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Tweak says, "ninjas have no sea legs"

Spike (chipswiththat) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-05-10 22:43:00

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alex karev, anya jenkins, deanna troi, helen magnus, martha jones, nico di angelo, piper halliwell, spike, ton phanan, zatanna zatara

270 // open action
[ Sooner or later, you run out of patience. You grow bored, antsy, you find yourself pacing like a wild animal in a cage, yearning desperately for something to happen just to break the monotony and sure, spending a day with lungs full of air and a heart full of beating was fun but not enough to even begin to ease that itch. The demon in your chest is clawing against ribs, screaming for blood, for fire and death and chaos. For the good old days. For something — anything — that makes you feel alive despite being a walking corpse.

He's got his body back. The chip has been out for ages and he finally retrieved his signature coat, Nikki Wood's coat, the very thing that reminds him of past glory, of the road taken to get this far. William the Bloody, Spike, the Slayer of Slayers. One step away from becoming a living (well) legend and now he's stuck here, chained like a dog in the backyard with the threat of a besoulment hanging over him like a guillotine. He's not going to take that lying down. He's not just going to wait, not when there's blood to spill.

It's late when he hits the streets of MarinaNova Asylum, dark shadows lending a perfect cover as he stalks through the sectors. Hunting. He will not go through this quietly. ]

((ooc: open to actions of many varieties, tho I'm definitely looking for victims. Successful and unsuccessful attacks all welcome. Hit me up on plurk or email (baratiesbest@gmail.com) if you want to plot or have questions! Please remember any hospitalization comes with an injury punishment AND an assault charge for Spike, so let me know if your character ends up in the hospital! ))

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questionofwhen
2014-05-11 09:05 pm UTC (link)

[Nathan hadn't meant to follow Spike. He'd been out walking--trying to keep a different kind of monster under control--when he saw the bleached hair, and he'd intended to keep on walking, but then they were both walking in the same direction...

And, really, Nathan finds him interesting. When he finds himself trailing after him entirely on accident, he takes it as a sign. Or something. Whatever. What's important is that Spike is going to notice that he has picked up a tagalong, and not a particularly stealthy tagalong at that.

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	chipswiththat 2014-05-12 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	[ Being good at stalking others comes with the side-effect of knowing when you're being stalked and with a tagalong this non-stealthy, there is no way Spike won't notice. None. He lets Nathan follow him for a while before finally stopping, releasing a long plume of smoke as he addresses the boy, back still turned. ] I know you're there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	questionofwhen 2014-05-14 02:02 am UTC (link)
	[Nathan stop in his tracks and holds very, very still. Maybe it's a bluff? It'd better be. Most people don't like being followed.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-05-15 12:03 am UTC (link)
	[ No bluff and after another brief moment he turns to face Nathan, a paragon of casual calmness. Like a fluffy bunny ready to strike with its big sharp pointy teeth. ] If I were you, I'd run back home to the Sheriff where it's nice and safe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	questionofwhen 2014-05-15 12:16 am UTC (link)
	[Welp, there's nothing for it now. Nathan straightens just to show how not afraid he is and steps forward.] Why? It's not like the robots'll let anything happen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-05-15 01:08 pm UTC (link)
	[ A lazy smirk. ] Shows what you know. There's a lot that can happen in the dead of night and no one will be the wiser. Plenty of lit'le loopholes where the grand robot bitch and her tin man companion can't touch you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	questionofwhen 2014-05-22 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	Really? [He should probably be afraid instead of curious.] What kind of loopholes? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-05-23 12:03 pm UTC (link)
	That would be telling, wouldn't it? Can't do that to the Sheriff's pet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	questionofwhen 2014-05-24 07:28 am UTC (link)
	I wouldn't tell her. [Doing nothing to dissuade being compared to a pet with the eager-puppy-ness.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-05-24 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	Oh sure, if you pinky swear I'll definitely tell you all my lit'le murderous secrets. [ Eyeroll. Gotta do better than that, Nathan. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	questionofwhen 2014-05-25 02:40 am UTC (link)
	[Put out.] Can you tell me what it's like? Murdering people? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

chipswiththat
2014-05-25 04:25 pm UTC (link)

Looking for material for the spank bank, are you? [ He scoffs, but alright. What's the harm. ] What do you want to know? What it's like to fill your mouth with warm blood? The way a vein pops when you put pressure on it, the burst of copper on your tongue... the look in their eyes when they know, really know that this is it.

Or are you more interested in the crunch of a railroad spike going through someone's skull? What's your poison?

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questionofwhen
2014-05-25 10:34 pm UTC (link)

What's a spank-- [No, actually, he doesn't want to know that. And the blood-drinking descriptions aren't that sexy, but Spike has his attention when he starts to describe the look of a victim.

The railroad spike thing is cool, too.]

More like... how do you feel when their blood's on your hands? Or before that, when--when you know that you can do anything you want to them?

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	chipswiththat 2014-05-26 12:11 pm UTC (link)
	[ Hey, Dru turned to putty in his hands whenever he gave her those kinds of vivid descriptions. Then again, he's not really looking for a shag here. ] There's nothing quite like it. No better feeling in the world... like you're invincible. Nothing can get to you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	questionofwhen 2014-05-26 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	[e w] Yeah? Then what about after that? Do you ever feel bad? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-05-27 08:26 am UTC (link)
	Bad? [ He laughs, incredulously. ] Why would I ever feel bad? You need a soul for that, mate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	questionofwhen 2014-05-28 03:30 am UTC (link)
	How'd you do that? [Two steps away from asking to be turned into a vampire!] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-05-28 08:37 am UTC (link)
	It's not difficult. Any poor ol' sod can do it — you die. Key is to keep moving afterwards. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	questionofwhen 2014-05-29 03:22 am UTC (link)
	If you get rid of your soul when you die, what's left to keep moving? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-05-29 10:49 am UTC (link)
	The demon, of course. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	questionofwhen 2014-05-29 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, but is any part of who you were left? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-05-29 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	What kind of a question is that? [ A very good one, that's what. One that hits a little too close to home. ] Didn't lose anything worth missing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	questionofwhen 2014-05-30 03:42 am UTC (link)
	[That isn't a particularly satisfying answer, but Nathan gets the feeling that he's on the verge of asking too many questions.] That sounds easy, just dying and not having to care. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-05-31 09:45 am UTC (link)
	[ Only just. He will however get almost uncharacteristically honest for a moment here, eyes locking on the boy. ] Dying is never easy. It can be quick and welcome and the best thing that ever happens to you, but it's not easy. [ He shifts closer at that, features slipping into the demonic. ] I could give you a taste. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	questionofwhen 2014-05-31 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	[For the first time in the duration of their conversation, Nathan looks a little afraid--not of the monster in front of him, but by the monster he could be if all the parts that cared were taken away.] What's the hard part? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)