♻ 015 | video

[tucky]

[The rips had closed up days ago, but Tiffany doesn't trust that right away - people were still missing and there was clearly something weird going on down at the port, so she refrains from acting like everything is over and done with yet. When people start appearing back on the ship, however, she tentatively lets herself start to believe that things really are winding down... which leads to another problem, for her.]

So, uh… during all that, I had some trouble, and Mason took my soul out of my body for a little bit, so I wouldn't be in pain and couldn't get hurt. He was great, by the way; a fucking badass - strong and brave and fighting monsters. He saved my life. He was a hero.

Y'all tell him that the next time you see him, okay?

[He revels in compliments and praise the same way she does; she has a feeling he'll like it.

And it’s so, so tempting to just focus on that and end the post right there - to do something similar to what she did after the jaeger breach and just gush about how so many people had helped her, and how nice it feels to know she has them in her corner. To just ignore the uncomfortable parts in favor of the good.

But it wouldn’t work as well the second time, and for once, she isn’t sure she’d want it to.]

But when I was out of myself, I tried to go inside a monster, and it-- I didn't really do it, but I almost did, and I felt its soul. It was the worst thing I have ever felt in my life; it was worse than dying in my dreams during that flood. It felt evil, and now my soul feels tainted.

[It isn't, really - luckily for her, any aftereffects from the experience are all in her head.]

I died a lot and then I did that, and I'm worried my soul is turning bad because of it. I don't got any real evidence, so it might not be, but... I think I would appreciate it if someone could check, or try to do an exorcism on me. Just in case.

[She smiles a twitchy smile that doesn't reach her eyes.]

I ain't panicking this time, like I did before. But if there's something wrong with me, I wanna get it fixed.

Thanks.

[filtered to Simon]

... Hey, Simon. Hi.

[filtered to Cambridge]

Maybe when we do our next therapy meeting, we can talk about this? About dying and stuff. I don’t…

I don't think I’m handling it too well.

[filtered to Ricki]

Can I talk to you?

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[tucky]

I don't know if I can.

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[ichoosefight]

Then we'll teach you. I've been beating up people who're bigger than me since I was fifteen.

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[tucky]

I've been doing it for longer than that, but none of them had magic powers.

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[ichoosefight]

And that's where training with Batman comes in handy. The man's got a strategy for everything, I kid you not.

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[tucky]

Can you teach me magic?

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[ichoosefight]

No, but I can teach you how to fight people who do have magic.

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[tucky]

What about monsters?

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[ichoosefight]

The trick is problem solving. If you can figure out the rules, you can take advantage of them. Even magic has rules.

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[tucky]

Then how come you think you can't take on Arthas?

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[ichoosefight]

Oh, I can, it'll just suck. And probably kill me. I'm way better with guns than swords.

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[tucky]

Me too.

But I really don't want to get killed again.

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[ichoosefight]

Yeah, it does suck pretty hardcore. But part of protecting people you care about means running away sometimes.

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[tucky]

Yeah, I was doing that all last week. I don't got to learn to run.

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[ichoosefight]

You may need to learn to cause a distraction before you run. That always helps.

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[tucky]

That ain't hard; I can do that already.

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[ichoosefight]

One less thing to teach you. What weapons can you use? Weapons you have access to while you're here?

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[tucky]

I got a metal rod. I can use a gun.

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[ichoosefight]

Oh! Staff-work's my specialty. Sort of. Improvising is my specialty, but that's not a weapon. [ Putting that aside ]

A taser can be pretty useful too, especially with magic users. Most things aren't immune to electricity, and if they are it's just a matter of finding the chink in their armor. Which is, you know, the mouth, usually.

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[tucky]

Can you get me a taser?

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[ichoosefight]

Do you have a warden I should be talking to first? I was allowed a taser when I was an inmate, and I'm dangerous enough with my bare hands.

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[tucky]

Merlin. My warden's Merlin.

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[takeyouapart]

Same rule as the swords. I don't mind you having one once you've learnt how to use one, and if you only use it in self-defence.

[Though unlike the swords, he doubts she'll turn this down.]

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[tucky]

You don't have to learn how to use a taser.

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[ichoosefight]

Easy peasy. One kind's point and shoot, the other is shove-it-in-his-ribs. Neither can kill as long as you're not using them on an anemic with arrhythmia, and you'd have to be actually trying to hurt yourself accidentally. The only reason they're not owned by every girl who sometimes goes out at night is the expense.

And possibly the background check.

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[takeyouapart]

Do you have one spare?