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TA Lounge: Monday.

Feb 27, 2006 10:26

Kiki unlocks the lounge and sets water on for tea. She sits studying a book of complicated-looking magical equations and diagrams.

[Bel, mind stopping in at some point?]

kiki takayama, paige halliwell, belthazor, samuel anders, angela chase

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Fourth Period kikidelivers February 27 2006, 15:31:44 UTC

Study? What does that mean? There are Sudoku puzzles to be solved!

Re: Fourth Period demonbelthazor February 27 2006, 15:51:05 UTC

Bel swung by the TA's lounge, looking for some notes he'd misplaced. He found them on the table, then realized Kiki was in the room. "Uh, hey," he said.

Re: Fourth Period kikidelivers February 27 2006, 15:56:11 UTC

Kiki looked up, a little startled, and more than a little uncomfortable. "Um, hey," she answered.

An awkward silence hung in the air a moment until Kiki took a quick breath and added, "Um - Bel? I would, um, I'd really like to apologize for blowing up at you on Saturday... I - it's just that -" Kiki twisted her fingers together. "I'm really sorry about that."

Re: Fourth Period demonbelthazor February 27 2006, 16:07:02 UTC

"It's okay," Bel said, just as awkward. "I probably deserved it. And Phoebe needs good friends like you looking out for her."

Re: Fourth Period kikidelivers February 27 2006, 16:25:19 UTC

"Uh...thanks," Kiki said, a little surprised, truth be told, at Bel's reply. "I mean, thank you. Still, it wasn't fair of me. I know Phoebe's side of the matter, but I've never really talked to you and gotten yours... do you mind if I ask for your side, now? Better late than never, I guess."

Re: Fourth Period demonbelthazor February 27 2006, 16:38:57 UTC

"Well, if you were me, how would you react to finding your girlfriend in skimpy lingerie and no underwear in bed with another man?" Bel said, bitterness creeping into his voice. "Particularly one who is fond of lying and tricked your girlfriend into signing a contract to marry him? One who has hurt you repeatedly in the past with great pleasure, yet your girlfriend seems to think he's a great guy?"

Re: Fourth Period kikidelivers February 27 2006, 18:01:37 UTC

"Point," Kiki admitted, thinking of Mr. Crowley's liberties of spiriting away her clothing - including her knickers - and spiriting on of the nightie. She just might have to do something in regards to that. "It did look bad, I absolutely agree. But obviously, there's more to this situation than just Saturday morning. I'm not asking for you to divulge any secrets - but can you start at the beginning? How is it that you and Phoebe love each other so much, but trust each other so little?"

Re: Fourth Period demonbelthazor February 27 2006, 18:31:47 UTC

"It's Crowley I don't trust!" Bel said angrily. "He's evil. But you and Phoebe flock around him like flies and honey. He lies and Phoebe believes what he says. And she won't do anything to break the contract she signed. He's trying to break us up," Bel finished, frustration obvious in his voice. "I want her to stay the hell away from him."

Re: Fourth Period kikidelivers February 27 2006, 18:50:58 UTC

"Actually," Kiki answered quietly, "I don't have any illusions about Mr. Crowley. I know who he is, what he is, and what his job is. But he is still my friend, and I am loyal to him, as much as I am loyal to Phoebe."

Kiki sighed a little and sat back in her chair, her hands folded in her lap. "Don't you think," she said after a moment, "that you're paying Phoebe a rather gross insult by saying that? You are, essentially, telling her that you don't trust her, you don't trust her judgement, and you don't think that she's incapable of thinking, deciding, or choosing for herself. I understand you want to protect her, but when that crosses the line into condemning her as incompetent, then there's something very wrong with the situation. Do you think Phoebe is incompetent?"

Re: Fourth Period demonbelthazor February 27 2006, 18:55:32 UTC

"She signed a contract without even knowing what it said!" Bel said, throwing up his hands. "What do you call that? If you answer 'wise' or 'smart,' then you're wrong. Now she's supposed to marry the man who tried to kill me and keeps stripping her clothes off against her will -- and I'm supposed to like it?"

Re: Fourth Period kikidelivers February 27 2006, 19:04:59 UTC

"Irresponsible, perhaps," Kiki suggested mildly. "Or alternately, a mistake. We're human. We make them. A mistake does not equal incompetence. But humans also have this thing called 'honor.' And Grace. Phoebe is lucky enough to have both, each an intrisic part of the other. You want her to break her contract, to renege on her word, to sacrifice her honor by breaking her agreement. If she does that, then she loses some bit of Grace. Of course her doing that would make you happy; she'd be expressly choosing you over Mr. Crowley. But she would be upset with herself, for loosing that bit of honor and Grace, even though she willingly gave it up for you. In the meantime, Mr. Crowley would be quite pleased, I imagine, that he had at last caused that fall, no matter how small, in Phoebe."

Re: Fourth Period demonbelthazor February 27 2006, 19:07:07 UTC

"So what," Bel snapped, "since you seem to know everything, am I supposed to do? Walk the bride down the aisle?"

Re: Fourth Period kikidelivers February 27 2006, 19:44:14 UTC

Kiki bit her lip. This wasn't going as well as she'd hoped.

"No, I didn't say that," Kiki answered softly. "As for the problem of that contract, I have no idea how to solve it yet. But antagonizing Mr. Crowley and continuing to punish Phoebe for the mistake she made is making the situation worse, not better. I know Phoebe's hurting now; she has been for a while. And I understand - or am starting to - how hurt you are, as well. Why not try to actually work together to solve these problems, rather than against each other?"

Re: Fourth Period demonbelthazor February 27 2006, 19:50:09 UTC

"I burned the damn contract, it's a moot point now," Bel said. "Yet she still goes to him. I swear, one more time and it's over between us. She made me make a choice, now I want her to make one, too. It's all about free will, isn't it? She's giving hers up, and that's more of a 'fall from grace' than anything. She's playing right into his hands. And she just won't realize it."

He sighed, putting his face in his hands. "Look. I love her. With all my soul. But she's killing me with her actions. It needs to stop."

Re: Fourth Period kikidelivers February 27 2006, 19:58:05 UTC

Kiki silently mulled this over, her chin in her hand. "Burning it might not make it physically exist, but to Phoebe's sense of honor, it still does. To Mr. Crowley, it certainly does."

After another moment, something he said nagged at her brain. Raising her head, she looked at Bel curiously. "What choice did she make you make?"

Re: Fourth Period demonbelthazor February 27 2006, 20:09:33 UTC

"Between her and my best friend," he said. "Between the human and the demon. I'm gonna get killed for her and my reward is watching her marry someone else."

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