zeppo-with-one-eye:

ghost-of-fashion-victims-past replied to your post: [pm] Please don’t freak but a pretty nasty demon is on the loose right now. I think it’s what killed those girls. And there’s one more thing but you’ve got to promise you’ll stay cool if I tell you.

[pm] It’s a Dullahan. Which is like some sort of nearly headless Nick I’m told. We don’t know how to kill it just yet. Okay Cucumber, the demon has marked Giles for death… But Faith and I are killing it before that can happen.

[pm] You and Faith will kill it before it gets Giles. See, no freaking here. I’m certain in your ability to kill it before that happens. We’ll get to researching weaknesses.

[pm] I can always count on you, Xander! Willow is apparently freaking out even though Faith explained to her that we’re handling this. Maybe you could reassure her?

cutsoftheinnocent replied to your post: Buffy, did you say a Dullahan? Like, the actual legit thing that carries a whip made from a human spine and every time they stop, someone dies?

Oh, no, I know this stuff like the back of my hand. I’ve always been really into these sort of legends and stuff… well, guess they’re much more than legends now. So, if you need help on anything Wikipedia doesn’t answer, just ask.

I may very well take you up on that offer sometime. I’ll let you know if there’s anything you can help with.

the-better-slayer:

ghost-of-fashion-victims-past:

the-better-slayer:

[pm] Tried to, yeah. She’s still all wrecked about this though.

Really? I mean— right. Thanks. We’ve dealt with worse, this’ll be a breeze. Giles can sit tight, ‘cuz he’s not goin’ anywhere. And I get that it’s still a thing— I’m not over it either, but I’m game for some synchronized slaying again.

[pm] I actually found out more about this thing. I think killing it is going to require some pretty specialized weapons. Like possibly made entirely out of gold. It’s the Dullahan’s weakness I guess you could say. 

And they don’t like being watched. Maybe we could look at it through a mirror or something, like Perseus style.

[pm] Solid gold weapons? You’re joking, right? Don’t think those are covered in the Slayer budget; either that or they’ve been holdin’ out on me. These guys don’t even have eyes, right? ‘Less they’re in the neck. Can’t we just tear the head away from everything else? Divide and conquer style?

[pm] Maybe gold leaf would do the trick. They have eyes. On their heads. We could tear the head away but we’d have to do it without it seeing us., They’ve got these like killer whips and if we look directly at it there’s a great chance we’ll end up with about as many eyes as Xander has…

As much as I’d like for this to be a punch-punch-kick-stab-kill job, I’m afraid it might require a little more, um, tact.