Second Floor Common Room - Evening

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Rory was lying on a couch, Vladdie on her stomach.

The former was channel surfing and eating candy.

The latter was rolling around on his back, batting at what appeared to be a whole lot of nothing in the air.

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Sean wuffed. He sat up straighter, as though wishing to be polite.

"Yeah, that was my reaction too," Angel said.

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Vladdie chatted with the invisible thing for a bit before turning to Sean and giving a very solemn series of yips, possibly to explain a bit about the invisible thing.

"...is it definite?" Rory asked, frowning.

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Sean gave a few yips and wuffs, possibly asking questions about what he'd been told.

"Jail's pretty definite," Angel said. "Saw the bars myself.

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Vladdie continued to explain, and concluded with a flip. It was really anyone's guess as to what the flip was supposed to signify about the invisible thing.

"I meant the soul thing," Rory amended.

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Sean stood up at the flip, as though this had given him useful information. He barked, then did a back and forth dance on his front paws.

"No idea," Angel said. "All I know is that's what she says."

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Vladdie looked at the invisible thing again and gave a series of gleeful barks to indicate that whatever it was really liked Sean's dance.

"Oh. I kind of thought you were an exception, with the soul thing," Rory said, frowning.

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Sean wagged his tail happily. He yipped back, possibly telling a story about his day.

"I like to think of myself as pretty exceptional," Angel replied, "but I'm thinking you meant something else?"

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Vladdie listened intently, interjecting here and there. Possibly to ask questions.

"I mean, I didn't know vampires got souled all that often," Rory said. "I thought it was kind of a big deal and hard to do and stuff. Hence, I thought you were kind of the only one, at least around here."

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Sean yipped back, happy to explain.

"I don't know," Angel said. "She's not from the same place I am. If it's one souled vamp per dimension she might be it for hers."

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Vladdie looked curiously at the invisible thing and back at Sean, and did a flip. Apparently the invisible thing liked hearing about Sean's day too.

"Oh. Hmm." Rory frowned thoughtfully. "Why is she in jail? Or rather, who put her there?"

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Sean barked cheerfully. He then sat down to listen, as though being told about the invisible thing's day.

"She got caught," Angel said. "Which she normally never does. Frankly that's the first thing that sounded like proof she might be telling the truth."

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Vladdie also went quiet, tilting his head curiously at the invisible thing.

"That's...any idea on who did it? The spell, I mean," Rory asked quietly.

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Sean shifted in place a few times as though he wanted to interrupt, but he didn't want to be rude.

"No clue," Angel said. "She thinks somebody here did it. But you all would tell me, right?"

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Vladdie yipped once, and then looked abashed. It was very rude to interrupt, after all.

"Gleefully. But I don't even know any witches around powerful enough, anymore," Rory said, frowning. "Phoebe sure isn't, and neither are her sisters. And I can't see Professor Skeeter caring."

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Sean tilted his head to the side and "Aroo?"ed a question.

"Jenny could do it," Angel said. "Maybe. I don't know if that'd be her thing. Or if her clan would let her if it wasn't personal."

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Vladdie looked inquisitive, then bounced happily, presumably upon hearing the answer.

"I forgot Ms. Calendar's a witch," Rory said, smacking her forehead. "Probably because I've only seen her do magic once. Um, but doesn't it take like, weeks to set up? Granted, I didn't know about it when everyone was putting stuff together for, um, last November...but Angela gave me that impression."

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Sean's tail thumped the ground. He yipped, possibly asking for another story.

"No idea," Angel said. "The only contact I've ever had with that curse was when I destroyed it. Magic words, orb, powerful witch. That's all I know."

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Vladdie also yipped, obediently sitting beside Sean and looking expectant.

"Right. Okay. Hmm. Is Drusilla souled too?" Rory asked.

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Sean gave Vladdie a look as though indicating his confidence that this would be the good part.

"Darla says no," Angel said. "Said Dru kicked her out for having one."

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Vladdie's eyes went wide, and he seemed to listen intently before jumping back, startled. Evidently this was a scary story.

"Interesting. Um. How are you taking it?" Rory asked, studying him.

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Sean gave Vladdie a reassuring yip, then went back to listening.

"Brooding," Angel said. "It works for me. I'm good at it. Not seeing a need to change."

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Vladdie continued to listen, tapping his paws against the ground anxiously.

"Anything result from the brooding?" Rory asked.

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Sean gave an excited bark, as though they'd gotten to a good bit.

"Still working on it," Angel said. "Might be brooding all week at this rate."

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Vladdie went very quiet and tense, as though in suspense for the conclusion of the story.

"I actually just meant to ask how you feel, but I guess 'brooding' answers that," Rory replied.

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Sean leaned forward, listening so intently that he nearly fell.

"Yeah," Angel said. "Brooding's kind of its own reward as far as that goes."

[ooc: Starting to fall asleep. Night!]