"I am. All too well." She takes a breath before nodding. "But I've actually worked in the UK for a little while. So I am familiar with the area. Which ... is not relevant to here. God, I need to stop rambling."
She pauses for a moment to try and drum up the appropriate place to start on her story, as it were. Her fingers tap lightly against the arm of the chair before she speaks.
"Okay. Where I'm from the vampire Slayer is more of a mystical calling. It was started centuries ago, in Africa, where a group of medicine men kidnapped this girl and forcefully tied her essence with that of a demon. She gained superior strength, speed, reflexes, and even to an extent, prophetic dreams. She was then turned loose on the vampires and the demons, and she continued to slay them until she died. Then the Calling got passed to the next girl, mystically chosen, and she'll also be given the memories of the previous Slayers before her. And so on and so forth throughout history, one girl in all the world with the speed and strength to fight the forces of darkness."
So that is the origin story. Now to the meat.
"Eventually, there was a council of people that called themselves 'Watchers' who appointed themselves to train and hone the Slayers instincts so that she can better fight evil. Oddly enough, they were very British. I got called when I was fifteen years-old in Los Angeles, California. I later moved to a small town called Sunnydale, which was sitting on a Hellmouth, so -- naturally I had a lot to do. I worked there for about seven years, until something called the First Evil started sending it's henchmen to kill off Potentials -- girls who would be called next if I happened to kick it. They were all brought to Sunnydale for me to protect, but in the end, what I really needed them to do was fight."
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She pauses for a moment to try and drum up the appropriate place to start on her story, as it were. Her fingers tap lightly against the arm of the chair before she speaks.
"Okay. Where I'm from the vampire Slayer is more of a mystical calling. It was started centuries ago, in Africa, where a group of medicine men kidnapped this girl and forcefully tied her essence with that of a demon. She gained superior strength, speed, reflexes, and even to an extent, prophetic dreams. She was then turned loose on the vampires and the demons, and she continued to slay them until she died. Then the Calling got passed to the next girl, mystically chosen, and she'll also be given the memories of the previous Slayers before her. And so on and so forth throughout history, one girl in all the world with the speed and strength to fight the forces of darkness."
So that is the origin story. Now to the meat.
"Eventually, there was a council of people that called themselves 'Watchers' who appointed themselves to train and hone the Slayers instincts so that she can better fight evil. Oddly enough, they were very British. I got called when I was fifteen years-old in Los Angeles, California. I later moved to a small town called Sunnydale, which was sitting on a Hellmouth, so -- naturally I had a lot to do. I worked there for about seven years, until something called the First Evil started sending it's henchmen to kill off Potentials -- girls who would be called next if I happened to kick it. They were all brought to Sunnydale for me to protect, but in the end, what I really needed them to do was fight."