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[Waking up unceremoniously in Luceti with no idea of where she is and what she is doing there is of course a disorienting experience. Anya finds herself out on the beach, lying prone on the sand. It could be Sunnydale, except the area she's been deposited in doesn't have much surrounding it besides sand and blue skies.

Her back hurts, and by the time she sits herself up and reaches back there...] Wings? Is this a joke?

[Some more time passes with her half-ranting to herself, trying to get oriented and squinting at the placement of the sun. She almost misses the fact that the journal is there completely, save when she finally starts to walk and nearly trips over the thing, half buried in the sand.]

[Accidental voice]

- Ow! I have sand in places that I don't want to think about, there's no sign of anyone - what is this, a book? I don't even get a pair of shoes, or even suntan lotion, I just get a lousy book? [She turns the journal over in her hands, pages rustling, her image still not visible, though there's the sound of the ocean's waves in the background.] ... my name is on this book. This just entered a new level of creepy.

Comments

[entreats]

Yeah, exactly like that. I doubt this is used in some kind of weird supermarket context, but even outside that it's pretty creepy. It's like we're nothing but livestock.

[strangelyliteral]

So along with the wings that apparently don't do anything, we're flightless farm birds who serve no other purpose than to be raised for a ritualistic sacrifice...?

[She's talking about turkeys and thanksgiving, unaware of how close that guess might actually be.]

[entreats]

.. Well, I'm not sure about the ritualistic sacrifice part. [ Although it sounds like something Ange herself could have come up with in the middle of her deadpan.. ]

I've been here for a few years and I was never sacrificed, so they're pretty slow then.

[strangelyliteral]

Oh look, there is a bright side.

[entreats]

Yeah, I guess that would mean you could at least sit around for a few years as you worry about your inevitable death.

.. Sounds like a fun. [ deadpan. ]

[strangelyliteral]

Oh, I don't know. They write books about dramatic farm takeovers, so anything can happen.

[entreats]

In other words, you're satisfied as long as something entertaining enough happens?

[strangelyliteral]

No, it takes a lot more to satisfy me these days, which on the whole, makes a lot of things a lot less satisfying. So I wouldn't use that word at all.

[entreats]

In that case I'm not so sure if you'll be satisfied here. Sure, there's always a lot going on, but most of it is just more bothersome than that it's actually amusing in some way.

[strangelyliteral]

Guess I'll just have to see what happens.

[entreats]

Yeah, that's what we're all doing here. Not like we can do much to change it either way, so then the only thing that's left to do is just going with the flow.

[strangelyliteral]

Sounds a little defeatist if you ask me.

[entreats]

I've heard people say that about me before, so maybe it's just me.. but then again, it's not like I've ever really seen other people here rebelling either.

[strangelyliteral]

I won't know until I see it for myself.

[entreats]

Then I guess all I can really do is wish you good luck with that.

[strangelyliteral]

Thank you, but please do not use the w-word.

[entreats]

[ It actually makes her think for a moment what w-word she even used, but then it slowly hits her.. ]

Wait, "wish"? What's so wrong with that? Should I be saying "break a leg" or whatever?

[strangelyliteral]

Let's just say that it is better not to use it. You never know when someone might grant it, and if you are caught saying the wrong thing, it won't turn out well.

[entreats]

As far as I've seen, there aren't a lot of fairy godmothers around here. I think I'll be fine.

[strangelyliteral]

Fine, but remember I warned you.

[entreats]

I won't. In fact, I'll officially grant you the right to say "I told you so" if it does end up getting me into trouble here.

[strangelyliteral]

Excellent! Can't argue with that.