Part of the problem with the whole high street/main street thing is that I don't really know where the Magic Box is; I've always pictured it as at the shady end of a street of shops (not far from the laundry, as we saw in OMWF), but the canon's quite shaky.

Given what we saw at the beginning of season 4, when Giles bought it, and when Buffy and Giles drove to it for the first time, I'd just say it was downtown Sunnydale.

The first 4 Chapters of Enjoined are back up in their old slots. Feedback welcomed, longed for, etc. (Especially criticism, but also hair-pats and ego-stroking.)

What about "the shopping district"? Our town is so far gone in urban decay there practically IS no shopping district downtown, one goes to The Mall, or one of the outlying strip malls, known as "shopping centers". But back when people did go downtown to shop, the section of town where the stores were was differentiated from the offices and the industrial areas as "the shopping district."

I'd say "downtown" instead of "high street."

Hmmmm. I think if it's Sunnydale, "downtown" probably works. The overhead panoramic shots of Sunnydale (I'm thinking in Hush and a couple of others) show a largely residential town, and those are likely to have a centralised shopping area, with malls on the outskirts. And the Magic Box was definitely not in a mall.

I think I'll go with "downtown". Thanks, folks.

That's good. Downtown.

I hear the lights are much brighter there, and you can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares.

Hah! Funny, Daniel.

Cindy, the story is very intriguing. I want to know more. Off the top of my head, I'm not sure I followed the explanation of Willow's power jumps and the First Slayer dreams and, for some reason, Dawn sounded like Willow and Kennedy sounded like Faith, to me. Those were the things that stood out to me. I don't really have time, right now, to go over it more carefully.

If you've got it in a mailable format, I'd be glad to look at it in more depth off the board if you want me to. I think you have my e-mail address, but my profile address is good, too.

Deena - you're so sweet. I don't have it in a mailable format, though. My MS Word is out of commission, and my mail is crappy webmail. The story would probably be too big for it. Thank you, though. I did also post it in my LJ for a limited group. I'm pretty sure you're on that. I don't know if that would make it more useful for you, or if you wanted to get into the text and mail back a copy with comments.

If (and only if) you get the time and the inclination at the same time (naps should be a higher priority), would you please give me examples of Dawn=Willow, Kennedy=Faith. I know I had trouble writing Kennedy, probably because each time the character was onscreen, I resented that she was getting so much time and attention. *g* Dawn felt easy for me though.

I'll make a note to take a look at Dawn's bit about Willow's power surges when I get back. (Should already be grey now--will be very soon.)

Thank you so much.

I wouldn't be surprised at some Kennedy-Faith overlap. They are both ballsy and used to getting their way.