whattingawhat: (Made me a fighter)
Buffy Summers ([personal profile] whattingawhat) wrote2010-08-27 10:55 pm

9th Slay [Accidental Video] Thanks for making me a fighter

[The video flickers and the screen is filled with largely incomprehensible images accompanied by the sound of cheering and jeering. There's a flash of green, a spurt of red and then lots of rolling. The device comes to rest close to the wall of an arena. Once it steadies out the action becomes more clear. More clear in the 'oh there's Buffy being thrown against a wall by a large green thing' way. She's bruised, cut up and looks a little worse for the wear. In fact, she's a little slow getting up, just barely missing being squashed by a giant fist...or maybe that's a foot. It's hard to tell with this monster. Buffy rolls , grabbing a length of heavy chain as she does. Once she's on her feet she keeps moving.]

Really. So not the week to mess with me.

[There's a tumble and collision of bodies, an ooof, grunt and then something that doesn't sound human growling. When the device gets enough distance to show something besides flashes of skin and tumbles of bodies, Buffy is swinging the chain with one arm. She takes aim and whips it around his neck then plants her very stylish four inch heels in the arena ground and pulls. Hard. It jerks the monster off his feet and she's up around his back choking with the chain until the monster collapses, twitches and then goes still]

Pro tip: Slayer who's had a really bad week equals a really pissed off slayer equals monsters being all egg shell walky. Or monster being dead. Either way, works for me.

[The crowd is deafening as Buffy drops the chain and walks toward the door leading out of the arena. She snags the device from the dirt floor and sighs]

Guess my day job isn't a secret anymore

[And then clicks the device off]

[identity profile] whattingawhat.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It--is. It's just...there was nothing like this at home so it takes some getting used to.

Although, women like me have been gladiators before. When there were real gladiators.

[identity profile] notsobendy.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Women like you? Warriors?

[identity profile] whattingawhat.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. [Because really, slayer is just a technicality. One she'll probably explain at some point.] It just not done as much as it used to be.

[identity profile] whattingawhat.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Well most people in my world don't know that monsters exist. On top of that it's pretty...medieval. Fights to the death and that sorta thing.

[identity profile] notsobendy.livejournal.com 2010-09-01 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
...You have secret monsters? I didn't know they were subtle.

[identity profile] whattingawhat.livejournal.com 2010-09-01 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
No. It's not--people are delusional, gullible and really prone to believe anything that lets them stay in their safe bubble.

[identity profile] notsobendy.livejournal.com 2010-09-02 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
You can't just believe problems away.

[identity profile] whattingawhat.livejournal.com 2010-09-02 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
And yet I live in a world where 90% of people do.

[identity profile] notsobendy.livejournal.com 2010-09-02 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Weird...