Just voicetesting along.

[at_stake]

Dear Mun,

I see what you're doing here. You're bored. I get it. I've been bored before. Actually, I'm bored right now. But see, it's different: I like being bored! Bored-Buffy-time is great! It means the world isn't currently ending, for one thing. Want more bored-Buffy-time! I don't get it a lot.

So, if you could just... leave me to my blissful boredom, that'd be great. Buuut you're not gonna do that, are you? They never do. Okay, fine. Let's get this over with. I'm ready. Slay me.

God, I'm just so lucky you're not thinking about the whole going steady with a game right now, huh? 'Cause then I'd have to devise a diabolical plan to make you fall out of love and break up with it. And those are so much work. Usually with collateral damage. And actually, I have that with everything, so that would be a very good reason to just... leave me alone!

...

Fine, fine, I'm done complaining. Let's talk.

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[at_stake]

[Makes a serious double-take.]

Okay, what? Set of twins, one gets Slayer strength, one gets Slayer dreams?

The future sounds like a weird place.

[herotherhalf]

You got it. Give the girl a prize.

You don't know the half of it. [She doesn't sense that he's a lurk himself?]

LA's become a nuclear fallout zone, to start. Or at least that's what I've heard.

I've never been outside of Haddyn before.

[at_stake]

[Weeell, she has been kind of squinting at him weirdly because she knows something is off, but not quite figured it out yet. We won't speak of the mun plain forgetting, shhh.]

Oh, wow. Ouch. [Flinches for a moment as she thinks of Angel, but says nothing.]

Haddyn?

[herotherhalf]

Manhattan? That's what they called it at one time.

I believe I'm from two centuries after your time.

[at_stake]

Ah. Riiight. Man, Dawn or Giles or Willow would have a field day with this.

Two centuries. That's quite some time. So do you guys have like, hovercars and stuff?

[herotherhalf]

Haha. Willow? That's the name of that woman who I'll be meeting soon. Your friend the witch.

Hovercars? Yep. Air traffic's toy, but I try to avoid it either way.

[at_stake]

Waaait. Will's going to the future? Will's still alive in the future? ... she didn't go and get herself vamp'd, did she? Please tell me she didn't.

Why? That sounds totally cool! Though... I guess it's normal for you.

[herotherhalf]

No. No vampire. Just a darkness rooted deep in her. Course the magic? It's all but gone, see? Don't know how she managed to get from your time to mine but she did.

Heh. Normal. Yeah. It's just about your average car traffic back in your time, just worse.

[at_stake]

Magic is gone? How?

... wait. Do I even wanna know? Is this one of those don't-change-the-past-or-bust deals?

[herotherhalf]

I don't know that. [He almost does, working on it.]

You don't. Besides, your mun won't let you know. Meta doesn't work that way

I can tell you what your friend becomes. Really.

[at_stake]

[There's a visible hesitation here. In the moment of silence, and the face, of course.]

... what? What does she become?

[herotherhalf]

Mad. Completely spun.

Lying witch trying to destroy our world or save it, I'm not sure.

[at_stake]

[Oh. Wow. That's a blow.

Buffy suddenly looks dejected, brows furrowed, eyes out of focus, mouth a thin line.]

Oh. Great.

[Yes, maybe feeling a little like she preemptively failed her best friend.]

[herotherhalf]

[You'd have no idea that he was amused by that flat lined expression. His face doesn't falter. Not for a second. In fact he looks deeply sympathetic.]

[at_stake]

[He's just lucky she's too distracted by FEELINGS right now to pick up on that.]

Uhm. Thanks. For telling me.

I guess.

[herotherhalf]

You deserve to know. [Shrug. Feelings? What are those?]

[at_stake]

I guess.

[Runs her hands through her hair, then takes a deeeeeep breath to find back to herself.]

[herotherhalf]

[He watches. A bit more analytical now.]

She might need your protection.

[at_stake]

[Oh, you diabolical fiend. Yeah, she's vulnerable enough yet to play along.]

How? How can I protect her if I don't even know from what?

[herotherhalf]

Have patience to start.

And go to her, if you can.

[Because hell knows he'll be causing her some grief at the castle in due time.]

[at_stake]

[Gives a lopsided smile.]

Well, that should be easy. Her being my friend and all.

[Because when all is said and done, she is still so glad to have Willow around. Even if it wasn't always easy.]

[herotherhalf]

You should consider an invitation from my mun.

Or your mun should.

[at_stake]

Uh huh? Well, my mun's really not looking for a place right now, but where is that? Just out of curiosity.

[herotherhalf]

Oh, I know. But there's always the future to think about.

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[at_stake]

Of course.

Huh. Mun says she's flattered and she'll have a look.