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Tiffany Doggett ([personal profile] tucky) wrote2015-02-10 08:37 pm

♻ 007 | audio

I need to go to Zero. Right now.

[There's the sound of hurried footsteps in the background; she's on her way to the stairs.]

I didn't do nothing and I don't plan to, but I have gotten confirmation that the demons and dark creatures here are after me. I ain't crazy or imagining things, and I ain't looking for signs and messages when there aren't any-- I got told straight out by Doctor Facilier that I pissed 'em off and I'm a goner. I don't know if any place is safe for me now, but I heard Zero's better than most.

[She takes a moment to catch her breath; she's still half-running.]

Please let me down. I wouldn't ask if it weren't an emergency; more important than life or death. It's not my body that's at stake, it's my immortal soul.

[She turns off the public feed and records a series of private messages, partially intended to be goodbye notes if things go badly. She knows people come back from the dead-- but she doesn't know if they come back from having their souls corrupted by creatures from hell.]

[filtered to Cambridge]

I'm gonna have to miss therapy for a while, I think. Unless you can come down to do it.

I know lots of people don't like you, and maybe some of 'em have good reasons; I don't know. But you were good to me and I think a lot about the things you said.

[filtered to Dillon]

You were the first person here who was as nice to me as you were, and that will always be real special to me. For as long as I live, I will never forget that you saw all I was but still liked me anyway. You were right about all the ugly stuff in me, but I been trying to be a little better, and that's because of you.

[filtered to Dillon and Simon]

I need your help-- please. Please. I don't know what to do. Is there a way to get rid of them? Can we cleanse the ship?

[filtered to Iris]

Can you come and visit me sometimes? I think I might be down there for a very long time, and I'm gonna miss you. More than anyone, maybe. If something happens to me, I want you to know that some of the people here have been nicer to me than anyone's ever been, and you were a real big part of that. And I didn't end up hating the Barge, even with all the terrible things.

[filtered to Mason]

In case I don't see you again for a while, or in case they get to me, I hope you don't forget what I said about you being good and being worth a lot-- 'cause I meant every word. You are the best inmate here and one of the best people too, and I won't forget all you did for me.

[filtered to Merlin]

I'm sorry. I tried. I didn't go after 'em again, but they found me anyway. I wanted to do right by you, I really did, but I don't know what's gonna happen now.
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Re: Spam

[personal profile] takeyouapart 2015-02-12 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)

I read, mostly. [He smiles self-effacingly.] I meant it when I said that I don't understand how televisions work. I've a lot to catch up on.

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[personal profile] takeyouapart 2015-02-12 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)

No, not that part. I can more or less manage pushing the buttons.

[Though he let Tiffany do most of the work when they had their movie night in the common room.]

I mean...what makes the image appear on the screen. What creates the sound. How those silver discs can hold so much information.

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[personal profile] takeyouapart 2015-02-12 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)

I'd like to try.

[He hesitates, trying to explain his own sense of helplessness when he's dealing with the modern age.]

You've grown up with these things, Tiffany. They're all around you. But it's all completely new to me. Electricity, and computers, and...being able to record a sound, or an image, as it would look in life.

I want to understand the world you live in. It would be a disservice to you if I didn't.

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[personal profile] takeyouapart 2015-02-12 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)

[He smiles and ducks his head briefly.]

It's not just the televisions. It's everything. The history, the culture. It's all strange to me.

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[personal profile] takeyouapart 2015-02-12 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
However much or little you know, it's still...infinitely more than I do.

...And it's not as if I don't want to know. It's not something I'm forcing myself to do.
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[personal profile] takeyouapart 2015-02-13 10:30 am (UTC)(link)

[He nods.]

Thank you.