shut up murphy

pain, hate, envy. --- those are the abcs of me. you take them away there's nothing left. john murphy | seventeen the ark > the ground > magnolia

[ifailedmaps-blog]

kids were a sensitive topic for her when it came to them dying. the only child she ever had any part in killing was Jason and that somehow seemed acceptable to her considering he was apart of the batfam. “hows it y’fault though? like, unless ya literally made her do it or encouraged it, then i don’t see how it’s y’fault.” she didn’t even want to think about what the kid had been put through to want to kill herself, though it did make her slightly consider that maybe the boy was right and that his friends were a little worse. “aw. ya didn’t like me before? i like t’think i’m a pretty loveable person.” loveable in a threatening way, sure. “ain’t nothin’ wrong with a lil’ bit of bad influencin’. it’ll be fun! – first though, y’gotta be acceptin’ of the fact i’ma hugger.”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

murphy had to stop and think. how was charlotte his fault? he had just wanted justice for himself. she'd stood there and watched him almost be killed for something she did. "i didn't make her do it. there was this incident involving me that she kind of caused and i just wanted some payback. she couldn't deal with the guilt." he shrugged. he didn't want to make harley think he was some kind of monster that pushed this little girl to jump off a cliff. because he wasn't, no matter what everyone else thought at the time . "i was tolerating you. loveable? is that a new word for nutty now?" he challenged, raising his brow. "i'm not saying i'm opposed. it'd be nice to have someone to blame for the shit that i do---this is the part where you want me to hug you isn’t it?"

[ofbrightestwitch]

“You know what? This is all yours”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

“seriously? sweet--- i hope you don’t want anything in return because i’ve got nothing to give you.”

[ifailedmaps-blog]

“they’re the worst. gotta ruin everyone’s fun. like, we ain’t even do anythin’ and he just pops up. like, i know he ain’t gettin’ laid, but i’m sure there’s somethin’ else he could be doin’ with his time – y’kill his lil’ sidekick an’ y’his target for life it seems.” the same could probably be said for them, but at least they were having fun. “worst of the worst! – or so i’ve been told.” there were definitely people worse than her, but she didn’t exactly mind having that title ( or sharing it with a few others ). "i’ll happily be one of ya non-asshole friends - i kinda need some new ones. none of ‘em are here.”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

"sounds like that guy needs a new hobby. we should round up all the people like that and give them something to do so they stop fucking up everyone elses fun. this guy i know, bellamy, he has had it out for me ever since this little girl decided to kill herself. apparently that's my fault." maybe he shared some of the blame, but not enough to be banished for it. "worst of the worst? starting to like you a little more now." he could do with a friend who made him look good. he could only imagine how she'd get a title like that. he smirked, "i feel like you could be a really bad influence on me--- where do i sign up for this friendship thing?"

[queenof-iceolation-blog]

Elsa hesitated a moment before leveling him with a flat look.

“ I see there’s a reason you’re not part of the welcoming committee. ”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

“is that a thing?” murphy’s eyes widened in false shock, “i should really get involved in that. i think i have a very welcoming personality.”

[ifailedmaps-blog]

“he’s this really grumpy guy back home. likes t’consider ‘imself a hero. but he’s not even worth the explanation. – we jus’ cause him lotsa trouble. crime sprees, basically. what those consist of depends on the day, really.” honestly the list was so long she didn’t even know where she could begin. “nuh uh! y’don’t win ‘cause ya’ve been in space and i haven’t. plus, we was havin’ a competition about our friends, not us.”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

"oh believe me i know a couple of people like that." his mind turned to think about bellamy and pike. "i am fascinated in these crime sprees though. i didn't have you down as a criminal--- crazy, yes. not a criminal though. that's pretty awesome." because criminal behavior was cool or maybe it just made him feel better about his own actions. "okay i get you. i guess i was just bored of talking about my friends. they’re all kind of assholes."

[ifailedmaps-blog]

“s’okay. i’ll shh.” she grinned, pressing her finger to her lips for the extra emphasis. “this guy – he calls ‘imself batman – dumb, i know. anyways! makin’ his life difficult is somethin’ i do. a lot. or maybe i jus’ give ‘im somethin’ to do every night.” well, she definitely wasn’t wrong. “badass is the fact i came outta it alive. – never been t’space. so i can’t say that i ‘ave.”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

"appreciate it." murphy nodded, a confused look quickly crossing his face at her gesture. "batman? never heard of him. but i agree the name sound stupid. how exactly do you make his life miserable? asking out of curiosity obviously." he smirked. must've been what she'd been on about when she was talking about this batsy guy. "yeah you're not really missing much. space sucks--- but does that mean i win our little game then?"

[queenof-iceolation-blog]

Elsa bit her lip as she stared at the door to the new building that would be her home. She’d never spent this much time surrounded by this many people and she felt an icy shard of trepidation, still she mustered up a smile and asked for directions.

“Excuse me? Do you know where room one-eighteen is?”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

murphy stopped in his tracks, looking up at the girl who’d just called out to him. was it impossible to just walk back to your room without being forced into conversation now? he turned his head and shrugged, “have you tried looking between rooms one-seventeen and one-nineteen?”

[ifailedmaps-blog]

“hey. not all teenagers. some of ya ain’t as vulnerable as you. – what do i do… s’a long list.” usually she would be proud to brag about everything she’d done in the past, but it was meant to be her having a new start or whatever. a place to be on her best behavior ( even if she was definitely failing at it ). “y’ever went swimmin’ in a vat of chemicals? definitely don’t recommend.” 

