"I'm begging you, snuff her out now!" Roden exclaimed.
"No, she isn't one of your disposable street urchins! This Slayer is a fellow blue blood," Gigi protested.
"She's a viscount's kid, not a sodding princess!" Roden replied.
"Precisely! The whole point of this little soiree was identifiying possible threats to my impending coronation, which a lowly banker's daughter clearly, is not," Gigi said defiantly.
"Not a threat?" Roden repeated in disbelief. "Are you mad? She turned my boys to rubble!"
"After they attacked her unprovoked. And she was brilliant. I could use someone like her at my side. Trust me, this girl and I are on the same wavelength," Gigi said.
"One chat and you're ready to make her your best mate? You don't even know - " Roden started.
"Hush, she's coming around," Gigi replied.
"Where?" Faith's eyes fluttered open weakly.
"It's all right, Hope," Gigi assured her, sitting down by Faith's bedside. "This is Roden. He's from Belfast, but don't hold that against him."
"Lady Genevieve, this is a profoundly bad - "
I realise how confusing this must be for you, but you're not like other girls. You're a part of a long line of very important, very powerful people," Gigi began.
"Duh?" Faith offered.
"I'm not talking about nobility, I'm talking about an ancient force that you and I, and a lot of other girls have tapped into," Gigi explained.
Faith blinked, trying to digest everything Gigi was saying to her.
"Roden says I'm going to lead the lot of us to take our rightful place at the head of this wretched society," Gigi went on. "Right after I destroy the woman holding us back, and take her mantle as Queen."
"Queen?" Faith asked, sitting up slowly. "You want to kill... Elizabeth?"
"No, Hope," Gigi giggled, then pulled a crumpled photo of Buffy out of her pocket. "Not Elizabeth."
Faith bit her lip, careful not to let her expression change.
"The mighty Slayer who's the very fount of all our power is called Buffy," Gigi told her. "Can you even believe it?"
"No," Faith said softly, her mind ticking over.
She wants to kill Buffy, but she doesn't realise Buffy is already dead. So, traditionally speaking, the Queen of the Slayers would be the next in line. Kendra. But Kendra is dead. So the next in line is... oh. Shit.