[GP] Food for the soul

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Carlos hated being back at the hotel. He had begun by trying to access the Nevernever but that had totally failed, then caught up with Buffy to go and visit both London and Edinburgh, for varying reasons, and the rest of the time he had headed to Spain - he may have been well travelled, but rarely got time to be a tourist - but his time relaxing and finding out about Spain had been unceremoniously cut short when he woke up and found himself back at the hotel. For a few moments he lay there, utterly fed up, and just feeling incredibly homesick.

That only lasted a few minutes; after that he was a man on a mission.

He hunted out Caroline, and had a long chat with her. Plans were set. Time to cook up a storm. They'd missed 4th July, this could serve as a belated celebration, as well as a 'things ain't all bad here' event. Posters went up throughout the hotel, giving notice of a cook out. Everyone was encouraged to attend. What could be bad about this?

Grills were set up outside to cook up as much meat as they could hold; non-meat options were there as well for variety; salads prepared... a vast array of food to try and cheer up anyone who needed it. Carlos took his place at the grills, brandishing tools, turning the meat over just at the right point.

All that was needed now was people to attend.

[ooc: Use as a general gathering post - if you want Carlos specifically, tag him in the subject line]

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Re: Molly and Buffy

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"So's my friend, Willow's. I mean don't get me wrong, I've seen her stake a vampire with a floating pencil, but she doesn't attack with her magic." Buffy said proudly.

Re: Molly and Buffy

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Molly blinked in surprise. "Okay, that's different. I never would have thought of a pencil but it is made out of wood." She was actually pretty impressed with that.

Re: Molly and Buffy

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"I know, right? She's amazing." Buffy leaned in and added, "but I'm biased and she can't do this cool light show like you can."

Re: Molly and Buffy

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Molly liked Buffy, they were alike in some ways and so very different in others. "How did you meet your friend? Was she doing magic?"

Re: Molly and Buffy

[st_accato]

"Nope, Willow didn't know anything about magic until we met." Buffy shook her head with the fond memory. "I asked her to help me study. She's really smart, and I'm - not. We became friends and I tried to keep both her and Xander, that's my other friend, away from my Slaying but vampires kidnapped their friend and turned him." She shrugged, but the weight was still on her that she couldn't save their friend. "Once you see what's out there you can't not see it anymore."

Re: Molly and Buffy

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"No, you can't." Molly agreed. "I wouldn't give up what I am for anything, but sometimes I don't miss what's going on in Chicago while I'm here." She made a face, "not that I expect it to go on without me. I'm pretty sure if I do go back, time stood still or I get all kinds of memories when I return what other me did."

Re: Molly and Buffy

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Buffy's expression mirrored Molly's. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm doing the same thing. I sometimes miss Slaying, but I think it's more that I miss feeling useful than actually Slaying."

Re: Molly and Buffy

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"I think that's why every once in a while the otherworld pops up. So we don't get too bored." Molly said with a smile over at Buffy.

Re: Molly and Buffy

[st_accato]

"Yeah, I can see that. At least they haven't been dangerous. Uh, more than a normal world is dangerous I mean." Buffy chuckled, "says the girl from a town that has a literal mouth to hell."

Re: Molly and Buffy

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Molly laughed, "well the girl from Chicago with warring vampires, wizards and other signers of the Unseelie Accords agrees with you."

Re: Molly and Buffy

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Since it was also part of Carlos' world, Buffy was curious. "What are the Unseelie Accords?"

Re: Molly and Buffy

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"Um, think of them like a UN agreement but instead of countries getting together to agree to rules it's the supernatural community. There's a code of conduct, but it only has to do with the supernatural. Like it won't stop vampires from feeding but if a vampire kills a wizard the wizard's family has the right to challenge them to a single combat - like pistols at dawn but not that." Molly tried to explain, "but to be honest it's a lot of blah, blah, blah, boring, blah."

Re: Molly and Buffy

[st_accato]

"Sounds like it." Buffy admitted, though it was kind of neat that there were Supernatural rules. "We don't have rules." A beat, "well I don't think we do, I don't really pay attention to the Watcher's Council and they probably have a rule book."

Re: Molly and Buffy

[st_eampunk]

"Ugh, don't get me started on the Wizard's Council. Carlos works for them as their Warden but his stick has been permanently removed from his ass. He's one of the good guys." Harry still trusted him and he had opportunity to take her in, but he hadn't. That spoke volumes to her.

"But there are laws of magic, which fine, but they don't tell you about them until it's too late."

Re: Molly and Buffy

[st_accato]

"What is it with people that are on a Council? There was this test that they do with Slayers, and they don't tell you about it until it's happening and they drug you!" Buffy scowled, "I got through it obviously, but Giles and I had a really rough time after that."

But to be fair, Buffy had kept Angel's reappearance from him and that had caused friction, too.

Re: Molly and Buffy

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"Holy crap, even ours isn't that bad. Well I guess kind of without telling you the rules and putting you to death but damn. What kind of test was it?" Molly asked.

Re: Molly and Buffy

[st_accato]

"Me against a vampire which sure doesn't sound so bad, but they gave me something that took away my slayer ability. So it would be like anyone going up against a vampire. I survived obviously, but it was something I wouldn't wish on anyone else." Buffy hated the Council after that, not that she had been their fan before but she really hated them now.

Re: Molly and Buffy

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"God, I can't imagine going up against a vampire without my magic." Molly shuddered at the thought. "I mean Sam and Dean do it all the time, but ... yeah, that would be hard."

Re: Molly and Buffy

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"Especially if you weren't ready for it. If you were trained to kill them like Sam and Dean, that's still scary, but you're ready for it. For them it would be like taking away their weapons and throwing them in with vampires and saying okay kill them." Buffy made a face.

Re: Molly and Buffy

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Molly scowled, "wow okay your Council wins the dick award with that one." She looked over at Buffy, "I'm gonna guess, like me you're not connected to them anymore."

Re: Molly and Buffy

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"Nope, just my Watcher and he's not connected to them anymore either. We had a new one come to Sunnydale and he turned out to be not so bad." Buffy made a face thinking of Wesley, "at the end of school year anyway. When he first came he was a big doof." But harmless.

Re: Molly and Buffy

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Molly laughed at the term, thinking of the Wizard Council. There weren't 'doofs' in there no matter how much she hated them. Asshats but not doofs.

"What did he do to redeem himself that he wasn't a doof anymore?"

Re: Molly and Buffy

[st_accato]

"The battle with the Mayor." She knew that Molly knew that story. "He stepped up and let Giles take control even though Wesley was the 'official' Watcher." Which for Buffy was important and actually what had changed her mind about him.

Re: Molly and Buffy

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"Didn't let ego get in the way of getting the job done." Molly wished the Council would have been more like that in Chicago after Harry died, but she knew that was wishful thinking and useless.

"So was he still with you when you came here? Or did the Council move him on?"

Re: Molly and Buffy

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"He moved on." Buffy said, "I don't think it was the Council. I think Wesley did it on his own." She actually had no idea, because she hadn't really kept in touch with him after he left Sunnydale, but she was a little embarrassed to admit that.