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Post by Buffybot on May 5, 2008 6:56:21 GMT -5
Buffybot looked from person to person. She was glad that she had found the real Buffy but it was time to get down to business. She turned to Willow. "Willow, you need to fix me. I'm broken," She stated simply. She had expected someone to ask her how she was back but she didn't care if they didn't. Just as long as Willow could fix her new programming before she hurt anyone else. She never planned on hurting anyone. She didn't WANT to hurt anyone. She hated what had been done to her. Now she just wanted it fixed. She was distracted by Xander's eye patch for a moment. "Where did your eye go?" She asked him, curious.
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Post by Charles Gunn on May 5, 2008 8:00:44 GMT -5
"The same, and I gotta those pictures Angel showed of you never did you justice."
Gunn looked over to the 'real' Buffy as she announced herself. He looked back to the 'bot' and shook his head once more. "Hey don't sweat it, I mean...it's still weird but I guess I've seen weirder." He said as he looked around and got the distinct impression this was not a girl's room.
"I don't know..." Gunn said as the question made him less then smile.
"Wolfram and Hart sent their big guns after us couple months after we got word about your show down with 'OG evil'. Your boy Angel came up with a pretty good plan...most of it worked. I took some bad injuries and we lost some folk." He paused as he thought of losing Wesley, and then getting knocked out in the alley.
"We were really in it deep and then-" He stopped short turning back to Buffy with resolutely. "I guess I lost consciousness. When I came to the City was deserted, on fire and it was all chaos. Someone had patched me up, and I made tracks before I became demon food. I kept looking for anyone else who might have gotten out...then I got word that there was a Slayer in New York, thought it might have been Faith." He thought for a moment about how Faith was the last time he saw her, she was great, but something about Faith always made him jumpy, maybe it was the stories Wes told about her.
"Though between me and you I'm glad it was you." He said with a smile towards the Slayer. "I get here, and before I can say Premus Demonus Graxor, I'm helping a Swat team put down a big fellow with green scaly skin."
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Post by Xander Harris on May 5, 2008 8:23:16 GMT -5
Xander was still stunned at how this had turned from a nice convo with Buffy about him losing the love of his life to a party in his room, but he was glad to have the company. When he was with others Xander was a different person, in a crowd he had learnt to assert himself to make a joke and to not be sad, but when it was just him or he was alone with someone else that he knew well he could and often did let his true feelings out.
He put his hand out for Gunn to shake "I'm Xander, well technically it's Alexander but you only get to call me that if you add 'The Great' at the end of it" he said with a smile. He thought that maybe this Gunn guy might make a good friend and hoped to get to know him better, if nothing else it'd be nice to have another guy friend who understood what he was saying when the women in his life had no clue.
Xander turned to face the Buffybot, so innocent and yet so very very not. He smiled at her "Well it's still there, it's just too damaged for me to be able to use. I thought I told you this Buffbot" he said, weren't these robots supposed to be all knowing super computers?
"Oh goody, we get to fight Godzilla's little brother. Or did you actually turn green and scaly into green and scaly and dead?" he asked Gunn, not looking forward to the potential prospect of fighting a cheesy horror movie reject.
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Post by Charles Gunn on May 5, 2008 9:09:44 GMT -5
"Xander...definitely Xander, 'Alexander' makes me think of bad Oliver Stone movies.", Gunn said with a grin, as he mused over how horrible that movie had truly been.
"Oh it's alive...at least as alive as a thing should be with an axe buried in it's forehead and about 20 bullets in it's back." Gunn said musing on the creatures ability to brush off everything thrown at it.
"Damn thing is near invincible. It ran off in the direction of the Brooklyn Bridge. I fought one before in L.A., though I think Wes called it a Primus Demonus Graxor, either way it's bad news. If hadn't been for-" He paused picking up on fact that they really had been intruding. He didn't know Buffy and Xander very well, but it wasn't hard to see the two of them had been in a private conversation.
"Maybe we should talk about this tomorrow." He said looking back at Willow and Buffy with a more serious face.
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Post by Willow Rosenberg on May 5, 2008 16:46:52 GMT -5
Willow had beeen following the converasation without saying much. The demon that Gunn mentioned was starting to sound intriguing and also like a giant headache. "Unkillable things are always so much trouble to kill." She had said this without realizing she was speaking out loud then frowned "It isn't unkillable if we can kill it." She stopped again noting how much that sounded like a Buffy thing to say. "Oh how I miss my college days." The thought passed through her head and she smiled, she had something better to do. Or thats what they said anyways.
"Maybe we should talk about this tomorrow."
Willow shrugged glancing at Buffy for direction "If we did it would give me time to get researchy. Maybe I could get some help?"
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Post by Buffy Summers on May 6, 2008 16:10:27 GMT -5
Buffy nodded at Willow’s comment. The room was getting a bit crowded, and as much as she hated the thought of leaving Xander at this time, she wanted to help her best friend get researchy. As she walked out of Xander’s room, she turned back to her friend and mouthed the words ‘We’ll talk’. Buffy got out of the hallway, turned and pressed a button for the elevator that would take them down to the gigantic library that the team had built together.
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Post by Buffybot on May 6, 2008 18:24:56 GMT -5
Buffybot was mad that Willow hadn't fixed her. She hadn't even mentioned her! She stamped her foot hard on the ground like she had seen girls do on TV. She may have stomped a little too hard because there was a fizzling sound. She looked down at her feet. She had crushed the sole. Blue lights and wires were protruding from the wound. The real Buffy would never have to deal with technical errors.
