Another drabble for challenge100

Title: Out, Brief Candle!
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: challenge100's #1 "Shakespeare" challenge.
Notes: Inspired by the following quote: Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day / To the last syllable of recorded time, / And all our yesterdays have lighted fools / The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!--Macbeth (5.5.19-23), Macbeth.

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"Death is your gift." As Buffy staked yet another fledgling vampire on yet another endless graveyard patrol, she pondered the words of the First Slayer. If death was her gift, was she supposed to receive it, or give it away? And was it something that would be welcomed by the recipient? She supposed, in a way, that dusting the vampires gave some sort of peace to the souls of the humans they once were. Watching your body maim, torture, and kill couldn't be a very pleasant way to spend the afterlife.

So, maybe it was a nice present, after all.

Another drabble for challenge100

Title: Out, Brief Candle!
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: challenge100's #1 "Shakespeare" challenge.
Notes: Inspired by the following quote: Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day / To the last syllable of recorded time, / And all our yesterdays have lighted fools / The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!--Macbeth (5.5.19-23), Macbeth.

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"Death is your gift." As Buffy staked yet another fledgling vampire on yet another endless graveyard patrol, she pondered the words of the First Slayer. If death was her gift, was she supposed to receive it, or give it away? And was it something that would be welcomed by the recipient? She supposed, in a way, that dusting the vampires gave some sort of peace to the souls of the humans they once were. Watching your body maim, torture, and kill couldn't be a very pleasant way to spend the afterlife.

So, maybe it was a nice present, after all.

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Doing the math, it looks like I'll need to do six a day until Wednesday if I want to get them all in by the deadline. Here's another one.

Title: A New Experience for an Old One
Fandom: Angel
Rating: G
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: challenge100's #13 "Candy" challenge.

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Spike watched Illyria as she prowled through the hallways of Wolfram and Hart, trailing her into the lab, again. She picked up another petri dish, but he snatched it away from her before she could eat it. "Here, Blue," he said. "Let's get you something a bit better to put in your mouth than that." She tilted her head in that birdlike way she had, and followed him to the break room.

A few minutes later, her expression turned from one of curiosity to one of delighted astonishment. "This thing you call ‘chocolate' is pleasing to me. Is there more?"

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Doing the math, it looks like I'll need to do six a day until Wednesday if I want to get them all in by the deadline. Here's another one.

Title: A New Experience for an Old One
Fandom: Angel
Rating: G
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: challenge100's #13 "Candy" challenge.

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Spike watched Illyria as she prowled through the hallways of Wolfram and Hart, trailing her into the lab, again. She picked up another petri dish, but he snatched it away from her before she could eat it. "Here, Blue," he said. "Let's get you something a bit better to put in your mouth than that." She tilted her head in that birdlike way she had, and followed him to the break room.

A few minutes later, her expression turned from one of curiosity to one of delighted astonishment. "This thing you call ‘chocolate' is pleasing to me. Is there more?"

The second drabble of the day...

Title: Cold Necessity
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: PG-13 for murder
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: challenge100's #32 "Every Inch a King" challenge.
Notes: Inspired by the following Shakespeare quote: As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; / They kill us for their sport. (Gloucester, King Lear, 4.1.36-37)

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Glory's singleminded quest for Dawn, her Key, had nearly destroyed them all. This world, and its inhabitants, were wholly insignificant to her. But, hero that she was, Buffy still hadn't been able to bring herself to kill Ben, deeming him an innocent. However, Giles had done morally ambiguous things before. He was no stranger to expediency. He also knew that there was no possible way that Ben had been completely harmless, that something in him must have welcomed the Hellgod's interference in his life.

And as his hand and fingers closed off Ben's airway, Giles felt nothing. Nothing at all.

The second drabble of the day...

Title: Cold Necessity
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: PG-13 for murder
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: challenge100's #32 "Every Inch a King" challenge.
Notes: Inspired by the following Shakespeare quote: As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; / They kill us for their sport. (Gloucester, King Lear, 4.1.36-37)

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Glory's singleminded quest for Dawn, her Key, had nearly destroyed them all. This world, and its inhabitants, were wholly insignificant to her. But, hero that she was, Buffy still hadn't been able to bring herself to kill Ben, deeming him an innocent. However, Giles had done morally ambiguous things before. He was no stranger to expediency. He also knew that there was no possible way that Ben had been completely harmless, that something in him must have welcomed the Hellgod's interference in his life.

And as his hand and fingers closed off Ben's airway, Giles felt nothing. Nothing at all.

Third one of the day:

Title: Forgotten Birthday
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: challenge100's "Birthday" challenge.

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Alone in her motel room, Faith scowled at her Hostess cupcake, a single candle burning on top. Forgotten again. Not that she was bitter. Oh, hell, no. This was so completely typical. She was wanted as long as she was useful, and then they set her aside until they needed her again. The Scooby gang was an insular little clique, and she knew she'd never fit in. B overshadowed everything, and Faith was nothing more than an inconvenient afterthought.

"Happy birthday to me," she muttered, blowing out the candle and setting another brick in the wall between her and them.

Third one of the day:

Title: Forgotten Birthday
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: challenge100's "Birthday" challenge.

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Alone in her motel room, Faith scowled at her Hostess cupcake, a single candle burning on top. Forgotten again. Not that she was bitter. Oh, hell, no. This was so completely typical. She was wanted as long as she was useful, and then they set her aside until they needed her again. The Scooby gang was an insular little clique, and she knew she'd never fit in. B overshadowed everything, and Faith was nothing more than an inconvenient afterthought.

"Happy birthday to me," she muttered, blowing out the candle and setting another brick in the wall between her and them.

Fourth drabble for the day

( Spoilers for Not Fade Away )

Fourth drabble for the day

( Spoilers for Not Fade Away )

Fifth drabble of the day...

Title: Other Dangerous Things
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: G
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: challenge100's #35 "Choose Your Destination" challenge.
Notes: Willow and Xander have a close call before Buffy arrives in Sunnydale.

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Willow Rosenberg and Xander Harris stepped out of the Bronze. "Walk you home?" he asked gallantly.

"Sure!" Strolling past an alley, they heard a "mew," causing her to stop in her tracks. "Kitty?"

"Will, maybe we shouldn't."

"It sounded like a little kitten. It shouldn't be out all by itself in the big bad city. There, there are bigger cats, and dogs, and cars, and other dangerous things."

"But, Will, chances are you won't even be able to find it."

"Okay." She went on, reluctantly.

In the alley, a pair of large red eyes blinked in a fanged, frustrated face.

Fifth drabble of the day...

Title: Other Dangerous Things
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: G
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: challenge100's #35 "Choose Your Destination" challenge.
Notes: Willow and Xander have a close call before Buffy arrives in Sunnydale.

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Willow Rosenberg and Xander Harris stepped out of the Bronze. "Walk you home?" he asked gallantly.

"Sure!" Strolling past an alley, they heard a "mew," causing her to stop in her tracks. "Kitty?"

"Will, maybe we shouldn't."

"It sounded like a little kitten. It shouldn't be out all by itself in the big bad city. There, there are bigger cats, and dogs, and cars, and other dangerous things."

"But, Will, chances are you won't even be able to find it."

"Okay." She went on, reluctantly.

In the alley, a pair of large red eyes blinked in a fanged, frustrated face.

Sixth drabble for today.

( Spoilers for Not Fade Away )

Sixth drabble for today.

( Spoilers for Not Fade Away )