FIC: Answering Darkness

[Pixie gishmock]

Sass, I think I've gone all nonverbal also. This was amazing! And, all waffling and debating aside, I love the way you write Spike. You blow me away every time. Thank God we have these new harnesses. (Thanks Owl!! And I loved your cheer - "hellwalk formation" - Here, have some panties and non-nun thoughts in appreciation. heheheh.)



So smitten!

Life is full of changes...The better you are at letting go of things, the freer your hands will be to catch something new. ~from Off The Map by Joan Ackerman
"It's good to be a chicken casserole," Tara murmured before passing out. ~from "Answering Darkness" by Sassette

[WiccansIllusion]

Sass, are we talking about Wesely, or Anne Rice? LOL

'It's good to be a chicken casserole'-Sass, answering darkness

'My heart is cleverer then I and it knows what to do.'-MC Legends of the Kiss

[Sassette]

**Pixie: Oooh ... all nonverbal and harnessed ... I'm >so< not going there.



**W.I.: Wesley, Anne Rice ... same person, deep inside.



-Sass

[TrueXena]

The Golden 50!!!



Great Update Sass (as always), getting closer to the "Bloody Cliffhanger" I see.



I'm gonna step back and just read all 50 chapters again, till you update again, cuz DAMNIT! it's that good!



I love ya, but not in a prison way, cuz really how many others do you have shareing your cell at night? It's getting kinda crowded in there.

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Doc: "I'm the happy peppy pimp, 'cause I don't beat my hos!" / Doc: "...and then they had sex."

Tara: "Its good to be a chicken casserole." -in 'Answering Darkness' By: Sassette

TrueXena: "Get a taste of Religion. Lick a Witch!"

[BytrSuite]

Wow, Sass, I just got caught up from around chapter 47 or so, and just wow.



You've weaved such a wonderfully complex story here. I'm on the edge of my freaking seat!



Tara's love letting her find Willow despite the block. Willow finally coming to her senses and figuring things out.



I am so freaked out over Tara being in hell. I was kinda already thinking that he actually wanted Tara because that fits with the whole tricking thing, and having Tara there is the easiest way to get Willow there, too. So there's a whole two-for-one deal going there right now. The whole pinkie severing thing? Ew, reminds me of that Cat's Eye movie.



Basically, I'm loving the story, keep up the excellent writing.

-Kathy
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"Living without your touch is driving me out of my mind.
If you could only see how much you matter to me, maybe you would stay forever."

Edited by: BytrSuite at: 4/22/02 2:01:32 pm

[Drakkenfyre]

Sass, sorry it took me so long to reply. I don't know what to say, but, Jesus tap dancing Christ!!! You continue to amaze me with this fic.. I don't even know where to begin. Love's bitch, isn't that the truth. We have all been love's bitch at one time or another. This was an amazing update...What Willow is going through is heroic and horribly painful at the same time...Dear Lord, I am babbling.. sorry. Thank you for this update. I needed it...

"We few, we happy few."
"We band of buggered."

[AutumnT]

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And he, too, had been there for her. Distraught and unhappy, he had reassured her just how bitable she was, making her feel better about herself. Sure, she had ended up braining him with a lamp and running off, but it was a moment they shared. They had a >history<. It was almost like they were friends.

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Sass you nail it again. I'm starting to think you're the Trickster. But I like you too much for that. You continue to have me hanging on every word and damn but you know these characters.

Autumn

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Buffy: I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than after a shift at the Doublemeat.

Willow: Plus, I'd visit you at work every single day. --- "Normal Again" shooting script

[Ressick]

May I just say I've been putting off for days my take-home final that's due in twelve hours so I could catch up on this fic? This... is absolutely fantastic. Your portrayals of Willow and Tara are excruciatingly perfect, right down to both their habits of blaming themselves for whatever is wrong in the world, and being willing to do anything, anything, for the other. Your plot is incredibly original, exciting, and feels like something Joss himself would be amazed at. I also absolutely adore your portrayal of Anya and Tara's friendship. Those two need more screen time together! Scooby Girlfriends unite!



