You Need Only Ask
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tthdrabblesTitle: You Need Only Ask Words: 200 Fandoms: BtVS/POTC Challenge: #114 Dancing Nope, I disavow creation of the characters.Buffy glared at the woman facing her. “Did you know I was supposed to go dancing this weekend?”
“This is important,” said the woman. “There are...monsters. You are the monster-slayer, are you not?”
“Of course I am!” retorted Buffy.
“Then we need you. Not to dance, but to slay.”
“Legs are required for that, too, you know,” said Buffy curtly.
“You will swim better without them,” said the woman evenly.
“But will I fight better without them? I don't think so. Now give me back my legs!”
“Can you fight for us, or can you not?”
Buffy frowned, thinking about it for a minute. “Yes. But I need weapons.”
“You need only ask.”
Buffy scowled and hesitated, then sighed. “May I have weapons?”
The woman...no, mermaid...immediately lifted a silvery sword out of the water and handed it to Buffy, who raised an eyebrow and took it. “And you'll give me back my legs when I'm done?”
“You do not like your tail?”
“Tails don't work well on land.”
“Very well,” sighed the woman, “I will give you back your legs.”
“This is important,” said the woman. “There are...monsters. You are the monster-slayer, are you not?”
“Of course I am!” retorted Buffy.
“Then we need you. Not to dance, but to slay.”
“Legs are required for that, too, you know,” said Buffy curtly.
“You will swim better without them,” said the woman evenly.
“But will I fight better without them? I don't think so. Now give me back my legs!”
“Can you fight for us, or can you not?”
Buffy frowned, thinking about it for a minute. “Yes. But I need weapons.”
“You need only ask.”
Buffy scowled and hesitated, then sighed. “May I have weapons?”
The woman...no, mermaid...immediately lifted a silvery sword out of the water and handed it to Buffy, who raised an eyebrow and took it. “And you'll give me back my legs when I'm done?”
“You do not like your tail?”
“Tails don't work well on land.”
“Very well,” sighed the woman, “I will give you back your legs.”
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Date: 2012-02-17 01:56 am (UTC)One could hear the resigned sigh in the voice of the mermaid when she agreed to give Buffy back her legs. Ah, these crazy land-dwellers. (smirk)
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Date: 2012-02-17 07:44 pm (UTC)One could extrapolate the cultural differences, perhaps also in the vein of Andersen's tale. Humans think it's natural and preferable to have legs and merfolk think it's natural and preferable to have tails.