XXXIV -- video;

[breakmychest]

The Admiral's run out of ideas if he's doing this one again. We've already played this song, and if I end up dealing with undead copies of my friends again, I'll... well, I don't rightly know, but at least this time I know the real one's all right.

[Take that, undead Buffy.]

Still not clear how this whole deal's supposed to work. Did we just hit a dimension with really good reception?

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[bigbad]

[He just gives her a look. Because seriously, Buffy, you should know better.]

Yeah, and I'm one of your dead friends, pet.

[damselonlynot.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, no you are not. My friends are not nearly as tacky as you. Well, maybe Shaggy. But at least Shaggy wears colors. Black? So drab.

[bigbad]

Shaggy? Can't say I remember anyone in the Scooby gang going by that moniker. Unless Oz had some nicknames I didn't know.

...did I do something to piss you off?

[damselonlynot.livejournal.com]

Well, you're sort of pushing my buttons right now with this creepy thinking you know me thingy, but considering I don't know you?

[bigbad]

[He stares for a moment, and to be fair, that is not really Buffy's style of dress, and it seems unlikely that there'd be two floods on at once, or at least he's never seen it happen before.]

So, I take it your name is not Buffy Summers?

[damselonlynot.livejournal.com]

Ew. No. What kind of gross name is Buffy? I'm Daphne Blake. The prettiest and coolest part of Mystery Inc.

[bigbad]

What, like Daphne's a better name than Buffy? Please.

You look just like her.

[damselonlynot.livejournal.com]

What? Hey! Daphne is so a better name than Buffy! I mean, really. Ew. It sounds so... buff.

...so, wait. There's a girl named Buffy who looks just like me? That's embarrassing...

[bigbad]

She is pretty buff, I suppose. Slayer strength and all. I've always liked it.

[damselonlynot.livejournal.com]

Ohh, I see. She's your girlfriend or something.

[bigbad]

Or something. We're not together.

[damselonlynot.livejournal.com]

Huh. Believe me, I'm so far from interested that I'm... the opposite of interested, but why aren't you together? You sound like you like her.

[bigbad]

The word's uninterested. And it's a bit more complicated than that. There's history.

[damselonlynot.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I hated history. Talk about boring. But I don't see why it should be a problem. I mean, whatever, right? History's totally in the past. If you like her, whatever you've got should be buried with George Washington.

[bigbad]

[That gets a grin out of him.]

Not terrible advice. [Not advice he's going to follow because it really isn't that simple, but he appreciates it nonetheless.] What if part of the history is us trying to kill each other for a while.

[damselonlynot.livejournal.com]

[She shrugs.] Freddy told me my new Gucci pumps were just "okay-looking" once. I think if I can forgive him for that, you two can forgive each other for trying to kill one another.

[bigbad]

[Amused.] Yeah, good point, those things are definitely comparable.

[Though Buffy has forgiven him for that much, he's pretty sure. After all, she was trying to kill him, too. But it's still complicated.]