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(o15)(video/action) ♐ until i realize that it was you who held me under

Nov 06, 2011 16:07

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[ Buffy starts the broadcast just before she gets home from this. She's on a familiar street just outside the scooby apartment when the video turns on. She looks pissed. More pissed than she's ever been. ]

The Crimson Terror's still alive and well on this planet. Those warehouses, they weren't their only base. [ ( Read more... )

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[actionspam] ♑ ota who could/would be in the apartment slayerdom November 6 2011, 23:11:35 UTC

[ Buffy stops at the kitchen counter, setting down the datapad and taking a minute to swallow down her rage before turning to address her friends as a whole. ]

It's Angel. He's working with them. Has been for -- God, I wish I knew. [ There's a harsh, embittered laugh at that. ] Whatever they did to him, whatever Wolfram & Hart pulled ... They won. He's gone.

[ She rubs a hand over her face, trying to fight down the obvious hysteric fury that's building in her and causing tremors to run under her skin. ]

Andrew. The weapons chest in my room -- can you? [ She spares him a glance. ] Something sharp.

[actionspam] ♑ ota who could/would be in the apartment perspectiveguy November 6 2011, 23:28:11 UTC

[ When Buffy comes in mid-conversation, Xander's at the counter in the kitchen, making food. So, when he hearts that part, he listens before watching Buffy as she finishes her broadcast. Best thing right now, he turns the oven off. He'd rather not burn their food or their apartment. ]

Angel? [ A few I-told-you-so's and neener-neener's wouldn't be well placed. ] I thought he was all of a sudden even a partial good guy. Or of the good guys. Wolfram and Hart. Lawyers got to him? In space? Crafty --

Wait, are you going -- Angel sent them after you?

imnot_likeyou November 6 2011, 23:36:29 UTC

[and this would be the point where Sam raises his hand because]

... Who's Angel? And ... who's Wolfram and Hart?

[these are very important questions that Sam does not yet have the answers to.]

breakmychest November 6 2011, 23:49:44 UTC

[Spike stares at her, his eyes dark with something between anger, worry, and... well, more anger, but only a little of it's directed at her. He's also pissed at Angel.]

You should have said something sooner.

slayerdom November 7 2011, 00:12:26 UTC

Ask me how much I want to hear that right now, Spike. Please. [ She bites back the rage that made her snap and turns her attention on Xander and Sam. ] He's -- complicated. And not good. But not Angelus either. This is -- It's something else. I don't -- [ She raises her hands in frustration, like she would really like things to stop moving and frustrating her right now please. ] I don't know. But he's not good.

initiative November 7 2011, 00:26:11 UTC

[For once, Riley actually agreed with Spike. He wasn't sure what upset him more--that Buffy lied to him or that she forced him into a situation where he was on Spike's team.

It's taking everything he has not to just walk out of the room right now, but he stays where he is and keeps quiet because, hey, bigger issue here. Even so, it should be pretty obvious to anyone with half a brain that he's not happy about hearing this, and that a lot of that not happy is currently directed at his girlfriend]

uberwitch November 7 2011, 04:20:47 UTC

He used to be bad and then he was good and then he was all grr bad again, And then good but now.... he's bad. [Yes, that sums it up. But she pauses.] Guys, guys, Buffy was just trying to figure things out, okay? Besides Cordelia said something earlier about Angel being all bad again.

perspectiveguy November 7 2011, 05:11:10 UTC

And yet, nobody took it into account. Look, I did the whole friendly friendly thing and we were civilized but obviously Angel has a great pokerface. And I'm not jumping on Buffy because she kept it back. [ Mostly because it was what she did. She kept Angel being back senior year. She kept back her relationship with Spike. Xander defected with the entire team to Faith's side back in Sunnydale at one point -- Buffy didn't need that here. ] So wh - what do you need us to do?

imnot_likeyou November 7 2011, 05:21:30 UTC

[stays quiet for a moment, and just ... observing. Buffy's mentioned Angel to him before, but this isn't really a place where he should weigh in. he'll just sit and see where Buffy needs to point him.]

slayerdom November 7 2011, 06:16:34 UTC

I took it into account. [ She clenches her jaw, a little defensive, but for once Xander seems to be on her side. Miracle of miracles. She's trying not to meet Riley's gaze. ]

I -- I don't know. [ She reaches up to rub the side of her neck, glancing around. ] Maybe dig up what you can on the Crimson Terror. We need to take the offensive this time, before more people get hurt.

