8655/Magic Hockey

Magic Hockey
Date of Scene:	04 August 2019
Location:	The Magic Box, Sunnydale
Synopsis:	Buffy meets Thomas Raith at the Magic Shop and helps him find a birthday gift for his brother.
Cast of Characters:	Buffy Summers, Thomas Raith

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Buffy Summers has posed:
With Giles away on important business, Buffy was left to handle the magic shop today. However, on a sunny Sunday afternoon, business was quite slow and in to the wee hours, she was getting ready to close fairly soon. At least she got some much needed studying in! But she really needs a break before patrolling later tonight..

Thomas Raith has posed:
The sound of a loud and expensive sounding car screaching into the parking lot breaks the air. The man who then comes in... well he barely resembles the polished owner of the Blue Lady. Suit replaced with white jeans and a white cut off T-shirt.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers yawns tiredly, "Ughhh, what a boooring day...But it's almost over..Just twenty more minutes.." she peers hopefully at her watch. And then the door opens and in walks the sexy guy from the other day. She sits up straight when she hears the car, he must be wealthy but why's he dressed so casually today? "Mister Raith, wasn't it?" she smirks a bit at memory of their last..Interesting encounter. "What brings you here?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Everyone wears masks of one sort or another. It's always interesting to see someone who is wearing one mask suddenly have to change masks midstream. He straightens a bit and offers her that wicked grin. "And now I step into your parlor it seems. How are you?

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smirks and shakes her head. "Welllll not exactly..I'm just looking after this place for a friend who is out of town for a bit. Although I suppose you could say it doubles as a base of operations at times too." she grins, "Just exploring, or did you come here, looking for something more specific...?" Buffy peers at him curiously as she steps around the other side if the counter. She had offered to let him feed on her if needed, and while she considered she t her duty to help others, a part of her didn?t half mi d it either..Not that she would ever admit it of course..

Thomas Raith has posed:
He grins a bit, waffling his hand back and forth. I'm exploring while looking for something specific. Just not sure what that specific thing is yet. " He smirks a bit. "My brother is a wizard. His birthday is coming up. Last year I had the complete collection of Harry Potter books delivered by a striper in a Slytherin school girl outfit. This year I wanted to get something more practical.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks slowly at the stripper bit."Really..." she can?t help but chuckle at the oddity of that. "Okay welll, What kind of stuff does he like besides Harry Potter? This is more so a magic shop than a book store, so I mostly only have spell books, maybe a few books on wizards if he likes to read. Does he have any other past times that are a little less...Risque?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith laughs a bit. "It wasn't really his thing either. That was basically the idea." he glances around the shop. "The best way to describe Harry, my brother not Potter, is he's like the Magic equivalent of a nerd. He is always tinkering in his lab and stuff.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers Hmmm, "Is that so? A magical nerd.." she wanders around the shop pondering. "How about a magical lamp that sings a number of different songs and lights up different colours when the right words are sung? Or maybe a magical hockey stick? Not sure exactly what it does though. I'm not terribly well versed in magical artefacts..."

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith raises a brow, giving the younger woman a smile that has made plenty of females swoon. "How precisely does a Hockey stick become magical?" he asks with a playful grin, but wandering gamely in the direction Buffy indicated.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smirks, lifting up the stick. "Hmmm, I think it's like...A very big magic wand..Doubles as a hockey stick? Uhh, does he play hockey, at all? maybe he wants something a little smaller..?" she puts it down, glancing around, "Well..We've got lots of other stuff, take a look see. How about this crystal ball, if he's into gazing? Or maybe a book? We've got a few books in the upper level over there if you care to take a browse."

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith seems drawn to the stick despite saying "I don't think he's ever actually played hockey. He's 6'9" inces. More likely a basketball guy, still.." He lifts it up, testing the weight, even twirls it around like some sort of Melee weapon. The Slayer would be able to tell that the man is likely no slouch in that department either. He can feel the raw power pulsing through the wood. "So what would it take for me to take this off your hands for you?" he asks playfully.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers oohs, "Really? that's...Really tall." And as it is, Thomas himself is pretty tall too. She chuckles, "Guess it runs in the family huh. What did you say his name was again, Harry? That wouldn't be Mr. Dresden, would it? I seem to recall him being incredibly tall, and he's a wizard too. Even his dog is huge." she does arch a brow when he lifts up the hockey stick, moving it with the grace and strength of either an extremely good hockey player, or a very well trained warrior. "Hmm, impressive. Looks like you could put that stick to good use too, hmm?" she smiles, eyes twinkling with amazement. "Well..I'm not entirely sure of the price..Let me check.." Buffy goes back to the desk, searching through the computer for that entry. "$400, but looks like he's open to negotiation. Let's see, made of holly, with a phonenix feather in its core. Hmm, that sounds kinda familiar.."

