When they woke up, things seemed to be nicely comfortable without the
strange morning after feeling that they had in the past when they shagged.
Instead they moved fluidly around each other in the bathroom. And at some
point Buffy was brushing her teeth and watching Spike curiously as he
shaved off the stubble o his face.
"You missed a spot." Buffy said, muffled by the foamy toothpaste, as she pointed at the triangle patch of shaving cream on his right side.
Spike tilted his chin and thanked her as he made a precise swipe and then started to tap the razor against the sink to clean it.
"Can I borrow your toothpaste?" he asked as he pulled out a toothbrush.
"You actually brush your teeth."
"Harmony said she could smell me from the second floor."
Buffy twitched, "Harmony..."
Spike winced, "Yeah, amazing the stupid bint has been able to survive after so long. Sometimes I sort of think that the universe is one big joke. You know what I mean?"
"So what's she doing now?" Buffy asked, as she started to brush her long golden hair.
Spike's eyes flickered over and he resisted running his hands through them, "Uh... she's Angel's secretary –slash- receptionist."
"You're kidding."
"I wish. Although she's been useful once or twice..."
"Really?"
"Yeah, when Angel is in a really really bad mood, we just sic' her on him first."
"How nice." Buffy muttered dryly as Spike grinned around his Super Mario toothbrush.
Spike was so weird.
~~~
* 1. One of the Seven Wonders of the World not made of sand, stone, or earth has chambers leading down to a divine acephaly creature.
2. Take this many steps on Daru on this day:
According to a Mesoamerican Pre-Columbian culture, which world do we live in now?*
"Bugger" Spike muttered as he started at the recopied clues on the paper again, he winced and tried to think.
"Seven wonders... there's the hangin' gardens, the pyramids, Zeus... damn I don't know even know the rest. And what the bleeding hell is Daru?"
"What was that?" Buffy asked as her head peer into the window, she had been out for a few hours weeding the garden.
Spike held up the paper, "It doesn't make any sense. Can't the guy just tell me straightforward what the bleeding hell he's trying to talk about? But no~ we have to play "fuck with Spike's head"."
Buffy laughed as she pointed towards the door, "Here, let me have a look at it."
"Go ahead pet, take a stab at it. I know I want to, literally."
Buffy came in and washed her hands and went back to the living room, "Here." She held her hand out to take the paper.
Spike handed it to her.
After a few moments Buffy blinked a few times, "You've got to be kidding me. This guy is worse than Angel."
"You wouldn't happen to have a nifty lap top like Red does now would you?"
"Yeah..." Buffy started as she watched Spike's face light up, but then she added, "But Giles wouldn't let me bring it."
"Stupid watcher..." Spike muttered as he slouched in his chair.
"You know what this means?"
"What?"
"Library run."
"urg... are they still even open?"
"We could check, the sun will be down in half an hour."
"Well, why don't we eat something first and then head out."
"Sounds good."
~~~
Two hours later the two of them weren't doing that much better. They had written a list of the seven wonders of the world.
- The Great Pyramid of Giza - The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - The Statue of Zeus - The Temple of Artemis. -The Mausoleum of Maussollos - The Colossus of Rhodes - The Lighthouse of Alexandria
"Here it says that the Statue of Zeus was made of ivory, gold, and ebony." Buffy said as she looked up from a book, it was obvious she was getting tired as she rubbed her eyes.
"But luv, it doesn't exist anymore."
Buffy groaned as she flopped her face into the book, "This isn't making any sense."
"Look, I looked around on the internet and it says that only the pyramids and the Lighthouse of Alexandria still exist. Although, not really the latter, it's in ruins now from a few earthquakes."
"Okay so pyramids... You're whatever you're looking for is in Egypt?"
Spike shrugged, "But then what about the other part of the clue?"
"Acephaly?"
"Will you look that up?"
"Sure." Buffy said as she reached over and grabbed the dictionary.
She smiled as she filed through it, "It feels like the good old days with everyone researching on demons..."
She paused and then exclaimed, "Oh! Here it is. Acephaly - absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters)... a divine monster?"
"No, I think they're emphasizing the headless part. Okay so a headless divine creature." Spike murmured as he pulled out the D section of the Encyclopedia."
"As in mythical creatures?"
"Doesn't divine imply God and heaven and stuff?"
