BtVS: Alternate Lives

Who: Willow and Tara
Where: Ashes To Ashes
When: Wednesday Afternoon, February 2

With the first official gathering of their Wiccan group set to be meeting next Saturday, Willow was anxious to talk with Tara, and let's not forget her wanting to actually see the girl again, about it. They couldn't just have a gathering without any kind of planned agenda. And then there'd be the refreshments they would have to have available. Yes, a lot of planning still needed to be done, which Willow wasn't thinking would be a bad thing as it would have her spending more time with the shy blond witch.

Willow entered the magic shop with a glance around in the hopes Tara would be there as she hadn't exactly phoned ahead to ensure that her fellow wiccan was actually working that day.

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Who: Tara and Willow
Where: Chloe's Sugar Shack
When: Saturday Afternoon, 12/4

Tara, after about eight hundred tries, finally managed to call Willow and ask her to meet for a cup of coffee at Chloe's Sugar Shack to 'hang out.' It was something low key enough that, if it turned out that Willow didn't like girls, then it could just be construed as 'friends meeting' thing. OK, so she was chickening out a little, but this had taken her so long to set up just to figure out where she might stand with Willow that it was a near miracle that it happened. Tara looked down at her cup of tea nervously as she waited for Willow to arrive, half sure that the girl wasn't coming, or had changed her mind.

Willow entered Chloe's with a quick glance around, and a cute little wave and smile to Tara when she spied the girl sitting momentarily alone at a table, before heading to the counter to get her usual drink.

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Who: Willow and Tara
Where: Ashes to Ashes
When: Sunday Afternoon


Ever since fire had fallen from the sky, Tara had been on the edge. Something was wrong...well, with the air, for lack of a better way of saying it. And she wasn't thinking that because of the ash still in the atmosphere around them because of all of the burning rocks that had fallen down. She was stocking a book shelf at the moment, trying to think about anything but the pure evil that she felt in the air at the moment. It made her feel physically ill, but she needed the money, so she still had to come into work every day. She was actually thinking of getting in touch with Ash and seeing if he knew anything in particular about all of this stuff. He probably would.

Willow was also feeling the evil that seemed to have put a thickness in the air. Something was definitely out of whack in L.A. and while Buffy had been the first person that crossed her mind to contact a certain blond suddenly crept into her thoughts. If she was sensing the strangeness in the air Willow got the feeling that maybe a fellow witch would be experiencing the same feelings and sensations. It was primarily for that reason that Willow made the drive to Ashes to Ashes.

"Tara?" The red head called out softly and cautiously as she entered the magic shop unsure if the girl would be working or not.

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Who: Willow and Buffy
Where: Chloe's Sugar Shack
When: July 15, Thursday Afternoon

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Who: Willow and Tara
Where: Ashes To Ashes
When: Saturday Afternoon - June 12

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WHO: All Watchers
WHEN: Saturday morning
WHERE: Via email

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Who: Mouse, OT all
Where: The Sugar Shack
When: Christmas Eve


Well DAMN! The Sugar Shack was EMPTY. Yes, it was Christmas Eve. And Chloe really only let the shop stay open tonight because she knew how bad Kaitlin needed the hours and really didn't want to be home sulking on a holiday. She'd asked the shy waitress if she wanted to have Christmas with the Van Warrens, but the quiet girl known as Mouse said no, feeling she'd be imposing on her boss.

So, she puttered around the empty place, humming a Christmas carol to herself as she cleaned one of the (already clean) tables, trying to keep herself in the holiday spirit...

WHO: Xander, OT Janie (and anyone who might drop by)
WHEN: Saturday night
WHERE: Chloe's Sugar Shack

Xander bought himself and Janie drinks and pastries at the counter and settled at his favorite table, near the window. He was feeling a bit less paranoid, now; there had been no repeat performances, no other shadowy strangers shooting at him on the way home from work, or anyone else for that matter.

The plan was to have a nice, normal evening. Coffee, then a movie ... maybe dinner afterwards, if they were hungry.

He smiled at Janie as he slid her drink across the table to her. "One good thing about this place, you pretty much know your drink is already sweet enough."

Who: Azreal OT: Lucie & Willow
Where: Avarice
When: Friday evening (Nov. 20)

The fallen angel felt...out of place in this club. Despite actually dressing for the occasion in more than his usual suit, tie, and trench coat, Avarice was by far, not his scene. Give him a bar or an English pub that played blues any day. At any rate, Azrael was dressed in a lightweight dark gray sweater, dark jeans, and boots, standing next to Lucie who was, of course, dressed to the nines.

Who: Willow and Lucie
What: An unexpected meeting
Where: Avarice
When: A crowded Saturday night
( You never who you'll run into nowadays... )

Who: Giles, OT Willow and eventually Jamie
Where: Chloe's Sugar Shack (basement)
When: Saturday afternoon


Rupert Giles took a long look at the basement they'd been using to train the Slayers in... while he was eternally grateful to Chloe for allowing them to use it, he was also glad that he was set to finish his purchase of an old hotel in the area, one he was to have converted into a new HQ for the Council and the new Academy.

