BtVS: Alternate Lives

Who: Brennan OT: Shiloh
Where: The Sugar Shack
When: Tuesday, Feb. 9 around 1 PM

( ...Or should it be Ms. Stonestreet? )

Who: Rachelle and Mere
Where: Avarice
When: Friday Night, Feb. 5th

( And Knowing Is Half the Battle )

Who: Deanna and Kayla
Where: Deanna’s Apartment
When: Sunday, January 31st (Majorly backdated since I forgot to post it. *blush*)

( It's like... like some illness! )

Who: Neely and Rachelle
Where: Neely’s… Their Apartment – above Avarice, then out
When: Saturday, Feb. 6th (Backdated like whoa)

( Nope. Not a word. )

Who: Ash
When: Immediately following Lucy's death, and the days afterward.
What: This is a mishmash of sorts. Ash discovering Lucy's body, and a few small ripples felt through the community

Ash had gone to the Van Warren house, expecting to pick up Lucy for an evening at Avarice. The minute he got there... he felt it. A horrible, nauseating tremor in the aura he always felt near her. Something was painfully, horribly wrong. He ran into the house... and his eyes fell upon Kevin, on the floor... sobbing and tied to what Ash quickly realized was the horribly maimed body of the young woman he loved...

His light.

His Lucy.

Gone.

One would expect Ash to snap. Go thermonuclear. What was scarier, if you truly knew Ash... was the utter CALM he showed in this instance. He quickly untied the two, and his eyes went jet black, as he channelled his darkest magic, his most luminous powers of illusion.

First... he placed a hand upon the forehead of the inconsolable Kevin.

"When you wake... you will unfortunately remember what happened... but you will not remember seeing her like THIS. You will remember seeing her only as she deserves to be remembered. I'm taking this image from your mind. Consider this... the final act of mercy I ever grant another living being."

Kevin trembled for a moment, before falling limp. Ash then crumbled a bit, holding Lucy in his arms, his hands grasping what was left of her face... his magic reshaping her, restoring her former appearance. He couldn't bring her back, he knew that. But he could spare her this one indignity.

"My love... my only light..." he muttered, not entirely sure if he was talking more to her or to himself. "I couldn't protect you... the least I can do is make sure you remain as beautiful in death as you were in life."

Of course... when he took that memory from Kevin... he also took the mental image of WHO did this. And he filed it away... just for a while. He calmly took the phone, his voice barely holding it together as he called the police, informing them there had been a murder... that he'd walked in and found this scene.

He stuck around... answering the few questions he could, since Kevin was still too... catatonic to be much help. When he was finally let go, Ash felt his eyes go black again.

He was finished. Finished being nice. Being... normal. Michele wanted to see what true darkness was?

Bitch was going to find out. She was going to suffer as no being before her had EVER suffered.

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The two days following the discovery were hard. On everyone. The newspapers couldn't get enough of the story: "Young Heiress Murdered, No Suspects In Custody"... a rich, beautiful, well-liked girl dead? It was like vultures to carrion.

The students at Reagan High planned a candlelight vigil, and walked through the halls not unlike shocked zombies, unable to comprehend one of the most popular girls in school being suddenly taken from them.

Kevin Van Warren holed himself in the huge Van Warren home, barely able to blink, much less make conversation with anyone.

Rachelle Martin, a longtime family friend, sat in her home and merely sobbed. Uncontrollably. For hours.

And as for Ash? He was frighteningly quiet. He left a note in the door of the homes of Buffy Summers and Rupert Giles, each with the same message: "I'm done. No more playing games. No more 'watching'. This is the end of the line." And then... he began to plan his revenge. He was about... to reinvent pain and suffering.

Who: Ben and Skylar
Where: Their Home
When: Sunday, Feb. 7th

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Who: Lucy, Kevin, and Michele
Where: The Van Warren Backyard
When: Monday Night, Feb 8th
Warning: Rated R for character death

( This is the end...my only friend, the end. )

Who: Mere and Ash
Where: Mere's House
When: Wednesday Night, Feb 3rd

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Who: Neely and Ben
Where: Neely’s Apartment – above Avarice
When: Wednesday, Feb. 3rd

( And the worst father EVER )

Who: Gabriel and Kayla
Where: Random streets!
When: Tuesday, February 2nd (Evening)

( This Girl's Supposed to Be a Slayer? )

Who: Grant, OT Bronte
Where: Bronte's house
When: Friday afternoon

Normally, Grant was a pretty happy-go-lucky guy. He loved his job as Benjamin Bale's advisor, and now had a lovely girlfriend as well. But some days? He wanted to scream. Like today. So what did he do when he was at his wits end?

Obviously... go to see the most calm, levelheaded person he knew. Standing outside Bronte's front door, he smirked and rang the doorbell, waiting to see her.

