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Buffy Summers (doesntdamsel) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-08-02 11:01:00

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buffy summers, dawn summers, phoebe halliwell, seven of nine, spike

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[ Buffy has a routine. She doesn't necessarily want a routine, but she's got one. It starts reasonably early in the morning.

[Morning--Sector 1--Athletic Complex]

Buffy jogs to the athletic complex dressed in a zipped hoody, tank and yoga shorts. She spends the next couple of hours going through tai chi movements, stretching and wailing on a punching bag and/or fighting dummy. Once she's worked all the restlessness that comes with being a slayer and nothing to slay out, she jogs back to her apartment. She can be interrupted on the way to the complex, during her workout or on her way back to her apartment.

[Mid Morning/Afternoon--Sector 4--Closed to Dawn]

Once she's showered, Buffy yells for Dawn. Yes, they live in the same two bedroom apartment, but that doesn't mean that yelling isn't necessary. It's a sister thing.

"Dawnie!! Breakfast is a thing we should go do."

They'd probably end up shopping as well. It was a common Summers bonding activity.

[Evening--Sector 4--Merlottes]

Evening finds Buffy doing something else routine. She's at Merlotte's waiting tables for the dinner shift. Feel free to have her wait on your table, catch her in between tables or at the bar. ]

[ooc: specify where your character is running into Buffy]

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	♦ action doesntdamsel 2013-08-06 01:34 pm UTC (link)
	"I am definitely pro shopping. I saw a pair of flat boots the other day that I thought would be really handy for patrol type things and also working type things and maybe even date things. Which speaking of date things, do we need to get you date things?" Now she's in ramble mode plus big sister mode. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-08-06 01:54 pm UTC (link)
	"I am so needing date type things cause... Peter." Her features scrunch up a bit, head tilting to the side as she walks normally beside her sister again and considers all things her and Peter. "Which, I'm not really sure we've defined what we are yet. But I like him a lot and he seems to like me a lot. And we do that hanging out thing. Plus, kissage." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action doesntdamsel 2013-08-06 02:13 pm UTC (link)
	"Definitely date clothes worthy," Buffy nods. "But nothing tramp worthy," with a look at her. She remembers the outfit that Anna Nicole would've thought was trashy. "Also, lip gloss, apparently." She's not entirely sure how she feels about this, but she's trying to remember that Dawn is not a little girl. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-08-06 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Oooo some fruity flavored girly kind of lip gloss. This is something I need." She seems pretty thrilled about the idea of getting some of this. So thrilled that she skips right over the tramp comment cause now she's thinking about Peter kissing her and tasting... "Strawberry? Cherry? Peach? What do guys like?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action doesntdamsel 2013-08-06 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Mmmm I don't know. I've always had good luck with cherry," Buffy replies glibly. She manages to only blush a little. Talking boys with Dawn is a different and new experience. She's usually the 'tsk tsk' mothering one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-08-06 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Cherry, check." She answers with a sage nod. Then her brain catches up and her nose wrinkles. "Hey! I am so not a tramp. I make all clothes look good... mostly." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action doesntdamsel 2013-08-06 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	"You do make all clothes look good, mostly, but some clothes show a little too much of you and that's totally not an ageist thing. That's an every age thing. Cross my heart." Also, it helped Buffy avoid a heart attack. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-08-08 09:10 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, mom." She's gonna eye roll here. Because some of the things she's seen Buffy wear? Yeah. And most of the things that show too much skin on her were directly from her sister's closet. "I promise not to walk out of the house in a bikini... unless I'm going to the beach. Cause... beachy things require less clothing." Side-long glance. "Right?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action doesntdamsel 2013-08-08 12:57 pm UTC (link)
	That's different! Totally different. At least that's how Buffy would argue. "If you're going to the beach there can be bikini. There could also be a tee shirt. For covering up. You know, if you wanted to not get sunburned." She's trying, Dawn. She really is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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the_dawnster
2013-08-08 01:03 pm UTC (link)

"Valid point with the sunburning." She'll concede to that as they walk into the restaurant for sisterly food times. She grins one of those cat ate the canary grins before adding more. "Maybe I could borrow one of Peter's tee shirts cause of the cute and sexy vibe that still entails." Which unfortunately for Buffy implies that there would be no tee shirt before asking for his.

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	♦ action doesntdamsel 2013-08-08 02:18 pm UTC (link)
	Not exactly what Buffy was hoping for. "But there could be sunburning before the shirt having. I hear it takes less than five minutes to burn. You should get the shirt from him pre-beach." Yeah, still trying. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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the_dawnster
2013-08-08 02:40 pm UTC (link)

Once they're seated, Dawn sets her bag on the floor by her chair. She picks up a menu and looks it over as if she doesn't already know what she's getting. "Hey, all of my habits are your habits. In fact, they were your habits first. So you can thank yourself for my habit since you were habiting before me and I merely learned by example. Color me innocent in all this t-shirt mess."

