Viktor Hargreeves (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
fifthbeatle) wrote2023-09-15 09:22 am
fifthbeatle) wrote2023-09-15 09:22 am
[for Lizbeth and Marcus]
They meet at night. It's only fitting. Marcus, Lizbeth and Sam all work in darkness.
Sam isn't invited, for obvious reasons.
Until now, the three of them have communicated about the issue mostly in glances. A few vague texts confirm they are on the same page, each reaching their conclusion independently.
Viktor offered Hargreeves House. He can make sure they're alone (even though he's already talked to his brothers and Five about it). It's mentioned that Marcus' place is safer. He has protections. The location is more remote. There isn't as much space to be concerned about interlopers.
As Viktor gets out of the rideshare, he sees remote is right.
It's a cute place, set right at the edge of the woods. One story, well-kept garden, a porch setup with an little table and ashtray. No one would suspect it's the home of an exorcist and his mysterious husband.
It's the perfect place to plot. If only the circumstances weren't so dire.
Marcus and Viktor exchange pleasantries. Viktor is on edge, preoccupied. When Lizbeth arrives (there was talk of going together, but they figured it was best to travel on their own in case Sam got suspicious), Marcus leads them further into the house. I see strange artifacts and sigils. Marcus opens a door and we enter a spare bedroom. The door closes. There's a beat of silence. Viktor tries for a welcoming smile, but it comes out tight and weak. Finally, he says it.
"There's something wrong with Sam." They all know, and maybe Lizbeth or Marcus has said as much out loud before, but Viktor hasn't. He looks between them. He is the least equipped to deal with this problem, but he knows he can learn -- and that these are the right people to work it out with.
Sam isn't invited, for obvious reasons.
Until now, the three of them have communicated about the issue mostly in glances. A few vague texts confirm they are on the same page, each reaching their conclusion independently.
Viktor offered Hargreeves House. He can make sure they're alone (even though he's already talked to his brothers and Five about it). It's mentioned that Marcus' place is safer. He has protections. The location is more remote. There isn't as much space to be concerned about interlopers.
As Viktor gets out of the rideshare, he sees remote is right.
It's a cute place, set right at the edge of the woods. One story, well-kept garden, a porch setup with an little table and ashtray. No one would suspect it's the home of an exorcist and his mysterious husband.
It's the perfect place to plot. If only the circumstances weren't so dire.
Marcus and Viktor exchange pleasantries. Viktor is on edge, preoccupied. When Lizbeth arrives (there was talk of going together, but they figured it was best to travel on their own in case Sam got suspicious), Marcus leads them further into the house. I see strange artifacts and sigils. Marcus opens a door and we enter a spare bedroom. The door closes. There's a beat of silence. Viktor tries for a welcoming smile, but it comes out tight and weak. Finally, he says it.
"There's something wrong with Sam." They all know, and maybe Lizbeth or Marcus has said as much out loud before, but Viktor hasn't. He looks between them. He is the least equipped to deal with this problem, but he knows he can learn -- and that these are the right people to work it out with.
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"I think can I help with juice," Viktor ventures. For Sabrina, he explains, "I convert soundwaves into all kinds of energy." The hypothesis is for all of them -- and it's clear he's never tried this particular brand before. "Maybe metaphysical, too."
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It feels good to have something like the start of a plan. Bringing in Sabrina was the right call, she and Viktor together can create something Marcus knows he'll never be able to even imagine.
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By one of the end tables that just happens to be stacked in books, Sabrina flips through different tomes-- tomes the most appropriate word for the leatherbound, yellowing books. "Sacred geometry is the way to go in actually re-souling him, I think. I can put something together that lets me draw on Viktor, powering the ritual. I don't know how much we'll need. I'm going to need time to set up before this goes down."
"We'll use the bunker," Lisbeth says, chewing on her thumbnail. "We can give you time." She looks up, meeting Marcus and Viktor's eyes for perhaps the first time, her own eyes ringed in sleepless nights.
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"Whatever you need."
Sacred geometry? This shit 8is way out of his element. He has to trust himself, trust his friends, who know he's never done this before.
Viktor glances to Marcus, who he'd foolishly thought would be leading this somehow. Seems like better work for an exorcist than an atomic bomb.
"We're gonna find his soul. Then we're gonna, what? Hold him down and shove it back in?"
He doesn't want to ask, but someone has to. "What if it doesn't work?"