voice + action ✪ a ghost just needs a home

[slaying]

Good morning. Happy Sunday. Et cetera, et cetera.

My dear barman-in-arms, Zack, has already intro'd you fine folks to the equally fine watering-hole we like to call Good Spirits. So here's me -- Buffy Summers -- with a bit of a follow-up question

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[pugilistinpink]

Hot chocolate's pretty good on a cold day. Ain't had that in a while, though.

[slaying]

...You'll have to remedy that, now.

[pugilistinpink]

Sounds great an' all, but... I gotta watch what I put in me 'cause I got a match comin' up sometime. Gotta treat m'body right, y'know? [He chuckles to himself at the thought of Doc snagging his cup of hot chocolate before he would be able to taste it. 'Doin' this for your own good, son'. Yeah... he would have said something like that. A smile plays Mac's lips.]

[slaying]

You're talking about it like it doesn't do the body good. And that's just a lie.

[ hello, slayer metabolism. she can put almost anything in her system and stay fighting fit. ]

[pugilistinpink]

Y'sound like m'trainer. Feel like I can't say nothin' half-bad 'bout chocolate when he's around.

[slaying]

That's because there's nothing half bad to say about chocolate.

[pugilistinpink]

Sure, I ain't gonna lie, it tastes great... but those things can really pack on the pounds, an' not muscle weight, either.

[slaying]

What about in moderation, huh?

[pugilistinpink]

[You have him there.]

Yeah, well... that ain't bad... but I'm trainin', so I can't really have nothin' like that. Doc gets on m'case 'bout drinkin' root beer an' eatin' burgers when I got a fight comin' up. [He's been bad and had more than a couple of cheeseburgers over the last few weeks, however - how could he not?]

[slaying]

...You gotta indulge once in a while, Mac.

[pugilistinpink]

I do. I mean, I know I shouldn't right now, but I ain't been eatin' light if y'know what I mean. Every time I step into Seventh Heaven, I keep thinkin' I should get a salad or somethin'... but, man, they make some seriously awesome cheeseburgers there. People always sayin' that stuff ain't no good for ya heart if y'keep eatin' it, but I can't help it. Maybe it ain't so bad 'cause I work out a lot.

[slaying]

You could always compromise and go straight for the steak. Up with the red meat, down with the badness.

[pugilistinpink]

Man... steak! Haven't had that in ages! [Why didn't that cross his mind?]

[slaying]

Then I think it's about time you had one. Some. Many?

[pugilistinpink]

Think I'll be good with one. It's real fancy, eatin' steak.

[slaying]

Not here. Here it's just as fancy as everything else.