13960/Occultish Ramblings

Occultish Ramblings
Date of Scene:	17 November 2021
Location:	Apartment, the Blue Lady
Synopsis:	Buffy is working too hard, Thomas gets her to slow down.
Cast of Characters:	Buffy Summers, Thomas Raith

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Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers ehas been busy lately..Very busy, trying to check up on connections, doing research at the library (gasp!), ramping up her patrols..Between that and extra shifts at the Blue Lady, she really hasn't had a lot of alone time with Thomas lately..

Which is a pity, because she's running herself ragged, and could really learn to slow down. Tonight finds her pouring over some books on the kitching table, really burning the midnight oil as she sips on yet another cup of coffee..What time is it now, anyway?

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith for his part has had one of his dreams and has thus not been much of himself today anyway. Still the smell of stale coffee brings him out of a funk long enough to make him realize it. He casually tosses the sketch pad he'd been doodleing in all afternoon down on the table and smirks. "Alright, I don't care how wicked we are we need a break. how about tacos?" He glances over what she is reading and adds, "Scool or Slayer stuff?

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers sighs, rubbing her eyes. "Slayer stuff..Uggh, where's Wilow when I need her, or Giles, or Xander, or heck, even Spike? It's like, I'm just doing everything on my own now. I'm not the bookish smart one, dammit. I'm the muscle, not the brains." she frowns, staring down at the words that are no longer making any sense, and just slams the book shut, a little harder than she should have. "You know what? You're right, I need a break. We need a break." she yawns and stretches as she climbs to her feet. "Soo....Tacos, huh? where are we gonna get tacos at this time of night?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith shrugs a little. "We make them?" he asks with a bit of a grin. "I mean I picked up some shells, or we could make taco Salad if you prefer." He smiles a bit and kisses her forehead. "Have I told you lately you are the sexiest woman I know, that I constantly want to rip the clothes from your body. And also, I love you buffy Summers.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers laughs, "Ooh, you're brave. Gonna teach me how to make tacos, hm?" she arches a brow, "Did I ever tell you how very..Chaotic I am in the kitchen?" but hey, she's probably too tired to go out anywhere anyway. "Alright, I guess it'll get my mind off of..Well, everything." his compliment does get a soft smile out of her and she chuckles, wrapping her arms around his neck, pulling him closer. "All the time..But it never gets old." she tilts his head down a bit, leaning up to kiss him slowly on the lips, running her fingers through his hair.

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith mmms softly, smirking a little bit, "well too be fair, I was going to put you in charge of cutting up the veggies. If there is one thing I know you know how to do it's handle a knife." He says with a smirk and grins. As he steps away towards the kitchen, his pocket catches his sketch book and pulls it to the floor.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers grins and nods. "Sure, I know my way around knives..At least I wont cut myself!" she chuckles and starts to follow him towards the kitchen. Then pauses as she sees the sketchbook. Frowning a bit, she picks it up, arching a curious brow. Heey, since when did Thomas draw? With an amused smile, she flips through it with burning curiosity..

Thomas Raith has posed:
There are a few drawings, and because it is Thomas they are excelentA few are of the Blue Lady, but with some remodles. The number 88 prominant on seats and in the brass work. Another is of a very attractive woman leading a unicorn through what looks like a demon market... and the one he's been working all day? Buffy, topless though with her back turned with her arm around...buffy equally topless with her back turned. The two sharing a sisterly smile. Across their backs some sort of runic tattoo or drawing.

Thomas not noticing the book fell meanwhile heads to the fridge, getting out the ground beef. "If you want I can shoot a text over to Syrin, have her whip us up a couple of margaretas..

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks slowly as she runs her fingers over the drawings. "Huh....? What's this..?" what, indeed. The ginger haired woman with a..Unicorn? Two topless Buffys..?" Okaay, that's...Wow, Thomas.." she flips through a few more pages as she follows after him.

"I didn't know you had such a fantastical imagination..And what's with the Buffy clones? I mean, it's kinda.....well, I'm not sure if it's creepy, erotic or.."