[johnshmurphy-blog]

"woah hey, i'm not vulnerable. don't go telling people that it's bad for my negative rep." he teased. vulnerable was a new addition to the long list of things he'd been called. probably one of the nicer additions. "give me one example of something you do. i'm curious." bored was a better word, but there was vague interest in his remark. "i can't say i've done that yet. that's pretty badass. you ever set fire to something in space?"

[ifailedmaps-blog]

she shrugged, a proud grin spread across her lips. “it’s jus’ what i do.” because hey, no crime was too big or too small, right? she slumped back into the seat with pursed lips, her fingers keeping her distracted as she picked at them in thought. part of her wanted to just pretend like nothing bad ever happened, just say no and let the boy win. but she was competitive. plus, it wasn’t like she actually needed to get into detail. “sometimes.” a lot of the time - one friend in particular. “t’many near death experiences. i should’da been killed ages ago. – what’d y’friends do to you?”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

"i'm sure it is." he nodded a matching grin on his face, "although what actually do you do, besides offering therapy and tic tacs to random teenagers?" he questioned. harley seemed to go quiet for a moment so murphy just watched as she picked at her fingers. he couldn't help but wonder what was going on in the odd womans head. was it possible she was more screwed up than he was? the thought made him curious. "sometimes?" he figured that meant often. other wise she would've used a different word. "wow, you and me are practically one and the same --- the usual stuff, hanging, banishing...one tried to shoot and then sacrifice me too. we have complicated relationships."

[ofbrightestwitch]

“In a circus, sure”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

“circus or not, i still think it’s awesome. fancy letting me take it off your hands?”

[ifailedmaps-blog]

she let out a small huff of defeat. there goes making money somewhat legally. not that she had a problem with stealing, of course. but at least no one can say she didn’t try to get things legally… even if it did mean exploiting people in the process. still legal if she pays for it. “y’no fun. s’okay anyways. they’re only mints. was gonna rip y’off.” she shrugged slightly. at least she was being honest? her eyes lit up at the others words. now his friends definitely sounded a lot better than she was assuming they would. so now, naturally, she had to turn it into a competition of who had the worst friends. “if i say they do it for funsies, does that make ‘em different from y’friends?”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

murphy couldn't help but smirk. harley seemed more disappointed than he did about not having any money. he made a mental note that he really needed to make some and fast if he were to have any kind of life here. at her comment he perked up, giving harley a challenging look, "you were gonna rip me off? that's real nice. trying to con the less fortunate. you're cold harls." he teased. pretty hard to rip off a guy with no money. maybe he could've traded in pizza or witty comments. "different, probably. i don't really listen to my friends reasons though." that probably had something to do with the fact he barley considered them friends, he considered before looking up catching her sense of competition, "did your friends ever try to kill you?"

[ofbrightestwitch]

“I hate it and you don’t have taste, at all”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

"harsh, how do you know i’m not some big fashion designer? that shirt could be the next big thing.”

[ofbrightestwitch]

“Are you really asking me this or are you messing with me?”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

"i'm being serious. i've never seen a shirt so...colorful  before."

[accidentallhero]

      at the boy’s exclamation, luna burst out into a mountain of giggles, covering her mouth quickly as if to hide them. she shook her head, taking a step closer to the boy.    “ you should keep your voice low, you might scare him, “    she told him calmly.    “ and he’s harmless, i promise. “

[johnshmurphy-blog]

murphy's eyes widened in astonishment "i might scare him?" he half questioned, half exclaimed. his eyes scanned over the creature again not really sure what to say. yeah, he was really the scary one in this scenario. "pretty sure that it just tried to attack me. how is that harmless?--- and what the hell even is it?"

[accidentallhero]

      letting out a little huff of air, luna swatted at the thestral she had brought along with her —— or rather, the one she had flown here on. to any person who hadn’t witnessed death, they’d think her crazy at the moment. but quite honestly, luna didn’t care. instead, she smiled.   “ sorry ‘bout that. i’ve been trying to teach him not to nip at strangers. hasn’t quite learned yet, has he?? ”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

murphy doubled back, practically falling over himself "holy shit!" he'd seen some pretty fucked up horses and shit on the ground but the beast the strange girl seemed to be comfortable with was practically a skeleton. he looked down at his fingers that the thing had just tried to attack, then back up at the girl, his eyes widening. "what the fuck is that thing and why did it try to attack me?!"

[ofbrightestwitch]

“You have to be kidding me with this shirt”

[johnshmurphy-blog]

“now that is what i call an awesome shirt. what’s your problem with it?”

[kittykatpiercex-blog1]

     “the more you talk, the more it makes me want to rip your neck out with my teeth. so please, shut up and leave me alone before you become my afternoon snack. got it?” she was running very low on bloodbags, and was desperate for fresh blood. the last taste she got of it was some drunk behind and ally and it wasn’t even all that much before she mended them up and sent them on their way. alive. 

[johnshmurphy-blog]

"rip my neck out with your teeth? well that sounds awful." murphy raised an eyebrow at the girl scowling in front of him. it was typical that the first time he'd tried to make casual conversation with someone he got his head bitten off. "i don't think I'd really taste that good though, probably real bitter, you wouldn't like me."