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Date: 2023-09-28 06:16 pm (UTC)And Jinx was... well, expected. She appeared paler than usual and her hair was a mess. Those were all signs that she had been through a significant experience that had not been kind to her mental state. The maze had not been kind to any of them, but he made certain to hide his own ill-feelings about it in order to approach his daughter instead.
He walked over to where Jinx was standing and examined her disheveled appearance with a keen eye before he touched the raised welts of her nails.]
You need treatment. Careful and measured.
[He meant Shimmer, but there was something soft to his tone. If she wanted to talk about what happened, he would listen. However, his priority was to whisk her back to their home.]
Gather your things. We're leaving.
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Date: 2023-09-28 11:45 pm (UTC)blinking away the tears that's forming suddenly at her eyes, she nods to him and collects both pow-pow and ekko's hoverboard. his daughter once again whimpers quietly in pain, but she fights through it -- somewhat waddling when she walks. her legs are damaged the most when it comes to markings, stumbling in her footing here and there due to the numbness she's getting. but... look tough, she tells herself. pretend the waddle and the stumbling is just... part of how she moves. after all, people already think she's a loon or an oddball. so why not play up the part? )
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Date: 2023-09-29 04:54 am (UTC)He held out a hand towards her.]
Let me carry the glider. That will free up your hands to utilize your firearms should a threat make itself present.
[It had little to do with any potential threat. He wanted to relieve her of weight, and if he had a handle of the glider, he could either hide or abandon it should she actually collapse and he had to carry her the rest of the way.]
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Date: 2023-09-29 05:12 am (UTC)this is definitely a lot better all considered. she just needs to make it home and then she can fall apart privately... somehow. because jinx doesn't want to seem weak to silco either (despite the fact he's seen her in that state countless times) and she wants to prove that she can handle anything -- the maze, the withdrawals, and the "break up".
tightening the grip of her strap with both hands, the prodigy forces her body to push on. maybe if she preoccupies her mind with thoughts of a soft cozy bed and maybe something to eat, the walk will end faster. )
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Date: 2023-09-29 03:50 pm (UTC)Once it was handed over, he tucked the glider under his arm and held it there. She was moving better without the added weight, and he kept his pace the same as hers as they moved through the streets. It was almost a leisurely walk given the pace that they had to take, and despite the fact that she didn't have her usual manic energy, he didn't encourage a faster pace either.]
You should have a warm bath when we get home. I'll make you something to eat.
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Date: 2023-09-29 04:02 pm (UTC)...
jinx isn't going to do any of that, obviously. well not the hair cutting part anyway. it's just her exhaustion and her mental state talking. his daughter nods to his proposal nevertheless and keeps close -- not too close because onlookers but enough in case she trips over herself or something. )
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Date: 2023-09-29 04:15 pm (UTC)He wasn't about to inquire at this time, not with the potential for listening ears. People in the streets did look their way but only acknowledged them with a curious or suspicious look. Any real conversation would have to wait until they had completed the journey home.
So as long as she kept to her feet and consistently moved without looking like she was going to collapse or require assistance, he held his peace for now. They made good enough progress and within a few blocks, their residence came into sight.]
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Date: 2023-09-29 04:24 pm (UTC)her eyes stare straight on to the couch and wastes no time to head for it, despite that she did agree to bathe just moments before. she'll get to that.... eventually. but for her right now, nothing is calling to her more than this cushion. so she flops onto the sofa, head first in a muffled long groan with one arm and leg dangling off the furniture. )
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Date: 2023-09-29 04:50 pm (UTC)He stooped and collected the strap of her gun and put it on a hook so that it was less likely anyone was going to trip on it. He approached where she tossed herself on the couch, resting his hands on the back as he leaned over to examine her. He issued a low hum to announcement himself before standing again.]
You'll have a new boy soon, I expect. [She was at that age, wasn't she? He knew it was coming, but he had hoped her stunted maturity would delay her interest in boys.
At least he could enjoy the 'meet the dad' moments that were in his future.]
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Date: 2023-09-29 05:25 pm (UTC)( she mumbles this onto the cushion of the sofa. and if the funhouse expose anything about herself, it's definitely her feelings regarding towards ekko. there's obvious interest there mixed in with their rivalry -- which makes things complicated to say the least. )
He's no one...
( even with that statement, she sniffles to hold back the reality of him... no longer being here. and although jinx knows deep down he didn't leave aldrip on his own, she's still so ticked off he left her after they kissed and cozed up together. she was so dumb to think good things would come to her like that so easily. )
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Date: 2023-09-30 12:41 am (UTC)[There were plenty of evidence to contradict her claim, mostly her reactions to the boy leaving. Jinx was quick to grow attached after all, and it was a rare person that welcomed her in without the usual fear or suspicion. That she had bore the clear signs of some physical intimacy only made his teeth grit and on some level be thankful the boy was gone.
