Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ First Dream Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Forwarded to late night

[byakkoyagirl]

[Good evening Luceti. Are you all doing well? Lets hope you're getting some good rest and shut eye because it's usually a long day in the craziest village ever.

Tonight another New Feather will arrive. A rather late arrival, but she came to join all of you. Dropping from the sky at full speed and then disappearing in a flash. Give her a good welcome as she comes to visit you while you sleep. No, she's isn't the tooth fairy. Or the sandman. She's another thing entirely.

Enjoy having a special visitor in your dreams.]


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[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

["Words on a screen and words on paper." is what she wants to say. But she won't push something like this.]

I see. [She follows his lead and starts searching again.] She must have been a reliable person.

[consultmybooks]

Very. Exceptionally so. Except for the one time, of course. The o-one night.

[Giles sighs and stops] It's not here.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

[One night? Oh Giles, you are making her so curious. But it's better not to tread on that ground- she isn't suppose to be giving therapy.]

It isn't? How can you be so sure?

[consultmybooks]

I'm not even supposed to be here. None of us are. We've moved on.

What am I doing here?

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

[...She sighs. No point beating around the bush if he got it figured out to some extent.]

You're dreaming right now. That's why you're here.

[consultmybooks]

I'm...dreaming?

[Giles blinks as lucidity assets itself, then he stares at Paprika for a long second before he yelps in fright and tries to scramble away]

N-Not again...

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

Is something wrong? [She looks around her surroundings, her wings visible for the first time.] I don't see anything.

[consultmybooks]

[No, Giles is entirely focused on Paprika]

Look, I don't know what we did to offend you this time, but we all have bigger concerns and Xander hasn't even met you yet...

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

...Xander? Who's Xander? [And she sees his focus and...oh- oh!] Wait, I can explain why I'm here. ...Well I sort of can, but I don't mean any harm!

[consultmybooks]

Right. You don't mean to murder us all in our dreams again. [He's not entirely buying it]

Well, if you don't, then you have the wrong man. Buffy's several houses over, if you have anything to say to her.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

M-Murder?! I would never do such a thing!

...And who's Buffy?

[consultmybooks]

Buffy. The current Slayer. Your descendant.

[Then he sighs tiredly]

...but you're not the First, are you? She can't talk.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

My descendant? ...I have a descendant? [She's pretty sure Atsuko didn't give birth before she came here.]

The First? First what?

[consultmybooks]

The First Slayer. It's a spirit from the dawn of time, the source of all the Slayer's power, and it once tried to murder us all in our sleep because it disapproved of Buffy.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

Well I'm certainly not any spirit from the dawn of time. My name is Paprika; I'm a psychotherapist specializing in dream therapy.

[consultmybooks]

[It takes a second for this to fully process, and then Giles laughs in relief]

Yes, I suppose you are.

Is that why you're here? Performing dream therapy on someone you've never met before seems a bit forward, if you don't mind my saying.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

Joker aren't you? I'm here because I'm a bit stuck between dreams. You come from Luceti, don't you?

[consultmybooks]

Now that I know you're not going to scalp me? I'm in a very good mood, thank you.

Yes, I'm from Luceti. At the moment. [He glances at her wings] And so are you, it seems.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it.

Yeah I already got that part figured out. Haven't been to the village yet, but I heard some wonderful things about it.

[consultmybooks]

[This gets a shrug] It's nice enough. The people are very helpful. I suppose they would have to be, considering that we're all trapped together.

[He glances around at the ruined library and grimaces] Hang on. [A quick few seconds of concentration, and the library fades, to be replaced with a large, one room shop] Much better.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

[She looks around the new area with a small smile.]

Not bad. Do you work here?

[consultmybooks]

Yes, I do.

I don't know why I never thought of it before this. Owning a magic shop was one of the obvious choices.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

A magic shop. So magic exists in your...world then? It's 'world' right? I still need to get my terms down.

[consultmybooks]

'World' seems to be the generally accepted term. But then there are those of us who come from the same world at different points in time. I come from Earth in the year two thousand and two, and I've already made a friend from the eighteen sixties.

But yes, 'world' seems to be the word unless you know for certain that the two of you are already from the same world. Then it's 'time', or 'place'.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

[Paprika suddenly changes her clothes into that of what would resemble a news reporter, jotting down Giles's notes on a pad.]

2002? Guess that means I come from the future. Don't worry, the world hasn't blown up or anything and everything is still fairly normal.

You mentioned someone named Buffy - she's here in Luceti too, right?