MCA #0, Thursday Morning

[needsaparrot]

"Shut up." Xander was not talking to a frog. At all.

Okay, maybe it'd be more accurate to say Xander was not speaking to the frog. What? Jeremiah kept staring at him.

"Did Giles put you up to this? Dawn?" Xander had a unique definition of 'not speaking,' yes.

"Rideep?" //Cricketplz?//

"I'm so not having this discussion with you. And not just because I don't speak Frog."

Xander wasn't talking to a frog; he was putting a frog tank in the bedroom.
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[OOC: For the BFF]

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"You promised popcorn," Willow said, giving him a Look. She came in and began to set her laptop up.

[needsaparrot]

Xander escaped into the kitchen and looked on the replicator for a popcorn setting.

Thank you, Harper, for being a fellow junk food freak. Thank you, thank you, than--" Wait, if there wasn't one, he could've hidden in there for longer. Damn you, Harper. Damn you, damn you...

"Voila. Popcorn."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Computer set up, complete with a projector aimed towards a wall, Willow sat down and began loading things up. "Yay. Things are better, and yummier, with popcorn. Are there also things of a caffinated and fizzy nature?"

[needsaparrot]

Oh look, an excuse to escape back to the kitchen.

Of course, those things were in the fridge, so he didn't actually have to dial them up.

"Also, coasters." Because he's met Willow.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"My tummy and I thank you," Willow said. She took a sip of soda then put it back on the coaster. "So, ready? Need to hit the bathroom before we start? Because I can pause in the middle but I fear your ability to forget what we were watching by the time you get back."

[needsaparrot]

"Are there spacecraft, robots, or people in spandex? Those fall under the category of 'plot' and I actually have memory-retention space for that."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"No, but there are words," Willow said. "I know how fond you aren't of those."

[needsaparrot]

"Only when they're in Latin or are a sneaky way to get me to do math involving speeding trains."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"No sneaky math at all," Willow said. "In fact, I even took the numbers out just for you. There's also pictures."

With that Willow turned on her Power Point presentation (http://show.zoho.com/public/willbedone/bridge-presentation-ppt2). She had it set so that it advanced on its own though folks at home could do so by clicking the arrows at the bottom.

She kept a careful eye on Xander so he couldn't run away before the presentation was over.

[ooc: make sure you've got the latest version of Flash installed if you can't see the pictures]

[needsaparrot]

Though his eyebrows drew further and further together with each slide, shockingly, Xander managed to keep his mouth shut all the way up to number 9.

"Bridge isn't a consenting adult," he said quietly, when that one appeared.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Depends on where he lives," Willow pointed out. "Besides, it's not like he doesn't have full knowledge of the Xander relationship package. Ergo, informed consent."

[needsaparrot]

"It's not the informed part; it's the adult part."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"He's more mature than you are," Willow replied with an eyeroll. She then nibbled on popcorn.

[needsaparrot]

Xander sighed. "That's... probably true. But it's not supposed to be."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Are you going to give me grief for accurate quoting?" Willow asked. "Because I already got grief about taking quotes out of context from someone whose last name rhymes with Tevensie. I'm not going to put up with grief-giving for accurate quotage in return."

[needsaparrot]

"No, I'm just saying Mr. Lyman's right." Xander eyed slide 10. "And so is someone whose last name rhymes with Tevensie. On the respecting decisions front."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Lyman said you should go for it," Willow replied. "And Peter managed to out-British Giles. I didn't realize that was possible."

[needsaparrot]

"Mr. Lyman said the thing about consenting adults. And also something about hookers. Which I'm not planning on, but if the guideline is potential, well, it's always possible."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow frowned at him. "Maybe we should go back to the pie chart."

[needsaparrot]

"I saw the pie chart. I think your statistical sample may be a little skewed there, though." Willow wasn't the only one who could give Looks.

Which was right about the time the screen flipped over to Slide 11.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I included the input from Mr. GOB!" Willow replied, defensively.

[needsaparrot]

Xander was to busy staring at the one that started Damn Frakking Right I do to offer an opinion on how relevant GOB's opinion was, though.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow was quiet, because she knew when a BFF needed thinky time.

[needsaparrot]

"That wasn't fair," Xander said when the slide moved on, and he'd swallowed past the tightness in his throat.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I am nothing if not thorough," Willow replied.