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 A.  locked to Klaus Wulfenbach and backdated to Friday

When Waver woke up that morning, he found that both his thaumaturgical crest and his magic circuits were gone again.  Perhaps more obviously, he also found that his missing limbs, organs, and eye were returned; while he hadn't exactly been fond of being a one-armed, one-eyed magical pirate

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[Klaus doesn't really believe the claims made in the letter either, but frankly, he feels that this is more a psychological test than anything else. Death here is not permanent and it won't be in this case either: Mayfield merely wants to force its residents to confront the moral dilemma of murder. It wants to break them.

Klaus Wulfenbach cannot be broken and he intends to show Mayfield just how unafraid he is by going through with what it. What a stroke of luck, that his target happens to be his next-door neighbor; a quick question to his drone son, Julie, confirmed that much.

The picture of Gil is tucked into an inside pocket of his greatcoat. The axe Hiccup gave him is in his hands. Well, one hand. He has to use the other to knock on the door.]

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[Waver did not expect to hear someone knocking; he expected even less for there to be someone with an axe at his door.]

--!

[He slammed the door shut in Klaus' face, though, quite frankly, when it came down to being rude or having nothing between him and a very large man with a weapon, Waver would be rude every time.]

[He locked the door quickly; an amazing feat considering his shaking hands, and he started running back into the house, halfway in a panic already. Shit, he hadn't thought that someone would find him so fast--]

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[...wow, that happened faster than Klaus thought it would. But from the way the young woman man responded, it's fairly obvious that they were expecting a visit of this sort. Thus, he can infer that that was his target. Meaning he needs to get through this door.

So he takes the axe to it. It's a testament to Hiccup's skill that the axe breaks through the lock with barely any difficulty; the door swings open easily, hanging crazily off of one hinge. Waver, don't mind Klaus charging after you.]

You realize there is no point in running, yes?

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[Or, you know, it was because anyone would be alarmed about a seven foot tall man with an axe at their door.]

[He heard the lock break and heavy footsteps gaining behind him. For such a large man, Klaus was a lot faster than Waver had expected. There may have been no point in running, but that didn't mean that he wasn't going to try to escape; it wasn't as though he had a chance at facing him directly.]

[The kitchen table was right in front of him; he grabbed a chair and flung it back toward the hall, trying to buy himself a few extra seconds by blocking Klaus' path.]