log; ongoing

[turnedyesterday.livejournal.com]

When; Tuesday night at the construction site.
Rating; PG maybe.
Characters; Jessica (turnedyesterday) and Spike (heart_at_stake)
Summary; Two vampires meet on the night shift. Or re-meet, rather, even if one of them doesn't remember that bit.
Log;

As soon as night fell over the City and the young vampire awakened, Jessica set out to the beach with that particularly irrational sense of purpose that can only be attributed to a curse. She sped along through the torrential downpour, arriving at the site minutes after it became safe for her to do so, and began lending her strength and speed wherever necessary; lifting, carrying, building. She's been busy since the sun went down, first on the ark, and then on a personal project of sorts.

Working on this project is where the night finds her as the hour creeps nearer toward what could technically be called morning. The rain has only gotten heavier, falling in steady sheets, and her hair, darkened with moisture, is flattened against her head and neck. The strands drag heavily over her shoulders as she moves, streams of rainfall dripping off the ends. She doesn't seem to take notice, though, as she nails together the lid of a box.

The box in question may seems lightly macabre to observers; despite the hour, there's enough of a sense of urgency at the site that there are still quite a few, working away on their own tasks. Long, narrow, and short, it quite resembles a simple casket.

The girl is completely absorbed in her project, knowing that there isn't much time left before the remaining few need to board the boat. Leaving without this, however, is not an option. Someone does not do well with tanning.

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[heart-at-stake.livejournal.com]

Oh, Spike is cursed all right. He wouldn't be here otherwise. Well, maybe to take a peek about and make fun of the cursed, but not much more. As it is he's "helping." It just might look more like he's walking around smoking and watching others work.

He notices a girl, picking her out as a vampire, he strolls over. Then he notices the casket. "Kind of a cliche, don't you think?"

[turnedyesterday.livejournal.com]

She scoffs at that, without looking up. It's occurred to her, yes, and she's none too happy about it, but doesn't see herself with a lot of options.

Her instinct, of course, is to respond with exactly that sentiment, "Yeah, well, you got a better i--"

The rest of that is lost, however, as she raises her gaze towards the end of it to find herself looking at a familiar face. Cue her interrupting her own snipping for her eyes to widen in unexpected recognition. "Spike?"

[heart-at-stake.livejournal.com]

Well, that was...a good guess...

"That's the name. I don't think I have yours though."

[turnedyesterday.livejournal.com]

That elicits a swift falling of her expression into a frown.

"Shoot, you don't remember," and she glances off to a side, muttering bitterly, "Figures."

She huffs slightly, reassuming neutrality before she looks back to him, "Jessica."

[heart-at-stake.livejournal.com]

"I don't remember?" No one has mentioned there was anything to remember.

[turnedyesterday.livejournal.com]

"You were here, before." Her tone's neutral, as she's getting back to work, making sure there aren't any cracks in her work that would let light through.

"Happens, I guess."

[heart-at-stake.livejournal.com]

"Is that so? Seems like the sort of thing I might remember."

[turnedyesterday.livejournal.com]

She just shrugs at that, not looking up. "Yeah, well. Welcome to the City. You can get used to weird shit like that here."

[heart-at-stake.livejournal.com]

"Weird is nothing new." He tilts his head, looking her over curiously. "You sounded happy to see me...again."

[turnedyesterday.livejournal.com]

Now she glances back up at him, "We knew each other when you were here before. Not that well, but... still. Lot of people I knew left. Nice to see one of 'em come back."

[heart-at-stake.livejournal.com]

"Nice to be missed." He smiles over at her and nudges some wood with his boot. See, he's helping. It's practically seaworthy.

"Were the others vampires too?"

[turnedyesterday.livejournal.com]

His shifting the wood gets a slight smirk out of her.

"Some of 'em. Couple from my world, I think one from yours-- Angel?"

[heart-at-stake.livejournal.com]

"Captain Forehead was here too?" Why doesn't anyone tell him these things? "Do I have to claim him?"

[turnedyesterday.livejournal.com]

Even if she did like Angel, she can't help but laugh at that. "Well, it's not like the City really lets you pick who you wind up here with."

[heart-at-stake.livejournal.com]

"Too bad. I could write a list. Mostly of people to keep out."

[turnedyesterday.livejournal.com]

"Yeah? Maybe you should go tell them deities you think the place needs a bouncer." With a slight smirk, "Bet they'd just pull them in to spite ya, though."


[ooc: asdagdsgds I AM SO SORRY THIS IS SO FREAKING LATE ;_; there was comiccon and houseguests and craziness and yes don't even worry about it if you don't feel like tagging this anymore but I didn't want to just drop it <3]

[heart-at-stake.livejournal.com]

"Probably so. Think they'd pay well if I applied for that job though?" Hah. Spike with a job...

[OOC: It's totally okay! *huuuuugs~*

[turnedyesterday.livejournal.com]

"Doubt it," she shrugs, "Maybe they'd let ya trade, get out of a couple curses for it."

[ooc: sob ;-; *crawls back again and hugs too*]

[heart-at-stake.livejournal.com]

"Might be worth something." He smirks. "Like a get out of jail free card."