Changes Update!

[tabaqui]

Hallo!
A little late, so sorry.

Today is Cat's birthday, so we had a nice dinner and some pressies. :)
Yay! My dearest Cat is forty today!

And here's the chapter, folks. Enjoy!

Changes Chapter 27: Upsets

Yes, i'm sorry, a bit of a cliffhanger again, but... Had to!


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Thanks.

Comments

Chapter 27

[(Anonymous)]

Wow!! It appears poor Spike can't avoid the fate ME laid out for him. Interesting that Tara's family is Rom--I wish ME would've explored her background more that they did (one day I plan to catalog all the plot points where they failed to follow through--grr argh). Can't wait for next week's chapter.

Shakatany

Re: Chapter 27

[tabaqui]

Yeah, they shortchanged poor Tara...

Thanks!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Wow!

Jack, and a pooka! ::shivers::
And the amulet. And Xander 'seeing' Angel, demon and soul, like that. Wow.

And again with the dangling of me over a cliff by my fingernails! Pah!

An ADHD faerie. Bwahahahaha!!!!!

[tabaqui]

Heee!
Sorry!!
*pulls you up*
It'll be okay!!
Really.
*bounce*

[txrabbit.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday, Cat!!

I read the last sentence of the chapter while copy/pasting it into word. Um... must we follow canon? Can we not have happily ever after? Am I going to have to pull my normal denial technique of keeping up with the chapters but not reading them until I'm sure we're back in the happy land?

Am I going to have to beat you?

Lots of questions... not many answers.

*smootch*

[tabaqui]

Heee!
'Changes' is all about canon but ALSO all about finding ways to make the story GOOD and better and more logical and all that while sticking as close as possible.
I think the next chapte will make you happy, or at least happier, so don't stop reading now!!
:)

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

OOH happy birthday to Cat!!

Great chapter! But bad cause I know the end is coming and I'm gonna cry...lots. I'm already sniffling. Really.

[tabaqui]

Oooh, don't cry!!
*pets you*
And thank you!
:)

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

Oh.

Yikes.

But I trust you... really...


Love what Xander sees in Angel, and the deep similarity between Spike and Scavenger.

But... I CAN trust you, I know, you've brought us so far with better-than-canon...but...

Damn.

Julia, and happy Birthday to Cat from me, too

[tabaqui]

Yes yes, trust me.
Angel needed something from me, i dislike him so. Although heaven is kinda mean...

I love my bois, above all else.
:)

[chocgood84.livejournal.com]

Oh! Happy Birthday, Cat! :D

And also, will read this *soon*

[tabaqui]

I'm telling him about all the birthday wishes and he's chuffed.
:)

[paperk8.livejournal.com]

*squeaks* Damnit!

Okay, first, so happy about the Sight. Thank you.
Second, fantastic description as always. Jack and pooka are brilliantly drawn. And the build up to their arrival had me short of breath. And Tara here was wonderful. My bohemian heart swells.
Knowing canon, I was hoping we'd get around the amulet somehow. And knowing canon, I hope the result (if relatable) is equally transient but, oh man... the boys. And Xander especially, my heart aches for Xander. His understanding and denial was wrenching. And this is fear, my dear. Fear for them all.
Love this, love you.
*smooch*

[tabaqui]

Hee!
*squeak*

I lurve my pooka, i'm glad you like him!!
And Tara - she's just sooooo cool!

Thank you thank you for being breathless...i'm so glad it translated well, 'cause i knew how i wanted him to feel, but wasn't sure if i could describe it right.
*smooches back*
Thank you, bay-bee!

[piratepurple.livejournal.com]

*breathes* Okay, but Spike still gets to come back, right? He's not gonna die forever, right? *adamantly not crying*

[tabaqui]

Ooooh!!
*pets you*
Sorry for the cliffhanger but...it'll be okay!!

[chocgood84.livejournal.com]

First...Fairy with ADHD - hifuckinglarious.

Second...*finds the nearest desk and hides under it, rocking back and forth* Noooooooooooo! *cries*

[tabaqui]

Heee.
Thanks!

Dude - i love my bois!!
It'll be okay!!
:)

[annabuffy.livejournal.com]

Nooooo!! Please don't let my Spike die.

[tabaqui]

*pets you*
It'll be okay!!

[pyrite.livejournal.com]

gah! not that i didn't know that was coming, at least the spike/amulet part, not the jack part, but still! waaahhhhh!!!!!! there's a loophole right? there's got to be a loop hole. or an ancillary clause or or something! right? please?

[tabaqui]

*pets you*
It'll be okay!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAAH!!! I knew it and it still made me scream! Oh, it was wonderful, the pooka and Jack again and your description of Angel--- Buffy being so brave and Tara-- it was just wonderful and terrible too. You made me cry!

Oh, and please wish ny friend Cat a happy birthday-- I wish I could be there with warm wax and a feather duster...in a strictly platonic way of course, no disrespect!

