0.01 -- Salutations [Video]

[_fredless]

[There's the pop of a camera feed flickering on, and a woman sitting squarely in the center of the picture. Her long, brown hair is occupying itself around her shoulders in a energetic fashion she can't be bothered to maintain -- in the sense she hasn't really considered it at all. Just behind her is bedroom decorated in warm tones and dominated by

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1/idk, also video

[breakmychest]

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[He just... can't believe it. Can it really be her? But that doesn't look like Illyria's room.]

[breakmychest]

[And considering how weird time is here...]

DONE.

[breakmychest]

Fred.

[And he's off to try and track her down by scent alone. But he's still got his communicator, so, you know, Fred can tell him things while he's looking. Like her room number, that would be useful.]

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[timesbureaucrat]

Hell dimensions? Do you mean the Void? [Yeah, that's the part of the greeting that Narvin latched on to.]

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[rass_bestie]

Narvin, say hello first.

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[timesbureaucrat]

Thisth isth a human...presthumably a human...who might have had contact with the Void and you're worried about etiquette? [Oh, Cosmos, the lisp. He really cannot wait for his death toll to be over with. Recovering from tongue mutilation isn't nearly as painful as recovering from decapitation, but it's a thousand times more embarrassing.]

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[rass_bestie]

A possible human who will be here for some time yet, certainly enough for a hello. People do respond to well-mannered people with less resistance with regards to questions. Working up to these things is generally good planning. [Plus, she's a scientist and her name's Fred, though Narvin wouldn't get that.] How are you feeling?

[rass_bestie]

Hello, Fred. [Fred, heh.] I'm Omega.

[_fredless]

Hi. [She smiles, her head briefly busy trying to sort out of they're might be more people here with names like his. Was there an Alpha? Maybe a Zeta or an Iota? But the four words he's spoken so far don't give her much to work on]

I's nice to meet you.

[rass_bestie]

And lovely to meet a fellow scientist. Few appreciate the beauty of where we are, preferring to focus on the unsavoury aspects. Understandable, perhaps, but always a shame.

[_fredless]

Oh, I'm appreciating it. My head's practically exploding with how much I'm appreciate it. And I've only been here a little while.

[Video]

[aboutpower]

[After seeing Spike's recognition of her, and hearing her mentioned before, she figures out that this is Angel's Fred. Evil Law Firm? Yep. They've never met, but they know a lot of the same people, right? Buffy's a little uncomfortable with how pretty she is. Kind of an effortless beauty. She isn't sure what to say, so she just goes with..]

Hi. I'm Buffy. [And hopes Fred will know who she is. She knows who she is right? It's not like Buffy's a common name..] I, uh, you work with Angel, right? [She smiles, although it's a little strained by the awkward situation and her uncertainty.]

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[_fredless]

Buffy? The Buffy?

[The girl with the funny name. Only, of course she's more than that. Some words mean more not for what's in its letters, but for how people react to it. Buffy would always be one of those for her.

She's never, ever forgetten how everything changed her first night back from Pylea when they found Willow sitting in the lobby. It wasn't just Angel's face, it was everyone's. It wasn't just the air they breathed, it was how they breathed it.

Everything was different. Because of Buffy. She could still feel it weeks later, up in her room.

That was even accounting for the way she managed to follow them all the way to Wolfram & Hart. Spike's presence seemed to bring even more things to the surface, and some days Angel seemed downright petulant.

She can't ever imagine her name carrying that much weight.

Realizing she's just sitting there, head working busily, Fred collects herself with a smile]

I can't believe I'm meeting you -- well, talking to you.

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[aboutpower]

Oh. Cool. [Wait, she just said cool out loud, didn't she? Buffy opens and closes her mouth a couple times before giving a genuine, slightly excited smile. Trying to be humble but mostly feeling pretty flattered and ego-stroked. Back home she had started to get used to this reaction, being all queen of the Slayers and stuff, but being here for a few months with only Spike and Andrew from her world.. Well, she'd almost forgotten that she was really, really known. By the right people anyway. This time, when she speaks, there is no more awkwardness in her voice or her smile.]

Anything bad you've ever heard is a lie. [She jokes. Mostly.] It's nice to meet you, Fred.

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[_fredless]

I'll be sure and tell Willow that you said that.

I mean -- when I actually ever get to getting back?

[She and Willow had made a point to keep in touch, especially after reensouling Angel. It always seemed best to know who was where, and there was something to be said for a good ramble on the phone. And unlike Angel, who always did his best stoic faces when Buffy was involved? Willow actually said things]

Have you been here long?

[captain_jtkirk]

And I'm Jim.

If you think this is cool, you should see my starship.

[_fredless]

It's nice to meet you Jim.

[Her voice is light and friendly with still more than a hint of home]

You have your own ship? Here?

[captain_jtkirk]

Nah, but my quarters look like it.

[_fredless]

If you'd somehow managed to fit a ship into this place, I was going to have to be impressed. Actually, it's impressive that you had one at all.

You'll have to tell me about it sometime.

[And she means specifically. Design. Engine. Energy source. She's that sort of girl]