12745/Picking up some stuff!

Picking up some stuff!
Date of Scene:	23 February 2021
Location:	Apartment 214, Hugo Building
Synopsis:	Buffy introduces Willow to Zombie Girl. Chocolate is eaten.
Cast of Characters:	Buffy Summers, Zombie-Girl, Willow Rosenberg

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Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers had run into Zee on her way back to her old apartment, having decided she needed to pick up some things. And on second thought, maybe Willow was still looking for a room mate. Well, either way, she can kill two birds with one stone.

"Hey Zee, tell me more about yourself. Where do you live, do you have family? I don't mean to pry just, I worry about my friends..My friend Willow *might* still be looking for a room mate after I moved out.."

She pauses outside the apartment door, fumbling for her keys. It's been a while since Buffy came back here and she should really have dropped by more often but things got chaotic with her mind being swapped with a vamp and all..

Zombie-Girl has posed:
Zombie-Girl puts both hands behind her head at the question and takes in a deep breath. The breath is unecessary, but it's a reflex and serves the purpose of being dramatic. "Well hell Buff. That's a whole ball of wax." She's quiet for a beat so it's starting to seem like she's not going to answer. "So dad took off when I was a baby, so screw him. Mom went crazy not long after. Tried to kill me, succeded in killing a cop. She's locked up still. Grandma raised me, or tried to anyway. I was "damaged goods" and all that. Currently I live in the basement of an abandoned church. It's not lonely or anything though. I live with a guy named Owen. He's like my... well.. Watcher I guess would be the best comparison that you would understand."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers frowns a bit. "Wow, that's harsh. Sounds similar to someone I know, except you're way nicer than her." she shrugs as she knocks on the door to at least alert Willow of their presence before unlocking the door and stepping in.

"Well, here we are. It used to be home away from home but..You know, stuff happened."

Well namely, Thomas happened and her life was forever changed. "But seriously? Living in the basement of an abandoned church? That couldn't be..I dunno, safe? warm? comfortable? and wait, you have a watcher too?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Willow was sitting on the couch, studying in her pajamas. Well she was *supposed* be studying. Her mind wouldn't stay still. What with Austin, and Gretel.. her mind was overflowing with thoughts. "Ugh!" She put her books down and closed her eyes.

Zombie-Girl has posed:
Zombie-Girl shrugs and says, "It's not all that bad. We have electric even if it's not exactly completely legal. We have heat. It's safe enough. Owen has warded the hell out of the place."

She shakes her head, "I just said he's like a Watcher. I wasn't properly bound to my body when I came back to life. He knows about magic stuff, so managed to get me properly affixed. He's also the one that set me to work against that cult I wa telling you about."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smirks at Zee's 'not completely legal' spiel. "Hmm well, I dunno, just doesn't seem right, you living in an abandonned building. But it's good that you have someone watching over you. Let's see..."

She glances around the apartment and finds Willow sitting on the couch, although she seems kinda frustrated about something. "Heey, Willow, you okay? What's up?" has she been studying too hard again?

"Heey, I brought some chocolates over.." And she rests the remaining box of chocolates from Thomas' birthday party on the table next to the sofa. Honestly, only one or two chocolates are even missing from the deluxe heart shaped box.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Huh?" Willow eyes popped open, before relaxing. With a blush she welcomed Buffy, and her friend. "No, I was trying to study. Things are too jumbled up in my brain for some reason."

She smiles at Zombie-girl. "Hi, I'm Willow. Sorry for the mess?"

Compared to many university girl's apartments it is really not bad.

"Is this the last load, Buffy?"

Zombie-Girl has posed:
Zombie-Girl walks in a few steps behind Buffy. She's not the shy sort, but she knows her peculiar appearance can put people off. Though he figures that any friend of Buffy would be well acclimated to weird stuff. Still, meeting new people is always weird. She pulls her hood down, though leaves her goggles on for the moment.

"Well it's not exactly like I can just walk back into grandma's house and go back to my room. That would probably give her a heart attack. I can't exactly go get a job either. The first time I get drug tested and the doctor finds out that I'm not exactly 100% alive would probably raise ome questions."

She looks over to Willow and says, "Sup. Uh, Call me Zee." She glances around and says, "It's not as messy as my room anyway."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers arches a brow, "Ohh, are you okay? You should get out more, sometimes I worry that you are studying too hard." she smirks, "Oh I know, you're gonna say something like, 'You can never study too hard!' but even a brainiac like you could do with some fresh air once in a while. Heck, we should all go skating sometime!"

Oh yeah, she's not sure if Willow and Zee met. "Hey Wil, this is my friend Zee, she's really nice, we bumped into each other on the way here." as for the mess, Buffy just shrugs, "It's alright, actually, I figured I left a bunch of stuff behind that I should pick up, give you more space."

To Zee, Buffy nods and sighs, "Yeah, that's tricky, although I wonder if Thomas is looking for anymore bouncers at his work? And the Magic Box could use an extra hand, since Giles is off in England again and Anya is unavailable, and we recently lost another worker who was sloppy and allowed the store to get broken into because she didn't lock up.."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Willow beams. "Okay, Zee it is. I've got the whole apartment to work with though!" She has a point. "It's really bad when I'm working on my po.. um.."