Jinx was easier to parent with when she was moping.]
One of the few who can put the pressure on you on who is the smartest in the room. Your constant clashes over the years have lead the ground work for varied interactions. It's not unusual to dislike losing that.
[He leaned his hip against the side of the couch and crossed his arms over his chest.]
After all, the Enforcer isn't the same level of interesting for you. [Maybe for him.]
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Date: 2023-09-30 01:47 am (UTC)...
( and why would he bring up the enforcer? ugh. what a disgusting thought of snuggling up to her of all people. she would much rather jump off a bridge than be caught dead in bed with her. it's already painful enough she was semi-nice to her during the maze. but that was only because her presence wasn't priority at the time -- getting out was. still... it makes her want to shudder. )
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Date: 2023-09-30 05:44 pm (UTC)At least he earned her usual teenage disgusted look. All was normal on that front. He set his hands on the back of the couch and leaned over it.]
Nothing to say on the matter? You were far more candid in the forest.
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Date: 2023-09-30 07:11 pm (UTC)Eh heh heh, what? You think I'm like my big sister? — That I'll just go googly-eyed for the first cute squishy face I see?
( taking a step away in a weird waltz motion, she ventures off to their little open kitchen -- her hand tracing along the counter until it halts in front of a drawer. )
Eveeerryybody knoooows a love like that is just a temporary infatuation. A firecracker that'll fizzle out after a few seconds. And believe me, I know a thing or two about sparks...!
( her fingers curl on the knob of said drawer, tugging it out to reveal all the knives they store inside. jinx clicks her tongue over the roof of her mouth as she rummages through, finally deciding on a chef's knife. the blue haired girl lifts the tool up in a bird's eye view -- inspecting the blade so carefully and delicately. )
It's why I left him the first chance I got...
( her tone twists eerily somber yet her grip on the handle tightens. )
'Cause people are evil. They make feel things, screw you all up, and before you know it? They abandon you. Make you feel... like a piece is missing inside of you and breaking you apart. Just like you said.
( — abruptly though, she twirls back around to meet her father's face again, the knife now tuck behind her back while standing in such a cutesy little manner. )
So why would I go back to the same ol' lesson when I aced it already, huh?!
( a beat. )
Besides if I ever see him again, I'll make him regret everything.
( wearing a smile so dangerously tight, his daughter lifts up the knife high over her head only to swing it down hard onto the table so it'll stick between it's wooding. and her gaze is so... bizarrely fixated on silco that could make anyone's skin crawl if they were an on-looker. so thank goodness it's just the two of them in this home and no one else. )
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Date: 2023-09-30 07:31 pm (UTC)[If the maze had taught him anything, it was a reminder of how difficult and worthwhile it had been taking Jinx in as a child and raising her to be a young adult. He had watched her struggle to the point where she was at, where she could grow attached and then fight down the continual paranoia that it might not last or it would be turned against her.
He turned and watched her move to the kitchen, easing himself to half sit against the back of the couch. He had no reason to interfere with her progress, even going so far as he shrug his way out of his jacket and leave it on the back of the couch for the time being.]
I know. You're young, and part of youth is experiencing heart-break and the flutter of infatuation. You are free to live a life where you can make mistakes to learn from them.
[As she approached with the knife, he lifted his hands and began to roll his shirt sleeves up towards his elbows casually. It wasn't a look he bothered much with these days, but a few years ago, it was a far more exclusive look. Her show of damaging the furniture was not unusual, and he didn't even flinch.]
Will you? I'll assist you in such an endeavor should he return.
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Date: 2023-09-30 07:50 pm (UTC)she has everything she could ever want while jinx continuously gets "jinxed" whenever she tried to follow her sister's footsteps. it often led for her to believe she wasn't meant to be like her sister -- she is different after all. but just once in her life, can't she have something sweet? just a little taste of victory? jinx had her share, sure, but not as much as she craves for.
yanking the knife out of its slot, she drags the blade across its surface to carve little zig-zags and lines. the boring table is in need of some better decor anyway. )
One wing for each of us.
( jinx says this now and her words are most likely true to some degree. she wants to shoot him down or at least kick him in the stomach if he shows up again and she very may well do that. but to put an end to him? with a fickle heart like hers, who knows if death will come to the boy savior in the long run. )
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Date: 2023-09-30 07:57 pm (UTC)After all, he paid other people to be hands on. That's where he thrived, and that's where he preferred to be.]
