( He watches the last of the commune's faithful close up the ice house protecting the stored meat for the night. Once the coast is clear, he passes it, ducks between that and the butcher's quarters and takes a look around behind him, not needing any other prying eyes. He has other thoughts, bigger wilder thoughts. But, he doesn't know who to tell them to.
Rubbing at his mouth, he takes a seat on the bench out back where Hawk used to have his smoke breaks. He kicks a crate over.
[ Faith has been presumed guilty before (she was) and she isn't trying to bring that heat on herself again. She's on the outside enough as it is. But somehow, Dean has been fooled into thinking that she's one of them: a Scooby, a white hat, someone to be trusted when you can't trust anyone. It makes her want to live up to his estimation even as a sinking pit in her stomach warns that she'll inevitably disappoint.
She weaves between shadows, like a slayer on the prowl, hidden until she rounds the ice house and comes up to the bench where Dean is seated. Taking her own seat straddling the overturned crate, she then looks up at Dean expectantly.
( dean's not jumpy, he's a hunter, but he should have better self preservation. he types and deleted Nevermind twice. he thinks he should've pulled girl sam in, too, but he also thinks the less eyes and ears, the better. he doesn't get faith and buffy's slayer thing, he barely understands what a slayer is, but he hopes she cares like he does. that is, is concerned...)
I think wolves remember what they're doing or they have power between rounds. ( it's quick, it's dirty, and he has no reasoning behind it, but, something's been nagging at him. ) You know Buffy better than me, what's she doing with August?
[ Faith pulls back with a frown. She doesn't know what she expected to hear, but it wasn't that. Still, she can answer the question. She knows this much about Buffy, even if the other slayer hadn't spilled her guts where anyone could read. ]
B's golden through and through. But losing Giles means she's not thinking straight, for one. [ She raises her thumb, counting the reasons off on her fingers. ] Second, she's got a major guilt complex from b โ [ Faith cuts herself off before she exposes Buffy for boning a vamp, but just barely. ] โ well, let's just say she's working through some stuff. And three, she's miss big hero of the world, thinks everything is her responsibility.
If you're thinking wolves remember, that's even less reason it's her.
I'm not saying it's her. I don't know, people, Cas were either - compelled's the word people are throwing around - to stay put and take it, or, paralyzed, or some other third horrifying thing. I just don't know if any of us are playing with a full deck if mind control's on the table during daylight hours.
( he does hold his hands up defensively. )
Not saying Buffy's mind-controlled. Just - the forehead scratch. Like a freaking signal. You think she'd ask him to put her up and then she returned the favor?
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Date: 2025-10-07 01:08 pm (UTC)yeah, it doesn't feel right to me either
i can be there in 10
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Date: 2025-10-07 02:22 pm (UTC)( He watches the last of the commune's faithful close up the ice house protecting the stored meat for the night. Once the coast is clear, he passes it, ducks between that and the butcher's quarters and takes a look around behind him, not needing any other prying eyes. He has other thoughts, bigger wilder thoughts. But, he doesn't know who to tell them to.
Rubbing at his mouth, he takes a seat on the bench out back where Hawk used to have his smoke breaks. He kicks a crate over.
It's not stealth. )
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Date: 2025-10-11 02:14 pm (UTC)She weaves between shadows, like a slayer on the prowl, hidden until she rounds the ice house and comes up to the bench where Dean is seated. Taking her own seat straddling the overturned crate, she then looks up at Dean expectantly.
I'm here, says her expression. Now what? ]
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Date: 2025-10-11 02:22 pm (UTC)I think wolves remember what they're doing or they have power between rounds. ( it's quick, it's dirty, and he has no reasoning behind it, but, something's been nagging at him. ) You know Buffy better than me, what's she doing with August?
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Date: 2025-10-11 02:51 pm (UTC)B's golden through and through. But losing Giles means she's not thinking straight, for one. [ She raises her thumb, counting the reasons off on her fingers. ] Second, she's got a major guilt complex from b โ [ Faith cuts herself off before she exposes Buffy for boning a vamp, but just barely. ] โ well, let's just say she's working through some stuff. And three, she's miss big hero of the world, thinks everything is her responsibility.
If you're thinking wolves remember, that's even less reason it's her.
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Date: 2025-10-11 02:57 pm (UTC)( he does hold his hands up defensively. )
Not saying Buffy's mind-controlled. Just - the forehead scratch. Like a freaking signal. You think she'd ask him to put her up and then she returned the favor?