PARABOLICAL COMMUNICATIONS

( Gifts from Sam, Spike, and Xander. )

Give me one good reason why I shouldn't hit Sam the Fake Watcher. One. Because I've got nothing.

Present. Check in your closet. You sounded like you wanted one when I told you about it.

Inside hanging up there is an outfit exactly like he wears in Buffy's time, that she has heard him compare to Nick Fury.

Right. Hi. There's kind of an issue. Don't you love those? Okay. There's a new vampire in town. Her name is Lauren. She has short brown hair. She's bitchy. She's friends with some of the other's who've arrived here - like Annie (ghost girl). She is aware of the Hyperion, which - that's on me. My fault. But we have a lot of security precautions, so I don't want anyone to be on red alert. Maybe just kind of a mellow yellow-orange awareness. I'm not actually sure we want her dead. Kind of a hazy redemption deal going on, or something.

That's because I don't know what 'sort' of vampire she is, which also means there's no guarantee the usual standbys (like holywater) will work for sure, if you're just trying to get away. So, don't go out alone if you aren't supernaturally-enhanced to fight. That sound cool? Buddy system, all the way? Go team, Go? I was a cheerleader once... 

[Filtered to AI top personal: Faith, Sarah, Fred, Nathan, & Peter (by default)]

More specifically. Annie says this Lauren killed a family last night. ... She says her and her friends will watch her, that this is a case of a vampire who doesn't really wanna be bad. They don't want us to kill her. But...I don't even know where to begin. I'm not in your commandery ranks here, so it's kind up to you guys. Faith, what sort of offensive tact would you like? Let me know what the official stance should be, and I'll see what I can do. I feel really bad for kind of egging this particular vampire on. Uh, I didn't know she was a vampire, she just seemed like a regular ol' bitch - and uh, I was having a brief moment of insanity-fuled rage. So, that's why that happened.

Knock knock.

( Gifts from Spike, Xander, and The Mayor. )

Booked you a room at the Hyperion until this Caleb stuff blows over.

Or okay. I booked you a space in my room.

Each phone call is taking place during this. Given the circumstance, there is a great deal of background noise; panic and struggling as Cordelia attempts to hold her own against Angelus.

( Phone call to Spike )

( Voicemail to Logan )

( Phone call to Faith )

The following people will likewise be on the receiving end of a similar phone call: Willow, Buffy, and Xander.

we're bringing willow back tonight. meet us in the lobby in half an hour.