[Locked to Residents]

[malnosso]

[Appearing on the journals is a written message as follows. A voice option is provided for a computerized reading of the text.]

Attention Luceti Residents.

The following names are being called to participate in a strike against the cultist hordes:
[the names listed here appear on the journal.]

All subjects are required to arrive at the tunnels at 8AM on the 27th of March for deployment. All listed individuals are required to be present. Subjects will then be escorted to TERRACE for battle preparation and further details.

Target will be Region One, a former Malnosso stronghold, presently in cultist hands. Subjects are advised to prepare for combat in forested areas. Further information will be made available at TERRACE. Questions and answers will not be provided at this time.

[The Malnosso will not reply to this message, but everyone is free to use this post to discuss among themselves, whether using voice options on the journal or doing action threads.]

Comments

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[chikaidestroyer]

Timelessly out of fashion.

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[herotypical]

...Oh, jeez. Thank God the real deal was actually pretty tasteful. As tasteful as tombstones get.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Indeed. Now you know what you do and do not want on your gravestone. [He looks wryly at her for a moment, then continues lightly.]

Shall we leave it at that, before there are more morbid jokes?

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[herotypical]

....Depends. Is it hokey, tacky, and-slash-or lame if I ask you to take care? Out there, y'know. When we go.

[ she's always worried about him in a very general and typically slayerish capacity. one who worries about her friends and associates as a baseline condition. but to do so now seems strangely...intimate. ]

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[chikaidestroyer]

[There is a faint snort, as if the question itself is unnecessary.]

None of the above. I appreciate the gesture, Buffy -- and I would tell you to do the same, as much as you can.

[Even then, his tone is knowing; she would be exposed to far more of the fighting than he would ever willingly allow of himself.]

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[herotypical]

That might not be much of a problem. I happen to be on kid-watching duty, this time around.

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[chikaidestroyer]

[...]

Kid-watching duty?

[It might not be a problem, but it was certainly not the first thought that came to mind for what Buffy would be doing during the draft.]

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[herotypical]

An...[ oh crap ] old acquaintance is back in town. After a long time away. He's asked me to look after one of the children whose name ended up smack dab on the list.

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[chikaidestroyer]

An old acquaintance.

[And who could that be? Surely not Jack Horner, because why would a man such as that take on the supervision of children...

And yet.]

I see.

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[herotypical]

And it's not like I could say no.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Of course. [Now, if this was a formal army, there would be other words to be said. But such was not the case here.]

Then I suppose you will be in a somewhat safer position than usual. We will leave it at that.

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[herotypical]

I might not even throw a single punch. If I'm lucky.

[ her voice paints a different picture. ]

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[chikaidestroyer]

The only ones lucky are the slew of cultists who would be slain were you to wade into the battle.