Park: Evening

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Yes it's cold. Yes there are no undead vampires around. Yet there was Mel going out on patrol.

And dragging Dawn and Xander along with her.

"Here lurky lurky lurk!"

[ooc: Initial thread for needsaparrot and lilpunkinbelly. Otherwise the park is open for your amusement.]

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[needsaparrot]

"See, some people would call this particular method of finding evil 'crazy,' but me, I go with innovative."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Also noisy," Dawn added, then grinned at Xander, "Although with you and me here, if there's a demon on the island, it should be here momentarily."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Rocketship!" Mel exclaimed gleefully. "Um. Not that you're a demon magnet but just that I might see some action tonight."

[needsaparrot]

"I'm used to it," Xander said with a shrug. "In fact, you want me to complain loudly about being single? Works like a charm."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"How does that work?" Mel asked raising an eyebrow. "I start bitching about my lack of love life and we get a demon invasion?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn shook her head and pulled her coat around her. "Nope, you're the slayer. So it's your job to date the demons that end up ultimately trying to kill us." She thought of Faith. "Or there's always the let the Big Bad all but adopt you method, if you're looking for something a little bit different."

[needsaparrot]

"Hey, I date the demons taht are trying to kill us too!" Xander protested. "Well okay, usually they're just trying to kill me."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel rolled her eyes. "Yeah sure. I'll buy the whole dating a vampire thing but you two? Dating demons. Give me a break."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I had an accidental date with a vampire," and that was her story and she was sticking with it, thanks, "but the demons thing can happen, too. Some of them are very nice and pretty." She glanced over at Xander, not sure how he was taking this in the wake of Anya's death.

[needsaparrot]

"Before they try to bite off your hread or suck your soul out," Xander agreed.

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"And I thought my life was weird," Mel muttered. "So far my experiences with demons have been either of the slaying or betrayal variety. So pretty or not? Not accepting any demon dates thank you very much."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, you say that now," Dawn teased, elbowing Mel.

[needsaparrot]

"Usually they don't say they're demons beforehand," Xander pointed out. Then he corrected himself. "'Cept my first Prom date. But she wouldn't shut up about not being a demon anymore, so I figured I was relatively safe."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Isn't there a way to tell if their a demon?" Mel asked. "Maybe I should just keep a shaker of salt with me at all times and throw it at potential dates."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Holy water works better," Dawn said, "the salt thing's mostly for the Winchesters."

[needsaparrot]

"...Salt keeps away Winchesters?" Why did Xander feel like he was the one who was supposed to be taking notes here?

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Obviously Dawn wants to keep Sam away," Mel teased. "Maybe she finds the hair repulsive."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Okay," Dawn was stomping across the snow now, "First, there is nothing wrong with Sam's hair. Second, I do not want to keep him away. Third, if I did, which, again, I don't, salt wouldn't do any good. I just meant that it works for them to kill demons, but not so much for us."

[needsaparrot]

Xander nodded, and realized he did need to be taking notes. "I remember Sam saying something when I first met him about the demons being different where they're from. Like no vampires, or they all died out or something."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"So. No salt. Sam hair isn't that bad and I'm doomed to date a demon," Mel replied ticking off the items on her fingers. "What else am I missing?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Love is bad?" Dawn added, from the middle of the dopey depths of it. "Or maybe it's just the sex? Xander? Your thoughts?"

[needsaparrot]

"No, usually the sex is pretty good. It's the mornings after you have to watch out for."

Oh Xander's mouth. It's so good to know that some thing's haven't changed. *headlamppost*

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"So if the sex is bad I don't have anything to worry about?" Mel asked. "What a gyp."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn suddenly looked very worried.

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel looked at Dawn warily. "Do I need to get a fireproof umbrella for the fire and brimstone?"

[needsaparrot]

"Do I need to look threatening, or provide plausible cover stories when your Buffy calls asking whose ass she needs to kick? I'm open for both," Xander offered.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Um, maybe both?" Dawn had momentarily forgotten that her love life was doomed. "But you've got time to get a good story together first."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Not to mention a breakfast menu," Mel teased.

[needsaparrot]

"Crichton threatened to throw a party for me and Bridge."

Wow, did that sentence not end as casually as it started. Xander covered it with a half-smirk.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Oh, look, a conversational opening just begging her to be nosy. "Do I need to go buy streamers?"

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel is looking at Xander in a new light. "You guys throw parties when everyone has sex? That's something they don't teach you in the history books."

[needsaparrot]

Xander gave Dawn a funny look. "Were you planning on going back in time?" To Mel, he said, "Depends on how you define 'party.' Usually it involves demons getting blown up or Hellmouths opening. Bridge was...kind of an exception."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"No, I was hoping that maybe with you here again, and," Dawn realized she might have stuck her foot in something other than snow, "and um, y'know what? Nevermind, ignore me."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Well one of you needs to do the deed soon," Mel said grumpily. "A little demon invasion sounds pretty good at the moment. Maybe they'll bring the heat back."

[needsaparrot]

That wold be Xander coughing and staring because apparently he's not completely unflappable in his old age. *flap*

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I'm not having sex just so you can kill stuff," Dawn pouted at Mel. "And while we're at it, could you please stop talking about eating breakfast off my boyfriend?"

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Fine," Mel replied. "Then I'll just take everyone out on pointless patrols night after night after night after night after night...."

[needsaparrot]

No, no, Xander was still flapping*. Come back to him.



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*Though at least it was about the breakfast remark now.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Y'know, you could have sex," Dawn suggested, "I bet that would work just as well."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Puh-leze," Mel said rolling her eyes. "If you haven't noticed there's a lack of demons around here who look handsome."

[needsaparrot]

Xander unflapped slightly, because letting a straightline like that go untaken was just not in his genetic makeup. "Well, if you're into green..."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"You mean the guy with horns?" Mel said looking at Xander like he was nuts. "No way. Just singing for him freaked me out."

[needsaparrot]

Xander shrugged. "Just as well, I guess. You probably would've had to mud-wrestle Tino for him."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"There's always the zombies, if you're into the alternatively alive," Dawn suggested with a smirk.

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"I'd prefer my potential dates to not be in a state of decomposition," Mel snarked. "Duct tape should be used for recreation. Not for reattachment."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Duct tape pulls out all the hair on your arms," Dawn said, rubbing them in memory, "Nylon rope's better, if you can get the knot tight."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"You're either a professional kidnap victim or there's more to your love life than you let on," Mel teased.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"First, except for the part where I should get paid," she pouted.

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"If you got paid for the first part I'm not sure you'd be an actual kidnap victim," Mel replied. "I'm not going any farther with that statement."