10th Annual Slayers Convention - fic

[deird1]

This was written for the Sunnydale High School 10 Year Reunion Anniversary Comment Ficathon, for daria234, who gave the prompt of "10th Annual Slayers Convention".

Title: The 10th Annual Slayers Convention
Rating: G
Word Count: 677

Summary: Slayers can create a lot of paperwork.



Join us in Cleveland, for the 10th Annual Slayers Convention!


Speakers

Staying on Mission
Faith Lehane (Joint Head Slayer)

Supporting Slayers with Friendship, Fun, and Frivolity
Alexander Harris (Head Watcher of Cleveland HQ)

Signs and Portents
Leanne Wright (Deputy Head Watcher of Edinburgh HQ)

Psyche of the Modern Vampire – a Q&A Session
William the Bloody

Practical Magic and its Defensive Applications
Theresa Little (winner of the 2008 Maclay Scholarship)


Plus, a fighting demonstration by Europe’s finest, a massive sale of quality weapons, costume competitions, and more!

The Annual Slayers Convention, 24th to 26th May 2013, Grand View Hotel, Cleveland

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Cleveland Crier, May 20th, 2013:


now decorating Edgewater Park. The City of
Cleveland won’t tell us who the artist is, or
whether any more of the statues will be making
an appearance, but let’s hope so! Go to Edgewater
and see them now, while you can.

IWC Convention
Canny Clevelanders may notice an upsurge in the
number of female athletes around the Forest City
this weekend. The Grand View Hotel is once again
hosting the annual convention of the IWC – an
organisation dedicated to promoting “female
excellence in athletics and education”. Two
years ago, the convention attendees put on an
impromptu display for us in front of Key Tower,
complete with special effects and pyrotechnics.
Who knows what will happen this year! Welcome,
IWC girls! The Cleve is glad to see you!

Gangs on the Go
Nightclub goers are warned, once again, to stay
on the alert. A gang of violent drug-users have

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Welcome to ASC10!

We’d like to ensure an easy, quick check-in for all attendees. To help us with this, please:
- present your ID
- be ready for the mirror check*
- hand over all weapons to our cloakroom staff

* compulsory for all attendees

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Telephone Message - Room 452
For: Dawn Summers
From: Charles Periore
Re: statues
To Do: return call ASAP

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Memo to Catering Staff

Please note:
The containers marked “V8” are not rancid, and must not be thrown out. Remember, they are for the exclusive use of Mr W. Pratt, and should be served warm.

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to: the_great_wells@slayerchat.wrnet
cc: r_giles@slayerchat.wrnet, summersgirl@slayerchat.wrnet, c_h_periore@slayerchat.wrnet

subject: gorgons

Hi Andrew,

Can you send me some info about gorgons? Including likely habitation, feeding habits, methods of killing them, etc.

Convention pretty fun, so far. Won second prize in the Hellmouth Habits quiz.

- Dawn

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Announcement to All Attendees

Mr Alexander Harris’ talk has been cancelled, due to unforseen circumstances. Conference attendees are invited to make use of the gymnasium to practice drills, instead. We apologise for the inconvenience.

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to: r_giles@slayerchat.wrnet, redwitch@slayerchat.wrnet
cc: green_gate@slayerchat.wrnet

subject: URGENT!!!

Giles, please say you know how to stop someone being a statue? PLEASE?

Willow, please answer your phone!

- Buffy

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Announcement to All Attendees

Conference attendees should note that loud noise in the foyer is discouraged after hours.

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Announcement to All Attendees

Conference attendees should note that fighting in the foyer is ILLEGAL ASSAULT, and the POLICE will be called to deal with further incidents.

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to: the_great_wells@slayerchat.wrnet, redwitch@slayerchat.wrnet
cc: r_giles@slayerchat.wrnet, c_h_periore@slayerchat.wrnet

subject: substitute for perdox root?

We seem to be out of perdox root. Any suggestions for substitutes?

Do we have to mix it with the gorgon blood before heating, or after?

