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Tweak says, "Allons-y!"

Spike (chipswiththat) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-08-16 16:11:00

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anya jenkins, brian moser, deanna troi, doctor facilier, euphemia li britannia, ianto jones, jack harkness, kitty pryde (aoa), rebecca crane, spike, zatanna zatara

284 // voice
[ The feed starts long before anyone speaks, lingers in eerie silence broken by the clicks of a stubborn lighter, the dry crackle of tobacco being set alight, the hollow intake of smoke in dead lungs. The trembling exhale, functioning as an initial indicator to just how rough and ragged his voice is when he does speak. Strained, like he's been screaming himself raw or perhaps the measured and stilted words are a product of him trying to keep himself from doing just that. ]

Are you happy now? Is the world all bright, full of puppydogs and rainbows again? Messing with things you don't understand... makes you feel powerful, doesn't it? Like you're in control. Like you know something. Let me tell you a lit'le secret: you don't know shit. You've never been in control and you never will be. Always somethin' else, calling the shots... whether you realize it or not.

The real monsters aren't out there... but in here. [ Punctuated by the hollow knock of knuckles against breastbone and then he cuts the feed. ]

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	chipswiththat 2014-09-01 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	Sure. Let's say you will remember this for the rest of your long, healthy life. I'll still have you beat at the end of it. 126 is still considered pretty damn young by vampire standards. If I'm stuck here, I'll really be immortal. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-01 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	Could still be worth it. You must have thought so if you were considering it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-02 07:19 am UTC (link)
	Who the hell knows what I thought... will think. Whatever. Won't think now, thanks to you lot. [ A mock sigh. ] Doesn't matter much anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-03 03:21 am UTC (link)
	No? It's just your life, isn't it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-03 07:08 pm UTC (link)
	Why do you care, anyway? Why are you so bloody keen on making sure I'm alright? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-04 01:46 am UTC (link)
	I don't seem like the type to care? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-04 09:05 am UTC (link)
	I'm not the type to be cared for. [ It's not you, Kitty-cat. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-04 01:25 pm UTC (link)
	[She shrugs.] You helped me out before or some version of it when I wasn't exactly in the best place. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-05 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Bit different, isn't it? Broken heart is one thing. You don't owe me anything, Kitty. Give it a rest. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-05 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Am I that annoying to talk to? Come on, I know I don't owe you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-06 08:32 am UTC (link)
	...I don't care what you think I'll become when this is true. I'm not going to be that guy. [ He couldn't for Buffy and he sure can't for her replacement. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-06 02:34 pm UTC (link)
	You think I'm waiting for the butterfly on the other side? Sounds like me, but I'm trying to get out of that game. [Because so far is hasn't done anything with Tyki but hurt her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-06 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	Then what? Why are you still talking to me? [ Agitated. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-06 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	You know where the disconnect button is too. Why are you still talking to me if it's bothering you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-06 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	Not much else to do around here. Beats staring at the wall. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-07 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	High praise. I might have that sewn into a pillow. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-07 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	Taking up needlework? I suppose you do need something new to do now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-07 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	Why, did we find a way to stop the wardens already? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-07 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	You're not going to, you know. They're not there for you to stop. Don't even know where to begin, do you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-07 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe not, but I plan to be ready when there is an opening or we do figure it out. No enemy no matter how intractable is impossible to stop. [You just have to be willing to make the sacrifices that come with it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-07 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	No... you proved that quite well already, didn't you? Willing to go to whatever length necessary... Question is if you'll be this sure of yourself once it's all said and done. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-07 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	Hate to break it to you, but I proved that before I ever came here. [Her students and her life.] Hard to say if I'd even still be around to be questioning it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-07 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	So you're willing to just give it all up? Your life, your boy... for what? What are you even hoping of accomplishing here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-09-07 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	Protecting people. I'm an X-Man. It's what we do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-09-07 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	So you don't count as people, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)