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]

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.

[needsaparrot]

Xander said nothing while he let the rest of the show play through to the end.

"You can't take away my twinkies, y'know," he finally pointed out, voice still strained. "Unless you steal my phone."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I am prepared to fight dirty if I have to," Willow said. Then, mostly to herself, added, "Which is what I needed to do to get a quote out of Peter but we're talking about you now."