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[stupetballs]

[Fortunately for Doc, Waverly is, in fact, in her room. She emerges from her own room at the sound of the knock.]

Coming!

[A few moments later, the suite door open and her face appears with a smile.]

Hey, Doc. C'mon in.

[cowman]

( Oh, good. He is not like a werewolf. He cannot smell her there. Unless she were bleeding. Please don't be bleeding.

She seems to not be bleeding as she invites him in. )

Thank you. Elena Gilbert is tending to our bar.

[stupetballs]

Then the bar is in good hands.

[She trusts Elena with far much more than the bar. She closes the door behind him, offering a bright-ish smile as she does.]

You doing okay? How's married life?

[She's joking, mostly. She has no idea how close to the heart of it she is.]

[cowman]

( A question everybody asks. )

Chaste. Honorable. He is a vampire, now.

[stupetballs]

[It's such a simple sentence, but it's enough to feel her heart drop into the pit of her stomach. She's not foolish enough to believe that Doc was the only vampire in all of Penance. Logically, she knows better than that. She knows that Klaus was one, after all.

But she can't help but feel that sharp, irrational fear that comes from someone who knows what angelic blood does to a vampire.

It's not anger so much as dread, and after a long period of silence she knows she should say something, but all she can manage is:]

Oh.

[cowman]

We got carried away and my athletics advisor persona did not like how human and pliable he was. He did not deny himself.

( Doc is not proud of this development. )

I will work with him. He is my responsibility now. He was a human of moderation, so subsisting on what the kitchens provide should be more than enough. I owed you the explanation.

( He remembers what it was like to go in a frenzy over her blood. His words are as apologetic as his previous actions. )

[stupetballs]

I get it.

[It was an accident. It was the brainwashing. It was a thing that happened and it's not as though Doc can take it back now. But it's still concerning all the same.]

He can't ... you have to tell him I'm off limits. Like under no circumstances.

[cowman]

You were never on limits. He has no desire to feed from someone and that will include you. But, I will make it clear to him. If it gets bad, anyone else.

( is he still scared? yes, he is. )

[stupetballs]

I know. I know he doesn't want to feed on people, but ... things happen, Doc.

[They've both been in Hell long enough to know as much.]

Nothing is ever that simple.

[cowman]

You're right. We will not have that happen. He will not know the taste of angel's blood.

( He promises. If only promises held water in Hell. )

[stupetballs]

[And she believes him, for now. She takes a deep breath and nods, hoping that he'll be able to keep enough of that promise.]

Okay. I trust you.

[Famous last words, given what's coming.]

[cowman]

I also came here because I spoke at length with Lucifer before he was carted off. Before Barbas and the boarding school. I believe he's been trying to free all of us.

[stupetballs]

[Waverly nods, happy to transition the conversation off themselves for now.]

Yeah, I've been getting that impression too. I think kicking God out of Hell was part of that.

[cowman]

I do not think Lucifer is behind even bringing us here. He mentioned Alice. I am not comfortable with how much Lucifer knows.

( He goes quiet again, sighing. )

[stupetballs]

He mentioned Alice and that's why he couldn't have brought us here?

[She has questions, but she's not following this particular line of logic.]

[cowman]

No, he - he mentioned Alice first. Returning her to Wynonna and I. But, neither one of us would want her here. That was when he clarified. He would send us all back. Send us back to her. Not that it is safe for her anywhere, not when we are in the same place.

( As long as that curse stands, it will be dangerous for her. )

[stupetballs]

[The curse is broken, Waverly knows that much. But that doesn't mean that things are finished or better. Not with the Clantons still floating around. But she nods.]

If you're home, you still stand a better chance of seeing her one day versus being here.

[cowman]

( Peacemaker is back at any rate. )

Do we trust Lucifer?

[stupetballs]

No.

[She doesn't, not fully. But, some of the time she's spent with him of late has been ... convincing.]

I think he's better than Barbas, but I'm not sure he's one hundred percent trustworthy. He is still the Devil. They say he's got a silver tongue for a reason.

[She takes a breath.]

Even the person I know who likes him the most doesn't trust him completely.

[cowman]

Someone likes Lucifer the most.

( The very most. )

Then I think we could use him for our own ends.

[stupetballs]

Well. Right now he's currently in one of Barbas' holding cells so ... not this minute.

[That being said, she's not sure she's okay with using Fitz that way. He can be short-sighted sometimes but he's generally well meaning. Hurting him is not how she wants to play this, and when it comes to Lucifer, she can't trust that someone won't get hurt.]

We'll see what happens when he's out.

[cowman]

We shall. I will see to it with Raymond.

( For her benefit and safety. )

[stupetballs]

Thank you.

[She nods with a small smile.]

I'll get you back to Alice, Doc. I promise.

[Maybe it's a promise she shouldn't make, but it's a promise she intends to keep.]

[cowman]

And I will get you back to Nicole. We will get back.