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video ↯ the third ⇒ here comes the night time

[ 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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[ 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.

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

[ 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?

God no. You're well define. I'm just trying to get you out of the slump. Why are your sobering up anyway? It seems like being here would be a pretty good excuse to go on a bender.

Just trying to make my keepers happy, you know how it goes. Personally I think I'm a right arse without some of the sauce in me.

Why not just limit your intake?

[ he feels like this doesn't even deserve an answer. he's an alcoholic, what can he say? spike just shrugs. ]

I'll take that as a not happening. Okay, okay. Well, just about all I can do is wish you luck.

[ oh... that was actually nice of her. he ducks his head a little after taking a drag. ]

Ta, luv, I'll need it. Nothing short of a miracle, really.

Hey, if you need any help. I'm here. I know what it's like to feel that lack of control.

[Boy, did she ever. Except with the Trytophan it wasn't an addiction so much as a necessary element she needed to function.]

[ he's not sure how he feels about talking about this in a public feed to a stranger... except no, he's actually super touched. ]

Yeah? Well. I might just give you a ring then. [ wanna be my sponsor, max? c: ]

Sure, but you need to know how to look me up. I'm Max.

[Maybe she wasn't really the sponsor type but she could get with the program and she knew what it was like. Why not?]

Good point. Max, huh?

I like it. Spike, here.

Spike? That's inventive, but I've heard weirder. Nice to meet you. Wish I could say it was under better circumstances.

Hey, thanks, I picked it myself.

These are pretty normal circumstances, as far as mine go. At least there's no apocalypse on - yet.

[As much as she wants to admit that she picked out her name too she doesn't. She wants to keep what she is under wraps for as long as she can. Instead she just smiles and goes into the topic he brought up afterward. No biggie.]

Apocalypse makes it sound biblical. These are just a bunch of weirdos that can't fight their own battles.

Here, yeah. Back home we get 'em pretty often. Nothing biblical about it either.

Weird. Yeah, those aren't something I really have experience with. Fighting, that I can do, but the world breaking stuff? No thanks.

It's not so bad once you get used to it. Once all of California got plunged into Hell and yeah - that kind of sucked - but I got to be King of Beverly Hills.

Oh really? I guess all hail king of California. I'm not even gonna touch the bit about hell.

[ it actually makes him smile, albeit briefly. ] Why not? Hell was the better part of it all.

And there were dinosaurs.

That's a level of weird I don't want to brush up on. Thanks but no thanks.

[ s h r u g ] Another time, then.

Maybe. If I ever come around to the idea of a biblical inferno.

[She sincerely hopes that possibility stays in whatever realm he's from and out of her life here and at home.]

But my point is. I'm around if you ever need some company of the non-alcoholic variety.

You kicked the stuff, too?

[ he always needs company, but how does he say that without sounding pathetic? oh yeah, he doesn't. ]

Could always use some companionship, when you get right down to it. Thor 2-O-1 if you're ever in the neighborhood.

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