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Tweak says, "Great Googly Moogly!!!"

Spike (chipswiththat) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-01-11 14:30:00

Entry tags:

ianto jones, jack harkness, kitty pryde (aoa), malcolm reynolds, rebecca crane, sam winchester, spike

358 - voice + action
[ It's surprisingly early, for him. Vampire habits and all that, this transmission should happen later in the afternoon but it doesn't. He also sounds surprisingly drunk for it being this early in the day — effort was taken to reach this level of inebriety. It's clear in the tone of his voice, the stubborn lack of video, the briefness of the message. ]

Rose is gone. She was a good person even if you wankers didn't appreciate it.

[ And off goes the feed. He'll make his way to the graveyard with as many bottles of whiskey as he can possibly carry. Gotta start early in the day if you want to drink yourself to oblivion. Anyone coming across him can expect to find a fumbling mess of a man and more than one smashed bottle. ]

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	chipswiththat 2016-01-12 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	...Slayer took pity on me. Chained me up like a dog, found a way to make use of me. [ He draws a deep inhale. ] It's all pretty blurry. I haven't lived this yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-12 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	I suppose we're both better off for having been brought here, then. [Like he said, second chances.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

chipswiththat
2016-01-13 11:47 am UTC (link)

Speak for yourself. [ He can perfectly understand how some people prefer this to whatever shit they have going on here, but he can't. Never did. ]

We're powerless here... can't do shit to change what's happening to us. Back home I'd- I'd dig up some ancient ritual, sacrifice a virgin, go straight to hell to get her back if I had to.

Here, I can drink and listen to you.

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	readystopwatch 2016-01-13 12:46 pm UTC (link)
	[He gets it, he really does, but,] Do those things actually work? Back home every time we've tried to bring someone back from the dead it's had consequences. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 12:50 pm UTC (link)
	It works. You tap into the right kind of magic, nothing is impossible. [ Not recommended, but it works. ] Hell, I punched a demon in the face to get my immortal soul back. Bringing someone back from the dead... is that so weird? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-13 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	Not weird. And I understand. I went to extreme lengths to try and bring Lisa back. It's hard not to try and find some sort of hope that things can go back to the way they were. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 01:00 pm UTC (link)
	Lisa? [ He's in no state to remember if they've talked about Lisa before. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-13 02:01 pm UTC (link)
	My girlfriend. [He pauses to give Spike time to make whatever comment he wants about that, then he'll elaborate.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 02:04 pm UTC (link)
	Right. [ Should he know that? Maybe. Anyway, he knows people can be two things. He's not nearly as bigoted as he makes himself out to be. ] What happened to her? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readystopwatch
2016-01-13 02:48 pm UTC (link)

[He doesn't think this topic has come up with Spike. He told Kitty about it, but generally it's not something he talks about. In this case he doesn't mind sharing though.]

She was partially converted to a Cyberman. They're humanity upgraded, in these metal bodies with all emotions removed. They just convert more people - I suppose they're rather like vampires. Her conversion process wasn't competed though so it was still her, mostly and I thought I could save her. Turns out I was wrong. She killed a lot of people before Torchwood stopped her.

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	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. [ So, like Adam's deal. That was a shitshow... maybe if he tries really hard he'll remember how much of a shitshow and avoid affiliation whenever he goes home. ] They... they did something like that, too. The assholes who nabbed me... The Initiative. Bad idea all around. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-13 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	I never thought of your chip that way. [Maybe he should have. It does give the thing a bit of a new perspective for him.] Anyway the point of it all is I wanted to do anything to save her and I shouldn't have. I don't think she would have wanted me to. I should have let go. And I don't think you should try anything to bring Rose back. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 08:32 pm UTC (link)
	Not my chip... another of their projects. [ But again, in his not too distant future. Let's not get too deep into things he hasn't lived yet. ] And you're a little late with that advice... not with Rose. Dru. I was ready to end the world if I could have her back. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-13 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	You'd really end the world if you couldn't be with her? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	I nearly ended the world so I could be with her. [ Or, Angelus did. Same difference. ] She was sick. I worked to make her better. When she left on her own accord, I did this. [ He raises the bottle in a toast, taking a long swig. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readystopwatch
2016-01-13 09:05 pm UTC (link)

Sorry you don't have the world ending option here. [A little dryly. It's hard to know what to say, especially since they just did this with the roles reversed so recently and he knows exactly how much it still hurts even with all the best words and intentions in the world. It hurts to lose someone, and that's all there is to it.] Maybe she'll come back. Rose, I mean. Jack did.

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	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	[ It's kind of besides the point but he's drunk and heartbroken and doesn't care enough to correct Ianto about what actually went down. It doesn't matter. It was years ago. ] Maybe... doubt it. No one I know does. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-13 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Jack did. [He repeats. He knows the two of them aren't exactly close and maybe Spike doesn't want to count that but still. He did come back.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Sure... Jack did. [ He scoffs. ] I'm sure you're over the moon that he's back, but I'm not quite as excited. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-13 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	I know you're not. You don't have to like him to acknowledge that he came back. He's immortal; he can't change too much. The same might be true for Rose. [He is friends with a lot of people who don't physically change, isn't he?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	Angel stopped coming back. Eric's gone... and Jessica. Claire, too. Not even Buffy made it back here. [ He used to have a ton of friends. These are just the ones that are harder to kill, that tend to not care so much about great difficulties. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-13 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	You don't have anyone left here that you care about in the slightest? I find that a bit difficult to believe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	[ He gives Ianto a long, pointed look. Does he really need to spell it out? Does he have to say it? Only you, mate. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-13 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	I meant besides me. [Annoyed/fond eye roll.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	Then no. No one. [ He isn't even being dramatic about it. Rebecca might count but he's pretty sure she still hates him a lot and is just too nice to show it. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)