Your muse is truly evil. Also it would be so funny if scruncies got them outr of the finical mess, I would have a whole new respect

Author's Response: Yes, he's quite proud of his evilness ... he takes that as a compliment! ;-) You must respect the scrunchie! Thanks much, gopher101! Will have more soon! -p4s 2012.01.08

This chapter as most of your chapters are not one dimensional, you really encompassed quite a bit in it. Your muse just had to kill the blue bomber to add to the mansion of misery in this phase of their lives. Buffy learning to sew is a big...big leap of her determination to make ends meet. I myself love sewing, though I’m surprised that she didn’t ask for someone to give her pointers or lessons for sewing, she just jumped in cold. Wondered about the scrunchies, now this world has them, thank goodness, a world without scrunchies is too horrid to imagine. Necessity really is the mother of invention in this case. I feel sorry for Spike, not only is the loan shark upping the money for Spike, but he is giving him an impossible deadline for it. Billy with all of his empathic skills is good on the stage - he found his passion! Hope that a gem of amarra can be made for Spike soon, he needs to go out in the daylight and be undusty! You are hinting at more tears soon, so your muse is obviously planning something sinister and wicked. Grabs box of tissues for the next chappies!

Author's Response: Hi Vette! Yeah, I have a hard time writing just single-themed chapters 'cos there're so many characters now and life just isn't like that, anyway. Even evil Joss tried to (usually) punctuate the bad with a little humor or fun. My evil muse just couldn't let Spike off the hook *that* easily, he had to kill the car, too... Poor Spike. Poor Buffy. Not sure who she would've asked for sewing pointers ... maybe one of the teachers at school I guess, but, she figured it out! I've been sewing since I was a kid, don't love it, don't hate it ... I have made some sewing machine quilts that came out really neat, and LOTS of curtains. I've been waiting and waiting for Billy to get old enough to play Eeyore! And with the sewing I finally found the perfect time to kill two birds with one plot! yay! I can't remember when the tears start, we may have more fight club next ... darn, not sure. But there will be more tears to come, no doubt. Will try to get another chapter up by Friday. They're working on the Gem, but it's gonna take some time. Thanks so much for stopping in! Love hearing from you! -p4s 2012.01.05

Love the fact that she has decided to start a scruchie empire. Surely a bit less angsty than the mandrake. Curious what Bess has found in Cleveland. And hope that Spikes next fight goes well. Update soon!

Author's Response: heehee! Yes, there's much less risk to scrunchies than mandrake! LOL! We will catch up with Bess and see what's gonig on with her in the next little bit - can't exactly recall now how long before we get back to her. Spike's fights are going to be getting harder and harder ... we will get to see some in more detail soon. Thanks much, BuffyRat! -p4s 2012.01.05

Scrunchies! That's brillant :-). Between the two of them perhaps they can crawl out of the bottomless money pit their lives have become. Fingers and toes crossed!

Author's Response: heehee! And you thought my muse was just being weird with the lack of scrunchies in their new world! LOL! See, he may be evil, and he may not always tell me his evil plans, but he usually has reasons for his werid things like the scrunchie-less world! :) Who am I to question him? Trust me ... he wouldn't tell me anyway. Keep them fingers and toes crossed!! Thanks Sibb! -p4s 2012.01.04