Thomas Raith has posed:
Honestly... I mean /HONESTLY/ how does one expect someone like Thomas Raith to pass up an opening like that. And it's not like she doesn't /know/ what he is? His voice drops to a playful tone and he laces it with no small amount of his Hunger. Enough that would make a woman at a bridal shower forget what she was supposed to be doing the next day. "Believe me Buffy, I can put my stick to uses that would completely unravel your mind..." It floats in the air for a moment, and then fades and is gone with almost shocking suddenness. Only playing after all, though if the woman had any doubts just how powerful and dangerous the other could be, they should be quite asuaged now. He tilts his head and pinches his nose, "You know Harry? Okay that makes the situation a /bit/ more awkward."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks slowly at the unintentionned double entendre, her face reddening slightly. "Erm...Well..." Oh yeah, she doesn't know Thomas that well, but after their first meeting, Buffy is starting to get the idea that he greets most women he meets like that.

"Haha, real funny. You know that wasn't what I meant.." she smirks, tossing her hair, "I'm sure you could, but you might just find I have some tricks of my own up my sleeve.." she winks at him, not really caring to elaborate, returning the tease with a slight smile.

"So, the same Harry huh. Hah! Isn't that a coincidence? Who'd have thought you guys, two polar opposites, were family? I mean, it's almost..Funny.." she ponders, "Well..I mean, I only met him once or twice, so I don't know him that well. I know he's well-read, and a little reserved.." she shrugs, "Why don't you tell me more about him? Is it that awkward?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith sighs and would /really/ love to have Buffy show him some of her tricks but...well there is that awkward subject. "It's awkward because HArry doesn't /know/ we are brothers. Half brother's really. MY father was abusive and our mother ran away. Met his father then died in child birth. I've been looking for the right way to tell him, but...as I said.. Awkward."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks slowly at the response. "Woah. That's...Wow, I had no idea." she shrugs, "So. He doesn't even know, huh? I guess you guys never grew up together. That's a pity. But I'm sure if he knew the truth, he'd be ecstatic to know you were family..Wouldn't he?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith shakes his head, "I grew up in wealth, privilege, with four sisters, a father, servants and around porn stars. He grew up with single dad who was a failed stage magician and lived completely hand-to-mouth. Empty Night I envy him that so much some times." He shakes his head, "Anyway. Harry is a good man. A Genuine good man. I'm one of the things that goes bump in the night. How would you feel to find out you had a sister and she turned out to be a sucubus?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers arches a brow at the 'porn star' explanation, but is not entirely surprised, given what she knows about him. "Hmm, I guess that could be a problem.." she narrows her eyes suspiciously at him, "Wait, so there are more like you? Are they..Good like you or..Harmful. Should I be worried?" she smiles, "Yeah, he's a good guy, and that's really too bad. I didn't realize he had such a harsh life. Do you want me to test the waters with him, see how he might respond if he knew he had a brother?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith considers a bit and then shrugs. He's a sucker for blonde's and the information wouldn't be hard to find for someone with her resources. "My kinda aren't made Buffy. We are born human, but in late puberty we our Hunger awakens and we become...more. When I was 17 I was gawky. Awkward. I had no idea what I truly was because we don't tell our young the truth. My father took me to a strip club called the Down and Dirty. Real classy joint. IT was near Christmas, and he paid for me to have a private dance with a girl who called herself Kandy Kane. Never knew her real name... Anyway so we go in the back, and she starts grinding and rubbing on me... My hunger awakens for the first time. I wanted her. I wanted her more then I wanted air... and my Hunger saw to it she wanted me every bit as much. If not more. And so I took. I took and I took until... Until there was nothing left to take. I took until she passed out. Then I kept taking until I had ripped every bit of her life essence... her soul out of her. I absorbed it. I ate it. And then.../THEN/ my father saw fit to explain to me what I was... what all my family was. Called me a man as his servants carried the empty husk of that poor woman away. Yes Buffy there are more like me. But you shouldn't be worried, if you run across another like me. Be very, very afraid.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks slowly as she listens to his story, truly touched by it. "Geez..I never knew. I just thought you were...I dunno, some random lust demon that just happened to look way too smoking hot for a normal demon. I didn't realize it was so complicated, or that they tricked you that way.." she does cross the floor, reaching out to touch his shoulder gently, a casual gesture of empathy. "I can't believe they made you into this..But still, you clearly have a conscience. You probably fight it all the time. You..Don't kill anymore..Right?"

She seems only slightly wary as she says that, but Buffy already got the impression that he was a good man, especially the way he speaks of his brother, and she knew that Harry was a good man too. "It's kinda funny, how freely you speak of yourself, to someone who's a near stranger." she smirks, "Guess I just got your guard down, huh."

That last part does make her shiver a little, realizing that a vampire could hurt more than the physical body of a person, and her smile fades just a little. "Don't worry.." she smiles confidently, "It's my job to fight things that go bump in the night. And if your family comes after you, or anyone else, they'll have to answer to me."

