35th Slay [voice]

[whattingawhat]

[Apologies don't come easy to Buffy. She's entirely too bossy for that so when she finally speaks, her words are a little hesitant and flipped around to divert this whole apology thing]

So...the whole humiliation thing...thanks so much City. Because pulling a Xena warrior princess thing isn't enough I also have to do the Romeo and Juliet thing. Okay so not quite Romeo and Juliet because no one died and hello been, there done, that. Romeo and Juliet totally had it easy. Not that that's the point here...

John Pyro, I'm deeply in the throes of apology at the moment. Not that the kissing was---good. I mean it was...nice and the--[her voice pitches up a good deal on the next words]really nice. [A very long, dramatic, PTB please kill me now sigh. She's pinching the bridge of her nose and it comes through in her tone] And now I'm going to stop with the speaking.

Except...Aya...I'm sorry but if you marry my sister before she turns 25 I'll beat you. It's not a you thing. It's an age thing.

Dawn...you're grounded until you're 24. [Not that she thinks that will really work.]

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[ VIDEO ] *EMBRACES* Mwahahaha.

[pyromatique.livejournal.com]

[ See him smirk in appreciation. ] Well, if I wasn't, I am now. [ Oh, he didn't just say that. It's shit that he can't quite get her out of his mind. Not that he's really complaining. Just... where the hell is this gonna go? ]

Is Dawn still married, or was that just a curse?

Re: [ VIDEO ] *works on her evil cackle*

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[It was a good answer as far as answers go. It makes her duck her head, blush and grin. Clearly she's still got the confusing, can't-get-him-out-of-her-mind problems as well. It's nice and it's annoying and she's not entirely sure she's going to knock it.] Good. I mean that you're...that's good.

[Oh thank you for changing the subject to something that's not *them* related]

Just a curse. Aya is her boyfriend but I'm pretty sure they're not at the marrying stage of things. He lives with us but not with her. I mean he has his own room. I have a warehouse. That we live in.

[ VIDEO ] \m/

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Should people even be allowed to get married here? I mean, considering we could go home at anytime... [ Which, despite Dawn saying he should ask her out, makes him think it might not be a good idea. ]

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People leave. They leave whether you're here or at home or dead or on extended vacation. I don't think...at least here the dead stick around in a non-zombie, non-vampire sort of way. It's more of a guarantee then we get back home.

[She tucks a strand of hair behind her ear and sits down cross legged on the floor, pulling the device with her. She isn't aware of the matchmaking, yet. She would be torn about it if she did. You know between killing her little sister and thanking her.]

Not that I'm saying Dawn should get married. Or that marriage is...I'm neutral on the subject of marriage as long as it's not my little sister.

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[ Good point. ] You're right. Back home or stuck in the City, the future's unpredictable.

[ Now here's to fucking up any chance of spending any more time with Buffy. ]

I'm a jerk. You know that, right? I mean, I'm not a nice guy. That whole curse thing was just... it wasn't me.

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Yeah, not a big fan of fortune tellers, prophecy or tarot cards. I like to be more of a it's my life and you can't tell me what to do with it girl. [which is ironic given her life and slayerness but also a symptom of all of the above. It's made her a bit of a paranoid control freak when it comes to people trying to control her life for her. She throws swords, comes back from the dead and other never pretty scenarios.

He gets a head tilt from her and a furrowed brow at his jerk statement. She's dated a few jerks, a couple self proclaimed even. It probably doesn't have the effect he thinks it will]

Sort of something I like to figure out about a person myself. Plus, maybe I have a jerk fetish.  Goes along with the not liking when people try to tell me what to do with my life peeve. [Hackles are up. Defiance in full swing. You might be a jerk, Pyro but you've just insured she's going to find out for herself instead of being word takey. Besides she once dated the scourge of Europe and William the Bloody. How bad can it be?]

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[ He looks slightly amused now. ]

Hold on. You have a jerk fetish?

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[Well it sounded better when she said it.] Maybe? I mean I could? The point is...[There's a point...right? She's pretty sure there is.] It's my life and you can't tell me what to do with it? [She doesn't sound entirely sure about that but then she's stills tuck on the 'it sounded better when I said it' thing.]

Not that I want to be jerked to because I will not hesitate to hit you in the face, Fire Boy or not. [Yes now there is theoretical jerk happening and she's issuing warnings] Or to Dawn because again with the face hitting but Curly [Sorry Nathan, she's picked up Pyro's name for you] Jerk away. [A giant sigh here and she tugs on her pony tail a bit] I like to make up my own mind about people and I rarely heed warnings. I'd rather find out for myself.

[A pause and then a grin that's teasing and playful] And then hit you in the face if you're a jerk to me. It's all very violent. There could be blood.

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[ He arches an eyebrow at that. ] You know, some people would go for that. The hitting, the violence.

But hey, I get it. It's a fair warning. I was just... sort of giving you one too.

In case, you wanted to have coffee sometime. [ Smooth. ]

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Yeah. I've dated those people. [To which she abruptly throws her hand over her mouth, covering it and blushes bright red, eyes going wide. Well, it's the truth. Angel and Spike weren't exactly...okay but you can't tell her Spike didn't--and hey probably...so not going down that path. If she's honest with herself, which she rarely is, and John, she'd admit that there's a part of her that craves that too. Sure she wants the sweet and the fluff and the normal boy part of things but she's also a cake and eat it too kind of person. For a slayer, the filling of the cake is kind of made from violence and hitting. There's an appropriate metaphor there somewhere. Cake probably isn't it.

She recovers from her mortification because hey date on the line and if he's still sticking around...well that was pretty smooth as far as invites go] yes [Ok now less with the muffled as she manages to pull her hand away from her mouth] Yes to coffee. Although there are people who would argue that a caffeinated Buffy is a bad thing. My brain has even less control over my mouth but at least I'd have an excuse.

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We could always head to a bar. [ A drink or two might help relax her.

Or not.

Whatever it is, he just wants to get to know her. Cause right now, all he's got on Buffy is that she kills monsters, and uh, likes it rough. ]

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I'm good with that too. Could there be dancing? [Here that? It's called an attempt to control giddy. Attempt because Buffy sucks at hiding her emotions. It leaks through in her voice, her smile and her eyes. ]

If you do the dancing thing.

[She feels the same way. She's got all these confused, mixed up, intriguing emotions left over from the curse and she doesn't know anything about him outside of the fact that he can control fire and he doesn't scare easy.]

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Let's start with that coffee. [ He smirks. Who would have thought he'd actually be thankful he'd been cursed? Or fuck. Maybe they're both still cursed... ]

This weekend okay? Saturday? I can meet you at that cafe Neil works at. [ Oh. He's evil. ]

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[It doesn't occur to her that Neil may still have a crush. That was a curse, right? And clearly madly in love feelings are greater than crush feelings and that's why something is sticking around between her and John but shouldn't with Neil. At least that would be her train of thought if she were to work it out. Instead, the cafe is some place she stops in regularly enough so it works. He'll have to flaunt his evil in other ways. Maybe there's a laugh or he could just wear leather pants.]

That sounds great. [God she hopes they're not still cursed. Not that it wasn't a good curse but more like she'd really rather not be cursed if she's going on a date. She planned a wedding to Spike cursed once. So awkward when it finally wore off.]