(Hospital. Ben enters the crazy ward with a tray)

BEN: All right, fellas, today we've got blues, greens, and... oh, hey, chartreuse. It's a party.

ORLANDO: It won't stick. The birds have been pecking too hard. (laughing)

(Ben looks over and sees Orlando strapped down in one of the beds.)

BEN: Byzantium.

(Jinx emerges from the shadows)

JINX: Yes, they've arrived. Unfortunate, but not completely unexpected.

BEN: How many?

JINX: Their numbers are few for the moment, but they will grow. The Knights of Byzantium are like ants. First you see one, then two, then the picnic's ruined. No matter how many we kill, they'll keep coming ... wave after wave. It's time to set old animosities aside. Your fate is directly linked to her magnificently-scented Glorificus. She's been extremely forgiving of your considerable foibles up until now, but if you persist in your defiance, she'll be forced to-

BEN: To what? What is she going to do? Send a six-pack of minions to bore me to death? Glory can't lay a finger on me. You know it, I know it, she knows it. So save the threats, or I'll finish the job I started on your head.

(He shoves past Jinx and exits. )

• Ben's Issues
• Buffy vs Glory

written by: Steven S. DeKnight; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/91bloodties.html