Slavery RP Post XVIII

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This post is for prompts that focus on crossovers between various slavery AUs, with the crossover wizards.

Please put the use name of your slave Matt in the subject line of your comment eg. "Feral: Fuck or 'die' AGAIN!"

I'll move a couple of prompts over to start us off, but feel free to ignore them and put your own.

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Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"Maybe people could be saying that, but I'm not lonely. Not ever fair to expect one person to be all anyone needs." Danny frowned. "He has been busy recently."

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"Was a bad week, so happy to get to have Danny to myself again, and picked up more of what I was doing, but maybe pushed too hard."

Golubushka and his Foggy: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

Busy how? With charity work? Matt asked curiously, Or with being sad and sick and lonely?

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Foggy nodded carefully. "Can I ask how your week was bad? Did something happen or someone say something, or was it just a lot of strings of bad luck?" He noted the way Treacle was curling in on himself on the couch he'd sat down on, biting his mouth and cuddling the cat to his chest.

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"With the charity work, yes. He had to spend a lot of time with Toffee while he was with us, so he couldn't do everything he'd been doing, and so this week he went to meetings and did stuff everyday." He didn't want to go into too much detail.

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"Some comments about how I'd probably 'flake out' again, like they thought Toffee didn't need or deserve to be taken care of. Had to cut back on my other charity work when we had him, so trying to make up for it."

Golubushka and his Foggy: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

How did they feel about him not being able to do normal work, and only help Toffee? Matt asked seriously, people angry? Sometimes others resent me at work if I can't come often.

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"So then you felt bad emotionally," Foggy said carefully. "Did Danny know people were saying you were flaky and uncommitted?"

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"The people running the groups knew why he was cutting back, and it's not like he didn't follow through on his commitments, he just didn't make as many as he usually did. You think that people might be judging him by the standards of the employees, instead of like the other volunteers?"

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"Noo...no one said it to my face. And I did do everything I said I'd do, even with Toffee there." He added, feeling a bit insulted.

Golubushka and his Foggy: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

People frequently do, Matt said simply, especially if they think he cares more about one Toffee than about everyone else. And volunteers get taken for granted lots. And taking less time because cannot do everything is looked down on. Even things like seizures can be called 'flaky' or 'not committed enough'.

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"Of course," Foggy said quickly. "You're not the kind of person who would drop things unless you absolutely had to. But you could hear them saying it behind your back?"

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"And his hearing's always better than most people's, not like how I have to consciously enhance mine." Danny added with a sinking feeling. "The group who organised Toffee were feeling me out to see whether I wanted to pull us from the list, or stay on to be asked after we've had however much of a break we need."

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"Uh-huh. And then Danny asked me if I wanted us taken off the list for helping more pets like Toffee!" It was still upsetting, remembering being told he wasn't good enoguh to help another pet.

Golubushka and his Foggy: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

So they think that you both can't handle it? Or that you are using it to get more pets in the future? Matt asked shrewdly. People say stuff, see things not there. Used to think Foggy and me only did advocacy work so he'd get more pets.

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"So he jumped to thinking that you didn't want to or couldn't do it ever again?" Foggy asked carefully. "Or did he just want to know how you felt?"

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"Doesn't work that way. If we take on a pet through there we're not allowed to keep them." Not that he'd want to. "I got the impression that it as a standard check in question. But you think Matty might have jumped to it being a suggestion that he couldn't handle it again?"

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"Don't know. Was just too angry at the idea I couldn't do it again."

Golubushka and his Foggy: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

That's what it sounds like to me, Matt said with a bitter shrug, like saying, oh, you cannot possibly do it again, we're asking to be perfunctory. Stings deep.

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"Well, that sounds pretty upsetting," Foggy said. "I mean, I know Matt and you're quite literally just like him, and he doesn't quit doing things just because he had to rearrange his schedule a little. And you said you didn't have to drop any pre-existing commitments, right?"

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"And I jumped to thinking he was worried about me wanting someone else or something."

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"No, and I was picking up more of the volunteer work as Toffee got better. Like once he didn't need a chaperone for meetings with DA Barba and his household."

Golubushka and his Foggy: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

What did you start saying when he got really upset? Matt asked carefully. Did you try hugging?

