| Opening Log

[shadowqueen]

Everyone's waking up at once, covered in bits of rubble, temporarily without abilities and with a lurking headache. The castle looms around them, irrepressibly gray, huge and silent. The only noises are the people, rustling as they extract themselves from their sarcophagi and look for exits along the arching walkways.

Better take a look around, and see if anyone else knows what's going on.

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[slay]

I was thinking I'd fill out one of those little comment cards. [ Buffy follows Willow's gaze and then starts heading up the set of stairs. ] Come on. Time to get our explore-y on.

[guiltapalooza]

[Trooping up the stairs... where are pretty long, so this will take a little bit of time.]

I haven't gotten explore-y in a while. It's still weird to even think that Sunnydale isn't there anymore. I've been to that ice cream place with Xander every summer since we met! That's a lot of summers. [Since the sinkhole happened just yesterday for her, Willow's still processing.]

[slay]

Oh! And The Bronze? Seven years of fumigation parties, and nothing to show for it. [ Lamenting sigh. She's pretty much over the missing of Sunnydale. It's the things that she had there that she misses most. Her mom. The gang being together and gang-y. Churros. She's misses home.

Also, sex. But that's a sigh for a moment that is not this one. ]

[guiltapalooza]

Maybe not nothing. You got us, and also, Dawn, who takes the cake as far as nifty souvenirs go.

[slay]

Valid point. I mean, nothing like a couple weirdo monks to solve the problem of "what do you get for the Slayer who has everything."

[guiltapalooza]

You can guarantee no one else got her a little sister, [she jokes, and then they're at the bottom of the stairs. She peers around curiously.]

Huh. Sure does look like a door over there.

[slay]

They're the gift that just keeps on giving. Or ... taking, as it were. I still haven't seen my Veronica Mars DVDs since she "borrowed" them. [ And she's heading for the door. Which is pretty big and ominous but standard fare as castles go. ]

Tifa stop using examples from your real life, it makes me uncomfortable :/

[guiltapalooza]

Those were yours? She had them so long, I just assumed.

[As they approach the door, Willow gives it an assessing look.] Think you're Slayery again yet? Would be handy right about now. [The door is... very big, and probably inordinately heavy.]

OMG THAT IS COMICS CANON DON'T EVEN

[slay]

Here's to hoping I don't pull something by trying. [ She plants her hands on the door and gives it a hefty shove. Then she replants her feet, gets more lean into it, and shoves again. ]

COMICS CANON FROM YOUR LIFE....

[guiltapalooza]

[ ... It creaks ominously and some dust flies up, making Willow cough into her hand.]

Someone needs to clean around here-- oh, hey! It's moving, keep going!

GURL I WILL SHOW YOU THE PAGES IF YOU WANT

[slay]

[ She glances up at Willow's acknowledgment and, sure enough, the door's starting to budge. Which is good -- and reassuring. Makes sense, though. She's starting to feel less of the klutzy wooziness and more of the strength. So, she takes a few steps forward as she shoves and finally gets it open enough to allow room to walk through, dropping her arms. It was open, but it had taken way more effort than it should have. She huffs out a tired breath. ]

Well. All signs pointing pretty positive so far.

i don't want pages i just want you to stop self-inserting, gosh!!

[guiltapalooza]

Look at you, getting some of your strength back! [She beams in approval even as she joins her in the doorway, peering into what is another immense room, this time the interior of a tower.]

You think that means my magic will be back soon, too? [Not that she's still desperate or anything... Except for how she is.]

tenderly sobbing my sister doesn't even like veronica mars 8( i wish she would steal my dvds

[slay]

I don't know, you're all Earth-connecty-gal, right? Feel the Earth yet?

at least you're getting her into Buffy? xD one cult at a time

[guiltapalooza]

Oh. Good question. [She probably should've thought of it earlier, but it's hard to wonder when her magic's going to come back every single second. It encourages the crazy neuroticism, which Willow is trying to stay away from.

Her expression furrows into a frown as she concentrates, and reaches--]

... It seems like it is, a little. [Long exhale.] Goddess, I wish this would hurry up. I feel all defenseless.

true. i have her hooked into the whedon cult bc she likes dollhouse too.

[slays]

We're not defenseless. Whatever comes at us, we can handle. We'll just ... be able to handle it better once this stuff comes back for real. [ She clenches her fists. ] Wonder how they did it. Or why they'd give it back if they can take it away.