This is possibly the worst idea Josie's ever had. But she doesn't have very many options to choose from.
She needs someone with her who could take a beating from Hope if necessary. Who might be willing to get in between her and Hope should the need arise. Who would have a vested interest in helping Josie to achieve her goals, and she's not sure if Freya is that person. Freya tends to advocate for Hope making choices for herself. Advocating for her working through things herself. Josie might agree with her, had Hope not just killed her sister.
(Sure, Lizzie's fine, she's a vampire now, but that doesn't mean Josie is okay with it.)
Hope is dangerous - she's not just working through her feelings. She's hurting people, and if she continues on the path she's on, the guilt may eat her alive and they'll never get her back. So she squares her shoulders, takes a deep breath and walks into the courtyard of the Abattoir, hoping that she's not biting off more than she can chew.
He would kill Alaric Saltzman if the man wasn't already as good as dead. Klaus' hand flexes dangerously tight around the cell phone he has clutched in his hand as he storms down the courtyard steps. He just heard all the news of not only his daughter, but of the terrible violence she has wrought, from a frantic Caroline. Thousands of miles away, embroiled with a pack of angry witches, she has no clear path nor timeline home.
The anger and concern he feels is insurmountable—he has one thought, and that is to find his daughter. So intent on his purpose, his attention does not alight on Josie until her voice echoes through the open space.
He pauses, halting where he is. At the very least, he can reassure Caroline of one thing, and now he will certainly learn more of the gritty details. He takes the rest of stairs, and most of the courtyard, with vampire-speed, unable to contain his urgency and impatience. Unwilling, too, to mask it.
"Josette," he greets, his eyes hard and flinty. He lifts his phone pointedly before pocketing it. "Are you not picking up your mother's calls?"
She does feel a little bad about that, but she also doesn't want to talk to her mother right now. Caroline will want to talk about Lizzie and Josie's feelings on it, and if she thinks about Lizzie too much and the gaping hole where she used to be able to feel her sister she will fall into the pit that she's been trying so hard not to.
The one where she thinks more about her anger than she does about what she came here to do, and that's save Hope.
"I will call her back. But I wanted to talk to you first."
"In that case, I suppose I should be eternally grateful." The words are dripping with sarcasm that wavers with the panic and worry racing through his veins. The truth is, he is. He is grateful to see Josie at his door, in his home, if only because her presence has him one step closer to Hope. To easing Caroline's mind—and his own—of one thing.
His exhale is heavy. His question is as earnest as it is demanding. "What happened?" He knows the broad strokes, of course. But to hear it from Josette, to hear her own interpretation and her experience, that is necessary. Perhaps because he also cares, in his way. Standing in front of him is a girl who has lost her sister. Lizzie may not be dead, but there is plenty to mourn. As there is for Hope.
It should be a simple question, what happened. The problem is, Josie doesn't really know where to start. It's so much beyond then but do the reasons matter when the biggest problem is that Hope's emotions are off?
"To save the world, Hope had to kill Landon, and once she did, she turned her emotions off." She doesn't think it's because Hope didn't think she could handle it. Hope can handle a lot. She thinks it's because she didn't want to and that's another matter entirely. "No-Emotions Hope then went after my dad to try and prove a point, to ... dissuade us from coming after her, I guess. Lizzie is ... was furious and was determined to find a way to kill Hope which led to Hope killing Lizzie to further prove the point but fortunately Lizzie was smart enough to take vampire blood before she confronted her."
Josie doesn't know yet that the blood Lizzie took was Hope's blood, that she's now sired to No Emotions Hope, but that's not going to change why Josie is here.
"Hope did whatever it took to save me when I went dark so I have to return the favor. But if I'm gonna do that and make it out alive, I need your help."
She's not stupid enough to confront Hope head on but she is stupid enough to stand in front of Klaus Mikaelson and ask for his help. But she's hoping that the fact that they both want the same thing will help.
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She needs someone with her who could take a beating from Hope if necessary. Who might be willing to get in between her and Hope should the need arise. Who would have a vested interest in helping Josie to achieve her goals, and she's not sure if Freya is that person. Freya tends to advocate for Hope making choices for herself. Advocating for her working through things herself. Josie might agree with her, had Hope not just killed her sister.
(Sure, Lizzie's fine, she's a vampire now, but that doesn't mean Josie is okay with it.)
Hope is dangerous - she's not just working through her feelings. She's hurting people, and if she continues on the path she's on, the guilt may eat her alive and they'll never get her back. So she squares her shoulders, takes a deep breath and walks into the courtyard of the Abattoir, hoping that she's not biting off more than she can chew.
"Hello?"
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The anger and concern he feels is insurmountable—he has one thought, and that is to find his daughter. So intent on his purpose, his attention does not alight on Josie until her voice echoes through the open space.
He pauses, halting where he is. At the very least, he can reassure Caroline of one thing, and now he will certainly learn more of the gritty details. He takes the rest of stairs, and most of the courtyard, with vampire-speed, unable to contain his urgency and impatience. Unwilling, too, to mask it.
"Josette," he greets, his eyes hard and flinty. He lifts his phone pointedly before pocketing it. "Are you not picking up your mother's calls?"
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She does feel a little bad about that, but she also doesn't want to talk to her mother right now. Caroline will want to talk about Lizzie and Josie's feelings on it, and if she thinks about Lizzie too much and the gaping hole where she used to be able to feel her sister she will fall into the pit that she's been trying so hard not to.
The one where she thinks more about her anger than she does about what she came here to do, and that's save Hope.
"I will call her back. But I wanted to talk to you first."
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His exhale is heavy. His question is as earnest as it is demanding. "What happened?" He knows the broad strokes, of course. But to hear it from Josette, to hear her own interpretation and her experience, that is necessary. Perhaps because he also cares, in his way. Standing in front of him is a girl who has lost her sister. Lizzie may not be dead, but there is plenty to mourn. As there is for Hope.
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"To save the world, Hope had to kill Landon, and once she did, she turned her emotions off." She doesn't think it's because Hope didn't think she could handle it. Hope can handle a lot. She thinks it's because she didn't want to and that's another matter entirely. "No-Emotions Hope then went after my dad to try and prove a point, to ... dissuade us from coming after her, I guess. Lizzie is ... was furious and was determined to find a way to kill Hope which led to Hope killing Lizzie to further prove the point but fortunately Lizzie was smart enough to take vampire blood before she confronted her."
Josie doesn't know yet that the blood Lizzie took was Hope's blood, that she's now sired to No Emotions Hope, but that's not going to change why Josie is here.
"Hope did whatever it took to save me when I went dark so I have to return the favor. But if I'm gonna do that and make it out alive, I need your help."
She's not stupid enough to confront Hope head on but she is stupid enough to stand in front of Klaus Mikaelson and ask for his help. But she's hoping that the fact that they both want the same thing will help.