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Who: Elijah Mikaelson and you!
Where: Fourth floor
When: The Event
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The fourth floor gets a little darker than usual and Elijah sticks around too long trying to locate his brother.
The Story: Staying on the fourth floor is probably ill advised once he gets a good hard look at what's before him. The hallways no longer have the familiar feel to them. Everything from the hallways to the rooms seems to have mutated itself into a rather rundown hospital. Elijah's been in his fair share of broken down buildings, but this one seems to be standing on it's last leg. It almost seems unsafe to travel the hallways, but he's got very little choice in the matter.

The banging is impossible to ignore. The closer Elijah gets though just means that it gets further and further away from him. Which makes him even more uncomfortable. He remains though. The cries make him feel incredibly uneasy, but he can't leave. He's not responsible for their safety, but he's also not sure he can just leave them behind. Elijah inspects each room slowly and thoroughly. He keeps an eye out for Niklaus as well. Rebekah resides on the second floor which will be his next stop, but him and Niklaus both occupy the fourth floor.

Perhaps it's foolish to hunt for Niklaus. He's probably long gone, but Elijah stays. It's easy for Elijah to ignore the pain at first. He shuts it out, but eventually even that becomes difficult. Often he stumbles the length of a hallway with sweat beading down his forehead. If one encounters him before the pain starts they'll likely find a more manicured Elijah, but if it's after the pain then he's likely less talkative. Probably best not to provoke him in any shape of form.

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Between the murder Cami had stumbled on so shortly before the start of the event and how so many people have had to relocate themselves during it, it's not hard to imagine why she would want to keep track of the people she knows. Yes, Elijah is an Original vampire, nearly unkillable even in their own world much less one that brings people back from the dead. But neither that nor the fact that he barely knows her at all is reason enough for Cami not to worry. Dean had already known how to take one of their number down before he turned into a demon. She doesn't want him having an even greater advantage than the one his transformation apparently grants.

So in the end, it has her going to the fourth floor to look for him when she can't actually get in touch. Why he would want to stay there is completely beyond her; even a Mikaelson's stubbornness shouldn't be enough to warrant it. Then again, it's not like their family hasn't exceeded Cami's expectations in regards to their pigheadedness before.

And as it turns out, they'll do so again. She hasn't been on the fourth floor long at all, so the pain hasn't set in for her just yet. It's fortunate, given that she sees Elijah faltering down the hall, Cami walking quickly to catch up to him.

"Elijah!" Whether or not it's wise, Cami shows no fear when she goes up to him. "What are you doing up here?"

Elijah tries not to let himself get too caught up with human affairs here. They never really seem to be his concern. They all seem to be pretty keen on trying to kill each other off. The only thing he's even remotely concerned about is the cannibal fellow. Not because of a desire to protect people, but because of a sort of morbid fascination. He survived here for a rather long time without people knowing what he was truly capable of. That takes skills that sometimes Elijah can find admirable. Maybe not the end result, but the way they're put into practice.

He whips around suddenly when Cami says his name. Black veins come from his eyes and his fangs are bared. He snarls and it takes a moment before it finally clicks in his pain filled brain that she's not an enemy. She's human. She's someone that knows about his future. A friend of Niklaus'. Niklaus. He needs to find him. He may be a rather large pain in the ass, but he's his pain in the ass. He's not just going to leave his brother up here.

After a moment Elijah reverts back to human and presses a hand against the wall next to him. An attempt to steady himself and stay upright. "Looking for Niklaus." He swallows hard. "Have you seen him?"

Though she can feel a sense of pain beginning to creep in just behind her eyes, far more frightening to her is the sight of black veins and sharp fangs. Despite the months that have passed since Mikael held her hostage, Cami hasn’t forgotten how his face warped in the same way. She can almost see it now, in the vampiric features of his son.

“Elijah, don’t.” She cringes in anticipation of his attack, but Cami doesn’t move away. Honestly, even if she tried to run how far could she get if he chose to devour her? He could be on her in less than a breath if he chose, kill her before she could scream. But thankfully that famous restraint wins out, and instead of feeling the sharp pain of his teeth ripping into her skin, Cami opens her eyes to see a once-more composed Mikaelson.

Or at least, one as composed as he can be under the circumstances.

“Not lately, but you can’t seriously think he would have stayed up here.” Then again, Cami would have thought the same about Elijah, and look where they are.

