034: [ location : the sky ] the blues walked in and met me

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It's not the first time Buffy's woken up with a shiny new set of memories, but the other times haven't been like this. The other times she hadn't found out that she's a monster. A vampire. A thing.

Losing her powers for two months, the ordeal with Angelus, losing Dean, going through that cruel glitch with Ethan, losing Giles for the second time... the combined weight of the past year spent in Taxon is finally beginning to take its toll on her, and in epic fashion.

Which is why she's decided to take matters into her own hands. Literally. Anyone looking up at the sky will see an odd, vaguely discernible blur, flying into an invisible barrier, impacting hard and then bouncing off again, only to repeat the action. Over and over. She's trying to break through the wall, and it isn't working.


[ooc: canon bump to issue #33, but before the big Twilight reveal. Gonna be slowtagging on this one due to hiatus, but there we go. ALSO she has her tablet with her, so is contactable.]

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[ voice ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

I-- [She'd snap at pretty much anyone else, but River is Dawn's friend, and a kick-ass rescuer too.]

I'm not going to. I'm going to break this stupid goddamn-- [There's the sound of another ineffectual smack to the barrier.]

[ voice ]

[biverbam.livejournal.com]

[There's a loooong pause as she considers that statement and the sound of the barrier not breaking.]

Passive offense is an effectual method of-- It's effectual.

[ voice ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Well this wall can passively kiss my-- [Whatever the wall can kiss is lost in the sound of another loud bang that does nothing useful.]

[ voice ]

[biverbam.livejournal.com]

It won't. [There's another pause, this time less consideration and more just trying to navigate words. They're very slippery and unused to being pinned down.]

They took a rib. Extrapolate from the smallest bones and you can't break it.

[ voice ]

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I-- [Well who knew? Apparently the key to getting Buffy to stop hitting the barrier is to confuse her a very great deal. She's trying to make sense of River's words in the silence.]

It isn't working. This isn't working. It's too strong.

[ voice ]

[biverbam.livejournal.com]

Your method is flawed.

[This isn't entirely brattiness. Mostly, River just wants Buffy to quit it before there's another issue of disappearing older siblings in the city. Dawn doesn't need the trauma.]

[ voice ]

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Hey, my method is-- it works on regular walls.

[...mature. Very very mature. But on the plus side, this is distracting her from all the rage.]