tucky: (I respond well to disembodied voices)
Tiffany Doggett ([personal profile] tucky) wrote2015-05-10 04:24 pm

♻ 018 | text/video

[filtered to Dillon, Iris, Mason, and Simon]

[Everyone on this filter gets the same message, sent separately.]

Can you come see me? I need to talk to you.

[Then, after a moment, an addition.]

Don't worry its nothing bad.

[video]

[Later, after finishing visiting with and giving her news to the above people, Tiffany sets herself up to make a public announcement. She sits cross-legged on her bed, turns on the recorder... and suddenly realizes that she has no idea how she wants to say this.]

I...

... There's a Bible verse that I like. It goes like this: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

[She isn't reading it off of anything; she's memorized it. Considering the last verse she took the time to memorize was about smiting God's enemies for Him, this is an improvement.]

If you know me much at all you probably know I'm a big believer in God. And when I first learned about Him, it was the best deal I ever heard of. I'd never been a part of anything before; never been in anybody's fold. But here I was, learning about somebody who'd love me, and give me a reason to be - I wanted that, you know? Who wouldn't? Feeling like you're loved is the nicest thing.

But then I came here, and I learned that being loved is only part of what's important. You gotta love back, honestly and truly. And I do. I have met the most amazing people and made the most amazing friends, and I wouldn't trade any of you for anything. I told Dr. Cambridge a while ago that I got a lot of hate in my heart sometimes, and that's true. I used to like showing it around a lot. But on the Barge I learned that I got a lot of love in my heart too, and I like showing that around even more.

So what I really meant to say is that I graduated, and it's 'cause of y'all, and I love you very much. Even the people I don't like I kind of love a little bit right now.

[She almost adds Except Arthas here, but bites her tongue.]

But especially the people I like; the people who have helped me. And some of you feel the same way and some of you don't, and that's okay, because love is not self-seeking and me feeling it is enough.

[Pause.]

I'm gonna stay. I'm gonna be a warden. It's kinda scary to me, but I'm doing it. I don't always like how it is on the Barge and last month I was thinking maybe I'd leave, but... I can't do that. It's like my home, now.

That's all.

[And she ends the feed.]
absentconstellation: (actually sleeping)

[personal profile] absentconstellation 2015-05-19 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
So I have noticed.
absentconstellation: (magic eyes)

[personal profile] absentconstellation 2015-05-19 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Would it be easier for you if it was?

[ Now he's just being a dick. ]
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[personal profile] forgetyourusedtobe 2015-05-20 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Good. Best way to celebrate.
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[personal profile] maced_eggs 2015-05-20 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
[He huffs a little, but Mason too sinks into silence, troubled by this recent turn of events for reasons he can't articulate. He holds Tiffany close, proud of her in his own selfish way but wondering what comes next]
absentconstellation: (shleepy cat)

[personal profile] absentconstellation 2015-05-20 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Would you like me to argue with you? I'm sure I could think of something.
absentconstellation: (magic eyes)

[personal profile] absentconstellation 2015-05-20 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
My dear, I will never lie to you.
absentconstellation: (squint)

[personal profile] absentconstellation 2015-05-20 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not.
absentconstellation: (handsome kitten)

[personal profile] absentconstellation 2015-05-20 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
There is no part of your vocabulary that I dislike.
absentconstellation: (ear twitch)

[personal profile] absentconstellation 2015-05-20 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He nods. ]

I often do.
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[personal profile] absentconstellation 2015-05-20 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
To make you think. To expand your horizons. So often humans reach an age and believe that there is nothing left that they need to learn. I have existed since the dawn of time, and I am always learning.
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[personal profile] absentconstellation 2015-05-20 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Nor did I say you had.
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[personal profile] absentconstellation 2015-05-20 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I know. That's why I'm so proud of you.
maced_eggs: (issnot fair)

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[personal profile] maced_eggs 2015-05-21 10:53 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not the one who's different, Tiff. You are. You've gone an' graduated. That's different.

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