The Aspiring Archivist

1 minute ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

"you to be able to control your powers and to be able to stay alive for them to be useful."

"There's nothing you can do about either of those. So let me be."

1 minute ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

"yeah sure."

"What do you want from me?"

Just now, RoyalBeeMage said:

"untill you stop almost dieing all the time I am not going to stop anytime soon."

"Today was the first time I've been in much danger. It was unusual circumstance, because we were in confined quarters."

Just now, RoyalBeeMage said:

"i care about everyone in our quest's well-being. its part of my training." and my conditioning jace thinks to himself sadly

"Well, I'm fine, and I don't need your constant attention."

Just now, RoyalBeeMage said:

"because i care for you and your well-being!"

"Why?" He seemed quite exasperated.

2 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

jace glared back!

"I told you, I'm fine. Why are you so obsessed with my well-being?"

14 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

"no you're not."

Terrance glared in his direction.

3 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

Why was his hand red? It kinda looked like blood.

”Are you ok? It looks like you’re bleeding.”

Maybe he’d accidentally sliced his hand on a steak knife or something. He felt like the type of person not to mention something like that, even if he needed help with it.

Jenny happily hugged Timothy.

1 minute ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

"terrance let me heal you."

He winced. "No, I'm fine."

Just now, Lunamor said:

 

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Okay. She could pretty easily notice the blood somewhere

Just now, Lunamor said:

“Hmm. Ok.”

Jenny wasn’t sure if she believed him, but it wasn’t like she was going to get an actual answer if she continued to ask. She stared at a few stains on the ceiling.

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Do you want her to find out?

13 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

“Did I interrupt something? Sorry.”

Jenny was now sitting with her feet on the table. Hopefully Lucid and Ashton wouldn’t take too long. She hadn’t realized how much Ed had kept things from being boring.

"No."

Just now, Lunamor said:

“Watcha doing?”

Jenny peered over at him, trying to see what he was doing. There was a solid chance he’d just refuse to tell her.

He stopped, pulling his hand away and trying to hide the blood.

2 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

Jenny sat down, squirmed in her seat for a while, they somehow ended up sitting upside down, her heels on the top of the back of the booth. Her mind had drifted away from the whole Terrance and Jace thing rather quickly, and now she was bored. She looked over at Terrance, trying to see if he was doing anything interesting.

He was anxiously picking at his arm with the needle, though the action was covered by his sleeve.

Just now, Lunamor said:

Jenny tapped the tip of her nose and made it freeze. She giggled a little bit despite herself, then let it all melt again. She replaced the glove, her mood having suddenly improved.

Terrance sat down, feeling less threatened.

9 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

“I have a bit of cryokinesis. It’s kinda fun to use sometimes, although it’s not very useful. I can just make frost and lower temperatures near me.”

She removed her glove and re-iced her hand as a demonstration.

”I think I might be stealing heat from the air to freeze stuff. It makes me feel a little bit warmer. Not very much, though.”

 

"Hm."

Just now, Lunamor said:

“What was what?”

She cocked her head slightly. Her brain couldn’t quite figure out if she knew what he was referring to or not. She felt like she had at some point. Maybe she was just misremembering.

"The ice."

3 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

Jenny continued to stare at her hand. Ice began to creep from her fingertips, stretching until it reached her wrist. Oddly, it made her feel slightly warmer. After a moment, she let the ice melt into nothing and replaced her glove. She looked back over at Jace.

You can’t hurt him in the way you think.

She walked back over, glancing at Terrance. He was always particularly hard for her to read.

”May I please have Timothy back?”

Without Ed, Jenny didn’t have many sources of comfort. That little dog was the only reliable thing she had.

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Terrance's frown deepened. "What was that?"

44 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

Jenny dug a blanket out of her pack and handed it to Jace.

”Here. You can keep it.”

Without much body heat of her own, she had no use for it anymore.

Terrance frowned, observing Jenny, still holding his needle.

Just now, RoyalBeeMage said:

jace looked up and shook his head calmly

jace sat up and started to calmly collect himself. "so I take it that that did not work." he said to jenny pointedly not looking at terrance.

"It did not." Terrance continued to watch Jenny, tense.

2 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

“The risk.”

Jenny didn’t sound scared or angry. Not even passionate. Just defeated.

”You’re right. We’re not worth it, are we?”

She stood up and returned to her table, staring blankly forwards.

@RoyalBeeMage

"...I said it isn't worth me trying to comfort him right now. I don't know what you're taking from that, but you might want to slow down."

1 minute ago, Lunamor said:

Jenny felt angry. Angrier than she should’ve been. She shut her eyes and grit her teeth. The cafe shook just slightly. A few cups were knocked over, silverware too close to a table’s edge tumbling to the floor. It would be so easy. The boy was just standing in the open. No one would miss him.

Her eyes snapped open. What was she thinking? Jenny would never do that on purpose. But that hadn’t stopped her before… Terrance’s words echoed in her mind.

It’s not worth the risk.

Who was she of all people to tell him otherwise?

Terrance held his needle concealed in his hand. He looked at her indirectly so as to avoid eye contact. "What's happening?"

2 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

“He clearly cares about you. I don’t think you’ll make it worse.”

Jenny turned back to him. Despite her harsh tone, she looked panicked.

”Do you think I have any more experience with this than you do? The first time I can remember comforting someone was about three days ago. You’ll never be able to help people if you never try.”

Her eyes narrowed.

”I’m not sure you want to, though.”

"People can stop caring about you pretty fast when you do something like that to them. It's not worth the risk."

6 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

His plan was to blame Jace and leave him to his terror. Jenny glared at him.

”That doesn’t mean you can’t be nice to him in the meantime. You can’t just leave someone to face these feelings alone.”

She turned back to Jace, her voice lowering.

”I know how that feels.”

Terrance… he wasn’t a very good person, was he?

"What do you think I can do? You think I'm versed in providing comfort? Anyway, he's probably terrified of me at the moment. I could make it worse."

4 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

Jenny continued to mouth her words.

”Comfort him or something!”

Terrance wasn’t even bothering to try helping Jace. Did he just not care about others at all? Jace had been trying to help Terrance. He needed to at the very least try to return the favor.

 

"You'll just have to wait. I've seen this before. He'll be fine, but it'll just take a bit of time to recover." He sighed. "I told him it was pointless. And dangerous."

2 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

“Jace?”

Jenny carefully squatted down next to him. In addition to feeling awful for the poor guy, she worried about the large amount of attention he was drawing. In retrospect, the cafe wasn’t the greatest place to experiment with this sort of stuff.

”Can I do anything to help?”

She looked over to Terrance and mouthed “Come help him!” Why was he just watching Jace like that when he was clearly hurting?

@The Aspiring Archivist

"I can't do anything."