11583/A Fallen Angel, a Wizard and a Slayer walk into a Cemetary...

A Fallen Angel, a Wizard and a Slayer walk into a Cemetary...
Date of Scene:	02 June 2020
Location:	Masonic Cemetery, Sunnydale (TBD)
Synopsis:	A Wizard encounters a Fallen Angel and things go awry.
Cast of Characters:	Buffy Summers, Harry Dresden, Zach Daniels, Willow Rosenberg, Phantasm (Drago)

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Buffy Summers has posed:
It's no surprise that violence has been an all time high around Sunnydale lately, with all the vampire recruiting going around latekly. Buffy was still working on tracking down Carpe Noctem and their leader, but in the meantime it meant she had to step up her patrols now more than ever.

Ahh, patrolling, the ever exhausting work, but this is her job and her calling and so she takes it all in stride. Besides it's a beautiful, peaceful evening in the creepy cemetary (only Buffy would think that of course), as the Slayer wanders about, dressed in her red leather pants and black tanktop, leather jacket unzipped as she takes in the cool spring air..

Of course this particular cemetary is just crawling with vamps, heck, there are already some open graves over there, and creatures can be heard rustling about in the shadows.

Spooky much?

Harry Dresden has posed:
Tagging along, since he had nothing better to do at the time, is Harry with his large duster coat billowing out behind him as he walks. Other than the coat, he is dressed as normal with a pair of jeans, t-shirt, and a pair of comfortable sneakers that cover his feet. Carried in the left hand is his staff as he uses it like a walking stick, "I don't know why I agreed to come with you, I got my fill of vampires enough to last a wizard's lifetime, and that is quite long baring any unforeseen physical trauma."

Zach Daniels has posed:
Up above Buffy in the sky, in the evening lights, or lack of. Zach is doing that flying thing. Or in other words, he's soaring, wings out with the crossbow in hands. If he can get a clean shot, hel, he's got his sword at his hip currently, albeit sheathed as he's circling the cemetery and watching. Oh sure, he hates his own kind, but he hates vampires too. Okay, okay, that's the whole 'ththey are evil' indoctrination he grew up with.

Not that it's changed much since he's made a home here, mind. Instead...well, he's learned about churros, pretzels and gained friends, sure, but he still hates vampires. Idly he wonders what a boot to the skull at high speed would do if he just dropped feet first on top of one. Or flew off, came back at top speed and went for a punch. That'd probably fire the poor bloodsucker halfway to Canada, no doubt but...

Fine, he'll keep circling for now.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smiles, "Because you needed the fresh air? All cooped up in that office of yours all the time? Or maybe you just enjoyed the company of a witty, badass blonde when a certain other witty badass blonde is busy with other duties?" she grins and winks, "C'mon, Harry, live a little. It's a nice night for a stroll in the park.."

She pauses a moment, thinking, "Sooo, did you ever manage to meet with Thomas to discuss his little problem..?" Yeaah, she's gona keep pushing them both dammit, til the truth is revealed. Becauase it bugs her that much..

Oh, and what's that up in the sky? Is it a bird, a plane? She narrows her eyes and sighs. Well so much for trying to discuss the elephant in the room so to speak. Looks like there are other things of interest. "Hey, Harry, what do you know about Fallen Angels? Cuz I think w'ere about to meet one.." she nods to the angel in the sky..This time Buffy doesn't reach for her crossbow, although she does eye him somewhat warily still.

Harry Dresden has posed:
"Nah," Harry says with a shake of his head as he continues to plod along after Buffy, "I haven't seen hide nor hair of him in weeks, and I am not about to go back into that club of his to seek him out. Last thing I need is a bill for whatever damage would be caused if I set off that little magical sprinkler system thing he has going in there. I don't need that headache."

"Fallen Angels?" Harry says, his eyes going wide as he unconsciously rubs the palm of his gloved hand against his jeans to try and rub off the sigil of Lasciel that has marked it ever since he picked up that coin. "Um, more than I would like," the wizard says as he pulls the blasting rod from its resting place under his coat, the tip of which starts to glow as he pours his will into it. "Which one? Magog? Anduriel? Ursiel? Whoever it is, stay behind me. They don't tend to come alone."