It's rare that Elijah loses control like that. He's always the picture of calm. It takes something big to push him over the edge like that. Something big to make him slip and reveal his true face to those around him. He'll perhaps apologize once they're someplace else for letting himself slip like that and snap. There's concern written across her face which makes him feel even worse about it. Concern for him and Elijah still has no idea who this woman even really is.

Elijah takes an unnecessary breath and nods his head. "In all the years that I've been by Niklaus' side he's not once done the smart thing." Which includes leaving this awful place. It would be just like his little brother to stay here for some insane reason. Though the rundown appearance alone would likely put the man off and send him to a different floor. Elijah looks at Cami with a curious expression finally. "Why're you here?"

Yet while Elijah doesn't know her, Cami remains very aware that he's likely the most restrained of the Mikaelson clan. Given that and the fact that he hadn't attacked her, it's easy to let go of most of her fear in favor of worry over this.

"Okay, fair point. Yes, Klaus goes for idiotic behavior more often than not, but it's not usually self-destructive to this degree." Klaus might tear down every relationship he could possibly forge, push away friends and family out of paranoia and fear, but actively staying in a place that can inflict enough pain to have Elijah crippled as he is? "I mean, if nothing else, he wouldn't make himself so vulnerable, right?"

No, Cami can't see it. Which is why her own reason for being there sounds pretty ridiculous.

"And I'm here because I hadn't seen you or him around, and I was worried. Call it being overly concerned thanks to the dead body I found a few days ago." Given that Cami's still human, she's allowed to be affected by that sort of thing. "Come on. Let's get you off the floor, and then we can blow up his phone until he answers the damn thing. Do you need to lean on me to walk?"

There are dark times when Elijah worries about that restraint. Is it a lie that he's carefully crafted? Then Niklaus does something insanely violent and childish and he feels validated in his belief that he's restrained. Though lately his brother has been on his best behavior. With the exception of compelling Joanna. He's since kept his nose clean. Well, cleaner than usual.

"He's self-destructive though. Not to mention I'm not exactly caught up to what's happened to us. I may not even know my own brother anymore." Which he knows is partially true and he worries it's completely true. He likes to believe he can anticipate his brother's foolish behavior, but it's growing more difficult. "True. Then again I believe he's already quite vulnerable with angels running wild." Which he's yet to see, but Joanna assures him they're not completely awful.

Elijah takes a moment to think over her words and nods. It's touching that she's concerned. He can't help, but wonder if this concern is misplaced. The Mikaelsons aren't exactly a warm and fuzzy family. "Thank you, Camille." Elijah grabs for Cami with one hand and the other gropes the wall to get himself up and steady without taking her down with him.

Enough time has passed since the start of the event that rumors of the changes within the mansion have spread like wildfire. While Rebekah did not normally seek out her brothers in their private rooms, today it seemed imperative that she do so, considering what the fourth floor was said to have become. Rather than wait and give them the opportunity to find her, she makes her way to the fourth floor in short order, finding that it exceeds the description she'd picked up along the way.

For as monstrous as she and her brothers could be, none of them quite belonged in a setting like this.

She quickly begins to make her way down the corridor, pausing outside the room she knows to be Elijah's first, knocking sharply and stifling the urge to jump when she hears banging in the distance in reply.

"Elijah?"

If there's no sign of him, then she'll simply have to seek him out, but it never hurts to start simple.

Elijah isn't in his room anymore. He's three rooms down. Each hospital room seems to be worse than the one before. He halts his frenzied search of the room when he hears his name though. He knows the voice belongs to his sister which is why he wastes no time exiting the room. He looks down the hallway and spots her outside what used to be his bedroom. Clean and comfortable has been turned into something else. Something darker. He doesn't care for the Events that make him powerless, but the ones that make him homeless are no better.

"Rebekah." He says approaching her slowly. The pain hasn't set in yet, but it's growing in the background. Eventually he'll start to feel it. He stops short. "Did you happen to see Niklaus on your way up here?" She's a few floors below them thankfully. They're both full grown adults who are just about immortal, but putting her in harms way makes him uneasy. He'd prefer she always stay somewhere safe and isolated from the action.

A wave of relief washes over her when she hears his voice, and she quickly turns to face him, momentum carrying her towards him as she throws her arms around his neck without abandon, hugging him closely. For all the mansion's tricks, and for as strong and capable as she knows each of her brothers to be, she's never able to find herself at ease when something is amiss.