Frankly, I'm just in awe of this fic. Now I must write about gender in Caribbean development... thinking about Tara in hell and Willow with the L.A. crew the whole time... blarg... think my prof will mind if I have tangents?



Res

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http://www.ressick.net

"I'm very seldom naughty." ~ Willow

[Sassette]

**TX: Read all 50 chapters again, huh? You are SO my bitch And, ummm ... there aren't THAT many people in my cell ... I think it's just Ruth and Autumn, and only when Autumn is hopped up on mochas.



**BytrSuite: Edge of your seat? That's got to be uncomfortable, and we can't have that ... I guess I'll just have to write more. Good thing I type ungodly fast. But y'know, the whole "Tara in Hell" thing ... what could possibly go wrong? This'll be fine! Heh Heh Heh ...



**Drakkenfyre: LOL ... there's certainly no need to apologize about taking awhile to reply ... just because I have all this spare time right now to write this fic doesn't mean I don't realize that some people actually have >lives<. And I would >so< pay good money to see Jesus tap-dance. What with Willow making so many bad choices recently, I really felt the need to let her be heroic. Because at her core, she is. Without super-powers, she's still a hero, because she's always stepped up and given everything she's got.



**Autumn: Heh ... that's just one of my all time favorite Buffy scenes. And honestly? I think these characters are easy tow rite because I just love them so much. Well, that and I spend far too much time thinking about them *shrug* As for being the Trickster ... how can I be the embodiment of Evil Order when I forget to eat breakfast?



**Ressick: I'm always happy to contribute to the procrastination and general delinquency of others *G* Good luck on your midterm ... and I'm sure gender in Caribbean development can somehow be tied in to Willow and Tara ... I can't quite tell you HOW because I know nothing about gender in Caribbean development, but I'm still certain



But thank you ... I'm really glad you're enjoying the fic. And yeah, Joss would probably like the angst. Sick bastard.



-Sass

[tommo]

I just wanted to say I don't support Autumn and her mocha habit, okay? It's morally wrong and if she doesn't give them up I'm afraid I might have to leave her. And then she'll pass me a forget mocha and things will just be really bad...



She promised to give up mochas for a month. I'm just asking her to go one week without doing any mochas at all.



I would appreciate it, Sassette, if you'd get on board with this. And I'll love you. Yes, in a prison way.

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No metaphors...just fucking.

[AutumnT]

Yeah but my make up mochas are extra hot...

Autumn

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Buffy: I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than after a shift at the Doublemeat.

Willow: Plus, I'd visit you at work every single day. --- "Normal Again" shooting script

[tommo]

Wow, your powers of observation amaze me. My Sassy Eggs are in fact, heaving right now. And yes, you will have to go through me. She said she didn't want a grande, okay?



Autumn, you violated my coffee intake. I'm not sure I can forgive you for that. But that extra large crystal you have in your hand is a start...

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No metaphors...just fucking.

[AutumnT]

Yeah you'll get this crystal any way you want it after I get the next part to Final Exam missy.

Autumn

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Buffy: I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than after a shift at the Doublemeat.

Willow: Plus, I'd visit you at work every single day. --- "Normal Again" shooting script

[Sassette]

Please, please ... no bloody buggering mochas in this thread. Or buggering bloody mochas.



-Sass

[AutumnT]

Hee



I think they were heaving again don't you Sass?

Autumn

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Buffy: I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than after a shift at the Doublemeat.

Willow: Plus, I'd visit you at work every single day. --- "Normal Again" shooting script

[Sassette]

Oh, there was definite heaving. Here, let me play it back, in slo-mo.



-Sass

[tommo]

Stop it you two. I'm trying to write here. And my bosom keeps heaving and...eh, you get the picture.

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No metaphors...just fucking.

[Willowfan]

Ohhhh....pictures....wow....

Willowfan

Edited by: Willowfan at: 4/23/02 2:22:26 am

[TrueXena]

god you guys are just sick! I love it!



I stopped in to see if Sass updated and got a lovely belly laugh. That prison cell sure does alot of heaving.

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Doc: "I'm the happy peppy pimp, 'cause I don't beat my hos!" / Doc: "...and then they had sex."

