VIII - voice - locked to Elphaba;

[breakmychest]

So, Elphaba, turns out I'm to be your Warden.

Are you in your cabin?

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[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

"Heart in his--interesting. Aside from my name, what do you know about me?"

[bigbad]

"That you're the antagonist in a rather popular children's series that may or may not be accurate, and that you're very interested in finding out what other people know or think they know about you." Spike raised an eyebrow meaningfully. "How about instead of digging so hard, you tell me what you want me to know about you?"

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

"Because I'm not sure what I want you to know yet." She paused, considering. "I want you to know that the wizard was more than just a fraud. He also led Oz down a path that encouraged cannibalism, and there were countless murders at the hands of the Gale Forces. I only ever did what had to be done. I did kill Madame Morrible, but I don't regret it, or anything else I may have done."

[bigbad]

Spike nods thoughtfully. "And what else did you do?"

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

"Many things. You'll have to be more specific."

[bigbad]

"All right. What've you done that someone might consider bad?"

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

"Well...I did try to kill Dorothy, but I was simply trying to kill her before she killed me. And I was going to have Chistery drown her dog. That's about all I can think of."

[bigbad]

"All right. Let's talk about me now. I'm a vampire, like I mentioned. That means I drink blood to survive. I've killed hundreds of thousands of people, probably, and I enjoyed it."

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

"And you're the warden here? How typical."

[bigbad]

Spike smiled briefly. "Yeah, sometimes I'm not sure what they were thinking either. But that was then. I met a girl, you see, who changed all that. Made me want to be a better man." He looked at Elphaba seriously. "The reason I'm a warden and not an inmate is that I've already been through my redemption. I've been through hell, literally, and I've given my life to save the world, and I'd do it again." Not that many people get more than one life to give. Spike was lucky. Sort of. "But I thought you should know who you're dealing with."

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

She gave an amused smirk at the comment about the girl. "How romantic. I've done my own good deeds, however. I gave my life to protect the Grimmerie from the Wizard's hands, and he would have abused its power, and I made him my enemy in the first place because I opposed his policies of degrading the Animals and driving them back into the wild."

[bigbad]

Spike raised an eyebrow. "I thought Dorothy killed you. Was she trying to get the Grimmerie too?"

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

"Presumably so. The Wizard sent her, and he knew I had it. I can only assume she was given instructions to take it."

[bigbad]

"Ever heard the saying, 'to assume makes an ass of you and me?'"

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

She grunted in irritation. "My assumption that she came to kill me proved accurate enough."

[bigbad]

"She was a little girl, and I doubt she knew that water would melt you. It's not really a common weakness, and anyway, weren't you on fire?"

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

"I was...I don't want to talk about this." There wasn't much point now in thinking of what Dorothy's motives may have been. She won and that was that. Elphaba deserved to be allowed her bitterness.

[bigbad]

Which probably means they should discuss it, but Spike was willing to wait. This was just the first time they were talking. "Suit yourself. What about... what did you say her name was? Horrible something?"

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

"Madame Morrible, an agent of the Wizard's. She worked very hard to revoke the rights of Animals that they had built up over the years, and even had Doctor Dillamond's throat slit when he was researching the difference between animals, Animals, and humans."

[bigbad]

"Right. And what is the difference, again?"

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

"An animal is a simple creature that can't speak and can't think on a higher level. An Animal is a creature who can speak and has higher brain functions. A human is a creature who can speak, though the higher brain functions are debatable." The last part was a joke, despite her deadpan tone.

[bigbad]

"So, uh, basically this Morrible bird was opposed to talking animals?" He couldn't hear the difference between animal and Animal, but he figured there was one from her point of view.

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

"Correct. She had her tiktok man, Grommetik, slit one of my professor's throat over the matter."

[bigbad]

"Oh, bugger." Spike rolled his eyes, tilting his head back. "Bloody figures." He looked back up at her. "It's all politics, innit? Might be a bloody children's book in my world, but where you're from, it's all racism and horror and people killing each other over differences in belief. At least I knew killing who I killed wouldn't change anything."

[vinkus-witch.livejournal.com]

"That pretty much sums it up."