another set of challenge responses x10
Random drabbles, beside all involving Buffy and Dead Like Me most of these do not follow one another
Title: Happy Time Hell
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #020 - Unemployment
Disclaimer: Don’t own
Buffy had nothing left to loose. She was unemployed, regularly lost her jobs because she was too busy trying to rid the world of evil. She looked up at the building that housed the Happy Time Temporary Services and shuddered. Sure, she needed the money but working at a place called Happy Time? She wasn't that desperate was she?
Groaning, she walked inside and found the person she was looking for. The woman was too bubbly for this time of morning.
“You must be Buffy, I'm Delores Herbig. As in, her big brown eyes.”
Yep, she was definitely in hell.
Title: Delinquent
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #021 - Starting School
Disclaimer: Don’t own
“What's got you so depressed?” Buffy asked George.
“Reggie is starting back at school,” George replied to the only person besides the other Reapers who could see her as what she really looked like.
“Isn't that a good thing?”
“Not when she's still trying to adjust to everything. She was stealing toilet seats.”
“Hmm, guess I'm lucky. When Dawn was stealing, it least it was a cool leather jacket for me,” Buffy replied with a smile.
“Yeah, yeah. Rub it in, you have the best delinquent sister possible,” George dead panned before bumping into Buffy.
“She'll be alright,” Buffy promised.
Title: Date You
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #022 - Hormones
Disclaimer: Don’t own
Buffy watched as her friend George, who was a Reaper talk to the guy in front of her. Buffy could tell that there was something off about him too, so pegged him as another Reaper. She watched how he interacted with George and afterwards decided to ask George about him.
“Another Reaper?”
George shot her a look. She never had explained how she knew. “Who? Mason?”
“Yeah, him. What's the what?”
“He's just Mason.”
“He likes you...” Buffy teased.
“It's just hormones,” George replied as the two made their way back into Happy Time.
“He wants to date you.”
“Not!”
Title: What The...
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #023 - Rubber Duckies
Disclaimer: Don’t own
Buffy and George snuck through the building and into Delores' office. Crystal had advised them via a post-it note on George's desk that it would be safe to enter for the next 15 minutes. They knew that Delores was hiding something, they just didn't know what.
“You know, Millie,” Buffy said, stressing the name George used at work. “I hope it's something humorous like a collection of rubber duckies or something.”
“I'm thinking cows, a collection of cows,” George replied.
They opened the file cabinet and looked inside before turning to each other.
“Huh?” George stated.
“Huh? Indeed, Millie.”
Title: Changing Tangents
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #024 - Five Senses
Disclaimer: Don’t own
“Seriously, how did you know I wasn't Millie?” George asked her friend.
“Just a lucky guess,” Buffy replied with a smile. She didn't really want to tell her just yet about being a Slayer and her enhanced ability to use all five senses.
“You know, Rube was almost scared when I mentioned you to him,” George pried. “And Rube doesn't get scared of a lot.”
“Rube's the head honcho huh?” Buffy started working her way off the tangent they were on before.
“Yeah, he's the one who helped me adapted to... and hey, no changing subjects on me,” George demanded.
Title: Not Reapers
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #025 - Firefly/Serenity
Disclaimer: Don’t own
Buffy sat amongst the Reapers as they decided on a movie to watch. They were bickering back and forth, causing Buffy to suffer from homesickness. It reminded her so much of movie nights with Xander and Andrew constantly battling.
“You know this movie almost gave us a bad name,” Betty said as she argued why she didn't want to watch it.
“How so?” Buffy asked, having never seen it.
“Some of the bad characters in it are called Reavers. Too close to... well, you know,” Betty replied.
“But otherwise it's a good film?”
“Yeah, it is a good film Buffy.”
Title: Demanding
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #026 - Misunderstandings
Disclaimer: Don’t own
“Who are you?” Rube demanded.
“Excuse me?” Buffy replied, raising her eyebrow in question.
“Why are you following George around like that? What do you want?” he continued.
“Well firstly, George is my friend. So I'm not following her, I'm hanging out with her. Secondly, I don't want anything but a friend and that is what she is.”
