Meerkat reunion, The Park, Sunday afternoon

[cheerbuffy.livejournal.com]

After seeing so many of the Meerkats at the dance yesterday, Buffy thought it was time for a proper reunion. So she had handwavily texted everyone, and was hoping the ones on the island would be able to make it.

This being Fandom she had now spent the last ten minutes clearing an area around a nice pink tree so it was free of zombie gremlins. It looked like a good place to hold the reunion. The tree seemed friendly, insofar trees could seem friendly. She'd brought blankets to sit on, and had placed them down on the ground, close to the tree. Buffy gave the tree a little pat. "There!" she said. "I hope they all show up. And won't get bitten by gremlins on the way..."

She thought the zombie gremlins were starting to get the point though. They seemed much less interested in her now. She'd brought enough stakes for everybody anyway, so that should be fine.



[OOC: Mainly for the Meerkats, but I suppose if any Stickbugs are around and want to crash the reunion for old times sake...]

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Thank you island for proving that they'd made a wise decision leaving Victoria in Roswell with her grandparents. It's not that the zombie gremlins were particularly threatening, after all, TKing them into nearby trees seemed to be an effective deterrent. But Isabel knew her daughter, she'd probably want to take one home as a pet.

"It's almost like old times," Isabel said as she walked up. "Things attack and we hit back."

[And now I disappear for RL stuff till about 6ish. I'll reply to any pings then]

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"Is it still the old times if this never really stopped here?" Aeryn wondered.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"But we left. And got...older." Not necessarily old. Just older. "So old times."

[can_be_more]

"I'll accept that," she said. "And at least this is fairly minor than some things we've dealt with."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Exactly. No one is dying, kidnapped, or trapped in the past."

Don't even think about it little gremlin that was shambling closer. Isabel flung out her hand and sent the gremlin flying.

"This is kind of fun."

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"I definitely don't get enough of this at home," Aeryn added, looking for anything to shoot.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Sadly we do. You'd think the damn demons would learn."

They weren't particularly smart demons fortunately.

"I don't even want to know what the neighbors think of us."

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"As long as they're not calling the police, it doesn't matter," Aeryn reasoned.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I bake cookies and bring them by after the particularly loud fights."

It seemed baked goods soothed the grumpy neighbor.

"Massachusetts is quieter?"

[can_be_more]

"Mostly. We don't have the problems coming to us like we did here. We bring Talyn to where I'm from so he can see what it is sometimes, but we tend to stay out of trouble." Which wasn't always as fun, but Aeryn would give up the fighting to keep Talyn out of it.

[cheerbuffy.livejournal.com]

Buffy grinned. "True! It almost wouldn't be a reunion without it."

Compared to the kind of 'things attack, we hit back' she'd had recently, zombie gremlins were down right relaxing, honestly.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I have to admit, violence does beat being a guy for the day," Isabel laughed.

[cheerbuffy.livejournal.com]

Buffy shuddered. That had never happened to her, and she'd prefer it not to. "I agree. So much."

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"And to think, I hadn't expected Meerkats to come back," Aeryn said. She still had her pulse pistol out, in case of stray gremlins. She did not want to add shambling to her day.

[cheerbuffy.livejournal.com]

"Meerkats forever," Buffy said, loyally. "Boooo Stickbugs!" Aeryn seemed to have everything under control, but she offered Aeryn a stake, anyway, just in case.

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Aeryn shook her head to politely decline. She had brand loyalty to her gun. "You do realize I'm married to a Stickbug, right?"

[cheerbuffy.livejournal.com]

"Are you a traitor to our Meerkat-y cause?" Buffy interrogated her. She wasn't entirely sure what said cause might be -- against ducks and exploding cake, maybe -- but it seemed like the thing to say. "Are you a spy for the Stickbugs?"

Sure, it had been more years than Buffy liked to think about, but cabin loyalty was way more important than marriages. Right?

[can_be_more]

"No, of course not. I'm spying on them," Aeryn totally lied.

[cheerbuffy.livejournal.com]

Buffy decided to take her word for it. Aeryn wouldn't lie to her fellow Meerkats, would she? Of course not!

"Then you can stay! And maybe shoot zombie gremlins?" Shooting zombie gremlins sounded like a bonding activity to Buffy.

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"Of course. I'm very good at that," Aeryn said. "It's like they waited just to remind us of what this place is really like."

[cheerbuffy.livejournal.com]

Buffy looked around their area of the park, which had very dangerous women and a circle of shuffling zombie gremlins. "It does kind of give me that 'home' feeling, you know?"

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"I hear that a lot about this place," Aeryn said. "I can't exactly disagree with it."

Oh please, she loved it here.

[cheerbuffy.livejournal.com]

Buffy grinned. She knew that Aeryn was secretly a big softie.

Now that she'd met her again, though, she wasn't entirely sure how she'd ever managed to suggest party dresses and make overs to her. Wee!Buffy had clearly been oblivious brave and stupid person.

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"This is what happens when people keep discussing what kind of invasion we'll get this weekend." Alanna announced as she walked up.

[cheerbuffy.livejournal.com]

"What, like, you think the island didn't want to let us down?" Buffy looked dubious.

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"I have full faith in the island's ability to come up with something new and special to throw at us." Alanna reassured her.

[cheerbuffy.livejournal.com]

Buffy thought about it. She idly kicked a gremlin coming too close, then she nodded. "I think you might have a point."

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"We definitely did jinx it," Aeryn agreed.

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Alanna nodded. "We had it coming. At least we are well armed and prepared?"

[can_be_more]

"That is a benefit of Fandom," Aeryn said, and frowned. "I wonder just how many there are on the island right now. We probably put the Peacekeepers to shame."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"We certainly have a large range of very different experiences, at least." Alanna agreed. "No such thing as a quiet day in Fandom."

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"We had some later, when I came back to teach," Aeryn said. "It was very strange. You'd be expecting something to happen all the time."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Oh! What did you teach?" Alanna asked, curious that someone would actually want to teach.

[can_be_more]

"How to Survive Fandom," Aeryn said. "We covered both gremlins and invasions there."