Second Floor Common Room, Saturday Morning.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Dressed in robes of blinding white (which looked suspicously like they were bedsheets in a previous life), Callisto made her way down to the second floor common room, because, really, it was the swellest common room.

Going over to the kitchen, she started cooking something which might have been porridge. She began singing again. "Onward virgin soldiers, marching us to war..."

[ooc: Open for mocking interaction.]

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[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Krycek was passing through, having ducked outside for a smoke in the early morning light. The singing attracted his attention - and then the singer did. "Callisto?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Kry," Callisto beamed serenely.

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

He frowned slightly, looking her over. She was practically glowing, had a serene sort of air about her... "Are you pregnant?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Still smiling, Callisto shook her head. "No, even though kids are keen, I've just made some important decisions about my life,"

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"What kind of decisions?" Krycek gave her another once-over, looking for signs of a bite.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"I was headed to a very angry place," Callisto was oblivious to any looking over. "But not anymore, not after today."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Ah-hah." Krycek arched an eyebrow. "New wardrobe? I think I liked the leather better."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"But all that black was so depressing," Callisto said. "Besides, priestesses of Hestia aren't allowed to wear leather."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"'Priestesses of Hestia'." Krycek echoed. "You're a priestess now?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Well, not now, now," Callisto replied. "I'll still have to go through the proper training and initiations, but there's no reason I can't start following the ways of Hestia now, to get in practice."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

He gave her a dubious look. "Cal, what the hell is up?" Krycek couldn't see any bite marks, didn't think Cal was really the type to become a born-again whatever, but there she was. In white. "What brought this on?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"I just realised that I need more niceness in my life," Callisto said. "And a life of chasity and quiet contemplation sounds quite relaxing, don't you think?"

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Krycek managed to hold back the look of horror that wanted to suface. "No. Cal? No. And what about Angel?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto thought about it a minute. "Well, it's rare, but not unheard of, for men to join the order."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"I really don't think he'd--" He stopped, shaking his head slightly. "I really hope this passes. You might not, though."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Of course I don't want this to pass, I've never felt this serene in my life."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Krycek stared at her, then made a show of looking at each side of her head. "Huh. Your brain doesn't seem to be leaking out of your ears... Maybe this is a spell. Or some bad fish."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"The way of Hestia is not the way of bad fish! Praise Hestia!"

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"The way of Hestia sounds really damn boring," Krycek commented dryly.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"It's not, really," Callisto said. "There's chanting, and rituals involving ceremonial wine."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"But, chastity."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"You get to know yourself," Callisto countered. "Really know yourself."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"And drink a whole lotta wine," he said, nodding in understanding. "But why bother when Angel probably knows you, ah, inside and out by now?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto's smile may have been the tiniest wee bit forced. "We all have to make sacrifices to the greater good."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Right, right," Krycek said with a nod. "So how does he feel about this?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Ihaven'ttoldhimyet."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Uh-huh." Krycek smirked. "Not real fair to make this sacrifice for the both of you."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure he'll understand," Callisto said in an overly bright tone. "It's for the greater good."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah," Krycek said, matching her tone. "I'm sure he'll be fine with losing the best thing he's got going for him so you can drink wine and ordain the valley of self-discovery for the rest of your life."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"If I don't do this a lot of people are going to end up dead," Amazing how you could grit something out and grin vapidly at the same time. "He'll understand."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Krycek cocked his head curiously. "And you know that how?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"It's complicated."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

He smirked again, maybe faintly mocking. "It usually is."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"I'll kill them, or order my men to."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"If you don't want to, you could... not?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"What do you think I'm trying to do?"

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Is there no way to not do it without being born again?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Can't kill anyone if I'm not around weapons."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Seems kind of extreme," Krycek said.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"We're talking a lot of people here."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Seems a shame to preempt your entire life on a chance," Krycek said, shrugging.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"More than a chance, felt myself killing them, felt myself dying." Callisto said, still with that vapid grin.

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Krycek narrowed his eyes slightly. "So is it fate or something?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Fate, destiny, prophecy, doesn't really matter what you call it."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

He snorted. "A nice way to say you're giving up."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Maybe, but considering what I'm gonna do, that mightn't be such a bad thing."