Zach Daniels has posed:
Zach's flipping the script. He's alone, he has a crossbow and he's also quite happy to soar while eating the last of his gronola bars, the wrapper of which floats down outta his hand. See. Would any evil fallen angel eat healthy snacks and leave the wrappers for them? Harry can stay in front of Buffy but Zach's up above, he can if he wants just fly behind them. Which he isn't doing. He's hovering and peering down at them adjusting his baseball cap.    
Looking down to them he hovers, not quite ready to land yet. Mostly since he's not liking flying over graves. Even if there's a few hundred feet between graves and boots and hat

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers doesn't ready any weapons, just peers upwards, although she respects Harry's judgment. He's older, more experienced in these sorts of things than she is. Probably knows a heck of a lot more about fallen angels than she does. "Well, this one claims to be a 'good fallen angel.' Goes by the name of Zacharias Rafael Daniels. Does that name ring a bell to you?"

She doesn't know anything about the Blackened Denarius, but if she did, she might have reacted even more violently towards Zach. Fortunately for him, he has only one weapon aimed at him tonight.

"Oh yeah, seems he's a friend of my friend..Does that make him my friend? I dunno..He seems harmless enough but..Isn't that what they do? Catch you off-guard? I really need to read up more on fallen angels to get a better idea.."

Well, from their vantage point on the ground, Zach probably has a better view of the four vampires, and two ghouls who are slowly surrounding them, hidden in the darkness and with him to distract them..Who knows how the night is gonna turn out?

Harry Dresden has posed:
"There is no such thing," Harry says as he looks around, finally tracking where Buffy is looking. "No, the name doesn't ring a bell, but that could just be the name of whomever the angel is riding. Nicodemus doesn't go by Anduriel either, but then Nick and Andi have a symbiotic relationship. Some of them just take over, who knows with that one and it is best not to take chances." He pauses, arching his brow, "Wait, you met this one before? He didn't give you a coin or anything did he? /Never/ trust a fallen angel. Never."

Zach Daniels has posed:
Zip, zip, zip. Zacharias has taken it on himself to open fire on the vamps and ghouls. That'd be more impressive if it was with something other than a crossbow...and he's opened fire on the vamps and ghouls, and circled higher to get good angles. ah, a fallen angel worrying about falling angles...

Zach is descending rapidly then climbs again...and looks down, double checking he's directly over a vampire's nice hair...and.....at 500 feet, he just....sorta.....tucks his wings to his body after firing the last bolt before the drop. Feet first, heels first and heels together, he's dropping as fast as gravity lets him. Whether he hits or not...moot point.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers arches a curious brow. "Riding? You mean like..Possessing?" she shakes her head, not having thought of that. "I think you need to give me a crash course on Fallen Angels. Nah, this one didn't give me any..Coins..?"

She scratches her head curiously, peering at him, "Heh, this isn't your first time meeting a fallen angel, is it? But this one..I dunno, he seemed..Harmless enough, didn't offer any coins, just told me that he was a *good* fallen angel, and that he had been..Left behind? Whatever that means?"

But honestly? The more she hears about them from Harry, the more wary she becomes, and Buffy even fastens the crossbow on her forearm again, eyeing the Fallen Angel, wondering what he's doing. In fact, she's so focused on the angel in the sky, that her guard is a bit lowered towards the vamps and ghouls who are slowly closing in on them.

And then he starts firing on them...Only his mark is waaay off! Buffy narrows her eyes, rolling to the side, about to start shooting at him. "Waait, Harry, behind you!" she climbs to her feet, aiming a bolt at the vamp who takes a running leap at Harry, falling maybe a foot from him before exploding into dust.

One other vamp is quickly downed by Zach, and a Ghoul gets a shot in the heart although it just snarls, rushing at him, deadly claws outstretched. Two more vamps are rushing at Harry now, one attempting to head butt him, while the other tries to tackle him to the ground.

Harry Dresden has posed:
"Yeah, like possessing. The fallen angels I know of have human hosts, I don't think they can manifest without one. Normally they are trapped in 30 blackened silver coins, rumored to be the coins of Judas Iscariot. Whatever you do, don't touch one.."

And then crossbow bolts start to fly. Harry's first instinct is to aim the blasting rod up towards the angel with the horrible aim until Buffy shouts out the warning. As quick as he can, Harry shifts his angle of attack and brings the blasting rod down to the level of the one trying to headbutt him, screaming out a 'Fuego!' as he is subsequently tackled from behind by the other vamp.

Zach Daniels has posed:
Score one for gravity. And none for crossbow accuracy. Gotta work on that but people get real funky when Zach puts crossbow bolts in his apartment wall. Funny that, crackheads getting mad at him for firing a crossbow when they do worse.

