I'm curious about what happened with Willow to send her so over the edge. The first certainly took some strange and haunting forms this time around. Can we talk about the whoo that was Willow and Faith kissing? I'd feel better if it didn't seem like something Willow had done to get back at Tara and because she was feeling bad. I hope this doesn't blow up in their faces.

I'm not changing my mind! Willow and Faith! ICK! Yeah, Buffy's got Spike's number, he's her "good little soldier" follow her straight into to hell, if she went. Doesn't she get that he knows how they all smell by now, after all, he is a vampire! Wondering who else is going to show up since The First is now officially unleashed! Xander for sure. Great chapter, thanks.

Very spooky!!!

I enjoyed Dawn’s reaction to David and Amanda’s offer to find something to cool her off. I liked the difference of attitude with Buffy wanting to contribute to the household budget. What an interesting and freaky twist on Conversations with Dead People.

very good read, thank you. thoguht amanda's "I'll go find something to cool you off" was a great line. very interested in how red/ faith turns out. fun read, thanks again.

Wow! I just stumbled on your stories and read Borrowed Time and all the chapter of Getting All Chosen so far in one go -- could NOT stop, despite early morning work tomorrow/today! You do such marvelous plot, dialogue, mood, everything! And you have a ruthless precision/concision with words that leaves me breathless with admiration -- the characters seem just a hair wiser, wittier, and more complicated than one knows to hope for, just the way fictional characters ought to be.

The First was not a very convincingly creepy villain in Season 7 -- I like your version better already. I love the First's self-introduction (is it a humorously verbatim quotation from Amends?) -- and Willow's quippy reply -- and then, dun dun DUN! The suspense! The horror! The anticipation!

Now I'm going to be wondering how far Faith and Willow would have gone, had the First not shown up.

Hm - interesting developments. Faith/Willow makes my brain hurt. Especially the magic addicted/sorta evil Willow you're portraying and was evil and could probably go back there pretty quick Faith.
fun.

Dawn's getting visions without seeking them, and the First is making itself known - groovy.
Faith and Willow seems...odd, but I guess when people are all alone, they do the wacky.
The domestic convo was cute, and I'm glad they got past it without a major fight.
The First as Angelus was a surprise...good way to screw with both of them, though.
What happened to Willow's head?

Hmm... Faith rebound/revenge or more? I guess I'll have to wait to find out. (oh, i love the domestic scene with Spike and Buffy. Very cute)

Super job, and I hope you can post the LJ story here (ljs always have and always will frustrate me... they dont like me:()

my heart sort of lurched when "angel" said those things to spike...man, that could get real ugly real fast...loved the sexy talk between spike and buffy though...lol..great chapter, looking forward to more :)

Excellent update. I gotta say, Angelus appearing like that was startling. Revved up my heartrate a bit anyway. I can't wait for the next update.

A great chapter. Enjoying the way you are weaving canon into the story - and the arrival of the First.

Excellent!

I always hated this episode. The only thing worse would've been if Xander had shown up to get a shot in at Willow. Gotta say, I like the idea of Faith/Willow.