[Love Will Have Its Sacrifices Theme]
So...
Clearly the mature thing to do is apologize for redefining the term "desk jockey".
Hopefully before you send me more listicles about chronic oversharing. It's just..
I've never really tried the whole "friends with an ex" thing before.
And i'm pretty sure this is NOT how it's supposed to go.
Anyway, with the Talisman plan dead in the water it's back to the drawing board to try and figure out how to stop the Dean.
Of course we all have...different opinions about what that might mean.
Carmilla, for instance, feels that aggressive intervention would be best.
Room full of knives. Poison. We light her on fire.
No, no.
While Lafontaine would really prefer something that will keep Perry in one piece.
And me? Well, I'm considering a variety of options.
"I want to end the world."
Hmm... I hear you but I feel like there is something else going on. Maybe you just need to talk it out?
Do some yoga!
We haven't really come to what you'd call a consensus. But -
J.P.! Are you alright? Do you have more intel?
I think you should call Lafontaine and Ms. Karnstein as quickly as possible. It is entirely possible I have stumbled upon a plan to save Ms. Perry and defeat the Dean.
If what I've learned in my observation of the Dean is correct: She is on the verge of opening the fifth gate.
When she does, it'll leave her drained. There'll be a window where she's vulnerable.
Vulnerable to what exactly?
If my espionage is viable, a kind of radical exorcism.
So what? The Littlest A.I. here just happened to stumble upon an exorcism ritual that'll roust a God?
Well if the Talismans are a no go, it's at least worth a try.
I don't know. Even if we think we can perform some kind of... God-ectomy, how are we supposed to keep her from killing us all if it doesn't work?
Oh! We could use the circle we tried on Mattie!
Really? The circle that couldn't even hold the ghost it was supposed to.
Perhaps there is a way to improve the efficacy of the containment spell.
We could ask Mattie for help? Y'know, see if her Death Goddess Boss has any pro-tips to offer?
See? We put her in the circle and get our William Friedkin on. C'mon, this is our first real shot at getting Perry back.
She's been possessed by an evil God for more than six months - for all we know, her brain is tapioca!
Well what are we supposed to do? Just let the Dean have her?
Yeah. Well, until we have a better plan than "ask her real nicely to give Perry back"? Yeah!
We are running out of options!
She has been trying to break in here since we hid here. Bringing her here, past all our defenses -
Okay! What will our defenses be worth when she unleashes Hell on Earth?!
What are you going to break out into song now?
Yeah, like this is a joke to you.
What's with?
Oh, LaF's back at it again with the prophecy glasses.
Well, that was about as much fun as dental surgery.
Anything get settled after I left?
Oh yeah! Definitely. That I don't care nearly enough about Suzy Homemaker.
That I am a hormone controlled idiot who only cares about one person in the universe.
Hmph.
Speaking of hormone-controlled idiots...
About yesterday...
When we, um...
slipped?
Yeah.
I've been thinking and... as much as I can talk about not wanting to be all... (several Laura Hollis-y hand gestures)
This just keeps happening.
And it's not like massive mind-bending denial is really healthy either.
Not typically.
And...
You're an adult and I'm an adult and we seem to be enjoying each other.
Oh, there is definite enjoyment.
So, I'm thinking that maybe we could just... y'know continue that enjoyment.
Y'know as long as we don't get doomed and star crossed about it, we'll be fine. We'll keep it casual.
Light.
Very light.
Hmmm.
So theoretically, if we wanted to have a little fun right now...
We could definitely do that.
No reason we can't have fun whenever we like...
Hmmm.
Quick! Make the circle.
LaFontaine. Tell me you didn't just kidnap the Dean!