Zach has a few tricks up his sleeve. Like, well, with wings out he leaps into the sky again and watches, then swoops down for (hopefully) a kick to the back of one of the vamps heads. That kick, mind? It's coming in at freeway wpeds and Zach's being very, very careful to fly a t the right height and stay on course this time. he's even slung his crossbow over his back and has his sword in one hand. hey, if he misses the kick, he can swing around and slice their head off, though? Here's hoping

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers nods slowly as she thinks this over. Well, right now Zach seems to be on their side, but she's getting the feeling that Fallen Angels can be pretty deceptive bastards. Maybe she'll figure that out later..

Harry's fire blasts the first vamp to smithereens. It screeches and howls in pain for a moment before running off, exploding in a burst of dust. The second vamp snarls and scratches at his face, attempting to sink fangs into his neck.

Buffy yells, "Harry!" and rushes at said vamp, violently dragging it off of the lanky wizard and hurls it into a nearby tree. The two are busy exchanging several blows for a few minutes, which keeps her too busy to see the remaining two ghouls closing in on Harry.

Meanwhile, as Zach kicks the last vamp, it snarls and twirls around, rushing at Zach. Unfortunatley he's too quick with his swooping, and it doesn't take him long to slice off its head..

Harry Dresden has posed:
Thankfully the duster Harry wears is heavily magiced and the only thing the Vamp was able to gnaw on was leather, not that the pressure of the bite still didn't hurt like the dickens. Harry grumbles to himself as Buffy pulls the vampire off of him, rolling into his back just in time to see one of the ghouls advancing. Lifting his staff, he points it at the ghoul and wills a gust of wind to try and hurl the disgusting creature away from him, only to be set upon by the one he didn't see as it lifts a clawed hand and rakes down his back, causing a grunt of pain from the wizard as he spins to try and just wack the other one with the staff.

Zach Daniels has posed:
Okay one vamp down and sword coated in blood, squick....though zach circles again, and speeds up. Alright, fine, cracking 100 miles an hour in a lunge at the ghoul Harry's helping, feet and fists and sword first. Take that, ghoul. Take /that/ and have a 100mph flying fallen angel pissed off at you, ugly face.

Zach has zero cares to give. See, he's wanting to help Buffy and Harry, too. So he's flying from far back keeping his eyes locked on his prey and is making alterations to, yes, stay entirely on course.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers makes quick work of her vamp, instantly turning him to dust before she spins around to face the two ghouls. "Geez, so tenacious. What, they like the taste of wizard or something?" she smirks, though knows enough to not simply stand there watching.

The one ghoul shrieks as it gets hit by a powerful gust of wind that sends it slamming into a tombstone or more, cracking and crumbling the stone before it comes to rest in a crumpled heap beneath a tree. Any normal human would be a broken mess by then, and the ghoul twists its head around and fixes a broken foot and readjusts an arm as it climbs slowly to its feet to face an angry Buffy.

"OKaay, so serious not cool, messing with my friends!" with a yell she rushes at the ghoul, tonfa at the ready, slashing and slicing at its undead body..

Meanwhile, the last ghoul get doubly wacked, first by an angry Harry's staff, and then as it reels from that, it gets slammed by a pissed angel, slamming into the ground as he pummels it.

Harry Dresden has posed:
Not expecting the fly by form a 100MPH angel, Harry is taken aback and stumbles back onto his ass as the ghoul it pummeled by the fallen angel. "Shit!" the wizard exclaims as he readies his blasting rod at the Angel, the runes on the shaft starting to glow and smoke with an acrid wood burning odor. "Back off!" Harry says as he levels the rod at the winged angel, "I mean it."

Zach Daniels has posed:
Ow, okay. Feet first, yeah that means Zach needs more boots. Alright, that's...yeah, ow, what was....oh snap. Angry wizard.

Angry wizard with a smoking staff. "You may want to drop that, it's smoking" Zach points out leaping back up into the air. Sure, 100 mph angel lunge, and flying straight up. Hey, to be fair...

He did back off. Just straight upwards,which, yes, does that work for 'back off' going straight up then?

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers is busy beating up the first ghoul to get in between the Fallen Angel and the Wizard, and this may take a while to put the ghoul down. All that can be heard from her corner is a lot of yelling and thwacking and slicing as she tears into her ghoul, determined to end its life.

