tucky: (you studied for prison?)
Tiffany Doggett ([personal profile] tucky) wrote2015-03-05 09:46 pm

♻ 010 | audio/spam

[warden filter]

So, uh-- when I first got here, Dr. Cambridge put an implant in me, so I wouldn't have to deal with periods and stuff. But it was a birth control thing too, so that means if I'm having sex I don't have to bother with condoms or nothing, right?

[She sounds hopeful. Please give her the green light to be irresponsible, guys!

(Just kidding, please don't.) ]


[spam]

[Little-known fact: the deck kind of freaks Tiffany out. Out there, space is right in your face, and there's so much of it-- it's impossibly big, and it makes her feel impossibly small. She's never even seen the ocean from the deck of a ship; seeing the entire universe from one is infinitely more overwhelming.

But it's also nice and peaceful, in a way-- not to mention beautiful. So sometimes when she's feeling particularly brave (and right now, post-port, she definitely is) she goes out onto the main deck. She almost always stays away from the railing, opting instead to stick as close to the side of the ship as possible. Sometimes she walks, but it makes her feel a little dizzy. Mostly, she can be found sitting down-- not on a bench, but on the floor, her back pressed against the solid, reassuring Barge wall.

It doesn't matter where she sits. Either way, she can still see the stars.]


[filtered to Mason; dated to after her conversation with Barbara]

This is the kind of message you aren't supposed to respond to and in fact you should delete it off your phone once you have read it and pretend you realized it all on your own. I know guys don't pick up signals sometimes but if I'm real honest girls are the same way even though we're supposed to be better at this stuff so don't feel bad. So in case you didn't already know the signal coming from me is this, I like how things are and will not be unhappy at all if nothing changes but if you asked me out on a date someday I would say yes.

[Look at her, using spellcheck! It doesn't help with punctuation issues, but still.]
irishrotter: (my church offers no absolutes)

[not actually here]

[personal profile] irishrotter 2015-03-06 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[...n o p e he is letting someone else handle this one.]
lydiascreams: (mock gasp questioning talking)

[private]

[personal profile] lydiascreams 2015-03-06 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[She's a little horrified, if she's honest. Not about the subject, but about her lack of information.]

No. Not really. But it depends on your partner.
lydiascreams: (Judging stare)

[private]

[personal profile] lydiascreams 2015-03-06 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
You don't think? Did either of you get tested?

Are you exclusive? [Are you freaking serious?]
irishrotter: (and you can sharpen your knife)

[not actually here]

[personal profile] irishrotter 2015-03-06 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[It does a little, but so does this entire conversation, soooo.]
no_tell_belle: (Default)

[personal profile] no_tell_belle 2015-03-06 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Dear God.]

She's right--condoms aren't just about birth control. And if you both haven't been tested recently, you haven't been tested.
no_tell_belle: (give me a minute)

[personal profile] no_tell_belle 2015-03-06 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
You're exchanging bodily fluids--no, it's not rude. It's responsible. Giving him herpes--now that would be rude.
lydiascreams: (sigh mock smile stare)

[private]

[personal profile] lydiascreams 2015-03-06 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Did you get tested before? And there was absolutely no sexual behavior while there? Or anything else that might have gotten you sick? [Like needles?]

Well, then even if you did get tested and he did too, you still couldn't know who else he's sleeping with, right?
lydiascreams: (gasp scared unsure upset open questionin)

[private]

[personal profile] lydiascreams 2015-03-06 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Tiffany, it's not just sex, okay?

Were you around anyone who was bleeding? Or did you share a syringe or anything like that? [Did you miss sex-ed completely?]
lydiascreams: (Judging stare)

[Venus - Private]

[personal profile] lydiascreams 2015-03-06 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for stepping up, somehow I don't think one source of information will be enough.

And I'm pretty sure 99% of the male wardens are ignoring this post. [She knows her boyfriend is.]
no_tell_belle: (lord help me)

[personal profile] no_tell_belle 2015-03-06 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
There's a lot of things like herpes or HIV you could've picked up years ago and not even known it. Or he could have.

Look, honey, I'm not saying you do or don't have an STD. My point is you don't know about him and he doesn't know about you. The only way to be safe is to get tested or put a wrapper on it.
lydiascreams: (Neutral stare glare)

Re: [private]

[personal profile] lydiascreams 2015-03-06 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Do you know for sure he's clean?
no_tell_belle: (a lady never tells)

[Private]

[personal profile] no_tell_belle 2015-03-06 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
No problem at all--this is one area where it's good to have as much reinforcement as possible.

[She laughs a little.] I'll be surprised if Dr. Cambridge doesn't have an opinion but yes, a lot of the men are suddenly busy elsewhere.
no_tell_belle: (where there's a will)

[personal profile] no_tell_belle 2015-03-06 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Some diseases you would definitely notice. Others, not so much. The symptoms can be very mild.

The bottom line is, are you really willing to risk your life, or his, just to avoid a little awkwardness?
no_tell_belle: (profile)

[personal profile] no_tell_belle 2015-03-06 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Dramatic? Venus? Surely you jest.

and in this case, she's actually not.]


I wish it was just excessive drama but I've seen it happen. Sure, diseases like chlamydia can be cured, but herpes? AIDS? There's no cure for them.



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