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[ichoosefight]

"I'm not here right now, but leave me a message and I'll call you right back!"

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[tucky]

iris is one of the only people who trusts me i think

lots of people here dont respect my thoughts and opinions

[ichoosefight]

That's just stupid. I know how much it takes to graduate. And you still seem willing to learn new things. That's more than a lot of people can say.

[tucky]

im not so sure what it takes to graduate but thats a whole different story

i dont mind people who

hold on

[Audio is easier for this conversation; she switches over.]

I don't mind people who just worry. I worry about people, too. But I fucking hate it when people act like I can't do anything.

Sounds like we got some of the same problems, you and me.

[ichoosefight]

[ Steph smiles at the switch, and it warms her voice. ]

Yeah, that's a little bit what got me killed in the first place. It's hard, not to assume the worst of yourself when other people have been doing it for you for years.

[tucky]

What happened to you?

[ichoosefight]

It's kind of complicated. I accidentally started a gang war, and a would-be gang boss caught me in the middle of it.

[tucky]

Are you a gangster, Steph? I didn't know that.

[ichoosefight]

I'm a vigilante. I fight gangsters.

[tucky]

Oh.

[That makes more sense, considering what she knows of Steph.]

I knew you did the crime-fighting stuff.

[ichoosefight]

See, Batman has connections in the gang world. He has to, to keep an eye on things. It's all very secret.

So secret he didn't tell his partner about it until after it got her killed.

[tucky]

Were you involved in that?

[ichoosefight]

He had these plans, you know? Like... fantasy football, hypothetical plans to get crime under control that I guess were kind of drastic. I stole one, when he fired me. I got all the bosses of all the gangs in Gotham to meet up, and one guy was supposed to talk to them, convince them to team up under his control.

Well the guy was Batman, only I didn't know. So while everyone was waiting for a guy who didn't know he was supposed to show up, the gang bosses get antsy.

They... well, one freaked out, and they all started shooting. One guy and his bodyguard made it out, barely. Out of twenty people.

[tucky]

Did you feel like it was your fault?

[ichoosefight]

I still do, sometimes.

Sometimes I think it's his fault, for not telling me.

Most of the time I just remember all the blood and falling bodies.

[tucky]

You want me to come give you a hug and tell you about all the times I fucked up?

[ichoosefight]

[ ... ]

Yeah, I kinda do.

[tucky]

[She makes a beeline for Steph's room, knocking on the door when she gets there.]

[ichoosefight]

[ Steph opens the door of her moderately sized flat, two cups of cocoa already heating up in the microwave. She smiles, but it looks like she's been trying not to cry. ]

Hey. Come on in.

[tucky]

[Tiffany immediately slings an arm around her shoulders.]

Hey.

Jesus. How old were you when that happened? Like seventeen?

[ichoosefight]

[ She nods, leaning into the arm. ] Seventeen. For a long time I didn't want to go back, even if it meant I was dead. I was too scared to face everyone.

[tucky]

You were seventeen and you almost got a bunch of gang leaders to work together. Jesus, Steph. If anybody doesn't think you're fucking amazing, they ain't paying attention.

[ichoosefight]

I was seventeen and I nearly brought an entire city to its knees. Accidentally.

I don't feel very amazing.

[tucky]

When I was seventeen I was high all the time, getting pregnant over and over again and helping my friends steal cars.

[ichoosefight]

You have kids?

[ She sounds not appalled but excited. The microwave beeps. ]

[tucky]

[She shakes her head, looking down at the ground.]

I aborted 'em. I killed 'em. All of 'em.