cleveland } { what if I wanted to fight?

[hadtobeahero]

[Peter knows that, when they spoke on the phone, Buffy said that Sylar was fine and that they don't need another pair of hands in Cleveland and all, but ... well, he worries. add in the fact that, after spending what felt like years in Sylar's head, he's a little attached and a little unsure of what to do with himself without Sylar around, and that probably explains why, despite Buffy's reassurances, he shows up in the city about a week later]

[perhaps thankfully for him, considering he doesn't have Claire's power at the moment, he arrives during the day and finds the house easily enough, and now he's standing on Slayer Central's doorstep, waiting for someone to come answer the door after having knocked. he's not sure how well his appearance will be received by Buffy and her friends, but ... at least he can take comfort in the fact that Sylar will be happy to see him. and maybe talk Buffy into letting him hang around, assuming she's against him being here]

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[letsbe_clear]

[Her eyebrows go up.]

You need me to hunter babysit?

[heroslayer]

[Sylar hums] Something like that. Buffy's not sure Dean wouldn't take what we can do the wrong way.

[letsbe_clear]

[She makes a face.]

Yeah, she's not wrong about that. I'll distract him on the other side of town. Should give you guys plenty of breathing room.

[heroslayer]

Thanks.

[and after a moment of looking between them, Peter finally speaks up] Is he really that bad? [he gets that people can have issues with what they don't understand, God, does he get it, but he's also the type to give people the benefit of the doubt, and ... yeah]

[letsbe_clear]

[Cordelia sighs.]

He's got a history with people with powers. It's not a good one. It's just one of those things that it's better to ease him into.

[hadtobeahero]

[and Peter echoes the sigh. he can't really blame this Dean guy for his issues, but -- but it's still a little frustrating] Right.

[Sylar, in the meanwhile, is silent for a moment, and then, as sort of an aside, to Peter] Speaking of. You might want to pick up Claire's power from me, before we go.

Yeah. [he probably will, even if he's not entirely sure how intense this is actually going to be. he's also not particularly interested in that, his attentions focused on Cordelia again, now] But you're cool with it? [the whole powers thing. he figures they wouldn't be having this conversation if she wasn't -- or if she wasn't aware of what he and Sylar could do -- but]

[letsbe_clear]

[She gives a half shrug.]

I get head splitting visions of the future from the Powers that Be on a regular basis. I kind of have to be okay with it.

[hadtobeahero]

[Peter offers her a smile that's equal parts relieved and sympathetic] Yeah, that'd kinda do it. [a beat] And I know how much that sucks. [not that his visions were ever painful, but that doesn't make them any more fun]

[letsbe_clear]

[Cordelia's eyebrows go up a bit in surprise.]

Well, hey. Always good to have some vision experience around.

[hadtobeahero]

[Peter shrugs a little] Yeah, my mom kind of ... [and as it occurs to him that she probably doesn't care much about his mother and her visions and how he ended up with them, he trails off]

[letsbe_clear]

[She nods, getting where he's going with it.]

I got it from a guy. He kissed me before he died and it sort of went from him to ... wow, that makes it sound like some kind of weird STD.

[a beat.]

In a way it kind of is.

[hadtobeahero]

Okay, just -- wow. [did you miss the part where he mentioned getting his visions from his mother, Cordelia? do you know how creepy it is to think about getting a STD from his mother?]

[and Sylar is just ... going to be over here. nearly choking on his coffee. sorry, Peter]

[letsbe_clear]

[And Cordelia Chase has no filter. Buffy would honestly not be surprised. Her eyebrows go up a bit.]

My visions. Not yours. Considering I could lose them if I got hot and heavy with the right person, yeah. That's sort of how they work.

[It's weird and awkward, but it's true.]

[hadtobeahero]

Yeah, no -- [he shoots a dirty look over his shoulder at Sylar, who takes that moment to look surprisingly innocent] -- just kind of a bad mental image. [a beat] Sorry.

[letsbe_clear]

[She shakes her head.]

It's okay. It happens.

[She sighs slowly as she gets up.]

I'll go see if Dean has elected to join the conscious. If you're going to be patrolling tonight, you better get some sleep.

[hadtobeahero]

[he nods] I could probably stand to crash, anyway, considering I kind of drove all night. [a beat, and then because he feels it bears repeating:] Nice to meet you.

[letsbe_clear]

[She nods with a smile.]

Nice to meet you too. Welcome to the house.

[hadtobeahero]

[he offers her a smile in return, warm despite the fact that he basically just met her, as is his way] Thanks.

[and that said, he and Sylar are going to go find him somewhere to crash]