The Perk - Saturday Morning

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Marie was blissfully unaware of any drama that might be going on with people saying goodbye or her new friend Nadia getting stood up on her date thanks to the fact that no one had introduced her to the radio station yet.

So she woke up early and decided to get dressed and head in to town. Willow had introduced her to the love of mochas the other day and it seemed as good a way as any to start the weekend.



[ooc: open for interaction, but I will be afk on and off so tags might be slow!]

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[demonbelthazor]

Late Saturday morning, Bel headed over to the Perk for some much needed coffee to help with his pounding hangover. He looked like hell.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie took note of Bel's haggard appearance and offered a smile. "Good morning," she said cheerfully.

[demonbelthazor]

"Not so loud," he winced, getting a strong cup of coffee and taking a sip. The heat of the brew didn't bother him.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry," Marie mumbled, staring down at her cup.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel looked the girl over. "You look kinda familiar," he said. "You new?"

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie looked up and nodded, but she wasn't planning to speak again.

[demonbelthazor]

Not a witch or demon -- she seemed like a normal girl. But something about her still niggled at his memory. "You ever been to San Francisco?" he asked idly.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie shook her head and wondered why the guy was asking so many questions.

Then she remembered what Cam told her about the girl that used to go to school here that looked like her.

But she didn't want to get yelled at again, so still no talking.

[demonbelthazor]

"Huh," Bel said, shrugging. "You just look kinda familiar. What's your name?"

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Marie," she said quietly. "A boy at the welcome party told me there used to be a girl here who looked like me."

[demonbelthazor]

"That must be it then," Bel said. "I'm Belthazor. Bel for short."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Are you always so cranky?"

[demonbelthazor]

Bel blinked.

"...yes?"

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"You're the first person I've met that wasn't cheerful," Marie explained, still speaking in a quieter than normal voice.

[demonbelthazor]

"I had a rough day yesterday," Bel said by way of explanation. And a pounding headache to pay for it.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry," Marie said. "What happened?"

[demonbelthazor]

"My best friend left," he said simply.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Oh. How come?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Doesn't really matter why," Bel said. "He's gone and I don't know when I'll see him again. You're gonna run into a lot of people who are upset about it today. Did you know Angel at all?"

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"No, I don't think I met him," Marie said. "I guess he was popular?"

[demonbelthazor]

Bel nodded. "Yeah. His room was the center of the universe sometimes."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

There was a pause as Marie processed his words.

"You, um, don't mean that literally do you?" she asked. "Cause this girl I was talking to last night was telling me that some of the weird things I've heard about this place are true."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel pulled out a chair from Marie's table, turned it around, and straddled it. "What have you heard?" he asked, still nursing his coffee.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"That vampires are real, that some of the students here have time traveled, and that mutants exist, but no one here seems to know what the Mutant Registration Act is, which is kind of a hot political issue where I'm from," Marie said. "I also met a talking cat."

[demonbelthazor]

"Vampires, demons, people from other times and planets, mutants, witches, zombies, living snowmen, sentient washing machines, ninjas, and talking cats," Bel said, managing his first smile since leaving Angel's room. "Yeah, welcome to Fandom High."