it's happening all the time ; when i open my eyes ;; ARRIVAL ;; day 43

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WHO: Buffy Summers ;; open!
WHAT: Arrival
WHERE: Town Square
WHEN: Day 43, noon-ish?
WARNINGS/NOTES: Buffy has returned to Peaksville - at least, that's what everyone else will think. For her, it's a first arrival. She doesn't remember anything.

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[a_tricky_one]

Gabriel had just arrived this morning. His tape was now stashed in a safe, undisclosed location (in other words: his room). He was walking around town trying to wrap his head around all this. He could make plenty of jokes about it. And the Twilight Zone motif was interesting, but he was still powerless. He didn't like that, one bit.

He spotted the weapon wielding blond as he was walking, and stopped mid-stride. Hellllooooo, hottie. He checked his breath-- yeah, didn't smell like rotten fish, he was good. Gabriel sauntered over and took a seat next to her, grinning broadly.

"You come here often?"

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Buffy just looked over at the guy like he was... completely out of his mind. What the hell kind of question was that? She was stranded, in the middle of weirdo-ville, without a way to leave and... This guy was doing what?

Hitting on her.

"Not by choice," she replied, nose wrinkled, and sounding more skeptical than anything else.

[a_tricky_one]

Gabriel just had a skewed sense of priorities. He'd already determined that he couldn't do much to get himself out of here, so he might as well enjoy himself.

"Yeah, me neither. So, you're new then?" he asked, "Me too."

He held out his hand to her, "Loki."

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Her eyebrows rose slowly. This guy really didn't do much with the hint-taking. She stared, quite a bit dumbfounded, before she finally surrendered and offered her hand. Loki. What kind of a name was -

"I'm Buffy," she said, forcing a smile. "And, yeah - I'm new."

[letsbe_clear]

Cordelia still shouldn't really be talking. It was a thing with her. She doesn't like being alone, however, and for a second there, she definitely was. Now, however, that was moving into past tense, considering Buffy was right there in front of her looking very confused.

It was to be expected, but Cordelia didn't really care about how confused or not she was. She was just happy to see someone she knew.

"Buffy!" And with that, a storefront window shattered. She cringed, and then dropped her voice to a whisper. "Sorry."

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Buffy was surprised to see Cordelia. But, more than that? She was surprised that when Cordelia called her name, the sound barrier broke. She had no idea that she was that exciting. Her eyebrows rose, and she stared, dumbfounded for a minute.

"... What're you doing here?"

Rude, maybe. Tactless, probably. But that was the only thing she could honestly thing of to say. "... Tell me you're on a rescue mission," she brought a hand up and rubbed her fingertips over her forehead. "And that you're not just as stuck here as I am."

The last thing she needed was to be trapped in crazytown with Cordelia Chase.

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That? Not the reaction Cordelia was expecting. In fact, Cordelia had half a mind to walk away. Yeah, actually. That was a good plan.

"Nice to see you too. And no, not a rescue party -- I'm stuck just like you, but nice to see where your priorities are," she said, her voice dropping to a whisper to avoid any shattering glass. "Have fun in Creepsville."

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"Cordelia -" she started, standing up and approaching her former classmate. She hadn't reacted the best, no, but she wasn't really expecting to see Cordelia, either. She hadn't seen her since the last trip to L.A. - and that hadn't really gone all that well.

"With you still working for Angel and everything, I figured you might be... I don't know, here for some crazy reason besides being trapped." Well, how... Cordelia of her.

"So is everything the whackadoo in there said, true?"