ext_242799 ([identity profile] undoing.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] taxonomites2011-06-09 05:13 pm

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Angel's not very good at public relations. He hates dealing with public relations. This is why Cordelia always handled people, and why he had a department to handle that when he was running Wolfram & Hart. Something, however, needs to be said before things get out of line. And if he doesn't say it, who will?

Here goes nothing.

"If we wanted to eat you, we would've already," is probably not the best way to start this, but it's certainly one way to get everyone's attention. "Most of the vampires here in Taxon have been here for a long time, some of us pushing a year, others two. The only evidence you'll find against us can be placed during times when we were glitched. None of us can control that. If anyone's at fault for the things we've done while glitched, it's the hamsters. If we're to be held accountable for those actions, then by that logic, you should be, too, for the things you've done when glitched out of your mind and acting on impulses that you've otherwise got under control.

"I'm not saying that your fear isn't justified or that you don't have reason to be cautious. You do. We're predators, specifically designed to hunt you down. The point is that we don't. Letting paranoia and fear control you is only going to make things worse. We want to survive as much as you do; getting rid of our means of survival is not paying us the same respect we're paying you.

"Many of us have been around a long time. We haven't lived this long by being so stupid as to do what you expect of us. Most worlds have vampires that have gone unnoticed, because we don't get involved or cause trouble... with a few exceptions here and there." Like him, back in the day before that gypsy curse. "Leave us alone and we'll leave you alone. There's no reason to ruin how well we've been cohabitating in Taxon, just because we're all stuck in the same building. If anything, we should be working together to find a way out."

( ooc | i'm heading out the door to a concert, but wanted to get this up before i left. will hit tags when i get home later tonight. ♥ )

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[identity profile] bonescientist.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes. Much as I've made a career out of observing and understanding people, they still frustrate and confuse me on a regular basis."

The dissociation is somewhat intentional; much as she's every bit as human like a good chunk of Taxon's population, she still doesn't quite fit in. She's heard enough times that she's not one of the "normal" people. Conversing with Angel inevitably makes her wonder what Booth would think and say about this situation. Knowing her partner's values and beliefs, Brennan suspects it wouldn't be anything good and that they would clash over this like they did with so many things.
slayersidekick: (S'like the sun's gone down)

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[personal profile] slayersidekick 2011-06-15 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, well... Uh... you're welcome.

[ to be honest, she hadn't really known not to say anything. it's been a while since he's been around, after all. ]

You'll find it again. she won't stay mad forever.

[ if anyone else knows the buffy / angel saga well, it's willow. she knows they'll work something out. ]
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[personal profile] slayersidekick 2011-06-15 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Willow shrugs. She knows a lot, but there's only so much she can and will say about the subject. The whole Slayer thing is off-limits. Not her story to tell. "Just that some are nice and some really aren't. There's not much to tell about the ones where I'm from. Most of them are pretty much evil."

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[identity profile] patternal.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fear is a base emotion. Even animals have fear. Fear keeps them alive, of course, but it is twice barbed. If fear makes them human, then all the forest's creatures are human. If fear is human, then the hunter's prey is human. If fear is human then I am the only one among my siblings who has any humanity in him."

Perhaps more than he had intended to reveal, but it didn't seem to matter as long as he was here. Titles didn't have any meaning, and Amber was nothing more than an ideal--a far-off dream only half-remembered, vague for the mists of failing memory. What he would give for but her Trump to look upon and remember...

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[identity profile] prophecy-boy.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
The car comparisons were, quite obviously, entirely lost on Connor. He stared blankly for a moment before shaking his head, causing long hair to fall across his forehead and partially obscure his eyes.

"Which means he's faster than me, too." Even if the guy had Angel's respect, he wasn't sure how comfortable he felt knowing there were vampires who were so fast they could outrun even him.

"But his ideals... you mean he's a good guy. A Champion."

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[identity profile] ironfright.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Your funeral pyre.
herotypical: [ wtf ; uncertain ] (✝ i was hoping i could just blame you)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2011-06-16 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't get how my absence-o-discretion could be your fault, unle--oh."

Buffy frowned -- mostly to herself, but aware that Angel could see.
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[personal profile] slayersidekick 2011-06-16 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she understands all too well and gives him a sympathetic look before her expression turns into a slight frown. ]

Do I?

[ "should i, could i, would you trust me with that" are all implied in those two words. willow knows she's been left out of the loop on a lot of things mainly because of how little she remembers from home in comparison to everyone else. but she's still trustworthy and if she knows stuff that should be kept quiet, that's what she'll do. ]
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[personal profile] herotypical 2011-06-16 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"...At least it was for a good cause and not, y'know, some cheesy accidental reveal. At least I've got my dignity."

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[identity profile] a-pretty-fire.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thank you," she said, because that was what you were supposed to say. She didn't have a soul, but, like any good princess, she had manners. Especially for the man who was both the villain and the king of the piece. "Don't forget to keep your own tummy full. There's too much work to do."

For him, not for her. Her destiny had been rewritten, but his stretched out ahead of him in ways even she didn't understand yet.
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[personal profile] slayersidekick 2011-06-16 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh... oh.

[ that... actually explains a lot... even as it opens up questions willow's not entirely sure she wants to know the answers to. ]

Uh.. I-I'm not gonna ask how and just say... oh.

[ there's no way buffy will like that if she ever finds out. ]

A-and I won't tell her.

[ beat. ]

Is there anything else I shouldn't mention to her?
slayersidekick: (You come seeking for forgiveness)

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[personal profile] slayersidekick 2011-06-17 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ yeaaah, about that, angel... willow's been careful not to mention her at all since that whole ordeal and the shout-down with faith. too much trouble and she's realized it's not fair to angel. if he doesn't remember, she needs to respect that, hard as it was for her to accept in the past. so she just nods in response. ]

You got it. I won't say a thing.

[ because that's just asking for awkward. willow very much does not want.

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Are you doing okay? With everything that's happened, I mean?

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[identity profile] stepintoshadows.livejournal.com 2011-06-17 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Rorschach tries to find the logic in the statement, but he can't; she tried to kill someone, and only failed in the attempt because the victim managed to escape. The fact that she seems normal and innocent now is irrelevant; he can't separate the two aspects no matter how hard he tries, there is only black and white, nothing in-between. No 'conditional' evil, even for evil that comes in the guise of a child. He had stopped seeing her as innocent the moment she had decided to attack someone, no matter that the action allegedly wasn't her own. He makes a "hurm" of disagreement and shakes his head.

"And if it happens again? If she's more successful next time? I'm sure your congratulations on preserving innocence will be very comforting to the public then."

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[identity profile] lajolieblonde.livejournal.com 2011-06-17 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know about that.

[ ...sookie. is this really the flirting time? ]
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[ visual ] hsdhbhdshfdhs that whole scene.

[personal profile] stacked 2011-06-17 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ denial twin powers: activate! ]

Think I'll let B do that part. Kiss some hands and shake some babies, whatever. She's better at not punching people in the face, long as those people aren't me.
faderbroderson: (is that shag carpet?)

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[personal profile] faderbroderson 2011-06-18 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
I see. What are the symptoms?

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[identity profile] cheerioless.livejournal.com 2011-06-18 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Quinn bites her lip slightly. "I guess I'm getting carried away," she sighs. Not something she'd normally admit. "I just want to know who and why. ...I want to know if I can trust anymore here."

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