[ location: the mall ] / [ voice ] (accidental, what else)

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

[ Boredom is a dangerous thing. It can lead to all kinds of bizarre pursuits, such as the one Buffy is currently on. She's taken it into her head to attempt to procure a replacement toy from her childhood, and the toy store at the mall seems to be the logical place to do that. Unfortunately she's not paying attention to her tablet, which is indeed recording. Also unfortunately, the search isn't going well. There is some muttering under her breath: ]

Crappiest stuffed toy selection ever.

[ Because it's fun to take isolated comments out of context? ]

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[ voice ]

[exdemon]

Buffy! My store has toys! I thought you said in the future we were friends! Don't friends give each other money instead of random stores that belong to people who aren't friends?

[ voice ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

[Oh hi tablet. Thanks for that. Buffy sounds distracted and confused.]

I-- wh-- hi, Anya. When did you get a store?

[And apparently she's behind the times.]

[ voice ]

[exdemon]

[Anya sounds like she's trying to sound patient, though she doesn't fully succeed.]

Several weeks ago. My friend Floop hired me, but then he turned back into Glitch so the store's all mine. I expanded the selection, though.

[ voice ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Glitch turned into Floop. Floop who had a store... and now the store is yours. And you sell toys.

[Sorry Anya, Buffy is slow.]

[ voice ]

[exdemon]

Yes, how is this unclear?

Though not just toys. Also books and movies and music.

And bedsheets.

A few more adult toys.

[ voice ]

[skort]

... stuffed toys?

[ voice ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

What? No, no, I didn't say that. I said fluff... ahoy. Because there's fluff in here. Total health hazard.

[Buffy is a really, astronomically bad liar.]

[ voice ]

[skort]

... That makes even less sense than 'stuffed toys.'

[ voice ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Pfft, it makes... all the sense. It's a sense buffet! And... this... isn't working at all, is it?

[ voice ]

[skort]

Not really, no.

[ voice ]

[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

It really is. It's almost embarrassing that they're actually selling those toys, isn't it?

[ why yes, cordelia has had a recent exploration of all things for-kids, too. ]

[ voice ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

I can't tell if you're mocking me or not.

[ she really can't. help a girl out? ]

[ voice ]

[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

[ she chuckles. ] I'm not. I've really seen those toys recently and, well. Crappiest toy selection? Most apt description ever.

[ voice ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I feel validated now. [ and also curious! ] So, why were you shopping for toys, anyway? It's not your usual style.

[ voice ]

[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

Well, that's me. Miss Validation-Giver.

[ pause. ] I wasn't really shopping, you know. More like... looking? [ bigger pause. does buffy know about connor? and more importantly, connor being a resident in taxon? not that he's here anymore, but... ] A... friend got glitched recently. Got him turned to a kid, hence the toy-seeking on my part.

[ and since curiosity breeds even more curiosity: ] What about you? What are you doing there? ...please don't tell me the same thing happened to Dawn.

[ voice ]

[aregulargirl.livejournal.com]

What are you looking for?

[ voice ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

If I tell you, how much will you laugh at me on a scale of one to 'I'm pathetic'?

[ voice ]

[aregulargirl.livejournal.com]

You're talking to someone who never had a toy growing up. Educate me.

[ voice ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Never? That's... [ there isn't really an adjective to reflect buffy's feelings on the circumstances of max's childhood, which she knows just enough of to know that it was terrible, so she trails off, which probably says enough. ]

...it's nothing, really. I used to have this stuffed pig called Mr. Gordo, but I lost it a few milennia ago. I was kinda hoping to find a replacement.

[voice]

[slayersidekick]

[ She has a feeling she knows what this is about. ]

Looking for something?

[voice]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Nope. And even if I was, it way wouldn't be a fluffy stuffed pig.

[ The shame is audible. ]

[voice]

[slayersidekick]

Uh-huh, so even if your best friend said she didn't care what you were looking at the stuffed toy selection, you still wouldn't be after a fluffy pig?

[ She sooooo doesn't believe that. And also teasing. Major teasing. ]

[voice]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

[ The teasing is well-deserved. ]

Well, I might be, if my best friend promised not to use this as ammunition for the rest of our natural lives.

[ voice ]

[allthefunever.livejournal.com]

Preparing for that special day?

[ damon, stop pissing people off by implying they look pregnant it's rude. ]

[ voice ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

[ buffy would be more offended if damon could actually see her. As it is, she just snorts at the idea of being pregnant. ]

Oh, that's unlikely.