♻ 021 | video/spam

[tucky]

[Tiffany - looking worn out, but generally fine - is curled up on her couch as she addresses the network today.]

Me and Lourdes were stuck in the Enclosure, and I guess it was for longer than it felt like it was, 'cause there's four days of rabbit shit all over my room and people are saying it's Saturday. But we're okay. It was-- we're okay. I couldn't've done it without her.

Hey. You guys seeing these ghosty things walking around? They barged right in and started grabbing at me when I tried to wish my room clean. Are they part of the flood? Or... or whatever this is.

[She rubs a hand over her face.]

You think they'd mind if we tried to steer the ship again? Let's try it out. Let's all imagine a port with a lot of bars, filled with guys that really wanna get laid. Don't say "that was Paris"; I was still getting laid in Paris.

[Pause.]

Nah, I'm just kidding; don't wish for a new port or nothing. It's a bad idea, trust me; those things are creepy. I'm too fucking tired to deal with 'em. And I'm worried about the rest of y'all, so check in. Especially if you're still missing - Letty was making broadcasts, so I know some of you can get on.

[filtered to Lourdes]

[Once they've been out for a little while, Tiffany shoots Lourdes a follow-up message.]

thanks again

you doing ok

[filtered to Pietro]

[After her conversation with Lourdes, Tiffany shoots off a quick private message.]

you still want your powers back if you could get em right?

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[After a long rest, Tiffany ventures out of her room and heads out to one of her favorite haunts - the deck. Or that's the plan, anyway. The second she steps onto it she feels the wrongness, the precariousness, the sense that the ship's gravity is going to fail at any moment. She lets out a yell of surprise and throws herself back onto the ship, slamming the door behind her.

It's going to be a long, long time before she feels comfortable enough to go back out there again.]

Comments

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[tucky]

Only if he wants me to. I ain't doing nothing y'all don't agree to, 'cause that wouldn't be right either. If you don't like my terms we can figure out different ones.

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[gulosity]

I don't like them, but they're better than pretty much any alternative.

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[tucky]

Okay.

You got any ideas that would make you like 'em better?

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[gulosity]

I just . . .

You can ask people. But will you go with your conscience, afterwards? Whatever they say?

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[tucky]

I don't think it should be all my choice, is what I'm saying. Why should it be? Just 'cause I'm a warden?

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[gulosity]

Because you know me.

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[tucky]

And I trust you. I think that's a real important thing here.

If I was the only person on the Barge who could be affected by your powers I wouldn't ask anyone else what they think. But we all kinda affect each other here, right?

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[gulosity]

Yeah. It's a small ship. I get it.

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[tucky]

Okay.

You wanna do it, or you want me to do it?

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[gulosity]

I don't think I could do it. I think I'd . . . mess it up, somehow.

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[tucky]

I don't think you would; I think you'd be amazing.

But I can do it. Can you describe 'em to me? Your powers?

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[gulosity]

I can control people. Their bodies and their minds. And their metabolisms. And I can control myself, too, in the same way. I can stop and start people's body functions. I can make people work in synchronization, like a machine.

And I have gravity.

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[tucky]

What do you mean, you have gravity?

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[gulosity]

People are attracted to me. They want to be around me. I can't really control it.

. . . It would be okay if I could turn it on and off, though.

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[tucky]

So you can't turn it on and off usually, but you want to be able to?

Okay. I don't know if the Admiral ever does that, but I can ask him.

[If he ever answers them again.]

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[gulosity]

Yeah. It doesn't have to be like that, but it can be, if you think that'd be safer.

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[tucky]

Safer how? 'Cause I think some of the other stuff's more dangerous than that.

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[gulosity]

You can get people to do a lot of things, if they like you.

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[tucky]

But you can already control people against their wills, right?

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[gulosity]

True.

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[tucky]

Yeah. I'll ask for it to be however you want it, how about that.

... But you know - if you could turn it off, maybe it'd help with knowing that people like you for you, and ain't just trying to get on your good side. 'Cause if it was off, you'd know you wasn't forcing 'em into it by accident.

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[gulosity]

. . . Yeah. I'd like that a lot, if it could be like that.

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[tucky]

Okay.

Turn it off around me, maybe.

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[gulosity]

That would feel pretty safe.

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[tucky]

I want you to feel safe.

[She wants to help Lourdes feel safe, the way she couldn't back in the Enclosure.]

That's probably as important as feeling like you can trust people.