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	♦ action doesntdamsel 2013-08-08 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	Buffy does actually have to look at the menu. She's not entirely sure what she wants to eat, but she's thinking French toast. "Hey! I never went to the beach with my boyfriend so bikini wasn't an issue." Point. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-08-09 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Lies. There was that one time with Riley when he got all bruised up when you killed the football on his perfect abs?" She's got you there, Buffy. Point for the bb!Summers. "I heard stories... and Riley got all whiney sometimes when he was beat up." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action doesntdamsel 2013-08-10 01:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay, so I went to the beach with Riley, but I totally wore a skirt thing and not just football playing in a bikini." Really, she does have her there. She shrugs at the next bit. "Sorta why he didn't stick, I think." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-08-10 02:12 pm UTC (link)
	"But what about Sam? Isn't he breakable too? Or is there something I don't know?" What, Buffy? You brought this question on yourself. Luckily, there's the distraction of a bot waitress here to take your order. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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doesntdamsel
2013-08-11 07:51 pm UTC (link)

Ordering from the breakfast bot gives Buffy a chance to come up with the answer to Dawn's question. Eventually, she figures she'll tell Dawn about Sam being a shapeshifter, but it's somet she wants to discuss with Sam first since it's his secret to tell. Fortunately for her, as far as she's aware, it doesn't have any bearing on the answer to Dawn's question.

"Breakable isn't so much the issue." And as far as Buffy knows, Sam's ability doesn't make him any more resilient. Whether it did or not, breakable wouldn't be the issue. "It has more to do with accepting that big strong man is never going to be stronger than short, little, blonde girl. Sam is okay with that."

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the_dawnster
2013-08-13 09:37 am UTC (link)

"Boys don't like that you can kick their little behinds, huh?" It's nice. Cause Dawn is always doing the girl-talk thing and Buffy doesn't always share so much with her cause she has Willow and whoever else is around to share with. So it's cool to her that Buffy is talking with her now.

And she proceeds to order one of almost everything from the menu plus a big thing of syrup.

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doesntdamsel
2013-08-13 01:54 pm UTC (link)

"Not so much. They like being the big, strong, manly men." At least in her experience. Of course, Angel hadn't minded and Spike liked it, but Riley hadn't. She had a feeling that Scott would have eventually had a problem with it. Owen...probably would have enjoyed it. And Ford, was just too messed up for her to even make a guess.

At least one of them was going to be sick to their stomach.

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the_dawnster
2013-08-13 03:09 pm UTC (link)

Dawn wrinkles her nose a bit, thinking about Peter trying to be the big strong manly man. She, of course, has no clue that he's spiderman yet. And he's too cute to be muscle guy like Angel or Riley or big bad with good potential like Spike, or even scrappy bartender guy like Sam. In fact, right now Dawn is pretty sure that in a tight spot, she has more evil slaying field time and ability than Peter does. And yet she doesn't see anything wrong with that.

"Maybe you just have a type. You know, guys who can take care of themselves kind of type. Except those guys usually come with a little bit of chivalrous ego, you know? Like they wanna be the door opener and the chair puller outter and the guy who saves you from other guys and gals being less than stellar to you."

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doesntdamsel
2013-08-13 04:22 pm UTC (link)

Dawn has a very good point. However...

"In my world, a guy has to be able to take care of himself. It's a lose-lose situation," Buffy answers, twisting pursed lips to one side. "You were too young to remember him," read, not created yet and she didn't think it was significant enough for the monks to give her memories, "but I dated a boy named Owen in high school very briefly. He nearly got killed because he went on a date with me and couldn't take care of himself." Her brow furrows a moment. "He was also an adrenaline junkie, I think, which would have ended badly."

More thinking and a little bit of a smile. "I like that though. The whole door opening and chair pulling. I want to be treated like a girl, just not a girl who needs to be saved. Sam seems to sort of strike that balance. Not that there's needed to be any saving in any capacity here, which is maybe the difference, but I kinda think he'd be okay with it either way."

She hesitates a moment. "I should probably ask."

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the_dawnster
2013-08-14 10:49 am UTC (link)

She didn't remember Owen at all. But there was a lot in Buffy's life that she wasn't privy to before Buffy and her had matured enough that she was just finally let in. It could also be a monk thing. There were some things that the monks hadn't known to alter or put into her memory bank.

"I didn't know about Owen." She smirks. "You were either super secretive or that one didn't get slipped into my fake memories."

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doesntdamsel
2013-08-14 02:09 pm UTC (link)

"He was pretty early in the Sunnydale experiment. Before Angel even...well before I started dating Angel. He was like...Angel lite and in the end, kind of a footnote outside of convincing me that dating human boys wouldn't turn out well."

Honestly, it's only a connection she makes now in hindsight. She'd never intended to date vampires. She'd wanted to date Angel and she'd never call what she and Spike did dating.

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	♦ action the_dawnster 2013-08-14 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	"But then you dated Riley, who granted turned into super soldier, but was believably human for awhile." Dawn is just trying to understand, Buffy. She's still thrilled that they can have these conversations now and not be screaming that it's non of each other's business. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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doesntdamsel
2013-08-14 03:08 pm UTC (link)

"Riley was the anti-angel." Which Buffy had desperately needed when Angel had left Sunnydale and broke her heart. "Also the anti-parker AKA bad decisions I make in college."

Yeah, she's going to go ahead and tell Dawn about her bad decision. It's one of those things that Dawn is probably old enough to hear and needs to hear, as much as Buffy would like to keep her sister fourteen.

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