Whoa...long...BUT GOOD! AWESOME! Thanks so much for sharing this.

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Fun story to read, I loved the poker game and the letting spike be a scooby friend. It's always nice to see them be nice to him.

Lovely adventure. Good dialogue. Excellent Giles. Also liked the detaile depiction of magical rituals.

I love this story. The dialogue and characterizations are excellent. I love how you included every character and gave them important parts. This was very fun to read and very exciting. The humor and romance were great as well. :)

Congrats on the award, I was waiting for your story to win it! Also, just for future reference, human blood is one of the most cholesterol-rich substances Spike could possibly consume - incredibly fatty stuff - so I'm assuming the "dieting" on blood comment was tongue in cheek! :p

hey all - this is me the author just writing here quickly (cos there's no posting board, and nowhere else to put it) to say thanks for all the incredible reviews! you're all fantastic!

also, i'm still crowing about the fact that this fic just won a 'Watching You' Award for Best Long Fiction. So thanks! and hooray!

Wow. So this is what happens when you let your imagination run wild after you start a piece about a poker game with the Scoobies. I should do that more often then, considering the wonderful quality of your work!

I very muchly enjoyed the story, especially the end conversasion with Spike and Dawn ("Hey. Spike, don't ignore me, I saw you sucking face with my sister") And also the Hall of Doors and the opening with quite funny!

I liked it, in short. The characterisations were good, the plot flowed well, and the interactions were reasonably well formulated. All in all, a good job, and I look forward to reading the sequel

Mmmmm...that was beautiful! Hehe, can't think of anything constructive to say right now, but keep up the great work!

Original & Excellent... one question ... why didn't they contact Angel for assistance since they were in LA?

All your stories are wonderful, and I am glad you finished Black Sun for us. Please keep writing, you are very good!

Wonderful! I really liked this.

Well, whatever the hell happened to your little funny poker piece, I like it! It was very well written and the characters really came to life on the page. Even Xander who I find irritating. WEll done!

Too bad Spike was out of the loop through much of this but, hey, more action for everyone else for a change. Especially loved that Giles had a purpose and that you expanded Tara's role a bit. Nice work and thanks for the shippiness at the end!