Meanwhile, the second ghoul pauses briefly in confusion as the pummeling stops, slowly, shakily climbing to its feet. With another bestial roar, it rushes at Harry again, claws first, attempting to slice at his face, arm, chest, anything it can get ahold of. Good thing he's got that armoured coat.

Zach Daniels has posed:
Okay, not fair...Harry has a ghoul coming for him...as Zach shakes his head. If that guy with the smoking branch wants him to back off...fine, Harry will get his way as Zach goes back to circling again. Great, he busted up his boots, and got a wizard mad at him but....but....great. Zach's watching the fights like he's watching a tennis match

Harry Dresden has posed:
Rod all charged up with hellfire and no fallen angel to blast? Well that's simple fix, retrain the rod onto the ghoul and let loose with a "Fueugo!" A bolt of fire the size of a fist emits from the end of the rod and makes it's way towards the ghoul's head even as Harry makes moves to roll out of the way should the blast miss.

Buffy Summers has posed:
The ghoul shrieks as it, like its ally, goes up in flames, dropping and rolling to the ground with little effort more than spreading around the fire. It's not long before it stops moving, it's body becoming little more than a blackenned burnt corpse.

Buffy draws a deep breath as she finally lays the finishing blows to her own ghoul, looking a bit beaten, battered and bloody. "Phew, they're not backing down anytime soon. We need to get to the heart of the matter and deal with them as soon as possible. I dunno how long I can go on like this.."

She shakes her head as she looks the wizard up and down. "You alright? Where'd the Fallen Angel go?" she peers upwards.

Harry Dresden has posed:
"I have no idea" Harry says as he picks himself up off the ground and dusts himself off, "Last I saw it, it went straight up." The wizard looks around into the night sky, a scowl on his face as the tip of the rod starts to glow again with an ambient light as he wills power into it once again.

Inside his mind, a soft and familiar voice whispers, "He isn't one of ours. I don't recognize him at any rate. One of the lesser perhaps?"

Zach Daniels has posed:
There's a whistle from behind Buffy's left shoulder and about 50 feet up in the air. "I'm up here. Are you alright?" Zach asks. Oh great, he's befriended Willow. Now....why not befriend Buffy?

"Willow is right about you, you do beat people up" Zach offers. He's not sure saying that's a good idea with that guy with the flaming bit of wood nearby but...

"Alright, is that your dad and is he okay?" Zach asks with a nod to Harry then fixing Buffy with a look, it's not angry, more, well, trying to make sense of what's going on. "Do you have any peanut butter or cookies? Maybe I should see where Willlow is?" he asks suddenly, and carries on circling the scene of the fight. He's smart enough at least to stay back from that rod and the grumpy tall guy.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks up as she peers at Zach in surprise. "Heey! I don't go around beating up random people! I just beat up evil demons and vampires, sheesh!" she makes a face, waving him down, "Uh, why dont you join us down here?"

His comment about Harry being her dad causes her to blanch a bit, shaking her head furiously, "What, are you kidding? He's like, only ten years older than me, perhaps less." she shrugs at Harry, "Harry, this is Zach, Zach, meet my friend Harry. I suppose we should thank you for helping us kick butt, although.."

Buffy peers back at Harry, questioningly. "Soo, what do you think? Think we can trust this guy?"

Harry Dresden has posed:
"No." Harry says flat out with no room for discussion on the matter. He keeps the rod trained on the fallen angel as best as he can as the things circles. "No, you can't. Not as far as I can blast him and I am willing to find out just how far that is. To be honest he is lucky I haven't blasted him yet."

Zach Daniels has posed:
Alright then, that just gets Zach to circle faster. "Okay then" he says. "You don't want me to land, fine, I'll keep flying" he says and pulls out his phone shooting off a text. It reads.

Got a tall guy with a smoking rod mad at me. Help.

There was, genuinely, no perception of how wrong that text read when Zach hit send. Oh, God. If anyone gets that message, Zach may just permanently move to the gutter and set up home there. As for who it went to. Oh great....he hit send to all. So everyone in his phone got that text.

Zach is perfectly willing to be flame grilled now as he's white as a sheet and in a lot, a /lot/ of horse manure....and a lesson in reading what he sends from his phone.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers bites her lip, peering up at the circling angel, then back at Harry and shrugs. "Um...Sooo what do we do, just shoot him out of the air? I don't think Willow would be too happy about that.." Of course Willow's not here! And Buffy is more inclined to take Harry's word on this so she doesn't interfere.

