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Post by Willow Rosenberg on May 15, 2008 17:31:05 GMT -5
Willow's face twitched and she let a smile break through, she could see Xander trying even though she could feel his pain. Ever since her powers had begun to advance again she could feel her friends feelings even if they wouldn't say...sometimes that made being around them incredibley hard. She hugged Xander and said "To much with the talking...this is starting to turn into a babble fest. Which I do sometimes take part in but..." she shook her head "I try and avoid that these days since I've been told no one understands half of what I say." she looked at the others "As Xander said we need to stick together."
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Post by Charles Gunn on May 15, 2008 22:17:26 GMT -5
Gunn smiled as the two old friends exchanged pleasantries. "Touching guys...really. I mean I'd join you in a group hug, but I have a rule about group hugs with guys I've just met." He said as the elevator door opened to the library room. "They don't happen." He added after an akward pause, "But hey don't let me stop the happy shiny fest." He said not wanting to bring the three 'Scoobies' down. Life in L.A. made him realize just how much friends needed each other, especially when times got apocalyptic, though he supposed the Buffy crew had seen more then their share of those.
Gunn made his way into the library and whistled loudly. The stacks of books seem to go on forever, each one containing a different catalog of vile creatures and magical beings. "Wow, so this is where old books go to retire. Wes would be jumping up and down like a little girl right now." He commented as he looked at an open book on the table in front of him.
"So? Whats first, 'Buffbot' repair or evil creature look up...personally I'm going Bot repair, we could always use another fighter out there, besides she's sort of cute-" he paused realizing how weird that just sounded. "Ok, can we pretend like that last couple of words didn't happen?"
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Post by Xander Harris on May 16, 2008 4:38:57 GMT -5
Xander giggled a little "I always understand what you're saying Will, except when you go do that latin speak then you got no chance of me knowing what you're on about" he said with a smile, he had learnec how to speak Willow speak fluently, one of the perks of best-friendness.
"Don't worry Gunn, we'll work you up to the group hug, maybe a group hanshake to startwith or even a group laugh. One day maybe we'll work up to the group hug thing" he said with a fake serious face on his... well face. He followed Gunn into the library, he liked coming in here occasionaly, when he had to.
"Does Wes jump any other way?" he said dryly. He still remembered the good old wimpy Wesley and wondered just how different Wesley had become since he last saw him. Probably a lot, he knew back then Xander was a very different guy, he had more vision for a start.
Xander just stared blankly at Gunn "We'll try, but to be honest that is what the bot was made for" he quickly looked over to buffy "But she's a fightin-bot now not a bedroom-bot so she should be... I'll just shutup now" he said hanging his head slightly and mentally preparing for the eventual Buffy Bash that would probably occur now he had stupidly mentioned the Sex-bots origional purpose
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Post by Willow Rosenberg on May 16, 2008 11:16:29 GMT -5
Willow cringed as Xander brought up what the bot was origionally made for "we try not to mention those days." She walked around the library for a moment and pulled out a few books "I think I saw a little mention of your demon in these." She handed one to Gunn and then walked over to Xander "Here's a nice short one for you, I know how much you hate the big books." She smiled and sat the other two down on the table "Buffy you can choose which one you want and buffy-bot if you could just sit down right here and get comfortable I'll get with the fixing."
There was a cabinet in the library that contained the tools for fixing the Bot and Willow got the tools as well as her computer and turned it on. She would let the other's research even though she dearly loved books. So many things needed to be done.
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Post by Xander Harris on May 17, 2008 16:57:24 GMT -5
Xnader took the book from Willow hand and smiled, it wasn't donuts but it'd do. "Does this have pictures in it? Specifically of the engraving sort? Cos I'm in this group called 'Engravings Anonymous' and one of the things that could make me relapse is a semi-nude engraving" he said, god he remembered the day when the only form of...you know... he got was by looking at those semi-nude engravings. Then he had met Anya and all need for the engravings flew out the window. He thought about Anya and a pain happened in his heart...a really intence pain...ok now it was really really hurting. He sat on a chair and grabbed his chest, he couldn't be having a heart attack, he was way to young and healthy to have a heart attack, he was heart-broken sure but that couldn't have a physical effect now could it?
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Post by Buffybot on May 17, 2008 19:30:31 GMT -5
Buffybot followed Gunn into the library. When he caused Xander to mention the reason she was made, she piped up immediately. "I love Spike," She said matter-of-factly. That was one of the things they had never managed to program into her. Some sensitivity. She sat down as Willow told her to. She was staring around at everyone in the room with her eyes wide and innocent. But now every single one of them knew that she wasn't as innocent as she appeared. If she were human, the use she had been put to at such a young age would have scarred her for the rest of her life. But she was a robot. She didn't FEEL anything.
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Post by Willow Rosenberg on May 19, 2008 13:22:12 GMT -5
Willow smiled laying a hand on Xander's shoulder at his mention of the pictures "Maybe its better if you don't look at these books. I didn't specifically check these books for...naked engravings but there is the possibility that they are in there." As he sat down and grabbed his chest she shot a worried glance to Buffy and then said "Maybe you should just take it easy for a few minutes ok?"
"I love Spike," "uuhhh" Willow stuttered looking around the room as the Buffy-bot spoke, she had virtually no reply. She opened her computer and plugged in the bot, the program popped up and she went in looking for the programs to modify. Somehow it didn't feel right to program Anya out. In the robot she could make it as though Anya never existed and yet she had. She couldn't be programed out of the rest of their minds. Willow bit her lip and glanced around "Well get with the book readin'." She decided to fix some other problems before she got rid of the memories of Anya.
