[ota | multiple threads ] ☥ i know we'll make it anywhere away from here

[ageneticocktail]

Max wasn't one of the people quick to complain about a ton of incoming monsters.  Having something around whose face she could rearrange with her fist had been a nice outlet, but none of it had managed to change the inescapable fact that this place was a prison, and that this time there was no easy way to break out.

She'd been out of the loop back

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[isaywe_party]

Buffy wasn't normally the kind of girl to look up when she was patrolling. She probably should, given the givens, but ... Buffy is about five-four. Everything is up. Eventually your neck starts to hurt.

She was patrolling, because there was a ton of incoming monsters, and she was doing her job. Her job had ruined a few shirts, gotten blood all over her shoes and had her going through weapons like they're candy, but it was what she had to do. Better her ruining a few pieces of clothing than someone getting killed. Tonight's a slow night, though, and there weren't a lot of monsters around.

Of course the night she's actually doing her job, the monsters don't want her to do it.

"So typical."

[isaywe_party]

"I didn't really have much of a choice. It was this whole ... Chosen prophecy ... thing."

[ageneticocktail]

"How does that mean you didn't get a choice? Somebody put a gun to your head?" Honestly, Max had issues with anybody trying to force a destiny down somebody's gullet.

[isaywe_party]

"More like there's only one of me, and if I don't do it, lots of people die."

[ageneticocktail]

"Sounds like a bum deal all around then," Max said, her tone a bit sympathetic, really. "But props to you for stepping up to the plate."

[isaywe_party]

She shrugged. "Someone's got to. And it's been good. I've ... accomplished a lot."

[ageneticocktail]

"You mean like savin' people?" Max asked.

[isaywe_party]

"Yeah. Like that."

[ageneticocktail]

Max hesitated a moment, then nodded. "I can dig that."

[isaywe_party]

She nodded as well. "So what do you do?"

[ageneticocktail]

"What does anybody do?" she asked, "Try to get by."

[isaywe_party]

She nodded. "I get that."

[ageneticocktail]

"Guess sometimes that involves the whole savin' people deal along the way. But I wouldn't say I make a career out of it."

Logan did. And sometimes she helped. But part of her still wanted to rebel against admitting it.

[isaywe_party]

Buffy smirked a little at that, amused, before shrugging. "I didn't really have very many career choices as it was. I took an aptitude test once, told me I should be a cop."

[ageneticocktail]

"My other job's a delivery girl," Max said with a shrug. "Sometimes we don't end up doing what we're meant to do all the time."

[isaywe_party]

"Better than a fast food counter girl," Buffy made a face. "There was a cow on my head."