phone call ☎ to buffy summers

[dragonsclaw]

If I might have a moment, Miss Summers.

Comments

[slays]

And I have to be with some knights I don't even know until you get back?

[chessing]

You should look at it as having the opportunity to get to know them. They're of an age with you - you might even enjoy their company.

[slay]

Well ... Well, isn't someone else available? Maybe, oh, I don't know. Someone that I know? A squireless someone that I know? Like, possibly ... what's Val'drin doing? [ A beat. She quickly adds and addendum to that. ] I mean, not necessarily him or anything, just. You know. Throwing ideas out there.

[dragonsclaw]

Val'drin? [He seems surprised by that. And apparently doesn't make any assumptions.] I think he might be a bit overwhelmed with missions of his own soon. You might find yourself in a similar circumstance.

[slay]

... He goes on missions? [ this is genuine surprise. ]

[dragonsclaw]

... He is a Knight.

[slay]

Well, it's just, I -- You know. You never really see him around the castle. O-Or at least ... I don't. [ A beat. ] What kind of missions? [ Remember what I said about pre-Giles? Yeah. She's getting off task again. ]

[chessing]

Val'drin has a number of talents, but his specialty is in arcane artifacts: items imbued with some kind of magic. He's usually involved on missions that require someone with his expertise.

[slay]

[ He's good at things that aren't dancing???? And then Buffy checked out lots of books on arcane artifacts from the library. Sudden interest in Emily Dickinson, revisited. ]

Believe me, noticed the lots of talents. [ But. Right. The point being ... ] Do you guys get a lot of those? Uh, mystical artifact-y missions.

[chessing]

[IGNORING THAT COMMENT FOREVER] Enough to keep him busy, certainly.

[slay]

[ THEY DIDN'T HAVE SEX, JACK. ]

Which, revisiting the original point, is why I can't be temporarily sloughed off on him. Got it. [ Sigh. ] I'll ... track down Samcelot, I guess.

[chessing]

Perhaps the wisest course of action.

[A pause, and then a quite fond:] And... good luck out there. Do be careful.

[slay]

That's my line. [ In a pouty way; ] Come back soon, okay?

[dragonsclaw]

You have my word.

[slay]

Good. Now, go ... slay dragons, or whatever it is you do.

[chessing]

[With wry humor:] If only it were so simple.

Good afternoon, Miss Summers.