Rediscovery

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Being a vampire and having an energetic puppy meant that you did a lot of walking indoors in order to make sure the puppy got its exercise.

Fortunately the school was more than big to satisfy, and that was even without including the basement since Angel had a gut instinct that Sean and Sunshine wouldn't get along (assuming Sunshine was still down there, and Angel wasn't going to be the one to check.)

This morning found Angel and a still Santa-hatted Sean wandering around the admin areas. Not really awake yet, Angel let Sean lead. The puppy snuffled his way through one hallway and another until he finally came up to a door that was in what appeared to be a much neglected corridor.

Normally Angel wouldn't have cared, but something on the door caught his eye.

"'Assistants Lounge'?" he read aloud. He frowned. "I didn't know we had an assistants' lounge."

He tested the door. The knob felt rusted, but it opened when he applied a little pressure or possibly it was locked and he just had vamp strength to open it, la la la.

The room was dark, but Angel could make out a table, some chairs, and a faded couch. He could also make out a very strong sent of mold, mildew, and dust.

Sean, for his part, thought this was fascinating. He darted into the room, leapt onto the couch, and immediately set off a dust cloud strong enough that it billowed out into the hall. Sean barked, pleased with his accomplishment.

"Oh yeah," Angel said. "That can't be good."

He decided to investigate.

[ooc: C'mon in! Let's re-open this baby and get it ready for the new year!]

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"In that case, stand beside me then," Callisto shook a can of charchol fixative, and flicked her lighter on. "Sink on three?"

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Angel readied his own can and lighter. "One, two - "

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"-three." Callisto pressed the button.

FWOOSH

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The two flames together made for quite a blast against whatever it was in the sink. The materials inside caught fire, then began to burn with a rather eerily self-contained green flame.

Angel stared at it. "I can't tell if that's good or bad."

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"Well, I have a lot of experience with fire," Callisto frowned at the fire in the sink. "But I don't recall ever seeing green flames before."

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"Maybe we should get green marshmellows?"

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Callisto considered this. "Couldn't hurt."

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"Green chocolate, green graham crackers - " Angel glanced at Callisto. "'course, that could get sticky."

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"But isn't that half the fun?"

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"Guess it depends on what gets sticky," Angel replied.

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"I'd think fingers mostly, and your mouth, not sure how you get anything else sticky."

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"Well there's this thing you can do with - " Angel cleared his throat. "Um. Nevermind. You know that fire's actually kind of pretty."

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"Yeah, it is," Callisto looked intrigued. By the flames. Not Angel's cut off statement. Just so we're clear. "Pity that we're gonna have to eventually extingush it."

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"Gives the place a nice ambiance," Angel said. He wasn't looking mostly at Callisto when he said that. No sirree.

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"And y'know green's supposed to be a relaxing colour. Could be handy in a place like this," Callisto didn't keep glancing at Angel as she spoke. Nope.

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"Bet this could be a nice place to relax," Angel said. His eyes might have kept going in her direction, but maybe he was just watching the fire.

A thought occured to him. "D'you think that's green because it's almost Christmas?"

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"Yeah, it'll probably spruce up nice," Callisto did look at Angel, because it was only good manners to do so while talking to someone. "Could be. Although I'd expect that there'd be some red in there too if that was the case."

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"Maybe we're supposed to set fire to something else to get that," Angel said. He did not move closer to Callisto because being alone with her in a room lit by a green fire was in no way condusive to a certain kind of mood. It wasn't. Really.

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"Is there anything else in here to light?" Callisto started looking around the room. Purely by coincidence this might have happened to bring her closer to Angel.

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"Besides the entire room just on principle?" Angel's fingers might have brushed against Callisto's, but that was just because he was moving as he looked around too.

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"Really want to brave the others if they find out we burnt the room down?" Callisto might have tried to catch hold of Angel's hand, but merely to make sure it was Angel's hand.

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"Point. Plus too much fire and we might get Rovered." Angel's fingers might have curled around Callisto's, but that was just to make sure his hand wasn't in her way.

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"Maybe Rover'll go easy on us if we give him some of the green fire, it kinda looks like a lava lamp," Callisto only continued to hold onto Angel's hand so it'd be easier to throw him in the path of anything that might attack them. No other reason.

And she wasn't grinning. At all.

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"Think he might pop if he got too close to an open flame?" Angel asked. If he was rubbing his thumb against her palm it was because he was working kinks out from all the cleaning he'd done so far that day. No other reason.

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"It's a possibility. Maybe put it in a jar or bottle?" Callisto suggested. If Callisto moved a little closer to Angel, it was only because she might possibly have heard something.