We're the children of the summer, but the winter came so fast...

[feedislive]

who ; Georgia Mason; OPEN
what ; Because things spattered with your own blood are the best Christmas gift.
where ; Outside George and Shaun's apartment in Doctorow
when ; Christmas day
warning(s); None yet; prose and action are both okay

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[notthatbuffy]

Buffy heard, of course. It's not like she hasn't been reading everything either of them post to the network, if only to make sure they're okay. Hell, Shaun's even been using her encryptions, so if that's not an indication that he, at least, knows she might be doing it...

Anyway, she decides that making sure they're okay, in person, is more important than Georgia not knowing for sure that she's sorta-not-really spying on them, and comes at a bit of a run.

She skids to a stop in front of their apartment building, and... well, okay, she's going to just gape at the hole in the wall at first.

"...See, that just seems totally unnecessary."

[feedislive]

"Yeah, I kind of thought so too," Georgia sighs, glancing up without moving from the stoop. At least she's too preoccupied with everything else to be awkward at Buffy. "Apparently Hypatia thought we might not notice it if she just put it on the fucking street? I don't know."

[notthatbuffy]

The preoccupied is good. It gives Buffy a chance to talk, anyway.

"Yeah, well. I think she's trying to get under some people's skin," Buffy admits, plopping down on the stoop next to Georgia, being careful with the bag she has slung over her shoulder. "My roommate Toby came out, took one look at whatever it was Hypatia'd left her, and locked herself in her room. Sounded like she was punching the wall when I left."

She falls silent for a moment, then digs in her bag and produces her Chrismas present - a mid-line blood test unit.

"I got something better. There's gotta be someone on the station who can help me reverse engineer it. Maybe even figure out how to make it test for dormant KA."

[feedislive]

Georgia snorts a little. "Only a matter of time until Shaun starts punching walls too. Merry fucking Christmas, huh?"

She sits up a little when Buffy pulls the blood test out of her bag, suddenly interested - and grateful for the distraction. "At least someone got something good. Once you find someone who can duplicate the mechanical parts, it shouldn't be that hard for you to adjust the diagnostics." Pause. "Probably. Now that you won't get arrested for trying it."

[notthatbuffy]

"Merry fucking Christmas," Buffy agrees, and hands the blood test unit to Georgia. Not that it'll do much, but something to fiddle with is always good.

"Shouldn't be too hard. The wiring isn't that complicated, and once I can get the chip out and upload the software to the wearable, it should be a piece of cake to replicate or modify." Buffy grins. "Plus it'll be a lot easier than last time I took one of these apart."

[feedislive]

Georgia takes the kit and turns it over in her hands - not that it's particularly fascinating, but it gives her something to look at.

Though at Buffy's last comment, she looks up at her with a vaguely horrified expression - though to be honest, a part of her isn't surprised. "The last time?"

[notthatbuffy]

Cue Buffy's most innocent sheepish smile. "Ummmm, yeah! I took one apart when I was 17, just to see how it worked. Took me like two weeks to do it without setting off any of the security protocols or anything."

...The things she does with her spare time.

[feedislive]

And Georgia just... stares at her for a minute.

"Oh my god." Pause. More horrified staring. "Oh my god, Buffy, please tell me you're joking. How did you not get arrested?"

[notthatbuffy]

"Two weeks," Buffy repeats, rolling her eyes. "You think it would take that long if I weren't being extra careful? I just wanted to know how it worked!"