A-patrolling we will go [RP for allerdyce_john]

[whattingawhat]

Buffy took the subway mostly because walking would take too long. She had stakes tucked in her bag, she'd left a note for Danny (who was working a homicide case)and now she was walking through Central Park. She had her phone on vibrate because nothing ruined a sneak attack like a cell phone ringing. She was supposed to meet Pyro here and they were going to find some vampires to light up. It shouldn't be hard, they loved Central Park like Buffy loved shoes.

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[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

"That's gotta suck. Being hurt by your own power. I got staked by my own stake once. Stomach not heart. Obviously," Buffy commented. She shook her head at the offer of a cigarette. "I don't mind though," she said in regards to the smoking.

[allerdyce-john.livejournal.com]

"Good because I'm pretty much a brat, in the sense that there's no fucking way I'm planning on not smoking while we're out here." He blew the smoke out away from Buffy. "It's a good form of stress relieve. It'll screw your lungs up in the long run, sure, and it kinda does make you cough from time to time but other than that, I still like it." He glanced over at her. "Does Danny smoke?"

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

"When he's stressed," Buffy grinned at Pyro. "Which is pretty regular right now. I think he used to smoke a lot when he was younger but he says that it interferes with work so he only does it after work. I've sorta gotten used to the smell of smoke and it makes me feel more...at home? I guess. I've been known to sit out on the balcony and just burn cigarettes in the ashtray."

[allerdyce-john.livejournal.com]

Pyro chuckled. "Passive smoker." He stretched his arms up and cracked his knuckles; another bad habit of his. "I'd fucking kill to be able to get a decent night's rest," he muttered. "I'm heading out of the country next month and that's gonna further mess up my 'sleep pattern'."

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

Buffy wrinkled her nose at Pyro's comment. "Going out of the country really does screw with your sleep patterns. Sometimes wailing on the punching bag helps me. Just the whole sheer exhaustion thing."

[allerdyce-john.livejournal.com]

"Friend of mine got me this mini desktop swearing punching bag for Christmas. When you hit the bag, it swears at you, which is the part I don't get. Why the fuck would anyone want to be verbally abused for?" He dropped his cigarette to the ground and stepped on it. "Worse Christmas present ever received though? Coasters from IKEA." He shook his head. "Not that they weren't useful, but seriously. Coasters?"

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

Buffy laughed and shook her head. "Yeah I don't get the whole verbally abused thing either." She tilted her head, considering her present options. "Christmas was always okay present wise, my birthday was the place where life failed. I got an arm in a box one time. It tried to choke me."

[allerdyce-john.livejournal.com]

"I'm guessing that was from an enemy of yours?" Pyro hadn't ever celebrated his birthday before. Turning a year older usually just came and went without wishes or presents. Mostly he'd forget it was his birthday even.

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. She was trying to put together a lego man, invulnerable something. He's the one I blew up with the rocket launcher," Buffy said as they walked. Buffy didn't celebrate birthdays anymore and did her best to get everyone to forget them. "So coasters? Like you said, not bad just...not a gift type thing."