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[tucky]

All right-- because of an incident a while ago involving the pool, a loose rabbit, and some beer, my warden's just a little bit disappointed and exasperated with me, I think. We'd been talking about how he wants me to keep busy by getting a job and finding a subject to study, but he's given me a deadline now, so I'm-- I'm taking suggestions. He says I can't work in the chapel, but I was wondering... I mean...

[She trails off, frowning.]

… Hey, is it just me, or does it seem like there's a lot more people talking over this thing today?

[OOC: I will also be throwing around some Tiffany-related OITNB characters in this post, so if you want your character to talk to her lawyer or one of her prison's guards or whatever, this is the place! Also threadjacking is a-okay especially if other people bring in canonmates; please bug her canonmates.]

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[tucky]

I thought that's what he was.

[aunaturale]

He is. But he's also a disciple of the Undead Prophet.

[tucky]

That's confusing.

[aunaturale]

The two aren't mutually exclusive, love.

[tucky]

Oh.

... Catholics are pretty different from my kind of Christian.

[aunaturale]

So what are you then?

[tucky]

Well, I don't go to an actual church. But I'm an evangelical.

[aunaturale]

I never bothered much with church. You know, 'cept Christmas and all that.

[tucky]

So you ain't anything?

[aunaturale]

I believe in the Undead Prophet, but before that? Not really.

[tucky]

You'd fit in pretty well here then, I think.

[aunaturale]

Aw, thank you! That's very sweet of you to say.

[tucky]

It was?

... Well, I mean. It ain't like I meant it as an insult, yeah. I just meant there's lots of people who believe in all kinds of different things here.

[aunaturale]

People are pretty open-minded there then?

[tucky]

Oh, yeah. Way more than any place I ever been.

[aunaturale]

That's good. Really good.

[She might be a little jealous, but it won't get the way of her genuine happiness for Tiffany.]

[tucky]

It's a little hard to get used to, you know?

[aunaturale]

I know exactly what you mean.

[Leaving Roarton had been terrifying, but also the best experience she could have possibly had. She found some place to belong.]

It's nice though, isn't it?

[tucky]

It's... I don't know.

[Because back at home, she'd never actually been the one suffering from prejudice or discrimination-- on the contrary, she'd sometimes been the one dolling it out. She'd lived in a little bubble where everyone she associated with was just like her, and being in a place where differences are normal and accepted isn't a welcome relief-- it's confusing, and sometimes frightening.

But people here are kind and patient, and it makes her want to get to know them, even when they're nothing like her. Even, in some cases, when they're the kind of people she'd previously thought of as "bad" or "wrong".]

I don't hate it.

[aunaturale]

[Amy doesn't know really what to make of the hesitation to say she likes it, but it's probably not her place to go prying. There's a lot of pain there, whatever it is, she thinks.]

Well, that's good.

[tucky]

Yeah. And I'm getting used to it-- you know, at the very least. And there's a lot of stuff I love here besides.

It's a good place. A real good place. Simon's okay here.

[aunaturale]

If there's anyone who deserves a good place and good things, it's Simon.

[tucky]

Yeah. He's pretty damn great, isn't he.

[She loves Simon.]

[aunaturale]

He is. I'm glad other people can see that. Well, living people anyway. I don't think you'll find a single undead who doesn't love him.

[tucky]

[Tiffany hesitates.]

I don't... know if I'm really living.

I'm not. I'm not living; I'm dead, too.