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Tweak says, "Aaarrrgghhhh"

Captain Jack Harkness (foreverjack) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-06-09 15:02:00

Entry tags:

aidan reilly, anya jenkins, artemis crock, data, ianto jones, jack harkness, kitty pryde (aoa), kitty pryde (evolution), martha jones, nico di angelo, piper halliwell, rebecca crane, sam winchester, spencer reid, tieria erde, zatanna zatara

Day 275 / Video / Locked to Defence Force
[Jack appears on the screen, a glimpse of his living room behind him. He looks pretty calm, and a lot more centred than he has done recently. Finally getting the best of Spike (because even if he died, Spike still has to heal) has done wonders for his confidence regarding getting the situation settled once and for all.]

I figure it's about time for a general update on the Spike situation. I've spoken to quite a few of you about this over the last week or two, but a general pooling of information would seem sensible.

Everyone should by now be aware that five nights ago Spike went on a bit of a spree. I don't know exactly how many people he attacked, but we have reports or punishment notices for Ton Phanan, Piper Halliwell, Nico di Angelo, Martha Jones and Clay Kaczmarek. There may have been considerably more.

I haven't heard of any fatalities so I'm assuming there weren't any, since he's been pretty careful so far not to kill anyone who wouldn't come back. But if you know of anyone who got killed, or anyone else who got hurt, please let us know – and please encourage people to tell the Defence Force if something like this happens. We can't help if we don't know!

Anyway, I think I've managed to put Spike out of action for a while, so hopefully we have time to do what we need to do to make sure he's not a threat to people's safety any longer. Which means putting his soul back into his dead, demon-possessed body to give him back his moral compass.

Ladies with the magical abilities, how are we doing with the spells? Let us know if there's any ingredients or anything you need, and we'll see if we can get them for you. [One of the spells he found mentioned something called an Orb of Thesulah, and he's not at all sure that's something that can be found within the dome. But there were other spells, and he's had the magic users looking them over for him for feasibility.]

The rest of you? We need rehabilitation points to get Spike's soul back. I spoke to the wardens yesterday and they confirmed that we can pool points for it, but it's going to need a lot of them. So anyone who has any spare points, please can you let me know? Conscienti said you'd need to give consent in person, but we can deal with that nearer the time. For now, all I need is a list of people who are willing to donate points, and once I have that I can go back and ask if that's enough points for what we need. So, names, please!

Aside from that: patrol. Spike seems to have slunk off to lick his wounds for the moment, but I don't know where he's holed up and I don't know how long we have. So patrol. Look out for him or any kind of trouble that he might be behind – as well as the normal stuff, of course. Spike's not necessarily the only threat we have here.

[He takes a breath.]

Okay, I think that's all for now. Questions, comments, suggestions?

[Private video to Anya]

Hey, can I talk to you about Spike?

((OOC: Feel free to approach Jack in person rather than over the network if you prefer. He can be found pretty much anywhere in the dome: at HQ, patrolling (Sectors 0-2), in the library, getting coffee, near his apartment (Sector 4), or even going for his daily swim in the sea! :-)

Also, if you want your character to donate rehabilitation points but don't want the hassle of threading it out, feel free to leave an OOC response to that effect here too, to keep everything in one place!))

