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--nngh..... Where....
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Is that...
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Oh Lord, no. No, this can't--! [The voice cuts off in a hiss of pain.
So Grell is back and not so happy per usual. She's been dumped in the middle of the town square, quite beaten up and more than a little broken, and, most of all, quite human. For the next two weeks, Grell is one of the plain old ( Read more... )
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Is that...
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Oh Lord, no. No, this can't--! [The voice cuts off in a hiss of pain.
So Grell is back and not so happy per usual. She's been dumped in the middle of the town square, quite beaten up and more than a little broken, and, most of all, quite human. For the next two weeks, Grell is one of the plain old ( Read more... )
...and speaking of kidnap victims...
Giles stops dead when he sees the lump of red on the ground, and that lump of red resolves itself into Grell.]
Oh. Um...
...um...
...h-hello.
[Grell looks...kind of beaten up. He guesses that's generally what happens when you come back from a kidnapping, but. Um.]
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...Oh it would be you, wouldn't it. Better than the Heroine, I suppose.
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Although Buffy isn't in town at the moment.
[Giles lets himself take a couple of very small steps nearer.]
...you're hurt.
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[Grell keeps trying to push herself off the ground, giving Giles a cold look. She doesn't want anyone to get too close. If they do, they could find out about her little...mortality problem.]
How observant of you.
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[Giles takes a seat a few feet away from Grell - just out of grabbing distance. His face is very calm, almost...blank. The last time Giles looked this expressionless? He was smothering someone.]
Injured to the point of needing a trip to the clinic, even.
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So, am I to see the ruthless side of you, my love? Going to squeeze the life out of me, are you?
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I could be persuaded to help you along to the clinic.
It would be quite a favor, but...I'm not saying no.
[A very, very slight emphasis on the f-word.]
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[She keeps breathing shallowly, smirking at him.]
Do you think I'd let you off that easily?
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...do you have a choice?
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[As long as that tramp 'sister' of his isn't with him.]
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[She pulls it closer and taps it, replaying the main message.]
Ugh, how unsightly. I do hate making such unsuitable entrances.
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...you won't let me out of our current arrangement, then? Not even in return for, and this is strictly hypothetical, not getting shot in the throat?
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[Tricky indeed. For once, she actually fears that, knowing she couldn't dodge the bullet as she would otherwise.
But after a brief hesitation, she smiles again.]
You do know that, hypothetically, upon killing me, you would release me from every agreement myself and young Buffy Summers has, yes?
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[Grell shrugs and winces, looking away.]
Not that you would care much for that. Coming all the way out here, trying to blackmail me into getting help, threatening to kill a defenseless lady when she has naught but her two bare hands to save her. How the mighty have fallen, dear Giles. I see a twist coming to your Record.
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