"Not yet," she confesses, releasing him and letting her heels drop back to the floor. "I'd planned to seek him out next-- and Kol."

Considering how strained the relationship between Kol and the rest of them had a tendency to be, she thought it was important that she extend him a bit of good faith, encourage him not to paint himself as being ousted, ignored.

"You're alright?"

Elijah's prepared for his sister's hugging. She tends to fall back on hugging often. He doesn't mind it. He actually quite enjoys it. Makes him feel a bit more normal than usual. Plus it assures him she's here and not just some figment conjured up by this place. Though he's not certain if it'll resort to hallucinations. He's just started to feel a little off. Something he assumed might be magic related. Witches are rather huge fans of making you see things that don't exist.

He doesn't intend to exclude Kol, but things have been weird since he spoke to him after Niklaus told him the truth. A heated argument over if Elijah didn't care for him. Everything he had ever done had been in the name of this family and keeping them alive. A times that meant daggering Kol when he was completely out of control and close to luring in their father. He couldn't have it. He wouldn't put the rest of them in danger because of Kol's foolishness.

"If I know our brother it's likely he's far away from whatever this is." Kol's always been rather good at looking out for himself. He doesn't tend to stick around for them. Elijah doesn't blame him sometimes though.

Elijah presses a hand to his chest and nods his head slowly. "I'm not certain, but I believe this place wants me to vacate."

[ Kol is delighted to find an empty tea room the next time he heads to the one he frequents. He was glad to be by himself instead of spilling his secrets whilst he tried to inhale beignets and drink enough tea to sustain him for the rest of the day. Maybe he'd take some back to his room with him.

So when he turns around to see Elijah in the doorway he nearly spills his tea all over himself, startled. Bloody hell, this is exactly what he needs. It couldn't have been Nik or Beks... But then... perhaps he can play this to his favour. ]

Elijah, may I help you or are you simply lingering there for no reason?

[ Please tell him that he wasn't checking up on him........ okay, so maybe the thought would be a little pleasant, but no. U g h. ]

[ He's much better now that he's officially left the fourth floor. He's still worried about Niklaus though. He's well aware that Kol doesn't reside on that floor or the ones above it which makes him feel a little bit more relaxed. The same with Rebekah. They were spared the mind numbing pain that came with being on that floor for too long. Something Elijah hadn't intended, but his search for his little brother got extended.

It's not difficult to track Kol down. He's not exactly subtle. He's got a new face, but he's growing used to it. He no longer seems to resemble Elijah as much as he once did. Instead when he looks at Kol he can see Niklaus. Which is strange, but with enough time he'll get used to it. Elijah tries his best not to look just a little amused by Kol being shocked by Elijah's sudden arrival. ]

I was looking for you, brother. [ He doesn't move from his spot. Instead he moves to adjust his cufflinks. ] I was worried about you.

[ His best isn't enough, and Kol lets out a small offended noise. The younger Mikaelson eyes him for a moment, not sure how to take the affection - not wanting to turn it down but also not completely believing it still. ]

You know better than to worry about me.

[ It's true, Kol had been on his own for so long and utilized his cunning for it. He turns his attention into settling down in one of the more comfortable looking chairs so he can sip at the liquid caffeine; as a human he's realised how much he enjoys caffeine. Sodas, tea, coffee, it all keeps him jittery enough to sort his thoughts and plans out. ]

Actually, brother I'm quite curious about your safety, I had an interesting conversation recently. Join me? [ He lifts his tea cup with the question. ]

[ He hadn't intended to tell his brother that, but it sort of came out. It's not the worst thing he could say to Kol. Especially after he insisted in some sort of temper tantrum that they didn't care about him. Elijah never stopped caring about him. He's never stopped caring about any of his siblings. Even Niklaus. ]

Perhaps I do, but that doesn't stop me from doing so.

[ There it goes again. He ignores it and chalks it up to sentimentality. ]

Brother, I'm touched. [ He actually is. Though it occurs to him that Kol may actually just being rude. ] Do share. [ He moves to make himself a cup expecting his brother to tell him about his conversation. ]

[ It hadn't been rudeness, but Kol wasn't willing to even accept that. So he offers his eldest brother an interested look. He doesn't know really what to say about Elijahs's intentions towards him. ]

I met what I would definitely put in the top five list of pillocks I've met in me lifetime. Dean Winchester - now he mentioned something interesting, he started talking about a magical dagger after stating he didn't know our sister. That leaves you.