Who: Shiloh and Brennan(Open to continuation)
Where: Avarice
When: Friday, February 5 - Evening

It had been late, closing in on 8pm, by the time Shiloh left Full Moon Records, and rather then head to her new, barely furnished apartment the blonde chose to stop at Avarice to check the club out and have a drink or two. Maybe she'd even get lucky and run into Baily, the girl who she crossed paths with at the diner on her first day in the city, and who just happened to now be her neighbor. When she arrived at the club Shiloh found herself a seat at the bar and ordered herself an appletini, then shifted on her stool to let her gaze float out across the floor of the place as the music pulsed and vibrated through the room.

Brennan had already been sitting at the bar, half a glass of jack and coke in front of him, untouched. His gaze was trained on the glass, but it was clear from his body language and features that he wasn't seeing said glass. The lycan was lost completely in thought with his elbow resting atop the counter, the heel of his hand supporting the side of his head. Honestly, why on Earth Brennan was even at Avarice was probably a mystery to all, but in reality, he was hoping to catch Brandon and talk to him.

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Who: Marlowe and Mouse(Open to Continuation)
Where: A restaurant in downtown L.A.
When: Evening, Friday February 5th

It took some persuading, alright A LOT of persuading on Marlowe's part to get the cute, little timid mouse from the Sugar Shack to go out on an actual date with her. Parking the pickup at the curb Marlowe hopped out dressed for the evening in a pair of black leather pants, a long sleeve black top that hung down over one shoulder exposing the strap of the leopard print tank worn beneath, and black leather boots. Making it up to the girl's front door Marlowe knocked soundly before taking a step back to wait for someone to answer.

Ughhhh.... Kaitlin REALLY didn't want to be picked up at home. She was terribly embarrassed about how and where she lived. Her family was broke as the proverbial joke. So when Marlowe knocked, the bashful girl literally opened the door JUST a crack, and slipped out through it, smiling with a blush. She was dressed conservatively, in low-slung beige cargo pants, a clingy light blue t-shirt, and her red hair pulled into a tight pony. She'd been pleasantly surprised to find out, last time, that Marlowe wasn't half the letch she'd seemed to be, and, in private, was actually rather nice. Giving a shy little wave, she cleared her throat and looked at the other girl.

"Um... heh. Hi!"

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WHO: Scarlett and Jarrod
WHEN: Wednesday Jan 27th
WHERE: Scarlett's place

( Why did you choose me? )

Who: Shiloh and Baily
Where: Shiloh's news apartment and then a random diner
When: Early Evening - Monday, February 1st

It had taken Shiloh two trips from her car to the elevator, and then from the elevator to the door of her new place, before the blonde had all her belongings, which consisted of one suitcase, guitar case, sleeping bag and pillow, sitting just outside the door of her new apartment. Shiloh had gotten the place unfurnished, and with her checking out of the hotel she had been staying in just that morning the young woman had to make do with what she'd been able to get her hands on that past weekend. Maybe this upcoming weekend she could get out to some of the local thrift or resale shops and be lucky enough to find a few things with which to furnish her place with. Fishing the key out of a front pocket Shiloh slipped it into the lock and opened the door.

Baily was actually leaving her own apartment to go out and grab something to eat when she saw Shiloh standing across the hall, seemingly moving into what had been the empty apartment next to hers. "Well, consider this a shock," she said out loud, smiling. "Can't believe we're going to be neighbors now."

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Who: Brayden Bale, OT any of the Future!Kids arriving in 2001
Where: Avarice Concert Hall (2018), then the alley behind Avarice (2001)
When: During Chloe's "Bring Bella Back" spell.

This was the part of practice that Brayden Bale didn't like. His band, Gravedancer, was in the concert hall of Avarice (relax, you don't know of it because Ben had it added on in 2004), with nobody there to appreciate it. Brayden performed because he loved the idolation that came with it. The girls, the chaos.... not the 'playing in front of a big empty room' part.

Of course... there was the part that came after practice, which he DID like. Where his friends (and Courtney) would usually come by, have a few drinks, and just shoot the shit for a while. It was the usual group, really. He'd hang out with Beatrice and Kim, and Karissa, Abbi, and Courtney would sort of slip their way in.

"Jesus, Rissa..." He said, watching the girl fidgeting like a crackhead behind her drum kit, even though they weren't practicing anymore. "What exactly DID your parents smoke during the nine months you were cookin'?"

Who: Derek and Baily
Where: Baily's Apartment
When: Wednesday, Feb 3rd, Evening

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Who: Rachelle & Neely
Where: Rachelle's apartment
When: Monday evening

Who: Ben, Skylar, and Rachelle
Where: Avarice
When: Sunday, Jan. 31st

Who: Clementine and Samson
Where: The movies!
When: Monday, February 1st (Evening)

( Okay, so... he wasn’t a paragon of virtue, after all. )