I really liked Alex admonishing Willow AND reminding her of her homework right after she accused him of being a demon.
A Spammer?! Dear frakking god! don't we have enough problems in this country as it is?! First email and now Spacebattles! Whats next?! my iPod?
Well, at least once actual demons and such show up, rather than reanimated corpses possessed by demonic spirits, he'll have something a bit more filling.
Ugh, spammers. :| By the way, I laughed hysterically at this. Yeah, I just saved you, did some terrifying eldritch abomination tentacle thing, and then started commenting about how vampires taste. Now do your homework! Ahaha, that was great.
Will we get to see Alex eat the mayor?! The reason I'm asking is because Alex will certainly not like it when he finds out that old man Willkins has been sacrificing babies every couple of decades!
Depending on when Alex meets the mayor, he might not be able to. Remember, the mayor became literally indestructible in the runup to his ascension (only to lose that indestructibility upon actually ascending). A vampire quite literally cut him in half and the two parts just came back together again. The mayor was quite convinced that there was nothing which could hurt him in that state. In fact, that was the whole reason they had to EXPLODE him after he ascended. They wouldn't have gone through all that shit if there had been any reasonable chance of taking him out before that.
Doesn't mean Alex can't try. Or that the attempt won't seriously inconvenience the mayor. Being digested/absorbed into a viral hivemind-thing is a lot harder to regenerate out of than getting cut in half.
Going back to the "saving Willow from a vampire" snippet, I'd recommend that you replace homework assignment with something more specific.
Eh, I think the addition of reminding Willow to do her homework is good enough. What can/may be added though is Willow resisting at first, still wanting to go find Buffy and mutters something suitably rebellious behind Mercer's back. He turns and casually remarks that there's a nice PhD level genetics/molecular biology assignment that he can give to make Willow very busy until she graduates...and he's very much willing to impose that on her, in addition to her normal homework assignments. Oh, and add one unhinged grin for additional seasoning.:drevil:
I was thinking something like: Alex rolled his eyes, what was with these teenagers and their lack of common sense as in the 'don't provoke the bigger predator' kind of way, "Go home, Rosenberg," he dismissed her, "Get some sleep and talk to your friend in the morning. In the morning," he emphasized, having seen the glimmer of defiance in her eyes, before walking off, but not without calling out, "And don't forget your lab report for Thursday! I expect labeled diagrams!" (Edits in green) Just a little something to give the idea that he's more concerned about Willow's academics than the vampire. because .01 is greater than 0
Actually, you know, I do like the idea of the added specifics. Adds a little more intricacy to his teacher role. Wouldn't mind seeing some class antics, if anything happens. x3
Son of a bitch! I hate Chrome! I was almost finished with my next snippet when it flunked out on me and deleted everything I'd written thus far in quick reply. I'm going to hit things, I swear.
Wait - are Hunters sapient? I could never tell ... Anywho, this does NOT bode well ... Uncontrolled Hunters? Are you trying to recreate the Manhattan Incident, Mercer?!
Is Alex trying to create sapient creatures? If so, I fully support this notion, as long as Mercer realizes consequences of doing it. And follows the rule saying "if the thing is smart enough to ask you not to kill it, you don't have the right to kill it". This may, however, lead to the birth of the first tyranid hive-fleet (and didn't Starcraft come out right around that time? I would bet a lot, that there are people at school playing it on school computers), but Alex does need an edge. On Earth the edge is the Mayor's office (it is far harder to dispose of a mayor than it is to dispose of a random scientist), above Earth it is titan base. Or something. Just a thought.
Didn't stop him from killing multitudes of humans. Mercer's not a pacifist. REALLY not a pacifist. Quite frankly, he won't really be stopped by moral quandaries regarding killing. EDIT: The command seemed clear enough to me.
He'll probably either need to sufficiently upgrade hunter intelligence in order for them to interpret his orders or get him (and them) a telepathy (demonic) upgrade so he would be able to send more info on telepathic channel and they would be able to read his intentions.
