re: some of her children possibly going to teleios, and her being used as bait

[originalwitch]

Of all the choices you have made in our brief tenure together, I do not believe this is one of the best.

[Not amused at being used as bait? Probably. Most people don't like it.]

I am sure you know how much I wish things with my children could be different, I do not think forcing them into a so called "redemptive" setting will have the desired effect. Klaus, Rebekah and even Kol will need to make that decision on their own, and I do not believe it will go as well as you may hope.

I also do not think that using me to try and "lure" a Finn or Elijah will go as well as you hope either. Especially given the fact that I will not be entering the city for some time, if at all. Your whims are rather short-lived, after all.

[a sigh, reserved as always, but still there nonetheless.]

Though I suppose arguing with you will only be counter intuitive, wouldn't it?

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[iniquity]

If it takes a perfect society attempt to give us a reunion... I'm not sure they realize what utopia is meant to be.

[originalwitch]

I do not believe they are sending you to utopia yet, Kol. Simply ... making sure you're prepared.

[negotiates]

Why would we wish to enter a city with you?

[originalwitch]

[Oh, Elijah. You're still the one who hurts the most, not that she shows it. If there were any doubt of what needed to be done, it was with you.]

That, I'm afraid, was my point. Though I would not be entering the city for some time. She is more interested in finding you for your brothers and sister.

[negotiates]

[Still, it didn't stop you, did it, Esther? Forgive him if his sympathy is limited.]

And they are all consigned to this place of... redemption. [Because that doesn't sound suspicious at all.]

[originalwitch]

[No, it didn't. Because he didn't stop either. As moral as he may be, he still made his choices, and left her with hers. She wanted to save her children, not turn them into monsters, and this was her mistake to correct.

He had a thousand years to prove her wrong, and he didn't.]

Teleios is a city that exists between Earth, and what the agents call "Utopia." They expect perfection before they open their doors to you, and they require you to earn it. The agents choose people, assign them debt, and give them the means to erase it.

After that, the rest is up to them. Klaus, Kol and Rebekah are in consideration to be chosen.

[negotiates]

[She may well judge him for his choices. They are his and his alone. What he doesn't like is how this translates into 'kill the entire family'. He will never agree with her on that.]

I see. Slavery and judgement. I imagine you're eager to erase your sins.

[originalwitch]

[She wasn't sure what option she had left. Would he have stopped if she asked? Would Klaus or Kol or Rebekah?]

I have made many mistakes. If this is how the universe decides I need to correct them, who am I to argue.

[negotiates]

[Of course, they wouldn't.]

As long as your correction doesn't involve trying to kill us again.

[originalwitch]

I think those in charge would frown upon that approach. They are not advocates of violence as a rule.

[negotiates]

Then what will you do?

[originalwitch]

I suppose that depends on what they do.

[negotiates]

I hope for their sake that you do not join them. [He suspects that his siblings will have a hard enough time of it without Esther stirring things up.]

[dust_of_life]

I gotta ask...what makes you the "original witch?" Because that's a pretty nifty title if you can back it up.

[originalwitch]

I am the witch of the Original family of vampires. Hence, the Original witch.

[dust_of_life]

Not familiar with that, really. But it sounds cool.

Capital O?

[originalwitch]

Capital O. In my ... "world," I believe is the phrase, I am the one who brought vampires into existence, but turning my children into them. They were the first vampires, therefore the "Original" vampires.

[dust_of_life]

Well, on behalf of all of the rest of us, can I just say...

Thanks a lot.

[originalwitch]

At the time, I didn't realize what they would become. I simply wanted them to survive.

[she was grieving at the time. she had already lost two children, she wasn't sure she could bear to lose even one more.]

In hindsight, however, I can see the problem it caused.

[dust_of_life]

[Dryly:]

No kidding.

Although, I guess I should thank you. Guess that makes you my great, great, great, however many greats, grandmother?

[originalwitch]

[eyebrow raise]

You are a vampire?

[dust_of_life]

[She seems genuinely offended by that.]

Watch it, lady.

Dhampir. Although I prefer the term "witch."

[originalwitch]

[frowns]

That is not a term I'm familiar with.

[eternityofshame]

I'm afraid I will not be joining you, Mother. This one favors the elder Salvatore to me.

Granted I'd imagine he has more need of it than I, but it's doubtful he would be as grateful for the opportunity.

[originalwitch]

That is a shame, Finn. I would have loved to have you here.