| Begin: Y_slaybelle EXT. UC SUNNYDALE. DAY. Willow and Buffy are in front of a huge corkboard listing UC Sunnydale classes. BUFFY (points to an item on the board) This is interesting. Advanced nude sculpting. So, does the teacher come in nude as well, or is it just the students? WILLOW No, Buffy, I'm sure they meant -- (sees Buffy's look) Oh. Humor. Of course. I'm rusty with the humor. BUFFY You see what I was trying to do, though? Break you in slowly. So, you have one elective to fill in your schedule. You decided already? WILLOW I can't decide. There are just too many choices to be made! It's like... it's like my morning coffee. Latte or mocha? Decaf? Black? Spiritual Psychology or Advanced XML and Database Programming? BUFFY That last part I didn't understand at all. That's not the new coffee at the Espresso Pump, is it? WILLOW It's a computer thing. I... I don't know if I should take it. I don't know if it's me anymore. BUFFY Willow, I think the first thing Giles would have told you when you were in England was that you can choose to be anyone you want to be. Take some spiritual thing, take some computer thing, I'm right behind you. WILLOW It's really nice. To have all these choices again. I really backed myself into a corner there, didn't I? I backed all of us up. You all had no choice but to... BUFFY (tenderly) We've talked about this, Will. WILLOW I know. A moment passes. BUFFY (lightens up) You can sculpt nude if you want to. WILLOW Tempting, but I think I'll pass on that one. Now what else can I do? INT. ANYA'S APARTMENT BUILDING. DAY. Camera slowly pushes in on an empty hallway, closed apartment doors on either side. We hear a voice in the background, getting louder. Camera stops at an open apartment door and pushes inside. We see that we are now in ANYA'S apartment, and she is sitting in her living room, cordless phone in one ear, a mess of papers and slightly burned Magic Box items cluttered around her. She is talking to Giles. ANYA (on phone, sounding frustrated) I'm sorry I only got to you now, it's just... things have been really veiny lately. Or, you know, not veiny. I'm off the vengeance. I think it's permanent this time. Anyway, they said they wouldn't cover the inventory because we didn't file a police report... A big gang of thugs on motorcycles crashed our store and started burning things. What was I supposed to say? That some college girl threw us around while she was on a vengeance-filled death wish? Yes, that's exactly what the insurance people want to hear, Giles. (sighs) Anyway, we still have the store. And the square of street it's standing on. But everything in it is either torched or... (Anya looks over at a delicate statue of a goddess beside her. She touches its outstretched hand, and it falls off.) ...broken. Besides, no self-respecting magic practitioner would buy what's still in one piece. There's that whole residual evil vibe off everything, who knows what the chicken's feet would conjure? It's just unsafe is what I'm saying. (she listens to Giles' reply) I understand. No, I do, I do, I mean I'm asking you for a lot of money to restock the inventory and rebuild the store and I know that if it were the other way around I wouldn't hand some ex-vengeance demon with no business experience that check unless... (she falters) Thank you for thinking about it, Giles. I'll wait. (she hangs up the phone dejectedly) Great. Now what else can I do? Camera focuses on broken GODDESS FIGURINE BESIDE ANYA. It is 18 inches tall, made of a green glassy material. Its broken arm starts to glow, but ANYA doesn't notice it. START OPENING CREDITS End Y_slaybelle Begin Grimma INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH � PRINCIPAL�S OFFICE. SUNDOWN Camera zooms in from the door, which has obviously been broken. Standing in the shadows is a short someone in a DARK ROBE Ta Tsus Aldsan! [Note : it actually means sthg!] For you�re the one and only, and I shall serve you. Fog appears with the same green light as the one of the goddess figurine. We follow the Dark Robe as it walks calmly but resolutely in the school hallways. It stops suddenly in front of the BASEMENT ACCESS door and opens it. Dark shades, movement to SPIKE (pacing) Red has it. Red has seen it. I should go to Red (steps noise) Buffy? I know� I can�t leave� I can�t lea� ANYA Spike? Oh, please, stop babbling or a sec and listen to me. And, ew! How can you live here? Rats as room-mates. Great. SPIKE (standing now in front of her, pointing her heart, smiling) Different spark you have. But she could kill you, she could. And I can�t go... ANYA (more friendly) Spike� Get over it dude, as here�s you�re lucky day! I have something of course strictly professional to offer to you. You have the strength, you can�t bite. Just have to fix up these hallucinations. SPIKE (mocking voice) Oh� Mummy has found something for her son� But she doesn�t like the butterflies flying in his brain� (He morphs into vampire face for a couple of seconds, as if ready to attack her, then goes back to human form) And where�s sodding daddy? Always away? I wanna see daddy! ANYA (takes his hand) Come on, Spike, seriously, you need to get out of here. She starts walking, pulling Spike. CUT TO: INT. SUMMER�S HOUSE, NIGHT Willow is in the kitchen, cooking. We hear the door opening. XANDER Here you are ladies! We hope you have enjoyed your flight and that you�ll ask for our company again. DAWN (rushing into the kitchen) Thanks Captain Harris! Oh, I smell food, and food is good! Hey, Willow, how�s the cooking? Buffy and Xander enter too, say heys to Willow who�s showing Dawn something she�s stirring WILLOW Hey guys! Giles called. It was Anya, she asked him for some advice for the Magic Box. Maybe� maybe I should go to her and offer some kind of community service? End Grimma |
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