[ The memory comes through, brief as it is, and Sharon can't help the gentle smile that blooms across her face, soft as flower petals unfurling beneath the first touch of morning sun. Jinx is rough around the edges, splintered and aching from all the things she's endured, but she isn't made only of sharpness, no matter how often she tries to wear herself that way.
She can hear the tears in Lortel's voice, can feel the gratitude slipping through the bond between them, and Sharon folds herself around all of it, holding tight to the tether as though she were wrapping her fingers around Lortel's hand. ]
She's more understanding than most people would ever expect. I know she has her issues, but... She makes up for them in other ways. I'm glad she could prove that to you. [ More than that, she's grateful Lortel had the chance to glimpse this side of Jinx, the softer parts she keeps hidden beneath all those jagged corners. ] The three of us should do something together soon. Maybe a sleepover. The three amigos.
[ she'll sniff, but smileβwell, really, she's grinning brightly even through her tears. and she'll drape herself across their tether in return, with a feeling of linking arms, pure affection. ]
I would love that. We could watch bad movies and paint... [ she lights up just thinking about it. ] Why don't you both come to the Blue Note? I'm not sure Jinx has ever been. I'd love to show her around. And... well, we ought to get Ivan's bugs used to her...
[ in case she decides to just show up one day. their Insect Alarm System is not terribly permitting of strangers that aren't deliberately introduced or let in by Ivan himself. ]
Haha! I'm sure she would. She and Ivan know each other, actually, come to think of it... though I don't know how well. I ought to ask him. She might already be a, well, "designated guest," so to speak.
[ a beat, because this makes her think of something. ]
... she doesn't actually boobytrap the hallway outside her room in the Devil's Nest, does she?
[ it is a completely genuine question, though asked with a mix of incredulity and amusement. ]
I'm positive they know each other. Ivan and I spoke about her in the last dream. He'd picked up on our... relationship. [ Not that they were dating, but that they were close.
Lortel's question earns a bright laugh. ] I think she does. As far as I know, it's nothing deadly, though. Some of her traps are more like pranks. Others are definitely of the dangerous variety, though.
Really? [ that makes her laugh. ] How sweet... they don't always pick up on things like that, understandably. [ given the way they grew up... ] Till didn't realize Megumi and I were dating until I told him, either. He'd only guessed we were close. Somehow, I can see the two of them being friends... Ivan and Jinx, I mean. [ they have a similar sort of impish chaos to them, at times.
the confirmation gets a genuinely surprised reaction. ] She was serious?!
[ ...
in the end, she laughs, too, bright peals of it. ]
I didn't run into a thing. She really did clear the hallway for me. She said she would. I really couldn't tell if she was just messing with me or not...
I told him I thought his Offering form was beautiful—he asked if Jinx was rubbing off on me. [ To her, that implies they've bonded over his bug-ishness. Sharon doesn't doubt that Jinx thinks he's cool. Jinx makes friends in the strangest ways. ]
The last place she lived was so trapped that when I visited, she had to escort me to the backroom because if I stepped wrong, I'd lose a limb or something. When she says she's got something trapped, believe her and never risk it. [ She's beaming, though. She likes that about Jinx. ]
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She can hear the tears in Lortel's voice, can feel the gratitude slipping through the bond between them, and Sharon folds herself around all of it, holding tight to the tether as though she were wrapping her fingers around Lortel's hand. ]
She's more understanding than most people would ever expect. I know she has her issues, but... She makes up for them in other ways. I'm glad she could prove that to you. [ More than that, she's grateful Lortel had the chance to glimpse this side of Jinx, the softer parts she keeps hidden beneath all those jagged corners. ] The three of us should do something together soon. Maybe a sleepover. The three amigos.
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I would love that. We could watch bad movies and paint... [ she lights up just thinking about it. ] Why don't you both come to the Blue Note? I'm not sure Jinx has ever been. I'd love to show her around. And... well, we ought to get Ivan's bugs used to her...
[ in case she decides to just show up one day. their Insect Alarm System is not terribly permitting of strangers that aren't deliberately introduced or let in by Ivan himself. ]
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Sounds like a plan to me. I bet Jinx'll get a kick out of the bug alarm system.
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[ a beat, because this makes her think of something. ]
... she doesn't actually boobytrap the hallway outside her room in the Devil's Nest, does she?
[ it is a completely genuine question, though asked with a mix of incredulity and amusement. ]
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Lortel's question earns a bright laugh. ] I think she does. As far as I know, it's nothing deadly, though. Some of her traps are more like pranks. Others are definitely of the dangerous variety, though.
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the confirmation gets a genuinely surprised reaction. ] She was serious?!
[ ...
in the end, she laughs, too, bright peals of it. ]
I didn't run into a thing. She really did clear the hallway for me. She said she would. I really couldn't tell if she was just messing with me or not...
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The last place she lived was so trapped that when I visited, she had to escort me to the backroom because if I stepped wrong, I'd lose a limb or something. When she says she's got something trapped, believe her and never risk it. [ She's beaming, though. She likes that about Jinx. ]