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[Anya is sitting behind the counter of the Magic Box, like she does most days. And she's going over one of the ledgers like she has been lately since Giles keeps making her double check everything. But she's still watching the patrons out of the corner of her eye.

If there's one thing Anya hates, it's people who loiter around and never buy anything. They are the leeches of Capitalist society, as far as she's concerned.]

If you don't want to be thrown out of the store, I highly recommend you actually purchase something.

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Who's Darla? [Look, Anya wasn't around for much of Angel's life. She doesn't know.] It does seem strange he didn't know..about Buffy though. Didn't you go and tell him? Do you think his brain's been altered somehow? Can they even do that to vampires?

[guiltapalooza]

No, they can't usually do that to vampires, [she answers, some frustrating leaking through at Anya's complete inability to understand... everything.] I did go and tell him, in L.A., like a month ago.

Darla is his sire, she who made him a vampire? They had a thing back when he was evil. A major thing. But she kind of never stopped being evil, so they haven't gotten along since. Or so I thought, anyway. [Yes, Willow's still grumpy about this. Girl can hold a petty grudge.]

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[She does not appreciate that tone Willow. She's just trying to understand.] Then why doesn't he know?

I know what a sire is. [The demon world she understands...everything else...not so much.] Well, sometimes evil can be attractive to people. Or I remember Xander trying to explain to me that sometimes people do weird things when people die, maybe doing his sire is his way of dealing with his grief over Buffy?

[guiltapalooza]

[Willow tries to recenter herself and stop taking it out on Anya, but she's still pretty glum.]

I don't know why he doesn't. I'd be inclined to go with Xander's explanation here, if it weren't for the fact that he doesn't remember his grief at all. Not even a tiny bit bereaved, just confused.

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Well, Buffy mentioned this being a dream...maybe that's why he doesn't remember anything.

[guiltapalooza]

This is a-- Buffy? [Her voice sharpens, and she looks at her directly.] Don't fool around. Did you really talk to Buffy?

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At first I thought it was the Buffy Bot, but she told me she wasn't. She didn't seem like it.

[guiltapalooza]

But she's... how is she here? I thought she was in-- [Willow's getting kind of emotional over here, distraught.]

I need to talk to her. Maybe she'll have some answers, if I'm not making this all up in a dream. [She gets up from her seat again, preparing to leave.] I'm going to go find her. Thanks, Anya.

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

Well, if this is a dream it's my dream, which means I'm the one making it up. Which I guess means maybe it really wasn't Buffy. But then again, maybe it's not even Willow I'm talking to right now, if this is all just my dream.

LMAO I'm so sorry that she's like... walking out of this thread XD

[guiltapalooza]

It's looking more and more likely that it's a shared consciousness. I'll get to the bottom of this, [she says determinedly, already making for the door.] When I do, I'll let you know what I find.

[And with that, she's ducking through the front door and gone.]

XD Look, it happens.

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[Anya just kind of stares at the door. That was rude Willow :| And then..she goes to the cash register and starts counting the money. What else can she do?]