Buffy the Vampire Slayer Take Two

[X]Thank Amy for trying to help and focus on recovery

Id share the 'compliment her tails' thing, but still fear the wrath of the Cordy.

And I like the 'someone other than Xander keeps their Halloween upgrades' bit. It's rare.
 
[X]Thank Amy for trying to help and focus on recovery
-[X] Compliment her tails

Maybe a Youkai transformation emulating Amy?

Xander the Ammy Wolfboy?
 
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Calm Before
When Amy woke up you thanked her for trying to help, and complimented her on her tails. You had never seen her so flustered. It was surprising. You had given her compliments while dating, but it hadn't gotten to her like that.

Cordelia was more than happy to spend time with you as you recovered. Turned out that making out did not have to require your arms. She was still happier when you started being able to use them again, but it had definitely been enjoyable to smooch with her while you healed up.

Things seemed to grow intense as the end of the school year approached. There wasn't anything in particular you could place your finger on. You were getting along with your friends and spending time with them. Oz and Amy were bonding over both not being human, even if Amy still preferred keeping up an illusion to make herself look human. You hoped that it was just habit, and not because she was uncomfortable with what she was.

School was going well too. At this point your parents had a house again, and you could move back, but you quietly didn't mention that to Giles, and Giles didn't bother asking about it either. You were hoping heavily he'd forget that this was supposed to be temporary, and it seemed he was fine with you staying there semi temporarily. But that wasn't the source of the tension either.

The air just felt thick, like it was all waiting for something. That something was supposed to happen, but the shoe refused to drop.

[ ]Research kitsunes
[ ]Spend time hanging with your friends
[ ]Look into the supernatural side of things, see if you can figure out what's up
[ ]Write-in
 
[X]Look into the supernatural side of things, see if you can figure out what's up

Xander's been spending a lot of time with his friends recently so now I want to focus on looking into the supernatural, preferably before it whacks Xander over the head with a magic brick.
 
[X] Ask Giles if he can get him in contact with a priest so Xander can protect his soul

Christianity, Islam and Judaism are as prominent in our timeline as they are in the TV show. Something let them convert the majority of the world from multiple pantheons, whether that is divine support or something else. The religious order that was related to the Key had some supernatural powers. There are one or more gods interested in having Xander. This can be a great way for him to protect his soul and body.
 
One concern I have with asking Amy to researching kitsunes together is whether it will lead to a variation of the canon situation where Willow kissed Xander while he was dating Cordy. Xander noted that his compliment affected her a lot more than anything he said to her while they were dating so spending more time alone together sounds like a bad idea. At least invite another friend along to chaperone! Willow and Amy get along well, right?
 
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Scheduled vote count started by Blacksheep on Mar 13, 2023 at 9:47 PM, finished with 8 posts and 6 votes.

  • [X]Look into the supernatural side of things, see if you can figure out what's up
    [X] Ask Amy if you two could Research kitsunes together
    [X] Ask Giles if he can get him in contact with a priest so Xander can protect his soul
 
Build Up
You turned your attention to the supernatural residents of Sunnydale and started poking around. The demon bar was, of course, one of the first places you hit up. You had an understanding with Willy. You bribed him, and he would tell you the rumors he heard. You knew that Buffy preferred beating the secrets out of him, but you understood what it was like to be the little guy caught in the supernatural. Sure you didn't like that Willy let evil guys in, but he was like an informant like Batman would use.

Unfortunately none of Willy's leads paid out for you this time. There were things going on, but all of them were small time, and even poking around there didn't lead to you finding out anything else. The few more neutral beings you spoke to talked about feeling uneasy, that there was a sense of waiting but no one knew what it was from.

It thickened, and thickened, and then-it was gone. None of the gang went to school that day. You were too busy trying to figure out what apocalypse you guys had managed to miss. But there was nothing. Just a sense of relief. It felt wrong for it to have ended after such a long build up with no idea of what had happened. How did no one know what was going on?

What are your plans for the summer?
[ ]Write-in
 
[X] Plan Friends, Job, and Van Helsing
-[X] Spend time with your friends and your girlfriend Cordelia.
-[X] Get a job to help save up some money. It would be nice if you could help Giles a bit with the costs of the apartment too.
-[X] Seeing Amy as a kitsune has reminded you that you also were affected by Halloween. Maybe you should review all of the skills and knowledge you got from your time as Van Helsing to reinforce them. Your research skills have probably faded a bit so you'll need to spend extra time on that.
 
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Spending time with Xander's friends and his girlfriend Cordelia is a given. Getting a job again is also a good idea. Is there anything we want to do about the supernatural? If we set Xander a goal, then he'd probably be motivated to do more difficult things like research in order to achieve it.
 
I'll go ahead and post a vote that can be edited if someone comes up with any ideas.

[X] Plan Friends, Job, and Van Helsing
-[X] Spend time with your friends and your girlfriend Cordelia.
-[X] Get a job to help save up some money. It would be nice if you could help Giles a bit with the costs of the apartment too.
-[X] Seeing Amy as a kitsune has reminded you that you also were affected by Halloween. Maybe you should review all of the skills and knowledge you got from your time as Van Helsing to reinforce them. Your research skills have probably faded a bit so you'll need to spend extra time on that.
 
[X] Plan Friends, Job, and Van Helsing
-[X] Spend time with your friends and your girlfriend Cordelia.
-[X] Get a job to help save up some money. It would be nice if you could help Giles a bit with the costs of the apartment too.
-[X] Seeing Amy as a kitsune has reminded you that you also were affected by Halloween. Maybe you should review all of the skills and knowledge you got from your time as Van Helsing to reinforce them. Your research skills have probably faded a bit so you'll need to spend extra time on that.
 

Earlier in the quest we already did that to make sure they would not fade away. I would reword it as trying to improve it.

[X] Plan Workout
-[X] Try to get a part time job.
-[X] Spend your free time with your friends and girlfriend.
-[X] Talk to Giles about meeting a priest to make sure nothing can try to claim his soul like last time.
-[X] Spend your mornings training
 
[X] Plan Workout
-[X] Try to get a part time job.
-[X] Spend your free time with your friends and girlfriend.
-[X] Talk to Giles about meeting a priest to make sure nothing can try to claim his soul like last time.
-[X] Spend your mornings training
 
Earlier in the quest we already did that to make sure they would not fade away. I would reword it as trying to improve it.
Xander did reinforce the memories shortly after he got them, but he hasn't been using the more academic skills recently so they've probably faded a bit.

As for talking to a priest, I'm not really looking to make Xander religious. That would lead to the question of which religion/sect of Christianity to go with, which feels like a really divisive issue to introduce to the quest.
 
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