Second Floor Common Room, Tuesday Night

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Soooo, Kenzi had gotten the video she'd asked for from Topher... of various shots of Wes while he was teaching her about guns. And put it to a soundtrack. Then hooked up a DVD player to the TV in the Common Room and concealed it. It was on an infinite loop.

So, at random moments, Kenzi would amuse herself while watching The Spy Amnesia Movie on the Science Fiction channel by hitting the remote button, and having Wes interrupt it with his campaign.


[establishy, open, and likely to be repeated in other CR's if she thinks she can get away with it. Wes's video is nowhere near as complete or complicated as that one, but is mostly shots of him being badass and showing off guns to Kenzi, interspersed with "Vote Wes! For Fandom StuCo! Guarding Your Welfare!"]

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Kenzi hit the button again, interpreting 'let me see' as 'put that back on', not 'give me the remote so I can eliminate the vile thing, Kenzi.'

There it went. Wes explaining with a soundtrack. And guns. And a political request.

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...Oh god, it was as horrible as he'd thought.

"Kenzi!" he exclaimed. "Thatisnotappropriate!"

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"It is too!" Kenzi protested automatically. See! He looked great there! "I do not think that word means what you think it means!"

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"I beg to differ!" he squawked. "That is -- wildly unethical! You are manipulating voters!"

He was probably not best suited for a career in politics.

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Kenzi stared. "Wes. That's just crazy talk. Did you get over last weekend yet?"

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Wait, what?

"I was handwavily in Los Angeles," he said, squinting at her. Then, slowly: "Why?"

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"...nothing." Big, cheesy smile. Look at those teeth, Wes! Aren't they shiny?

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Unsmiling stare.

"Kenzi..."

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"Everybody was crazy! It wasn't just me!" Kenzi shook her head vehemently. "And that one guy got better! He said it was okay! And at least I didn't set off explosives, like somebody planned to!" She'd kind of lost track of that in the Radio broadcasts, but someone had definitely been going to blow up a non-existent diamond mine.

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"...What!?"

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"Everyone was on some kind of way crazy bad drugs," Kenzi said, settling in to the fact that it was not her fault and Wes had no reason to think so. "Um, there was a wedding? Ender nearly married Tony, but I broke that up 'cause Peter asked me too, and then Ender ran off with..." Uh. "Someone. And Toby was in a coma, but he got better. And Bo had amnesia, and so did some other poor chick..."

So clearly, and this needed to be reiterated: "Not my fault!"

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Right, Wesley was flabbergasted, Kenzi. See what you did? You completely diverted his attention from the real pressing issue, which was THE EVIL COMMERCIAL.

"I'm sorry," he said, baffled. "Was this weekend some sort of conglomeration of cliched plot twists?"

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"YES!" You got it Wes! Happy Dance Time! "And Ms. Perrault was running around helping us with our make-up and lighting and sometimes it felt like a really bad play and sometimes it made sense that I was ex-KGB with a really stupid accent!"

Also: Distraction Tactic of Complete Insanity, noted.

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"...I see."

He didn't see.

"I suppose I should be grateful that the kidnapped demons enlisted against their will into a black market fighting club made up the bulk of my excitement for the weekend, then."

He really should!

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"Ooooo." Kenzi stared. "I kind of want to go with you. And I kind of never want to visit L.A. ever in this life. And what did you do?"

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Wesley, naturally, fell into the trap of bragging about himself when there could very well be a camera lurking. Or at least a pack of squirrels. He was so oblivious sometimes.

"Oh, just some basic negotiations. Some simple tacticial strategy," he said breezily, though there was some pompousness shining through. "It's been taken care of."

Mainly by Angel, but that was beside the point.

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Kenzi took the moment to applaud, sincerely. And hide the remote in the couch cushions, sneakily.

"Way to go, Wes." She cocked her head. "You go back there every couple weeks to help out?"

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"Thank you," he said instinctively. "And as often as I can, yes," he answered. "It was a bit... put on hold while I was with Katniss, but I intend to resume regular visits."

And oh, was he going to loooove the next (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_by_Five_%28Angel%29) one.

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That is my favorite!

"Cool, cool." Kenzi was going to make a note to schedule more intense mischief for when Wes was gone.

So as not to worry him! He had enough problems, right? "So yeah. That was my weekend. Not all bad." She grinned. "And I got Annie posters done."

Someone might have brushed against a poster outside in the hall, because I Just Can't Wait to Be King might have drifted into the room.

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"Yes," Wesley said, seizing on that particular point to address. "Er."

A beat.

"...Why?"

He'd missed the part where Quinn had made her cry in the bathroom.

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Kenzi had heard a bit about that on the Radio. And felt bad, a little. But mostly: "Hey, you teamed up with Quinn. I'm doing my part to even things up." She looked earnest. "Only fair, right?"

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"I suppose, certainly," he said, but he was still a bit perplexed. "Although one would generally assume that campaigning for one candidate implies that you want him to, well. Win."

There wasn't really a way for that to come out not self-centered, but he'd tried.

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"Weslyyyyy." Kenzi gave him a sincere look. "You're still my favorite. And I wouldn't do it if there weren't three people running for three spots, I swear."

Even if she'd considered nominating more people to mess up Quinn still more, then abandoned that plan when she realized Wes might drop out. "I made you a commercial!"

...possibly not the thing to remind him of.

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"Yes, I saw," Wesley said dryly, and don't think the talk about that wasn't coming up sometime soon, Kenzi. "Well. It's, er. Nice to be appreciated?"

He had to laugh, just for a moment, at the ridiculousness of it.

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Yay! Wes was laughing! Yay! Secondary Secret Agenda accomplished, whether he got elected or not! Kenzi beamed back and said, "You're welcome! I should get a camera right now. Way more approachable when you're smiling."