And midnight graffiti appears on your door, so we can all sleep safe in our homes...

[evengodsdo]

In the Conrad, there's an archangel prowling. Julia Angelos looks something like her mother - not enough that she's going to be mistaken for her, but enough that anyone catching her out of the corner of their eye might get an odd sense of deja vu. She's been here a couple days, and isn't sure she's going to stay, but

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[faithful_slayer]

The training room at the Conrad -is- damn good, and it's not only archangels who like to take advantage of it.

Faith, who has never met Julia's mother and therefore has no expectations whatsoever, is pounding away at a bag, loud music blaring from her headphones.

She would enjoy having a sparring partner she doesn't have to hold back with.

[evengodsdo]

Julia's pace slows a little as she steps into the training room and sees someone there. Not an angel, she can sense that right off, but she moves like one, speed and strength and all, and that's... interesting. Wanderers. One thing they never are is dull.

[faithful_slayer]

Faith has definitely never been described as dull.

Deadly, dangerous, damn sexy, and a lot of other things, but never dull.

She notices Julia while she's circling the bag; she lowers her hands and nods a greeting, wishing she could tell humans from not-humans in this reality. Her Slayer senses are all but useless, and she hates that.

[evengodsdo]

Julia nods in response to the greeting and lets out her wings, relatively small things - for an archangel - all in rust red and black. Well, that answers one of Faith's questions.

"Hey," she comments, still eying Faith thoughtfully. "Not bad for a human." Her tone's easy and friendly, gently teasing - she doesn't mean anything by it, because she can tell this girl knows her way around a fight.

[faithful_slayer]

Faith grins. "Thanks, but I'm not. Well, not 100%. Wanderer, but I guess you know that...my powers have demonic origins, but not this world's demons, obviously."

[evengodsdo]

Julia raises her eyebrows. "Do you?" The kid doesn't feel like a demon - doesn't even make Julia want to raise her hackles, much less go for the kill - so she'll give her the benefit of the doubt. "So what are you, then? Wanderer, obviously, but I'm sure you've got a name for what you are, where you come from..."

[faithful_slayer]

"Vampire Slayer. One girl in all the world, Chosen - by whom is an open question - to hunt and kill vampires, demons, and the occasional Hellgod." Faith pulls a face, shrugging slightly. "The first Slayer had a demon's spirit forcibly subsumed...I think that's the right word...into hers. When she died, her powers moved on to another girl, and so on down the line to, well...me."

[evengodsdo]

Julia grins a little at that. It sounds suitably impressive. "Not half bad." She takes a few steps back, away from the punching bags and any other obstacles, and inclines her head to one side questioningly. "Wanna show me what you got?" Hey, she came here to get a little practice in. Might as well do it with a person, instead of a punching bag that can't hit back.

[faithful_slayer]

"Why not? You're an angel, it's not like I'll be able to do permanent damage."

Faith pauses, tilting her head.

"I won't, right? 'Cause I'm Catholic, and I don't even wanna think about what happens to you if you break an angel's jaw."

[evengodsdo]

Julia chuckles a little, low and soft, and shakes her head. "I'll be fine. Sparred with angels, fought with demons... As long as you're not coming after me with a mace or something, we'll be good." She glances over Faith's body quickly, and smirks. "And somehow I doubt you're hiding a mace on you somewhere."

[faithful_slayer]

Faith raises her eyebrows and returns the scrutiny, interested.

Hell, yes, she'd do an angel. She's not that Catholic.

"Good to know...and no, no maces. Got a knife or two, but no maces."

[evengodsdo]

Julia nods a little. Knives are no problem, and fully grown archangels don't go into anything - even training exercises - with a fear of live steel. She takes a step back, spreads her wings and hands, and grins. Come on, then. Show me what you got. She's even letting Faith make the first move. Nice of her.

[faithful_slayer]

Faith, never one to take the defensive, grins back and swings at Julia's jaw.

Yes, she knows it's probably going to be blocked, but hey, it's not like she's actually trying to do damage.

[evengodsdo]

Julia moves neatly to the side, catching Faith's arm as she does and using both of their momentum to throw her over her hip. She releases her a second later - doesn't want to break the arm, after all - and pivots around, wings spread, to execute a quick kick at Faith. Not too hard - a kick from an archangel in top fighting form would break ribs, at least on an ordinary human - but she's holding back a lot less than she would with your average human.

[faithful_slayer]

Faith comes up from the floor in a roll and grabs the foot Julia's kicking with, turning and using Julia's momentum to throw her toward the wall.

She's not holding back as much as she usually would either, and she's having a great time.