ᴏɴᴇ . ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ

[poppycock]

[ those soft squelching sounds, insistent and crying meows, and thumps you hear are accompanied by flashes of color and white fur. this is iskra, a cat, being absolutely impossible and absolutely adorable to her sometimes master (or perhaps more aptly put, subject) klaus mikaelson.

both of which the lucky audience of wonderland gets to see, quite candidly, in a moment. ] Iskra. [ klaus' admonishment is spoken in a gruff undertone but the affection is obvious; it's not the first nor does he expect the last time his afternoon companion will demand more attention than she's due. (but that doesn't mean he won't give it to her.)

he pulls the cat against his chest, his fingers spotted just some with paint. there are speckles of color on iskra as well, and her paws, one of which she lifts to nudge at klaus' chin, leaving behind a blue spot. he blinks but is nonetheless charmed by her familiar behavior despite himself. then, not to be outdone, she reaches to do the same to the canvas.

with a soft tsk of more admonishment, klaus teases her. ] A modernist, are we? A pointillist?

[ it's only then the movement of the recording video on his phone catches klaus' attention. ] Bloody— [ the "hell" bit is cut off, mostly because iskra leaps from klaus' arms to the paw the phone now too.

fin. ]

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[poppycock]

[ the mention of damon gives klaus pause, though not for long. he's not surprised; damon's hardly discreet, but that leo would know his world of origin is in common with his own is something of question and note.

particularly who and in what context told him. ] Well he's quite the personality. [ that's true enough. it's not a personality klaus has liked.

klaus has never heard of the network glitching but perhaps there's a first time for everything. or something else. ] Your primate?

[hypoxic]

Seems that way.

[But he doesn't give more than that. Peter is the connective tissue here, but Peter is also tied to people who are enemies of Klaus. It could be dangerous to give them an anchor to one another. It's for the best to stay mum on details.]

That makes more sense. Thanks

Not sure what happened earlier.

[poppycock]

[ klaus doesn't fish for more. for one, this is a public conversation and there need not be anymore interest made apparent. for another, he sees no reason to strain a friendship that is already strained; he doesn't want to upset leopold.

at least not in a spectacle. ]

A glitch, like you said. [ he reassures fitz, if only because he knows the man has had momentary lapses, ones that always frustrate and embarrass him. klaus has never inquired, but he has his suspicions.

of course, he has his suspicions now and it's unrelated to that. wasn't it fitz's trauma that descended upon them all weeks ago? ]

[hypoxic]

[ The reassurance is helpful. It's better that the lapse be in the network than in himself. It feels hollow to focus on it, but that's better than entertaining the alternative. ]

of course. Thank you.

I'll help with your horse. If you'd not mind me there.

[poppycock]

[ he hesitates at the succinct way leo ends it; he wonders if not expressing his impressions and concern as a friend is the right thing. leo is with no doubt astute and he must at least consider... if that's what this is and wonderland is at work here.

(but he also knows there is nothing to be done. if their first experiment has proven anything, it's that. would it not be a small mercy, to preserve that chance that fitz doesn't know nor suspect? there's nothing klaus or he can do, no matter how he would long to.

perhaps another time.)

and WOULD HE??? ] Of course not. Have you much equine experience?

[hypoxic]

[ it would hardly do to fret so publicly. He'll bring it up to Jemma first, when it's next convenient. The implications are terrifying if Wonderland's already started working its way into him. ]

nine at all. But as you've said, perhaps a change in scenery might to us both some good.

[poppycock]

[ this is clearly a date because klaus is more willing to create a situation in which he spends time with fitz than he is in adopting a horse.

or maybe he's just taking any opportunity to repair and continue their friendship. yeah that's it. ] Well then, I'll acquire a horse.

[hypoxic]

[Likewise, Fitz is more interested in mending things with Klaus than he is in going outdoors wasting his life taking care of some ruddy beast of burden.]

I look forward to it.