Impatient Muse -

[her_gift]

And here I thought I was important to you. Shows me. ( Who says you can't stick out your tongue like a child when you're an adult? Or...adult...ish? ) It's not like I want to be apart of your "games" ( air quotes and all ) but just sitting around is...

boring. Incredibly so. Like, if I died in here, I wouldn't want to come back. (And, in case you didn't get the full effect of that statement, I've already experienced death...and come back. It comes with the job description.)

( She presses her lips together, scowling. )

Spice it up! Give me something to stake.

Comments

[isastranger]

I'd think someone would enjoy the down time. Usual life full of action I take it?

[her_gift]

More than you know. ( Since he doesn't look familiar. ) But I've had enough downtime. If she's going to keep me away from everyone, I might as well stay in shape.

[idolstolemylook]

Know what you mean, love.

[her_gift]

How long has your sentence been so far?

[idolstolemylook]

Well, to be honest--I can be!--I've not been hanging about gameless. It's been... oh, a few years now, I reckon, that I've been tortured in various ways.

[her_gift]

( An "oh really?" look, but she doesn't interrupt. )

That's the trick, then. If I'm going to be stuck, I'd rather be in a game.

[idolstolemylook]

Dunno if you know what you're asking, Slayer. Not a picnic, most of the time.

[her_gift]

But at least I would be doing something; making a difference. ( If she had her way, she would be going home. ) Sitting idle doesn't work with me.

[idolstolemylook]

Yeah...

I know what you mean.

[her_gift]

You? Really?

[freakymayor]

Something to...stake? You hunt vampires?

[her_gift]

Religiously.

[freakymayor]

You don't say! And where do these vampires usually lurk?

[her_gift]

Anywhere that's dark and...cemeteries mostly.

[freakymayor]

I've been to alot of dark places and cemeteries and I've never seen real vampires. What cemeteries do you hang out in?

[her_gift]

All of them. ( Well not literally, but she does frequent quite a few. ) In Sunnydale.

I can't see how you would miss them.

[freakymayor]

Sunnydale? Where's that? I can't see how a town with "sunny" in it's name could be vampire central!

Well I've never seen real vampires around Crystal Cove. Only people dressed up like 'em.

[her_gift]

In California.

It's...irony. ( It's always sunny in hell! ) Consider yourself lucky, then.

[alwaystraveling]

You might change your mind, depending on the game.

[her_gift]

I doubt it. Doing something is better than nothing.

[alwaystraveling]

Is it really nothing? No fantasies, no other people in the same situation?

[her_gift]

There are others, but they don't need my help.

[alwaystraveling]

My mun tells me you are some kind of hero. I'm sure that's useful in any game.

[her_gift]

Some people might call me that. ( But she's just...herself. ) I'm a Slayer. We're supposed to be protectors.

[alwaystraveling]

I see. It's understandable you'd want a game, then. You find it difficult to take a break?