Entrance Post

[finn-beginagain.livejournal.com]

Riley was approaching some vampires....but he followed them through a door and at this moment, the door in Milliway's flies open and a man in a somewhat form fitting shirt, sneaks...well maybe not as sneaky as he had hoped....into the Bar and Restaurant at the end of the universe. Riley Finn glances around him bewildered, well maybe quite confused as he straightens himself out. He purses his lips and walks slowly through the place, trying to take in the fact that there's a bar in a CRYPT!

Welcome to Milliway's Riley Finn.

[OOC: Mun is in training but will be popping in and out through the day. Slowtime is love and if you need me directly please e-mail me at milliwaysreplies@gmail.com]

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Riley nods slowly,

"Not even 10 minutes ago. It's weird. I'm still not exactly sure what this place is or why I'm here instead of back home. Or what you're doing here instead of back home..."

[watcher-g-man.livejournal.com]

Giles nodded, "In a moment, but I need to ask you something first, it might seem confusing, but it's rather important. What year is it for you?"

[finn-beginagain.livejournal.com]

"It's the year 2000, not long after we defeated The Initiative....why?"

Cue confused puppy Riley look.

[watcher-g-man.livejournal.com]

"I need a frame of reference for comparison. Because my time is some years after that. It was early 2004 in my world when I arrived here. You'll find that quite common here. People come from various points in time, and various worlds, even if the world is basically the same for some of them."

Giles gently added, "There are several of us from essentially the same world. Or similiar to one another with slight deviations as it were. But most are not from the same time. In fact I would estimate the majority here are likely from your future, or a possible future, including myself. Do you understand?"

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Riley nods slowly,

"I uh think so? Dare I ask...do I get the girl?"

He's joking really...but the question needs asking.

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Giles was silent at that, not wishing to say a word on such private matters. That was a discussion for him and Buffy alone, and it was on her to divulge if she so wished to.

He leaned in closer, and noticed something odd. His eyes widened in sharp alarm at the sight, "Good lord, your neck. Are you all right? Any dizziness?"

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Riley would eep if a sound actually escaped his lips as a hand reaches toward his neck instinctively,

"Oh this? Not really...no."

He's nervous...oh hell yes he's nervous... *twitch*

[watcher-g-man.livejournal.com]

Giles became more stern at the seeming apathetic remark, and the nervousness. He wasn't completely aware of the circumstances that caused the young man's departure, but he knew there was great tension involved at the time.

"Riley. What happened?"

[finn-beginagain.livejournal.com]

"It's nothing. Really."

He quickly reassures the watcher.

"It's something that happened back home. No big at all."

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Giles expression and voice remained stern at that, "You're sure? There is an infirmary, and a number of healers and doctors here if you need a lie down."

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Riley breathes in, preparing for what he's about to say. He checks to make sure the Watcher is sitting.

"Mr. Giles. I..."

He pauses, looking downwards.

"Vampires have been feeding from me,"
Beat.
"Regularly."

[watcher-g-man.livejournal.com]

Giles expression was upset, stern, and disappointed. He thought Riley was better than such actions.

He remained silent with just a curt nod to continue or explain himself if he so wished.

[finn-beginagain.livejournal.com]

"Ever since the Initiative discharged me, I've fallen apart. I don't even know how to explain my actions other than maybe 'foolish thrill seeker'?"

He sighs shutting up for the moment.

"My most recent endeavor was the night I ended up here."

[watcher-g-man.livejournal.com]

"I would agree that you were being foolish, yes." Giles was still stern in expression and appearance. "Though that would be a grave understatement."

[finn-beginagain.livejournal.com]

Riley sighs, letting himself fall back in his seat, waiting for the rest to pour out from the watcher.

[watcher-g-man.livejournal.com]

Giles was annoyed some by the silence.

"What more do you want me to say? That what you were doing was dangerous, and likely to kill you, or worse, turned? That you should have known better, and I thought you were a better person than to ever stoop to such level?"

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Riley blurts out,

"I don't know what I want anymore. There are two things in life that make me happy. One of them is Buffy and the other...well..."

[watcher-g-man.livejournal.com]

"Because you feel needed, you serve a purpose? A comfort. Riley, I did not always make wise decisions when I was your age, but I had to learn the hard way for my mistakes. If you continue on this, it might be too late."

Giles added, "How long before they grow tired of only taking a little? Or if they decide to make you one of them?"

[finn-beginagain.livejournal.com]

"That's what the thrill seeking aspect of it was. Not necessarily the dizziness, not the almost fainting from loss of blood, it was never knowing if whoever was feeding could keep control."

Riley shrugs and sighs. He places head in hand and wipes his face.

[watcher-g-man.livejournal.com]

"That's what is the most distressing about it as well. You're playing a borderline suicidal game here, Riley. You need to stop it. Perhaps this place can help in that regard. Give you a chance to recover, and heal yourself."

[finn-beginagain.livejournal.com]

Riley breathes in deeply.

"I'm not sure. I mean, what if they need me back home? I'm still part of a team..."

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Giles remarked, "They might, but if you are in such a state, your help will be minimal if not a detriment right now. I understand that sometimes time stops while one is here."

In a gentler voice, he added, "We've managed before, and will do so again. Better to be fully prepared and alert, you know mistakes cannot be made in what we do."

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Riley sighs and shakes his head.

"I don't know. I felt comfortable with the fact that demons and vampires exist but now, with the bar at the end of the universe? I feel like my boundaries have been spread way too thin."

[watcher-g-man.livejournal.com]

Giles nodded, "I'm sorry, it's quite a shock to take in at first. There are rooms available here if you wish to rest." Plus, it was easy to forget how strange their world might seem to outsiders. After all, he'd been raised with the knowledge of such creatures. And many of Buffy's friends readily accepted it when confronted with the truth.

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And then there was Riley who was pumped full of drugs and trained to hunt Vampires and other supernatural beings much like Buffy.

"I don't know. I mean, this place certainly isn't Sunnydale."