so_shik | Forty-Fifth Spool of Thread

[There's a bit of a static feed as the journal turns on, and Shiki doesn't say anything for a moment. She's busy reading over everything from the last few days, but she finally decides to talk to the village at large.]

So. Hypothetical question. ...how long is too long to wait? For people, for objects, for anything. Give me your thoughts on this.

[Filtered to Angel]

Have you figured out your answer yet?

[/Filtered]

It's fall now, isn't it? I should get back to decorating. So another question...favorite thing about Halloween? Decoration-wise, holiday-wise, anything. This is pretty important.

[Important in the sense that when she's done addressing the journal, she's busy flitting about her shop. She's been spending the last few days rearranging all of the furniture and putting up new shelves and such with Haruhi's help. And now. There are fake maple leaves all over the walls. And outside. Along with some cut-out paper pumpkins strung along the walls. Villagers are free to find her outside on the porch of All Passions staplegunning things to the building and such.]

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To a certain pirate -- [ she confirms. ] The draft wasn't too kind to him.

Do I even want to know what happened?

He survived. That's what happened. The most important part of the happening.

Okay, no questions. Got it. I'm...glad he's okay though.

And you're 100% okay? I mean you're still here and everything but you know, just making sure. I usually like to make sure with you because of everything and you know what, I'm babbling, sorry.

...Seventy-five percent's not bad, right?

It's pretty decent...but how can we get it up further? Just by waiting for Jack to be at his fullest, too?

And maybe a few elective surgeries on top of that.

...what kind of elective surgeries?

The kind to get his green-eyed-monsterness removed.

Oh. ...is this about a certain undead that's been lurking around lately?

...That'd be exactly it.

So what's your side of this story?

...It's a pretty long side of a story. Like, back to when I was your age.

I've got the time if you do. I could use the distraction right now anyway.

...Fair warning? It's also a pretty sad story.

Try me. I mean it.

You already know the part where he's a vampire. So at least that's out of the way.

Right. And I know the part where you two were together for a while, so that's a start, right?

That'd make Angel my first serious boyfriend. I was sixteen. He was my first love.

And you were together for a few years...so what happened?

A...a lot of things happened. But I guess the biggest happening was when Angel lost his soul. [ the how of which she will not go into. not now. ]

...wait what? What does that even mean? [Yeah Angel didn't tell her this part.]

This is the part where it gets complicated. Souls? Vampires don't usually have them. Angel's an exception. That's why he's off the dusting-list.

So...when are you going to tell me the story of how Angel got a soul?

The problem is...well -- some parts of the story are his to tell. That's one of them. He got his soul a long, long time before he met me. He didn't re-lose it until after that, though.

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