East Attic, early that morning

[demonbelthazor]

Belthazor's head was still spinning from his weekend confrontations with Piper, Paige, and Maia, and his visits to Inara and Drusilla. His emotions were bouncing wildly all over the place, but one thing seemed certain. He had to see Phoebe. Maybe that would make him get a grip. Or...make it worse.

There'd been no sign of her at school all weekend, but there'd been a single stargazer lily waiting for him at his door when he'd returned to his room Sturday night. There was no card. Was it from Phoebe? He knew stargazers were her favorite, after all. But why would she send him that?

He decided to follow one piece of advise Inara had given him and leave a message for Phoebe. If her roommates Rogue and Kitty were home he'd give it to them, or he'd just slip it under the door. Phoebe, I need to talk to you. - C.

Luckily he didn't have class until the afternoon on Mondays (not that he cared). So first the attic...and then he'd have to see if he could talk his way into the Special Collections at the library. That girl he'd met the other day, what was her name -- Janet? -- she'd said that if he was looking for something for a professor, he might be able to get access. Well, Drusilla was a professor, and he was looking for something for her. Plus he'd shimmered home to get a bribe: coffee from the Underworld. Even demons had caffeine addictions, and they required pretty strong stuff. He wasn't entirely sure what it would do to a human, however.

He headed up to the East Attic and knocked on the door.

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[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

"Hng 's it?" The sound might be "who is it," but it's hard to tell. If Belthazor were to walk in, he'd see Rogue, back from Classics for a nap, half-passed out on the floor, a wastecan beside her.

[demonbelthazor]

"Belthazor," he called through the closed door. "I'm, um, looking for Phoebe."

[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

Rogue somehow gets her half-dead form to the door and opens it. She looks like hell. Squinting at Belthazor, she asks, "Whaddya wan' with Phoebe? 'N why'd ya wake me up? 's early."

[demonbelthazor]

He chuckled, recognizing a hangover when he saw one. "Not that early," he said. "I wanted, uh, I wanted to talk to Phoebe. Have you seen her?"

[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

Rogue shakes her head, her hand immedietly going to her temple. "Haven' seen her for a week 'r so. 'Course I'm not so much all there this mornin'." She blinks a couple times. "Think she was doin' somethin for journalism. Dunno what, tho." She shrugs. Looking Belthazor up and down--she's looking more awake now--she asks, "You want me to give her a message?"

[demonbelthazor]

Belthazor wasn't sure if he was more disappointed or relieved she wasn't there. "Yeah," he said, holding out a sealed envelope to Rogue. "Can you give her this when she comes back?"

[marieann-d.livejournal.com]

She nods, and takes the envelope. She squints at it, then looks back up at Belthazor. "She'll prolly be around tonight. You should come back later." She wanders back toward her bed, drops the envelope on the end table and passes out again.

[demonbelthazor]

Tonight? So she was coming back...she hadn't just left school....

Not that it mattered if he managed to find what Drusilla told him about.

"Thanks," he called as Rogue passed out again. A proper evil demon would've left the door standing open, but he closed it for her and headed downstairs for the library.