[tabaqui]

Thank you Ms. Thang - oh, thank you!
*pets you*
*hands you a tissue*

Cat's all happy to get so many b-day greetings. And....platonic?
Well - if you SAY so...
*heeeee*

[eyezrthewindows.livejournal.com]

No! I don't want Spike to die! *sobs* Why do you have to follow this part of cannon? Why not kill of Buffy instead?

[tabaqui]

BWAAAAAaahahahahaahaa.
*snerk*

Dude.
Hee!

[vampirefever.livejournal.com]

Eeep!
I know you're going to make it alright in the end.
::whispers::
Aren't you?
::pets Tabaqui softly::

[tabaqui]

HEhheee.
*rurrrrrrrrrrr*

It'll be okay!
Spiff icon.
:)

[riani1.livejournal.com]

We trusts our Tabaqui, yes, we do, my precious.

Thank you for not offing Angel--but save Cordelia, if you can? But if you can't ... well ... Angel will need Connor and Connor will need Angel and all that ...

Yay, Ethan being a threat!

...but still, we trusts her, we do ... if she knows what's best for her ...

[tabaqui]

*snerk*
Heee! Dude.

I think you'll be pleased with the next chapter.
Wherein - questions are answered!!
hee.
Ethan should ALWAYS have been a threat, and not a joke.
Everybody is so sure i'm gonna rain down DEATH!!
Wow...wonder why?

Are you THREATENING me?
*does cornholio impersonation*

[sufie58.livejournal.com]

I knew Jack was going to come back - I just didn't know where or when. And a pooka! What's a pooka?? I just hate that bloody amulet. I'm still caught up in the cliffhanger - this is when I wish I'd waited until you completed the story before I started reading it - so I could move on straightaway to the next chapter and , hopefully, bathe in the happy endings. Thank you.

[tabaqui]

A pooka: also the each uisage. A Sidhe that can change forms from human to, variously, horse, dog, eagle, or boar.

They lure you, get you to climb aboard, and then you're stuck.
They take you for a wild ride, leap into water with you and drown you and eat you.
:)

[cloudiecat.livejournal.com]

Oooh,bummer!! I was hoping Spike would escape that fate this time - but Xan didn't get out of losing his eye so ... I'm interested to see how Xan, Oz and Derio are going to come to terms with this though - if they do. I'm loving this despite feeling all tense now, lol.

cloudie

[tabaqui]

Thank you thank you.
:)

[anelith.livejournal.com]

I felt like I was racing down a dark tunnel there at the end! Woo, now I know you'll fix it, so I'm not worried, nope, not one bit...

I have to say, I really thought you'd have Angel wear the amulet. You surprised me! What *have* you got up your sleeve? Can't wait to find out next chapter!

[tabaqui]

Ooh!
Neat - thank you!

*cackles and rubs hands gleefully*
Just you wait!!!

[sherebis.livejournal.com]

Noooooooooo, this will kill Xander!! the Pack.. this cannot happen.. .waaaah... too good, this story is too good. I'm in love with your writing... may I ask for it's hand in marriage, hmmm?

;)

[tabaqui]

*squeeeee*
*makes second hash-mark on marrige-proposal chart*
Whooot!

Thank you so much!

[chriself.livejournal.com]

I will trust Tabaqui. She will protect the bois
I will trust Tabaqui. She will protect the bois
I will trust Tabaqui. She will protect the bois

There. I said it three times so that makes it real, right?
I think a bit of the beast came out of me. I growled at the screen what with all the tension.

*pets library computer that lets me read updates*
*kicks broken home computer*

[tabaqui]

I'm sure that it's real, bay-bee.
:)
*pets you*
I DO love my bois...

*heee*
Growling at the library 'puter!

Screaming Denial

[caliadragon.livejournal.com]

I had really really hoped that you would not go with this bit of canon, but I understand that it is needed. I loved the way that you wrote with such sensory description. As I read this chapter I could not only see their faces, but feel their pain, rage and denial.

I can only hope that things work out for the better.


Thanks

calia

Re: Screaming Denial

[tabaqui]

*pets you*
Thank you!

It'll be okay.
:)

[cityphonelines.livejournal.com]

*pant, pant, wheeze, cough, sputter*
*guzzles water*
Finally caught up!

I had all this introspective stuff to feed you (since I was a bit behind) but I'm an emotional wreck now and I can't!

The stuff with Xander's injury had me tearing up and raking my fingers through my hair. Intense, mama! And I'm biting my nails over Spike wearing the amulet. But I trust you.

*loves all over you*

[tabaqui]

Ack!!
Breathe, honey.
:)

Thank you!
Glad you liked it...or, you know, whatever.
:)

[cleeaz.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was good, and to tell you the truth I love Jack (can I keep him please?). Cindy Lee

[tabaqui]

Thanks, bay-bee!
Jack is Not Nice.
Keep at your own risk.
:)