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Twenty-one Bells: [ACTION/VOICE]

Sep 11, 2011 17:31

[Archie has barely been around town lately, but he does appear in town this afternoon, dashing about to various shops and stores and picking up various one-use items and lots and lots of groceries. He seems to have one thing on his mind.

Later, he'll sit at the fountain and send out the voice message:]

This is Mr. Kennedy. If anyone is in need of me ( Read more... )

babysitting jack, still okay, action, a case of the sads, voice

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[ written; filtered 70% ] slaying September 11 2011, 21:35:37 UTC

[ it must be the end of the world. buffy is opting to write.

or more likely she's nervous about speaking and having jack hear her -- she doesn't know that he's not currently at the house. ]

How is he?

[ written; filtered 70% ] noprevaricating September 11 2011, 21:46:03 UTC

Desolate. I'm always having to hide the rum.

[ written; filtered 70% ] slaying September 11 2011, 21:48:48 UTC

[ desolate. buffy has to stop and think on the word rather hard before responding. will jack ever believe her, she wonders? that she is so torn and burned and hurt by feeling unable to go to him right now. no. no, she shouldn't even believe herself.

because why isn't she there right now? ]

All of it?

[ written; filtered 70% ] noprevaricating September 11 2011, 21:50:35 UTC

I let him have enough to get nicely drunk.

[ written; filtered 70% ] slaying September 11 2011, 21:52:01 UTC

Good.

[ what a 180 from buffy's previous stance on the stuff. a night of rum after giles' death was a keen agent in that change of heart. ]

[ written; filtered 70% ] noprevaricating September 11 2011, 21:56:05 UTC

I do not allow him enough to kill himself. He [He stops writing. Lately, he doesn't know how Horatio managed this with him seven years ago, and he'd been even worse than Jack. He's less certain now that he's the right person for this job.]

Do you suppose you could send Leonard for a visit?

[ written; filtered 70% ] slaying September 11 2011, 21:57:45 UTC

[ another very long pause. archie's wording brings her heart leaping in her chest. ]

Why? Medical needs? [ buffy has already sent the doctor there once this week. she knows he won't be keen on another trip through the transporter. ]

[ written; filtered 70% ] noprevaricating September 11 2011, 22:02:22 UTC

Not at all. Just to visit his friend.

[ written; filtered 70% ] slaying September 11 2011, 22:03:51 UTC

He was out there yesterday. I don't -- he doesn't like the transporters. I can ask him to head out there again but no promises.

[ written; filtered 70% ] noprevaricating September 11 2011, 22:05:24 UTC

That is all I ask. Thank you.

[ written; filtered 70% ] slaying September 11 2011, 22:13:04 UTC

He took Jack's things back to him. Things he left here. Y'know, in case he needed them.

[ written; filtered 70% ] noprevaricating September 11 2011, 22:36:56 UTC

That must have been while I was in town.

I'm afraid he will take it as further evidence that you don't want him any longer.

[ written; filtered 70% ] slaying September 11 2011, 22:53:27 UTC

I want him. I just -- I can't look at his stuff all day without cracking and showing up on his door-step with my mascara running.

[ written; filtered 70% ] noprevaricating September 11 2011, 23:01:09 UTC

[It takes a bit for the next message to arrive.]

Are you sure you do not want to?

[ written; filtered 70% ] slaying September 11 2011, 23:02:22 UTC

I want to. I also don't want to. One foot out the door, one stuck inside.

[ written; filtered 70% ] noprevaricating September 11 2011, 23:20:34 UTC

[Part of him wants to ask her to come back, and rescue him. But that's sort of a selfish thing to ask. He dealt with Hunter like this, why is it more difficult now?]

Very well. Do what you must.

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