But I found it a bit odd - when I brought the treacherous sod up to Nik - he didn't mention anything... unless he doesn't know that such an attack took place. Tell me, Elijah, why doesn't Nik know you were attacked by this irrelevant hunter?

[ He takes a sip, stormy blues on Elijah. ]

[ He doesn't falter while making his tea. His jaw simply tightens and he carries on. He doesn't want Kol to know he's getting to him. He had been keeping the culprit behind his attack a secret. Something he did out of loyalty to Joanna.

Finally with his cup and saucer he turns to Kol. He makes his way to his chair and takes a seat next to his brother. He's quiet as he sips and swallows. His brain is desperately trying to find a way to spin this away from Dean. He made a promise to Joanna and he intended to keep it. He was a man of his word. ]

Niklaus knows about the attack. As does Rebekah, but they're both unaware Dean Winchester is the culprit. [ That's not what he intended to say. It seems the event making his living quarters into a hospital from hell extends down here as well. ] Niklaus is hot headed and I was trying to stop a war from erupting. He's got an angel on his side. An angel I was trying to keep out of our family affairs. And it was done as a favor to Joanna.

[ Kol lets out a laugh that's more mean spirited than anything. ] And you lot say I'm the brother you can't trust. [ His gaze lingers on Elijah, obviously thinking. He seems more amused than bothered that Elijah is keeping secrets. ] So he daggered you, and Nik and Rebekah just saved you without asking any questions? And what of the dagger - does Nik have it so he can keep you and our sister under his thumb?

[ The younger Mikaelson's head tips to the side as he turns more in his seat to look at Elijah. A crooked grin then paints itself across his features. ] You and Cami both. [ If he hears the word war used in reference to him one more time he might have to brain someone. ] Well, there's already an angel in our family affairs - Michael. Quite friendly - if a bit lonely, but aren't we all. [ Kol hesitates, not meaning to have said that last bit... So instead he focuses on the fact that he has an angel friend neener neener neener! ] I doubt he'd let another Angel hurt us if I asked for his help.

[ But don't think he didn't notice an important part of that. ]

Who's Joanna? And why did you owe her a favour?

Niklaus and Rebekah didn't save me. They were searching for me, but it was Hayley and Joanna who dug me out of the ground. [ Dean didn't even have the decency to put him in a coffin indoors. Or to store him in an extra room. He dug a hole in the woods and buried Elijah. He can only imagine how long Dean intended to keep Elijah buried. Probably expected no one to locate him.

Hayley had wanted to know who was responsible, but Elijah told her it didn't matter. Joanna would be better suited to handle Dean than they would. Niklaus would likely take his punishment too far and wind up making himself an enemy of the angel. ] Niklaus doesn't have it. Joanna gave it to the angel she's familiar with. It seemed smarter than taking possession of it myself only to have Niklaus get his hands on it.

[ From what Elijah understands the angel's don't typically take sides. He's really not certain this Michael would come running if Kol were to call on him. Unless his little brother somehow made a fantastic impression on him. ] Joanna Harvelle. A hunter. We were paired up on a blind date months ago. I grew to fancy her quite a bit. Though it seems she has romantic intentions for a human bartender here. [ Something Elijah doesn't like to think too much about. He hadn't intended to grow so fond of her, but it seemed to be one sided at some point. Despite them having slept together when they were living fake lives in Storybrooke. ] Do enjoy torturing me, brother?

[ Bloody fucking hell, how many people is he going to have to go through to get that damn dagger. His expression sours a bit which can easily be taken as disgust over Niklaus or disgust over Elijah being buried in dirt... and worms... and... eugh. But then he nods, agreeing that Nik having it would only end badly. ] He doesn't need the dagger - not when he's so stab happy.

[ Michael had offered to help him a couple times now, and if the baby doe eyes didn't give it away, Kol was certain he could get Michael to side with him. He'll definitely have to test it one day... Perhaps send him after the dagger... It's a thought... But then, he didn't want to put the man in danger either... The thought puts a sour taste in his mouth that he has to wash away with a sip of tea. He's never really cared about such things before, but now he had people he wanted - no, needed to protect. ]

A hunter? You fancy a hunter... That's a bit daft seeing as you're the very thing hunters enjoy to... hunt. [ Kol is judging you, Elijah, so hard.] Torturing you? Nah, I'd consider this making you squirm more than anything. [ His gaze falls to his tea for a moment. ] Are you worried I'm going to tell our siblings? I've got no reason to.

