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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe had finished with her home work and was now changing into jeans and a blue sweater. She pulled her hair into a ponytail to keep it our of her face and then grabbed her wallet. She thought about bringing the Duffle Bag 'O Doom, but decided against it. Spider would never let her live it down if she got drunk and misplaced it somewhere. Besides, she didn't want anyone who were to find the back to play with those Ebola capsules. That could make for a very nasty day...and would have Dr. House and his staff wanting to lynch her for the influx of work that would bring to them.

She left a note for her roommates ---promising that she would explain everything that had been going on as soon as she could catch-up with both of them. She had decided that they deserved to know everything. Besides, if she ever went missing, she was confident that Kitty and Rogue wouldn't just sit back and do nothing about something like that.

She grabbed the box she had set up earlier and left the East Attic. She went down the stairs and stopping at a specific door, she knocked and left the box outside of the room. On the box "For Jake Gavin" was clearly written in black Sharpie marker. She had kept her promise.

Humming a little bit, she continued on her journey until she came to the first floor common room. She was the first there so she settled into one of the leather-looking armchairs and waited.

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[demonbelthazor]

Belthazor wandered into the first floor common room, fresh from his meeting with Angelus and Lindsey. He sat down on the arm of Phoebe's chair. "Hey, babe," he said. "So who we waiting for?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled at Belthazor when he entered.

"We're waiting for Alex and Pyro," she said looking at him. "How was your day?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Nothing special," he said dismissively. He flashed her his best charming smile. "Much better now that you're here. How was yours?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled and gave him a look that said she knew it was a line, but it was nice anyways.

"I've been mainly just doing homework and trying to convince a few of the magic users to teach me some things."

[demonbelthazor]

"Magic users?" That got his attention. "Learning to be a witch or something? Who's teaching you what?"

Damn, it was going to suck if he was ever told to kill her.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe shrugged.

"No one, yet. But I'm looking. I've come to realize that I am annoyingly boring and normal compared to some."

[demonbelthazor]

"I somehow think you'd never be boring," he said. He shifted a little uncomfortably. "Besides, normal isn't necessarily bad. Magic powers could bring a lot of danger. You ever heard of a witch or wizard that had a quiet happy life?"

[sensethevisions]

"You seem happy enough," she said with a smile. "You have girls wanting to be in your harem and everything includingomgmysister!." Her smile was teasing.

She sighed. "It's not just the desire not to be boring," she finally said. "I want to be able to do something special..

He's so not going to understand, she thought.

[demonbelthazor]

She was starting to touch on a nerve that had already been somewhat exposed during his conversation with Angelus. "Being special isn't all it's cracked up to be," he said lowly, standing up and taking a few steps back. "It can mean you're different and don't belong."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe watched him in confusion and she wasn't sure what to say to that.

"But sometimes...you can feel as if you don't belong anyway."

[demonbelthazor]

"Then you do your best to prove yourself and fit in," he murmured, half to himself. He silently cursed his little outburst. Good thing no one else was around to see it.

"Just be careful with how 'special' you want to be," he finally said.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe was confused by the warning.

"I want to be the one that defends, not the one that needs defending," she finally said, conveniently forgetting her familiarity with stun guns and fire arms.

[demonbelthazor]

He moved in front of her chair and leaned over her, his hands on the chair's arms,bringing his face close to hers. "Magic is dangerous, Phoebe. Trust me, you don't want to mess with it."

Why the hell was he telling her this? If she learned magic she'd be just another witch. He'd killed plenty of them already and he'd kill many more. She wouldn't be any different.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe looked at him in confusion. She had never seen this much intensity from him before.

"Alright, Belthazor, I won't talk about it any more."

[demonbelthazor]

He drew back and turned away from her. He must sound crazy to her, but he couldn't exactly tell her, "Don't learn to be a witch or I may have to kill you, and if I don't, some other demon will."

Trying to get a grip on himself, he pulled his cigarettes from his jacket and lit one with a small fireball. Why was this girl getting under his skin? He had to put a stop to that, fast.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe was silent as she watched Belthazor pull back and she was incredibly confused. She knew how intense he could be, but she had never seen him quite so adamant about something as he was on the subject of Magic. She bit her lip and looked down at her hands for a long moment.

She sighed and leaned back in the chair. She had no intentions of steering clear of magic, but she would make sure not to discuss it in front of Belthazor from now on.

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Krycek came down the stairs into the common room and immediately spotted Phoebe and a guy he'd seen around school - but didn't know offhand - standing near her. Approaching slowly, letting them notice him before he interrupted, he wondered at the note of tension in the air.

Smiling, he waved when Phoebe saw him. "Evening. We still waiting for Pyro?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe relaxed when she saw Alex enter the room.

"Hey Alex," she said with a wave. "Yeah, still waiting on Pyro. If he doesn't show soon, we'll leave him a note and be on our way." She gestured to Belthazor. "Alex, this is my friend, Belthazor. Belthazor, this is my partner in crime, Alex. He's one of Spider's interns."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Krycek didn't quite dislike the guy already, but he had to wonder what Phoebe and the other had been talking about. He nodded to Belthazor politely anyway. "Alex Krycek. Pleasure to meet you."

Taking a seat, he wondered how likely it was that this new guy would stick around for the whole evening. "How long do we want to give him?"

[demonbelthazor]

In a way Belthazor was grateful for the interruption as Alex arrived. "Nice to meet you," he said with a nod of his own.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled at Alex. She would have to thank him for his timing because it had been getting really tense in there. She stood up.

"I'm thinking about five more minutes and then we can go."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Did you ever get a hold of him?" He asked, leaning back in his seat to look up at Phoebe from the low chair.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe shook her head. "No, I didn't. did you?"

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Talked to him briefly yesterday, but forgot to mention the drinking thing. I can't believe he's not answering his cellphone though." Krycek flexes his wrist idly, though the question is serious - if Pyro's found a way to turn on voice messaging, he'd certainly like to hear it.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe got up from her chair.

"Let's get going. He can call us and find where we are."

She had to fight to restrain herself from playing with the phone.

[demonbelthazor]

"Sounds like a plan. So...just where are we going?"

[sensethevisions]

"We are starting out at Pure Inebriation and going from there. The goal for the night is to see how much we can drink and how we can get revenge for what was done to us on Sunday."

[demonbelthazor]

"Drinking and revenge are two things I do very well," Belthazor said with a grin. "Lead on."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled and started to the door and headed outside.

"Then you're in good company."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe was happily walking between Alex and Cole when they finally arrived at the first bar. The guy at the door didn't even look for their IDs. She liked this place already.

She led the way to a darkened booth.

"The better to talk uninterrupted she explained as she slid in."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Krycek nodded, looking around as he sat across from her. "Couldn't do any better than this," he agreed. He was even smiling, looking forward to this more than he realized.

When the girls came around for drink orders, he asked for a beer, something to start with. Maybe harder liquor when the ideas ran thin.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled at Alex and nodded. She ordered a Sex on the Beach and a shot of Malibu rum to go with it.

"Well, after what you and I have been through this weekend, we deserve a bit of a break," she said.