Prompt 123.5 - Charity Set

[lilyleia78]

Five principles Vala follows (or thinks she does)

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[anotherdreamer5.livejournal.com]

1. Never turn down a free meal. Or food in general. Or treasure, in whatever form. Really, accept all gifts of any kind. Except the creepy ones. Give those to Daniel.

2. Laws are more like vague suggestions. This one came straight from her dad. Helped her through the whole pretending-to-be-a-god-to-keep-the-miners-working thing so she could get back on her feet. And, oh the treasure it helped her liberate. Life would be dull without this principal.

3. More knowledge is always better. She was never a believer in that curiosity—cat-killing theory. It's why she never tries to forget the bad stuff, just doesn’t talk about it: being burned alive, being a host, giving birth to a daughter who turned out to be a megalomaniac. Remembering helps her make it through the next stuff, and the stuff after that. It reminds her that she’s been through worse.

4. Run. She used to be better at this one. She ran from authorities and rules and anything that tried to keep her in one place. Since coming to Earth, she’s started to run the other way: toward the people yelling for help. Cam says that it shows character. Vala secretly thinks it shows a lack of common sense, but since everyone else here seems to be at least mildly out of their minds, it makes her seem like she fits in a bit more, too. And since this place has become a home when she least expected it, if she needs to run toward squishing sounds to make sure it’s not Daniel being killed, she’s okay with that.

5. Never let them know you care. Them, of course, being anyone. Everyone. This one’s been harder, too, since coming to Earth where people like Sam will crawl into bed to watch a movie with you after your dad abandoned you; and Daniel will hug you after you’ve been killed by fire and brought back to life by a false god; and Muscles will tell you what you did was difficult and brave after you had to walk away from a daughter that was never really yours; and General Landry, whom you’re seventy percent sure hates you, will give you team badges when you thought they were going to make you leave. So this one’s been replaced with: hug them all as much as possible, especially if it makes them squirm.

[archersangel (from livejournal.com)]

but since everyone else here seems to be at least mildly out of their minds, it makes her seem like she fits in a bit more, too.

i like that line.

[anotherdreamer5.livejournal.com]

Thank you

[fallon-ash.livejournal.com]

Hee! These are great, #3 is interesting, and #5 is very sweet, and this made me giggle out loud: "Cam says that it shows character. Vala secretly thinks it shows a lack of common sense". Thanks! :)

[anotherdreamer5.livejournal.com]

Aw. Thank you, and thanks for responding to all of the prompts. That's so nice of you.

[fallon-ash.livejournal.com]

It's so nice of everyone to *write* them for me. :) Can you imagine how insanely *squee*-ful I've been this week?? I feel bad about responding so late, but I haven't even read all of them yet; I've been taking my time and savouring them, reading a few at a time... so much shiny goodness! :D

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

I love your Vala humor:
Except the creepy ones. Give those to Daniel.
Laws are more like vague suggestions.
hug them all as much as possible, especially if it makes them squirm

And her squishy-sweet center is awfully sweet, too. :-)

[anotherdreamer5.livejournal.com]

:) Thank you!