She looked at Gunn. "Can you fix me?" She asked. "I need to be fixed as soon as possible," She told him sadly. She didn't want to be a weapon for the rest of her, well, not life, but existence. She looked over at Xander. "Where is your Anya?" She asked. She could see that he was upset and she didn't know why Anya wasn't making him happy. She turned back to Gunn. "Can you?"
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Post by Xander Harris on May 6, 2008 18:37:02 GMT -5
Oh the Buffbot just had to ask him that didn't it? Xander knew it wasn't being mean or calous, it was a freaking robot for crying out loud but he knew if he didn't set it straight it would ask again in private and Xander did not want to break down in front of a decendent of a toaster oven. "She dead Buffbot. She's not gonna be coming round anymore, she's got some networking to do up in heaven and we really can't disturb her" he said to the Buffbot. It pained him to talk about Anya but he knew he was right, sure she had done some awful things as a vengence demon, as Anyanka, but the Anya he knew would be up in heaven, probably talking the ears off of everyone up there. He felt better knowing she would be happy where she was, even if he wasn't happy without her. "He looked to the regular not Bot-ised Buffy "Thanks Buff, I needed this" he said and gave her a hug.
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Post by Charles Gunn on May 6, 2008 19:19:04 GMT -5
"Fix you?" Gunn said with a surprised look on his face. "Sorry Buffy '2', but technology and me aren't exactly old friends. Fred could've probably-" He stopped short realizing that 'her' name didn't belong in a joke.
"Unless you got Xbox parts in there, I think Willow's your best hope." He said solemnly and turned to follow Buffy into the elevator.
His mind now was dwelling on the ruins of the city he'd left the few weeks ago. Buffy's question made him begin to question if he'd done the right thing. Maybe if he had waited...until he'd been eaten...right.
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Post by Willow Rosenberg on May 6, 2008 21:29:07 GMT -5
Willow glanced back at the Buffy-bot as she was leaving. She needed to be fixed; again. Willow had fixed her so many times she had lost count and putting her head back on...legs ...arms...that had not been easy. She rubbed her forehead and shook her head "Of course I can fix you...but some things have to come first Buffy...bot. Why don't you come with us." She knew the bot would just follow anyways begging to be fixed, how many humans wandered around begging for their problems to be fixed. The world would be a better place if they did.
Willow followed Buffy to the elevator saying "Hold on for a minute." she threw a glance back at Xander "You sure you don't want to come with us Xand? You could help us get sugared up on Jelly doughnuts." Her tone was half hopeful half eager but she did not know if Xander would take her up on her offer.
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Post by Xander Harris on May 7, 2008 2:56:59 GMT -5
Xander smiled warmly, this was a real smile too, not one of those half-assed ones he'd been doing for their benefit. "Why not, I think I need a sugar rush. Besides I'm not exactly fond of the idea of being alone" he said, he wanted to spend his time with people he knew and cared about. He didn't want to be cooped up in his thoughts of Anya any more, he knew he had to try and move on with his life. Anya was gone and there was no chance of her coming back. Xnader had to learn to accept this and the first step was taken when he steped inside the elevator. Leave it to Willow to find the thing to say to make him move.
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Post by Buffybot on May 7, 2008 18:28:49 GMT -5
Buffybot cocked her head to the side, looking at Xander. "What's heaven?" She asked. She had no idea that she was being insensitive. She couldn't understand the idea of death, or heaven. All she knew was the human life. And even that she didn't quite understand.The world was amazingly strange and she didn't know what to do with it. All she knew was that, at the moment, she had to follow orders.
Buffybot didn't get my Willow couldn't fix her NOW. She hastened to obey though. When she was fixed, she would go back to Los Angeles and see who was alive. She wanted to help people rather than hurt them. Her problem of having to follow people's orders was much more dangerous than some demon. What if a vampire or a demon figured it out and made her hurt people. What if they made her hurt the Real Buffy? Then Willow wouldn't hesitate...
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Post by Xander Harris on May 8, 2008 2:30:39 GMT -5
Xander turned to willow "OK when you fix Buffbot, can you do something about her little Anya-oriented Q & A please?" he said before turning back to the Buffbot "I honestly have no idea what heaven is, that's something you may have to ask your non-robotic self about" he said turning back to Buffy "Would you mind telling yourself what Heaven is like, I'm tapped" he said. He wanted to drop the topic ASAP but he also knew that the Buffybot couldn't help it, it was just how she was programmed.
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Post by Willow Rosenberg on May 8, 2008 21:48:12 GMT -5
Willow brightened when Xander agreed to come with them but her expression tightened as the Buffy-bot started questioning Xander about Anya.
"OK when you fix Buffbot, can you do something about her little Anya-oriented Q & A please?"
Willow turned to him with a pained expression "Yeah...sorry...I didn't-" she stopped talking and turned to the Buffy-bot. The thought perhaps she should send her away to plug up and recharge but she didn't know if they should leave her unattended. She added "Sorry." then sighed "Maybe you should get those doughnuts."
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Post by Xander Harris on May 15, 2008 2:41:47 GMT -5
"Only if we have a redhead with us, and since none of us have a hair dye appointment set you have to make up the required hair code" Xander said standing beside Willow and hugging her "You can fix the Buffbot any old time, and don't worry I can deal if her prgrams turn to Anya oriented areas, but I can only do the if I have my two bestest buds" He said looking at Buffy and Will "And the new guy who I hope will turn into a best bud, application pending" he said with a smile to Gunn. He still felt his mild depression... ok intence depression... sneaking in, but her had his two best friends in the whole world near him, they always got him smiling, they did it when he left Anya at the alter and they would do it now. He put his head on Willows shoulder "Besides, how ever shall I get through all those jelly donuts without my best friend in the whole world to share them with, and you know help me should I get the indegestion that so often goes with speedy donut eating"
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