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[location: Library/accidental visual] i will get into your head and every day out of your bed

Apr 08, 2010 23:29

A video feed cuts on suddenly, the image wobbling around and accompanied by a high-pitched beeping for a moment, until it settles into stability and silence. The screen shows a wide-angle view of a double bed, occupied by two bodies, one of which is a grumbling Giles, sitting up and rubbing a hand over his face ( Read more... )

{ tara maclay, { rupert giles, { dawn summers, { faith lehane, { xander harris, buffy summers, { ethan rayne

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[location: Library] inquitvigiliant April 9 2010, 03:34:02 UTC

"I do think you're missing the point," Giles replies mildly. Yes, there does seem to be an empty space, although if he has to be honest, it wasn't one of his favorites anyway.

[ location: library ] fuckyouripper April 9 2010, 03:36:51 UTC

"We all have things we believe in, my dear, I'm just striking a blow for good taste," Ethan replies airily.

[ location: library ] inquitvigiliant April 9 2010, 03:45:54 UTC

"There's nothing wrong with tweed." Maybe it's not a tweed kind of day, though. He'll have to think on that. "What were our plans for today, anyway?"

[ location: library ] fuckyouripper April 9 2010, 03:49:35 UTC

"Checking on the girls," he supplies, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes finally and shifting his shoulders against the bed as he stretches and contemplates dragging himself out of it. It's so comfortable, though- "To start."

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[ visual ] and placeholder for like ever, sob. thesecondslayer April 9 2010, 08:34:12 UTC

If Faith was the kind of chick who did jaw drops, this would be the time. As it is, consider her jaw wicked freaking dropped in spirit; because damn. She's going to refuse to qualify what she's feeling as jealousy (and the person who can tell her if it's over Ethan being in Giles' bed or Giles being in Ethan's gets a goddamn gold star and a pony, because fuck if she can figure it out herself) and instead take a moment to just process.

And then leer because feelings aside, damn. This one's going in the late night file. "You two got some new kink we oughtta know about? Because you're giving everybody a show, case it wasn't on purpose." Later, there will likely be people who want to know why Ethan and Giles are in bed together in the detail free and general sense. Faith is not one of those people.

[ visual ] o hai it's the rare and elusive tag >.> inquitvigiliant April 12 2010, 22:50:21 UTC

Giles frowns, looks back and forth between the tablet and the bed, and then shakes his head in resigned indulgence. "I can't seem to get the hang of these...things, but really Faith. The sight of me in my boxers can't be that psychologically damaging."

[ visual ] and again, placeholder. DAMN YOU, HOLY MATRIMONY OF FAMILY MEMBERS tothelibrary April 9 2010, 08:38:03 UTC

...This is not ever something Dawn expected to see on her tablet.

This is also not ever something she wanted to see on her tablet. And as such, all they get is her still banged up face looking highly confused. And then there's the rapid switch to grossed out.

"Oh my God, my eyes." This will be fun.

[ visual ] fuckyouripper April 9 2010, 10:52:27 UTC

"Sorry, Dawnie," Ethan sings out when his tablet clicks on to respond on Giles's accidental broadcast; by this point he is digging around for his bottle of Que sais je? in the small bathroom.

[ visual ] tothelibrary April 12 2010, 23:04:14 UTC

"Excuse me?" She's sporting a wide-eyed look of horror along with a dropped jaw, it's highly unattractive. But Giles and Ethan are sleeping together and that totally deserves fish face. "You're sleeping together. Like sex! That's just..." Horrible, gross, probably because of a spell. "Not right."

[ visual ] fuckyouripper April 12 2010, 23:10:33 UTC

Buffy shrieking he can handle - it's confusing and irritating, but he can leave it to Rupert and god knows the girl's always been high strung. Tara not recognizing him is puzzling and worrying, but not the end of the world.

Ethan may be slowly realizing that something is very, very wrong here; he's still not quite willing to consider the obvious explanation for how his girl is currently looking at him. Instead, forcefully pleasant, he says, "I thought we'd got past all that with you and Rupert. He's not that bad."

...he'd really, really like for this to be just some illogical resurgence of how much fun it wasn't after Buffy died. He knows he's not really that lucky.

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[visual] likeajoan April 9 2010, 15:07:49 UTC

"Giles, what the hell are you-- why are you-- Giles, Ethan is IN YOUR BED!!"

You know, in case he hasn't noticed.

[ visual ] fuckyouripper April 10 2010, 04:44:58 UTC

There's a thoughtful, puzzled silence even after Ethan's tablet clicks on to answer this.

"Are you all right, Buffy?"

[ visual ] likeajoan April 12 2010, 10:59:36 UTC

Choosing to entirely ignore this question (because it's coming from Ethan, who she knows couldn't give a crap about her welfare), she opts to respond with some incoherent ranting instead.

"You did this, didn't you? What is it, a love spell? Some kind of crazy-making mind-control voodoo totem statue ritual thing? God, when I get my hands on you--"

[ visual ] fuckyouripper April 12 2010, 14:25:45 UTC

Progressively more alarmed, Ethan briefly considers the thought that he isn't nearly awake enough for- whatever this is. Perhaps he actually hasn't woken up and this is some kind of fucked up dream. Hm.

"Did what?"

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[visual] beenthroughhell April 9 2010, 22:33:16 UTC

Tara, in fact, has never seen or even heard of Ethan; the last time he was seen in Sunnydale was before she'd really known any of the Scoobies other than Willow. So when she picks up the tablet to call Giles and is greeted by the visual instead, she's just embarrassed, not horrified.

"Giles! I-I'm sorry. I can c-call back later. I just - I needed to ask you something. It's kind of urgent, but not like.. the city's about to burn down urgent. Right." She's making a mess of this and knows it.

[ visual ] fuckyouripper April 10 2010, 05:04:20 UTC

On the other hand, Ethan knows Tara- quite well, from his perspective, and he's been fond of her since before they were ever close. (He remembers her dying, too, but Taxon is a place where that doesn't necessarily matter and he prefers to be grateful she's here than mourn it like she's still dead. Maybe Joyce will show up.)

"Tara, darling," he says, picking up his tablet. "What's going on?"

[ visual ] beenthroughhell April 10 2010, 05:20:51 UTC

"Oh, um. I'm s-sorry, but I don't think we've met yet. For me at least. Maybe you're from my future?" she offers. After all, it's possible, and she doesn't want to rude. But she really has no clue; she can't remember Giles ever mentioning a partner, but it would be like him to play something like that close to the vest, if this man lived in England, say.

[ visual ] fuckyouripper April 10 2010, 05:24:39 UTC

That's...a conceivable explanation, he concedes, at least here in Taxon. In a manner of speaking he is, anyway, but that far? And he knows how much time there was between Giles meeting her and his meeting her; not a lot.

...but maybe he should just play along until he knows what's going on.

"Ethan Rayne. Purveyor of fine magical artifacts and cheap crystal balls until the hellmouth ate my store."

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