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Tweak says, "The dude abides."

Alice Sharrow (girlofprophecy) wrote in childofeden_rp,
@ 2013-12-03 18:24:00

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character: buffy summers, character: lucius anguis (dropped), location: anguis house (dropped), thread: complete, |week: 05, ~date: 08/august 06

Who: Lucius and Buffy, possibly Evie at some point as well?
Where: Lucius' Evil Lair of Doom
When: Week 5, Tuesday, Afternoon
Why: Buffy's sneaked out because Ambrose won't let her be a ~~martyr~~ hero to save her best friend's souuuul
Warning: TBD, language, possibly violence

Buffy stared up at the door to Daniel's Evil Lair of Doom, her green eyes narrowed in what she assured herself was steely determination. She had convinced herself that this confrontation, whatever it entailed, was something that she had to do both for Daniel and for Evie. And maybe, somewhere inside, she wanted it for herself too. She was afraid of what she'd find, but it wasn't something she could run from anymore.

Ambrose hadn't been on board, and that made it all the harder to do what she was doing. She wasn't happy to be openly doing something he'd expressly asked her not to do, but he didn't understand. It wasn't just her job as the Slayer to protect people; it was her job as Daniel's friend to help snap him out of whatever evil funk that he'd convinced himself he was dancing to now.

And so she'd waited until Ambrose had had something to do, something that would actually get him out of the house for a while. In spite of him not being the most social of vampires, he'd found something to do the very next day, and her chance had come sooner than she would have liked. She knew he'd be upset, and it wasn't like she'd be able to hide it from him. Still, she knew that she was doing the right thing. She knew she was doing what she had to do, and she'd deal with the fallout that inevitably came with it when it happened.

So, there she was. Staring up at the expansive door like it alone was the demon she had to slay. Closing her eyes, she drew a deep breath and rapped on the door.

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lordanguis
2013-12-10 11:38 pm UTC (link)

Seeing her in pain and shock like this was not particularly pleasing to Lucius. Never before had he felt compelled to harm her and he wouldn't have if it hadn't been for his damned arm. Even now though it did not feel right to do this to her, although he felt no guilt from his actions as such.

"I never wanted it to come to this" Lucius murmured as he drained Buffy, he decided to take enough to make her compliant enough once he was done so that she would actually stay and rest. She would only go and get herself hurt. When he was finished he placed his hand over the cut her had made and healed it so that not a single blemish remained. He then did the same to his own arm and it's burst capillaries and fractured bone.

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girlofprophecy
2013-12-10 11:54 pm UTC (link)

Buffy remained kneeling, snatching her wrist back quickly enough that it made her head spin. How much blood had he taken? She rubbed her wrist absentmindedly as she stared straight ahead, seeming to be lost in thought. Honestly, she felt lost period.

Eventually, she tried to stand, stubborn until the end and stumbling slightly as she did so. She should've been sitting, but she was damned if she'd do what she was supposed. When she turned her head to look up at Lucius, she just seemed tired.

"Is this what you do to her?" she asked simply.

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lordanguis
2013-12-11 12:14 am UTC (link)

Lucius considered ignoring her question but decided he might as well answer. She already knew really, only it probably wasn't as bad as what she might imagine.

"Only once so far, when I had her marked. It seemed a shame to waste her blood and without doing so I could not have healed her instantly. She would have had to let it heal mostly naturally and risk infection" Lucius told Buffy dispassionately as he swept her up into his arms.

"You need to rest, you just healed a broken arm. It seemed only fair that it Evie should not be the one to fix what you broke"

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girlofprophecy
2013-12-11 12:35 am UTC (link)

Buffy struggled pointlessly when she was scooped up, sufficiently drained enough to not make much of an impact. She didn't want to rest. She was done here for the time being. She didn't know what to think about any of it, but she knew she needed a lot of time to do that. With the amount of time she'd probably be spending locked in a room after Ambrose found out about all of this, she'd probably get said time soon enough.

"I-I have to go home. Ambrose'll be worried. And angry. But mostly worried until I come back," she said. "I can walk. Let me go!"

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lordanguis
2013-12-11 12:43 am UTC (link)

No doubt Ambrose would try to kill him later but with the amount of power he had just received and the fact that he had to be invited inside meant that Lucius was not worried.

"No you can't. Both myself and Ambrose want you to return in one piece, so you must rest for now" Lucius said firmly, even in such a vulnerable state Buffy was as stubborn as ever. Typical Buffy.

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girlofprophecy
2013-12-11 12:56 am UTC (link)

"I'm really mad at you," Buffy added, the comment kind of sudden and random. "For serious mad. This is so not cool. You violated like at least seven different parts of the friend code. I don't know if there's an official code, but there has to be if there's a codex for the mating habits of nineteen sub-species of tree demons. And I'm going to be all kinds of scary angry when I wake up from the super long nap I'm going to take." She didn't stop to think how vaguely drunk she probably sounded as she was carried.

"Can you let him know I'm okay, though? He'll worry. He always worries," she muttered drowsily, not yet ready to pass out but finding the option tempting all the same.

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lordanguis
2013-12-11 01:03 am UTC (link)

"Mad at me for doing what you asked? That's a new one" Lucius chuckled slightly as he carried her to his room and laid her down on the bed. He had missed Buffy Babble with all her little quirks and weird imagination and even though he wanted to send her away for her own sake, he could not help but wish she could remain here with him. That things might have worked out differently.

"I shall inform him the moment you have fallen asleep" Lucius assured her, not willing to risk her running off whilst in this state.

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girlofprophecy
2013-12-11 01:12 am UTC (link)

"I didn't think you'd actually do it," she muttered with a distinct pout that would be reminiscent of all the times Daniel had beaten her in sparring matches. "Jerk."

The bed was comfortable, and in her state, Buffy wasn't in a place to exactly think about whose bed it was. She instinctively rolled onto her side, curling up into a little, protective ball where she was still able to watch him before she fell asleep.

"I can't stop you right now, but I'm gonna bring you back. I'm not dumb. I know you think I am, but I'm not," she said softly, sounding younger than she usually did. "But until that happens, don't hurt Evie. When you need blood, you can have mine. Just don't hurt her anymore." Her eyes started fluttered as she felt herself drifting off. "And tell him. You promised." She held up a pinkie for the pinkie swears she always required for real promises. Sadly, Buffy fell asleep before she ever realized whether or not Lucius had taken it.

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lordanguis
2013-12-11 01:20 am UTC (link)

If any part of his heart was still intact it would have broken at her words. Try as he might Lucius could not detach himself from his past. From Buffy. He wanted to protect her from it all, to keep her safe and make her happy but too much had changed. There was no going back to how things were. He didn't take her pinkie but he nevertheless kept his promise to her and took out his Journal to write something to Ambrose for Buffy's sake.

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