but the words get stuck in my throat-

[dedikated]

⟨ x things to x people ⟩

►Post with your character saying something to different people - as many or as few as you like.◄
◄ONE CATCH: They can't say who these things are to!►
►React to other people and stuff.◄

Comments

Maketh Tua

[mismanagement]

1. I never had a family before you.

2. You have the potential to be something great. I hope I get to see it, somehow. I hope you know that.

3. You are a threat to yourself and everyone here. The fact that you refuse to acknowledge that makes you all the more dangerous.

4. Please stop getting hurt. There are several people here who I will not allow to die and you are one of them.

5. Have confidence in your abilities. You've proven yourself a leader.

6. You are a confusing person, though---kind. I hope you never lose that.

5.

[synthedick]

You oughtta be saying that while looking in the mirror.

[mismanagement]

[She quips a smile.]

Easier said than done. But I suspect that is the case for most advice.

4

[unfollowing]

You can't take responsibility for someone like that.

[Says the girl who has decided she is going to protect her friends no matter what.]

[mismanagement]

And yet it must be done, no?

[unfollowing]

Yeah.

1.

[tongueamok]

How could you not have had a family, Miss Tua?

[mismanagement]

I had parents. [She's quiet for a long moment.] But I let them go and that was--that was the end of it. It was required of me.

[tongueamok]

Required of you? By whom, your order?

[mismanagement]

An officer of the Imperial Court must be loyal to the Emperor above all else.

[tongueamok]

Even your own bloodline?

[mismanagement]

Especially one's bloodline.

[tongueamok]

[That sounds... sad, really.]

Do you miss them?

[mismanagement]

Sometimes. [She hesitates.] They died when I was at the Academy. It was a long time ago.

[tongueamok]

Ah. I'm sorry.

Was it your choice to join this court?

[mismanagement]

[Maketh shrugs. Her feelings about that are confused and muddled, and she'd rather not discuss them.] I wanted an education. Joining the Empire was my way to do that. Better an officer than an infantry trooper.

[She'd thought that at the time, anyway.]

3

[feelslikeimspilling]

What do I have to do, to prove to you that I'm fine?!

[mismanagement]

It's already been demonstrated that you are decidedly not fine.

[feelslikeimspilling]

Fine, I'm not fine then but c'mon dangerous? Really?

[mismanagement]

Shall I make a list?

[feelslikeimspilling]

Well sure! I think you should!

[ He's godsmacked that she'd even actually have list. ]

[mismanagement]

[Oh, Will. Not only does she already have a list typed up, it's three pages long and detailed with bullet points describing potential solutions to problems he might pose. She's estimated the amount of tranquilizers it would take to put him down, possible restraints versus his tendency to harm himself in order to get free, his proficiency with firearms, and what she's interpreted as frequent blackouts.

All of it is written very matter-of-factly and by someone with absolutely no issues with using violence to get things done. If Will hasn't figured out a few nasty things about the Empire before, he'll have a fairly clear idea of it now.

She sends him the entire thing half as a warning and half because he ought to know exactly how much of an annoyance he is.

Enjoy that.]

[feelslikeimspilling]

. . .

[ Well then.. Wow, just, wow. Will didn't know what to say! It was a very detailed and very convincing list. He was actually kind of impressed by it, she could have easily worked Jack! The Bureau could have done with an agent like her. ]

... You left a few things out. Was that your way of being nice?

[mismanagement]

It was not.

[She's still gathering intelligence.]

I believe my point has been made. How you survived in a bureaucracy is beyond me.

[Will seems like the kind of person who physically repels protocol.]

[feelslikeimspilling]

I take it there isn't exactly a pros list to go with all these cons?

[ He's mildly offended but not much, he'll get over with it. The fact that he still insists on interacting with her is a puzzle. Perhaps it's because Will is drawn to people who are damaging for him? ]

I was a very special agent... I had different rules and privileges. Not everyone would agree with your damning list.

[ Oh he does indeed repel protocol, can't stand the things. ]