[Talk - Tiffani]

Introduction card for Tiffani Fairfax, the Ultimate Tech Support. She's a blonde white girl with her hair tied up in a messy bun, absolutely horrendous posture, and bags under her eyes. She's wearing a grey buttondown shirt with a pocket protector and holding a coffee mug that says "I have given up."

I walked over to check on the girl who was the last to stagger to her feet. She looked as if she hadn’t slept in weeks… the dark circles under her eyes made me think of a raccoon. She saw me and started grumbling in English.

Tiffani snarls.
Tiffani
God, why did you guys have to wake me up? Finally get a chance to sleep more than 3 hours and I wake up kidnapped with a bunch of inconsiderate strangers. Figures.
Tiffani glares at Tim.
Tiffani
So, like, who the hell are you?
Tim laughs nervously.
Timaeus
Oh, um, my name’s Timaeus, I’m the Ultimate Librarian–

I could barely finish a sentence before she cut me off with her growling monotone.

Tiffani looks to the side.
Tiffani
Tiffani, Ultimate Tech Support. Of course Hope’s Peak is involved, huh? Maybe this is all, like, some shitty hazing thing… nah… wait, you speak English?
Tim smiles.
Timaeus
Yes, I’m from Oregon…
Tiffani talks.
Tiffani
Ha, I’m from Florida. At least I’m not the only foreigner, I guess? My Japanese is awful… God I need coffee.

She rubbed at her eyes again as she stood up.

Tiffani smirks.
Tiffani
I guess I should look on the bright side… I haven’t had vacation in years! Thanks kidnapper! You might be ruining multiple international megacorporations but at least I get a day off before I’m, like, hacked to pieces with a chainsaw or something.
Tim yells.
Timaeus
Don’t say that???
Tiffani grins maliciously.
Tiffani
My bad, you’re right, anyone with the guts to kidnap a bunch of Hope’s Peak kids has gotta at least have semi-auto assault rifles–
Tim gripes.
Timaeus
Please! No one’s dead, okay? We don’t know that they want to hurt us…
Tiffani talks.
Tiffani
Keep telling yourself that, buddy. I guess I got these bruises from debugging too hard, then?

She held up her right arm– there were indeed sizeable bruises around the forearm. I rolled up my sleeves to check for injuries of my own…

Tim looks confused.
Timaeus
Oh… I have them too. Does everyone…?
Tiffani growls.
Tiffani
Look, all I know is it hurts like hell and it’s not an accident. So don’t try telling me our lives aren’t in danger.
Tiffani speaks.
Tiffani
Or do. I literally couldn’t care less. Now will you fuck off unless you find the coffeemaker?

She flipped me off as she sank into the couch and almost immediately fell asleep again.

Tim huffs.
Timaeus
Well… fine! Whatever!

So much for good first impressions. But she did raise a valid point… where did those bruises come from? And did we all have them?

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