[Scarlett tips her head to the side as she looks up and down the street. The unfortunate part about compulsion is that you lose the clues that come with natural gestures.]
Perhaps we ask someone else, now that we've got more information than when we started? I'm sure if we offer a name, they'll be more - oh! There he is.
[Scarlett points across the street to where Beckford is striding towards them.]
The paramour of Damon's lady friend.
[A statement of garbled Southern sentiment, but still accurate.]
( Someone else woke up in a haze. He's blacked out before, but not since college. He's behind on the 'M' part of the IA for the day, thinking his lady is out doing whatever... she's doing. But, he looks up from his phone after not getting a message back. His sunglasses don't hide his hangover. )
Ladies. Buffy. ( He smiles, happy she's joined them. ) Are we all riding out our hangovers together, today?
[Silly Beck, vampires are too morally ambiguous to be allowed to use iPhones. Plus all of TVD's product placement was Androids anyway.
In reality, he's got two almost two hundred year-old vampires staring at him like they have no idea what Find My Friend is. Phones are for talking, witches are for locating.]
("As close as Xander and Willow and I are, we like our privacy." Buffy says. "It's enough having them in my head." She pauses. "It's a whole thing." She shakes her head, focusing at the problem on hand. "So, this person took Stefan, Damon, Lindsay, and Rhett?" she asks, puzzling over it, frowning.
We know that a woman named Lorden Wallis was seen with them last night. And the bartender is aware of vampires, so I would say more than a few supernaturally-inclined people grace her establishment on a day-to-day basis.
[She turns back to Beck.]
We were attempting to find this Lorden when we spotted you.
[There is a Facebook page. Most of it is private, but there are a few photos of the street that they're on, including standing in front of this pub.
Lorden looks like she's a woman in her mid forties, long, rough-chopped dirty blond hair and an eclectic style that all but screams hippie witch, but there's an edge to her that indicates maybe she's not so much on the hippie end of the equation.
In the meantime, Scarlett will move to peer over his shoulder to see what he finds.]
("I should not drive," Buffy confirms, holding her arms up. )
I will drive.
( He holds his hand out for Scarlett's keys, trying to convince her. He's the one who was born on this continent! But, Scarlett doesn't know him from Adam and his exasperation just comes out in petulance (1). Seriously. This fucking guy's roll. )
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Perhaps we ask someone else, now that we've got more information than when we started? I'm sure if we offer a name, they'll be more - oh! There he is.
[Scarlett points across the street to where Beckford is striding towards them.]
The paramour of Damon's lady friend.
[A statement of garbled Southern sentiment, but still accurate.]
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Ladies. Buffy. ( He smiles, happy she's joined them. ) Are we all riding out our hangovers together, today?
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[From the way he's looking at his phone, she's going to guess the answer to that is "no."]
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( She's right, the way his eyebrows pinch behind his glasses, he's expecting a reply. )
Misplaced?
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[She's lying about it's being charming. It's not charming. The bartender was rude and threatened to shoot her.]
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( He calls Lindsay this time. )
Straight to voicemail.
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[She's truly trying to be helpful but she has no idea how computers work.]
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( A nickname from the night before, inspired by Scarlet Johanson. He's be proud if his fiancee weren't missing.
None of them here have that level of computer science under their belts, do they? )
Anybody use Find My Friend?
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In reality, he's got two almost two hundred year-old vampires staring at him like they have no idea what Find My Friend is. Phones are for talking, witches are for locating.]
Is that one of those apps?
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( "As close as Xander and Willow and I are, we like our privacy." Buffy says. "It's enough having them in my head." She pauses. "It's a whole thing." She shakes her head, focusing at the problem on hand. "So, this person took Stefan, Damon, Lindsay, and Rhett?" she asks, puzzling over it, frowning.
"Why not you, why not Beck?" )
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[They were enjoying a girls' night of their own, away from their respective partners.]
As for Beck, perhaps they have something to offer that you don't. No offense intended.
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( He is very comfortable in his own skin. )
They took three vampires and a slayer. Lot you can do with that. What're we leaning toward? Supernatural foul play? We know anything?
( "Someone piled everyone into a car," Buffy says, sighing. "Though, I'm starting to think we're the clowns." )
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[She turns back to Beck.]
We were attempting to find this Lorden when we spotted you.
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( Beck has always been better in Ireland than Scotland as he peers around them.
"What's up if everything's on the same level?" )
That's basically what I said.
( Beck nods, giving everything another look. Scrunching his lips, he looks back down at his phone.
"Can't hurt to Google her."
And in inputting her name, he does a quick from-the-phone deep-dive... (15) )
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Lorden looks like she's a woman in her mid forties, long, rough-chopped dirty blond hair and an eclectic style that all but screams hippie witch, but there's an edge to her that indicates maybe she's not so much on the hippie end of the equation.
In the meantime, Scarlett will move to peer over his shoulder to see what he finds.]
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( He scrolls through. )
All the public ones are on this street.
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[But just as she makes that suggestion, Buffy's phone rings and they all pause to hear what Stefan has to say.]
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Stefan? Stefan!
( Her eyes find the girls. )
I think Stevie Nicks found my boyfriend.
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[She glances over to Beck.]
Do you have the location?
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( He types it in. )
It's thirty minutes out.
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[Scarlett smiles as she holds her hand out to Melanie.]
I'll drive.
[Melanie sighs, then acquiesces, handing over the keys. "Heaven help us all."]
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I will drive.
( He holds his hand out for Scarlett's keys, trying to convince her. He's the one who was born on this continent! But, Scarlett doesn't know him from Adam and his exasperation just comes out in petulance (1). Seriously. This fucking guy's roll. )
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Don't be so dramatic. We'll get there all in one piece and in likely half the time.
[She strides over to the car and opens the driver's side door.]
Now are you coming or what?
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( Yes. He and Buffy are in. Buffy tries Stefan again as we go into cliffhanger. )