Draft Log #3: During v. 2.0

[lucetimods]

Who: Everyone on the draft
What: Day 3-5
When: August 27th-August 29th
Where: ONCE MORE INTO THE-- ...BEACH
Summary: Like it says above. The draftees reach the beach.
Rating: V FOR VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR!!


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[consultmybooks]

[Giles bares his teeth at Ginia, enough for her to see that they're very normal, very omnivorous teeth with canines that wouldn't trouble a tough steak.]

Normally? No.

Vampires, on the other hand, are rather known for it. And that is what I was, when that particular disaster occurred.

[shadedsunlight]

[Ginia leans in to look, unable to hid a small smile.]

/I think I remember you telling me you'd been turned into a vampire. Back in our first conversation./

[consultmybooks]

Y-Yes, um, well. [He's...not smiling.] Four years can dull plenty of horrors. Or two, if you're Jack Sparrow.

[shadedsunlight]

/I could try to imagine./

[Ginia stops her ATV and leans a little on the bars, looking over at him and trying to collect her thoughts.]

/I don't know. I'm probably based because I like you, but...I don't know. I suppose you can't make promises for the unpredictable./

[consultmybooks]

Carry a stake in your pocket, for one. And if we ever run into one another one night and I seem both rather callous and possessed of a newfound fascination with your jugular?

[He looks over at her, expression quite passive.]

Get away and call Buffy if you're feeling lucky. Aim for the heart if you aren't.

[shadedsunlight]

[It's not an idea Ginia likes at all, but she grins weakly at him, shoving all her feelings away behind a mask.]

/Would you prefer pine or oak?/

[consultmybooks]

[He laughs, at that - a sudden, startled, but genuine sound.]

You know how much force it takes to get past a rib cage.

Oak.

[shadedsunlight]

/I'll carve up something nice and pointy just for you./

[She sighs, her smile wavering for a moment before her marks returns.]

/You know I hope I never have to./

[consultmybooks]

...I know. [He smiles reassuringly, although his expression is sad and far away. Eventually, sticking his hands in his pockets, he starts walking again.]

...but I killed someone the last time this happened to me, Ginia. I nearly killed one or two more. And I won't blame you if you stop me.

[shadedsunlight]

[Ginia starts up the ATV again and slowly rolls alongside him, listening to him.]

/I'll do what I can. Though in turn...if I or Alice ever lose it for any reason...put me down before I hurt someone./

[consultmybooks]

We have very handy manacles reserved for that very purpose.

...that's where Buffy kept Willow and I, once she managed to catch us.

[shadedsunlight]

/...Oddly enough, that's good to know.

When this is all over, want to have dinner sometime?/

[consultmybooks]

When all of this is over? I would love to. It seems appropriate, now that we're finally all together again.

[shadedsunlight]

/It'd also be nice talking to you when one of us isn't injured or otherwise moody./

[consultmybooks]

...I haven't been moody lately, have I?

...and is anyone going to move past my last stay in the clinic any time soon?

[shadedsunlight]

/I wasn't talking about just you. I was moody the last times we talked and I imagine Alice might have been a handful.

Might I remind you I've so far seen you in the clinic, quickly patched you up during the Battledome malfunction, then later pulled you and Grune to the clinic?/

[consultmybooks]

Mind I remind you that nothing of the kind has had to happen since and, considering Grune and I were basically fighting a major deity, we got off quite lightly?

[shadedsunlight]

/Fair enough, and as we're at war right now, I'd rather not curse things.

But the point remains; dinner on a peaceful occasion where nothing bad is happening or has happened./

[consultmybooks]

That sounds lovely and I look forward to it.

[shadedsunlight]

/As do I.

I still need to get the three of you together for dinner too./

[consultmybooks]

...isn't that what we were discussing?

[Derp.]

[shadedsunlight]

[A pause and Ginia is suddenly glad for her helmet covering most of her face. Still, she smiles and looks forward.]

/Yes, of course we were./

[consultmybooks]

Good. Um, glad that's cleared up, then.

[He still sounds a little stunned, but...yes. Battlefield. That's probably the reason.]

I, um, I think it should be a wonderful idea, Ginia.

[shadedsunlight]

/Yes, I think so. Quite relaxing and nice after everything. Helios and I were just talking about food yesterday./

[consultmybooks]

It's something that most people discuss, when you're off at war.

[He hasn't lived through any wars until very, very recently, but even Giles' family wasn't wealthy enough to escape rationing.]