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Nov 22, 2011 18:05

"So... that's a whisky, two strawberry daquiris, and... a diet coke. Got it. Be right back!" She can feel the smile stretching her skin tight, trying to keep the level of cheer expected by The Powers that Be... in this case, the guys running the place. This polyester renaissance horror show that is her job right now, it manages to pay the bills ( Read more... )

# intro post, kobra kid, drusilla (au), @ central, buffy summers, dwight hendrickson, mayland long, willow rosenberg

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[visual] troublescleaner November 23 2011, 04:18:16 UTC

"Not a joke." This is from one blonde to another--Dwight Hendrickson has seen what happens, even moreso now that he's experienced it. His thoughts are a jumbled mess but that leaves one fit hunter to stare at the tablet with an air of chagrin.

"Sorry. I'm Dwight. This? Is the worst Trouble you're in for. Welcome to Taxon."

[holo] buffy_slayer November 23 2011, 06:31:14 UTC

She startles at the sound, reflexively lashing out.

No one, it seems, is very threatened by a brandished order pad.

"If a cold metal room is my worst trouble, the rest should be all sunshine and puppies, right?" The was all coming from the tablet, and as Buffy edges towards it she can see the glow emanating from the screen.

"Hello... Dwight." She should at least be marginally friendly, right?

[visual] troublescleaner November 23 2011, 06:47:38 UTC

Dwight puts a hand through sandy blonde hair, not bothering to hide the slight amusement on his face. Yup. Nothing like a bright yellow pad of paper to scare off a Afghanistan veteran that happens to be Troubled.

He scratches the mane of hair, though, more because it gives him a minute to look decidedly less uncomfortable than he already is. He briefly contemplates the blond coming from ancient roman times or something of the sort--it's the clothing--but the cynicism is a 90s era trait Dwight's all too familiar with.

"In a convention?" he can't help but--and okay maybe he's a bit like Duke Crocker, but there's a genuinely apologetic smile coming from the large electrician. "Pick up the tablet, you'll get out. Door will open, or..something." He pauses. "I'm actually in the same building as you right now. It's called Sanctuary."

Someone better at talking needed to do this.

[holo] buffy_slayer November 23 2011, 07:09:08 UTC

Right, just pick up the strange talking tablet; at least it matches the bracelet that seems to be welded to her wrist.

"Sanctuary, huh." She's talking as she pries the table up from the pedestal and looking at the man on the screen.

"Why is it that places that have such serene names end up usually being the worst places to be?"

[holo] troublescleaner November 23 2011, 18:25:53 UTC

Dwight can't help the sleepy smile ghosting across his features--he's got a laid back sort of face, despite lines of a well-lived life showing. A typical maritimer.

"You should try living in Haven," He points out, and he can't help but chuckle at his private joke before folding his arms.

"There'll be a door that just opened up. I'm not the best at the whole welcome thing, I'm two weeks old in this place, but from what people tell me it's pretty much a prison city and we're all here from different worlds."

[holo] buffy_slayer November 23 2011, 18:43:13 UTC

And indeed, there is a door, where there wasn't any hint of a door before.

"Sneaky. My interest in this place as a potential future vacation home is dropping by the second."

Then the rest of that sentence catches up to her, and she gives the video image a puzzled look.

"Prison? But I haven't done... well, not been caught... um." No need to share EVERYTHING.

[holo] troublescleaner November 23 2011, 18:49:59 UTC

Another half-chuckle. This girl? She's amusing, handling it with a sort of stride that Dwight had himself.

"Hey. I know what you mean." Because for the amount of times he's been in cuffs and about to be walked to the station because he's troubled and must be up to something (never mind the breaking and entering deal he has to do to get the job done), he's never actually been in a cell.

"It's more..." A pause. "We've all been kidnapped and put in here, basically. By..." Aliens. No way Dwight is going to say that. "...Some terrible folk. This place isn't exactly as peachy-keen as you'd think."

[holo] buffy_slayer November 24 2011, 00:44:01 UTC

"As peachy keen as I think? I'm stuck in a weird place with jewelry that won't come off, and I'm dressed in a bargain basement Sexy Medieval Bar Wench costume with no change of clothes."

She's edging towards the door, trying to see around it, into whatever it's opening into.

"My opinion so far? Not high."

[visual] troublescleaner November 25 2011, 22:27:41 UTC

"Touche. Keep going down the hall to get out, into the actual city. Wish I could help you out more, but.." A bit of a shrug, before a flash of something crosses his eyes.

"You got an item, though. From your home world. We all did. It on your person?"

[visual] buffy_slayer November 26 2011, 20:05:55 UTC

Buffy does a quick pat down, checking for anything that might be familiar, and then taking a quick run through the room to see if she might have missed anything there.

Back in the hallway, she shakes her head.

"Unless you count my order pad, nothing else. That would be a cruel, cruel joke." Not much she could do with that, after all.

[visual] troublescleaner November 30 2011, 07:52:13 UTC

"Cruel and unusual," Dwight agrees, but there's a softer tone in what he says next--a bit of a fatherly tone, tinged with just a touch of worry on a face that's already had enough lines.

"You just be careful. Anything you need, come to me. I.." What was the proper way to put it?

"I fix things."

Re: [visual] buffy_slayer November 30 2011, 08:10:46 UTC

"Like... I need a window fixed in my hypothetical house, you're the guy to call?"

A pause, and the tablet's held up at face level.

"Do I have a house? A room? Some sort of impersonal cell?"

[visual] troublescleaner November 30 2011, 08:15:01 UTC

"Something like that." He prefers to keep it vague, and then juts his chin out, motioning to his own surroundings. The less the blonde girl dwells on his shenanigans, the better.

"There are free dormitories in Sanctuary, which is where I'm at, now. You can rent a place, I suppose, or maybe--" Ah, there's a thought. "Maybe your possession is a house. If people can bring libraries and pubs with them, why not a house?"

Re: [visual] buffy_slayer November 30 2011, 08:26:11 UTC

"I can have a house?"

Buffy ponders this potentially fantastic possibility, this one possible upside.

"Would it have to be MY house? Or can I have someone else's?"

[visual] troublescleaner November 30 2011, 08:32:07 UTC

Allow Dwight to blink for a few seconds, certainly taken aback by her enthusiasm.

"Hang on, Blondie. I think it's just yours. I wouldn't know, I'm really not the expert. Barely know what to do myself."

Re: [visual] buffy_slayer November 30 2011, 08:39:23 UTC

"Oh. Well." She's at the door, but not quite ready to turn the handle QUITE yet.

"I was just looking for a good side, you know? Something a little better than, 'you're doomed, welcome to Hell, hope you're wearing flameproof longjohns." The tablet gets hefted in one hand, ready to be tossed at anything nasty, as Buffy cracks open the door and steps outside.

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