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[corporeity]

Well.
My condition is such that my magic is unpalatable, to be sure. Toxic, corrosive, consumptive.

That is to say, I imagine that any attempt to take it for oneself would backfire quite spectacularly. I need only hold an object to sap it of all magical vitality, for instance.

[poppycock]

( music to his ears )

If your magic is such, would it at all be possible to harness that effect, say in an object?

[corporeity]

No, I’m afraid he’d need to drink from the source, so to speak.

[poppycock]

A pity.

( a pause. while klaus wouldn't hesitate to force gale's hand, if need be, that would introduce far more variables than a useful object might.

so, more importantly: )

Would you be willing to stop him yourself, if it came to that? For Caroline?

[corporeity]

For Caroline, I would do anything. She was of great comfort to Astarion when he was alone here — and to me, even after that.

[poppycock]

( he has no reason not to believe gale—he also has caroline's trust, after all. but klaus has lived long enough to know how quickly allegiances change, and he takes that vow with a few grains of salt. )

Good. Because I would rather die than see any harm come to her.

[corporeity]

Good.

[ likewise. ]

Then perhaps you’ll be displeased to hear one Louis de Pointe du Lac attempted to use Caroline as a shield, in the last games, by leaking her name to the one accusing the vampires.

And that Lestat de Lioncourt has paid for the Yellowjackets votes in exchange for your own, cast against Devon in the previous round.

[poppycock]

Displeased, but not surprised. ( displeased only begins to cover it. certainly they would sacrifice her again, should the opportunity arise. ) For himself or for his paramours?

Yes, Lestat's influences and manipulations have been made to clear to me, and now clearer still. He won't succeed again.

[corporeity]

He was a Wolf, but Lestat and Armand had also been accused.

[ so both, perhaps. ]

Good.
I’ve the ear another group, working across the teams. Your names have yet to arise. Their chief concern is a vampiric alliance working into tandem with the Yellowjackets, not that any one of your kind is a wolf.

[poppycock]

You'll do us a favor by dispelling that notion. That was hardly the product of an alliance with vampires as a whole. We were swayed as easily as all the rest.

I've not heard yours. Except that his name was listed as a vampire's, I've not heard Astarion's either. Yet considering he's also in Team Spades, he would know that.

[corporeity]

It’s done. I’ve informed them of Lestat’s subterfuge, and that I intend to court several of the votes I believe want the same as we do: To win the game.

The Hearts are young, naive, and splintered. I imagine it’s the Clubs and Diamonds that we should monitor closely.

[poppycock]

I appreciate your efforts.

Of the Clubs and Diamonds, who do you believe worthy of monitoring? Or trusting? I know too few here, truth be told.

[corporeity]

On Diamond, I trust Spike wholeheartedly. Caroline, of course. Ani has been exonerated by her role.

I hesitate to speak ill of one poisoned, but the slings and arrows of the Yellowjackets do not wholly exonerate Ren, in my eyes. August is dear to me, but has the capacity for the crimes which the Diamonds have been accused of.

It appears Wanda did not act in alignment with her team, which means she may be swayed by others.

Jinx has emerged as a leader of the Clubs, and her voice is louder than most. Shadowheart is of mine and Astarion’s world, and a friend.

Perhaps Stefan has a better sense of the others.

[ otherwise, they’ve less data than he’d like. ]