#piperxpierre

[cryptid-killjoy]

Today was the Day. A Day of Visiting.

@orleans-jester

Piper and Pierre were going to make his first appearances to people who had lost him when he died. There was really no way to prepare people for such an event, so they were going to go with the old fashion way. Show up at doors. Piper would text first to let people know she was coming, but the rest was going to be up close, live, and in person. She was more than ready to plead her case if anyone took major offense to breaking the laws of nature for Pierre.

"You ready for this?" She'd ask as they prepared to leave his hotel. She held out her hand to show she was going to be right there with him all the way.

"Is there anything you want to go over about anyone?"

During his preparation over the course of some weeks she'd spent time informing him and filling him in on anything important about the old Pierre's life, at least as much as she could considering she didn't walk in his shoes. So, he got the version she understood. She didn't give him too many unneeded details because she didn't want him fretting about every little thing when it wasn't him.

She tried to focus on he was loved and who his friends were. Some actions were explained away as that's just how Delta and Frank are. So, don't take offense to being sentenced to death. They like torturing people, so death was giving it to him easy. Piper even narrated this as an act of kindness which proves his presence had to have been enjoyed on some level. In a warped way it was true. Delta had actually been rooting for him. What Piper didn't know was Delta didn't actually care if he lived or died. He could have stuck around if he wasn't causing havoc on her Hunch. She tolerated him. That was a lot for Delta. Tolerating people was practically an act of friendship in Delta language. The guy saved her mother from Hell. Of course, Delta wanted good for him. It came down to the Hunch came first. Testing Maddy with the card was just a game in Delta's head for little Maddy Mouse at the time. She'd finally outgrown the name despite Delta using it once in a while.

Piper's biggest concern wasn't Delta for once. It was Maddy. It was her fathers. But, to her the claim of family trumped everything. She was taught this not only by her fathers, but the Laveaus. She could cut people off as easy as any of them, but family felt different. It never felt settled no matter how many self-care/no-contact memes she'd read. The world could avoid-avoid-avoid all they wanted. It just wasn't for her. Maybe she was too big for her britches, but she felt like she could solve anything after gaining control of an entire country. She basically made the happiest place on earth after her changes were implemented. Surely, she could handle some relative relations after dealing with international relations. Jumping the Fate's strings into the timeline felt like the answer. The more time she spent around this Pierre, the more she was certain. She held no regrets.

Even telling him about how he died here and why was how Piper even came up with this plan. In her head the timeline jumping may have condemned Pierre before, but it was also going to save him for them all. A little irony and magic intervention never hurt anyone. Famous last words? They were about to find out.

"And just remember, if anyone doesn't react as we hope, we remember sometimes it takes time for people to adjust to something new. Who would you like to see first?"

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Slumber Party Real Talk Time

Upon arriving at the Renault house Piper would first say Hi to Dug before anything else. But, she would arrive with an over night bag over her shoulder as she came in. 

Phoebus was on his own. He actually seemed to have his shit handled if it wasn’t for the cop thing. The patriarchal side that seemed over blown had really tamed itself down, but it was more about the loyalty, the ability to not speak, keep secrets, know when to act and when not. It had far more to do with loyalty than ego and whatever else Esmeralda said. The picking on their personalities were one thing, but could they be trusted with their lives? That was where Piper’s mind was. She wouldn’t risk her papas again not even for Pierre after the loss of that leg. She was going to lay all the cards on the table so Pierre had a fighting chance of understanding what he was really dealing with. She thought it was unfair for him to be trying to swim when he couldn’t see what was in the water. 

“Take me to your room, Pierre. I have a lot to tell you and only so much time.” 

But, knowing his power and before he interjected she’d say, “And this is one I can’t stay in the loop for forever.” There was a part of her still back in the bedroom with him at the party in a loop of pleasure. There was a part of her she supposed that would always be there. 

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Piper shows up at Pierre’s House

Piper wanted to visit Pierre before any awkwardness set in at school. She’d missed a damn lot of it. But, Merlin had been informed of her father’s condition which went along with a long absence in 2 different new professors. She had a lot of work to make up after dealing with “family matters” as was her excuse. She’d never be able to catch up if she didn’t go back soon. 

Then there was the fact that Pierre’s birthday just passed. It took Piper a moment to realize if Agnes had had a birthday then Pierre did too. It was easy to forget they were twins, plus all her friends birthdays weren’t really on her list of things to remember even if she had known. It wasn’t her kind of thing. But, Pierre became someone different, someone a little more special. 

She wouldn’t show up on the day of. It’d be days later, but she’d show up with a small package in her hand, and would knock on the door able to get through the gate. She felt strange standing there waiting. She wasn’t sure after everything she heard of Phoebus and after all that had gone down how she would be greeted. She tentatively waited to see if anyone was home. If not, she’d leave it on the doorstep or in the mailbox. 

@orleans-jester​

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In her purple pants suit, Piper would arrive at the Renault house. She didn’t feel right, but was trusting in Agnes this was a good idea. 

On the news there was some fan fair about honoring the loss of a cop. But, in the supernatural layer of the community, and probably the criminal community too, but Piper saw it as the supernatural folk, they were celebrating. The house she lived in was somewhere between celebrating and just not giving a shit. Everyone seemed happy and unattached to the whole thing. Piper didn’t feel any happiness about it, but her own lack of attachment to people growing up in the household that threatened him easily made it so she had no feelings about it at all whatsoever. If it wasn’t for Pierre and Agnes and Esme it wouldn’t even be on her radar, but she seemed more attached to those three than the rest of the family too, even the papas. It gave Piper a sense of caution to the emotions for the three that she already did have. Esmeralda wasn’t texting her back. She felt like she was doing something wrong there and didn’t have the capacity to understand what it was. 

But, she showed up, of all people. “Hello?” She’d say pushing through the gate hoping someone was outside, but would continue on to knock on the door.