32nd Slay [Video]

[whattingawhat]

[There's a very cranky slayer trying to pick off the tiny mic planted on the strap of her tank. She looks ready to smash it into pieces, if she can just get it off]

Are the citizens of the City safer with you around?

I don't know. I try to make them safer. [Clearly she's not comfortable with this line of questioning]

And yet people are being injured by carousel animals and the Underground is shifting. Most people would say things in the City have gotten worse.

[She shoots the camera a glare but underneath that is something hurt and guilty. This line of thought isn't foreign to Buffy. She feels responsible, like she should be able to make things safer here.]

Excuse me? Did I miss a memo where this place made me a deity? Because that'd be sort of cool. [She's trying to cover up any evidence of guilt that she feels with snark.]

So you're saying you think you could do a better job?

[Buffy drops her face into her hands. Her words are muffled.]

Can't we talk about my lack of love life now?

Comments

[onceaweiss.livejournal.com]

Buffy, in this place that is the best promise I can give you. I will fight with everything I have to protect her first. That is why I want people to take me down if I curse causes me to do otherwise.

What would you want me to do if a curse caused you to be the one to want to hurt Dawn?

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

Stop me. I'm more of a chains and cages then a kill me girl. I've done the dead thing. It's not all it's cracked up to be.

[onceaweiss.livejournal.com]

I usually don't trust things like that anymore since I'm trained to find all possible escape routes. And, I couldn't live with myself if anything happened.

Buffy, your sister is more precious to me than anyone has been in a very long time. You don't have to trust me, I'm not asking that. I'm only telling you that the last thing I would ever want to do is hurt her.

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

Okay. That'll have to do then. Especially in the City.

[onceaweiss.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about Angel.

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

Don't be. It was a long time ago. I'm very over it. [She wishes. In general, Buffy's love life--Angel, Riley and Spike--have scarred her]

[onceaweiss.livejournal.com]

If you ever need anything, Buffy, just know I'm here.

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

Thanks Aya.

For the record, I think you're good for Dawn.

[onceaweiss.livejournal.com]

I try to be. She deserves that.