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Tweak says, "Ding dong the witch is dead."

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 2016-01-13 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)

readystopwatch
2016-01-13 10:46 pm UTC (link)

[Alright, he wasn't quite expecting that. And he's a person who has always had a very limited list of friends or people he trusts both here and at home. He knows Spike isn't the most popular person here and that he doesn't exactly go out of his way to make friends but he thought for sure there must be one or two other people he cared about.] Suddenly I feel like a lot more pressure has been placed on this conversation.

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	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	[ He did but they disappeared within relatively short procession of each other. Rose today and Tyki a while back but he's not all that interested in talking about either of them right now. ] What, you're worried now? After spending... I don't even know how long alone in a graveyard with a vampire? [ Nerd. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-13 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	Worried about you, not me. Anyway as far as safety goes I'm getting fairly used to you biting me. [A little smile to ease some of the tension.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-13 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	You like it. [ Teasing, for sure. The best defence. ] And don't worry about me... this is- this is par for the course. I'm my own man. I'll be fine. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readystopwatch
2016-01-13 11:12 pm UTC (link)

Only the one time. [Yes, he did and yes it's an awkward subject but he still manages to make it sound teasing. They might as well not take it seriously since it's just going to be uncomfortable otherwise.] It doesn't have to be par the course for you, you know. I'm not saying you should suddenly become some social butterfly but people might be willing to give you a chance of you make the effort. I did.

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chipswiththat
2016-01-13 11:19 pm UTC (link)

You know how to find me if you want another hit. [ Like that is ever going to happen but he's decided to accept that day as something Good and Nice rather than be homophobic about it and so here they are. The poofter talk was never more than part of the well 'ard image anyway. He's a demon. He doesn't care what people like to fuck, at the end of the day. ]

I used to... for her, you know? [ Rose. ] She was all about that... redeeming yourself and maintaining humanity, all that bollocks. A wonder she stayed with me as long as she did.

[ And now there's no her and he's always been bad at doing things when there's just him. Cecily, Drusilla, Harmony for a time that he'll later blame on temporary insanity... Buffy. Buffy Buffy Buffy, from a moment he hasn't even had the privilege of living yet 'til the end of time.

And now, just him. It's empty and purposeless in ways he can't describe. ]

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readystopwatch
2016-01-14 01:02 pm UTC (link)

I'll give you a call. [This little crush of his feels less distracting now that he knows what it's like to lose Jack and knows he never wants to do anything that could cause that to happen again. It's still there but it feels less distracting than it did before. Or maybe he's just telling himself that.]

She sounds like a good person. I wish I'd gotten to know her better.

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	chipswiththat 2016-01-14 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	You never talked to her? [ He may be feeling somewhat bad for dragging Rose into that whole mess. He doesn't know how to be a good person and she didn't know better than to stay by him. Maybe it ruined her chances at friendships. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readystopwatch
2016-01-14 10:43 pm UTC (link)

Once or twice but it was just conversations. You're not the only anti-social one in this place you know. [He thinks sometimes people forget that, since Jack is so outgoing and over the top. They assume he must be, too, or just come away with that impression of Jack rubbing off on their memory of him, too. He doesn't mind people and he's friendly and likes interacting with people, but he tends to keep them at a professional distance when he can. With a few exceptions, of course.]

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	chipswiththat 2016-01-14 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not anti-social, I just don't give a shit. [ With a few exceptions, of course. Most of the time he never stays in one place long enough to need to make friends. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-15 02:31 pm UTC (link)
	Isn't it the same thing in the end? [It all boils down to whether or not you like people. He likes them, he just doesn't like letting many of them get close.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-15 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	[ He makes a noise. Fine, okay, you win. ] What's the point if they keep taking the cool people? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-17 01:56 pm UTC (link)
	Didn't you just give me some speech the other day about love being the point of it all even if we lose the people we care about? [A speech he still somewhat disagrees with but that's not the point.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-17 02:04 pm UTC (link)
	[ He makes a reluctant, displeased noise. Don't use his inspiring words against him, mate. Not cool. At a loss for a decent response, he takes a deep drink of whiskey instead. That's better. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-17 02:14 pm UTC (link)
	[Ianto has a particularly smug look he wears when he knows he's won an argument and he doesn't bother trying to hide it now.] I'm still not saying it's a perfect philosophy or anything. But you did have a good point with it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-01-17 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	Loving someone and tolerating this sorry lot are two different things. [ And if you love someone you need no one else. That person will do fine to fill the void all on their own. ] Anyway... not really up for discussing that tonight. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2016-01-17 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	[This time he does hug him, even if it might not do much to help or be what Spike wants now. But it seems to mean more than just saying things like I'm sorry she's gone or I wish this didn't keep happening.. It's more simple and direct than all of that and he hopes Spike isn't too drunk and unhappy to appreciate it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

chipswiththat
2016-01-17 04:38 pm UTC (link)

[ If he wasn't this drunk and unhappy, he might not appreciate it for what it is. If he hadn't been on the other side of this when Jack disappeared, this would be a moment of apprehensive tensing and wanting no part of this but they're so past that and so he reciprocates, curling an arm around Ianto's back.

We can't be too chummy, though. Of course not. Men can't have squishy emotions. ]

I'm not going to make out with you, if that's what you think.