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[nightsung]

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voice — un: BUFFY

[bronze]

Hi, Shadowheart! I'm — oh, damn. Shoot.

( a loud clattering of something presumably to the floor. after an awkward beat, )

Um! Anyway. I'm throwing a big party for Thanksgiving, and I want you to come! You will, right? Thanksgiving is just a big holiday where you eat until you can't fit in your pants anymore, and it's basically the best day ever, in the history of ever. Actually, historically it's not that great — but if you love food, it's the best! I'm making everything. I'm talking pies, mashed potatoes, turkey, gravy ... everything! There's gonna be a lot. You have to come. Please, please!

Crap, damn ... Um! Anyway, let me know! And, uh — what the — um, I'll talk soon! Okay bye!

[nightsung]

That sounds lovely, Buffy. Are you all right? [ with all the, uh. clanging. ]

Do you mind if I bring Stephen and Tony along? I can also keep it to myself, if we'd be a crowd.

[bronze]

Oh! Yes, I'm fine. Just dropped the darn cookies. I promise not to give you floor cookies day of, okay.

I don't know Tony, but I like Uncle Stephen. Bring them! I wanna meet your old boys.

[nightsung]

I think Stephen is technically younger than me, you know. [ at least in this universe, maybe? ]

You should definitely keep calling him Uncle Stephen, though. He'll love that.

[bronze]

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Um, what? ( the kind of immediate reaction of someone distracted with something else. buffy snorts. ) How old are you?

[nightsung]

I think I turned 49 at the end of September.

1/2

[bronze]

WHAT.

2/2

[bronze]

( kind of — immediate, as with sounds similar to what you might expect with someone dropping their phone. kind of clattering, scratchy, audio nightmare. buffy regains her footing quickly though, picks up the phone, and presses it back to her ear. )

Sorry! That was ... um, so so extremely rude of me. You just caught me off guard! How are you almost 50? You're, like, Giles' age. ( restraining saying ew to that. ) I mean. You look like you're in your 20s. Maybe 30s.

[nightsung]

Half-elves age more slowly than humans. We do reach adulthood around 20, but we can live to 180. Sometimes longer.

So I suppose I'm still young, relatively speaking.

[ or her retinol game is unmatched ]