See, the thing is, no matter how preoccupied she is, it's like Anya and never saying "I wish" to a stranger. There are things you do not do, and one of them is let people who you know have died into the house if they ask.
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
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But Buffy doesn't know that Faith died -- I mean, yeah, Rona was called as the next Slayer, but then Faith turns up on the doorstep. And everyone is clearly confused, not putting 2 and 2 together, not even for the (untrue) explanation that Faith died and was brought back.
Hmmmmm. Damn. That's a definite point.
Damn. I hate having such a weakness there. I just liked the image of vamp!Faith so much, and the implication of her being turned in L.A. (by Angelus? maybe) and then showing up in Sunnydale.
I like it too. Let's find a way around it.
Oh! Suppose it's one of the Potentials who opens the door? She'd be inside before Buffy or Dawn even Dawn got there. And since the Potentials live there, they could invite her in.
But Buffy doesn't know that Faith died -- I mean, yeah, Rona was called as the next Slayer, but then Faith turns up on the doorstep. And everyone is clearly confused, not putting 2 and 2 together, not even for the (untrue) explanation that Faith died and was brought back.
I guess I'm not getting the Scoobs not putting 2 + 2 together, because even Cordelia got it back in the day, when Faith first turned up.
The Scoobs would get it. The Potentials? Not so much.
Being newbies, and all.
Oh, the potentials wouldn't, but the moment one of them was called, Buffy would know.
the moment one of them was called, Buffy would know.
Nonono - what I meant was, if Faith showed up on the front porch and rang the bell and, say, the nice Chinese potential with the flashcard monsters and the lactose intolerance who doesn't speak a word of English happened to open the door.....
She'd have good manners and stand aside and she wouldn't anything at all because Buffy doesn't know how to say "beware of dead Slayer posing as vampire" in either Cantonese or Mandarin.
Ah! I see now.