video } regrets I've had a few but then again too few to mention

[bigbad]

[Canny viewers might recognize the room Spike's sitting in as the office of Angel's Investigation. Spike is, in fact, sitting on a desk, boots banging against the side as he smirks into the cameras.]

Hey, mates. Thought I ought to let you know that Angel's Investigation is under new management. [He jabs a thumb towards himself.] Sure, Angel's all right as a leader, but some people want a bit more brains and a bit less forehead, know what I mean?

[Has anyone agreed to this change in staff? No. Does anyone from Angel's team even know he's here, in Wonderland? Absolutely not. Is that going to stop Spike? Not for a second. It'll make Angel mad, and that's hilarious.]

So come on over for all your mystery solving needs. We take beer and smokes as payment. One thing's sure: with me in charge it'll be a lot more fun getting your mysteries solved. Cheers!

[He salutes and disconnects.]

Comments

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[bigbad]

Help Angel? [Spike raises an eyebrow.] Why would you want to do that?

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[likeseggos]

Because I was bad. [she frowns.] I want to be better. I can help.

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[bigbad]

[............well he can relate to that. He softens a bit in spite of himself.]

Little thing like you? How bad could you've been?

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[likeseggos]

I opened the gate. The demogorgon — people died because of me.

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[bigbad]

[Spike doesn't know what a demowhatsit is, but he gets the general gist. Gate/portal/hellmouth opens. Bad stuff comes out. People die.]

Ah, don't beat yourself up about it, love. Sounds like a mistake anyone could make.

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[likeseggos]

Not anyone. Just me.

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[bigbad]

As a former resident of a town with a Hellmouth, I can guarantee it's not just you.

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[likeseggos]

What is a Hellmouth?

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[bigbad]

....exactly what it sounds like, really. Portal into hell. All sorts of nasties come out.

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[likeseggos]

[she knows about hell from lucifer!!! she understands the thing!!] You lived near a gate. And opened it?

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[bigbad]

Well, I didn't. Not for lack of trying. I was evil at the time, long story. But loads of other people did. It was a bloody full time job stopping Apocalypses around there.

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[likeseggos]

[she can only imagine this in her own context, so she's just imagining people letting demogorgons out to murder the shit out of people all the time. which ... isn't really that inaccurate i guess.]

That sounds ... really bad.

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[bigbad]

[Awkward pause, since... she's not wrong.]

Well, on the bright side, it's a crater now. No more Sunny D, no more Hellmouth... still a few Apocalypses, actually, but not... there.

[Sort of a bright side.]

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[likeseggos]

[she feels like maybe this is a glimpse into an alternate future where she didn't destroy the demogorgon. would it have taken out the entire town and razed it to the ground??? mysterious.]

That's on the bright side?

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[bigbad]

Everyone'd already abandoned it! [Except... Spike...] Besides, the world didn't end, so it was a victory.

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[likeseggos]

Oh. I think I understand.

[other people's homeworlds are fuckin weird, that's what she understands.]