BtVS: "A Night to Remember" (6/?)
There are six people in the limousine (not counting the driver) as they are driven to the hall--Maddy and Xander, Persephone and Alan, and now also Sophia and David--explaining at last the mystery of why there are room for six people in the limousine.
The three girls seem instantly comfortable, with Persephone and Sophia taking to each other at once; even though the two had just met each other for the first time, the fact that the other has Madelyn's trust is apparently good enough for each of them. The boys, on the other hand, don't look nearly so comfortable. David, who apparently had been told that Madelyn would get him a date "with one of her close friends" but hadn't been told who specifically, still hasn't recovered from the news and looks distinctly overwhelmed. Alan, on the other hand, keeps looking from Madelyn to Persephone to Sophia to David, obviously wondering why he hadn't been paired with the princess while intimidated by the fact that woman who is his date has killed more people than all the students who had ever graduated from St. Clare's put together. Not that he has any room to complain, since he had seemed quite satisfied with Persephone before Sophia appeared on the scene; to say that she is an attractive enough girl is an understatement, and she is the Dark Queen of Azthorak besides.
The girls don't seem to notice any lack of enthusiasm on the part of their dates, however. They're all sitting together, so that Xander is the only male actually sitting next to his date, Madelyn's hand clasped in his even as her attention is focused on her friend and her sister.
They are, it seems, deeply involved in some discussion of geopolitical significance, whether a shift in the market would affect global demon movements or some such. "What do you think, Xander?" asks Sophia, inviting him into the conversation. "You've been in Africa the last month, right? Has there been an increase in demonic activity there?"
Xander shrugs; a month is hardly enough time to get to know a continent. "The experts tell me there wasn't, but--but I saw some places where it was pretty bad. There's a lot of places where it doesn't matter what the markets do; poverty is a permanent state of affairs. There are places that might just aw well be demonic feeding grounds."
The girls all nodded, each of them knowing how vulnerable to demonic forces extreme poverty could render a community. Madelyn gave his hand a quick squeeze.
"But tonight is a night for excess," says Persephone. "I think we've arrived at our destination."
Sure enough, the limousine has come to a stop. The three couples exit the limousine--this close to summer twilight still hasn't fallen yet at this hour, so Persephone mists as before.
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The three girls seem instantly comfortable, with Persephone and Sophia taking to each other at once; even though the two had just met each other for the first time, the fact that the other has Madelyn's trust is apparently good enough for each of them. The boys, on the other hand, don't look nearly so comfortable. David, who apparently had been told that Madelyn would get him a date "with one of her close friends" but hadn't been told who specifically, still hasn't recovered from the news and looks distinctly overwhelmed. Alan, on the other hand, keeps looking from Madelyn to Persephone to Sophia to David, obviously wondering why he hadn't been paired with the princess while intimidated by the fact that woman who is his date has killed more people than all the students who had ever graduated from St. Clare's put together. Not that he has any room to complain, since he had seemed quite satisfied with Persephone before Sophia appeared on the scene; to say that she is an attractive enough girl is an understatement, and she is the Dark Queen of Azthorak besides.
The girls don't seem to notice any lack of enthusiasm on the part of their dates, however. They're all sitting together, so that Xander is the only male actually sitting next to his date, Madelyn's hand clasped in his even as her attention is focused on her friend and her sister.
They are, it seems, deeply involved in some discussion of geopolitical significance, whether a shift in the market would affect global demon movements or some such. "What do you think, Xander?" asks Sophia, inviting him into the conversation. "You've been in Africa the last month, right? Has there been an increase in demonic activity there?"
Xander shrugs; a month is hardly enough time to get to know a continent. "The experts tell me there wasn't, but--but I saw some places where it was pretty bad. There's a lot of places where it doesn't matter what the markets do; poverty is a permanent state of affairs. There are places that might just aw well be demonic feeding grounds."
The girls all nodded, each of them knowing how vulnerable to demonic forces extreme poverty could render a community. Madelyn gave his hand a quick squeeze.
"But tonight is a night for excess," says Persephone. "I think we've arrived at our destination."
Sure enough, the limousine has come to a stop. The three couples exit the limousine--this close to summer twilight still hasn't fallen yet at this hour, so Persephone mists as before.
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