(o11)(video) ♐ sometimes it feels just like i'm falling in the ocean

[slayerdom]

[ Buffy's looking a little twitchier than usual. Mostly because she's prepared to broadcast while trying to … not think about elephants. Which, obviously, means she's thinking of elephants. … The elephants are a metaphor. Obviously. ]

And coming to you live from brain-broadcasty town, it's … [ awkward wave] Hey, guys. That sounded way

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[incaution]

[What. Why are the threesomes having to be mentioned again? Jo just looks like she wants to sink into a hole.]

You know, I think you're more talky on the inside than anyone else here. You gotta win some kind of something for that.

[slayerdom]

Am I supposed to be grateful for this fact somehow? 'Cause right about now, annoyed is way winning out.

[incaution]

Better grateful than whining about it. Hey, I'm not any less annoyed. I'm just in a good mood today, s'all. Trying to be optimistic and all that.

[slayerdom]

I am so not whining! Okay, there's a little whining. And do I really need the good mood spiel? Seriously. If I hear one more thing about last night -- Great. Optimism. Right. Let's -- let's just focus on that. And not the array of mental images that I've got -- So, you can help me figure out what's making this happen and how we stop it.

[incaution]

Where did you hear anything about last night to begin with? [There is the biggest eyebrow arch ever here. So either Buffy was playing Cas and watching, or she's talked to Dean and his thoughts splooged all over the place.

... which is actually kinda a compliment, so whatever.]

Things like this that happen here usually don't last all that long, maybe a week or so, before they're gone. But uh, since I don't think some of us will last a week, let's start looking into it.

[slayerdom]

[ She opens her mouth to speak -- ] Dean. [ -- and her thoughts beat her to it. So, she just clamps her mouth shut, looking annoyed, but raising an eyebrow like 'well, there you go.' ] You heard the brain.

And -- And what did I say about pessimism? Last time ripple-y badness happened, I tried to build a time machine and wound up slow-dancing with --

We're just gonna pretend whatever this is, it's not some weird Force-y karmic result of Revan bringing us here and move onto fixable solutions. If we're wrong, hopefully most of us will still be alive at the end of the week. But, if we're right ... Research mode. Big research. Maybe there's some kind of demon doing this, I don't know, but we need to hit the books.

[incaution]

I'll have to bust his balls for that later tonight. In uh...not a way you probably wanna hear about, so I'll just leave that out there and give a big yes to the research. Maybe it's better to do it...separate. Less private thoughts to get out there that way, right? Oh God, I know you're gonna ask questions.

[slayerdom]

And on the top of the list of things I wish I'd never heard? Anything about Dean's -- [ She cuts herself off. ] I really don't need to hear about what you're doing to him later tonight. Like, really don't. Which, I guess scores one for the "separate" suggestion, but you are sooo not getting off that easily. Or maybe you did. But, I know one thing, I don't want to think about it.

[incaution]

Well excuse me for being happy. I'll keep my thoughts about it to myself, princess. [She's s-so offended, mostly because Buffy is acting like a little girl about her sex with dean. God :| SHE CAN RIP HER FIST THROUGH A VAMPIRE BUT NOT TALK ABOUT DEAN.]

And you don't wanna hear about it or think about it, so looks like I am getting off that easily. [Have a big old grin, Buffy. Jo is kind of enjoying herself, even through being insulted.]

[slayerdom]

No, I don't want to think or hear about details. Sticky details. There are other details to be explained. Like, for instance, still having a hard time moving past the 'what are you thinking' stage. I'm not -- We talked about this. You and the -- and the happiness. Both good things. Good things that go very well together. Like strawberry and kiwi well.

[likedillinger]

What she's thinking's her business, last I checked.

[hai there, incredibly public convo you two are having]

[slayerdom]

Anything else the peanut gallery would like to share?

[likedillinger]

Not unless you want a mental play-by-play. [yes, that was a threat]

[slayerdom]

You wouldn't.

[likedillinger]

It was in the Captain's quarters...

[incaution]

[And here comes Jo, charging into the middle of Dean's video feed. She throws her datapad down like gauntlets and runs over to leap on his back and start beating him upside the head.

... kind of gently, but not really.]

Those thoughts stay in there, they're private and special and you are not ruining them!

YOU DO NOT SHARE THEM WITH BUFFY!

[Each syllable is accented with a hit to his head. She'll beat those thoughts into staying inside of him.]