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A. Coming out of Nanny's house, looking withdrawn and slightly miserable.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

Comments

[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.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever met either of them. They treat you well?

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

Yes. They're good people.

Sophie's from a different world but she's a witch as well. And England's a country. ....I think he's also the most emotional man I've ever met. He seems to think I'm younger then I am half the time.

[She looks rather awkward]

...do you think it's strange I've started to think of them as my parents? Not my real parents but-

[She stops becauses she's not really sure what else to say.]

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

I don't see why it would be. I'm sure your parents would be happy that you've found people like that to care for you here.

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

....I suppose.

[She nods]

Do you have any non drones in your house?

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

Only Slugger. He's an interesting child.

[Interesting is a rather hefty understatement.]

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

[She nods]

I've had a few brothers. Currently France is with us.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

It's good that you're getting along well, then.

[The practical part of Susan pauses, about to say something along the lines of, "Just don't get too attached". The part that actually has a heart throttles the other part in a rare moment of emotion over sense.]

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

Sophie and England were both here since I arrived. That's about a year at this point.

....we've been through a lot. Even if the other people in the house changes from time to time.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

[Here comes the sensible part again. This time, they agree on a compromise.]

. . . Yes. And even if they do leave in the end, what will matter is the time you had together.

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

....

[She nods]

It'll be hard if they do leave. But I know they wouldn't want me to mope about it.

...Like Nanny wouldn't want me to either.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

Precisely.

[She's proud of you, Tiffany. Can you hear it in her voice? Perhaps not, since Susan is quite good about keeping that sort of thing from showing, but it's there a little.]

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

[She picks up on something different and her third thoughts point it out. She says nothing about it though.]

I've heard time doesn't pass for us while we're here.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

. . . Most people say that when they go home and come back, yes. Of course, it's more of a guideline than a strict rule.

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

True.

It seems like a good thing. But then it means that no ones looking for us.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

I'd rather have it that way. They wouldn't be able to help us, and they'd simply be anxious for no reason.

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

I suppose.