[003]

[dangerouswind]

[Temari's back.

She's not sure she wants to be. She's keeping to the trees as much as she can, before she finally decides she really needs to get into the town and figure out what in the hell is going on

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[action--edge of town]

[steadfastest]

[Temari might run into Xander somewhere at the edge of the forest. He's been out collecting pine boughs to decorate his apartment, and collecting a few for Willow and Buffy as well. He's got a bundle of cut boughs under one arm as he trudges through the snow, an axe in his free hand. Hey, at least he smells fresh and piney, right?]

[action--edge of town]

[dangerouswind]

[Fresh and piney Xander may be, but it's the axe that catches Temari's attention. Xander might catch a glimpse of her as she steps back, trying to find a shadow or a tree to hide within.

She's watching him. Closely. And she will follow him.]

[action--edge of town]

[steadfastest]

Deck the halls with boughs of holly fa lalalalalalalala
Tis the season to be jolly fa lalalalalalalala
...

Something something something something fa lalallalalalalalaaaaaaa...uh...something....lalalalalalaaaaaaaa. Oh crap!

[He's just singin'. He's a happy kind of guy. And he has no idea you are there, because he just dropped almost all of the pine and now has to pick all those random branches up again]

[action]

[dangerouswind]

[Apparently, she picked up a clumsy one. Temari considers her options for a moment. She could stay hidden, but she isn't picking up any overt threat from him. Doesn't mean anything, though.

She steps out in front of him, arms held loosely at her sides, and waits to be noticed.]

[Action] 1/2

[steadfastest]

[Xand glances up from where he's kneeling and picking up his lost limbs.] Oh. Hi! Uh. You come here often?

2/2

[steadfastest]

Hey! You're bleeding! You okay?

[action]

[dangerouswind]

[She's fine. Absolutely fine, despite having only hazy memories of how she even ended up in this situation. She looks fine, doesn't she?]

Who are you?

[action]

[steadfastest]

You can call me Xander, that's close enough. Who are you?

[action]

[dangerouswind]

You don't need to know.

[action]

[steadfastest]

[He frowns and stands up, axe and pine branches reclaimed.] Well that's no fair. I told you who I was.

[action]

[dangerouswind]

[She takes a step back, hands rising in a defensive posture. She does not like that axe.]

[steadfastest]

[What's wrong with the axe?] Ha. You're acting like I'm going to hurt you or something.

[dangerouswind]

[It's sharp. That's less than shiny.] One never knows. [Yeah, she's eying you.]

[steadfastest]

No, see, I always know stuff like this. I'm that Guy Who Rarely Hurts People. At least not on purpose.

[dangerouswind]

That's what you say.

[steadfastest]

Do I look like I know how to use this thing? On people?