☯ fifth watch; audio

[likevegeta]

[Forward dated to 1AM. Someone just got back from, well, deadness.] Did I... Okay, um, let's not do that again. Ever. That really - [ A sneeze! ]

Okay, cold.

... Can someone come get me? It's cold and I can't feel my toes and there are creepy noises everywhere.

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[Voice]

[consultmybooks]

[You're lucky that Giles stays up late, Andrew.]

Where are you?

[Voice]

[likevegeta]

Um... the woods? [ fff, he squints into the darkness. Adding dark onto the list of things he doesn't like. Along with snow. Really not liking the snow. ] I don't know where.

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[consultmybooks]

[A sigh. Followed by the sounds of movement.]

Can you hear anything? The river, perhaps?

[Voice]

[likevegeta]

[ Listening for a minute. ] no.

Oh my god, am I lost? [ SUDDENLY PANIC. ]

[slaying]

[This is a heartbroken silence. But...ah, she hears Giles. Hears the offer.]

Giles will get you home. [Very subdued.]

[likevegeta]

Buffy! [ He just sounds... kind of relieved. He thought you'd be mad about the whole, well, trying to kill you and feed on people thing.

... Actually, he's not sure if you still are or not.]

[slaying]

Are the creepy noises weird creepy noises or actually something creepyish creepy noises?

[Small talk. She is bad at it.]

[likevegeta]

Something creepyish creepy! ... if I didn't know better I'd think it was a Bug Demon, but it's too cold for bugs so it can't be -- [ wait wait wait. ] Unless - unless Luceti has some that are okay with the cold.

[voice]

[steadfastest]

...Andrew?

[voice]

[likevegeta]

Hi, Xander.

[steadfastest]

Hey! uh...welcome back?

[likevegeta]

Thanks!

[ Let's... avoid certain topics like the plague. ]... Is everyone all back to normal now?

[ voice ]

[slayersidekick]

...Andrew? Is everything okay?

[ voice ]

[likevegeta]

Willow!

[ That... sounds like normal Willow and not scary vampire Willow. So. A sigh of relief. ] Yeah. Um. Sort of? It's cold.

[ voice ]

[slayersidekick]

Cold? What are you doing? Did you forget your snow gear?

[ Yeah, she has no idea what's going on. Or what happened. ]

[ voice ]

[likevegeta]

Um... kind of? They didn't give it back to me.

... my keys were in those.

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[univalent]

Hardly anything that goes bump in the night here. Unless, of course, you've still got that pinned to your resume.

[ translation: i might be relieved you're back, but i deny everything. ]

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[likevegeta]

Hi, Spike.

[He sounds happy to hear you - then again, you'd be hardpressed to find a time when he's not. The dying thing might be worth it if he hears you were actually upset.]

Yeah, but, you never know. [See, Watcher's have this magical ability to attract danger. And concussions! There's a kit in his house somewhere just for that.] This whole place could be some secret demon hotspot and we'd never know it 'cause they're hiding in plain sight... [Or something.]

Um. I think I'm all in-souled again? [ No more bongo feeling. Just cold. 8| Checking his own pulse. ]

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[univalent]

[ too bad spike will deny, deny, deny. it's a theme. that soft, gooey center is difficult to find most of the time. ]

If wing world had it's own hellmouth, don't you think we would've taken notice of it by now? [ spike sighs and shakes his head, unseen. ]

Hold your breath and see if you pass out. That should tell you.

[ spike. ]

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[likevegeta]

[ Andrew will just cherish the hugs he can get without getting flung across the room then.]

Maybe, maybe not. The experiments could be keeping the demons away from the village. [ Oh, wonderful, he's making himself paranoid.]

Hey!