"Although, I'm surprised he hasn't attacked us, yet..And he did help us.." Dammit, this is a tough call. She wants to trust Zach, but she knows Harry has more experience in this particular field.

"I wonder where Willow is.." with a sigh, she pulls out her own phone, but hesitates on calling Willow. She'd likely try to stop this but...

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
,,Got a tall guy with a smoking rod mad at me. Help..

*blinks*

>>What? You got a tall guy, and he m.. DON'T MAKE HIM MADDER.. oh, where are you?

Thank goodness she was in Sunnydale!

Harry Dresden has posed:
"One of these things held me under a waterfall for hours casually trying to get me to host one of their number, all while calmly eating a breakfast and flirting with his daughter. I don't give a fuck if this thing brought me flowers and a card that said 'I'm really a nice guy, honest' on it, I don't trust it. Fallen angels are fallen for a reason, and it is right there in the bloody name. /Fallen/ angel. You know another name for that? In some places devils. In others demons. In every one they are BAD." yells Harry. "He might not be one of the Denarians, but he sure as hell isn't on the side of Michael, Gabriel, or Uriel."

Zach Daniels has posed:
Zach doesn't pause flying, instead he throws Harry a /filthy/ glare. "I used to be then I got left behind. I was one of the soldiers and they forgot about me" Zacharias says texting Willow where he is. Or where his phone says he is...and he's not slowing down to do this. Then again he's flying in a circle so....

Yeah he's calling Willow, over wingbeats and the sound of air rushing over his wings. "I'm.." he begins, giving his location, and what happened. Oh, he said it. "I need you here"

He means innocent by that, but....but....

Hanging up he watches Buffy..and begins flying rectangles just to prove that no, he can't fly in circles. He can fly....shapes!

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks slowly at Harry, quite shocked. "..Wait what? Seriously?" she frowns, shaking her head. "Y-yeah, I guess you're probably right. It's all about deception, isn't it?" she sighs, really glad that Willow's not here. She puts away her phone and pulls out her crossbow, aiming it at Zach, but doesn't fire. Dammit, this is soo confusing. Can she really hurt Willow's friend..?

"C'mon Zach, you can't just fly in circles forever.." she frowns, as she notices him pulling out a phone. "Huh? Who's he calling? I hope it's not Willow.." knowing her luck though..

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Poor Willow. She races across lawns, "Sorry! Oop..sorry.. " Until she comes close enough to Zach. "Where are the smoking guns?" The then see then Buffy, and Mr. Dresden. "But.. Oh. Hey, Buffy, he's a friend!" And least she thinks so!

Harry Dresden has posed:
Harry Dresden starts to walk backwards to keep his eye on the winged wonder flying overhead, but the tip of the blasting rod does not fall as it tracks Zach to the best of Harry's ability. "You do what you want, Buffy. It's not like you have ever really taken my advice before, so why should you now?" the wizard grumbles even as Willow makes her appearance. Harry manages a quick glance her way, using mostly his peripheral vision so he doesn't take his eye off of the angel, "Of course he is a friend. He will be friendly right up to the point he takes what he wants from you. It's how they work."

Zach Daniels has posed:
Spotting Willow, Zach points with a wing to Harry. "That rod, it was smoking and about to be on fire and he's angry with me" Zach points out hovering by Willow, landing in front of her with a smile. "Hey. I'm okay for now, if that tall guy will stop being mean to me" he adds and...oh, here we go. He slowly, cautiously, reaches out to see if he can hug her. Hey, this'd work as a fine pretext to taking her flying, too, as an idea. "Did you bring any more sandwiches or cookies?" he asks hopefully.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers arches a brow at Harry, "Oh c'mon, seriously? Just because I'm dating your b--errr..Yeah." Dammit, she nearly let it slip again. Shaking her head, Buffy hopes he didn't hear that last part.

"Besides, I trust your judgement where it comes to fallen angels. It's not like he's proven himself time and again like *some* people we know.."

And then of course Willow drops by. Because of course. Buffy swallows, lowering her crossbow, but still keeping an eye on Zach up there. "Oh, heey, Willow. Yeah, I'm kinda on Harry on this one, afterall, he's fought Fallen Angels before, although.."

