#22 - [Video Post]

[totallyinaband]

[Failed Filter to Young Neil - open to all]

[The video starts shakily. There is a blur of trees, sky, and Stephen's usual flannel shirt. It finally steadies on a close-up of his face.]

Neil! Dude, wherever you are, you have to get back to the clearing NOW. There is no way you are missing this!

[Stephen flips the camera around, to reveal the extremely curious-looking face of brontosaurus. It is about five steps away from where Stephen is standing, alternatively munching on a tree and inspecting this strange new human intruder with mild interest.]

I'm totally going to try and pet him. Get over here, dude!

[ooc: before anyone else points it out, yes I know they're not really called brontosaurs anymore. But Stephen is a ninties kid who grew up on The Land Before Time, so that's all he knows them as.]

Comments

Re: [Action] \o/ Awesome

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

[She leans over him, tilting her head at him.]

Is that a happy noise or 'help me I'm dying' noise?

[totallyinaband]

No, I'm fine. The dinosaur didn't eat me. Obviously.

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

Obviously and trampled seems to be out since you didn't mention that.

[totallyinaband]

Yeah, if I'd broken any bones you'd probably be hearing about it.

Uh, thanks for checking on us, though.

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. You guys okay here then? [She takes a few steps in each direction, pausing, listening and then moving again. She's checking for the cranky dinosaurs.]

[totallyinaband]

Yeah, yeah. Neil got attacked by some compsognathus earlier, but he's totally fine now.

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

Okay. I'll be around if you need some help, use the bat signal. Or...you know...just yell.

[totallyinaband]

Are you, like, battling dinosaurs all day?

[Because that is something Stephen would totally want to watch.]

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

Only the fangy, scary ones.

[He's welcome to tag along. She's used to an entourage.]

THREADJACKING 101

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Need a Scooby Gang for that?

[And a grin that clearly says he is volunteering!]

YOU HAVE TAUGHT BE WELL, THREADJACKING INSTRUCTER

[totallyinaband]

[Stephen elbows Neil hard in the ribs.]

Dude!

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[Neil looks alarmed.]

Ow! What?!

[totallyinaband]

[Stephen gives Neil The Look. You know, the look of 'you're not supposed to let Buffy the Vampire Slayer know that you know intricate details about her personal life'. That look.]

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

[Buffy looks back and forth between the two of them, one eyebrow arched.]

Let me guess. You're from a world where I'm a TV show?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

No.

...Maybe.

Why, does that happen?

[totallyinaband]

Yeah.


Sorry?

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

Occasionally it happens in the City. [Buffy sighs, rolls her eyes and then half grins.] Come on then. Just don't start telling me things that happened on the show.

[totallyinaband]

Yeah. Got it.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[Neil salutes. He looks kind of retroactively abashed, which should be enough to keep him quieter for a while.]

Yessir.

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

[She's clearly not upset with them. It's more of a 'great more people who know all about my life' thing.] So either of you have experience being 'scoobies'?

[totallyinaband]

[Short answer? No.]

Neil plays a lot of tomb raider.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, er, I have... theoretical knowledge?

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

Theoretical is better than nothing. Stick to the less split-y moves.

[totallyinaband]

Yeah, we can do that. Right, Neil?

[aka: we are about to go watch Buffy fighting dinosaurs. Please don't say or do anything to mess this up.]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[Neil nods vigorously and mimes zipping his lips, fighting back a giddy grin.]