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"So in other words," Foggy said, "You've been doing a perfectly appropriate amount of work, but people think you magically should do even more? Is this a paid position? What are, um, your defined actual job functions?"

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"He pulled away the first time, then I was upset and didn't want to risk hurting him with leaking chi."

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"Not paid, no. Work with a bunch of charities, and it's not all defined. Do a lot of the fundraising and awareness raising stuff."

Re: Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

Matt winced a little, and said, you stopped hugging him? I don't see what else you could have done but ouch.

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"So are people are treating you like someone who does everything because they don't have anything else to do?" Foggy asked, and clarified, "It's just that sometimes people think of volunteers as having no other obligations and as not doing enough."

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"Just got worse from there. Him pulling away made me too upset to risk hurting him by hugging him with my chi leaking, that made him more upset, and made me more upset and my chi worse."

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"And worse with pets than free people."

Re: Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

Matt winced harder and nodded, like when I get upset and angry and Foggy gets angry back, both get more upset until total snap. Very unpleasant, he said softly, and then risked a gentle arm-pat. Not your fault, though. Sometimes bad happens. Me and Jessica can't always be around when scared upset angry.

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"Absolutely," Foggy said. He softened his voice. "So, to make sure I understand you correctly-- you want to keep helping other pets, both in the charity work and in the more close-up way? Do you think there's anything that would make that more doable for you?"

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"I need to learn to control my chi when I'm upset better." He was calm enough to have it under control now. "Jessica can be scary when she's mad, even if it's not aimed at you."

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"Do want to keep helping. But...need to tell them that I don't have to make up for anything. And need to tell Danny that I do want to keep helping. Just not straight away. Uh...not sure about how to make the charity work easier."

Golubushka and his Foggy: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

And when I get very scared it freaks her out too, Matt admitted softly, especially 'fawning' things. She is not good at being especially gentle when reminded of bad people.

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Foggy listened between the lines. "Would it be helpful if you had a defined list of things that were actually your job, when volunteering?" he asked softly. "Or if you had a list of what you have done, to remind yourself and others?"

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"Fuck, yeah. I remember her reaction when you were here and couldn't remember."

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"Yeah, that would be good I think." He agreed with a nod.

Golubushka and his Foggy: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

Or gets very angry when I am sad, and is not always helping, Matt said ruefully. Felt very bad about how she held onto me, and squeezed me too tight. But we talked, and fixed things. Understand that I want to support too.

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"And also," Foggy paused, "What do you think Danny meant to say to you, and what did he say? We didn't catch any of the beginning of the fight."

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"It can be hard when someone needed a lot of support to realise that they can offer support as well. Toffee surprised me when he offered to teach Ward to knit."

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"Don't know what he meant, but he said the people who placed Toffee with us wanted to know if we wanted off the list of available households. We took good care of him, helped him, and they were saying it wasn't good enough!" His voice went up as the injustice ate at him.

Re: Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

Jessica and Ward stray feral cats, Matt said sagely, warm purring, soft fur, sharp mouths full of germs. And can be gentle. Toffee is good, he said simply, has a good heart, just got hurt. How is now? he asked, tilting his head as a yell reached them both, the words 'not good enough'.

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"That sounds stupid," Foggy said sympathetically. "Did anything happen with Toffee that would make them think he wasn't doing too well?"

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"He's happy with his new owner. He ended up with DA Barba and his pets."

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"No, he did do the pet self-defense course, and he was so happy and eager to go to his new master."

Re: Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

Matt nodded thoughtfully, and placed a hand on Danny's arm when he went to rush to Treacle's side, saying softly, Foggy is helping, let him feel things without shushing.

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"So it's not based on reality, but paternalism," he said thoughtfully.

Danny and Treacle: Clearing Up

[(Anonymous)]

"You said that you'd think being asked if we wanted to be taken off the list meant failing, so he probably thinks the exact opposite of what they meant as well. They only asked if we wanted to be taken off the list as a courtesy - it was obvious they were more interested in how long they had to wait before we'd be available to take care of another pet."

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"I made sure to pay by all of their rules about not spoiling him, or giving him things just so he could have them."