[audio / locked from Angelus and Dru] / [location: ALL OVER]

[slayersidekick]

After having spent a long time just trying to keep people safe and work on the stupid ritual while insane vamp number two ran around town on the loose, Willow was feeling... not quite the happiest. Her glitch was bad enough. The zombies almost right after had made her feel like the aliens were punishing her for her stupid magic going crazy. Now

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[tothelibrary]

[ here's the thing: dawn does NOT want anywhere near this. at all. no sir. ]

If you need me, blah blah blah statement of readiness.

[voice/threadjack] Ignore if unwanted!

[beenthroughhell]

You had to do it last time, so hopefully you can just help with the knowing-y-ness, right? You've earned a bit of a break, if you want one.

[She's not at all trying to keep Dawn out; after all, of the three of them (four, with DG), Tara's not one of the two who's proven she has the juice to make this spell work. But Dawn still brings out her best protective instincts, and she's had an extra rough time lately.]

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[slayersidekick]

I-I think... you need to rest right now.

[ buffy would kill her if dawn got hurt in all this. besides, the youngest of them had to deal with it alone last time. ]

But, uh, if you wanna hit the books? That'd be ace.

[Location: Tamper and Trick]

[beenthroughhell]

Tara had been waiting outside the room, but eventually, decided that hovering was counterproductive and retreated with some books to Tamper and Trick. The trouble was that none of the books had been written with Taxon's particular quirks in mind, and those quirks were the problem.

She looked up, when Willow came in search of her, and beckoned her girlfriend in with a worried smile. "No luck then, huh?"

[Location: Tamper and Trick]

[slayersidekick]

Willow didn't look particularly happy when she finally pushed open the door to the shop, but she at least tried to smile when she saw Tara. The one person who had never shown any kind of anger or hesitance towards her for what she'd done...

Guilt wrapped its ugly glove around her heart for hurting Tara, but she shoved it down. She could deal with that later.

"No," she admitted, sitting down next to Tara and sighing. "I've tried everything I can think of. I mean, I-I think they've got Angelus trapped, so it's just a matter of... waiting, y'know? But I keep trying the spell just hoping something'll work." Only it doesn't.

"I think I scare Colette, though."

[Location: Tamper and Trick]

[beenthroughhell]

"Poor thing," she said, gently. "But that's how it was last time. The ritual didn't work for a while, and then, suddenly, it did. We think it's the aliens, but it doesn't make a lot of sense."

"The trapping is great though - I mean, not great, it's terrible he lost his soul again, but it's g-good he won't hurt anyone."

[Location: Tamper and Trick]

[slayersidekick]

"Yeah." Willow ran a hand through her hair nervously. "Whatever it is, it has to work sometime. They brought him here with his soul, so they aren't gonna just let him live without it forever."

She glanced at Tara worriedly, as though seeking reassurance that this wasn't just in vain.

"I guess i-if they do... we can just keep him down there. I just worry about Buffy, how she's taking all this."