Retrofic: Backstage 13, “Notes on an Opera Program”

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Abbreviations, “Notes on an Opera Program”

Abbreviations, “Notes on an Opera Program”

Following is a list of the abbreviations used in the story. Angel characters are in red; all others, of course, are Buffy.

?Bryce – Magnus Bryce – (the corporate wizard who attempted to sacrifice his daughter in the second-season Angel episode “Guise Will Be Guise”)
A – Angel
A? – Anya
AI – Angel Investigations
AR – Not known – somebody we’ve never seen
BS – Buffy Summers
BS-RF – Buffy-Riley
FtS – Faith the Slayer
HM – Holland Manners
JS – Joyce Summers
LMc – Lindsey McDonald
LMe – Lee Mercer
RF – Riley Finn
RG – Rupert Giles
RG-BS – Giles-Buffy
RG-BS – Giles-Joyce
RP – might or might not be Robert Price, mentioned as having been forced to eat his own liver after disappointing the senior partners of Wolfram & Hart.
SunD – Sunnydale
TM – Tara Maclay
VB – Vanessa Brewer – (the blind female assassin in the first-season Angel episode “Blind Date”)
Virginia Bryce – daughter of Magnus Bryce, and briefly Wesley’s girlfriend
WR – Willow Rosenberg
WR-A? – Willow-Anya
WRH – Wolfram & Hart
WR-JS – Willow-Joyce
WR-TM – Willow-Tara
WR-XH – Willow-Xander
XH – Xander Harris

[If it’s not already apparent, the “notes” were made by Lilah Morgan, of Wolfram & Hart, evaluating her current situation and possibilities for action.]

“Notes on an Opera Program”, End notes

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