This is a Buffy Summers photoblog, documenting her interactions with food and drink throughout the seven years of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The Slayer doesn't eat much.
Joyce’s sleep has been disturbed too - not by the First Slayer, but by four people talking about the First Slayer rather loudly downstairs. She goes down and offers them some hot chocolate (such a mom thing to do) which they all agree to. Buffy decides to take a shower instead, so I’m guessing she doesn’t see any of that hot chocolate. Sucks for you, Buff. Or maybe Joyce’s hot chocolate is as good as her sandwiches, in which case the joke’s on the Scoobies.
It turns out that one of the side-effects of calling upon the power of the First Slayer via magic is that she may come back in your dreams and try to kill you. The planned vidfest is ruined when all of the Scoobies fall asleep. When they awake, alive and well, Giles reminds them that he did say that “there could be dire consequences”. Apparently he says the same about chewing too fast, which may or may not be directly related to Buffy’s eating habits. I’m thinking not - when did she ever listen to Giles anyway?
Don’t get too excited - this is a dream. Xander’s dream, to be more specific. It involves some seriously shocking imagery - Apocalypse Now, sexy Joyce, being interrupted by the Initiative while he tries to go to the bathroom, the basement, Principal Snyder, the basement again etc. etc. Most shocking is probably the idea of Buffy eating popcorn. New-car smell flavored popcorn, no less. The calories definitely don’t count when you consume them in somebody else’s dream.
The battle is over - Adam is done, the Initiative is gone, and Buffy, Willow, Xander and Giles are going to celebrate with a vidfest and snacks. Those Scoobies really are guys after my own heart. Giles has a bowl of nuts, Xander has popcorn, Willow has cookies (and a 7-Up) and Buffy has exactly what loyal followers of this blog will expect her to have … nothing.
The Initiative are after Riley (Still? Again? It’s hard to keep up.) He’s hiding out out in the least blown-apart section of Sunnydale High that him and Buffy can find, while he thinks up his next move. Unfortunately it doesn’t involve fleeing Sunnydale altogether. As he unpacks his camping necessities like a good soldier, Buffy opens a thermos and pours herself what looks like a nice, hot cup of coffee. She is still a hardcore coffee drinker, you know?
Buffy and the Scoobies (plus Riley) sit at the Rocket Café for a debriefing on the latest events - in a nutshell, a frat house was haunted (again) and wackiness ensued. More alarming than two haunted frat houses on one California college campus is the fact that Buffy actually eats! She picks at a piece of whatever she has hidden behind her coffee cup, places a piece in her mouth and swallows. The last time we saw Buffy eat was also in the Rocket Cafe, so whatever they serve must be good.
Buffy and the Scoobies hit the Bronze for a night of entertainment - Jonathan is playing live and they all seem to be big fans. I mentioned that this is an altered reality, right? Buffy has a soda in front of her, as always. It’s probably the Coke she asked for the last time they were there that she never got.
