Luau, 33 Apocalypse Avenue, Sunday evening

[meetingsnoopy]

The fact the date was the same weekend as the Valentine's Dance and three-minute dates had escaped Melody when she started planning, but she figured the more parties, the better! Which is why the main rooms of the house were decorated for an island theme and a CD of steel drum music was playing a tiny bit louder than was absolutely necessary

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Arrive & Mingle

[meetingsnoopy]

Do those things that you do.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin wasn't one for mingling, but he did live there.

So he'd found himself a chair in a very secluded section of the room and hid sat.

Anakin kind of failed at party.

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[neverfaithful]

Faith nodded to the ... cheerful guy, over in the corner.

Wow. He kinda failed at party.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin stared. "Faith?"

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[neverfaithful]

"That's the name," she said coolly. "We met, and I forgot it? Or do I have a rep now? Hope you got the Dawn version and not the one from Buffy."

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[sith_happened]

Anakin grinned despite himself. Same Faith, even if it wasn't the one who'd known him.

"I knew another you back in high school," he said. "She had a puppy and a desire to set Buffy on fire. I'm Anakin."

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[neverfaithful]

"You did?" Faith said, taking a few seconds to process before she laughed. "Damn. Fandom. No one told me there was another me kickin' around here before. We, uh, we friends? She ever manage to set B on fire? I'd say it's nice to meet you but I dunno if that's the kinda thing you say, times like this."

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[sith_happened]

"We were really good friends," Anakin said. "Went to Vegas, got into all kinds of trouble. She didn't set Buffy on fire, but I think that's because Buffy rarely came out of her room." He thought about it. "Not the Buffy that was here last summer. Different one. This place..."

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[neverfaithful]

"All right, she got into shitloads of trouble then she's fine by me," Faith grinned. "Hate to think you guys got some low-rent Faith makin' me look bad here. So there are lots of Bs running around? Man."

She shook her head. "At some point, you could just start makin' shit up, and nobody would be able to tell. Tell someone, yeah, you know, there were six of you, and they all fought each other, and fuckin' dinosaurs showed up with alien spaceships and then they all sang an opera and went home. And people'd go, Wow, of all days I skip town, I missed it."

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[sith_happened]

Anakin grinned. "People try it on the new kids every semester. One of these days someone's head is going to pop right off."

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[neverfaithful]

"Not surprised," she said, pulling out a pack of cigarettes with a laugh. "I mean, I lived on a Hellmouth and this place is trippy."

For once in her life, she had enough tact to pause. "This, uh, anyone care if I smoke?"

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[sith_happened]

"I'm not sure," Anakin admitted, "but if you go outside, I'll walk with you."

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[neverfaithful]

"Probably best to go outside anyway, huh?" she smiled, standing up. "Yeah, that'd be kinda nice. You smoke?"

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[sith_happened]

"I used to have a bit of a respiratory issue, so I never did," Anakin said.

Respiratory issue? Giant mask? Totally the same thing.

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[neverfaithful]

"Oh," Faith said, stepping out the door and staring at the pack of cigarettes. "Is this gonna ... bother you? I can ... I dunno. Make sure I don't blow it in your face or somethin'?"

She was attempting tact. Not very good at it. Still.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin smiled at her. "I'll be fine. I've fought on vulcanic planets. I'm hardly a delicate flower."