(second stake) video ✧ open to both courts

[herotypical]

[ and so the slayer cracks open her locket once again. not, as some might anticipate, to comment aloud about the woeful state of animal welfare in these lands (as others already have. instead, she has a far more personal bone to pick. some domestic fat to chew. ]

Uhm. Pop quiz: where's the best place in the Drabwurld to raise a...teenager? [ she almost says 'kid', but corrects herself at the last moment. last thing she needs is yet another i'm not a kid argument with dawn. ] You know. Temporarily. Until we find a way outta this Ren-Faire disaster. Until then, I wanna know it all. Crime stats; outlet malls; hip-but-age-appropriate dance clubs. Preferably the kind where they definitely don't serve minors. [ each item is ticked off on her fingers. ]

O-oh! And schools. Please tell me there's at least one rinky-dink town that includes whatever counts as high school's wacky medieval cousin. [ because dawn summers is not dropping out by default. or so buffy vainly believes. she just hopes there are no hellmouths lurking about to interfere with math class. ] Knowledge is power, right?

[ funny. she never cared that much about the plight of kidnapped teenagers before now. but with the sudden arrival of the little sister, everything's changed. time to settle down and find herself a dependable chore chart, figure out a good curfew, and start disapproving of all of dawn's new friends. ]

Comments

[herotypical]

Wow. Hello, windfall. What do you teach?

[parallels]

English literature.

Admittedly, not the easiest subject to teach in Fairy Land without resources but I could at least do a bit on grammar.

[herotypical]

And even fairies have got to have poetry. Right? I mean -- especially fairies, probably.

[parallels]

Plenty of poetry.

Just not the sort likely to be relevant on University entrance exams.

[herotypical]

Hey. It's better than all-day MTV.

[ not that...that's possible here. but her point still stands. ]

[parallels]

I'd vote that most things are.

[herotypical]

-- Well, I was gonna ask for your resume, but that right there settles any need. You're clearly and obviously a teacher.

[ who else would rag on mtv! aside from buffy, just moments ago -- but in reality she just doesn't want dawn to tumble into the same pitfalls she did. ]

[parallels]

I'll take that as a compliment.

[Then there's a pause and Clara asks the question that she can't stand not to ask.]

Though. I'd also consider some lessons other than poetry. It is a war after all. Don't think anyone is allowed to forget that fact. Even kids.

[herotypical]

We -- uhm -- got that covered.

[ CAGEY. ]