Well, Thomas is an exception to his kind..Could Zach really be an exception to his kind too..? "Ugh, dammit, I can't believe what a hypocrite I am. Harry, he at least deserves a chance.."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Uhmm. No? I have a piece of gum?" Willow didn't think that was what he wanted. "Why are you up there?"

*blink* Fallen Angel.

"All you nuts? We have.. no. Shame on you. Put things things away! And you, shame! Don't even put your magic to you. Shame! "

Harry Dresden has posed:
Harry Dresden just shakes his head, looking somewhat flabbergasted as the people around him start to defend the fallen angel. "You are all out of you damned minds..." the wizard says in a mutter, almost to himself be certainly audible. "Fine. You all do what you are going to do, but don't come crying to me when it turns on you. I gave you fair warning."

HArry continues to move backwards out of the cemetery, never taking his eyes off of the fallen angel.

And somewhere in the back of his mind there is a lilting angelic laugh.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers frowns a bit at Harry, inwardly relieved he didn't catch her little slip up and shrugs. She hasn't put down her crossbow yet, but..."Hey. Never said I don't believe you about Fallen Angels, just saying from my personal experience of dealing with exceptions to the rule, I'm willing to at least give him a chance. Doesn't mean I trust him though." Yep, she's still carrying her crossbow, she might just lift it if he tries anything funny but..]

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Well, Nick's been pretty good about practicing his combat recently but as with any other instance where you spend more time focusing on something, there's got to be a drop in time spent elsewhere. And unfortunately that was practicing his powers. Which... is probably not a good thing.

So, Nick's making up for lost time by taking a turn out in his raven form. Having just popped out of a dream shortcut, he appears somewhat near the cemetary. And oh hey! He knows most of the people down there. Cool!

Taking a break, he alters his flight path, coming down closer, landing on a branch near Harry's exit route. As Harry passes near, he glances down to the wizard. "...Evening Harry. How's Karrin?"

Zach Daniels has posed:
Zach watches Willow with one of those shy smiles as he listens. "Did you just...." he asks looking over to Buffy then the departing Harry. Great, he's retreating, okay....fine.^R
"I put my crossbow away. Can't be angry at me now. I was fighting vamps" he offers, and just....sits down like he's expecting Willow to not be happy with him, or, or something

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Huh, and he still thought you were a fallen angel? Really?" Willow watched Harry Dresden retreat. "I only know from a quick introduction. But I would think vampires and fallen angel would be friends."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers frowns, still eyeing Zach, still with crossbow at the ready, but...But..Hey did he just hug Willow and stuff? Ugh, this is tricky...

"Yeaah, I guess you did, just..You gotta realize that Harry has had bad, personal experiences with Fallen Angels, and y'know, fallen angels have always been evil, deceptive creatures. The only thing I figure is that you're somehow an exception to the rule. Or maybe, the way you described it, you're not truly a fallen angel."

She shrugs, "Doesn't mean I trust you any more, but I'm still willing to give you a chance. I've said it before, don't hurt Willow, or you'll have hell to pay.."

And then Nick appears at the tail end of the little confrontation and she glances sidelong at him, nodding, looking tired and a bit bruised. Heey, they DID just fight vamps. And ghouls. "Oh, hey Nick.."

Harry Dresden has posed:
Finally after Harry gets down range far enough he finally turns his back on Zach and the others, looking to Nick as he walks past him with a shake of his head, "They are all going to get themselves killed. I'd have better sense if I were you. Be smarter." Questions about Karrin are ignored as the wizard has other things on his mind, like his own fallen angel laughing in his head.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"You have to work on the introductions," Willow shakes her and almost laughs. "Thank you for trying to not have a battle. Uhm have you met Buffy, and.. Nick..?? I think that's him."

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
The bird tilts his head, looking to the departing wizard and then curiously to the group. "...They fight monsters and demons on a regular basis." The phantasm mutters, "I think that's a given."

Hearing his name spoken, he lifts up a wing and waves. "Evening Buffy." Hopping off the branch he glides over, a lift in flight before he hops off the branch, gliding over.

Zach Daniels has posed:
Zach nods to Willow, "We met yeah, I was flying over a swamp and she pointed a crossbow at me. Does she do that to everyone? Is it a...what do you guys call it, a flirting thing?" he asks,"Though see, you're nice and kind and don't point crossbows at me" he says quickly, ruffling his wings for a moment, looking from Willow to Buffy. Great,Zach's just flying right into it this time ain't he?

