35th Slay [voice]

[whattingawhat]

[Apologies don't come easy to Buffy. She's entirely too bossy for that so when she finally speaks, her words are a little hesitant and flipped around to divert this whole apology thing]So...the whole humiliation thing...thanks so much City. Because pulling a Xena warrior princess thing isn't enough I also have to do the Romeo and Juliet thing. Okay

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[ voice ]

[the_dawnster]

[Have an irate Dawn, finally blurting out what she wanted to blurt out a couple of days ago but stopped herself.]

You're not mom!

[Yeah, she's a little pissed still, and kind of embarrassed and sad that she was/isn't married to Aya. She really was happy.]

Re: [ voice ]

[whattingawhat]

No but the next best thing and you know she'd say the same thing.

[Buffy doesn't blame her for the anger or the words or even the sadness. She gets it but that doesn't change her position on things]

[ voice ]

[the_dawnster]

I'm not twelve, Buffy. And if you're gonna pull the mom would say or do this card then how about this one? She's not really my mom, now is she? Quit hanging her memory over my head since in my head it's just make-believe anyway. You can have your opinion but don't try to be all justify-girl cause of mom.

[And then quieter...]

Besides, it's all moot anyways cause none of it was real.

Re: [ voice ]

[whattingawhat]

[There's a long bout of silence.]

So by your definition, I'm not your sister? [Her tone is cold and closed up and really angry]

[Audio]

[bloodcakedarmor]

Guess I missed some stuff, huh?

Re: [Audio]

[whattingawhat]

Not so much. Just a marriage and a re-enactment of Gladiators in Love.

[Audio]

[bloodcakedarmor]

...that's not so much? Our definitions seem to be a little different.

Re: [Audio]

[whattingawhat]

It was sort of sarcasm.

[immortaltwat]

Pyro?! You kissed Johnny?

But he's so... sleazy. Like he'd set your face on fire as soon as look at you.

[whattingawhat]

Hey! He was--is not sleazy and clearly he didn't set my face on fire. Maybe you're the one that's sleazy.

[This is said with Buffy's trademark 'You hurt my boyfriend' tone of voice. Even though John isn't her boyfriend. Defending her not!boyfriends is a habit, okay.]

[immortaltwat]

I'm sleazy? He's constantly pressing me for personal details. He watches every move I make, he's desperate for an excuse to arrest me. He even told me it was so he could assault me. And he sends me obscene text messages about how much he wants to see me in tights.

[This may be a slight stretch of the truth. Or a big stretch, really, but he doesn't care.]

[whattingawhat]

[Okay, well she doesn't know Pyro that well--she's only spoken to him once outside of a the curse--but she's still firmly in the 'defending the guy who had his tongue down my throat' camp]

Yeah that sounds like him. Who are you even?

[onceaweiss]

I do apologize for what happened. I only ask that you not punish Dawn for this. It was never her fault.

[whattingawhat]

Don't...worry about it. She thinks I'm being ridiculous and it's not you or that I think marriage is bad even though it seriously freaks me out. I just don't want her doing something so huge when she's so young, you know?

I like you, Aya. I wouldn't have agreed to let you move into the warehouse if I didn't.

[onceaweiss]

It was more that...punishing her for something she had no control over is rather harsh. I'm sorry if I'm over-stepping my boundaries by saying that.

[whattingawhat]

I'm not punishing her.

It's precautionary. Weren't you ever grounded before you did something so you don't do it? [And yes that totally makes sense to Buffy]

It's not like I can make it stick anyway. Not unless I want to be Mean Sister and I'd prefer not.

[ VOICE ]

[pyromatique]

If that was a curse, I guess I was lucky.

Also, I'm not fucking harassing Curly. Just so you know.

[ Awkward. Moment is awkward. ]

Re: [ VOICE ] I apologize in advance for the ramble

[whattingawhat]

That was a curse. Welcome to the City.

[Hear that deep breath? For future reference, assuming you still speak to her after this, that is the only warning sign you will ever get that she is about to launch into an epic ramble] Oh good because liking the gold bikini and liking Tweedle Moe [It's possible she's mixing up the stooges and Alice in Wonderland--there are resemblances!] in tights are very colliding---concluding---crashing likes of things to like. Not that you couldn't--if tights on punks is your idea of--I'm open minded. Brain falling out of my head open minded so that's totally fine if you like that sort of thing. Personally, I'm not a tights girl or...usually...gold bikinis but--and not that my opinion is-of either. I just...

wait...

did you...lucky?

Right. [Grinning, blushing. Oh look she knows how to imitate a sixteen year old girl.] Good curse. Relatively speaking. I mean not that there's...relative. My shoe collection for a hole to crawl into or even a way to shut up and rewind that ramble.

[Did you put in an order

[ VOICE ] *LOVES*

[pyromatique]

[ He lets out a bit of a snort. He's really not laughing at her. It's just that the rambling thing she's doing is all kinds of cute. And Pyro doesn't do cute. Except he spent a whole day thinking she's in love with this girl and that feeling doesn't just go away. He's not in love with her right now, but there's something there. It's confusing. Stupid fucking City. ]

It was yeah, a good curse. I mean... I had a good time. [ Clears his throat. Oh, boy. ]

It's a little weird, huh?

Re: [ VOICE ] Oh good. That makes things more fun.

[whattingawhat]

[They don't go away. Not exactly which would be the cause for the rambling. Honestly. She can talk to guys. Okay well most of the time she can talk to guys when there's not a--it's all very pointy and having and in the end...agreeing with him.]

Well some people would think that it was normal with the me fighting monsters and you taking me for hot dogs on the beach later. Other people that are probably not you because even if you can set people's faces on fire--and I have to say eww because the smell but handy for bonfires and hot dog roasting and smores. We should have had smores.

[Pause, pause let her brain catch up with her mouth]

You were talking about the curse right. Not the date. Not that it would have been a date if we weren't cursed. I mean I like hot dogs and California girl here so the beach is always a hit parade with me and dating is...usually complicated which this is so bill fitting here. [You can *hear* the face palm]

A little weird. Yeah.