[ voice/action ]

[slaying]

Willow's gone home.

[ the broadcast begins abruptly and buffy's voice is hard. not soft and vulnerable like when she had announced xander's disappearance. this is because she has had a full hour to herself in willow's now-empty room. she had gone in to set a batch of freshly laundered sheets on the witch's bed, all set out for when she came back

Comments

audio;

[adeadringer]

[ elena doesn't know whether or not she should say something here - she still doesn't know buffy very well and she'd never met willow. but it doesn't feel right seeing this and saying nothing. ]

I'm sorry.

audio;

[slaying]

...Thanks, so'm I.

[ she at least responds graciously. she's been around this block so many times. ]

audio;

[adeadringer]

You're welcome. [ pause. ] Is there - I don't know what I can do, really, but if you want to vent to someone about how much this place can suck, I'm all ears.

audio;

[slaying]

Venting's always good. I mean -- after two years, you'd think I'd get used to this.

[ something-- ]

[wise_maiden]

[Why does it seem like whenever she talks to Buffy lately it's due to something like this.

She'll go looking for the Slayer this time. And bring the cocoa.]

[ something-- ]

[slaying]

[ it is sadly because buffy's life is just this horrible most of the time.

perhaps raine will find her as she comes home from the barracks? ]

[ something-- ]

[wise_maiden]

[A reasonable way for paths to cross.]

You're just not getting any breaks lately, are you.

[ action ]

[slaying]

Doesn't come up in the job description, really. Hi Raine.

[ufo_fanboy]

[Oh, right, the kidnappings that had been mentioned. And while he's sure this Willow person is better off not being a test subject here, Mulder understands the sentiment. Losing people is never easy.]

A friend of yours? I'm... sorry to hear that.

[slaying]

[ it takes her just a moment to place the newly familiar voice. ]

She's better off -- it's what I keep having to tell myself.

[ufo_fanboy]

Not being an experimental test subject tends to be a step up.

[Of course, unless somehow it's WORSE back home.]

[slaying]

[ and home is pretty bad but at least it's a known badness. ]

Plus, who'd complain about going back to a world with cable tv?

[ voice ]

[suitedforcoffee]

I'm sorry. I didn't get a chance to meet her, but if she's a friend of yours, I'm sure I missed out.

[ voice ]

[slaying]

She's great...but -- at least she's dodged all this mess.

[ voice ]

[suitedforcoffee]

True. Nonetheless, maybe this time I should be pouring you a drink. You sound like you could use one.

[ voice ]

[slaying]

I'm not really a drinker. [ not usually, at least. and not since the social humiliation of getting drunk with a pirate, a doctor, and a navy-man. ] But the sentiment is appreciated.