10 things for 10 people meme!

[lorentzian]

Just a quick little ditty of a meme to break up all the other plotty stuff going on. :) (Stolen and slightly modified from Vatheon!)

10 Things for 10 People

→ Post with your character ICly saying ten different things to ten different people.

→ Or eight things to eight people, or five things to five people. There's no hard or fast limit.

→ You can say things your character wants to say, things your character refuses to say, thoughts or beliefs about other people, secrets...

→ But you can't say who those people are! No naming names.

→ (Example: "I've always liked you, but I can't tell you that.")

→ React to everyone ICly. Make guesses or reassure or whatever. And have fun!

Comments

[herotypical]

There's strength. And then there's strength.

[simplestgift]

I...don't understand.

[herotypical]

I can bend the barrel of a shotgun. I can survive the end of the world. But...you put yourself out there, Archie. You hold your heart before you and...

[ and angel had once told her the same thing, long ago. but now she's not so certain it applies. this job has made her hard. ]

And you do things I could only dream of doing.

[simplestgift]

Don't be silly.

[He hesitates.]

It...took years. Takes years, I suppose. Don't hurry yourself.

[herotypical]

How many? Just about how many years? 'Cause I've been known to run out of those...

[ but then again? so's archie. ]

[simplestgift]

With Horatio...I'm not sure it counts, because everyone else knew. I thought it didn't make a difference if he knew. After him, the next person I told was Dawn.

[herotypical]

Dawnie...

[ she chews at the side of her thumbnail. ] There are things I wish I could go back and tell her myself. She always found out in the worse ways...

[simplestgift]

I...didn't want her to learn through some experiment or another. And she deserved to know the disaster she was entering into.

[herotypical]

See? More strength. Right there. I spy it.

[simplestgift]

Not strength at all. Fear alone.

[herotypical]

Last I checked? The two weren't mutually exclusive.

[simplestgift]

I did not say they were.

[herotypical]

No. But you did it in spite of fear -- I won't believe that it was 'cause of it. Hence the strength.

[simplestgift]

No. I did it because I was afraid of what would happen if I did not.

[herotypical]

Me? I'm so scared I haven't even thought that far ahead. I figure...

I figure I'm loved as I am. I'd hate for that to change.

[ and saying something aloud? changed you. ]

[simplestgift]

...My thought was to get it over with now, before I made things worse.

[herotypical]

Telling will make things worse. Well. Most things.

[simplestgift]

Then you shouldn't feel obliged to tell. You don't owe anything to me, nor to anyone else. It isn't our business.

[herotypical]

...Have you told Liz?

[ that is, should she consider telling jack before she even imagined accepting his proposal? ]

[simplestgift]

It...

[He hesitates.]

Yes. I didn't want her blaming herself for...anything.

[herotypical]

Before or after you popped the question?

[simplestgift]

Before. No point in asking her to marry me if...

[Can you tell this is really uncomfortable?]

[herotypical]

I couldn't do it. I could never...

[ she shakes her head. ] I'd much sooner just accept the proposal I was given before I even considered trying to explain to Jack that anyone -- anyone -- could ever have even attempted to...

[simplestgift]

But you and Jack, you've already...

[herotypical]

It's not about the sex, Archie. [ this is buffy: bold as brass one moment and skirting around sentences the next. ]

It's about the power. It's about...it's about a lot of things. But it's not actually about that.