I was painting a picture [closed]

[alwaysme]

Who: Vi, Jack Kline, Jonathan Strange
Where: various
When: Throughout the month
What: TDM threads continued

Warnings: suicidal ideation, self-worth, and possible mental instability, marked on thread



And for a moment I thought you were here
But then again, it wasn't true, down
And all this time I have been lying
Oh, lying in secret to myself
I've been putting sorrow on the farthest place on my shelf
And I was running far away
Would I run off the world someday? ♫

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Jack Kline

[alwaysme]

[ continued from ]

"Now you're just making stuff up." She briefly laughs it off. All their monsters were very real. Concrete. And, well, she's not really sure what Vander was, in the end. Changed. Changed, twice over.

"Monsters don't hurt people." Her voice drops lower, flat. Not so much bored as dismissive. "People hurt people."

She's also a monster. But she's just a person, too.

"Yeah, I guess," about her skills. "Could be fun to learn how things work here, in any case." Machinery is just a puzzle. Break it down, figure out how it works, build it back up but better. "If I need help moving stuff, I'll give you a call. You know, after I can afford a phone."

[godjr]

"I'm not making anything up, but I understand why it would seem that way. People aren't supposed to know monsters exist back home, everyone keeps it that way on purpose." Jack personally thinks if more people knew, it could keep them protected from the predators, but he also gets that it's too much. Brains can only handle so much and it's better ultimately for everyone to live their normal lives. He doesn't blame her for being skeptical.

"In my world, monsters definitely hurt people. But people also hurt people." Human on human crime still very much exists, and Jack himself has dealt with humans who hurt one another. "Not all monsters are bad just like all people aren't bad." Sometimes his fathers are a little more black and white than he is about monsters, but that's because they're not one, like he is.

"I saw they have older phones here. I think you can get one on loan. Everything is on loan here." His room at the motel is too, but since he plans on getting jobs, he'll be able to cover that pretty soon.

"I'm Jack." He offers his hand.

[alwaysme]

She's skeptical for sure, but she doesn't press it. Her world has plenty of non-humans. They're just normal. Maybe they'd be considered monsters to his. But at least he understands that people are just as bad, maybe that'll keep him alive here. Not that she cares.

Jinx is just out for herself.

"I think I'll try to buy one. Have something to my name that they can't take away as easy." She grins toothily at him. "Purchased legally, before you worry, sunshine." She holds out her left hand, street lights glinting off the middle-finger prosthetic. She winks. "Jinx." Jack and Jinx; has a nice ring to it, she's gotta admit.

[godjr]

"I like that idea. Having something of your own here. I don't have a lot of possessions that are mine back home either." His clothes. His backpack. But everything was given to him by his family, he doesn't have a job that can get him money to buy himself items. He uses their money. That's probably part of why he's looking forward to having a real job. No killing or violence involved with it either.

"It's nice to meet you, Jinx, even if you made me an accomplice." Jack obviously willingly let her lead him there though and it feels kind of exciting to do something not squeaky clean. It's the sort of lower level bad that doesn't make him feel like he's failed the universe. It's mischief more than evil. "If we get phones, do you think it would be okay if I texted you?"

[alwaysme]

She had... a lot. Back home. Clothing and makeup and paint. Machinery and all the material she could want, not having to scavenge through another person's trash like she had as a child. She had more possessions than she had people--she probably needed more people, but, well.

"Sure, pal. I'll find you and hook you up with my number when I get one."

we can wrap here!

[godjr]

"I would really like that, Jinx." She seems nice and interesting and not like anyone he's ever met before. He's curious to learn more about her and figures this is the way to start. He also likes the idea of texting more people and getting used to that, he mostly had his family before, so having more contacts would be great.

"I should go back inside, but come find me any time you want. I'm also at the bowling alley, it has things like pool and a bar there, if that interests you." He went there to see if Dean was there, and has camped out with a job in case he shows up. He gives her another wave and then goes back inside.