MCA #0, Saturday night

[needsaparrot]

Xander was sprawled on the couch watching What Not To Eat. So far, judging by the look of the roast gopher with pumpkin sauce? Not only did he agree with the hosts on this one, he might never eat anything again. Or at least nothing that didn't come out of a machine, thereby making an exception for the twinkies.
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[OOC: for a specific vistor]

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Xander answers the door with his mouth still set in a curl of OMGewww, though his face brightens when he sees who's at the door. "Hey."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" Bridge chirps. Despite the seriousness of the conversation with Marie, overall he's in a much better mood than he's been all week. "...You okay?" he tilts his head quizically.

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Xander jerks a thumb towards the tv. "What Not To Eat. Y'know, you could pretty much get the same effect watching America's Funniest Home Surgeries."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Ew," Bridge makes a face. "Reality TV is weird."

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Xander'd forgotten Bridge's ongoing wtf-ery at reality tv. He grins, now. "Well, it's the trainwreck aspect. Only not real trainwrecks because there's limits. But you watch because every time, you think 'people don't really do stuff like tha--- OH MY GOD THEY ARE CRAZIER THAN I COULD EVER IMAGINE."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"I don't think I'll ever understand it," Bridge says, smiling slightly and shaking his head.

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Xander steps aside to let him in. "You're not supposed to understand it. You just experience it. It's a whole 'there but for the grace of sanity go I' thing."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"I'll trust you on that, then," Bridge informs Xander as he steps inside.

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Xander heads back over towards the couch. "Or you could watch the legit ones that are actually there to tell you how to cook food and build stuff or who won the Franco-Prussian war, but those aren't as exciting."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"But they're informative," Bridge says- because that totally makes them superior in his opinion- as he heads over to the couch and flops down.

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"The other kind are informative too," Xander argues, sitting down beside him. "They just inform you about the depths of depravity and bad taste that the human race can sink to." Because living in Sunnydale and being related to his own family hadn't done that...

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"That's what actual reality is for," Bridge rolls his eyes.

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"It's safer when the crazy people are inside the glowy box." Xander points to the screen.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"You may have a point there," Bridge admits grudgingly.

[needsaparrot]

"So I'm guessing you didn't actually come over to watch crazy people in a box? Because as pointed out, you can totally do that just by walking through the dorms."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Not really, no," Bridge says. "They got rid of the people who were possessing Marie and Lana and Phoebe," he tells Xander. "So... all the spells they did are gone."

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"Yeah?" Xander glances at Bridge's hands. "So your powers are back to normal?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh," Bridge grins.

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"Are the girls okay?" Yes, he asked about Bridge first. So sue him.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"I've only talked to Marie so far," Bridge admits. "She... doesn't remember what happened."

[needsaparrot]

"Ouch." Xander shifts a little uncomfortably on the couch. "In some ways, that might be easier, though? Than having to, y'know. Be along for the ride?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge raises an eyebrow. "She said pretty much the opposite, actually. That remembering would be easier."

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"She might not feel that way if she did," Xander says. "Depends on what happened." He crosses one foot over the other and only realizes afterwards that the plan of playing with his bootlace is not going to work very well because he is NOT WEARING SHOES. Dumbass.

"The first time I got possessed by something was the hyena thing," he admits. "And... I really, really ended up wishing I didn't remember. So much that I...kinda told people that even though it wasn't true."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

And it's all Bridge can do to keep from hugging Xander right then. Because things are confusing right now and he's not sure whether spontaneous hugging is allowed. "I'm sorry," he says instead. "That must've sucked."

[needsaparrot]

"Sucked worse for Buffy and Willow, though, and I was pretty much a coward about dealing with it." Xander shrugs, but not dismissively, just... because it was what it was. "Long time ago now. And yeah, Marie's probably right - you end up feeling guilty anyway, so it's better to know what you're feeling guilty for."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge nods. "I'm glad you were there, the other night," he adds.

[needsaparrot]

"You and me both." And now Xander's wishing for the shoelaces again instead of just being stuck glancing at his feet when he adds, "Not that there's anything wrong with Marie. When she's Marie, and you're you. You two do, uh. Have a lot in common."

Not that the thought has been worming its way around his brain since the second he first saw Marie's hand on Bridge's arm across the floor at Caritas, before he had any idea what was going on.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"The whole no-touching thing?" Bridge says. "Yeah, you could say that. But Marie loves Jamie." And I love *you*, he doesn't add.

[needsaparrot]

Xander only answers the part he hears, even if he does sort of know what didn't get said. "Heard he got turned into a dog. They still okay after everything that happened?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, he was this little chihuahua dog dude," Bridge says. "And yeah, I think so. I hope so."

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"It'd suck for things to get messed up by something that wasn't either of their faults." Though... it happens. As Xander is all too aware.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"They'll work through it," Bridge says quietly. "I mean, I'm sure things will be weird for a while, but they'll work through it."

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Xander glances over at the tv, lacking an answer for that, and ... ok ewww, mistake. He grabs the remote and flips the channel. To...

"Well, it couldn't be harder to work out than Oh My God I Married My Transexual Birth-Mom." He stares at the screen.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge just grabs a pillow and actually hides from the TV. Yeah, reality television will never cease to break his brain.