Day Twelve - Just a Test

[lies_unspoken]

Who: Spike, Surprise
When: Afternoonish
Where: Prowling around the dorms
Rating: PG-13

Status: Closed, completed
Summary: After what he assumes is a successful operation to remove his chip, Spike looks for someone to try it out on. While prowling the dorms, he bumps into Surprise, and after chatting with her a bit decides she might be the one to

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[surprisetalents]

Surprise scooted out of her room quietly, shutting the door behind her. She had no real reason to go do anything, but this whole being in her room thing was making her a little stir crazy, snow or no snow. And the party wasn't for a little while, so she had time to ... well, go get a snack or romp in the snow or something. Except that she hadn't put anything in the way of warm or woolly, so maybe she'd meant to stay inside, just not in her room. The lounge, after all, had people in it usually. She could head there.

Either way, she was kind of lost in thought as she shut the door and began to meander in the direction of the stairs. Then she spotted Spike.

"Oh," she said quietly, and smiled a bit, "Hello there."

As if he were a small child or an animal that needed babying. 'Why hello there, aren't you a cute little ... whatever you are.' It might have been a disconcerting mannerism in anyone else, but Surprise was just that kind of person, so it suited her just fine.

[and_snow_fell]

"Hello," Spike replied quietly, pausing his steps to regard the newcomer. He was fairly certain he'd glimpsed her before in his wanderings and roamings, but he didn't think they'd ever met.

So he crossed closer to her, smiling at her (and trying not to look too hard at her neck) as he extended a hand toward her. "Don't believe I've had the pleasure," he murmured. "Spike," he introduced himself. "And who might you be?"

[surprisetalents]

She giggled softly and extended her hand to meet his which seemed to her to be rather big in comparison to her own tiny one. It was nice, she thought, to meet someone else with a less than conventional name.

"I'm Surprise," she replied, "And no, I don't think I've met you yet. I'd remember."

She meant it in earnest, because she liked to think she would remember everyone she'd met, but all in all it could have been taken in a very different way if he chose to do so.

[and_snow_fell]

"Surprise," he echoed as he released her hand. "Guess there's some story behind that?" he ventured before he tilted his head to study her. He really, really wanted to just jump right into the experiment bit and - so far - she struck him as a good candidate.

But he couldn't, he supposed. And if he was going to, he didn't want to do it in the hall. With his luck, the Slayer would wander up behind him and shove a stake through his heart.

No, he really couldn't have that.