whydowescream (whydowescream) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-11-11 02:37:00

Entry tags:

cait curry, dinah kord, goldstar, jayhawk, marcus todd, max sivana, mourning dove, plot - "chaotic order", robert wilson, team - teen titans

Not-So-Lovey Dovey
It had been a beautiful service, of course. It was every week, even though Ruth had always had trouble getting used to going alone. Team Morgenstern did every service together. Here... she couldn't even bring Jay.

She'd turned down joining a covenant group at the church -- again -- because "Oh, you know, between school and work and all, there just isn't enough time." Plus the covenant group met during the time she'd allotted for helping Jay study. Which sometimes seemed to be more than Jay had alotted for studying.

But it had been a beautiful service, of course. A classic sermon, too, the prodigal son story. Her dad had done that one, too. Including reminding the congregation of the fact that the prodigal son's mistakes aren't the point of the story at all. ...It's the older brother who can't get over them. It's the older brother who has to learn that it isn't about keeping score and who screwed up and who didn't and who got the fatted calf party and who never even got that goat he wanted. It's about how families should come together. Including the family of all life in its great interconnected web.

Which is a very important and beautiful message, that she's always tried to make a point of studying carefully. Because she knows herself, and knows its one of the hard ones for her. And so she's trying hard today ... because sometimes people fall. And when they fall, the job is to get them back up on their feet and throw a figurative fatted-calf party because it's so good to have them back up on their feet. Until they fall again. ...and why didn't the older brother ever get his own goat? He followed all the rules.

It had been a beautiful service, but Ruth finds herself scowling coldly as she gets back.

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

whydowescream
2012-11-11 08:04 am UTC (link)

"Well, I suppose if it's a matter of seeing what went wrong, taking a while at it makes sense if only as a matter of tradition." As Ruth sets her purse on the chair in the corner of the room, she sees the blue covering her hand. Funny, she didn't remember saying the word. Although really, she doesn't think anything's funny at all. Of course not. She feels sick of everything.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rockchalk 2012-11-11 08:17 am UTC (link)
	He doesn't notice the blue. He doesn't notice the red either. He just notices that, while he's doing just what he's supposed to be doing, he's sure of it, she's putting it down. "Tradition? This is how I'm supposed to recognize this stuff enough to start next year. That tradition is just my scholarship and all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whydowescream 2012-11-11 08:20 am UTC (link)
	"Which you still can't keep if you're so caught up in it you screw up everything else!" she says, something heavier in her step as she starts towards him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rockchalk 2012-11-11 08:30 am UTC (link)
	"If I..." his voice raises some. He's tried hard not to do that around her - and usually its easy. Right now, nothing is coming easy that way. "Exactly what am I supposedly screwing up this time?!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

bwa_ha_ha
2012-11-12 12:19 am UTC (link)

Dinah had been trying to update the Tower's computer systems and debugging the firewall. Emphasis on had. That amount of yelling did not make for an easy process.

Grumbling and possibly cursing to herself, she made her way to the den.

"Is there a problem, folks?" she asked, more rudely than she intended. It took her a moment, but the fact that they were in costume on top of the yelling was... probably not a good thing.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whydowescream 2012-11-12 12:21 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, hush, Dinah; this doesn't concern you!" It turns out that one can snarl coldly. Because Ruth just did. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-11-12 12:27 am UTC (link)
	Okay, what in the blue he..this was different. Max leaned against the wall just outside the room, staying hidden but within hearing distance. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2012-11-12 12:56 am UTC (link)
	Okay, that was decidedly un-Ruth-like. Ruth was never that... ruthless. Heh. Ruthless. She made a funny. "Okay, seriously," she said. "Time out. What the hell's going on?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whydowescream 2012-11-12 01:03 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I don't think you would get it; because it involves consideration of the guys in one's life living up to their potential -- and a potential that involves more than good abs and an ability to tie their shoelaces. Get. Out." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-11-12 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Whoa..while he agreed with some of the sentiment, that was very un-Ruthlike. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2012-11-12 01:44 am UTC (link)
	Dinah's fists clenched and she ground her teeth. "You did not just say what I think you just said!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whydowescream 2012-11-12 05:14 am UTC (link)
	"In fact I did say to get out." And in a blink of an eye, Ruth has rounded around and is trying to shove Dinah back through the doorway. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rockchalk 2012-11-12 05:39 am UTC (link)
	"You heard her, this is between my girlfriend, who can't make up her fucking mind about what she wants, and me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

young_swimmer
2012-11-12 06:49 pm UTC (link)

Even though she didn't live at the Tower any longer, Cait spent a good deal of time there and did chores when she was in the tower. Today it was washing some of the dirty dishes that had been in the sink.

When the voices got louder and caught her attention, she turned off the water in the kitchen sink and put the dish in her hand in the strainer. Cait went to see what all the fuss was about.

"What's going on?" she said as she stopped in the doorway to the den.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

bwa_ha_ha
2012-11-12 11:04 pm UTC (link)

The forcefulness of the shove takes Dinah by surprise, pushing her out of the doorway and causing her to stumble just a little.

See, though, the thing about Dinah, the thing about Dinah was, even though she acted like a total loon sometimes, she'd been taught by some of the smartest and most capable people in the business.

Not that she needed much detective solving skills here.

"Ruth and Jay are acting nuts," she said. "I mean, major league nuts."

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whydowescream 2012-11-12 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	"All of you, GET OUT!" Ruth will whirl just as quickly at Cait when she's done with Dinah. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-11-13 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Calm down, Ruth," Cait said not flinching or backing down an inch. She stood up to Arthur, she could stand up to Ruth. "Don't make this get ugly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-11-13 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	Max decides this was going to get worse before it got better so he decided to head back to his lab for the prototype stun gun he was making. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	feelmypride 2012-11-14 04:22 am UTC (link)
	You know, it's not often that the deaf guy can notice raised voices. It helped that there were flaring emotions, but still. Robert walked by the growing conflict, but stayed in the background and just watched. He couldn't clearly read everybody's lips, but he wasn't really concerned about what was being said. He cared more about the situation easing up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2012-11-14 05:32 am UTC (link)
	A confused Riley shows up with pizza, having followed the shouting all the way from the entrance. "Hey, guys? What's shakin'?" He looks around the room. His gaze narrows at Ruth all... tense. Ruth doesn't really 'do' tense, outside of a select few topics of epic human stupidity. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whydowescream 2012-11-14 05:43 am UTC (link)
	Ruth turns from Cait, without response to the part about calming down, as Riley speaks. "Oh. Yes. How helpful," she sneers. "Surely, no situation can fail to be helped by Riley's suddenly intruding on it." She says as she steps heavily toward him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rockchalk 2012-11-14 05:48 am UTC (link)
	"You heard her, this is between us. The rest of you can just get the hell out." Jay snarls, moving to back up Ruth. They may be fighting - but its still their fight. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	underthehood 2012-11-14 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	Marcus smelled Pizza and went to check it out. The shouting that was coming from the same area. "That can't be good," Marcus says as he gets closer. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2012-11-15 12:11 am UTC (link)
	"...Okay, Ruth and Jay have been replaced by aliens. Or demons. ...Or demonic aliens. ...Or alien demons." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-11-15 12:17 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, it's between the two of you," on that Cait agreed. "But this is /not/ like the two of you. Ruth is always polite, even when she's pissed off at someone. What's going on?" Cait asked as she pulled water from the sink in the kitchen. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)