019 ƒ closed } { oh brother where art thou

[deathlessness]

Who: Freya + Kol Mikaelson, possibly Leopold Fitz and Jessica Hamby later on.
Where: Somewhere.
When: Dec. 4
Rating: PG-13 probably
Summary: Freya is starting to worry about her brother being AWOL.
The Story:

[While the texts Fitz forced him to send had placated her for a little while, the fact that she hasn't actually laid eyes on her brother in some time has left her suspicious. True, when her brothers are off indulging their vices she doesn't necessarily want to be around, but the mansion is a small place and Kol lives right next door.

She shouldn't have not seen him at all.

So she'll at least text a warning before she tries to go track him down.]

Where are you?

Comments

[alsoagirl]

[ She makes a face and shrugs. Does it matter, really? ]

A few days? I dunno.

[ His first words when he came back should've been to thank her for the goddamn rest. Didn't really work out that way, though. ]

[deathlessness]

[ ... Freya pauses and turns her attention on Jessica completely, the kind of intensity that makes her terrifying on more than one occasion. She's not blind to the fact that she's put Jessica through a lot, but now she's sitting on the edge of a question she needs answered.]

Jessica, I need you to be specific. How long was he dead?

[Every day counts in Wonderland.]

[alsoagirl]

[ Jessica's terrified, all right. But she's more terrified of not answering and what consequences that might bring.

Just in case, she puts more of Kol's body between her and Freya. It might not help, but it makes her feel better as she racks her brain. ]

Um. Uh.

[ She holds her forehead, whimpering quietly. Claire keeps popping up in her mind and distracting her. ]

Three...? [ Her hand drops and she nods a few times. ] Three days.

[ God, these Mikaelsons were going to be the death of her. Er, second death. ]

[itchtokill]

[Kol hates this guy with a lot of passion. Not quite everything in him levels of hate, that's really reserved for a very specific set of people named his parents. But it's the next level down, perhaps. Every word out of his mouth rubs wrong across Kol and he has to bite his tongue on more than one occasion during his sister's interrogation. However, this part of the conversation, he can give answers on.] Three. It was definitely three days, the last time.

[deathlessness]

[The answer sits with her for a moment, and in that moment, she's tempted to just leave it be. To let her brother and Jessica have their fun and not think any more on the subject. She's not saying that Fitz deserves to be saved from this in any way. He likely deserves all of this and more.

But in her gut she knows that something was done to the man who used to be her friend. Who they talked about choices and consequences, who she knew felt remorse for the things he's done. She knew that once upon a time, this used to be a man with a conscience. Who cared.

And after what he's done for her, she feels it's only fair that she at least try to bring that man back somehow, if it were at all possible. The steely Mikaelson stare fades as she weighs the options in her mind, and when she looks up at her brother again, there's a resignation to her expression.]

I need you to let me take him.

[itchtokill]

[There's a shift in his sister's expression when she addresses him again, the sort of thing that leaves air sucked out of the room and not much room for argument.

Not that Kol ever minded if there was room for it or not, really.]

Why? [His head cocks slightly, curiosity taking over any annoyance that might have otherwise taken place.]

[deathlessness]

Because unfortunately I owe him.

[She takes a deep breath, before crossing her arms in front of her chest.]

Earlier in Fitz's stay in Wonderland, when he was, as he so aptly put it, a "weak thing" he performed a rather large boon for me. And I know that when he left Wonderland, before this lovely individual took his place, he had two deaths. Because the second of those deaths was with me.

[It's more complicated than that, but Freya can't let Fitz fester in this mindset. There has to be some way to release the conscience that was trapped underneath.]

That and likely the best way to punish someone is with their own conscience. Less satisfying, I'm sure, but far more effective.

[itchtokill]

[He knew she had reasons, and considering she's told him about that particular favor, he isn't surprised it's a little tied into those reasons. And maybe if he hadn't had the time with Fitz, he would be less amenable to his sister's demands. But considering...]

If you insist. I've seen not a single ounce of anything like the man you've told me of before in this one. I'm not sure it'll work. But, if you'd like to try... [A sweep of one arm towards the Doctor.] by all means, sister.

[deathlessness]

[There's a grateful look there, because she appreciates him not making her force the issue.]

If I do fail, you're more than welcome to have him back to play with him some more.

[But until she's ready to give up, Fitz is going to remain in her care. She pushes up to her feet and makes her way back over to Fitz with a bit of a smirk.]

We're going to have some fun, you and I. Though ... likely more fun for me than it is for you.

[hypoxic]

[She's welcome to make that face all she'd like. He's already had time to resign himself to this. A shift in venues will change nothing. The only protest he can make is silence, to not give them the dread they so clearly want to see from him.

Father would want him to die before he begged for his life.]