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[gottaknockhard]

(Earlier...)

[Spike's been feeling... something since Faye left. Not missing her, he decided, but noticing her absence more than he usually does when people leave. Nobody complains quite as loud as she does. Nobody has a longer list of things he's done to piss them off either. It was something like that; reasons that are in no way tied to any sort of emotional attachment. (As if.) -- Today though, he found a key. A key that belongs to a rare artifact of the future, which he discovered like a late parting gift still parked on the castle grounds.

She left her ship. (Sometimes he really loved that crazy bitch.)

During the next ten minutes, he debated how to approach this. For the most part, Spike had generously kept his distance from her ship, even if he could have made a lot more progress if it were in his hands. Now that she's gone, it'd be stupid not to see what kind of equipment he had available. With a skilled pilot like him, if anyone had a chance, he might even be able to find out what's behind that force field surrounding the planet.

With that thought in mind, he jumped in the cockpit and flew off like a bullet towards the skies.]

---

[Residents may have felt part of the castle shake, as one ace pilot expertly landed a malfunctioning zipcraft in a hole where the kitchen used to be. The slightly pained voice that pipes up over the ever-present journal (once he untangles himself) is suspiciously tied to the background noise of creaking metal and falling debris.]

She wasn't kidding. [Behind him, something that sounds like a small explosion (or a microwave shorting out), brings his attention to exactly what area of the castle he plummeted into. He narrows his eyes at the wreckage. Well damn.]

... That's not good.


OOC: Basically this happened -- Spike found Faye's spaceship and decided to test the ceiling in the sky. The ship ultimately malfunctioned before he reached space, and he somehow (read: not possibly his fault) missed all the open land and broke into the wall of the kitchen. (Mod approved!)

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[secondchances]

[Steph was coming back to the kitchen to see if her waffles had popped out of the toaster, but the kitchen seems to have been... remodeled... since her last visit.]

Holycrap it was not like this ten minutes ago.

[Is that a--ship? Ship thingy?]

Everyone okay in here?

[gottaknockhard]

[He's leaning against the frame of the ship when she calls out, but he can't quite make out who she is. (Damn, it's dusty in here for some reason.)]

I-- [Actually, he should look around and make sure he didn't run over anyone.] Ah, probably could use a hand.

[secondchances]

[Her breakfast that's so late it might as well be dinner... alas. :(

Steph pulls up the collar of her t-shirt over her mouth and nose so she doesn't have a coughing fit. Check for injured, then make another attempt at food. Sounds like a plan.]

Are you hurt?

[She steps over some scattered steak knives, towards that vague, tall figure. As if the month wasn't crappy enough, someone's gotta go and screw with the kitchen.]

[save_the_souls]

[Allen was walking into the kitchen to see this scene.]

Oh my God!

The kitchen!

[gottaknockhard]

[Still staying where he's at, but Spike looks up in Allen's general direction. He has a headache for unknown reasons, so the shouting is helpful.]

I thought it looked familiar.

[campaigns]

[Just when he thinks he cannot possibly be surprised anymore, something like this happens.

Eli stands in the doorway with an empty coffee mug in his hands. Just staring. Because what?]

[gottaknockhard]

[Yeah, this isn't the most inconspicuous of situations. Spike hasn't gone venturing too away from the gaping hole in the wall, but he calls out to the guy when he notices him.]

Watch your step.

[campaigns]

Duly noted.

[He glances around the kitchen in its current state, and realizes that the coffee maker is now probably a part of the wreckage. So he sets his mug down and wishes up a cup of coffee instead.]

I'm going to regret asking, but just what is going on here?

[whatialways_do]

[Max doesn't come to the kitchen often, but when she does, she expects it to be intact.

The fact that it's not is a little annoying. Her arms cross in front of her chest and she fixes Spike with a look.]

You gotta be kidding me.

[gottaknockhard]

[He rubs his eyes (damn dust again), but recognizes that voice. He should have made a run for it when he had the chance...]

Hey, Max.

[whatialways_do]

[glances over at him and raises an eyebrow]

Was this your bright idea?

[huffythedragon]

[He's just staring at the carnage in horror]

Dude! People have to get FOOD from here!

[gottaknockhard]

[Okay, so it wasn't the brightest idea he's ever had. No need to rub it in.]

Don't let me get in your way.

[huffythedragon]

The giant freaking spaceship is getting in the way for you.

Is the fridge even IN there still? [Picking apart rubble. Noooo he wants to eat food]

[mom_to_us_all]

[W-WHY WOULD ANYONE--! HER SANCTUARY!

She stares at the kitchen with the saddest expression ever, then looks at the responsible the same way.]

[gottaknockhard]

[Great, now he's letting animals in through the hole in the wall. Spike glances at her, but doesn't acknowledge her otherwise.

Stop looking at him like that and go back outside.]

[mom_to_us_all]

[She gives a long sigh... Seems that she will have to fix this because the castle takes forever.

It only takes a few movements of her tail and the use or her trusty Rejuvenation brush.

In nothing but a blink, the hole in the wall is gone as if it had never been there before! What in the world? The kitchen is still messy and dusty but hole-less!

Now she approaches to the contraption. She might have seen something very alike before. Kaguya had used a ship to go back to the moon after all! Unlike this one, it was made of bamboo... Pokes it with her paw a little.]

dictated :T

[20thcentury]

What the hell was that?

dictated;

[gottaknockhard]

[Oh. Spike bends down and lifts the journal, dusting off the pages. It really does show up everywhere.]

That was... [He pauses thoughtfully, then winces like he sprained something up there.] A remodeling in progress.

dictated;

[20thcentury]

[She exhales audibly, a little forcibly.]

Spike? Are you alright?

[ofhope]

[ Just, like, laughing from this end of the journal. Forever. ]

[gottaknockhard]

[He recognizes that laugh, although it takes him a minute to figure out it's coming from the journal, where that whole thing was apparently broadcast. And Spike was in such a good mood not too long ago...]

I can hear that.

[ofhope]

[ YEAH HE SURE HOPES SO. ]

Oh sorry, I was trying to be exactly as subtle as you just were!

action!

[circleoflife]

I wasn't aware we were due for a meteor shower.

[This lion will just content himself with staying on the edge of the wreckage, even as he smells the air and observes the craft, well aware it's no meteor.]

action forever!

[gottaknockhard]

[Let it be known that there are not many things that can make Spike Spiegel flinch -- in fact, he just crashed into the castle and barely batted an eye. But when he lifts his head from where he was taking in the damage and sees a huge goddamn cat waltzing by, he jumps back at least five feet from where he was standing.]

LION. [--mother of... Don't do that!! Spike keeps his arms in front of him, scowling once he has a second to remember that you shouldn't make sudden movements around... well, lions.

It doesn't even occur to him that the lion was just talking. Because apparently years of living in Paradisa has taught him nothing.]