Newbie Meet N' Greet

[cityship]

Meet n' Greet, smell my feet, gimme something good to eat! Unfortunately, the newbie meet and greet takes place the same time the command staff is congregating, so they might be a little late to the party.

But the crew is there to welcome the newcomers and explain their situation. At the end of the milling and spilling about, the command staff is going to start a general meeting to apprise everyone of their situation and discuss their next course of action:

Getting off the damn ship.

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[gotsomebite.livejournal.com]

Gavroche was originally at this gathering for one purpose. Well. Two purposes. One was because everyone else was going, the second was because he wanted, no, needed to practice his pick-pocketing. That was of course until he saw the 'pretty lady' pull out a stake and scythe. Now that wasn't something he was used to. Stepping up to her he gave his best 'innocent' face he could muster and a smile.

"What's that for M'selle?" He was pointing at the various objects, and the unknown weapons even more so.

[i-died-twice.livejournal.com]

Buffy looked down at the stake and the scythe, and licked her lips.

Did it really matter if she told people?

They wouldn't think she was cra...

Crap. Was this like the time when Andrew and Warren and Jonathan had gotten to her and she'd thought everything was fake?

Was this just another take on being in a mental asylum?

I really miss being fourteen.

"...slaying vampires?"

[gotsomebite.livejournal.com]

He perked up at that, Vampires were the stuff of stories, nightmares and double dares between the homeless of his home. If she killed them, then she must know them. "how'd you do that?"

[i-died-twice.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you know, stake through the heart, a little sunlight, some beheading, some garlic. A nice cozy bubble bath with holy water. The usual." She blinked and tilted her head. "Aren't you a little...young...to want to know about vamps and the nocturnal creepy-crawlies?"

[gotsomebite.livejournal.com]

"I'm not young! I'm a man." Even if he doesn't look much older than eight, or is in all reality much older than twelve, he decided a long time ago that he was a man, being here simply solidified that opinion. "Do you know any?"

Forgive a child's curiosity.

[i-died-twice.livejournal.com]

"Men? I've known a fe...wait, you mean vampires? Yeah. I've...also known a...few. Kinda comes with the job description." Buffy knelt down to be more on the level with the kid. "I'm Buffy, by the way."

[gotsomebite.livejournal.com]

A thumb to his chest and his eyes on her, his cap pulled tightly around his head and a grin on his face was his first reply. "'m Gavroche. Do they eat you? The Vampires?"

[i-died-twice.livejournal.com]

Except for that time I let my boyfriend bite me to save his life, and that time that Dracula thought I'd make a yummy snack...

"Uh, no. Mostly I just dust 'em."

The man kid was awfully into the subject.

It was almost...a little Owen-esque.

Creepy.

[gotsomebite.livejournal.com]

"they get dirty?"

Well... that wasn't hardly what he remembered.
Boring.

[i-died-twice.livejournal.com]

"..." She forgot that she sometimes tended to speak differently than most people around her and...yeah.

"Umm. No. I...fight them. And slay them. To protect the world from their really heinous eating habits."

[gotsomebite.livejournal.com]

"You can do that?" A inquisitive look, "girls can't fight like that. That's a man's job." And he'll just ignore everything he learned while here regarding equality of the sexes.

[i-died-twice.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry, what?" Buffy glared at him. "I hate to break it to you, but vampire slaying's only ever been a girl's job. Clearly, a man's not man enough to do it."

Oh, oh god.

She's arguing with someone who hasn't even hit puberty.

Is this what her life has come to?

[gotsomebite.livejournal.com]

He scoffed. Yes, the little gamin actually scoffed. "Girls can't. You're too pretty to fight."

[i-died-twice.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I know, that's what I thought too. Except apparently a keen sense of style totally helps out in a jiff." Especially that thing with fire and hairspray. "And yes. They can."

[gotsomebite.livejournal.com]

"Are you going to fight here then M'mselle?"

[i-died-twice.livejournal.com]

"I'm hoping that's not you trying to challenge me," Buffy furrowed her brow. It was bad enough fighting a child when it was a vampire. She didn't want to fight someone who was just a child. "But yeah, I-I guess? I mean, I was chosen for...something great, apparently."