sunnydalealum: (Academy grounds)
Historically, as a rule, the funeral of a Slayer has been a quiet affair. On occasion there have been families to make the arrangements, but most of the time, the parents and (if any) siblings have long since lost all contact with their daughter, whether deliberately or not. The Council has always seen to it that the Slayer is given a decent burial: a hardwood box, and six feet of consecrated ground, and someone to say the words, and the Watcher as sole mourner.

This, like so many other things since the Call, has changed.



It's the first time they're all back together again in over a year, the women who came to Sunnydale as Potentials and fought the First Evil there as Slayers. Caridad and Chao-Ahn, Rona and Vi and Shannon, half a dozen others. Many of them died in the battle at the Hellmouth ... but Kennedy is the first of them to have died since then.

So they're here, and so are newer Slayers who had Kennedy as their first combat instructor, and field Slayers who had her as their team leader. And so are at least one ex-lover, and at least one current one. About four-fifths of the Slayers are in somber black; the rest are in equally somber white.

Kennedy's parents and her half-sister are here somewhere too, in the crowd. Buffy and Giles are talking to them.

Soon someone's going to stand up front and start the memorial service.
sunnydalealum: (library)
Tom, as a rule, doesn't go on rescue missions away from his own world any more. He promised Door. This is different, however, and helping Andrew on his world is something Tom's done before. Helping Andrew with Merriman along for the ride- well. Tom's safe as houses.

Andrew's escorted them to a room he calls 'Command Central' for some odd reason. The only furniture present are chairs and a table, with a computer and many many cables running from it to outlets in the wall. Tom understands that Mac knows a great deal about the computer side of this venture, which is good, since he doesn't.

He sets a stack of rather dusty, leather-bound books on the table beside the computer.

"Well, shall we get started?"
sunnydalealum: (Default)
The Head's office is crowded this evening. Catherine Harkness is sitting opposite his desk, her beringed fingers steepled; Robin Wood is standing by the window, in a stance subtly reminiscent of parade rest; and Willow Rosenberg is leaning against the edge of the desk, frowning fiercely down at the manila folder she's reading through.

Mr. Giles himself is seated behind his desk, stirring a cup of tea. He glances up as the door opens.

"Ms. Ryder. Please come in."

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