More than anything, you guys need to stay safe. Angel working with them means you're all at risk. You remember what happened last time. Let's not risk a repeat.

We need to assume he's already got Drusilla, too. But, he's still got his soul. The truth is ... we don't know what he's gonna do. [ She looks exhausted and a little scared by that notion. He's off the rails in a way that could very well be worse than Angelus. She shakes her head. ]

Andrew. [ She huffs out the name impatiently. Weaponsssss where are they. She's glancing in his direction now. ]

yodaknowswhat November 7 2011, 06:22:01 UTC

[Andrew was in that awkward stage of just standing around and staring, wondering if he should... Break one of his cardinal rules and offer his knowledge of Twilight to make this... Okay, it would never make this easier and he'd have to pull Spike aside later to discuss timelines.

Buffy saying his name a second time got him to shake himself out of his stupor. Right. Important things. He was doing them.] Uh. On it.

[Being in something of a rush mostly means 'GRAB THE FIRST THING THAT LOOKS COOL' and run. As it turns out... Buffy has a lightsaber, so naturally Andrew would grab that and come out with it, posing dramatically and... Speaking in his horrible fake British accent.]

You have my... [He hits the button and a red blade springs to life.] ....Not as pink as I would've guessed lightsaber.

[Give him a second. It'll come to him why a red lightsaber is relevant.]

knowmypurpose November 7 2011, 06:24:28 UTC

[Cordelia's been quiet for most of the time. Mostly she's been trying to hold back the 'I told you so' that's sitting on the back of her tongue. She thinks back to that talk with Buffy where she talked about trying to help Angel.

But there's no helping him when he doesn't want to be helped. At least Buffy sees that now.

And really, keeping quiet isn't her strong point, so it makes sense when she finally jumps in with:]

He may have his soul, but he stopped using it long before he got here.

[She blinks a little, noticing Andrew's red saber.]

Isn't that the evil guys have?

breakmychest November 7 2011, 06:34:54 UTC

[Spike steps forward to stand next to Buffy. He's still kind of annoyed at her, but it's not the time or place for that, he knows.]

As the guy here who knows him best--

[He pauses as he notices the lightsaber in Andrew's hand. His thought process starts at "When did Buffy get a lightsaber?" goes through "Here I thought she wanted pink" and ends on... "That looks bloody familiar."

He reaches out his hand and with a twitch, he sends the lightsaber careening out of Andrew's hands and into Spike's. ...and yes, he uses the force to make sure he doesn't slash anything in half.]

This is mine. Thought it was destroyed, when I... [He turns to look at Buffy, more confused than anything else, then glances over at Cordelia.]

The colour itself's not evil. I like it.

uberwitch November 7 2011, 06:46:26 UTC

Can you break souls? [Willow is off topic forever and ignoring the whole light saber thing, her question is directed at Buffy. Man, they need Giles.] And we're really sure that Angel is being all.... Double 007 James Bond-y? Spying on the enemy or something?

slayerdom November 7 2011, 07:05:55 UTC

[ When Buffy sees the lightsaber handle she chokes on her words, moving immediately to try and shut Andrew up -- but, it's too late. Way beyond too late. And she can't help but mentally kick herself for not thinking of that, but with everything on her mind ( ... )

knowmypurpose November 7 2011, 07:45:20 UTC

Sure thing, Buffy. [She nods. And then turns back to the others.]

Here's the deal:

Angel's supposed to be this big champion of good. And he was, for a long time. I worked for him in Los Angeles. But lately? Not so much with the hero-ing. Can't get himself to care much about it one way or another anymore. It's too hard to care, because life just isn't fair, you know? [Her voice is bitter, because the way everything went down, how Angel shut them out and then fired them, it's still a sore subject. One she's mostly avoided here except for a few talks with Buffy.Wolfram and Hart is partly to blame for this. They're an evil law firm. And before you make some stupid joke about all lawyers being evil, they're the real deal. And they've been trying to bend Angel to their side from day one. They've had a lot of dumb plots for it, and a few smart ones, but this was their best one. Or worst, depending ( ... )

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