Homeless and voice testing

[spiritus_scooby]

So, not really feeling the icon choices. I mean, my hair's all different length in all of them. A little consistency would be great.

...no, it's not my fault for cutting my hair so much! It's my perogative to cut my hair whenever I want to cut my hair. But it's not really yours' to snatch me up like Dorothy in a tornado and take me away someplace.

And, by the way? Your "game" ideas? Not really feeling them either. I already live in Sunnydale. Hellmouth central. If I could go somewhere nice, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. But some of these ideas? Really not nice!

You don't even know when you're taking me from, do you? I'm not saying playing me is something that merits an exam, or anything like that. But I am saying, if it did, you'd fail 'cause you didn't study enough.

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[spiritus_scooby]

It's easier for guys. I mean, sometimes your hair is curly, and sometimes its straight [And it's always adorable] but it's usually all short and around the ears and stuff.

...that is a consolation, though. Thanks. I didn't even notice. So, maybe no one will notice with me.

[monoculi]

Speaking just for myself, I haven't noticed anything particularly about your hair - apart from its usual, well-documented awesomeness, of course. [having two female best friends has taught xander that hair compliments are always a good idea.]

[spiritus_scooby]

[Xander proved to be a very good student. Willow preens a bit - it's always nice to know your hair looks good, even if it's from someone who sees it most every day.]

Well, maybe it's not so bad, then.

I mean, I don't know if I'm going anywhere, or when I'll be from when I get there, but that's one load off my mind. Thanks, Xander.

[monoculi]

Any time - come to me for reassurance on all your minor concerns. No trivia too big or small. [because, okay, maybe the hair thing is of slightly less importance...]

But seriously, if you're gonna get shipped off to an unpleasant somewhere, I hope it's nowhere too awful. Like, the kind where you get wings on your back. For example.

[spiritus_scooby]

Wings don't sound so bad. [Yeah, Willow, about that...]

O-Oh. [Suddenly looking a good bit more worried about Xander.] Okay. Keyboard girl says she thinks she knows where you're talking about. Wings, experiments, giant robots that come and take you away? Something like that?

[Oh god Xander is getting taken away by giant robots to be experimented on this is literally one of Willow's nightmares.]

[monoculi]

You're definitely in the warm zone. [oh dear, he didn't mean to worry her! time for some downplaying...]

It's not all bad though - I mean, sure, the wings make it incredibly difficult to get dressed and apparently there's all kinds of experiments and horror, but I've only been there a week, and so far? Uneventful.

[spiritus_scooby]

Xander! [She almost smiles at his crack about the wings, but some things cannot be ignored.

So Willow reaches out and smacks him lightly on the shoulder.] You should know better than to say stuff like that! That's almost as bad as "how could it get worse"?!

[While she is relieved to hear that things have been uneventful for him so far, she's also aware that the universe seems to delight in turning uneventful situations on their heads, where the Scoobies are concerned.]

[monoculi]

Oh dear god, you're right, Will. [he looks mildly horrified at his rookie mistake.] I've probably jinxed myself for the next five years - it's only a matter of time before the inevitable smiting.

[spiritus_scooby]

And even Buffy can't always keep back the inevitable smitings!

[Okay, Will. Think, think, think.]

I wish I was there. I could make you a nice scapula. The sulfur could scare all the bad vibes away.

[monoculi]

How would a spatula help?!

[spiritus_scooby]

Scapula, Xander.

They're those bags of herbs you wear around your neck to keep away bad ghosts! And they're one of the first things I learned about magic, even before all of that soul re-ensouling mess! So they work.

[monoculi]

Oooooh, right, a scapula. Which I completely knew what that was.

...well, you know, I wish you were there too - and not just for scapula reasons - but don't worry too much. I have Buffy - and I've also made friends with a purple flying unicorn princess, so that's. Interesting.

[spiritus_scooby]

[...blink.

Of all the things Willow has expected to hear, this is actually the least.]

Purple, flying...unicorn princess?

[Wait. Dots connecting. Childhood memories resurfacing. Not this particular childhood memory. But there's still only one pop culture references she can make, in response to that. If only in jest.]

Xander...you made friends with a My Little Pony?

[monoculi]

[somewhat improbably, xander hadn't even really made that connection himself - but now it all makes sense. Glittery, sparkly sense.]

...yes. And let's be honest, it was only a matter of time.

[spiritus_scooby]

[Glittery, sparkly, purple unicorn princess-y sense.]

I think it's adorable. My Little Ponies are great friends. That's the whole point.