I'm the best at space!

[aboutpower]

Who: Buffy, Spike, and YOU. YES, YOU.
What: Day in the life fun in spaaaaace!
When: Today, all day, in port!
Warnings: TBD.

((This day in the life will have Spike and Buffy together to run into/interact with, and some other threads to run into them separately! Tag in anywhere, multiple threads encouraged, up for anything! :D))

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Buffy alone - Finding trouble, because that's how she rolls. - OPEN!

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[With Spike heading back to the Barge to drop off their things, Buffy's more than happy to continue to explore. In the seedy, dangerous part of the station. Part of her almost wishes to find trouble, because she's sure there is some somewhere. And she wants to help. After a few minutes of wandering and getting a few very strange looks, sure enough, Buffy runs into trouble.

A smaller, skinny alien with green-tinted skin is being forced out of his makeshift tent on the side of the large hallway by two, armed, really huge red-skinned aliens. He's crying out in pain, and they're hitting him. Buffy has no idea what language they are speaking or what is going on, but she knows badness when she sees it.

So she strolls right up and grabs the two red-skinned big guys from the back of their shirts and tugs them back and away from the little guy.] Bullying? Big turn-off. What's that saying? Pick on someone your own size.

[The red brutish aliens respond in some strange clicking language.. Before they both draw their knock-off lightsaber weapons and activate them.] Orrr you could pick on me. [Slight sigh.] Large and stupid. Who would've thought.

[And she throws herself into fighting them. Dodging their weapons until one barely catches her shirt. It slices off a good portion around the stomach, turning her shirt into a crop-top! ...With singed edges. Buffy pauses to complain.] Okay, crop-tops? So not in right now. [Aaaand, back to real fighting! She's able to kick the sword out of brute #1's hand.]

Re: Buffy alone - Finding trouble, because that's how she rolls. - OPEN!

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[Patrick Kelis has been spending most of his time looking for Shego, because the sooner he nabs her, the sooner he can get out of OS19, hand her over to the people who'd taken out the bounty on her head, and get his money. He's not no particular love for the space station, and he doesn't really care one way or the other about the new arrivals.

That said, at the sound of a fight, he's hopping off the roof of the structure he's been lurking on, checking his communicator for any updates about his quarry to see what's going on, immediately spotting Buffy and the aliens.

He's got a pretty big blaster rifle, but he's kind of content with lurking on this fire escape instead of jumping down and helping out, because port Patrick is a self involved asshole like that. Although he's not wearing the helmet, he's got the rest of his bounty hunter body suit on, and he basically looks like he just stepped off the set of some Sci-fi show or a Star Wars movie.

The disarming of one of the aliens gets a smirk out of him.]

Not bad.

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[Buffy turns a quick glance to the new arrival. And at first she doesn't recognize him. In the heat of battle, Patrick looking all sci-fy-y, and his voice sounds different.] Thanks! [She jumps to avoid a swipe from brute #2's sword, falls into a roll, and sweeps brute #1's feet out from under him while she's down there. Buffy flips to a standing position. The aliens continue to make clicking noises, communicating with each other.]

You wouldn't happen to know- [Dodges another sword-swipe.] What these guys are saying- [Buffy sidesteps, then when brute #2 swings at her again with the hot blazing sword, Buffy punches him in the face twice, making him stagger back. Brute #1 is getting up and charging her from behind.] Would you? [Brute #1 successfully grabs her around her middle and holds her up. Buffy struggles to get free. She's so tiny in comparison to these huge red guys. Her voice is strained as she kicks and squirms.] Might really clear some things up for me.

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[He shrugs nonchalantly, like this is totally not a big deal at all to be standing on a ledge watching two aliens fight a young human woman.] It's been a few years since I brushed up on my Xobullian, but I can catch a word here and there.

[But he's not totally heartless - relatively speaking - so he's raising his blaster, taking quick and careful aim and shooting the alien holding Buffy in the shoulder, the blast clipping him solidly. He howls and releases Buffy, although the sudden assistance doesn't seem to deter him or his buddy from continuing the fight.]

They'd like to know where you learned to fight like that, for one.

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[Released from brute #1's hold thanks to the stranger's assistance, Buffy makes sure to back-kick him as he reels from the pain the blaster caused him. He stumbles back, struggling to regain his balance.] Zoo-bully-an? Hey. I was right about the bully part. [Half shrug. She catches her breath, and then charges brute #2 with a cartwheel kick, she receives an elbow to the head after she stands back up. Ow. Buffy stomps his knee in return.] They or you? [Brute #1 tries the same thing again, because he's pretty dumb, and tries to charge and grab her from behind. Instead, she lets him get close, then uses his momentum and sidesteps, throwing brute #1 to go crashing into brute #2. They both fall and the floor shakes.] Guess you could say it's a gift.

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[Patrick just chuckles.] Both, I guess.

[The young woman can obviously handle herself, but the aliens are also clearly pretty stupid, and he's not sure they'e going to stay down, even after that collision.]

I can just stun them, if you want.

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[Buffy watches them struggle to get off each other and stand up with a raised eyebrow. They're clicking away at each other and making groaning sounds.]

Stun? Oh. Like the movies where- [Erm. Ahem.] Sure. Okay.

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[That's good enough for the bounty hunter, and two quick shots later, both aliens are flopped back on the ground, twitching slightly, but definitely not getting up any time soon.

Patrick hops down from the balcony neatly, blaster still in hand, surveying the two downed aliens with a sort of detached interest.] Hm. [And looking back at Buffy.]

So, you always take down bullies, or this just some special occasion?

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[Buffy watches him shoot the guys with interest. Generally, she doesn't love guns or anything like them. But there's nothing wrong with a stun setting, right?]

I wouldn't call most of them bullies- [And she actually turns and looks at him now. Really looks at him. And it's Patrick.] Patrick?! [Oh, she wishes she thought more before she spoke. Obviously he's one of those people all integrated into the world or whatever. He could be anyone.] Your name. Patrick. I mean. Right?

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[Patrick was waiting for her to finish her sentence, actually kind of curious to see where she was going with it - she's kind of young and not grizzled enough to be some kind of soldier, and he doubts she was any form of law enforcement - when she turned around to look at him.

Her reaction catches him off guard, and his brow furrows slightly. He didn't recognize her, but now he's wondering if this is some person from back home or some former client's daughter or something, and the fact that he cant' figure out who it is is... weird. He never forgets a face.] Yeah. Who wants to know?

Oh god. XD

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Oh. No one. Just me. [Cue awkward back of the neck rubbing. Buffy sucks at undercover.] It's Buffy. You know. From that thing. We met at. [She looks him over, looking for clues.] The uh, Jedi? Convention? [No. No no this is all wrong.] We never actually talked, but I asked who you were.. And..

Ugh, I suck at this. I just know who you are. Sorta.

... lol Buffy you are my favorite

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The Jedi Convention? [He snorts a little disbelievingly.] If you say so, kid. Where are you from?

Heee! <3

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[She nods awkwardly at the Jedi Convention thing.] Oh, you know.. Sunnydale. [She decides not to say Earth. You never know.] And really not a kid.

<3!

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You're younger then me, that makes you a kid. [Flawless logic right there, Patrick. And he's looking over at the two downed aliens.] Probably should move away from these two, unless you feel like dealing with the long arm of the law.

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[Slight eyeroll accompanied by a smirk. Then at the mention of the law? She's already walking.] Really don't.

Thanks, uh, for helping out back there. Even though I didn't need it.

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Don't mention it. [He's still really curious about how you know him. WHO ARE YOU?] So, you were telling me about taking down bullies?