fourth stake.

[slayerpreferred.livejournal.com]

[You're in Tokyo. Don't ask why, that's just how life goes. There's a vampire vs. slayer battle raging, with a ratio something like 1000:1. It's not a pretty sight. If you look up, you'll see one hundred pounds worth of girl hurtling for the ground, all dressed in black.]

Oh, Hell. And I don't even mean that in the literal sense.

[She's plummeting to her death and where was Willow? This was definitely not of the good. As Buffy cuts through the air, one by one the vamps go up in smoke. Her eyes widen as it happens, but by the time she's less than 20 meters over solid ground everyone has vanished, except one girl and one really pissed off witch. Not Willow, either. Bad witch.

The witch has Buffy's scythe and before Buffy can call out, she stabs Renée right through the heart. And suddenly, they vanish too.] Man down. Man down.

[But no one's there to hear her, and she lands almost delicately; unharmed, on the pavement.]



{ooc; feel free to assume CR this Buffy is timeskipped forward by six or seven years}

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[tiniestoverlord.livejournal.com]

[Laharl watches this whole scene unfold before his eyes, an expression of neutrality on his face, then does a double take when he sees Buffy landing unharmed on the pavement.

As far as he knows, normal humans are not supposed to do that.]

The hell was that?

[slayerpreferred.livejournal.com]

[She has to clutch her chest, trying to breathe normally again.]

What did it look like? I lost one of my best girls out there.

[tiniestoverlord.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean that! [Buffy's not getting any consolation from Laharl anytime soon.] I meant, how the hell were you able to land unharmed?! The humans I know can't do that!

[Although they are capable of other things.]

[slayerpreferred.livejournal.com]

The humans you know aren't Slayers.

[tiniestoverlord.livejournal.com]

Slayers?! [He's heard of them once or twice--girls who can take down demons twice their size (and levels), but he's always dismissed them as a myth.

Now he wishes he should've listened.]

let's say Ami is time-skipped ahead a few years for this post.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Tokyo is her home turf. That means Mercury inserts herself into the dream seamlessly. These days, she may not look any older (that'll become a problem in a few more years) but she seems to know what she wants and what she's doing. A quick look at Buffy determines she truly seems unharmed, and Mercury makes her choice immediately.]

Let's go. We have a battle to finish still.

[It's an invitation to become her comrade again, even if it's just for the length of a dream again.]

ok !

[slayerpreferred.livejournal.com]

The battle's over. [Buffy stands there, stonily, not wanting to move just yet.]

misunderstood the vanishing as dream moving them away somewhere else. my bad >_<

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[A pause.]

So are you really alright like that?

It's unusual for a human.

no you were right lmao it's just that buffy knows it's a dream

[slayerpreferred.livejournal.com]

That wasn't exactly how it went down earlier.

oh good XD /feels less stupid

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Tell me about the battle, then.

[goldenpacifist.livejournal.com]

Buffy! [He's racing on over. What was going on here? He doesn't know but, hey he can still worry.]

Are you alright? What is this?

[slayerpreferred.livejournal.com]

Cain. [She tries to smile but it comes out tired.]

We lost another girl today.

[goldenpacifist.livejournal.com]

I saw. I'm sorry, Buffy.

[slayerpreferred.livejournal.com]

I know none of us are going to see our thirtieth birthday, but she shouldn't have gone out like that.

[goldenpacifist.livejournal.com]

All of you deserve much better than that.

[thatoldthatkind.livejournal.com]

[ The Doctor, as always, races towards the danger. And, as usual, is too late. Instead he stops running, staring at the familiar blond. ]

[slayerpreferred.livejournal.com]

[She looks up at him, tearful. She's not sure whether to hug him or not so she just hangs. How does she shot feelings.]

[thatoldthatkind.livejournal.com]

[ He offers her a sad smile. ] Buffy.

[slayerpreferred.livejournal.com]

I should've been there. I should've stopped it.

[thatoldthatkind.livejournal.com]

You can't always be there. No matter how hard you wish. Sometimes, you're not supposed to be there. [ He reaches up and puts his hands on her shoulders. ]

/LEAVES NEO-QUEEN HERE TO START THE INEVITABLE FRIENDSHIP.

[timelessmoon.livejournal.com]

[ Serenity stands there as if she's been there the whole time; watching and being unable to do anything until Buffy lands.

When she does though, the only thing she can do, as she has lost her ability to fight, is step forward to try comfort the Slayer as best she can. ]

awwww yeahhh B)

[slayerpreferred.livejournal.com]

[Oh hay brosis, she's not wiping tears away or nothing.] ...Hi.

+_+b although NEO-QUEEN IS A FAR CRY FROM BUMBLING USAGI /shot

[timelessmoon.livejournal.com]

Hello Buffy.

[ Well, if Buffy's not going to wipe those tears away, Serenity will. ]

LMFAO BUT ITS TRUE

[slayerpreferred.livejournal.com]

[wqhgdejhgfr so kind ;;]

How long have you been standing there?

IT REALLY IS.

[timelessmoon.livejournal.com]

Long enough.

[ When she's content with the lack of tears, Serenity places a hand on the other girls' cheek and lets her thumb stroke at the skin. So maternal. ]

May I ask what just happened?