one | holo | turn it up, heat it up, I need to be entertained.

[levilup]

It’s a quiet afternoon in Levi’s mansion; the others are out hunting, so he and Shane had decided to take advantage of the silence, lazing around on the couch contentedly. They’re mostly on-and-off sleeping, Levi laying flat out on his stomach and Shane lying pretty much on top of him, curled up

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[likeajoan]

Hi Levi, have a distinctly irritated vampire slayer picking up your call.

"Oh my god, is this place even pretending to bring humans anymore? Seriously, any more of you and they'll have to rename it. To 'Fangxon'. Or something less lame than that, my mojo isn't working today-- by the way, would you quit yelling already?"

[holo]

[levilup]

Hi, Buffy, it's nice to meet you too. Jeeze.

"I'll cease the yelling when I find my Shane, thank you," Levi snaps back, snatching the tablet. "Thank you for the kind greeting, miss, I'm much obliged."

[likeajoan]

What, if you'd been slaying vampires since you were fifteen, you'd be pissed too, Levi.

"You're welcome," she smiles, sweetly. "And unless 'your Shane' is tiny and/or invisible, he's not here. You could check the map to see if he's listed, though. It'd be way more productive-- and more quiet. Emphasis on the quiet part."

[levilup]

Fair enough. Levi intends to follow his Golden Rule, however: if they're asses, be an ass back.

That might be a hiss, Buffy. Try not to piss off the already ticked off vampire, he might try to eat you if you talk about his Shane that way. Either way, he flicks through the tablet; it's not any more difficult than a cell phone, so he navigates it decently. No sign of Shane. But there is a blinking dot.

"You would do well to avoid talking about him that way," Levi warns, irritation lacing his tone.

[likeajoan]

That is a good rule, and Buffy is being an ass. She's completely unremorseful, however. The hiss gets a raised eyebrow and a look that roughly translates to 'oh please'.

"Mmmm, impotent posturing. I love that. Do it again."

...she's incorrigible, really.

[levilup]

Hoo, boy. Buffy, you're opening a can of worms, here. Levi can't help it, he's already angry as it is, and hearing her speak to him like that makes him seriously want to rip some heads off. It's probably a new world record, Buffy; you've managed to push all of his buttons and switch him into full on asshole-mode in less than ten minutes.

"I don't think you understand, blondie," Levi very nearly snarls into the tablet, and suddenly, he's looking very much like a vampire. "Shane is mine, my responsibility, and someone that I care very much for. If you have no useful things to say to me, I'm done with you and your pointless banter."

And that would be Levi attempting to find and off switch, but he's unsuccessful, so he lets out a very inhuman growl and shoves the tablet in his pocket.

[likeajoan]

Well, she has that effect on some people. It's something of a cultivated skill. Still, she has learnt something from her tanglings with Eric, and maybe she ought not to be making quite so many mortal enemies right off the bat.

"I can be useful. That off switch you were just looking for? It's on the side. Labelled with a little symbol. Kinda easy to miss."

...which is not an apology, but it's a really subtle olive branch. Buffy doesn't do apologies. Ask Faith.

[levilup]

Well, at least she's learned something? Levi is still not amused at all by the silly human trying to talk to him from his pocket, and he's not going to pull the tablet out to give her the pleasure (or whatever) of seeing him find the button she told him about.

"It's not important. Leave me be."

And then he's coming to the doors of the Sanctuary, and... well. The sunlight, even if it's covered partially by clouds, is a problem. Or, well, it isn't, but he doesn't know that.

[likeajoan]

The trouble with this is, Buffy's finding it all rather entertaining. Talking to the inside of a pocket is quite funny, given that all she can see is darkness that vaguely looks like fabric-- and occasionally she likes being a troll, even if she wouldn't use the term.

Also, for added infuriation value, judging where he was just a moment ago, before he 'put her away' so to speak, she calculates that he must be somewhere near the doors now.

"Oh, if you're thinking of going outside, I wouldn't worry about the sunlight. It won't harm you. Sun's not real. Whole sky's not real. It's a thing. A 'we're in a cave' thing."

[levilup]

Buffy would find it amusing, the trolly troll she is. Levi will be leaving that tablet in his pocket, thanks, because if he has to look at her, he's going to lose his cool again. And we can't have that, can we?

Except she mentions him standing and looking outside. Of course, he automatically assumes she's watching him somehow. He's lived this long by being paranoid, obviously. Levi freezes where he is, and looks around, trying to seek her out.

"... And I'm supposed to take your word on that, am I?"

[likeajoan]

Oh yes, Levi. She's omnipresent. Ceiling Buffy is watching you. No way she's shattering that one, it's priceless. Sadly she can't see him looking around, however. That's a shame.

"Well, you could not and stand there all day. Makes no difference to me-- but if you don't believe me, there's always the Five Second Crispy Finger Test? No lasting damage, all the fun."

[levilup]

"Oh, you're hilarious," Levi grumps, opening the doors, ready to be out of the Sanctuary. Vampire he may be, but it doesn't change the fact that the building is creepy, and he thinks he can escape Buffy's omnipresent-ness by fleeing the place.

For a minute, he stands at the edge of the shade, and then quickly thrusts his hand into the sunlight. When nothing happens, he blinks, drops his hand, and steps out into it fully.

Okay. No burny death. That's good, at least.

"You were telling the truth? I'm shocked," Levi snarks to his pocket. It probably looks weird to passersby.