Could she talk about.. you know.. with Zee around?

She laughs at Buffy. "I know, I know. But I've been slacking off with my friends. I really should study!"

Zombie-Girl has posed:
Zombie-Girl considers, "Yeah, I guess I could do either of those. That's if wherever Thomas works doesn't mind a bouncer that's a weird gray chick. Owen does pull in a little money for us when he passes around the "donation plate" when he delivers his subway sermons. I'd like to make enough where he wouldn't have to do that. But something tells me that he would even if I was making bank. You might'a saw him if you ever took the subway in the bronx. Old dude, gray dreadlocks, no legs?"

She looks bac to Willow and says, "Working on your... pot? It's cool. I had friends back in college with a small farm in their basement. Botanist nerds, amirite?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers arches a brow at Willow. Was she..Smoking pot, or something? But Buff doesn't want to pry or push too much. "Oh..I see. How have you been here otherwise, Wil? Did you ever find a room mate? I'm sorry that I moved out, I still feel bad, but..You know.." She just waves her arms around helplessly.

"You know I'm just a phone call away.." Well, she was gonna see if she'd accept Zee as a room mate, but if Zee doesn't even have a job to pay her way. "Hmmm.." she bites her lip. "Oh no, that guy? Wow..I'm sorry, that's gotta be hard. Does he have any skills?"

Really, Buffy wants to help everyone but she's not sure she can. "Even so, there's the magic shop..What kinds of skills do you have, Zee?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"My pot?" Willow cocks her head to the side. "Pot?.. Oooooh. *Pot* No. Not even close."`

Zombie-Girl has posed:
Zombie-Girl considers, "Honestly, I don't have a lot of skills. I pretty much coasted through high school and only got into college on a wrestling scholarhip. I mean I guess I did pick up a few skills in Hell, but nothing that would look good on a job application unless some slimy government agency was looking for an "interrogate." Owen is the one with the talent. He was a mechanic in the army. Speaks a few languages, though mostly dead languages. He knows all about demonology... probably not a skill that would apply to the wor force though."

"Okay, so no on the pot? Well anyway not much can wig me out whatever it is."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers laughs at the hell thing. "Hey, if you were working for SHIELD, I'm sure they'd love a hell specialist. It would fit perfectly. I can talk to my friend Fred, she's part of SHIELD, could probably give you a good recommendation."

She arches a brow at the wrestling thing, "Ooh, you're into wrestling? That's cool, something to think about, and of course I can talk to Giles about seeing if we can get you a job at the magic shop."

The whole 'pot' reference earns a curious smirk from Buffy but she says nothing on it, waiting to see what Willow has to say about that.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Oooh that place." Hell. But that answered her question. "No, I meant potions. I'm a witch. And potions are my Nemesis."

Willow shrugs at Buffy. "I've got money if I don't spend as much for the semester." Read: she'd be back to the state she was in during first year. "I'll have to transfer to a single unit next semester."

*If* they had a single unit available.

Zombie-Girl has posed:
Zombie-Girl chuckles, "Me workin for SHIELD. That'd be wild. A pretty big instant step up from workin out of a condemed building. Though it would be nice to get some actual resources on that cult. It feels like whenever I get a step ahead on them that they make another three." She shrugs, "Anyway, that's probably a downer of a topic. A witch? That's pretty damned cool actually. I knew some people who called themselves witches. But one of those people also went through a "vampire" phase in junior high before that. So... yeah."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers nods in agreement to Willow, "Right right, Willow's a witch." she laughs, why did she think otherwise. "She's pretty cool, one of the strongest, most talented magic users around. No wonder she's pretty much single handedly running the Magic Box when Giles isn't around.."

To Zee, she just nods and shrugs. "I think a really talented witch is hard to find. I know in college they had like a lot of wiccan clubs, but only a handful of them had any real talent. willow's one of the best."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Well," Willow begins. "I'm a pagan witch too." She stops, and thinks about it. "I guess I could be a mage. Really the name has nothing to do with the magic. And your friend.. might.. have been one?"

She really didn't think so. At least not like she was.

"SHIELD?" But Buffy complimented her, and she blushed. "I really don't do much of anything. And SHIELD? Did you know that Sam worked for them. We got stuck in a snowstorm and this lady, May, rescued us. Well, kind of. But I met her. Really cool."

Zombie-Girl has posed:
Zombie-Girl shakes her head, "Nah, she wasn't a friend. I was actually pretty horrible to her actually. I'd like to find her and make it up to her. But I think that your dead bully showing up on your porch might screw with a person.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers hmms. "My friend Fred I meant, she works in SHIELD, I can ask her." she quirks a brow at the name though, "As in Sam Winchester? baby brother to Dean?" she smirks at the name. "Been a while, heh. I should see how they're doing."

She settles down on the couch, popping a chocolate into her mouth. "Soo what else is new with you, Wils?"

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Wait.. Was this person responsible for your.." And then Willow stops. "You mean you're dead?"

But it's really Buffy she turns on. "You had better stop finding dead people to hang out with. Really."

This was four? Five?