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~Lucifer Morningstar~ ([personal profile] walkingheroin) wrote2016-11-03 11:46 am
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[personal profile] poppycock 2017-05-27 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ he knows. klaus licks his lips, feels the numbing sensation of the lingering drink dampen his sense. he wishes it would spread out far through his chest, but it never does reach quite far enough.

he knows what happened. despite lucifer's intellect and faith in his forced intentions, he remembers. he remembers all of it.

but it's not why he's here. (it's the only reason he is.)

klaus moves to sit and then he stills, his attention drawn and focused on lucifer. he knows that name, remembers him from that meeting with freya, translating that lovely book. he knows that name from camille, one hunter from a family of hunters. he knows their history, from a time he doesn't recall being here. they weren't quite friends.

he stills too, hearing the finer details. feeling the weight of their impact, their meaning. he's lived long enough and done quite enough to know what 'requested' means in this context. he lived and done enough to recognize that lucifer has put his friendship on the line. he done it for him, regardless and perhaps in spite of his idea of justice.

klaus doesn't receive this lightly. he stares at the line of lucifer's back and thinks of his brother. he remembers elijah, and even though there is no replacement for him, he feels that same fierceness of loyalty given and demonstrated. that same sense of honor to his own. if lucifer would like to handle the betrayal of a friend, it's seems only fair to agree.
] Fair enough, [ he says, and then he does sit.

he waits a moment.
] She drained Elena of blood. [ the impact must land. he knows how lucifer feels about elena. ] I assume you know what that means. What kind of power she holds.
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[personal profile] poppycock 2017-05-29 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ so he does know. whatever possibility for the alternative is erased; klaus didn't doubt it. elena is as much a presence in both of their lives, rooted in both of their wonderland memories, in the shadows of their alternate hearts. it'd be just like her to reach out. (if klaus feels any minute unease or jealousy for their closeness, he doesn't show it. friends though they were, there is an immutable rift between he and elena that and she and lucifer do not share.)

klaus' jaw works. the truth is they don't know and there's few, insofar knowable ways of knowing.
] Knowing my sister, she has a purpose. Perhaps a few back-up plans as well. [ he pauses, takes a drink, licks his lips. ] It's safe to say either way we should be preparing ourselves for the inevitable. [ for war.

it is impossible to plan and calculate without all variables. he remembers the devastating crunch of lucifer's bones between his jaws, the rush of his blood. he doesn't want to remember that again, but he also wants to know why. he needs to, because there's something lucifer's not told him.
] How could I hurt you?
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[personal profile] poppycock 2017-06-16 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ of all the explanations he could have possibly imagined... quite frankly, he's not surprised. the detective has been the only variable. klaus pauses in thought, with the weight of this confession of literal vulnerability. his lips part, imagining himself rendered essentially mortal by the presence of someone clearly precious to him.

excruciating, he thinks. that's what it must be: a mixture of heaven and hell.

not to mention a strategical nightmare. after a moment, he suggests,
] Perhaps my sister can help you with that. [ he leans forward to put his drink down, catches lucifer's eyes.

the pause is weighted. it's meant to lend weight to what he says next:
] Until then, we will protect you. [ he will. they will. it's a promise: not only in payment of a debt, but in perpetuity of their friendship. lucifer has suffered at their hands but he's also stood by them. by him. he's proven a loyalty. a brotherhood.

as to lucifer's question:
] For now we are shoring up resources. Building defenses. Putting in place weapons. [ he says this because it's true. he says this because he knows there might be mirrors listening.

he pulls over a notepad on the table and scratches a message on the paper. If you can think of anything, do it quietly. he hands it over.
] We have it in hand, for now.

[ his gaze is pointed. he will not make lucifer a target by asking him outright, even though he most certainly already is. but he will ask: not only is lucifer willing and certainly entitled to vengeance, but klaus would be a fool to not consider how formidable this ally could be. ]