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith glances over and blushes a bit. Actually blushes. Thomas Raith. Blushing. Mark it on the calander. Still he shrugs and smirks a bit. "I'm not sure what it's about.." He says with a sigh, starting to brown the burger. "I'm still having those weird dreams. I talked to Nick about them. He thinks they might be visions of an alternate universe or something. I thought drawing them out might... I dunno awaken something or help me remember them more clearly.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks, slowly at the blush, and quickly hands the sketchpad back. "Here, you dropped it." she smirks, "You really are quite talented..Although I'm curious to know the story behind those drawings. Who's the cute girl with the unicorn?" she seems mildly amused, but frowns at the idea of an alternate universe. "Oh yeah? Is that possible? How's that even happen?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith tilts his head, "A witch, I think." He says with a smile. "I remember I needed her help to help you with something, I'm not sure what." He says as he chops the onion and adds it to the meat. "I've always liked drawing. It runs in the family. Lara has made watercolors that have sold for thousands, and I think you've seen my father's portrait of my mother, yes?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers frowns. "Hmm, didn't you mention getting..Frisky..With a witch a while back?" yeaah, she doesn't like that. Not one bit. "Was this the one you fed on?" as for his skill with the pencil, she has to admit, it's pretty good. "Annd what of the two Buffys? Why do they look like they're about to..Kiss each other or something? and what's that weird runic marking on their back?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith gives a little cough and a sideways look to his lover. This is Thomas speak for "Do you really want to get into my sex life before you came along?" He hasn't had to use it much for a while since he's been on a strict slayer only diet for a long time now, however this opens another can of worms. He sighs and shrugs, "I think it might be," He admits with a shrug. "That Thomas, the one in the other world, has a definite infatuation for her. I'm pretty sure he's still faithful to his Buffy, but she is definitely under his skin.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers frowns a bit, staring back at the drawing in silence for several beats. "Right. A different Thomas. Different Buffy. Different...World. I suppose you can't help it." she shrugs and smirks, moving towards the fridge to grab some fresh greens. "Still, I wonder why he was so infatuated with her..Wasn't Buffy enoguh for him..?" of course the real question is, could that happen to her Thomas too?

Thomas Raith has posed:
The White Courtier shrugs slightly, "You'd have to ask him. Honestly I brought up the same question to Nick. I mean..." He pauses for a second and then goes ahead with his thought. His and Buffy have always shared complete honesty, it's partially why their relationship is so strong. "I've had Witches before. They are Richer, but no where near the level of a Slayer, and she's cute in a bomber girl sort of way, but I'd pick you any day of the week and twice on Sundays." He shakes his head. "It feels like...history... Like there was something between them before you, or rather his Buffy, came along. Something unresolved.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers frowns, rinsing the lettuce leaves and washing a tomato and carrots before pulling out a chopping block and gets to work chopping in silence for several minutes as she tries to process all this information. "Huh..I'll never understand how you can equate human energy to food.." she makes a face. "But okay.." Buffy sighs, "Unresolved issues, huh..I guess that can be hard. Sooo what, he and her had a 'thing' before my alter ego came along..?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith grins a bit, "I mean it is the source of the energy that I require to function at my best. If not food, how would /you/ describe it?" He asks as he takes some dehydrated onion as well as the taco seasoning out and begins to add it to the meat. "Maybe, I'm not sure... It's not like I get whole ideas, more like catching a few episodes of a show, and trying to understand the whole season long plot... and Fox aired it out of order anyway." Not that he is still sore about Firefly. Not one bit.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smirks and shrugs. "Food. Sure. I guess it just makes me feel more like a lamb coming to the slaughter, and less like your lover.." she sighs, shaking her head a bit as she continues to chop salad. "But I suppose it's the thought that counts. It's not like I dont get anything out of the deal..Right?" she grins and winks at him.

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith smirks a little bit, "Ususally several somethings," He says with a wicked grin in his eye and he shrugs smiling. "You are my lover. You are my best friend. you are my closest confidant. And you are also, for better or for worse the sourse of the sustaniance that I need to keep going. But You are definately not a lamb my love.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers chuckles as she continues chopping greens. "I mean, I wouldn't let you think of me as a lamb ever. I constantly remind you that we are equals afterall.." she winks. "But it doesn't change the fact that I would sacrifice myself for you in a heartbeat.." She says it without hesitation, knowing he would, and has, done the same for her.