cleveland } { honey, i'm home

[letsbe_clear]

[Naturally, Buffy calling to tell her that Dean made it to Cleveland is an invitation. One, because this is Buffy and when is a conversation with her not an invitation to troll her life, and two, she needed to keep an eye on her champion. She couldn't really do that from a diner in the middle of nowhere, now could she?

So this is Cordelia, bouncing up the stairs to the house that Buffy had left her with, and knocking on the door. It's the middle of the day. Someone should probably be home.]

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[kiss_evilgoodbye]

I'd put my money on Cordelia, to be honest. I like Dean, but no one takes her on and survives.

[heroslayer]

Guess we'll find out. [he pauses, steps out of the doorway and nods towards the stairs, his expression sobering] Come on.

[kiss_evilgoodbye]

[she nods, and turns to follow him back down the stairs.]

[verymature]

[to his credit, he has neither killed Cordelia or started humming the Jeopardy theme. he deserves a medal. he also looks vaguely relieved somehow when Sylar comes back with Buffy]

Yo.

[kiss_evilgoodbye]

Hey. So. Cordelia had a vision.

[she smiles over in Cordelia's direction.]

Welcome to Cleveland.

[Cordelia smirks back.]

Happy to be here.

[verymature]

Yeah, we got that much. [a beat] So, uh ...

[does that mean she'll be hanging around for awhile? because man, he's still holding out hope she'll deliver her little message and then go the hell away]

[letsbe_clear]

Right! The demon.

[yes, Cordelia definitely missed the point of that "uh ... "]

It was this horny, slimy mess from what I could see. He had a shield with this weird kind of leaf symbol.

[Buffy has already moved passed her and placed the pad of paper from by the phone in her hands.]

Here. Draw.

[verymature]

[and as much as he doesn't like Cordelia at the moment, Dean can't help but snicker at the the use of the word 'horny.' yeah, he gets that she didn't mean it like that, but -- but Sylar is giving him a look now]

[he clears his throat, forcing himself to sober, and] Sounds like, uh, well, not much like the demons I'm used to dealin' with.

[letsbe_clear]

[She glances up briefly as she starts to draw, before nodding.]

I know. You're more used to the black eyed possess-y types. Bright side to these guys -- you can kill them without innocent human collateral damage.

[she's totally not judging. This is really supposed to be a bright side.]

[verymature]

[he looks mock thoughtful for a moment and then shrugs. he's totally taking it as a bright side] Sounds good to me. [a beat] Though I'm guessin' holy water and a little Latin ain't gonna do it in this case, either.

[letsbe_clear]

Nope. You guys get to do this the fun and messy way.

[verymature]

Not really sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I've probably done worse.

[kiss_evilgoodbye]

I've got plenty of nice sharp pointy things. Provided it's the sharp and pointy kind of demon.

[she looks over the sketch for a moment, before frowning.]

This looks like a chaos demon.

[heroslayer]

Chaos demon?

[please excuse the guy who has no concept of how Buffy's world works a lot of the time]

[kiss_evilgoodbye]

Big and ugly. Apparently Drusilla always had a thing for them.

[heroslayer]

[that ... really doesn't help much, but he's going to go with it. he's also going to lean over and take a look at Cordelia's sketch] Right.

[kiss_evilgoodbye]

Drusilla always was such a creeper. Basically, chaos demons like to make a giant mess, but they are pretty easy to take down.

[Buffy looks up and nods.]

As I said. Easy so long as we have something sharp and pointy.

[heroslayer]

[he looks between Cordelia and Dean almost suspiciously, then looks to Buffy, his eyebrows raised. he's trying to ask if he counts as sharp and pointy, what with his telekinesis and all, but he's not sure he wants to give away his secrets in front of them so soon. normally, he wouldn't care, but ... he's not sure he trusts Dean not to try and kill him, and he really doesn't want to have to hurt the guy]

[kiss_evilgoodbye]

[Buffy considers that for a moment, before shrugging. They've never had that kind of advantage before, so it's worth a shot.

Cordelia does a glance between the two of them herself.]

Gonna let the rest of us in on that?

Nope. Let's just get ready to suit up.

[verymature]

[under his breath and with a frown:] 'Cause that's not creepy or anything. [a beat and then a bit louder] We even know where this thing is?

[letsbe_clear]

[Buffy looks expectantly over at Cordelia and she frowns.]

What? Don't look at me. Isn't there a snitch bartender somewhere you can go beat up?

[verymature]

Sweetheart, if there was a bar around here, I'd be there so fast it'd make your head spin. [and not to question some snitch]

[letsbe_clear]

I'm not talking about a people bar. I'm talking abou a slimy, underground, vampires and demons need some downtime too kind of place.

[she glances to Buffy.]

Are you seriously telling me you haven't found a replacement Willy's?

[verymature]

Right. My bad. Because creepy crawlies totally need to unwind after a long, hard day. [not that he doesn't believe her, just ... wow, that's totally bullshit]

[letsbe_clear]

[She shrugs.]

Vampires are people too. Sort of.