001 [Written]

[the_ex_watcher]

Introduction

To the inhabitants of this world stumbling across these pages: My name is Wesley Wyndham-Pryce.

Having arrived here around noon today and spent a number of hours exploring this town, I will dispense with the preliminary exclamations of where I am and why I have suddenly sprouted wings, as much as the latter seemed on waking like some

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[voice, even though the original post was written. she's lazy like that]

[slaying]

Wesley? Seriously? Is that you?

[slaying]

It's been a roller-coaster. A really big roller-coaster with too many dips and turns and loop-de-loops. I think I'm left with permanent motion sickness.

[Oh wait! Here's something she just remembered.] Wesley. Do you remember the spell for uninviting a vampire from a house?

[the_ex_watcher]

[Wes definitely can empathize with that description.]

Yes, of course. Why do- oh, Drusilla, I presume?

[slaying]

Dawn thinks she can remember it all after having watched Willow, but I'd feel oodles of better if a...professional kept in eye out so that nothing goes wrong. I can just see it now--one poorly pronounced piece of Latin and suddenly we've invited all the vampires instead of uninviting Drusilla.

[the_ex_watcher]

It's actually rather difficult to botch an uninviting spell and cause anything other than a lack of uninviting. But your point is sound. There's a good chance you'll have to re-invite Angel afterward. The component of the spell that specifies a single vampire is based on a trait that's often shared between sire and childe, so uninviting Drusilla will most likely also uninvite Angel, Spike, etc.

How is Dawn?

[slaying]

[Well, he's not Giles but Buffy can already feel the sudden influx of security. With the library's lack of helpful books and her own proclivity to be the weapon and not the brain, the presence of someone who has all of this info in his head is an exceptional bonus.]

She's...suitable freaked out with a side order of bratty younger sibling. If not for the dinky little wings and the added weirdness that is this place, the emotional atmosphere may as well be back in Sunnydale, pre-kablooey.

[the_ex_watcher]

The wings are the only truly irritating thing about this place. Besides being constant reminders that we're not here by choice, I had to cut holes in my favorite jacket. Not to mention the colors are rather cliche.

But I do see your point. It has that Sunnydale aura of dark magic coated with a thin layer of normality.

[slaying]

[She laughs a for a few seconds.]

What colour did you end up with?

[the_ex_watcher]

[Wow. He hasn't made anyone laugh in . . . a really long time. He forgot how nice that was. Is he smiling?]

A sort of dark gray. And yourself?

[slaying]

Red. Very red. Did you guys hear about the Slayer Axe in L.A.? It's that sort of red. Go figure.

[the_ex_watcher]

That makes a great deal of sense.

My cliche remark was more aimed toward Angel's wings being black. I almost didn't even notice it at first. As Cordelia might have put it: "Of course Angel's wings would be black. Because he's a fallen angel." [Alright, perhaps not the best impression of Cordelia ever.]

I was hoping perhaps the wing colors designated something, some clue or key to our purpose here.

[slaying]

Dawnie's are pink. So I'm not sure what that could ever designate. As for Angel's? Well, even if he had the choice he'd probably still have the same colour. The man loves his black couture.

[the_ex_watcher]

Dawn is young, but also youthful, psychologically. She may have had experiences that vastly outpace those of her peers, but - please bear in mind I'm working from what I recall of her - she still feels like, acts like, and sees herself as a child trying to become a young woman.

Speaking of Angel's fashion proclivities, I don't know if Angel mentioned that we stumbled across a universe in which he could see himself in the mirror? It was rather humorous. Apparently he honestly didn't know what all that gel does to his hair.

[slaying]

[If Wesley were paying attention to the little picture box that appears over the journals, he'd see a mildly amused Buffy descend rapidly into a troubled one.]

Another universe? Where the whole vamp thing didn't behave as described? Really? Here it's all been business as usual. No reflection, no sunlight, no entrance without an invitation. But--[she trails off, here. Clearly, she had not before considered that the rules might chance from dimension to dimension.]

[the_ex_watcher]

[Of course Wesley had already considered that. Thus why he was on-guard when visiting Angel yesterday.]

Pylea was quite terrible for vampires. Sunlight, yes, reflection, yes, but "vamping out" brought out a rather feral monster that echoed of the savage predator demons whose blood originally mixed with that of humans to create vampires.

However, when considering the power decrease and magic inhibitors here, I would venture a guess that this universe has an inverse effect, suppressing the demonic and magic elements in those who come here. It would certainly help ensure a more peaceful community, for whatever power created this place.

It's even possible that Angel could experience happiness without loosing his soul. It's not an experiment I'd be eager to attempt, obviously.

[slaying]

[Sunlight, yes? He had the chance to enjoy sunlight in this Pylea place? Well that was a big...something. And then, what was that? Happiness? She replies very quickly.]

E-exactly. We wouldn't want to test that. We already had to deal with Angelus once here, already. No deaths, but a number of injuries.