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[couldhavedanced]

Is this working? Um. Hello, Luceti.

I just thought with everything that's going on that I should take a moment to introduce myself. I mean, it seems like I'm going to be here a while and that it isn't a dream...and this is still really, really strange. But, you know, I was thinking that maybe, just maybe, I should try to make the best of it, even

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[slaying]

Oh! Hey!

[She takes a moment to drag the open journal towards herself.] I was one of those, too. Briefly.

[couldhavedanced]

Really? Well, it's very nice to meet you, then. I never thought I'd...well, meet anyone similar here.

[slaying]

[Buffy's would be that the similarities ended there. Even as a guidance counsellor, Buffy hadn't been certified. She also didn't hold the position for very long.]

I'm Buffy Summers. Nice to meet you.

[couldhavedanced]

Oh, it's...very nice to meet you, too. What part of the country did you work in?

[slaying]

Small-town California. Sun, sand, and wacky students.

[couldhavedanced]

That's...really far from Ohio, isn't it? I've never been that far away, at least not until I arrived here.

[slaying]

It'd be a hike. [Buffy thinks about how Ohio was actually the location of the other hellmouth.]

Must be taking a lot of adjustment, huh?

[couldhavedanced]

It wouldn't be so bad if I could just stay in my room. It's when I step out that's the problem.

[slaying]

Is that so?

[She sounds...doubtful.] Then just how do you get to work? Wait--don't tell you live at the school. Because I've seen this one. It doesn't end well.

[couldhavedanced]

Oh, no. I was talking about here. I don't like leaving my apartment. It took me a while, but I can handle commuting to and from work back home.

[slaying]

Here's not that bad. I mean, beyond the evil scientists. We actually have electricity, now!

[couldhavedanced]

[Oh god the thought of no electricity]

Is that recent?

[slaying]

Very recent. Painfully recent. I might have actually forgotten how to use a hair dryer. God forbid.

[couldhavedanced]

That...does sound like a very long time. I don't know what I'd do without it.

[slaying]

You start to get a little creative with your use of hats, that's what.

[couldhavedanced]

It was more the cleaning I'd be worried about. [No dishwasher? Egad. No fridge? All that dirty food.] But, yes, I'm sure...I'd have adjusted somehow. [Somehow, she doesn't sound sure.]