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[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

[Buffy doesn't so much ~appear~ on the Plane as she does 'come hurtling into it backwards, roll over, promptly vanish into thin air and then reappear a second later brushing dust off herself, and coughing'. ...With a wooden stake in one hand.]

God. [cough cough] That actually never stops being gross.

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[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[:o Goodness. It's a good thing Dorothy is here! To... do... absolutely nothing, but it's the thought that counts.]

Wow. You okay? That looked... uncomfortable.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

[That's... dusty. Ianto pulls a slight face.] Have a run-in with an old curtain?

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm fine. [Buffy appreciates the gesture! Also, she is thumbs-upping. And nodding!]

It's just with the fighting, and then the dusting, and if you forget to keep your mouth closed? It's all 'I breathe dead people', which, really, I don't think I can express my eww enough. And would be why you should always slay in well ventilated areas. Umm. Hi?

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

[yes, yes it certainly is. Buffy laughs.] Uhuh. A very angry and be-fanged old curtain.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Well, I can see how that'd be a problem, if the people you fight tend to... y'know, combust, in that way.

[Dorothy sticks her hand in her back pocket and produces a pack of cinnamon gum, which she proffers to Buffy. Hooray!!]

Gum?

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

An angry curtain with fangs... definitely something I could live without seeing.

I'm guessing it wasn't really a curtain?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[blinks and stares]

Everything all right?

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Brigitta will be watching with interest] What were you fighting?

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, you're amazing!! [Yay! Buffy will be popping some gum in her mouth now, and handing the pack back to Dorothy, then chewing happily.]

Thank you so much. I can already feel my taste buds being cleansed of vampire ick.

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Oh definitely. I mean angry curtain-burn? Is way worse than carpet burn. Not that... I know what carpet burn is like. [MOVING ON]

No, no it wasn't. Vampire.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

But you'd imagine it's worse.

Ah. Vampire. Something else I could live without seeing. [He should probably be more surprised, but... well, it is the Astral Plane.]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Peachy keen! [this is lies, clearly]

Except for the rib pain and possible dead people inhalation, but hey- all in a day's work, right?

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

[Buffy is... making a face due to the taste in her mouth]

A vampire. Very standard.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Dead people inhalation? Well that, that can hardly be sanitary I'm sure.

There needs to be some sort of box for complaints, having to work under those conditions. Or you could just go on strike.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[Dorothy beams AND SORT OF BLUSHES A LITTLE BIT at being called amazing, because shy.]

Aw, well, I wouldn't go THAT far.

[taking her gum back, she jams it back into her pocket]

Gum is probably the least appreciated and yet most important substance known to man. Well, to me, anyway. Anything that tastes good that you can blow bubbles in is pretty much the greatest thing in the world.

[oldoldghost.livejournal.com]

[Faint smile] Nothing went wrong?

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Uhuh. With my skills of supposition. [some throat clearing]

And yeah, I really wouldn't recommend it. Fangs, bumpy foreheads, thing for necks, often very questionable fashion sense. Not a whole lot of fun.

[aces-are-rare.livejournal.com]

[Ace is impressed with the gymnastics and curious about the stake. The dust coming off Buffy she is not so sure about.]

I hope that's just dust, not summit like Junduson mold spores. I'm so not in the mood to deal with a rash.

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

[she laughs]

You know, I've been saying exactly the same thing for years! I mean, some wages would be nice too, and some hours that actually end and maybe a car? Batman gets a car. And a cave! Not that I actually want a cave, but hey, the gesture would be nice.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

[Tactfully letting the subject slide. :|]

Judging by the one vampire I have met, I'd have to agree with you on the lack of fun.

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

I would. [Buffy smiles and will stop with the compliments now.]

I agree! I love gum. It's squishy and comes in a variety of flavors and is also a very useful tool for pissing people off. I once had a roommate who was umm... well, long story short, kind of a soul-sucking demon who played Cher all the time- and I used to leave gum lying around just to make her mad. Incredibly satisfying.

...that probably makes me a terrible person.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but Batman had money all ready. He was just rich and bored. It's a terrible combination. You either end up on a reality program, in the tabloids, or dressing up in a skin tight costume hunting down villains.

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

[there is cheerful head-shaking]

Nope! Well, aside from how I got a faceful of yummy vamp-dust and got bounced around a room, but that's to be expected.

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

[Buffy looks sheepish and a tad apologetic]

Well, I'm pretty sure it's not mold? Although... guy didn't exactly look like Captain Hygiene, but...

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. And it can be used in a pinch to stick things to other things, which actually happens to me a lot more often than it probably should. The need to stick things to other things in a pinch, I mean. Wonder if that's saying something.

[....HELLO CHANGE OF SUBJECT HOW ARE YOU TODAY]

Well! I mean, she was a Cher fan, I can say you're pretty much justified. ...And, y'know, the soul-sucking demon thing, that's... pretty bad too.