So you are willing to share. [He made his usual hmm noise.] I wasn't certain with how the maze set up your mindscape. The door on the boy shut rather rapidly.
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Date: 2023-09-30 08:11 pm (UTC)I don't know any door.
( except she knows which door he is talking about because she wandered in there herself when it got created. somehow. maybe it just manifested because he was on her mind the weekend before. )
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Date: 2023-09-30 08:16 pm (UTC)No? I could tell you about it if you so desired to know about it.
[He had no issue calling her bluff, even if a small sliver of himself did wonder if she wasn't aware of it. It was hard to tell given that their guide in the whole affair had been a doll of Jinx.]
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Date: 2023-09-30 08:39 pm (UTC)( she bluntly reminds him as she chisels one last little thing upon the table before looking at his direction. is this her way of evading this conversation? oh definitely. because while her words are true on her belief of romance being a temporary sensation, her bolting out of ekko's place that morning, and currently carrying a lot of anger over him, that room is filled with all the good qualities she sees in ekko.
the raw moments of him smiling when she use to spy on him and his gang, him working on whatever invention and how... nice his muscles would twitch, the two of them lying on the beach together when he arrived in aldrip, the casino, their kiss, him holding her during the night... — all of that is stored inside.
hence why it shut so quickly when they approached. the funhouse worked in an unusual way that not even jinx could explain it if asked. because while she was her own person and ducking around to avoid a deformed looking doctor alone, the doll version of her was also her in some fashion. she was with vi and silco during their search but not with them at the same time. )
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Date: 2023-09-30 09:34 pm (UTC)[That's all he would say about that at present, knowing she was avoiding the conversation. It was far less dramatic than when he had called her out in the woods and she had had all manner of girlish antics about dodging his questions. He supposed that he should, as this point, let it go given that the boy was gone. If he was fortunate, the boy wouldn't return either.
However, it was clearly still on her mind no matter how much she ducked and dodging his questioning about the subject, which might have been why he wasn't yet ready to put it aside. Distraction was one thing, but blowing up a building and having a mindscape that closed off to hind details was quite another.]
Are we going to have a repeat of bringing down a building in the near future? We should have you take it to the forest or the caves.
[Even on the walk home, he'd seen how the locals had stared at Jinx.]
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Date: 2023-09-30 09:49 pm (UTC)You heard about that?
( possibly a silly question since the building structure was in the village. it's almost impossible to not hear the destruction when it could had happen right outside someone's window or doorstep. but the fact he was able to link the incident to her is what surprises her somewhat. because jinx isn't the only chosen around with mystical powers that could bring a home or whatever down to rubble. but maybe silco had seen so much of her explosions that he can point out her craft just by seeing or hearing it. )
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Date: 2023-09-30 11:47 pm (UTC)[It wasn't that he knew exactly that it was Jinx, but the timing was suspicious and her habit of blowing up things when upset was well-known. There was a reason he had dedicated previously abandoned part of the Undercity to her ticker area. It was one of the few places he had investigated that could withstand the experimentation of explosives.
Plus, Silco knew what her explosions tended to look like. Parts had graffiti on them and if one knew where to look, it wasn't difficult to put two-and-two together.]
We will find you a place where you can let loose then. It seems you need a good workshop sooner than we need anything else.
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Date: 2023-10-01 01:36 am (UTC)( slouching in her seat, her arm droops over her forehead as she takes a small breather. she probably shouldn't had acted out the way she did under her current condition. now she's more drained than ever!
jinx shuts her eyes behind her forearm to take in the somewhat soothing pressure she has with her arm to the head, while inhaling and exhaling steadily. mentally, she counts to herself with each given breath. one....two...three....hold. then out....two... three. )
— My hideout, remember? I'm still building it.
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Date: 2023-10-01 02:07 am (UTC)[He knew the answer to that, and he knew that it was a work in progress. They were in a city with meager supplies, which complicated the usual activities that they would both undertake. He was going to have to take drastic measures soon by either opening a business of his own or start paying kids to spy for him.
There were resources, but most of them he didn't find particularly useful compared to what he was used to. Perhaps he should lower his standards and find a big simpleton to be his muscle for a little while.
He finally pushed off of the couch, walking over to a part of the kitchen near the wall and nudged the floor until one of the boards squeaked, and he could lean over and pry it up from the floor. He pulled out a sack, though the purple glow of Shimmer could be seen through the material.]
I was more thinking the cave for you, assuming we stay here.