"Okay, so a heavenly creature...Angel?"
"What about the poof?" Spike muttered as he switched the D book for the H book.
"No no I meant angels are divine creatures."
Spike made a face, "A headless angel?" but then he grinned and snickered at the mental image.
Spike hesitated for a second and then put the books back, "Let me check this on the internet."
Spike went over to one of the computers and typed in, "Headless Angel."
After fifteen minutes he made a frustrated sound, "I just keep getting links to dead people named Angel or Angels in cemeteries with their head missing."
Buffy walked over, "Uh, try searching images instead web pages."
Spike did so and a screen full of pictures came up.
He narrowed his eyes as he looked at the first picture, There were a bunch of people walking around, looking, and taking pictures of a headless armless angel. Buffy made a sound and then commented, "I've seen that somewhere before."
"Really?!"
"Yeah... I don't remember where though... I think it was a museum." She murmured while staring at the picture with her head tilted. Then she suggested, "Why don't you click the picture."
The picture led to another page where a young man had about seventy links to pictures. Spike grumbled as he read each one, "Can't this moron be more concise?"
Spike scrolled down and looking for the world angel when his eye caught sight of the world, "glass pyramid."
'1. One of the Seven Wonders of the World not made of sand, stone, or earth...'
"That's it!" Spike said, clicking on the link
And suddenly a picture of a glass pyramid popped up, Buffy made a sharp, "Oh!" which earned a glare from the librarian. So she quickly ducked down and whispered, "I know that place. Dawn and I visited it when we were looking for Slayers. It's the Louvre, one of the most famous museums in France."
"So off we go to France?" Spike said, getting up from the chair.
"I guess, what about the rest of the clue?"
Spike eyed the now crinkled paper warily, "Right... the second part..."
"The Library will be closing in ten minutes." The librarian announced
"More researching tomorrow?" Buffy asked as she collected their notes and things as Spike put the books on the resorting cart.
Spike made a face, "I'd rather not..."
"Yeah, my head hurts too. I heard it's going to be cloudy tomorrow."
"Really? And where'd you hear that?"
"Well, I saw it. Someone left a newspaper on one of the tables." Buffy said with a shrug as they exited the library.
"So, up to touring Edinburgh tomorrow then?"
"You bet."
~~~
"You missed a spot." Buffy said, muffled by the foamy toothpaste, as she pointed at the triangle patch of shaving cream on his right side.
Spike tilted his chin and thanked her as he made a precise swipe and then started to tap the razor against the sink to clean it.
"Can I borrow your toothpaste?" he asked as he pulled out a toothbrush.
"You actually brush your teeth."
"Harmony said she could smell me from the second floor."
Buffy twitched, "Harmony..."
Spike winced, "Yeah, amazing the stupid bint has been able to survive after so long. Sometimes I sort of think that the universe is one big joke. You know what I mean?"
"So what's she doing now?" Buffy asked, as she started to brush her long golden hair.
Spike's eyes flickered over and he resisted running his hands through them, "Uh... she's Angel's secretary –slash- receptionist."
"You're kidding."
"I wish. Although she's been useful once or twice..."
"Really?"
"Yeah, when Angel is in a really really bad mood, we just sic' her on him first."
"How nice." Buffy muttered dryly as Spike grinned around his Super Mario toothbrush.
Spike was so weird.
~~~
* 1. One of the Seven Wonders of the World not made of sand, stone, or earth has chambers leading down to a divine acephaly creature.
2. Take this many steps on Daru on this day:
According to a Mesoamerican Pre-Columbian culture, which world do we live in now?*
"Bugger" Spike muttered as he started at the recopied clues on the paper again, he winced and tried to think.
"Seven wonders... there's the hangin' gardens, the pyramids, Zeus... damn I don't know even know the rest. And what the bleeding hell is Daru?"
"What was that?" Buffy asked as her head peer into the window, she had been out for a few hours weeding the garden.
Spike held up the paper, "It doesn't make any sense. Can't the guy just tell me straightforward what the bleeding hell he's trying to talk about? But no~ we have to play "fuck with Spike's head"."
Buffy laughed as she pointed towards the door, "Here, let me have a look at it."
"Go ahead pet, take a stab at it. I know I want to, literally."
