on life in dagaz...

[idolstolemylook]

So it's not bad enough, I'm still on the auction block for Nysgod mate-of-the-year. You have to put me through a re-do of my worst hits in the bargain. At least when you play me without a soul, I get laid once in awhile. Here I can't even get drunk. You know they're not gonna choose me. You don't even want to win this ridiculous contest. So you're only in this to torture me. Isn't that right?

And remind me again why I had to go get a soul to be a good guy?

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[justwillow]

Because you nearly did something we would have killed you for.

[idolstolemylook]

I know, Red. I know. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way--I only meant that there's a lot of knowing sadism played out by folks who claim to already have 'em.

[justwillow]

I know. I was just busting your chops.

[And you get a little smile.]

How you doing?

[idolstolemylook]

[Oh, right. What are death threats between old enemies/pals?]

Been better. Then again, sort of feels like borrowed time anyway. Everyone get out of Sunnydale all right?

[justwillow]

Yup. We went our separate ways for a year then went back to the motherland. We moved into a big castle in Scotland. It's cold up there.

[In an odd way she missed you Spike. WE HAVE WEIRD CHEMISTRY.]

[noshrimp]

Souls can be very useful, you know. You can trade them for useful services.

[idolstolemylook]

I think I traded mine for a chance to die for the woman I love.

Seems fair.

[noshrimp]

Death is rarely fair. But I suppose that is partially romantic, in a very disturbing sense.

[idolstolemylook]

Can't have everything, can we?

[noshrimp]

Well, it seems that everytime someone I know loves someone, they end up dead. Or I end up dead. I'm not a fan of either situation.

[imhere4theplot]

I still think the best solution is a harem. All the Princes back home had harems.

[idolstolemylook]

I don't want to be part of a harem, thanks.

Now, if you're offering one...

[imhere4theplot]

I'm not a harem mistress, I wouldn't know how to run one properly.

[idolstolemylook]

I'd settle for lots of sex.

[imhere4theplot]

You ain't the only one, blondie.

because what is continuity, it's DM

[blytheandbonnie]

Hey.

[Pause.]

No, hey was right. What are you doing?

[idolstolemylook]

What do you mean, what am I doing?

[blytheandbonnie]

You can't marry a prince, I have plans for us.

And what's this about a soul?

Life isn't fair one teensy, tiny little bit.

[idolstolemylook]

Might be hard for you to believe, pet, but plans or not I'm in a few places at once. And no, that's not an elaborate excuse. The soul's a tough one to explain, too.

But it kind of has to do with life not bein' fair, yeah.

[blytheandbonnie]

Is this like the time that David Recupero said he couldn't take me to see Jurassic Park because his aunt was sick and he had to go feed her cats and water her plants, but I went anyway and then I found out that the real reason he couldn't go was because he had decided to take Christine Briscoe to see Sleepless in Seattle instead and he had his arm around her and everything and there was not a single cat or plant anywhere?

Because I think it's like that.

[oregoniandionysus]

Working on the general lack of potables -- although, depending on how horrendous the results are, I might start referring to my little project as 'the nuclear option.'

[idolstolemylook]

Look, at this point? Extreme measures might be the only ones left.

[oregoniandionysus]

Let the church say 'amen.' Hope you like rocket fuel.

[idolstolemylook]

I'm coming up on 'rat poison' being a viable option.

[oregoniandionysus]

Anything to fill the time, right?

I am past ready for this to be over.