[text] hope mikaelson | un: tribrid

[tribridloner]

I can't say I expected this. Though...I doubt anyone would expect this. Unless maybe they were psychic. And I'm still not sure how I got out of Josie's head But yay cookies I guess?

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[bargain_batman]

So your dad was half a wolf? Other half vampire? I'm guessing vampires aren't the undead and can actually reproduce to make more, not just turn people? And what's an original witch?

[tribridloner]

He could reproduce only because of his wolf side. Vampires aren't supposed to be able to. But I am a cosmic loophole. The first witch. My father was over 1000 years old when he died.

[bargain_batman]

[ That was a lot to take in. Diego didn't respond right away, taking a few seconds to digest her answer. ]

So you're an orphan?

[tribridloner]

Yeah...both my parents died a couple of years ago. [ And it was her fault. Or at least she will always believe it was. ]

[bargain_batman]

Were they good to you?
Mine just died recently.

[ He wasn't going to talk blame but didn't know whether to offer condolences. Diego didn't have any pity over his father. His mom was another story entirely. ]

[tribridloner]

They were...the best. And I miss them so much. My dad literally sacrificed his life to save mine.

[bargain_batman]

I'm sorry you lost them then. I don't know what a father like that is like but my mom would do anything for us. She was everything to us when we were kids. We didn't appreciate her, treating her no different than our dad treated her.

[tribridloner]

I'm sure she knew you loved her.

[bargain_batman]

You're right.
She was the best.

I'm starting to wonder if this place has a thing for orphans. I keep meeting them.

[tribridloner]

Terrible thing to have in common.

[bargain_batman]

Next to being dragged here, yeah.

So not to be an asshole but back to the half wolf and half vampire thing, does that require you to eat people?

[tribridloner]

No, my vampire side won't be activated until I die. But when that happens...I can use blood bags.

[bargain_batman]

Just full of optimism, huh? Nobody has died here since I got here so guess we've got time to make you a little supply.
So wolves and witches don't make meals out of people?

[tribridloner]

I just have a feeling things are gonna end only one way for me. No, we don't. I mean some of us do but not me.

[bargain_batman]

So did you see ending up here? Maybe it won't be the way you think. Take it from the guy who ended up here when the world came to an end.

Curious as to why you decided to text and not call or video.
Ok, I'm actually wondering what you look like.

[tribridloner]

Maybe. But there is one thing I know, I'm toxic to Malivore so it's going to take me going full tribrid to defeat him.

[ She turns on her camera so he can see her face. ]

[bargain_batman]

[ The sight of her surprised him.

He hadn't been sure of gender via the messages and didn't want to assume by the use of 'witch' and not 'warlock' or 'sorcerer'. She was beautiful but appeared young, possibly legal. Not that it mattered, given her genealogy. She could easily be a few centuries old.

Diego also turned on his video to be fair. ]

Haven't heard of any Malivore but I'm Diego.

[tribridloner]

Nice to meet you, Diego. I'm Hope.

[bargain_batman]

Really? I'd think you'd be more optimistic with that name but it fits you.

[ Not that he pretended to know her from a brief interaction via text. He gave her the smallest of smiles. ]

It's nice meeting you too. Sure you weren't putting me on about being part wolf? I don't see it.

[tribridloner]

I've lost...a lot. It's hard to be really optimistic.

I'd show you but I wouldn't be able to operate my phone.

[ Maybe she'd show him later. People didn't believe her, that was okay. They probably weren't used to things like this. ]

[bargain_batman]

[ He felt bad hearing that she'd lost a lot. Diego simmered and kept a concerned gaze. ]

No rush. Maybe one day in person, if you're up to it. I'm no stranger to weird shit but turning into a wolf is not something I've seen before.

However, I did have a talking chimp as something of a butler growing up.

[tribridloner]

You're messing with me. [ He had to be. ]

[bargain_batman]

[ He gave her a look of disbelief. ]

So you can be half wolf, vampire and witch but a talking chimp's where you draw the line?

[ Diego wasn't mad or even annoyed. It was more teasing and maybe a little defensiveness and thinking of Pogo as something unbelievable. He wouldn't tell her about his mom being an android under the circumstances. ]

He was an experiment my dad did before we were born. --My brothers and sisters and me.

[tribridloner]

No, I just thought you might be messing with me. But that must have been interesting to have him around.

[ Not any weirder than some of the Malivore stuff, she supposed. ]

[bargain_batman]

Fair point. I tend to do that but I've gotta know you a little better.

[ Not exactly true. He gave complete strangers shit. Hope might have struck a chord where he didn't want to do that to her. ]

Pogo was a good guy. [ Diego held a somber look. ] He deserved better than to be a slave to our father.