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"—sexual intercourse, I've said it like a dozen… Xander?" Anya frowns. Xander's basement is far from a pleasant place, but it is somewhat less metallic and plus, there is Xander and juice boxes and she's pretty sure from the way he'd been staring at her that he was going to end up engaging in coitus with her, except now he's gone.

She crosses her arms and frowns. "This isn't funny! Where are you, Xander? Is this because you're friends with the Slayer? Because I don't think it's fair that I suffer just because you guys keep pissing off very powerful evil forces."

As it becomes clearer and clearer that Xander is not here, and the demon behind this is not making itself known, she shifts from foot to foot uncomfortably.

"Hello? Anyone?" She glances around, looking sulky. "I'm getting cold."

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Anya has located the tablet by now, and no longer wonders about the invisible people talking to her. But this voice is familiar. "Cordelia?"

Yeah. It's me. Hi. Uh--

[ what is she supposed to say now? ] Xander isn't here, I'm sorry to say. But most of the other Sunnydale alumni are.

Have you been told on where, exactly, you are right now?

Oh. That's nice.

[She doesn't really care about any of the other Sunnydale high people. Giles is annoying and boring and Buffy is pretty strictly anti-demon. Willow seems to hold a grudge for the whole vampire Willow debacle. Cordelia mostly stirs up mixed feelings of sympathy in light of Xander's cheating tendencies and worry that she'll decide she wants Xander back and Anya won't be able to have him.]

Abducted by aliens to a city called Taxon. I've been around a very long time and there have never been aliens before.

[ she chuckles a little. ] Aliens are pretty much new territory for most of us, I think. But you'll get used to it pretty quickly - mostly because they very rarely show themselves to us here.

[ pauuuuse. ] I know this question may seem odd, but... what year are you from?

[Pause of confusion.] It's 1999. Obviously. Has Los Angeles made you insane?

As insane as you are for apparently having been "abducted by aliens", you mean?

That's simply what the man with the zipper on his head told me.

That'll be Glitch. He's a nice guy and, well, he's telling you the truth.

[ she sighs. ] I'm only asking because time... works differently here. Don't ask me how, but the aliens kinda take us from different years. Me? I got pulled in here over a year ago, but when I left LA it was 2001.

Oh. Are we in a different dimension as well as on a different planet? Cause those are hell on timelines.

Maybe? To be honest I really didn't bother finding out.

...say! Have you actually gone out of that chamber yet? It's actually a bit warmer when you get out of there.

Oh, yes, that would be good. I should also find some clothing. Though a man called Harold Saxon said he'd bring me some.

Harold--

[ cordelia quickly locks the transmission. this just went from a potential 'oh let the sunnydale crew get her' to 'someone needs to get her now. ]

Anya, listen to me. That guy is dangerous, okay? I'll come and get you myself. My apartment is very near that place - wait for me, and until I arrive, don't even talk to anyone in person. All right?

[ this be the sounds of her going out of her apartment in a dead run. ]

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[Well, that was not the reaction she expected. But she's more inclined to trust Cordelia than Harold Saxon due to Cordelia being a woman, so she ]

Well, all right. Bring clothes!

...clothes. Right. She hatches clothes quickly, not bothering on the quality - for now, anything will do. True enough, ten minutes later Cordelia has arrived at the Sanctuary. She takes out her tablet and contacts Anya again.

"I'm here. Where are you?"

Anya has since wandered out of the arrival room and found the front door. "I'm--" she pokes her head out of the door, then turns the tablet off. "Right here. Hello. Been a while. Good job not dying during the failed Ascension."

She breathes a sigh of relief; she'd been on the lookout for any sign of anyone else and thank goodness the place seems deserted, for now. Good thing Cordelia got to Anya first before the Master did, at any rate.

"Uh, yeah. Thanks." Cordelia holds out the clothes she'd hatched - a simple dress with a sash, that's rather unflattering to anyone's figure, but hey, at least it's decent. And clothes.

"Why are you naked, anyway?" She has a theory, but hey - better hear it from the lady herself.

Anya slips the dress on before answering. "I was going to have sex with Xander. I thought it was a good way to help me get over him. I was convincing him to try it." She frowns. "Please tell me it's possible to get better clothing."

Cordelia covers her mouth to stifle her laughter - but fails at it anyway. "Right. Because one surefire way of getting over someone is sleeping with them." For a few seconds, Cordelia actually misses Xander - he'd been in Taxon when she arrived, and was sent home only to be back and disappear again after a few months.

Except now, it seemed like he was really gone for good.

"Yes, very much possible." Her amusement dissipates as she remembers the very possible danger they could both be in. "But I suggest we get out of here, first." Cordelia thinks about bringing Anya to her apartment, but changes her mind quickly - better take her to the hotel, for now.

"You ready?"

Anya shrugs. "It seems to work for men." She's talked to many women who had men following them around declaring devotion up until the moment she allowed him in her bed. It seemed worth a shot. "Also, I really, really wanted to."

She almost considers asking Cordelia if she's all right with it. She knows the two of them dated. But Cordelia would probably have said something. She nods. "Yes, let's go."

"That's because some men are dogs. They very rarely think with their brains." Not all men, thankfully - and it seems like those in her LA group are exempted from this seemingly innate trait in men. Mostly.

Cordelia leads the way to the train station. It was faster and healthier, considering they could get at the hotel quickly lest Harold Saxon is vested in following Anya around. They arrive in Speares, and make their way to the Hyperion Hotel.

She opens the door to the lobby. "You can stay here for a while," Cordelia offers. "Angel owns this place but I doubt he'll mind. Or if he does, I'll just talk him out of minding it."

She nods, walking in and looking around. "Nice place. Buffy's Angel? Or someone else?"

"Angel's Angel, thank you. He's his own person, in case you didn't notice." She can't help but snap, but Cordelia reigns in her irritation because technically that really was how Angel was identified by almost everyone in Sunnydale: Buffy's Angel. "But... yeah. Same guy, give or take a few social skills."

Anya shrugs. "I can't say I've noticed anything about him seeing as I've never met him. Are you sure he'll be all right with me staying here?"

She waves that away. "Trust me. It's totally fine, since we have like a million rooms. Although, if you want I think you can also stay in Buffy's castle? You have to ask her about it, though, considering, well, it's her castle."

Anya glances at her in surprise. "Buffy has a castle? Why does Buffy get a castle? Is it a Slayer thing?"

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