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[resurrected_b]

Was it this hard getting my life back together after a few months being dead? Somehow I don't remember it being that bad. Of course, if I'd signed up for a semester of school then, I'd have had the perfect excuse for not showing up. Getting stuck time traveling doesn't exactly rate high on UC Sunnydale's list of acceptable reasons for dropping out

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[ace_jenkins]

I put the box down on the coffee table in the living room and stand back. "It can't just sit around the Magic Box you know. Giles left ages ago and I know what he's trying to do - leave bits around so he has an excuse to come back there again. Well, it's not working - I've been running the Magic Box well enough on my own and he doesn't need to come back, so I've cleared out all of his things, everything I could find. though what some of it was doing in the shop in the first place I have no idea." May as well make my intentions clear from the start.

[resurrected_b]

"Normally I wouldn't mind you leaving it here, but we do kinda have a houseful at the moment, plus Ethan's crap cluttering up the living room," I point out. "But oh well, let's see what we have."

I start going through the box--there's a few of his personal research books and a couple watchers' diaries, a partial bottle of Scotch. "Kinda surprised you didn't keep that," I murmur to Anya. "Ooh, it might have his fingerprints on it, or saliva, would that work, you think?" It's possible I've been watching too much CSI.

[ace_jenkins]

"Somehow, I can't see Giles drinking out of the bottle," I reply, sitting down on the couch. "Oh, but since you have so many people here at the moment, you can pass these round," I add, handing her a pile of flyers for my Grand Reopening. You should come, browse - buy supplies to get Giles back so that he can confirm again that he has no interest in coming back to the shop."

[resurrected_b]

"Yeah, he'd've used a glass, and I don't see one in here," I agree, poking around in the box some more. "Ooh, spare glasses! Those are pretty personal."

I take the flyers. "I'll give these to Will and Tara, I'm sure they're thrilled you're open again. I can drop some by the college if you want, next time I'm there." Which reminds me. "Oh, and if you need help during the sale...am I still working for you? 'Cause I kinda missed out on a few months of income, too."

[_rayne]

While trying to adjust the herbal mixture just so to get my little time travel detector running again, I've noticed the slayer and Anya going through the box of Ripper's things. The album cover catches my eye, and I gasp in horror when Buffy sets it aside...on the sofa seat. I leave the time map and go over to them.

"Good heavens, don't just leave that lying about where anyone could sit on it! It's a bloody classic!" I snatch the record up and smile, remembering the old days and the experiments we'd tried, rock and roll blaring on the stereo. "This should do quite nicely for an anchor," I say. "There's a lot of memories here." Mine might not be the same as Ripper's, but he'd have them, nonetheless.

[resurrected_b]

I roll my eyes at his freaking over an old record. "Whatever, go ahead and try it, but no funny business. If we don't get Giles back, I'm gonna break something major on you."

It occurs to me he might need to actually play the thing, and I think hard. "I think Mom's old record player might still be in the basement--I can't guarantee that it'll work, though."

[_rayne]

I start to say I don't think it much matters if the record is playing or not, but then it strikes me I really wouldn't mind hearing "Strange Brew" for old times' sake. "The record player really would be helpful, if it's not too much bother to get it," I say, carrying the record reverently into the dining room.

[resurrected_b]

Now I kinda wish I hadn't mentioned it, but if it'll help get Giles back...

"Oh, alright, but don't do anything until I get back." I give Anya an apologetic glance, and head to the basement stairs to look for it. Crap, I bet it's piled under loads of boxes and stuff.