#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

[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.]

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

[Buffy just laughs and shakes her head. She tries to stifle it behind a stern look but it's difficult with these two.] I'll take lead. Neil, with the theoretical experience, you can bring up the rear. If you see anything dangerous, say something. Preferably danger, dinosaur without any screaming.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Right. Roger. Okay.

[The zipped lips thing sure lasted a long time.]

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

[And here they'll go creeping along through the foliage...okay more like strolling because Buffy doesn't creep or sneak well but they're moving! In formation in.]

[totallyinaband]

[Stephen is working very hard at not screwing this up. He can totally be competent Xander!]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[Neil isn't really helping, because he keeps sneaking grins at Stephen and trying to get him to break so they can fanboy over this whole situation together. APPARENTLY WE HAVE TWO XANDERS. Either that or Neil is Andrew Wells.]

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

[Oh good. At least they're following orders and being quiet? Xander didn't often manage that.

Buffy stops in the middle of the path, head cocking.] Did you guys hear that? Like a hissing.

[And before the two Xanders have a chance to answer, she's tackled by a couple hundred pounds of raptor. She rolls with it but the scythe is knocked out of her hand while she wrestles with the dinosaur.]

Packs! [Twists to avoid snapping jaws and wretches one of the raptors clawed arms back until it makes an inhuman screeching sound] Movie said--[The tail swings around to whomp her in the ribs] Hey! So not fighting fair. [Clearly that's directed to the dinosaur.] These things hunt[Yes head butting the dinosaur is the best way to stun him.] In packs.

[totallyinaband]

[HOLY FUCKING FUCK RAPTOR! EUGH, NOT CUT OUT FOR THIS! Stephen does the only thing he can think of that might be at all effective. He grabs a nearby branch and attempts to whack the raptor on the head. Instead, is manages to nudge it lightly on the shoulder. It certainly succeeds in distracting the dinosaur from Buffy.]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Dude. You totally just pissed that thing off.

[THAT IS VERY HELPFUL INSIGHT, of course, because it's not like that's obvious from the way the raptor is glaring.]

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

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<small<[Pissed it off, yes but when it lunges for Stephen and Neil, it provides Buffy some wiggle room. Literally. She uses it to grab a back leg and the tail mid lunge.]</small> Hey! Snarly! You can't ditch a girl on a first date! <small>[And she jerks hard, slinging it back against a tree that cracks under the raptor's weight. It's stunned long enough for Buffy to grab her scythe but not long enough for her to slice, dice or julienne.]</small>

[totallyinaband]

Dude!

[Which is about all Stephen can manage. She did a one-liner! And it was awesome!]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Duuuuude.

[Neil agrees, with an appreciative slow-nod. It was totally awesome.]

[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

[The raptor rushes back at her, slamming her into a tree with it's body. The tree cracks but Buffy maintains her hold on scythe. She punches the raptor in the side of the head with her free hand and it backs up a couple of feet, shaking it's head like a wet dog. That gives Buffy her opening. She swings the scythe up, biting deep into the raptor's neck. She pushes a little further and decapitates the dinosaur completely. She looks over to Neil and Stephen]

Looks like he lost his head. [Then she bursts into giggles.]

[totallyinaband]

[Stephen really REALLY wants to give both of you a high-five. Would that be weird?]