For now though... he had work to do. Willow Rosenberg, one of the recruits he'd gathered for the Junior Watchers project, had left town for a while without truly taking on a charge. But now that she was back, Giles had asked her to meet him here, hoping to get to know the girl better, and find out if she was still interested in participating in the project. He was hoping she still was: from what he'd heard from Buffy and Ash, the girl was brilliant, and a fast-thinker.

So, with a cup of tea to calm the nerves all the recent Slayer-drama had wrecked, he paced a bit, waiting for his (hopefully) new-again student.

WHO: Xander OT Catherine, Cassie, Andrew, Willow and other interested parties
WHEN: Saturday afternoon (Oct 17, yes, this is backdated)
WHERE: Shooting Star Comics

Xander was at the comics shop, pacing, waiting for Catherine. He had Janie's saltwater-ruined device in one hand, and was hoping that together, he and his friends could figure out how to fix it and how to return Janie to the present day.

"It's not going to do much good unless we can get her back here *with* it," he said, and bit his lip. "I mean, she could be running from mastadons or something, right now. Only ... not right now, so much as ... I don't think I have the right verbs for this."

Who:  Buffy, Willow, and Xander if he wants in as well
Where:  Chloe's Sugar Shack
When:  Sunday Afternoon

Buffy herself had just finished a training session downstairs. Of course, she had been avoiding this place because this was where Lucy tended to be, because her sister owned it. However, considering recent events, she felt the need to try and be mature about things. She couldn't help it. She wanted to be mature, even if, deep down, she also wanted to throw a screaming, crying fit. A part of her blamed this on the fact that, as a Slayer, she'd had to grow up too fast. Of course, she was showing a lot more maturity than a couple of Slayers older than her right now, but she couldn't help it. She still wanted to throw fits.

She sighed and took a sip of her coffee. She couldn't handle the Sugar Fairy drink or whatever it was called, so she went with a caramel machiatto. Still plenty of sugar in that without sending her into a diabetic coma. She was supposed to go see Dawn again in a few hours, but, for now, she was trying to get through a book for her English Lit class at UCLA, and failing miserably. If Willow were here, maybe she could either encourage her to read it, or at least tell her about it.

Who: Willow, OT Chloe
Where: Chloe's Sugar Shack
When: Saturday afternoon

Man this place smelled heavenly. Willow inhaled the smells of chocolate and coffee as she walked into Chloe's Sugar Shack, having been recommended by Ginny.

Walking up to the bar, she gave the menu a quick once-over before placing her order to the blonde in front of the bar.

"Hey, can I have a large Sugar Fairy Shooter please?" Willow asked, pulling her wallet out of her purse.

Who: Willow, OT any and all
What: Downtime
Where A cafe downtown

If there was one thing that Willow could do anywhere, anytime, it was break open a book and read. The world could be ending around her and she'd still be lost in the world that a novel gave her. The characters, the drama, all the little twists and turns.

And while the world wasn't ending around her, downtown LA was pretty noisy, being a Friday afternoon. Willow didn't seem to mind, she just sat at her little table at a little cafe/bistro that she'd been meaning to try out for quite sometime now, but hadn't had the chance to before leaving to go on her cross-country trip with her parents.

Taking a sip of the pumpkin spice coffee, Willow leaned forward in her seat, completely lost in the world of The Other Boleyn Girl

Who: Cassie, open to Willow
Where: Shooting Star Comics
When: Thursday Evening

Finally, after all the choas of the last two weeks, Cassie felt like her life was calming back down, getting back to normal. Between meeting and befriending Tropical Storm Lucy (sister of Hurricane Chloe, natch),  getting asked out by the Holy Crap Hottest Boy At School, to punching out the biggest bitch in school, to being in a nearly fatal car accident... needless to say her life had been a whirlwind lately.

But! Now, she was back at work, in her store, and for once, all felt right and normal again. The tiny blonde sat behind the counter, looking through a few back issues of Punisher War Journal she'd special ordered for the store, not even really aware of how different she was starting to look. Lucy and Jason, together, yet separately, had given her the confidence to start wearing nicer clothes, makeup, all of it. She looked GIRLY now, and was looking damned good, to tell the truth.

Who: Introducing Quinn Draper OT: Willow & anyone
Where: A bookstore of rare and "unique" books.
When: Sunday afternoon

He was not your normal human being. Not only was Quinn Draper a member of the Watcher's Council, he was also a werewolf (not by choice). His family had been cursed several generations ago and when he became of age, he'd made it his mission to reverse it. Well, that or find out better preventive measures than locking himself up for three nights a month.

Quinn was relatively new to L.A. in the case that another Slayer dropped into the area needing a Watcher or, and this rather saddened him, another Watcher fell in the battlefield. He seriously hoped the former would happen and not the latter he thought as he approached a bookstore he'd found a couple weeks ago and thought he'd see if there were any books on werewolves he could find.

Who: Mere, Willow, and a surprise
Where: Random Club
When: Late Night

( Bored Now )

Who: Mere and Willow (the vampire)
Where: one of the many clubs in LA
When: Late Night, after one

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