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[sunnydalealum]

It's not worth the effort, at this point, to make herself firmly visible.

Instead, Meg concentrates on making her voice as loud and solid and present as possible as she zips through the building, ignoring such petty obstacles as walls and floors and extremely surprised lawyers and mentally checking off sites of battle: "All out! Everybody out!" she shouts to Wells and Spoon, and "They're coming down, get ready!" to Buffy and the others in the lobby, and "We're all done, it's time to go!" to River and Spike, and "Find the others, get out now!" to Harth and Mel, and then back to the first group again, as fast as she can.

Everyone has to hear.

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[sunnydalealum]

"That's it, fall back, fall back!" Kennedy shouts hoarsely from the second-floor landing, blocking an overhand blow from an armed zhirel. "Go!"

The Slayers behind her begin to edge backwards, down the stairs, back toward the lobby. It's an orderly retreat, to begin with: giving ground one step at a time, no panic.

[river_meimei]

Scene: yet another hallway, bland and corporate and (now) blood-stained. Characters: one gunslinger, one souled vampire, and a dozen or so humans and demons in various stages of fury and injury.

River's head lifts sharply, a moment before a young and disembodied voice calls over the sounds of battle. We're all done, Meg shouts, it's time to GO! and then River ducks again, under a swinging scythe-claw of an arm, and stabs the demon in the stomach.

Most of their attackers are down by now, or at least wounded enough to fight slower. Enough for a retreat route.

[dreamer_fray]

Harth's head whips around, then he grins and gives the already-gone Meg a wave.

"Well, that's our cue to leave," he says pleasantly. "Strategy or wing it, Mel?"