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[heroslayer]

Claire hasn't been sleeping right -- I'm sure most of you have noticed. I figured out why.

There's something in her head. Looked like shadows, but beyond that I couldn't tell you what it was. It threw me out of the dream she was having before I could get a better look at it.

She's awake now, and I want her to stay that way -- not like she's getting any rest when she's asleep, anyway. Take turns keeping her up. Do what you have to. And find out what the hell this thing is so I can kill it.

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[heroslayer]

You know what it is? Tell me.

[fear-noevil.livejournal.com]

I got a good fucking idea. I ain't gotten to everyone yet, but I got here yesterday with Hank for Claire's birthday. I also got the results on her blood work.

Short version? She's suffering from a blood disorder that's paranormal in nature. Combination of anemia, bad electrolytes, normal insulin production and crazy glucose levels. Her body's swallowing itself trying to heal from a condition that's as aggressive as her healing ability, if not more.

Something's eating her alive, probably psychically, and if not for her power? She'd have been dead two days before this panel was run.

[heroslayer]

And that explains the thing I saw in her head how, exactly?

[fear-noevil.livejournal.com]

We been workin' a lead Annie found, a glyph on one of the vampires that attacked Claire. It's a demon's mark, a clan symbol. I talked to Spike, and he says they were researching some hedonist clans in the Trymeran Codex. Most of those Dionysian branches are parasitic in nature. Vampires, telepaths, suc...

...Goddamn motherfuckin' piece of fuckin'...if we ain't lookin' for a goddamn fucking incubus I'll eat a pair of Bee's fucking shoes.

[deep-red-bells.livejournal.com]

Nahuel.

[fear-noevil.livejournal.com]

The glyph Annie drew don't match the stuff we found on any of the paraphernalia we've picked up around Searchlight. Shares some commonalities, but...fuck, this is hard.

Short version: yeah, wouldn't be fucking surprised.

[morsus-mihi.livejournal.com]

I can settle that real damn quick, Brohim In Law.

[deep-red-bells.livejournal.com]

Then do it.

[morsus-mihi.livejournal.com]

Get me salt, white chalk, some candles, and Wee Callahan. I have the more 'eye of newt' type stuff either on hand or easily accessible by way of Hubby. You'd be surprised at the stuff he can procure at this hour.

[deep-red-bells.livejournal.com]

On it.

[deep-red-bells.livejournal.com]

You should've let me kill him.

[fear-noevil.livejournal.com]

He dies now. But first we get him the fuck outta Claire's head. Then all bets are off. At this point, I really don't give a fuck who gets hurt.

[deep-red-bells.livejournal.com]

All bets were off the second he had Hank shot. If we'd taken care of it, this wouldn't have happened.

Fix this.

[its-notluck.livejournal.com]

....It's the thing that shot Hank?

[deep-red-bells.livejournal.com]

He had her shot. Yes. He took Amelia. He sent that--the guy that I--the one that showed up at the house.

[its-notluck.livejournal.com]

Oh.

[heroslayer]

What?

[deep-red-bells.livejournal.com]

Nahuel is an incubus. We've had dealings.

[heroslayer]

How do we kill him?

[deep-red-bells.livejournal.com]

They aren't hard to kill. Any conventional method would work. The sticking point is that when you kill them you send every single person they have under their thrall into a complete mental breakdown. Total insanity, irreversible and usually fatal, pretty quickly. That's the only reason we haven't dealt with him yet.

I honestly don't know what would happen if we killed him while he's in any way attached to Claire.

[heroslayer]

Peachy.

[deep-red-bells.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry.

[heroslayer]

If your concept of an incubus and mine are the same, we probably are. The smoke I mentioned was pouring off of her fiancee in the dream she was having.

[fear-noevil.livejournal.com]

That fits. Hate to fuckin' ask, but the dream...was it aggresively sexual in nature?

[heroslayer]

Unfortunately.

I didn't have to watch too long, though -- the damn thing kicked me out of Claire's head. I woke up with a migraine.