“But you're the Slayer!”
“Would you keep it down? Yes, I may be the Slayer but I'm not after any Reapers. One of you saved me when I was killed, that's how I can see you.”
“Sorry.”
“Yeah, people always misunderstand me.”
Title: Magenta
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #027 - Rocky Horror
Disclaimer: Don’t own
Buffy looked at the group in shock. She would never have thought that they would be into this kind of thing. Then she saw the outfits put aside for George and herself.
“No, absolutely not,” she said with enough finality in her voice. Or so she thought.
“But Buffy, come on. It's perfect for you,” Daisy replied with a smile in her voice.
No way was she wearing what they thought she should wear. No way no how.
“No.”
“Come on Buffy,” Mason added in. “You'll look hot.”
“Are you saying I need to dress as Magenta to look hot?”
Title: Brainwash
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #028 - Halloween clichés
Disclaimer: Don’t own
AN - follows on from #26
“You mean, Reapers have their own clichés when it comes to Halloween?” Buffy asked Rube after the recent misunderstanding. “And that clichés is that if the Slayer sees the real you, she'll slay you on Halloween night since the vampires don't go out?”
“It's not a cliché per say. It's apparently happened,” Rube explained. “When I first became a Reaper, it was one of the first warnings I was told about.”
“See, I have this motto about demons and vampires attempting to kill me first before I kill them.”
“Not all Slayers think that way.”
“Damn Council. Brainwash them much?”
Title: Sorry
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #029 - Legends
Disclaimer: Don’t own
AN - follows on from #26 & #28
Buffy stood there in shock. George had overheard her and Rube discussing what it was to be a Slayer. And now George was pissed.
“You knew what I was but you couldn't tell me what you are?” George ranted.
“George, I'm sorry... but Slayers are supposed to remain a part of legend. We're supposed to be a myth,” Buffy explained.
“And Reapers ain't?” George shot back.
“Damn. Why is it whenever I try to keep my identity secret it always stuffs up? It's just, I didn't know how Reapers would react to it.”
“I'm more than a Reaper. I'm George.”
Title: Happy Time Hell
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #020 - Unemployment
Disclaimer: Don’t own
Buffy had nothing left to loose. She was unemployed, regularly lost her jobs because she was too busy trying to rid the world of evil. She looked up at the building that housed the Happy Time Temporary Services and shuddered. Sure, she needed the money but working at a place called Happy Time? She wasn't that desperate was she?
Groaning, she walked inside and found the person she was looking for. The woman was too bubbly for this time of morning.
“You must be Buffy, I'm Delores Herbig. As in, her big brown eyes.”
Yep, she was definitely in hell.
Title: Delinquent
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #021 - Starting School
Disclaimer: Don’t own
“What's got you so depressed?” Buffy asked George.
“Reggie is starting back at school,” George replied to the only person besides the other Reapers who could see her as what she really looked like.
“Isn't that a good thing?”
“Not when she's still trying to adjust to everything. She was stealing toilet seats.”
“Hmm, guess I'm lucky. When Dawn was stealing, it least it was a cool leather jacket for me,” Buffy replied with a smile.
“Yeah, yeah. Rub it in, you have the best delinquent sister possible,” George dead panned before bumping into Buffy.
“She'll be alright,” Buffy promised.
Title: Date You
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #022 - Hormones
Disclaimer: Don’t own
Buffy watched as her friend George, who was a Reaper talk to the guy in front of her. Buffy could tell that there was something off about him too, so pegged him as another Reaper. She watched how he interacted with George and afterwards decided to ask George about him.
“Another Reaper?”
George shot her a look. She never had explained how she knew. “Who? Mason?”
“Yeah, him. What's the what?”
“He's just Mason.”
“He likes you...” Buffy teased.
“It's just hormones,” George replied as the two made their way back into Happy Time.
“He wants to date you.”
“Not!”
Title: What The...
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #023 - Rubber Duckies
Disclaimer: Don’t own
Buffy and George snuck through the building and into Delores' office. Crystal had advised them via a post-it note on George's desk that it would be safe to enter for the next 15 minutes. They knew that Delores was hiding something, they just didn't know what.