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	foreverjack 2014-06-11 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	Did he now? [Perking up, suddenly very interested.] Did you get anything useful out of him? [And then, because he does get there eventually:] Who did you swap with, anyway? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-06-11 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	Not really. Except that he is definitely from the same world my body came from. His name was Angel. [Pausing to see if he knew him.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2014-06-14 01:01 pm UTC (link)
	Angel. [His eyes narrow.] Spike's mentioned Angel, a few times. Who is he? He's not his sire, because that was Drusilla, but he's definitely someone who means a lot to Spike. Or meant a lot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-06-15 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	Angel used to be here. He was actually one of the sector leaders for the force. Spike mentioned me being his grandsire. I guess that means Angel turned Drusilla? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2014-06-15 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I guess. So you actually knew him? And he was... [Working it out, rapidly, remembering Spike's scathing remarks.] So Angel had a soul? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-06-17 03:49 am UTC (link)
	[Nodding.] I worked with him for awhile. And if he didn't then was good about hiding it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2014-06-18 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	So it works then? This resouling thing? With Angel, it really did work? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-06-21 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know a lot about how he became the way he was. I guess it did, but I just thought he was what vampires from his world were like. ...I didn't realize what he had going on inside him though. [The demon.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2014-06-23 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. [Dryly.] I guess that was a tough day for you too, then. Did you... [Did you eat anyone?] Did you get through it okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-07-03 03:51 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. Yeah, I was fine. [No eating anyone. He did drink blood at the Blood Shack and that was problematic in its own way for him. Even after changing back he felt a little shaky about it, but there aren't any demons here. At least not the kind he's used to.] What about you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

foreverjack
2014-07-06 11:52 am UTC (link)

[A bit of a grimace.] Lucky you. I ended up chomping on my boyfriend. I'm still not sure whether it was good he offered himself up for it or not.

[Even if it did make it very plain just how much Ianto loves him.]

The soul won in the end though. My soul, I mean. My humanity. Made me stop before I did any major damage, and that made me even more sure that this is the way to go with Spike, too.

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	tallerthanthou 2014-07-08 04:28 am UTC (link)
	How do you know—really know—it was your soul that did that? There are plenty of human killers in the world and for all we know their souls are right there with them when they do those things. Reid teaches a whole class on it. Souls don't stop everyone. [Also, he doesn't want to think too much about Spike-Jack drinking Ianto.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

foreverjack
2014-07-11 01:50 pm UTC (link)

I'm not saying the soul necessarily stops all violence. I still went for Ianto, after all. [Though he might have managed to hold himself back more if Ianto hadn't been quite so "Come on, it's all right, drink me!"] But even though the demon side won through at that moment, I was struggling with it all the way, and in the end, I won.

So yeah, the soul might not win every time, but at least with a soul there'd be a chance of him not giving in to his urges every time. Without it, there's nothing holding him back.

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	tallerthanthou 2014-07-20 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	So I guess we won't know how he reacts until we get it done, right? [Still not loving this plan.] ...Why give him the chance? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2014-07-21 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	Because if it works, he might actually be a force for good? [And because it's a project, and god knows he's needed one of those. ~~And because Spike's too much fun to want him out of the way for good.~~] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-07-21 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	That seems like a really big if. [Or a series of biggish ifs.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

foreverjack
2014-07-22 08:58 am UTC (link)

I think it's worth a try. Also, there are people here who would be devastated if we didn't at least try what we could before resorting to killing him, and I need to be able to look them in the face and tell them I did everything I could.

[God knows Penelope's going to be devasted enough at what he's doing to Spike without telling her; he can't imagine having to tell her he just staked the guy without even trying anything else.]

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tallerthanthou
2014-07-30 12:59 am UTC (link)

[He draws a deep breath.] Okay. I guess that's the way we're doing it. [It's not full agreement, but he won't rock the boat. Not unless someone is in direct danger and it's the only way to help. He's getting help gathering information with this force and he'll see where this goes. It's actually not such a bad thing. There have been times he's been frustrated that hunters only research the kill. If there had been a way to change werewolves...

Well, things would have been different.]

You could have some of my points for it.

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	foreverjack 2014-07-30 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	[He watches carefully, waiting while Sam makes up his mind. Sam would certainly be a useful person to have on-side for this project. When he gets his assent, he smiles widely, relaxing.] I guess it is. And thanks - that'll be a big help. I'll let you know how that goes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2014-07-31 02:49 am UTC (link)
	Thanks. If I get any research that might help I'll pass it along. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2014-07-31 10:15 am UTC (link)
	Much appreciated. Till later, then! (Reply to this) (Parent)

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