Post TwentyThree:....so many dronings.

[witchofthechalk]

[Tiffany is having a rough month. She thought things were getting better now that Sophie was back but then Al was droned and then his brother and now....You can find Tiffany in a few places.

A. Coming out of Nanny's house, looking withdrawn and slightly miserable.

B. At home, in her room, door closed and locked./England is the worlds greatest role model on how to deal with emotional problems.

C. Walking through the town with her school books. She's quiet and you might just walk into her. She's rather hard to see at the moment.]

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[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

[She blinks and looks over at her]

Susan?

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

We're taking a walk. I'll hold your books for you if you'd like.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

[And confused witch is still confused and hands her books over silently.]

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

This way.

[Susan takes the books under her arm and leads Tiffany off the beaten track. It looks like they're heading towards the park.]

I'm not going to ask what's bothering you. I will ask if you think it would help you to talk about it.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

[Follows her.]

.....I.

[She pauses and more then ever she feels like a small child instead of a witch]

.....I should have been able to do something.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

What? A thought like that isn't worth thinking if you can't quantify it.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Something, anything! I'm a witch, I'm supposed to be the person people turn to in a crisis to solve their problems.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

Nonsense. If witches could solve every problem in the world, we wouldn't have any problems at all. You do what you can and you accept what you can't.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Witches solve problems. Even if their not our problems. That's what we're supposed to do.

"It's not your fault, but it's your responsibility."

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

Hm.

I quite respect your occupation, Tiffany, but I hope you don't mind if I say that's the silliest thing I've ever heard coming out of your mouth.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

[Glances over at her.]

Why? If no one else is going to solve the problem then you have to do it yourself.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

Certainly. Someone has to take the responsibility in the end, but that someone isn't you. If you bear the burdens of the world, you'll die of stress before you're twenty, and Grandfather won't like that very much at all, I don't think.

Regardless, that isn't applicable in this situation. No one is responsible here.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

....

[Just. Thinking over what she's saying as they walk.]

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

[Susan is silent for a while before continuing.]

If it helps, it's a bit like claiming responsibility for a meteor strike. I suppose that might be plausible if you're a wizard, but you aren't.

But most importantly of all, Mrs. Ogg wouldn't be pleased at all to see you moping around like this.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Yes...witches tend to create less explosions from what I've heard.

Nanny...

[She glances off.]

No. ...I don't suppose she would.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

She had a good deal of common sense, Mrs. Ogg did. You're well within your rights to mope, but it's not very productive, really.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

No...I don't suppose it is.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

. . . That's all I wanted to say, really. Take all the time you need to understand it, Tiffany.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

.....


Thank you.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

And now, perhaps, we'd better redirect our walk to the malt shop. You haven't been eating properly lately -- Don't protest. I can tell.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

....

[She was going to. But stops.]

...I suppose I haven't.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

It's no good wasting away to skin and bones, either. We'll stop by the grocery store afterward.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

They do feed me at home.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

. . . Who are your 'parents', by the way?

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Sophie and England.