11589/A little Heart to Heart

A little Heart to Heart
Date of Scene:	03 June 2020
Location:	Apartment 214, Hugo Building
Synopsis:	A much needed discussion is had about a certain 'Fallen' Angel.
Cast of Characters:	Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg

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Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers is enjoying a little R&R, a rare thing for her, especially as she's had a lot on her mind lately. She hasn't seen Thomas in ages, she's exhausted from extra patrolling, and worried about Willow's new friend. But as it's too early to patrol with the sun still up, and she didn't get called into work today, she's just vegging in front of the tv, munching on a bag of chips and being generally unproductive. Fun...

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Willow closes the door to the apartment. Armloads of books are in her arms. Mostly university texts, and some extra magic books. She throws them down, and announces her presence, "Hey there Buffy. Phew." She wanders into the living room and plunks herself down. "Whats up?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers yawns and stretches, flipping through the channels, looking a bit out of it. Seeing Willow, she smiles faintly, lifting a hand in greeting, "Heey, Wil, just chilling, day off." she yawns again, peering at the books. "Ooh, doing summer courses?" Buffy smirks a bit. She should probably have done some catch up over summer break, but she's been so busy with other things. Like work. And patrolling.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Yeah, I missed some when I was in England. Some math courses. Just, you know." She grins. "Don't often see you take a break, are you really Buffy?" Willow giggles. "Me too."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smirks and shrugs, "Yeaah, I'm pretty sure I am." she sighs, resting her head against the sofa cushion. "Is that such a shock? Even the slayer needs a rest every once in a while. It's not like I dont work hard the rest of my time." Buffy munches slowly, thoughtfully on some more chips. "I sometimes wish I had your resolve for s tudying. But lately I keep asking myself, what's the point? Will I ever be anything more than 'The slayer?' I dunno.."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Hrm." Willow turns very serious, "I don't think we will use it per se, but kinda we should take the time to do it? Does that make sense?" For a moment, she breathes a sigh of relief. "At first I thought you were going to sit me down and lecture me. But I think you'd be sorry if you didn't at least have a general degree. Honest."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers sighs and nods. "Heh, I suppose you're right. I mean...I really am enjoying psychology, and after all the hanging out I've done with a couple of really cool cops, I'm kinda considering a job in the police force. It would make things easier, and it would fit with my whole slayer destiny afterall.."

She chuckles at the thought, taking a long sip of coffee. "I mean, I do have one more semester left, so hopefully I wont have to rush off to save the world again or whatever. Hopefully I can get in some decent school work and not get kicked out of class."

Buffy peers intently at Willow, "And now that you're back from travelling, perhaps you can help me? Occasionally?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Well, d'uh, of course!" Willow smiles a wee little smile. "Scoobies over everything. Well, most everything."

"Maybe we won't always be there for each other, but you'll always rank up there. Sheesh, *you* are the one going places. I will beg on you, really."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers sighs a bit and nods. "Yeaah, I guess so. I guess sometimes it's tiring. All those patrols, investigating, keeping people safe, trying to be everywhere at once.." she frowns, "Even working with grumpy old Harry..I get it, he's been through a lot, just..sometimes he can be a bit too cynical for me."

She smiles, "Thanks Wil, you'll always be my best friend..I hope you weren't too mad ab out what happened with Zach the other day. Really, I want to trust him, but always have to be cautious of everyone..You get that, right?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Willow cant her head, "Buffy, do you trust me, I mean, really trust me?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers arches a curious brow. "Of course I do. Do you even have to ask?" she smiles, "c'mon, tell me. Is there something on your mind?" she seems worried as she peers back at Willow, ignoring chips and coffee and tv for the time being..

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Lots of times you meet people, and I have to trust you. Sometimes you're not precisely wrong. But you are not right either." Willow admits it to her friend. "But I know, deep inside, he's good. I don't know what makes me believe him, but I am certain. Right in here."

She touches her heart.

"He's struggling. Help him. Just.. be a friend. Please? And I am not saying that because maybe I like him. I don't know, but I know he *really* needs friends right now. More that he needs a girlfriend."

Willow cheeks pinken, but her message is clear.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers shrugs, "So be honest, I dont think he's a bad person..But he IS a Fallen Angel, and 'fallen angel' is usually another word for 'Angel who rejected goodness and chose to join the agents of hell'. Heck, Harry has had personal experiences with fallen angels. They've killed people, tortured him, and worse they're pretty cunning in how they do that.."

