31! 31! 31!

by Beer Good

Took up a challenge: There's 31 days in January, I've got a list of 31 Buffyverse characters to write, that's one 100 word drabble every day the whole month. Will I manage it? And will they be any good? Only one way to find out. Jan 31st: YAY! Complete!

21. Allen Francis Doyle

Brogue Demon Hunters

"So... Doyle, where are you from then?"

"Tought it was obvious? Ireland."

"Yeah, but where exactly? I've been trying to place your accent..."

"Fancy ya know Irish accents, do ya? Ever been dere?"

"Why, aye. Born an' raa...eee...iized." And Angel set about to prove his birthplace by, for the next ten minutes, speaking in a long-neglected dialect that might - might - have passed for Irish on... oh, say, American TV.

All his tortured vowels earned him, though, was a healthy gutlaugh and a slap on the shoulder. "Nice try, pal. Tell ya what, rent De Commitments again and practice some more."