[ voice/action ]

[slaying]

Willow's gone home.

[ the broadcast begins abruptly and buffy's voice is hard. not soft and vulnerable like when she had announced xander's disappearance. this is because she has had a full hour to herself in willow's now-empty room. she had gone in to set a batch of freshly laundered sheets on the witch's bed, all set out for when she came back

Comments

[written | locked to Buffy | later]

[lists_to_port]

Dear Annie,

I'm sorry.

Yours,

Jack

[written | locked ]

[slaying]

[ after supper, buffy checks her journal and is heartened (and not wholly surprised) to find something -- anything -- from jack. ]

Dear Jack,

So am I. She's going back to a rou--I'll miss her.

[ a slight scribble; was she about to write something else? ]

Buffy

[written | locked ]

[lists_to_port]

Dear Buffy:

So will I. Nice girl.

--Jack

[written | locked ]

[slaying]

Jack,

Pretty much the nicest. Makes me the lady of the house, now. Not peachy keen with this.

- Buffy

[voice | locked]

[derek_bliss]

I'm...yeah.

[voice | locked]

[slaying]

[ she adds a quick sketch -- a place in the woods, deeper. buffy circles a small clearing. ] Here, by the way. Good enough?

[voice | locked]

[derek_bliss]

Good enough.

Thanks.

[voice | locked]

[slaying]

Derek...

[ hesitation. ]

[Action]

[doubleppk]

Whoa, not bad!

[Appraising glance over, mildly assessing her form.]

[Action]

[slaying]

[ buffy pauses -- shoving away from a dummy and double-checking the wraps on her fists. ]

...What?

[Action]

[doubleppk]

I didn't take you for the fighting type.

Just goes to show, hm?

[Action]

[slaying]

Looks are deceiving. It's a whole moral lesson that's involved, I'm sure.

voice;

[tothelibrary]

But-- oh.

[ ;___; ]

voice;

[slaying]

Dawn.

[ her voice softens. she can't hold back the emotion, not with dawn. ] I'm...can I come over?

voice;

[tothelibrary]

I'll wait on the couch.

action;

[slaying]

[ after a short while, buffy shows up and...doesn't knock. ]

[action]

[noprevaricating]

[Archie misses the announcement. The first time he sees or hears from Buffy today is on her way to the barracks, at which point he calls her name and starts jogging toward her, pulling something out of his pocket.]

[action]

[slaying]

[ she turns at the sound of her name. ]

Archie?

[action]

[noprevaricating]

[He talks quickly.] You know practically everyone, don't you? This was under my door. Do you know whose hand it could be?

[It's an illegible note. There's a recognizable letter here and there, but other than that, it's complete nonsense.]

[action]

[slaying]

S-sorry. [ she squints at the paper. ] I'm not big on the written correspondence, anyway.