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Room 328, Friday After Government Class

Apr 20, 2007 13:45

In her newest letter to Buffy, Dawn was trying to figure out how to sum up the last two weeks in a way that wouldn't get her yanked from school.

( Several aborted attempts to write to Buffy and one that worked )

alanna, rikku, dean, 328, river, letter to buffy, sam

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the_merriest April 20 2007, 23:26:56 UTC

Rikku poked her head in and saw Dawn inside her room. "Oh! Hi! Are you ... are you busy, or anything? I don't wanna ... bother you."

lilpunkinbelly April 20 2007, 23:55:10 UTC

"Nope," Dawn said, balling up another wad of paper and throwing it in the direction of the trash can, "I'm completely botherable. What's up?"

the_merriest April 21 2007, 00:03:57 UTC

"Not much. I, uh, I wanted to thank you? For letting me crash in last week and doing something awesome with my hair and make-up and all that, because that was so great and thank you? And, uh, I kinda have a lot of cookies leftover, from yesterday, so, I didn't know if you wanted some?"

She held out a container with some of the leftover cookies.

lilpunkinbelly April 21 2007, 00:16:14 UTC

"Oooh, cookies," she took one, "Thanks, and you're completely welcome. It was like, a girl imperative or something."

the_merriest April 21 2007, 00:19:37 UTC

Rikku grinned. "I'm not so good with the girly things. I can steal, and blow things up, and kill fiends, but my hair never lays flat. Ever."

She nodded to the wastebasket. "Whatcha trying to write?"

lilpunkinbelly April 21 2007, 00:23:34 UTC

"Oooh, I used to steal stuff, but I wasn't great at it, and I can kill vampires sometimes, but I don't know what a fiend is and you can really blow things up? Cooooool," Dawn was seriously impressed.

"A letter to my sister. It's not going so well."

the_merriest April 21 2007, 00:34:50 UTC

"I'm pretty good at the theft-thing. I mean, I don't, like, steal from people, you don't have to watch your stuff or anything! It's a fighter thing." She sat down and bounced a little. "Vampires, really!? We didn't have any vampires! That's so cool! Fiends are just ... uh ... they're kinda, dead people that didn't leave and the souls combine with pyreflies and make an armor for themselves and so they look like monsters and they're real enough, I mean, you have to kill them and they can kill you but once you do kill them, they turn back into ether or whatever. And I have tons of explosives, it's just science but it is so cool and I have to show you my Godhand sometime and it is so great."

Rikku took a deep breath and blushed, as she always did when she caught herself rambling. "Uh, sorry? About the letter? I have trouble writing to Yunie, too."

lilpunkinbelly April 21 2007, 00:45:32 UTC

"Whoa," Dawn said, imagining the fiend as kind of a vampire in armor, "Yeah? How come? I mean, I can't tell Buffy stuff because it would make her flip out."

the_merriest April 21 2007, 00:53:25 UTC

"Oh, really?" Rikku thought for a minute. "I thought your sister was, like, the butt-kicker type. Saves the world a lot?" She shook her head. "If I told my dad what was going on, he'd just laugh and send more grenades."

She looked down for a second. "It's ... hard, I guess. She's the one who lost everything. And now I'm here, and I'm having a great time, and there's this guy, and I love my classes, and ... she's there, and she's miserable, and the guy she loves is gone, and she's not doing anything. And so she's my best friend and I can't tell her about all this great stuff because it feels ... wrong. To be happy when she's ... not."

lilpunkinbelly April 21 2007, 01:04:08 UTC

"Oh, she is the butt-kicker type," Dawn nodded, "It's just that my butt is her favorite kicking target, and if I tell her about sex and kids, I'm gonna have a weetiny Buffy bootprint that's gonna make it tough to wear a bathing suit this summer."

She moved over on the bed to make room for Rikku to sit, if she wanted. "Yeah, I get not wanting to tell people good stuff when they're miserable. I'm sorry about that--but maybe hearing that things are going well with you would make her feel a little better?"

the_merriest April 21 2007, 01:13:33 UTC

Rikku giggled. "Hey, they were future-kids! Totally sex-free. Not that I'm gonna tell my dad or anything. As far as my dad knows, there aren't any boys at this school, and it can stay that way. But Yunie ... I think she'd like to hear it. About Bayla."

"And maybe ... maybe it would." Rikku sat down next to Dawn on the bed with a weak smile. "I think maybe I just ... feel guilty. About all of this? My life is great now, but ... shouldn't I be home, with her? Protecting her? I'm her Guardian. And instead I'm here, living it up." She bit her lip. "I guess that's why I was so stupid last week."

lilpunkinbelly April 21 2007, 01:18:06 UTC

"You dad doesn't know there are boys here?" Dawn asked, eyes wide, "And yeah, who wouldn't want to hear about Bayla? Which is a very pretty name, by the way. Did you have fun with her?"

She hugged Rikku to her side with the hand not holding the cookie. "Stupid how? And I don't really know what a Guardian does, so I can't help you with that part. Though I think that everyone needs a break sometimes."

the_merriest April 21 2007, 01:41:46 UTC

"He doesn't need to know. I want to go off and fight Sin and get myself killed? That's great! There are boys there? Hold up a second, missy!" Rikku rolled her eyes. "Oh! And thank you, it's Al Bhed for 'peace'. I had a great time with her, she was just ... crazy and adorable and wonderful and I cried a lot when she left. Did you have kids, too?"

She leaned into the hug, resting her head on Dawn's shoulder. "I, uh. I swore on my life to protect her and keep her safe. I think it was just supposed to be the pilgrimage, 'cause usually Summoners don't live any longer than that. It's just ... she's my cousin, you know? She gave up everything. It's not fair."

lilpunkinbelly April 21 2007, 01:49:30 UTC

"Even prettier," Dawn said, grinning, "and yeah, I had two--Maggie and John. One with each Winchester brother, which is just...yeah. Probably a sign for me to date outside their family. Maggie was cute and quiet and wanted to write books about dragons, and John tried to scam Dean at pool."

"No, it never is," Dawn hugged her more, "but she's not dead and that's good?"

the_merriest April 21 2007, 02:05:15 UTC

"Thanks! And oooh, that's ... whoa, with brothers? That's kinda scary, yeah! And they sound too cute!"

Rikku sighed. "Yeah, I guess. I think ... she doesn't know how to live, now. She was supposed to die, and he's kinda-dead-but-not-really, and I think she ... gave up?"

lilpunkinbelly April 21 2007, 02:09:12 UTC

Dawn laughed, then whispered, "Have you seen and talked to Sam and Dean? If you're going to date brothers, I'd recommend them."

"Yeah," she sighed, "I kinda know someone that happened to. She ended up in this weird, twisted relationship thing because she wanted to feel alive. It really messed with her head. Is there a way to, I don't know, wake her up?"

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