- Dawn

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Buffy Anne Summers
IWC, New York Branch

Pay: The Grand View Hotel, Cleveland
The Sum Of: Fifteen thousand dollars. ($15,000)
Date: 05/24/2013

For: Refurbishment, cleaning, emotional distress

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9:00 – L Terrolli, sprained ankle
9:30 – M Crawley, follow-up: sword wounds, burn on arm
10:00 – A Harris, de-statuing, full check-up
10:45 – D Chang, neck wound (vampire)

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Slayer Speak, June 9th, 2013:


for articles on the subject of balancing Slaying
with motherhood. See Kate Trevally for details.

The 10th ASC
Thanks to all attendees of this year’s
convention! We hope you enjoyed yourself as much
as we did! See you next year – at a brand new
venue (TBA).

Knife and Sword Training, Jakarta
Indonesian Slayers can sign up for an 8-week
course in proper blade techniques, run by our

Comments

[velvetwhip]

I got a total kick out of this!!!!


Gabrielle

[deird1]

Glad you liked it!

[brin_bellway]

*applause*

Nice format. I like stories told between the lines of quotes.

[deird1]

Thanks!

[shehasathree]

eeee! omg, that was AWESOME.

[deird1]

Yay! Thanks!

[snowpuppies]

Wonderful! I just love how you put these types of fics together. Such clever weaving to make a story!

Also...poor Xander! Will he ever catch a break??

[deird1]

Not while I'm writing, he won't. :)

Glad you liked this!

[rebcake]

This is exactly how it would go! Save Cleveland (and Xander) from gorgons, get hit with a disinvite from your hotel! So unfair! And yet, does anyone really blame the proprietors?

Hee! Love it to bits!

[deird1]

Thanks!

[frayadjacent]

OMG!! So awesome!

[deird1]

Thanks!

[gillo]

Fabulous! Poor Xander. Love the V8 reference.

[deird1]

Glad you liked it!

[(Anonymous)]

I just sat here smiling at my computer....

[deird1]

Thanks!

[dariaw]

This is amazing! (This is daria234 on lj by the way)

I love this so much!!! I love the attention to detail here, and the whole premise so creative and then brilliantly executed. I love that there's a Maclay scholarship. I love that statues and foyer fights become the issue. This was fun, hilarious, and actually very hopeful in a lot of ways too. Thank you so much for writing this!!!

[deird1]

I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for inspiring me!

[aisalynn]

This was hilarious. Especially this:

Pay: The Grand View Hotel, Cleveland
The Sum Of: Fifteen thousand dollars. ($15,000)
Date: 05/24/2013

For: Refurbishment, cleaning, emotional distress

Awesome job. Extremely creative and funny.

[deird1]

Thanks!

[bruttimabuoni]

Yippee! Doing the prompt full justice.

[deird1]

Glad you like it!

[havocthecat]

I think that my favorite in all of this is everything from Dawn. Also, Cleveland's obtruseness in the face of ick. That was pretty amusing. (Xander. Statue. HEE!)

Thanks for helpiing me appreciate this fandom once again!

[deird1]

Glad you like it!

Dawn is one of my favourite characters. Does it show? :)

[red_satin_doll]

LOVE THIS - I'm grinning from ear to ear! *applause*

Staying on Mission
Faith Lehane (Joint Head Slayer)

*lol* That would have been Buffy's subject, back in the day. Faith's really grown into her role, hasn't she? (And love "Joint Head Slayer" and what it implies about her and Buffy working together as a team.)

And the Maclay Scholarship - YES. So perfect - you found a way to include Tara in spirit.

I couldn't figure out at first that Xander's "unfortunate circumstances" and buffy's email were connected; it's so clever the way this unfolds like a puzzle.

For: Refurbishment, cleaning, emotional distress

Just another day at Slayer Central. ;)

[deird1]

Glad you like it!

And love "Joint Head Slayer" and what it implies about her and Buffy working together as a team.

That's something I've always wanted to put into the post-series world.