ELYSIA: -she doesn't usually leave lauctis, because there usually isn't much need. home keeps her busy, between the "family business" and the never ending entertainment running through her head, her schedule is typically too booked for travel.-
ELYSIA: -but today she finds herself on skaia, following a string of visions running back and forth, present to future to past to present again with her wandering down the street in search of a particular human. eventually she's going to bump into the right one, but she can't See things so vividly that she won't accidentally inconvenience the wrong people several times. oops.-
JACK: -Nothing can possibly go wrong with a couple of blind people destined to collide. Elysia's hunch is right about Jack being in the vicinity that he is on Skaia. His cane gently taps the ankle of a carapacian lady... guiding her attention to the wallet she just dropped. How lucky and gracious of this young man!-
ELYSIA: -wow, what a nice guy. but she already knew that. it's pretty much why she's here. with the cane clacking giving her a good indication of where he's located, she strategically ambles over and slams shoulders with him. DOOF.-
ELYSIA: hey! watch where youre go1ng -hehehes internally.-
JACK: -The vision that occurs to him sets with him three seconds before she collides with him. In that small opening of time, he manages to catch her shoulder with one hand before either of them barrel over.- Careful.
JACK: Sorry. -frowns as the carapacian lady exclaims loudly and with much concern. Are these kids okay?? Jack retracts his hand.-
ELYSIA: -wobbles in place, twitching an ear in the direction of the carapace and offers her a thumbs up.-
ELYSIA: no cau2e for alarm
ELYSIA: coll121on2 happen when you cant 2ee
ELYSIA: 12nt that r1ght? -he's retracting his hand, but she's giving his arm a pat. oh hello, he works out. PAT PAT PAT.-
JACK: -He certainly does work out. It's nice to know these soothsayers can still be spared a few of life's little surprises.- More right than I can tell, madam. -he says carefully.-
JACK: -brow furrows as if he's missing something. There was this... mess of fuzzy imagery pressing down in the filter of his brain. And it all had to do with this seemingly rando gal patting him on the arm. Jack turns to the carapacian, the tall black shelled lady she is.-
JACK: Hope you have a decent day. And try to keep the wallet on you, huh? -is now reaching for Elysia's hand... and towing her off. Here they go, walking further down the sidewalk.-
JACK: ...
JACK: Who are you.
ELYSIA: -she just plods along with him, seemingly unphased by the man handling.-
ELYSIA: 1 would have come qu1etly you 6rute
ELYSIA: my name 12 ely21a
ELYSIA: -twists her hand so she can instead grab his for a shake. pats his hand up with her other hand. there there.- 1t2 a plea2ure to meet you... jack 12 1t?
JACK: -forces himself to focus on the present, rather than the sense of forboding he got from the haze of faces. Places. His hand feels clammy but stubbornly rigid at the knuckles as she takes it with both of hers.- It's...
JACK: Not exactly a pleasure. -informs her with a frown in his tone.-
ELYSIA: 1m not 2urpr12ed at all to hear that -releases his hand and just walks side by side with him.-
ELYSIA: and 1 th1nk you worry too much
ELYSIA: or you only 2ee th1ng2 from a very l1m1ted per2pect1ve
ELYSIA: you have to know you arent the only one who 2ee2 th1ng2 r1ght?
ELYSIA: that2 how 1 know who you are 6y the way
ELYSIA: before you a2k
JACK: -He's... not entirely sure what to make of all this. Sure Jack will walk with her but it'll be with a lot of apprehension in his step. He stuffs his hands deep in his pockets and tries to stow off the hard race in his chest. The tightness in his throat. There was so much he didn't know.- ...I gathered all of that.
JACK: What do you want.
JACK: Besides someone to lecture.
ELYSIA: 1 wanted to meet you mo2tly
ELYSIA: so 1 could lecture you ye2
ELYSIA: but al2o 6ecau2e 1 happen to know that our path2 are go1ng to cro22 eventually anyway
ELYSIA: 1 take 1t that you havent p1cked up on that yet though
ELYSIA: 12nt that a good th1ng? in your ca2e?
JACK: It is, in theory. -Tell that to the icy grips of panic in his chest.-
JACK: But maybe you have some insight as to why I would be apprehensive of "too much of a good thing".
ELYSIA: ah yeah
ELYSIA: you 2eem to be aver2e to anyth1ng good from what 1ve 2een
ELYSIA: 1 could tell you there2 noth1ng to worry about but 1 cant expect you to bel1eve me
ELYSIA: 1 do wonder what 1t 12 youre afra1d of exactly
ELYSIA: am 1 com1ng on too 2trong?
JACK: Don't mind my tone of voice. I'm just finding out I'm even more blindsided in a field that made me blind to begin with. -retorts, not finding very much solace in her words.-
ELYSIA: -don't set her up like this... oh geez... here she goes.-
ELYSIA: 1 gue22 you wouldnt f1nd much comfort 1n the 6l1nd lead1ng the 6l1nd huh? -EH? EHHH??? she's waiting for a reaction with a stony expression. not that he'd know.-
JACK: If you knew as much as you say you do, then no. -he's just so :unamused:-
ELYSIA: tough crowd
ELYSIA: 1ll get to the po1nt then
ELYSIA: 1f youre 1ntere2ted 1n hear1ng more of my lecture2...
ELYSIA: 1 can help you control the th1ng2 you 2ee
ELYSIA: and... dont 2ee
JACK: You wouldn't be here if I didn't already agree to it. -REPLIES IRRITABLY. He hates all of this.-
ELYSIA: that2 the 2p1r1t
ELYSIA: -pats at his arm again.- me22age me 2omet1me
ELYSIA: my handle 12 maf1o2omo1ra1
JACK: Not foreboding in any kind of way. -He sighs through his nose, decidedly tired of this shit.- So much for taking midnight walks.
JACK: I think I would do better off at confining myself to my house for the...
JACK: ....
JACK: ..
JACK: .
JACK: Foreseeable future.
JACK: That's how you execute those, by the way.
ELYSIA: hmm
ELYSIA: 1 gue22 1t probably land2 6etter when you arent expect1ng 1t
ELYSIA: 6ut 2ure
ELYSIA: 2tay at home
ELYSIA: and get 2ome rest
ELYSIA: you know a con212tent 2leep 2chedule 12 an 1mportant f1r2t 2tep toward2 regulat1ng mood d12order2
JACK: Huh, yeah. -audibly nods-
JACK: I'll try that next to the "yoga".
JACK: You can stop squeezing my bicep now.
ELYSIA: -PAT PAT SQUEEZE and then removes her hand.- well you do 2eem to have the phy21cal f1tne22 th1ng go1ng already
ELYSIA: that2 good -stops in place.-
ELYSIA: 6ut may6e try runn1ng a l1ttle le22 -says helpfully before disappearing into the night. she's done here, apparently.-
JACK: Are you telling me to skip leg day? -The shitty thing about being blind is that he can't know if she's still there or not. Well... fuck. He solves that riddle after a full minute of waiting.-
















