Line #22 Fanfic/Matryoshka


1	A ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fan-fic. The Scooby Gang thought they might actually get a breather in the brief span between Graduation and college... but this is ''Sunnydale'', and they really should have known better. As Xander returns from his road-trip, a number of attempts are made on the lives of the whole Scooby Gang by an unknown group. The Scoobies have become ensnared in someone's EvilPlan(s) and are making new friends and new enemies... but which is which?
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3	You can read ''Matryoshka'' [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100526180019/http://www.tenhawkpresents.com/viewstory.php?sid=220&warning=3 here]].
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5	The following tropes almost certainly contain SPOILERS for the plot!!!
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7	!!Tropes:
8	%%* BadBoss - the [[ProfessionalKiller SHRIKEs]] in general, and Onyx in particular.
9	%%* BadGuyBar - Umbra.
10	%%* ColdSniper - Ruby.
11	%%* DynamicEntry - 'Orion's' [[{{Neck Snap}} appearance]] in ch.12.
12	%%* EyepatchOfPower - 'Nemo'.
13	* GoodGunsBadGuns - averted; everybody's using Western hardware from all over the show.
14	* TheMole - if you turned it into a drinking game, your liver would thank you if you counted the characters who ''aren't'' double- or triple-agents.
15	%%* InstantDeathBullet - averted on multiple occasions.
16	%%* MoreDakka - Ruby in Ch.4 is the most egregious example.
17	%%* MoreThanMeetsTheEye is a major theme.
18	* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning - [[spoiler:Taz and Misha]] used the enemy's ''intent to assassinate them'' to plant a {{Mole}} in the other camp. [[spoiler:Neither expected their newly-acquired {{Healing Factor}} to actually save them to participate in the ensuing stages....]]
19	%%* ObfuscatingStupidity - ... where to ''begin''?
20	%%* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness - the prologue.
21	* OneDialogueTwoConversations - Xander references the SHRIKE [[{{RockThemeNaming}} callsigns]] during the hospital-visit with Oz, apparently to get a rise out of "Shooter" and "Nemo". [[spoiler:It's meant to look like he's checking for {{the mole}}(s); really, he's winding them up over how 'well' the plan has gone so far.]]
22	* RockThemeNaming - the [[ProfessionalKiller SHRIKEs]] are callsigned for gemstones and precious stones.
23	%%* ScarsAreForever - 'Nemo' is the most visible instance.
24	%%* SemperFi - Gunny/Detective Sergeant 'Little' Bob Patterson on the SPD side, not to mention the Marine training base two hills over from Sunnydale itself.
25	%%* SergeantRock - 'Little Bob' to [[{{New Meat}} LaFollet]], [[spoiler:Andrushka, Taz and Misha]] to Xander.
26	%%* ThisIsGonnaSuck - A {{Mook}} discovers [[{{SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb}} he has been set up the bomb]] and has [[{{MagicCountdown}} just enough time]] for a single utterance of disgust.
27	* TitleDrop - in chapter 15, Xander describes the Scoobies' current predicament as having "more layers than a ''matryoshka'' doll".
28	%%* TookALevelInBadass - Xander, of course, but he's not the only one.
29	%%* TwoferTokenMinority - [[{{Fair Cop}} LaFollet]] knows this is why the SPD bumped her to Detective so fast, and she's (mostly) okay with it.
30	%%* XanatosSpeedChess with ThePlan
31	%%* YouHaveFailedMe - Onyx to Ruby.
32	%%* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness - why Buffy's in trouble in the first place.

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