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith smirks a little bit and shrugs some leaning back. "You know the things that go bump in the night Buffy? As a matter of fact you /are/ one of the things that go bump in the night. Or rather your the thing that bumps back." He sighs and looks at the hockey stick before pulling out a gold money clip and beginning to peal off fifty dollar bills. "I don't usually kill. Never kill an innocent if I can at all avoid it." he taps the stack of eight portraits of President Grant into a neat stack and offers them over to the younger woman. "But you of all people know that sometimes things do need killing."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers shakes her head. "Not talking about that. I doubt you'd casually kill someone. Heck, if you did, you'd probably have targeted me ages ago. I mean..when you feed off of someone, do you ever..I dunno, accidently kill them? That kind of hunger must be even harder to control than bloodlust, I'd think." She pauses though, shaking her head. Maybe it's his ability to totally catch women off-guard with his charm that makes her want to trust him when she doesn't know him that well yet. She needs to observe more and trust less perhaps. "Well that's a relief. And yeah, I know that sometimes humans can be just as evil as any demon."

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith shrugs a bit, "I'm careful." He says simply. "It can happen. If I'm severely injured to the point my Hunger is overpowering my will power it can happen. Likewise if I continuously feed on someone over long periods of time they can become, in effect, spiritually anemic. It's one of the reasons I started the club. Steady supply of women with lowered inhibitions so I don't risk over feeding on any one person."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers nods, accepting the money, handing over the hockey stick. "Thanks! Hey, you want that gift wrapped? I got some wrapping paper, a nice big bow if you want, no extra charge." her smile fades a bit as he explains his powers some more. It's a bit worrisome, actually. Kinda disturbing. "Sooo..You feed a little on several different women. Do they know what's going on? Is it at least consentual?" she folds her arms, a little torn. He's Harry's brother, and he's not harmed her, at least yet. He clearly has a conscience, but he's still a demon, albeit a very attractive one.

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith shrugs a bit. "I never force them into my bed, if that's what you are asking." He smiles a bit and nods at her suggestion of wrapping the hockey stick... though lets be honest it's going to look like a hockey stick no matter what. "I could, if I wanted to. And I might lower their inhibitions a little bit, but no more then a few strong drinks would. I don't believe in breaking someones free will. And also... well honestly where is the fun without the hunt?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smirks a little. "You sure are strange..But I guess that's the difference between good and evil, allowing a person free will." she sighs, "Back at your club..When I first met you, I could feel that pull. Heck, I can feel it a little now. You sure have a way of lowering a girl's inhibitions, don't you? Honestly it's a little disturbing." As for the hockey stick, it sure is hard to disguise it, but Buffy does stick a bit blue bow with little silver streamers coming out of it on the top of the hockey stick before handing it over along with a receipt. "Here you go, I hope Harry enjoys it. by the way, when is his birthday? He never told me." Of course she d oesn't know him that well yet either.

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith smirks a little bit, amused. "October the 31st." then he offers her that wicked smile and, well if she was feeling a little bit of that magnetism before, he lets her have a rather substantial dose of it now, his voice dropping to wicked playfulness. "Mine is Febuary fourteenth... if you wanna give me something to unwrap." He eases up immediately on the pull as he takes the hockey stick. More showing her what he /could/ do rather then doing it.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers arches a brow, "Oh. are you serious? I mean, really? That's so..." she can't help but burst out laughing. "So ironic.." and of cooourse, his would be Valentine's day. "Okay, okay..You're pulling my leg now.." she does shiver a bit at that undeniable magnetism though, leaning over to playfully punch him in the chest. "I mean seriously, you only have one thing on your mind, dont you?" for a brief moment, Buffy does peer a little longer into his eyes than she should, though pulling away quickly. Damn, he's cute. She has to constantly remind herself that it's his demonic powers that are drawing her towards him. "Dammit.." she murmurs.

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith grins a little bit and whispers softly in her ear "No, I am much more imaginative then just having /one/ thing on my mind." He doesn't crank up the juice for that one, though there is likely still enough flowing to give the words a bit of extra punch. "But yes I'm serious, Harry was born on Halloween, I was born on Valentines day... I'd show you my drivers license to prove it... but I'd be shy of you knowing just how old I am.." Like Thomas would be shy of /anything/.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smiles, playing along. "Oh yeah? so seriously though..What *would* you like for you birthday? Who knows, I may just spring you and your brother a surprise Birthday party, although you really ought to just tell him you're his brother.." she arches a brow at his sudden 'shyness'. "Oh yeah? And I'm supposed to believe that after we first met at the Blue Lady?"

Buffy can't help but chuckle at that. "Seriously though. How old ARE you? You don't look that young..But I guess if you're really a vampire, you're probably like, 200+ years old. I mean, it's not that embarrassing. Heck, I dated a 300 year old vampire once." she shrugs, mentionning it as if it were the most casual thing in the world.