Tara: "Its good to be a chicken casserole." -in 'Answering Darkness' By: Sassette

TrueXena: "Get a taste of Religion. Lick a Witch!"

[Little M]

**Little M: And nah ... I was thinking of just leaving Tara in Hell. Oh, wait ... that wasn't me ... that was the crack. Assuming I'm off the crack by the time I write the ending, then no, Tara won't stay in Hell.





Haha Sasette,well you never know do you, in fics anything can happen.....though keeping one of the main characters in hell is ehm pretty much the death of your fic and you'd have to be a masochist to do that

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'I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad..it's depressing' - Tara

[TrueXena]

Don't give her ideas Little M.

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Doc: "I'm the happy peppy pimp, 'cause I don't beat my hos!" / Doc: "...and then they had sex."

Tara: "Its good to be a chicken casserole." -in 'Answering Darkness' By: Sassette

TrueXena: "Get a taste of Religion. Lick a Witch!"

[WiccansIllusion]

Ruth, a heaving bosom is a bad thing??

'It's good to be a chicken casserole'-Sass, answering darkness

'My heart is cleverer then I and it knows what to do.'-MC Legends of the Kiss

[AutumnT]

A heaving bosom is never a bad thing.



Oh and Sass? Don't make me write a mean limerick. You know I'm capable.

Autumn

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Buffy: I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than after a shift at the Doublemeat.

Willow: Plus, I'd visit you at work every single day. --- "Normal Again" shooting script

[tommo]

Don't tell anyone, but I've heard that Autumn's not so lacking in the heaving bosom department.



Still not as big as mine though.

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No metaphors...just fucking.

[Sassette]

**Willowfan: Heh ... pictures are fun



**TX: Happy to amuse you *G* And we're not sick ... we're just ... hopped up on mochas? Oh, wait ... >I< wasn't drinking any mochas ... Ruth probably wasn't drinking any mochas ... which means ... *looks over at Autumn* Oh, God ... the mocha-high is contagious. Or else she's controlling us witht he power of her chocolate-y sugar-y goodness.



**Little M: Hmmm ... leave Tara in Hell ... leave Tara in Hell ... that's certainly an interesting though. Hmmm ... wonder if I could get away with that. *shakes her head as the crack wears off* No frickin' way.



**TX: Oh, people can give me ideas all they want ... in fact, that might be good right now *sheepish look* I know what all the next chapters are, I just don't really know >which one< I should write next. I'll, umm ... go think about it.



**W.I.: What Autumn said.



**Autumn: Definitely by tonight. No later than tonight. And if I get the next part posted earlier, then I'll probably write one tonight, which means that one will be posted Wednesday morning-ish at the latest. Good enough to avoid being skewered in mean limericks? *hopeful look*



**tommo: That's good to hear ... that means you two make up for my more *cough* meager attributes. And no one's Sassy Eggs could ever compete with yours, Ruth.



-Sass

[WiccansIllusion]

Ruth, I highly doubt your as big as my 42 DD...* looks down, really hates her chest.*



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'It's good to be a chicken casserole'-Sass, answering darkness

'My heart is cleverer then I and it knows what to do.'-MC Legends of the Kiss

[AutumnT]

OK, I'll let you off the hook. But only because you keep saying "What Autumn said" and it makes me laugh long enough to hold off my mocha induced mean limericks. I've had 2 large ones today so you don't want to taunt me.



And Ruth, it's almost time to get out the tape measure.

Autumn

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Buffy: I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than after a shift at the Doublemeat.

Willow: Plus, I'd visit you at work every single day. --- "Normal Again" shooting script

[tommo]

Heh heh. 42 DD, bah! That's like, small fry to me.



I'm not saying what size I am, but you know, when they say British Beef, they're really just talking about my tits...

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No metaphors...just fucking.

[AutumnT]

Oh, and when I said I've had 2 large ones today I was talking about mochas. Not Ruth.

Autumn

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Buffy: I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than after a shift at the Doublemeat.

Willow: Plus, I'd visit you at work every single day. --- "Normal Again" shooting script

[Sassette]

*cough* I think this is the part where I feel all inadequate and say that size doesn't matter



-Sass