[action/audio]

[slaying]

[It's another evening shift at Good Spirits. Buffy seems to be spending a lot of her time at the bar, soaking up the gossip and avoiding boredom. She is developing a habit of patrolling afterwards, before she heads home. It feels nice for the days to regain some form of structure. Less lazy

Comments

[audio]

[xelhes]

[Oh, hey, it was that girl who woke her up from the bench last week. Fenimore had been a bit ruder than usual, hadn't she? She probably should apologise for some of it, at least. Explain that she had been on edge and wouldn't normally have argued about...well, about some of those points.

But clearly the better option is to pretend none of that ever happened. Taking responsibility? Whatever do you mean?] If there is, it's just started. This is the first I've heard of anything.

[audio]

[xelhes]

So likely not.

I'll keep away from the bar just in case, but if it is...something like that, I'll bet you're just an early bloomer. Like that girl who kept thinking about... [...Probably not a good thing to remind people about poor Noel's problems.] ...stuff over the journal last time.

[audio]

[slaying]

Yay me. [Nope. Not happy about this.

Why don't we change the subject?] Sleeping well?

[audio]

[xelhes]

[Onto something less likely to embarrass Buffy but more likely to embarrass Fenimore? We see what you did there.] I'm fine. [Though it does bring up another possibility.] How about you?

[audio]

[slaying]

My bed's super comfy, thanks. [Ergo she has slept beautifully. Except...not. At all.]

[audio]

[xelhes]

So you're not tired, are you?

[audio]

[slaying]

Nope. [She can say that in good conscience. Slayers don't have to sleep the same hours as everyone else.]

What about you, tired?

[audio]

[xelhes]

I said I was fine! I've slept like the dead every night since then, thank you very much.

[audio]

[slaying]

You do know that you've inspired a copy-cat, right? I found someone else trying to get all passed out on a bench a few days later.

[audio]

[xelhes]

...What? Are you serious?

[audio]

[slaying]

Would I lie? [Uhm. Don't answer that.] Kid by the name of Atsuki.

[audio]

[xelhes]

Atsuki? Why would he--? [She stops with a "hmm."] He sounded fine the last time I talked to him.

[audio]

[slaying]

He's fine. He was just trying out the bench-slumber gig.

[audio]

[xelhes]

Where did he get that notion? [this may end up being retroactively wrong if Atsuki wakes Fenimore in his thread, but right now all Atsuki is doing is secretly watching Fenimore's dreams]

[audio]

[slaying]

I mentioned the crazy blonde sleeping on a bench, too. And he told me your name.

[audio] 1/2

[xelhes]

You mean he just walked right b--?