull off lying in the first place.

[poppycock]

You forget, love. I'm smarter, and stronger, and scarier. Then he'll answer to me.

[highlyemotional]

I've not forgotten actually. I'll lie.

[ she lies. ]

[poppycock]

Good. It will buy us the necessary time to prepare.

[interpersonally]

Do I have to remind you that you got Katherine upstairs at the masquerade? Or, countless other wins in the intervening years. I know you can do this and I'll keep up the charade.

As far as Kai knows, you were kidnapped (if that ever comes out) and I was being reunited with a long lost friend.

Not that I believe Kai to be omnipotent, just a pain in our asses.