Buffy came in and washed her hands and went back to the living room, "Here." She held her hand out to take the paper.
Spike handed it to her.
After a few moments Buffy blinked a few times, "You've got to be kidding me. This guy is worse than Angel."
"You wouldn't happen to have a nifty lap top like Red does now would you?"
"Yeah..." Buffy started as she watched Spike's face light up, but then she added, "But Giles wouldn't let me bring it."
"Stupid watcher..." Spike muttered as he slouched in his chair.
"You know what this means?"
"What?"
"Library run."
"urg... are they still even open?"
"We could check, the sun will be down in half an hour."
"Well, why don't we eat something first and then head out."
"Sounds good."
~~~
Two hours later the two of them weren't doing that much better. They had written a list of the seven wonders of the world.
- The Great Pyramid of Giza - The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - The Statue of Zeus - The Temple of Artemis. -The Mausoleum of Maussollos - The Colossus of Rhodes - The Lighthouse of Alexandria
"Here it says that the Statue of Zeus was made of ivory, gold, and ebony." Buffy said as she looked up from a book, it was obvious she was getting tired as she rubbed her eyes.
"But luv, it doesn't exist anymore."
Buffy groaned as she flopped her face into the book, "This isn't making any sense."
"Look, I looked around on the internet and it says that only the pyramids and the Lighthouse of Alexandria still exist. Although, not really the latter, it's in ruins now from a few earthquakes."
"Okay so pyramids... You're whatever you're looking for is in Egypt?"
Spike shrugged, "But then what about the other part of the clue?"
"Acephaly?"
"Will you look that up?"
"Sure." Buffy said as she reached over and grabbed the dictionary.
She smiled as she filed through it, "It feels like the good old days with everyone researching on demons..."
She paused and then exclaimed, "Oh! Here it is. Acephaly - absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters)... a divine monster?"
"No, I think they're emphasizing the headless part. Okay so a headless divine creature." Spike murmured as he pulled out the D section of the Encyclopedia."
"As in mythical creatures?"
"Doesn't divine imply God and heaven and stuff?"
"Okay, so a heavenly creature...Angel?"
"What about the poof?" Spike muttered as he switched the D book for the H book.
"No no I meant angels are divine creatures."
Spike made a face, "A headless angel?" but then he grinned and snickered at the mental image.
Spike hesitated for a second and then put the books back, "Let me check this on the internet."
Spike went over to one of the computers and typed in, "Headless Angel."
After fifteen minutes he made a frustrated sound, "I just keep getting links to dead people named Angel or Angels in cemeteries with their head missing."
Buffy walked over, "Uh, try searching images instead web pages."
Spike did so and a screen full of pictures came up.
He narrowed his eyes as he looked at the first picture, There were a bunch of people walking around, looking, and taking pictures of a headless armless angel. Buffy made a sound and then commented, "I've seen that somewhere before."
"Really?!"
"Yeah... I don't remember where though... I think it was a museum." She murmured while staring at the picture with her head tilted. Then she suggested, "Why don't you click the picture."
The picture led to another page where a young man had about seventy links to pictures. Spike grumbled as he read each one, "Can't this moron be more concise?"
Spike scrolled down and looking for the world angel when his eye caught sight of the world, "glass pyramid."
'1. One of the Seven Wonders of the World not made of sand, stone, or earth...'
"That's it!" Spike said, clicking on the link
And suddenly a picture of a glass pyramid popped up, Buffy made a sharp, "Oh!" which earned a glare from the librarian. So she quickly ducked down and whispered, "I know that place. Dawn and I visited it when we were looking for Slayers. It's the Louvre, one of the most famous museums in France."
"So off we go to France?" Spike said, getting up from the chair.
"I guess, what about the rest of the clue?"
Spike eyed the now crinkled paper warily, "Right... the second part..."
"The Library will be closing in ten minutes." The librarian announced
"More researching tomorrow?" Buffy asked as she collected their notes and things as Spike put the books on the resorting cart.
Spike made a face, "I'd rather not..."
"Yeah, my head hurts too. I heard it's going to be cloudy tomorrow."
"Really? And where'd you hear that?"
"Well, I saw it. Someone left a newspaper on one of the tables." Buffy said with a shrug as they exited the library.
"So, up to touring Edinburgh tomorrow then?"
"You bet."
~~~