[It's early morning when Willow finally wakes up, blinking the sleep from her eyes. It takes her a few minutes to realize she's not in bed at Buffy's house, like she was last night when she fell asleep. Had she actually fallen asleep or had she dozed off for a little? The pile of clothes next to her says she merely dozed off before bed, but she can
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Pausing abruptly, the green-haired woman stares intently...then her eyes widen.]
You're new?!
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New? I-I don't remember falling asleep outside or in a hospital gown.
[Which is the long version of "yes."]
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Wow. We haven't had new people here in...months.
[Trying to shake herself out of that startled state, she tries to smile, though it's apologetic. She hates giving bad news.]
My name is Terra and this is Luceti. I'm a captive, too, and so is everyone here. I'm sorry....
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I'm Willow. [Pause.] Okay, where is here, this Luceti place? This isn't some new city or a demon dimension I got randomly sucked into while I wasn't looking. [...Pleading look.] I-is it?
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[Said a little defensively. But she knows that's a tangent.]
Um...well, it's like this; a lot of people from a lot of different worlds and times are taken to this one. The people responsible are called the Malnosso, and they say they're scientists. They want to use us to figure out how to travel between worlds or go home or something like that...and because of that, they sometimes throw bizarre experiments at us.
[Minor twitch when she talks about experiments; not her favorite subject.]
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[But she falls quiet to listen, frowning. For all she knows, the demon spawn Buffy helped kill disrupted something in the dimensions somewhere. Also, green hair makes her wonder... but she'll ignore it for now.]
...S-so it is another dimension... [She notices a twitch, but doesn't comment on it.] Do you know someone named Buffy Summers? Blonde hair, stronger than a person should be?
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I don't know her well -we haven't interacted that much- but I know she's in town. You're from her world?
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You can probably reach her through the journal. It's enchanted somehow, so that people can communicate over long distances. Everyone has them...and the wings.
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Um, I think I've heard of a couple of people in this town who are vampires, but everyone arrives as they are. You don't turn into something else...unless there's an experiment for that.
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Oh... Um... are any of them named Spike, Drusilla, Harmony, or Angel? [If so, there might be problems. Well, not so much for Harmony. But the other three... BIG problems. Any other vampire is pretty much fair staking game in her book.]
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Angel...he was here, but I think he was sent back a while ago. I heard of Drusilla too, but I don't know if she's still here or not. I don't know anyone named Harmony, though Spike sounds a little familiar.....
I'm sorry I can't be more accurate.
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Angel? You're sure it was Angel and not... Angelus? [Same person, different personality. HUGE difference. At the mention of Drusilla, she winces, though.] If Drusilla's here, we'll have to watch out for her. She's definitely not stable enough to be left alone. And Spike is... [Sigh.] Watch out for him, too.
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...they're a group dedicated to the defense of the people here.
[She thinks for a moment, then shakes her head.]
No, I don't remember the name Angelus. I don't think he was ever listed as a threat, either.
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Good. [Relief again.] You'd know if he'd been here. Well... technically Angelus is Angel without his soul and he likes to torture people.
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