Having said that, she looks at Willow, and her gaze softens a bit. "He..Seems like a nice guy, I didn't exactly sense 'evil demon' flags from him or anything.." Buffy sighs a bit and shrugs, "You..May be right, and there have b een exceptions to the rule. Heck, I'm dating an Incubus who simply 'chooses' not to kill his victims..Or me. Maybe Zach is different too, and that's why I'm not going after him with guns ablazing. I'm just being cautious is all."

She peers intently, curiously at Willow, noticing the blush in her face. "Do you...'Like' him, Willow?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Willow is crestfallen. "If you insist. And no, I don't know what I feel. But he's a friend."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smirks a bit and nods. "Hmm, well, like I said..Just be cautious. I also need to touch basis with Giles. I know Harry can be knowledgable, but he can also be a bit biased, clearly he's had personal issues with fallen angels. I need to do some reading up on angels. I was always of the opinion that any sort of angel on earth is a fallen angel, but he did mention something about being..Left behind?"

Another shrug as she leans over to pat her reassuringly on the shoulder. "Don't worry too much, I'm not exactly gonna go out there with any intent to harm him..We'll figure it out one way or the other." she does watch her curiously though, "He does seem lonely and in need of a good friend.."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Of course he needs friends. The angel never needed a friend - he was a weapon. Yahweh used the for His judgment. His never had to think or decide that to do or don't. If we abandon him, *we* are guilty."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks in surprise. "A..Weapon? Like what, a soldier?" she sighs and shakes her head, "That's terrible. But how did he end up here, on earth? I think he mentionned something about being..Left behind? but I cant understand why, or how..?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"You really want to learn this?" Willow looks intently, "Okay. See, the named angels are important. They make the decisions. All the other angels are weapons. They don't think, just do. Zach angel doesn't have a name. He was, for lack of a better word, garbage. At the end of the day, who wins has more. Zach was.. he probably was a number. Not a name. Do you get it?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks, "Oh you mean angels like Michael, Rafael, Gabrielle and all that? I guess they're not terribly original with all of them ending in -iel'" she smirks, shaking her head. Okay you need to have some sort of humour in her field of work right?

Her smile fades though when she speaks of Zach as garbage. "Garbage? What do you mean, just...A footsoldier? A pawn? expendable? That's...Terrible."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Exactly. The bible would be hundreds of names long - let's be honest a bible loves names. And they never have three names. D'uh." She's silent as Buffy catches up with herself. "I don't know what he was fighting, something? I don't even know he got his name. But see? We can't abandon him when he is learning about life."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers nods slowly and sighs. "Geez, poor guy. Sooo he's more like a forgotten angel than a fallen angel I guess? I mean he didn't choose evil over good it seems, and that's the important thing, right?" she smiles, "Maybe he's not so bad..A victim of circumstance? I feel bad for him.."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Yes!" Willow has finally done it. "If we don't help him, then we are to blame!" Then, "I mean, he turns regardless, but we have to try. Right? ..right?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers hmms. "Well...We can try. I'm startin to think more and more that he's telling the truth.. Just..It's so confusing, you know? I've never met a real angel before, all I kknow about are demons. Figured all the angels were up there and it was beneath them to abandon their own."

She just shakes her head some more. "So sad.."

But hey, she's winning her over, one word at a time. Willow's good at that sort of thing. "Well, I suppose we can do what we can to help him but..How? I mean, looks like he was left here and abandonned, all we can do is try to be his friend." she shrugs helplessly.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"I don't know much about demons? Just the ones we have encountered. And him? I guess we treat him like a friend?" Seems right to her.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers laughs and shakes her head. "I on the other hand, seem to have a lot of experience with demons, even the friendly kind.." she smirks, "Imagine that, I always seem to encounter 'execptions to the rule'...Dunno if that's a good thing or a bad thing but..I at least owe him the benefit of the doubt. Soo, anything else you know about this guy? Are there other..Forgotten angels?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Welllll," Willow prevaricates, "Dean and Sam have an angel. But he's kinda different?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks, "Oh hey, that's right! I've heard of this Castiel guy. I should look up Dean and ask him about it." she smiles, "Have you ever met this Castiel before? Is he anything like Zach?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Well, I never met him? He's kinda cranky, and likes to use profanity." Willow makes a face. "He comes and goes. Maybe he's looking after Sam? He doesn't seem to understand humanity - well portions of it. Oh! He has a body, like one of us. No feathers." Willow shrugs.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smirks, "Heh, that sounds like a pretty strange angel to me!" she nods slowly, "Yeah, i've heard of Dean's brother, think I met him once or twice, he hasn't been around lately though..Well, definitely will have to have a talk with Dean.." she smiles, "I guess there really are many different types of angels out there, but..I'm glad we had this conversation, got everything out in the open.."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Me too! And now, books!" Willow grins. "See you later."