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers sighs as she watches Harry go. One of these days, she'll make him smile, maybe even laugh, dammit. It still shocks her that he could be related to his much more easy going brother..Drawing a deep breath, she looks back at the others.

"I get it, he's been tortured by fallen angels before. He's just being cautious." Buffy shrugs, "Gues I gotta get used to exceptions to the rule..If that's what you truly are, Zach. And yeah, we've met before Willow.."

Although again she catches herself rolling her eyes at him, "Um no, I was not making a pass at you, Zach. I was being cautious. And I still am. don't think I trust you yet. No offense, but Fallen Angels are known to be deceptive. That is, if you truly are a fallen angel. and not something else.."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Well," she says to Zach, "I don't really need a weapon. I could hit you with force lig.. oh." Willow's cheeks are aflame. "Buffy has a boyfriend. I don't think that the weapons are a sign of being interested in you."

Buffy admits her meeting up with Zach, which confuses her. "Then why do you think differently about him?" Then again, she only round out he was a fallen angel. "You know some of our friends aren't what on the inside, on the outside. He was killing vampires you know."

Zach Daniels has posed:
Zach looks to Willow with a raised eyebrow. "You mean if we meet up for lunch again you'd cook it?" he asks, trying to dodge the idea of being lit up like a feathery Christmas tree. "You're cute when you blush" he adds. Sure, Zach. Open mouth, insert fot why don't ya?

"I'm torn over vampires. They're evil but...but....aren't they people too?" he asks hurriedly hoping he can fly out of this hole he's landed in. Willow. Cute. He said that in front of everyone. Oh snap...he's hiding his face in a wing, now.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
The raven glances over to Buffy and then over to Zach. "...So, I'm guessing he's the reason Harry ran out then?" The bird's head tilts up, giving a slight nod to the angel.

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Buffy Summers frowns and nods, "I know that, I know there have been many exceptions to the rules..But those who have my trust have proven themselves, time and again." she looks to Zach apologetically, "No offense, just..Fallen Angels are known specifically for their deception, for earning your trust then turning against you. Doesn't mean I wont give you a chance.."

Looking to Nick, she nods again and sighs. "Yeaah..Look, he's had a personal experience with fallen angels torturing him and trying to kill him. You can't really blame him. And sometimes its hard to differentiate between good and evil..I know there are exceptions to the rule, you just have to be cautious about it."

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"Cu.." Willow stops. She has no clue: was he teasing her, or.. Thankfully he brings up another topic. "Vampires were once people. The longer the are turned, the more inhuman they become." Agnel, and Spike wriggle in her head. "Sometimes, they can be switched? Well, sort a junkie. And always have the urge, with help.. "

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"Ah." The bird nods, "Kind of like how I generally try to avoid Hell's Kitchen when possible." Phantasm glances up over to Zach, assessing him from his low vantage point, opting to remain in avian form, "Well Zach. Good luck with that. Sucks to have to deal with preconceived notions to what you are like."

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Zach shoots the bird the, well, not the bird, just a look. "I live there" he protests and unfurls his wings again, watching Willow as he raises a hand to wave to her and smiles, giving them all a smile before he launches himself into the air, climbing quietly.

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Buffy Summers peers after the retreating angel with a sigh. "I dunno..He seems nice but...I dunno. Good vamps like Angel have a soul, and Spike has a chip. Even Thomas tortures and starves himself so he doesn't hurt people too much." And because he has her to feed on.."But a fallen angel..? If he really is, basically a demon, come here to tempt us..He's doing a good job of winning people over. but he doesn't seem evil, and I didn't sense a demon in him but.." she shrugs, "Guess only time will tell.."

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
The Phantasm looks over to Buffy, the beak twisting into a bit of a frown. "You make it sound like 'but I'm a good Vampire' is much more believable than 'but I'm a good Fallen Angel.'" He shakes his head, "Have a good evening guys." Spreading his wings the phantasm starts to fly off.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers arches a brow at Nick, "No, not exactly. Angel has a soul, and Spike's chip keeps him in line. What does this Zach have other than his word that he's good? I dunno.." she shrugs. "I want to believe him but I'm not gonna drop my guard around him til I know a little more.." she shrugs. "Well I gotta go, see you two later.."

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And then there were one. Willow shakes her head, whatever will she do? She makes a note to tell Supergirl, maybe she can use him. Besides, she's not Buffy, and for once in her life, she thinks she could use a friend who *isn't* Buffy.