She's not like the hunters we're familiar with. Not even like Dean. She's smart. She understands that things are so black and white in our world. She recognized that we're not always the enemy. [ Elijah had worked hard to prove to her that vampires weren't something you had to spend your time hunting here. She didn't need to be on high alert while they co-existed here.

Elijah takes a sip of his tea as his brother clarifies that this isn't about hurting him. This is about making him squirm. Exhibiting some form of power over him. Which makes Elijah believe that he's aware of whatever is making Elijah blurt out answers so freely. He's exploiting it. He thought he had made his point clear the last time he spoke with Kol that he didn't want any harm to come to him. ]

Yes. You know how Niklaus is. I love Rebekah dearly, but she's got a temper that rivals our brother's. I was trying to keep things civil here. At least until we return home. I don't think we need any pointless bloodshed.

[ Kol sighs. ] Then I'm sorry she fancies someone else. [ Kol would offer to kill Simon but he knows Elijah would say no so instead he falls almost deathly silent trying to decide what to say. What the right words are. He'll have to see about trying to set him up with Elphaba or Meg to take his mind off the heartbreak. Both the ladies seemed nice.. enough. ]

I've got no reason to tell either of them so you may rest assured. If any bloodshed does happen it will be my doing. [ Dean had offended him and Cami had only managed to offend him more on Dean's part - seeing as he cannot kill Cami... Kol shifts again this time facing forward, only to lean back slightly and look up at the ceiling. This was actually kind of nice. Even if he was with the brother that held him down multiple times so Nik could dagger him.

He doesn't stay quiet for long, not wanting to give Elijah the chance to start grilling him over anything. ] What floor are you staying on?

[ He's never directly interacted with Simon, but he knows the boy means a great deal to Joanna. He does however miss the simplicity of his Storybrooke life. He misses being Dr. Eli Michaels. He misses having coffee every morning at a diner and see Jo. Though at the time she wasn't Jo. He misses everything about that life. His family was still his family, but he could still have a life of his own. He could exist as his own man instead of only ever having time to clean up after the mistakes of Niklaus.

Elijah stares calmly at Kol when he assures him that he doesn't intend to tell Rebekah or Niklaus about who daggered him. Elijah hadn't even told Hayley and she dug him out of the ground with the help of Joanna. He didn't want any sort of retaliation. ]

The fourth. Niklaus' room is close to mine as well. Not something I chose. His own passive aggressive way of riling me up. [ At the time it had been irritating, but he didn't mind it as much. Especially since they've made big steps in patching things up. ] Yourself?

[ It was definitely something that Kol could use as leverage, and maybe the smile that finds its way on his face isn't born out of an attempt to ease the thought away from Elijah, but instead glad about the one up. But he'd never admit that, even if this damn room was trying to get him to. ] If you don't want them to know, you might want to keep him from running his mouth. He accosted me at the bar recently. [ The memory has him rubbing at his jaw, still remembering the nasty swing Dean took. ]

Ah, don't you just love Nik and his god awful behaviour. [ Like Kol is one to talk... at all. ]

Across the hall from Beks. [ Next to Davina, but he doesn't add that on, there was no point, and he wanted Elijah to stay away from her, not get curious. ] I believe Nik's bird rooms rather closeby too. I see her far too often for it to be untrue.

Joanna assured me that Dean would likely be smart enough to keep his mouth shut. Apparently she underestimated Dean Winchester's stupidity. No matter. If he keeps running his mouth then he'll have to deal with Niklaus and I'm half inclined to let our dear brother do whatever he wishes to the hunter. [ Which kind of just poured right out of Elijah and he frowns almost immediately after. No real question asked. Perhaps he's just tired of holding it in. Tired of the secrets and lies. Protecting people that don't deserve nor want his help.

At first having Niklaus so close had been irritating, but he's grown used to it. It's like living together again with how frequently his brother barges in like that. No self restraint really. ] I assume our sister detests that. Having her brother so close. I think with the kidnapping from our father aside she's rather enjoying Wonderland. An over abundance of clueless men for her to lure in. [ He loves his sister, but her taste is awful sometimes. ] Camille? I hope she's well. We spoke briefly upon her arrival and just recently as well.

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tea room bitchesssss ayyyyyyy

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kol is literally the worst

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