so_shik | Twenty-Second Spool of Thread-[Voice]

Well, considering the casual vibe I'm getting right now? Flirty might be my best bet.

Hmm...I think I can totally help you out on one condition.

Dare I even ask, Shiki?

It's nothing big, I just want to know who he is.

He might be a certain spaceman with a weird taste in sparkly, discotastic uniforms. But I am so totally prepared to look past that at the major hottie underneath.

...I've never been more proud of you than I have at this moment. Seriously? I knew you were considering it but you're really going for it now?

I just chopped the wings off the intruder's General, and this is what gets your pride? Skiki, darling, you have weird priorities. But I like them.

[A tight pause, and then:] Sorta like maybe-kinda-already went for it. I think. It's all very...confusing.

Well that much sh-...wait the General?

...all right, I need details. Like, right now because you totally just lost me.

[With a cheeky tone:] Well, we were eating pancakes and a moment happened and we'd sorta talked about because we were pulling this prank on his friend about us being 'together' and then we just sorta...kept on--Oh, wait, you mean you need details on the General, huh?

[Clearly she knew this, but the moment begged to be played with.]

Screw the General, he's already dead. More details about you and Kirk, I mean it.

Well, for one thing? He didn't get all weirded about how I did kill the General. Or any of the other uberBuffy stuff. So there are some major points in the pro column. But it's been...odd? I mean, I've never done the friends-turned-more thing. There's a weird threshold thing going on.

Been there, done that...but at least he's not weirded about Buffy-isms. Then again, I think that's just because he's a spaceman.

Definite spacemanness going on, right there. Which is wildly attractive in its own way.

[A deep breath and a sigh.] But I haven't talked to Angel about it all, yet. I mean a big part of me is screaming that I shouldn't have to. I mean, it's not like we've been anything close to together for years. But...I don't know.

Has he himself brought it up at all?

No. Not really. But the guy's got an eerie sense of smell. He can probably tell how much time I've been spending over at their apartment. [Huff, sigh.]

Oh well. I don't have any reason to feel guilty. I like Jim, Jim likes me. He's not intimidated by the fact that I could probably lift him over my head. How could things be any more fantabulous?

As long as Angel's not like some jealous ex-boyfriend and Kirk's a good kisser, it can't get any better as far as I can tell.

The last guy I dated who was from Iowa and had the whole rank and title thing going on? Angel decided to drive two hours out of his way and get his fight on.

But was the last guy a space captain?

No. He was an officer in a secret military organization designed to capture and contain demons. So, apples and oranges. Really.

What about my girl Shiki's heart? How's it doing?

Vampires...scary force to mess with apparently. Kirk shouldn't have a problem though.

Me? It's still messy but it's better. Confusing, but that's life, isn't it?

Apparently life's just one big heap of confusing. Why, what's up?

I told Haruki to go out with this cat-girl just as a sympathy date and now she's like, stalking him

Stalking him? Oh, dear. Poor kid.

She's like...really into it. Like I looked through the journal and she had made an entry about how the experiment was amazing because it felt like Haruki made her feel like he liked her back and she keeps coming to our house. I mean, I shouldn't care, right? He can do whatever he wants.

Oh my God. That's some serious infatuation. Someone needs to speak to her, I think. How is Haruki handling it?

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