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[allbloodyhail]

[ THIS IS FORWARD DATED spike would usually do this up on video but given the chaos and just how shitty he looks-- oh, yeah, if you haven't seen spike in a bit there's a reason for it. he looks like death. literally. skinny, sallow, low-energy. he's not even quipping like he should be. he's scarcely been here ninety days, but without blood, he's not healing like he should. these demons are giving him the go around and he doesn't like it. so have a raspy english voice, sounding much tireder than usual, which really everyone should expect given the theme around here. ]

I'll tell you all, I've seen an apocalypse or two in my day. And this? This is a bloody disaster.

Floor 22, Room 17. I've got some weapons and hiding spots, but that's not what I'm on about. I'll see you all in the trenches anyway. [ he takes a breath, he might be smoking. ]

...This blood situation, yeah? For us vamps. [ pauuuuuse ] It's wrong, and I'll tell you why it's wrong. This might be a bloody big ship, but it's going to start seeming a whole hell of a lot smaller if we keep handing over human to them--us. To us.

I don't drink human blood, it's a life choice. Let's use an analogy. Now, I talked to an expert on the subject so let's call 'blood' ... 'heroin.' And let's call bagged blood something they call 'methadone.' That's a drug used to bring someone down off scag, if you didn't know. But it doesn't work, and neither does this. Drinking it from a bag? Well. Just makes someone want the real thing.

Over on the Cyllene, guy name of Jayne told me to look for Dr. Tam up in the med bay? But I'm sorry, doc, and anyone else who might have a hand in that concoction -- I don't trust it. Don't ruddy well trust anyone with a beaker and I've got good reason.

There's got to be another way.

[ he hangs up rather abruptly, it takes a lot to get a rise out of him like this. it took the perfect cocktail of starvation, sleeplessness, nightmares and demons from his homeworld but now he's here and he's mad. and yeah, no that's basically it. ]

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[becauseihaveto]

[She'd switch to voice, really she would, but she can't be bothered messing with the settings on the device. Technology and Abby do not go well together. So she just keeps staring at the screen, staying silent to make sure he's finished speaking before nodding.]

Good luck getting other people to help, though. [A pause; she doesn't mean to talk bad about everyone on board but she's not holding out much hope they're going to agree, either.]

I'm just sick of being treated like I'm a vegetarian, like I'm choosing to drink blood, instead of what I am. Like people expect me to just stop because it makes them uncomfortable. My diet isn't by choice and even if the way I feed is something I choose, it's to protect them, not because it's easier for me.

[Because really. She'd be fine with ripping out throats and then snapping necks to ensure no one winds up infected. She's pretty sure the people on board might have a small problem with that, though.]

[allbloodyhail]

[ he knows what it's like to be a soulless creature of the night. he knows what it is to enjoy killing. he can still remember how empty it felt, and it gave him a sharp pang of unpleasantness to hear her talk of it so callously. ]

I'm talking about getting a hold of some animal blood, in case that wasn't clear. [ slipping into his birkenstocks as we speak ]

[becauseihaveto]

[She's not worried about his opinion of her. She isn't killing people, is doing her very best to maintain control and survive off the bagged blood even if it makes her sick. For her, that's as much of a compromise as people are going to get.]

I know. Just because animal blood doesn't work for me doesn't mean it shouldn't be available for those it does work for, though. That's my point.

[allbloodyhail]

...Oh. Yeah, so. You agree with me.



Good.

[becauseihaveto]

Yes. [A pause.] I probably could have made that clearer. It's just hard to think, to say what I'm thinking, right now.

[allbloodyhail]

[ he sighed for her benefit ] Tell me about it, luv.

...When you said that mix made you sick, what exactly did you mean?

[becauseihaveto]

[The tiniest of shrugs.]

Exactly what I said. It made me sick. Not as sick as human food makes me, but close. [A beat.] And it tasted awful.

[allbloodyhail]

Human food makes you sick? Sorry to hear that, luv, even if the hot wings up here leave everything to be desired.

[becauseihaveto]

I wouldn't know. I've never had a hot wing. [A pause.] Aren't there animals anywhere on board that you could use?

[allbloodyhail]

That's just not right. [ he means the hot wings. ] It's going to have to do til I can find something more permanent, yeah.

[becauseihaveto]

What sort of permanence do you mean?

[allbloodyhail]

Dunno, yet. I'll let you know when I work that out.

[becauseihaveto]

Please do. Now I'm curious.

[allbloodyhail]

I'll keep you on speeddial.

[kutte]

Sick how?

[ just butting into spike's conversations, as you do. ]

[becauseihaveto]

My stomach hurt and I threw it up. But I did keep it down longer than I would have kept down human food.

[kutte]

So what, you don't eat anything other than the blood?

[becauseihaveto]

Not unless I want to be sick.