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Post by Xander Harris on May 19, 2008 15:37:50 GMT -5
Xander gritted his teeth and grinned through the pain "Yeah, it could just be tiredness, I have been running a lot lately, could just be ThAAAAAT" He yelled the last part as the pain in his chest explodied, it hurt so much, more than Caleb's thumb in his face had. It was so intense that he fell to the floor, the book he had been holding flew accross the room, and Xander was now lying sread out on the floor, clutching his chest and screaming in agony, he couldn't think, he could barely see he was in so much pain, this was certainly nno heart attack, this had to be mystical. That's what Xander would have been thinking if he could think, but right now he was in so much intense pain, he'd been in pain before and in very large doses, but none were as intence as this. 'Maybe this is how it ends, maybe after this I could be with Anya' was the only coherent thought he could make, and the instant his mind went to the Anya place he felt even more pain, something he didn't think was possible.
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Post by Buffybot on May 19, 2008 18:21:30 GMT -5
Buffybot was glad to finally have Willow fixing her. However, Willow didn't really know what she was looking for. Perhaps if she could concentrate on something, it would come up on the computer screen Willow was using. She concentrated hard on the coding the scientists had entered into her system. It worked. The programming that made her follow orders and the one that brought out the gun in her hand popped up on the screen.
Xander fell to the floor in... Buffybot didn't know what it was. She looked at him, head cocked sideways. She watched him. He was in agony. That was the word. Buffybot didn't understand what it was. Why was it making him shout? Why was he on the floor? Why did he throw his book? Didn't he like it?
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Post by Willow Rosenberg on May 22, 2008 17:11:47 GMT -5
Willow glanced at the bot over her computer screen and as her fingers started typing she frowned trying to focus on the task before her. Xander started to talk but it changed into a scream and Willow jumped out of her seat and went to his side as he fell to the floor. She frowned sensing a disturbance of the energy in the room, something was definately off. "Okay just calm down, and you'll be fine." Willow coached herself metally trying to steady herself; Xander's screams were unnerving but if she was going to help she needed to calm down. She laid a hand on him and tried to project a sense of calm into his mind before speaking to him "Xander?" this was in his head. She couldn't see if there was anything that didn't go there. She frowned; "This isn't good."
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Post by Xander Harris on May 23, 2008 3:53:24 GMT -5
Xanders thoughts were all on the pain, it hurt so much he felt like he was being torn apart in every way possible. He could barely make words, unless you counted the occasional cuss word. He stared blankly at Willow as he heard her voice, he couldn't make many words, but he could make the two ones that would get him what he needed "Help...Me" he gasped through the pain, which skyrocketed into unimaginable agony unlike any he'd ever experianced. His screams were loud and filled the room, Oh how he wished the pain would stop, how he hoped it would just stop right now, any way would do him, Let him pass out from it, let him go numb from it, let him die just make the pain stop, that's all Xander could think.
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Post by Willow Rosenberg on May 26, 2008 12:16:42 GMT -5
Willow was already worried about Xander and now there was the pressure of having to help him. "Come on now all your friends are expecting something from you." She closed her eyes for a moment and then whispered into the air, her small spell was meant to take away the pain. There was only so much she could do without having any idea of what was going on. Of course Xander's emotional pain over Anya could be manifested by physical pain but if it was then she could not help help him. He would have to deal with the large part of his loss before the pain would leave. She took his hand and waited to see if the pain would leave.
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Post by Xander Harris on Jun 1, 2008 8:47:43 GMT -5
Xander could feel the pain in his chest lessening, it didn't completely disappear but it was enough that he didn't feel like the pain alone would kill him. He was sweating and panting from the huge amounts of pain he was suffering, he looked at Willow "What's wrong with me Will?" he said in a pain filled barely audible voice. His body ached and his mind was empty from all thoughts, other then 'oh hell this hurts'. His eye was beginning to get blurry from the tears of pain leaking from it, he didn't care how weak it must of looked, him crying and all that, he was in huge amounts of pain and he had absolutely no idea why.
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Post by Willow Rosenberg on Jun 2, 2008 20:42:58 GMT -5
(fixed ) Willow stared down at Xander concentrating, she was beginning to think this pain was a part of his pain over losing Anya. "Xander, you have to let her go." As she spoke her voice cracked slightly, she knew he wouldn't be able to just let go of Anya. He had loved her and she would always be a part of him. Willow took his hand and squeezed as a tear leaked out of her eye. Losing the one you love is always the hardest, there were days when she thought the pain over Tara would kill her. It had gotten better through the last year but still there was pain when she thought of her. "I know what it feels like Xand, I can't turn it off for you but..." she shook her head, there was no way to just make this disapear "Breathe through it." she gave Buffy a pleading look, Buffy had experienced more loss than all of them. but no one situation was the same.
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Post by Xander Harris on Jun 6, 2008 3:17:58 GMT -5
Xander looked at Willow, she was blurry but he could see her. The pain was making his vision blurry, and for the first time in a good long while he was really scared. He hadn't been scared much since Caleb and the eye happened, but he was now. He was so scared that he might die and lose the two most important people in his life. He barely could speak "I...can't...I've tried...I've tried so hard...to forget her...But I can't" he said in-between pants to try and ease the pain, which wasn't working much. He used the little strength he had in his body to climb up closer to Willow and held her, he could feel everything growing dark and he wanted the last thing he saw to be Willow and Buffy. His breathing was shallow, the pain was insanely intense. He wanted it to stop so badly that part of him hoped he was dying, that part would be very disappointed. He sobbed once on Willows shoulder "I love you Willow" he whispered and then the darkness consumed him and he blacked out, fainting in Willows arms.
(Note: I'm not dead, and if Buffy wants to try and drag me or carry me or whatever then go for it)
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