“You know, Millie,” Buffy said, stressing the name George used at work. “I hope it's something humorous like a collection of rubber duckies or something.”
“I'm thinking cows, a collection of cows,” George replied.
They opened the file cabinet and looked inside before turning to each other.
“Huh?” George stated.
“Huh? Indeed, Millie.”
Title: Changing Tangents
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #024 - Five Senses
Disclaimer: Don’t own
“Seriously, how did you know I wasn't Millie?” George asked her friend.
“Just a lucky guess,” Buffy replied with a smile. She didn't really want to tell her just yet about being a Slayer and her enhanced ability to use all five senses.
“You know, Rube was almost scared when I mentioned you to him,” George pried. “And Rube doesn't get scared of a lot.”
“Rube's the head honcho huh?” Buffy started working her way off the tangent they were on before.
“Yeah, he's the one who helped me adapted to... and hey, no changing subjects on me,” George demanded.
Title: Not Reapers
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #025 - Firefly/Serenity
Disclaimer: Don’t own
Buffy sat amongst the Reapers as they decided on a movie to watch. They were bickering back and forth, causing Buffy to suffer from homesickness. It reminded her so much of movie nights with Xander and Andrew constantly battling.
“You know this movie almost gave us a bad name,” Betty said as she argued why she didn't want to watch it.
“How so?” Buffy asked, having never seen it.
“Some of the bad characters in it are called Reavers. Too close to... well, you know,” Betty replied.
“But otherwise it's a good film?”
“Yeah, it is a good film Buffy.”
Title: Demanding
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #026 - Misunderstandings
Disclaimer: Don’t own
“Who are you?” Rube demanded.
“Excuse me?” Buffy replied, raising her eyebrow in question.
“Why are you following George around like that? What do you want?” he continued.
“Well firstly, George is my friend. So I'm not following her, I'm hanging out with her. Secondly, I don't want anything but a friend and that is what she is.”
“But you're the Slayer!”
“Would you keep it down? Yes, I may be the Slayer but I'm not after any Reapers. One of you saved me when I was killed, that's how I can see you.”
“Sorry.”
“Yeah, people always misunderstand me.”
Title: Magenta
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #027 - Rocky Horror
Disclaimer: Don’t own
Buffy looked at the group in shock. She would never have thought that they would be into this kind of thing. Then she saw the outfits put aside for George and herself.
“No, absolutely not,” she said with enough finality in her voice. Or so she thought.
“But Buffy, come on. It's perfect for you,” Daisy replied with a smile in her voice.
No way was she wearing what they thought she should wear. No way no how.
“No.”
“Come on Buffy,” Mason added in. “You'll look hot.”
“Are you saying I need to dress as Magenta to look hot?”
Title: Brainwash
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #028 - Halloween clichés
Disclaimer: Don’t own
AN - follows on from #26
“You mean, Reapers have their own clichés when it comes to Halloween?” Buffy asked Rube after the recent misunderstanding. “And that clichés is that if the Slayer sees the real you, she'll slay you on Halloween night since the vampires don't go out?”
“It's not a cliché per say. It's apparently happened,” Rube explained. “When I first became a Reaper, it was one of the first warnings I was told about.”
“See, I have this motto about demons and vampires attempting to kill me first before I kill them.”
“Not all Slayers think that way.”
“Damn Council. Brainwash them much?”
Title: Sorry
Author: kayley
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Dead Like Me
Challenge: #029 - Legends
Disclaimer: Don’t own
AN - follows on from #26 & #28
Buffy stood there in shock. George had overheard her and Rube discussing what it was to be a Slayer. And now George was pissed.
“You knew what I was but you couldn't tell me what you are?” George ranted.
“George, I'm sorry... but Slayers are supposed to remain a part of legend. We're supposed to be a myth,” Buffy explained.
“And Reapers ain't?” George shot back.
“Damn. Why is it whenever I try to keep my identity secret it always stuffs up? It's just, I didn't know how Reapers would react to it.”
“I'm more than a Reaper. I'm George.”