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[allbloodyhail]

[Spike puts his booted feet up on the table in the lounge, puffing idly on a cigarette. He kinda didn't care about the recirculated air thing given that he didn't actually need to breathe. Instead he's just going to get right to it, leaning over the feed.]

Can't believe what the kitchen here calls 'hot wings.' More like spicy mystery meat, if you ask me. Which you didn't, but I'm telling you anyway. Because there's not one bloody thing else to do up here. Can only walk round in circles so many times before you start getting dizzy. Not that I've done that...

[Instead he's been riding the elevators up and down for the better part of four hours.]

Say, anyone know how to play cribbage? I'd settle for a rollicking game of Operation, at this rate.

[He's away from the screen just a moment, coming back up without his cigarette.]

I know. Charades. Yeah? [He stands up and sets the device far enough away to catch his expression. First word. A person. He flaps his arms like wings then rearranges his brow to hang over his eyes. See what he's doing here... No, probably not. He puts his hands together like prayer and draws a halo over his head with smoke from his cigarette (that he quickly puts down again, off screen).

There's a pause, and then Spike rolls his eyes. He got bored of his own boredom-curing movement.] You know the guy. He's not really on security, is he?

[The video ends with a slightly melodic laugh and a hoo sound. As in, hoo boy, that's a knee-slapper.

You're welcome, Ataraxion.]

Comments

[okayokay]

He had the wing get up. It's a good guess.

[Just slightly defensive. Celebrity Charades is one of her favorite games, okay.]

[allbloodyhail]

Didn't say it wasn't. Talking about someone here on the ship, though, I was.

[okayokay]

So he's like a priest or something.

[allbloodyhail]

No...

[okayokay]

[Frowning. She's going to get this, god damn it.]

So. Angel wings, but not a singer. Holy and not a priest. I don't know what the other religion's got. I need another hint.

[allbloodyhail]

Unholy, more like. Unholy pain in my arse.

[okayokay]

Shit, if it's just a personal thing just shoot the guy or something. Charades is for fun.

[allbloodyhail]

How right you are. Still, that sloth is about here some place and I'm gonna have to come to terms with it sooner or later.

...If you like, I can go back and say 'yeah' to Bowie.

[okayokay]

Yes. I would like that. And if you go and kill him? Try and keep it quiet, okay. I don't know where most of these people are from, but throwing killing all over this TV's messed up.

[allbloodyhail]

Who said anything about killing? [He'd rather really make Angel suffer... by following him around all day everyday.]

[okayokay]

I don't know. What else do you call someone out for? Date night?

[allbloodyhail]

What? [Jesus.

No, he really didn't care, assume what you want gosh!!!!!!!]

Or just to make a fool out of him. Either way.

[okayokay]

Shouldn't you be listing off stupid shit he's done, then? Or...showing baby pictures or something?

[allbloodyhail]

[He laughs, ducking his head.] No baby pictures, but. There was actually this one time...

He turned into a wee little puppet. [And then the tides just roll in, he's actually crying he's laughing so hard. Guffawing, even.]

[okayokay]

[She'd call bullshit...but no one sane laughs that much about a lie.

hm. She waits until he's at least only lightly sobbing in tears.]

How?

[allbloodyhail]

Some spell. He's better now, unfortunately.

[okayokay]

No shit. You're not just playing with me.

[Getting a tiny bit defensive here. Because they're in space...but magic. Really.]

[allbloodyhail]

...No, luv, I'm not. It just happened not even a week ago. [For him anyway]

[okayokay]

So you know a sea witch or something.

[Yeah. Totally going with the Disney classic 'Little Mermaid' logic on this one.]

[allbloodyhail]

A 'sea witch?' Uh. Know a few witches, yeah, but they didn't do this.

It's irrelevant, probably, being that I'm here now.

[okayokay]

He turned into another animal. It had to be a witch.

[allbloodyhail]

Animal...? [He likes you yes he does.]

[okayokay]

Toy. Whatever. I figured it had to be alive anyway.

[allbloodyhail]

Oh, he was alive alright. Well, undead. And muppetized.

[okayokay]

So...a witch.