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book + la casa de papel

ft. @frcmashes, @chosenlonely, @scbastian, @geminislegacy, @enflamedxtouch, @hardts, @deathlyharlows, @wrckhvck, @ofsilverwings, @sharphistory

the plan is simple — or as simple as planning a robbery can be. it’s a perfect plan, a victimless crime. they’ll break into the national mint, take 67 hostages including a diplomat’s son, and print their own money before escaping through a secret tunnel underneath vault 3. the professor’s thought everything through — he’s methodical, almost impressingly so. but in moment’s of stress, of high stakes, his visage cracks and reveals the weakness behind the mask. sebastian, known only as the professor isn’t the real brains behind the operations. that would be none other than BERLIN, otherwise known as vuras. his twin brother and the yang to his yin. where sebastian is careful, tactical, vuras is anything but. he’s impulsive, even to his own end, and is a constant wild card in the mint. he’s in charge, the man calling the shots, and while he puts on a good show they all know who he is. they knew before they ever signed on.

they all agreed: no names, no personal relationships. they adapt the names of various cities around the world and communicate only by codename.

TOKYO and RIO are the youngest. they broke the rules about no personal relationships about five minutes after sebastian advised against it. he’s young, has played too many video games and doesn’t necessarily see anything than young love and the promise of unimaginable wealth. she’s reckless; her poor decisions resulted in the death of her last boyfriend. she watched him bleed out in the street as the sirens howled and she RAN. her own mother tried to turn her in and died of heartbreak when she ran free. hope mikaelson and landon kirby are in love, and that love will cause problems for their heist.

OSLO and HELSINKI are a package deal. they grew up together and talk in a shorthand that will prove to be invaluable inside. OLSO, the blonde, is an ammunitions expert. she was contacted by the professor after his interest in her sparked recognition of her talents. she might only be in her 20′s, but no one knows their way around an M16 like she does. while she’s hot headed, her other half has a calming effect and is the level-headed of the two. she’s just as comfortable around weapons and is an expert counterfeiter. no one will make their money look as legitimate as her. she’s the best of the best, and the reason why the twins have managed to evade incarceration. it was only when they divided that they were arrested, each having served 6-7 months upstate for various crimes. josie and lizzie saltzman need to start over and with millions of dollars ? there’s no better way to do it.

then there’s DENVER and MOSCOW. both are the hired muscle. denver, she’s former military, dishonorably discharged after turning against her troop. moscow is a recovering alcoholic, in it for the money and the glory. his wife died a few years back and the professor found him casing the very mint they were planning to rob. he’s a bit of a loose canon but he’s loyal as hell. sebastian knows that when push comes to shove, harlow and damon will protect the others – even if it’s purely in their own interest.

then there’s NAIROBI. he’s clever; his mind is sharp, always thinking three steps ahead of everyone else. the professor has him on the inside to make sure the kids don’t get themselves killed. unbeknownst to the professor, he’s the biological father of their prime hostage and he has an agenda of his own. jack has william flynn in his sights and will stop at nothing to make sure he’s standing by his side at the end of this heist. if all goes well, he’ll have him by his side at the end of the 10 days.

honorable mentions: cassandra as the inspector who sebastian falls in love with, jeopardizing his own heist. claudia as STOCKHOLM, the secretary turned hostage turned love interest of denver when against all odds they fall for each other when harlow spares her instead of killing her. aster replacing araiadne, a hostage who returns v’s interest in him in hopes that it will spare his life. it backfires though when he falls for the man and ends up saving his life during their inevitable escape. v has a terminal illness, one that will kill him in less than a year, but aster vows to stick by his side. mg as ángel, a detective working with cassandra who warns her that sebastian is bad news but doesn’t get to her before she falls heels over head. then finally alaric as the army colonel, unaware that two of his own daughters are knee deep in this heist.

v ends up selling hope out to the police. she’s a wild card, too reckless even for him, and he needs to stay in control. they threaten to kill landon and might have were it not for sebastian’s interference. landon lives, hope finds her way back, they push through even after josie dies protecting hope and lizzie.

in the end they escape. jack dies in the break, killed by lizzie when he tries to shoot william in the head. lizzie lets him go but later sends him a ticket to the island she’s hidden out on — he can decide for himself if he wants to take a chance on a ‘ could have been ’.