"Light the lights, it's the darkest time of year"

[hermionesviolin]

offbalance, can i write you a fic or something? You totally didn’t have to send me a card.

Friday night i made it home safely and stayed up late talking to my mother while she baked cookies.

Saturday my father and i went to Mr. Leary’s memorial service. (My mother would likely have gone but had an appointment to make cookies with a 4-year-old.) Chris had his girlfriend and Brooke her boyfriend standing in the receiving line with them. Glad they have support.
Brooke spoke well. Talked about her father’s love of being in the woods. The second half of her talk was about spending time with her father while he worked in the store. I think i was crying silently the whole time she talked about the store.
He was diagnosed in July 2001. Wow. That’s the summer after my class graduated, but Mrs. Leary never mentioned it any of the times i chatted with her.
They played Taps, and 2 Navy guys folded the flag and presented it to Mrs. Leary.
Then the Madrigals (mostly former NHS kids, but at least one current one) sang the Irish blessing.

I went to the library still wearing the black dress i had worn to the service. (I had forgotten to pack my black pants.) Apparently i look like hot stuff in that outfit. It’s a rather form-fitting dress, but it’s ribbed faux-velvet, with a modest scoop neck and long sleeves and an ankle-length skirt. Not turning down a compliment, though. :)

For the rest of Saturday i read The Wild Swans and HP5. (edit: i completed both of them on Saturday, in case that wasn't clear)

Bit of a dark holiday time. Lots of couples recently broken up and at least one other one seemingly headed for a breakup. My father told me that Mrs. Fiorillo (my AP Spanish teacher) has taken the rest of the year off because she’s fighting cancer. When i visited the library over Thanksgiving i got the litany of all the health problems everyone who works there or their loved ones were having. We shall see how tomorrow goes when i visit NHS and then see more people than just Terry at the library.

If you’re gonna be in the Boston area between now and January 4 and you wanna hang out, lemme know.

Comments

What's this 'have to' business?

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

I *wanted* to send you a card, dear. :D So I did. Yay for spreading joy in the holiday season!

[lilithchilde.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

. . . you quoted my card. ^_^

[rollinson.livejournal.com]

hermion: I have a question/favor to ask of you. Late last night, or, well, Sunday night, I caught an episode of Buffy in which some vamps attempted to resurrect the Master. I had only begun watching the show in earnest well after the Master's demise. I do know that he killed Buffy and she returned the favor. However, I do not know much else about this mysterious figure. Could you fill in some of the blanks for me? Who is this Master? What is he a Master of? Who is that creepy kid that hung around him, and who was later torched by Spike [if I remember correctly]? Thank you for any help you can offer. :)

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

"When She Was Bad," the season 2 opener! I happened to see that rerun as well.

The Master was an ancient vampire who gotten trapped in some sort of dimensional prison under Sunnydale and had lots of vamp followers and spent most of season 1 working towards fulfilling a prophecy which would allow him to escape.

The creepy kid was the Anointed One (or, as Spike called him, the Annoying One, and you are correct that Spike offed him -- at the end of "School Hard" [2.3], the episode which introduced Spike and Dru).

buffyworld.com has a full collection of transcripts/summaries of all the episodes, so i'll steal from that.

"Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" (1.5):

Master: 'And there will be a time of crisis, of worlds hanging in the
balance. And in this time shall come the Anointed, the Master's great
warrior. And the Slayer will not know him, will not stop him, and he
will lead her into Hell.' As it is written, so shall it be. (picks up
the book and walks) 'Five will die, and from their ashes the Anointed
shall rise. The Brethren of Aurelius shall greet him and usher him to
his immortal destiny.' (stops by one of the brethren) As it is written,
so shall it be. 'And one of the brethren shall go out hunting the night
before and get himself killed, because he couldn't wait to finish his
job before he ate.' Oh, wait. (grabs one of the brethren by the throat)
That's not written anywhere. (lifts the vampire from his feet) The
Anointed will be my greatest weapon against the Slayer! If you fail to
bring him to me, if you allow that girl to stop you... (throws the
vampire into a coffin) Here endeth the lesson.

He slams the book shut and walks off.

....

Giles: Yes, well, I'm talking about trouble. A violent and disturbing
prophecy is about to be fulfilled.

Buffy: The Order of Aurelius.

Giles: You were spot-on about the connection. (walks over to the table)
I've looked at the writings of Aurelius himself, and he, he prophesied
that the brethren of his order would come to the Master and bring him
the Anointed.

Willow: Who's that?

Giles: Well, I-I don't know exactly, a-a-a-a warrior, but, but it says
he will rise from the ashes of the Five on the evening of the thousandth
day after the Advent of Septus.

[Then there's a bus accident and 5 people are killed and a little boy named Colin becomes the Annointed One, though the Scoobies don't know until "Prophecy Girl" -- the season 1 ender -- that the Annointed One is a child. During the episode they kill a vamp whom they think is the Anointed One, but the episode ends with the Master reading from the Boook of Aurelius again: "And in this time will come the Anointed. And the Slayer will not know him. She will not stop him, and he will lead her into hell."]

Is this helpful? Feel free to hit me up for Whedon related questions anytime :)