Two drabbles

[beer_good_foamy]

Wooo! Nominated!

Acts Of Self-Conscious Behaviour... is nominated for Fanged Midget {501 - 1000 words}, and The Moment I Wake Up for Angelcakes {101 - 500 words} at rwsawards. Thanks a lot!

Also, two drabbles:

For still_grrr's prompt "Queen", here's a missing scene from "The Puppet Show":

There Should Be A Play

Buffy is the first to snap out of it. "Behold," she cries, lifting Sid's dead dummy body for the audience to see. "A child, born in times of, um..." She spots the guillotine. "Of revolution and... gods and monsters and... "

"Ill fortune!" Xander yells. "For he is destined to killeth his mother and marry his... I mean... I meaneth..." He gestures for Willow to say something.

Willow stares at the audience, unmoving.

"Uh... all this, and more, in the second act!" Buffy grabs Willow and rushes for the exit.

Snyder shudders. "I hate Shakespeare."

"Sophocles," Miss Barton whispers.

"Who's principal?"

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And for open_on_sunday's prompt "Direct", one from "Chosen":

Golden Goal

You are watching FETV: First Evil Television.

"We're going directly to Sunnydale, where something very exciting is happening. Bob?"

"IT'S OVER! WE WON! The Slayers are retreating and our plucky Turok-Hans are taking up pursuit. Buffy Summers made a last-minute substitution, but it wasn't enough. I'll see if I can get a comment from Spike before... hang on, he's wearing a..."

"Wait, I'm told we have an aerial shot of Sunnydale where I'm sure you'll see our Turok-Hans overrunning... um... oh dear. Bob, that looks like offside to us, any thoughts?"

"…"

"We seem to have lost contact with Bob there..."

Comments

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the noms! You're totally going to take it with the Lorne one, dude! That one's all kinds of awesome.

The two new ones are delightful as well, but I'm especially amused by the FETV one. I realized in Spain, while watching a televised bullfight, that sports coverage is the same everywhere! This captures that universal nature perfectly!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I'm thinking of writing a longer version of the FETV one. There are so many sports reporter clichés one could work into it...

[ceciliaj.livejournal.com]

Please!

[lynnenne]

FETV. Bwahahahaha!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks for watching. :)

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

*snerk* plateful of cookies - cold milk optional. :)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

I'll take both. Thanks!