Unslain - [PROTOTYPE]xBtVS Crossover, Part 2

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Thread one: http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=213799

Index:

Chapter one

Chapter two

Chapter three, part one
Chapter three, part two
Chapter three, part three
Chapter three, part four

Chapter four, part one
Chapter four, part two
Chapter four, part three

Chapter five, part one
Chapter five, part two
Chapter five, part three
Chapter five, part four

Chapter six, part one
Chapter six, part two
Chapter six, part three
Chapter six, part four

Chapter seven, part one
Chapter seven, part two
Chapter seven, part three
Chapter seven, part four
Chapter seven, part five

Chapter eight, part one
Chapter eight, part two
Chapter eight, part three
Chapter eight, part four
Chapter eight, part five

Chapter nine, part one
Chapter nine, part two
Chapter nine, part three

Chapter ten, part one
Chapter ten, part two
Chapter ten, part three
Chapter ten, part four
Chapter ten, part five
Chapter ten, part six

Chapter eleven, part one
Chapter eleven, part two
Chapter eleven, part three
Chapter eleven, part four
Chapter eleven, part five
Chapter eleven, part six
Chapter eleven, part seven

Chapter twelve, part one
Chapter twelve, part two
Chapter twelve, part three
Chapter twelve, part four
Chapter twelve, part five

Chapter thirteen, part one
Chapter thirteen, part two
Chapter thirteen, part three
Chapter thirteen, part four
Chapter thirteen, part five
Chapter thirteen, part six

Additional snippets:

Omake: Fundraising.
Omake: That's just Haka.
Omake: Transient Guests Are We.

Omake: Meet the Mercers.
Omake: Meet the Mercers conclusion.

I was wondering if this story will appear on Fanfiction.net?

Not until I've finished it... which is going to take a very, very long time... or at least a few months of on/off interest, background fact checkups and so forth... as well as making some of the chapters more coherent and linear in flow. Right now they're kind of floating about as loose, unrelated scenes.

Begrepen Ah got it.

So the best thing to do would be more speculation to fuel your writing will do.

Pretty much.

To add to the speculation wasn't there a disgruntled student with hellhounds?

Whom Mercer could exchange barbs like mine is bigger?

That's later in Season Three I think, which is still quite a ways off from when the story's currently taking place.

I do have to point out some timeline errors (I just finished watching Buffy Season 1, so this is fresh for me). The episodes featuring the She-Mantis and the hyena spirits both came before the episode "Angel" (where she learns he's a vampire). From the way you seem to have things going, Buffy knew that Angel was a vampire prior to the She-Mantis encounter.

EDIT: Also, Giles didn't know the exact location of the Hellmouth until "Prophecy Girl".

Eh, might be a minor acceptable change...

Ah... eheheh, Oops? Chalk it up to timeline shenanigans?

In any case, I found that particular bit a complete waste of potential character development - Angel's hesitance in coming forward is understandable, but him hedging in that episode wasn't, especially given that he's 240-something years old. Some confidence isn't that difficult to find even if you're cursed to suffer like Angel, just tell her that you're on her side first and then reveal some (not all) of your circumstances... All in all, rather idiotic, to tell you the truth.

*shrug*

Meh. I'll try to fix that part up for a bit, make it less vague as to her knowing of his true nature. Authorial concessions are what sets a story separate from others in the eyes of the masses, no?

So he's found out about it a little sooner... and it's not as if it matters a great deal... yet.

Edit: Fixed the bit with Angel you mentioned, Ghanjrho.

Sorry for the abnormal long wait, guys, but the next part is here! Teaching shenanigans for the win!

Just out of curiosity, would Giles understand Alex's description of himself?

Yes.

After breaking out a dictionary, and some Scotch, after he realizes what that means.

Triple crossover?

Heh, that went right over Buffy's head.

Particularly enjoyed Alex telling off gossipping girls, for no particular reason.

One thing;

Enjoyed the line, but it seems off in fluidity. Shouldn't it go more like

Mine's not really any better, but the first one doesn't flow.

Yeah, t'was clunky. Fixin' it, now. Comments to the reader gallery:

Probably, if Buffy manages to relay it properly. Which is doubtful.

As said, only if Buffy's rambling is coherent enough.

No. Drusilla's seeing Hunters.

Yep, that was a fun bit.

Yeah, that much was obvious. My first reaction after reading the paragraph was "Ouch, someone got an up-close and personal introduction to a Hunter...or a few of them and got out by the skin of her teeth."

However, since Drusilla warned Spike about "mean, red-skinned and hairless apes", did that mean that Mercer had created additional Hunters already? Can't seem to recall that Mercer had created additional Hunters especially since he was determined to not create more in three chapters earlier considering that Greene could tap into his mind (and potentially his newly created hivemind).

Drusilla is in St. Louis though, hence my confusion because I honestly could not think why a Hunter would be there.

Nice. God, I loved Drusilla's brand of crazy; I hope she and Mercer meet face to face.

Dru's seeing at least one Hunter at several undetermined points in time here - in the conflicting, overlapping, confusing messy kind of way that does little to help one keep fully sane, if at all. She doesn't know exactly how many there actually are... and given that Alex can simply rebuild one if it's killed off (of which the odds are ridiculously small already, mind you), keeping tabs on them by giving them numbers is virtually useless, because they're never permanently dealt with... unless you actually managed to kill all three... but then you have a displeased Alex Mercer to run away from.

Think of it this way: one of Alex' Hunters is roughly equal to Marcus Hamilton in overall strength, speed, stamina and durability. They're (somewhat) less intelligent, but make up for this with claws/teeth and a numerical/strategical advantage... given that they do their jobs the best way while in a pack.

Edit: I actively dare you guys to imagine the following scene:

Spike, fussing over a severely injured and bedridden Drusilla, in a casino at the waterfront in St. Louis... and then she starts murmuring about 'Mean, hairless and red-skinned Apes' and to avoid those... with Spike staring at her, unsure what to do, thinking she's delirious from the pain or something... and in one part of his mind asking himself: 'Gorillas, Chimpanzees or Orangutans?'

And then a Hunter crashes in following their scent, and Spike goes "Oh...that."

Probably more like:

"Oh...that. Bugger."

Edit: Next bit, coming up.

fixed that for you.

No comments on the awesome taking place above?

Hmmmm....a Alex/Illyria shipping.....Just imagine the glorious slaughter.......That is it....From now i will vote for a A/I ship in this thread...