003 - You can talk all you want, but my skin is really thick.

[want_take_have]

[Buffy - Filtered 57%]

Hey, B. [I'm back] Anything new I oughta know about Drusilla and her latest boy toy?

[/end filter]

[When the audio feed begins, the sounds of whispers and quiet murmurs can be heard in the background, though they're too distant and jumbled to pick out the individual messages.

Faith, however, can be heard clearly...and while she's not freaked out, she's definitely on guard.]

Seeing as I've been off playing civic servant, or whatever you wanna call it, does anyone wanna tell me why I just landed in the middle of a Disney movie? The talking animals were weird enough, but now I gotta listen to trees? That's just overkill.

[the sound of brush crunching underfoot starts as she turns towards the village, making her way through the trees]

I'm just sayin'...if some stuffed up pimp comes galloping through on a white horse, I'm not responsible for my--

[she trails off as she catches a familiar name coming from one of the trees, falling silent in order to listen. She moves closer to the source, letting her catch the tail end of what the trees are saying.]

"--super phallic imagery of shoving a sword through your lover's chest."

[She's forgotten the journal's in her hand, now, as she just stares uncertainly at the bark]

...Hold up. Are you telling me that--

"Well I heard that the other slayer totally has a thing for Buffy. It’s obvious she just wants to get in her pants."

[She gives a strangled noise as she takes a few steps back, caught between confusion and pure fury]

The fuck?!

[someone want to speak up before she sees if she's strong enough to uproot a tree?]

Comments

[action]

[vor]

...Greg Bleakman.

[action]

[want_take_have]

Uh huh.

[she saw that reaction, buddy] And I'm the queen of England.

[action]

[vor]

You believe everything trees say?

[action]

[want_take_have]

Okay, one, I don't believe talking trees because trees don't talk. This is coming from some other source on an acid trip, and I don't really care where.

Two, I know people, and you're full of shit.

[it's all said casually. She's not particularly invested in his name or the lie, but it served as a distraction from wanting to punch whoever was responsible for this latest twist]

[action]

[vor]

Believe what you will, then. [Also casually.]

[action]

[want_take_have]

Ghandi it is, then.

[because she can't just let it drop]

Why pick a name like Bleakman, anyway? That's just lame.

[action]

[vor]

I think you just gave yourself something to think about.

Re: [action]

[want_take_have]

Cute.

[she falls silent for a moment, only just in time to catch the trees talking again]

"Don’t employ that Lehane girl. Everyone she works for dies horribly. Her last boss turned into a snake and then was blown up."

[ugh]

[action]

[vor]

[action]

[want_take_have]

Yeah. What of it?

[as if she didn't know]

[action]

[vor]

What of what, Mademoiselle Lehane? Besides a lot ghosts with overactive imaginations.

[action]

[want_take_have]

[that got a bit of a snort]

Yeah, well, guess that one ain't that far from the truth. The snake bit, anyway.

[it's more than she'd usually share...but she can't resist seeing what reaction that gets]