video ↯ the third ⇒ here comes the night time

[allbloodyhail]

[ spike is bustling around his kitchen, tea and toast in the making. he pulls a slice out of the toaster and starts smearing jam on. ]

It's been a little while, you lot. Or, well, guess I saw most of you on the train home. But now there's new folks and old folks coming back and the like. Par for the beginning of the month, or whatever frame of time it is they use here.

[ now starting in on the second and a thoughtful look crosses over his features. ] I would say this place gets less agonizing the longer I'm here, but I think I know better than to jynx it by now...

[ the kettle goes off, startling him into spinning too quick and knocking the toast off the counter - jam side down. ] Oh come on!

Bloody hell. Where was I? Oh, yeah.

Sober two days, you bunch of bastards. Hope you're happy.

[ the feed is about to go out but a few muffled words make it through as he's cleaning up the jam: ] How did hair get in this? Ugh. Crooks.

[ - and zamo. ]

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[brainiest]

I'm very proud of you.

[ A pause, then a little affronted scoff. ]

Crooks doesn't shed, Spike, and she resents the accusation.

[allbloodyhail]

All cats shed, no matter how bloody precious they are. [ sigh!! ]

[brainiest]

Then I suppose she'll simply have to stop visiting, won't she?

[allbloodyhail]

Hey now, no need to be hasty... But she's on thin ice.

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[wantstobuildasnowman]

[Guess who, Spike? It's the babbling princess herself! The feed is a little shaky, but that's likely because it hasn't dawned on her that if she moves, the bracelet moves, and therefore the feed moves. She's smiling at least!]

Hello, hi! I don't know if you remember me. Anna of...Freezingdelle, you called it.

[That just devolved into awful ice puns and she loved it.

She gasps, though, when the toast falls to the floor.]

Oh! Are you all right? Was that what you were planning to eat?

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[allbloodyhail]

Anna, yeah. Course. That was like, three days ago, luv.

[ even he isn't that brain damaged!!!!! maybe. ]

I was, yeah. But now I'm afraid it's... toast. [ he knows what you like qrl. ]

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[wantstobuildasnowman]

[Sorry, she just isn't sure if she's that memorable. The joke makes her laugh, though!]

O-Oh no! Do you have something else to eat? I hope so, especially if you're really hungry!

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[allbloodyhail]

Hermione is saving the day, on that front. My hero.

[girlskickass]

Uh, wow. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that AA's not working too well for you and has driven you into a pretty big bout of manopause.

[allbloodyhail]

[ that gets a glare, but he's on his couch now smoking a cigarette. and lbr spike glaring isn't that scary anyway. ]

Those were my last bits of bread.

[girlskickass]

I don't know what to say. Unnecessary carbs are unnecessary carbs? Take it easy, macho.

[allbloodyhail]

[ that gives him pause, but he's just going to roll with it, even with his stomach growling audibly. he hasn't eaten in a few days either, but that's neither here nor there. ]

Are you calling me flabby?

[fire_punk]

I thought crooks weren't supposed to leave hair and stuff behind. So they don't get caught. [How's he supposed to know Spike means a cat?]

[allbloodyhail]

Crooks is the cat's name. [ he says as if it's his cat, instead of his cat-niece. s h r u g ]

[fire_punk]

You named your cat after thieves? [Excuse him while he laughs at that. He thinks it's pretty cool.]

[allbloodyhail]

She's named after another cat or something. Do you know Hermione?

She is a little crook though. A sock crook. [ a beat. ] The cat, not the girl.

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[comeonthensexy]

I've managed to conclude it to approximately once every two weeks. New arrivals season, that is.

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[allbloodyhail]

Every two weeks, huh... Feels longer than that. Time is weird, here, but for someone like you it must be easier to get on with. I still feel like I have temporal jetlag, half the time.

[ no, spike, that's just the sobering up. ]

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[comeonthensexy]

I haven't had any trouble with it. Seems pretty Earth-y to me.

[fredless]

[Softly]

We are, Spike. Very happy. I know I am.

[allbloodyhail]

Yeah? ...Then it might just have been worth it.

[fredless]

What's up for day three?

[daddyissues]

Ecstatic. [ it isn't entirely sarcastic, either, there's a distinct 'good spike' in his voice ] You're eating without being scolded, too?

[allbloodyhail]

As long as my toast doesn't take a digger. [ groans ] Hermione's bringing me biscuits, though.

[daddyissues]

That works. [ who's hermione, hmm? ]

Has anyone you know shown up?