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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Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"I think after this I won't enjoy it, not as formal lessons. At least with knitting I enjoyed that already and I've got lots of good memories of that."

Instructor Marnie: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"Do you think that you could tell him that, if he felt hurt?" she asked gently. "Because you might have to do more literature studies--in fact, you very much might have to--but you can choose different courses or instructors. There are many books out there."

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"I can try at least. And maybe if I've done it more for fun reading and discussing literature won't be as stressful as it is now."

Instructor Marnie: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"And you'll have recovered more of the skills and literacy that might have been pushed to the background with your trauma," she added mildly. "You're doing very, very well at surviving, Toffee, but that doesn't mean you won't get better once you can actually relax and allow yourself to process things as they come, with as much time and energy as you need. Healing is itself work, and it can be very hard work."

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"And sometimes doing other stuff can be too much of a distraction." He nodded understanding.

Re: Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

Marnie was pleased at his understanding. "And at times, distractions can end up with far more complications than recovery," she said softly. And then took stock of how Toffee looked. "Would you like to sit and knit and chat about lighter things until it's time for the conversation?"

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"Please, that would be good." He smiled at Marnie, relieved that the hard part was over for now, and he moved to retrieve Jamie's vest.

Re: Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

The vest looked quite pretty from what she could see--it appeared he'd been on some of the colorwork when he'd had to stop. She got herself a small tablecloth she'd been crochet-tatting, one that she kept in her office solely because it was a pattern she'd done several times and found it easy to complete while keeping her attention focused on her charges.

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

(OOC: The vest's all over cables, with hems and collar in a contrast colour, he'd just started on the main colour when he had to stop)

"Ivannya found the pattern for this, sort of anyway. She saw a blouse she wanted me to knit for her, and the pattern for this vest was in the same collection, so we bought the full collection." He explained as he prepared for the first cable.

Re: Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

Marnie peered at it closely, admiring the contrast in the hem and primary color. "Did you pick out the colors yourself? They look exquisite together." Toffee's stitches looked neat and smooth, absolutely gorgeous, and his needles slid smoothly in his hands.

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"They do, Jamie has a good eye. We all went to my yarn store together, and Jamie picked yarn that felt good to him. It's a wool-cotton blend so it won't be too hot."

Re: Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"It'll be very versatile then," Marnie said approvingly. "Have you made vests and cabled garments for yourself or for others before?"

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"Yes, back at the Institute I made cabled jumpers and cardigans, and I've done vests before too." He sighed. "One of the patterns for the steeking class was a fair isle vest."

Re: Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

She hummed to let him know she was listening. "Do you enjoy remembering your times at the Academy?" she asked. The steeking class was clearly something he resented, and she knew that if he began talking about it it might unbalance him.

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"Oh, yes. I remember how nice it was to learn and how they worked with us to find ways to help us learn."

(OOC: He's sort of wistful about the steeking class, he wanted one, but Hendrick booked one starting far too early - if he'd waited another day that class wouldn't have been available. And he resents that now he isn't sure he can talk about what he wants for the mid to long term future in front of Hendrick.)

Instructor Marnie: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

Marnie smiled at him, and let them lull into a silence, and waited for Toffee to talk again, hoping it would allow him to spit out what he wanted too say but found frightening or difficult to spit out.

(OOC poor Toffee, that really sucks. Hendrick genuinely just wanted to make Toffee feel useful and happy, and to him that means catching up with other pets + filling up all the free time until there's no time to feel bad at all, but that obviously blew up in their faces.)

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"I think, if the steeking class had started a few months later I'd have really enjoyed it. But I wasn't ready when I mentioned wanting to take one eventually, you know?"

(OOC: And that would probably have worked for a healthy pet, but not for someone like Toffee who doesn't have the energy or emotional resources for that sort of thing yet. And even with a healthy person the steeking class was way too soon unless he'd have been able to spend all day, every day doing the advance knitting until the class started)

Re: Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"It can be very frustrating when something you were looking forward to becomes a chore to you," Marnie acknowledged. "Do you want to tell Hendrick how you feel?"

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"I'm not sure. I don't want to hurt him or upset him, but..."

Re: Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"Do you feel like it's possible to address this without any disappointment or sadness at all? Or is that a necessary part of communicating about how you feel?" Marnie asked softly. "What do you think Hendrick would do with his feelings?"

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"Uh...I'm not sure. I don't want to hurt him, but if he doesn't know that it was too much too soon how can I know he won't sign me up for something I'm not ready for again?"

Re: Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"So what I'm hearing is that you need to communicate to him how he's affected you, and you need to be able to refuse offers of more and harder classes without feeling guilty," Marnie reflected back to him. "Is that right?"

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"Yes, I...he doesn't know what I can handle, and he's assuming I can manage more than I really can. If he'd said something before booking the classes I'd have been able to tell him that I wouldn't be able to get the advance knitting done for the steeking class."

Re: Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"So do you want to practice how to tell him that he needs to back off a little?" Marnie asked gently. The more Toffee steered, the better--it meant he was gaining a lot of confidence and trust in her and in his own abilities.

Toffee: Overload and Burnout

[(Anonymous)]

"Uh...do I need to do it myself?"