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Faith Lehane ([personal profile] want_take_have) wrote2012-06-09 06:42 am

002 - So what if it's only 1 o'clock in the afternoon?

[She’d spent four months in prison. Four months with the same outfits, the same food, the same people, the same routine. Day in and day out. And that was after only a few months of freedom after waking up from a coma. It had reached the point where she wasn’t really sure what normal was, anymore. Hell, one night she’d had a dream about trying on clothes and, when she woke up, she almost thought she’d cry. Or maybe punch something. Talk about a laugh.

Luceti might be a prison, but it was a hell of a lot more “free” than she’d been in awhile. She should have been out on the town...living it up and learning what it meant to be on her own again.

Instead, she’d barely left the apartment she’d claimed for herself. She’d stocked up on junk food, grabbed a bundle of clothes from All Passions, a handful of books from the library...and just stayed in. She would have preferred a TV but, well, she’d gotten used to that being scarce, too.

She only really left to patrol, and then she tried to be careful to avoid Buffy or any of her pals that might recognize the once-rogue Slayer. Solitude and near-silence, for almost a month, exploring her new prison until the wee hours of the morning, and sleeping well into the afternoon the rest of the day. Her run-in with Buffy and the following dusting of Drusilla, though, changed something. It finally nudged her away from the lingering apathy and towards something a bit more...well...her.

Squinting out at the sunny afternoon outside her window, Faith finally flips open her journal and actually takes the time to address anyone listening]


So...sayin’ a girl wants something to punch around here... what’s it take to figure out this battle dome thing people’ve been talking about?

[if she gets any bites, the first part of her day will be spent at the battle dome, releasing some of the pent up energy that’s been building since her arrival. After that, she’ll be returning the clothes that didn’t fit to All Passions (she hadn’t been particularly careful when Amelia brought her there, that first night), and trying on a whole mess of new things. Girl’s gotta look her best, after all, if she’s gonna check out the night life.

That evening, she’ll swing by Cloud Nine to see what the fuss is about, before patrolling takes her out by the barracks and down by the ocean. And, this time, she might actually stop to get to know some of the locals.]
thedicearecast: (not actually listening to you)

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[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-06-10 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Okay.

[It takes Amelia a bit, like she said. But soon enough she'll be headed inside the battle dome, then walking around the structure until she finds Faith.]
simplestgift: (Stiff upper lip.)

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[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-06-10 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Ignore it, ignore it. Ducking his head to hide his blush, he pours her a shot of tequila and slides it to her, delicately retrieving his hand before any "accidental" brushing can occur.]
simplestgift: (Hyep.)

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[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-06-10 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Archie is having an interesting realization--this must be what most women feel like when a particularly direct man makes a pass. Still blushing, he takes a deep breath, and looks her in the eyes.]

I am Mr. Kennedy.

[His smile hardens. Still friendly, but making it clear there's a line drawn. He knows how last names are taken by people of her time.]
simplestgift: (Warm smile.)

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[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-06-10 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
We do have vampires round here, I thought I'd be cautious. Another?
selphie_t: (Look to the sky)

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[personal profile] selphie_t 2012-06-10 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Well you know, Selphie's no Tony Stark but she can understand the frustration of not knowing how to use the Battle Dome to its fullest.]

I could show you the basics of using the computer in the Battle Dome if you'd like?
simplestgift: (Make note of it.)

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[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-06-10 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[The blush is fading at last. He pours her another shot of tequila.]

And what am I to call you?
simplestgift: (Mm-hm.)

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[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-06-10 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Aaaand the blush is coming back again.]

You're quite direct. And I am quite unavailable.
simplestgift: (Talking while smiling.)

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[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-06-10 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
I don't believe you for a moment. I'm utterly mundane and humorless. Which is why I run a club.
simplestgift: (Whatcha gonna do about it?)

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[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-06-10 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
And yet I remain unavailable.
simplestgift: (humorless smile)

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[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-06-10 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[His smile becomes humorless at that last one.]

Her name is Elizabeth.
simplestgift: (Hm! Really!)

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[personal profile] simplestgift 2012-06-10 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Very possibly in bed. Oh--here, in Luceti, if that's what you meant. Not back home.
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[personal profile] deathsdoctor 2012-06-10 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
[So, one guy in ripped jeans and a step away from shirtless (that open shirt ain't staying on long) steps out of the simulator, while Faith's at the console, heading to a bag in a locker nearby. He has been working out and it is time for a towel down and a snack. He looks damn satisfied, even while covered in rapidly fading bruises.

So don't mind Law, Faith. Or do mind the guy. He probably knows the ins and outs of programming the simulator.]

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