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@oceanfrontjohn
A Rogue Buddha | Elaine + John
@oceanfrontelaine:
“I have absolutely no idea why they’re all half buried… It must be some sort of yoga thing,” Elaine said with a shrug. Yoga wasn’t something she’d ever gotten into. “Hopefully that was the last one. Or at least the last one she’d buried close enough to the surface I’ll come across it”
“Yes! Those names sound right… I think,” Elaine sipped her coffee as she tried to recall the conversation with Ginny. “I mean, I’m all for a gallery opening and supporting local artists,” Elaine paused. “Though I doubt this could really qualify as a gallery opening. Ginny said he’s finished one painting?” she bit her lip and held back a comment on what sort of artist she though he must be if a party was held for one painting.
Elaine Burrows could be quite the snob sometimes.
“It will be nice to have a friendly face,” she concluded. “Are you… bringing a lady friend?” she asked, smirking at him.
“And here I was thinking you dig them out just to keep seeing my pretty face,” John teases as he takes a sip of his coffee. If he were closer to her, he would have reached out and given her shoulder a light tap. “God knows I’ll miss the free coffee,” he adds.
He gives a light shrug, John hasn’t really kept up with news about this party other than being told he should stop by. Even though, he does share similar thoughts with Elaine, this is Alan and Colin’s thing and well, he can’t very well be all negative about it. Both boys are doing as best. Same as Annie.
“I guess, starting somewhere small never hurt someone,” John decides to offer as he sips the last bit of his coffee. “Sally says the reason you go is to support local artists.”
Letting out a light chuckle and raises a brow, “A lady friend?” John asks and moves from the porch poll to put the mug in his hands on her outdoor table, “Do you have one in mind?”
[ooc] John & Stephen
sooo annie, dear. these two might potentially know each other?? sally and stephen work together and might possibly be friends. so maybe john met stephen at nick’s house or something like that?? or maybe stephen had sally and john over for dinner one night? he looooves to have dinner parties. thoughts?
Hey babe :) Yes, I’m sure these two know each other! Um either through Sally or they could have met through Nick at some point. I’m good with anything, really. Perhaps though, Stephen is a financial advisor/analyst, right? So maybe John has asked Stephen for finance advice in relation to buying his grandpa’s farm?
blinded | kara + john
@oceanfrontkara:
“A ten? Awesome.” She said, nodding, “I mean – not for you, obviously. That sucks for you. But for me, that’s good. Not that I’m over here profiting from your suffering … I mean, I am, i guess, but on the bright side … I now know that this is a great alternative.” She paused, “Oh, right. Yeah, not helping. I’ll shut up now.”
She pulled herself up onto the counter and handed him a towel when he was finished rinsing out his eyes. She scooted a little closer to him when he asked her to have a look at his eyes.
“Come here, you big baby,” She said, teasingly, putting both hands on either side of his face to hold it steady. “Ahhhh, oh my god, that’s disgusting. Yeah, no if you aren’t blind now, you definitely will be in about ten minutes … and then you’ll die.” She laughed, “No, actually it’s just a little red and irritated, but it’s not that bad. I think you’ll survive.”
She paused, “Hey, so what were you doing here anyway? I’m guessing it wasn’t to have me douse your eyes with perfume?” She grinned, ‘You smell nice now, by the way. Your welcome.”
John chuckles when Kara teases him to the point of predicting his death, “Ten minutes?” He asks, “Damn, quickest death by perfume in the eye - ever, I am sure.” He sits there patienty as she finishes examining his eye because John’s sure any other sudden movements might get his other eye in a similar condition.
“But yeah, totally covered for any future break-ins,” he adds with a smile. John blows a big puff of air in her face and reaches out to pokes her side a few times, “Or you could just lock your door,” he adds.
He readjusts the towel against his eye and explains, “Annie informed me a handle or something on her dresser needs fixing and asked if I could stop by and fix it.” He pauses for a moment before he says slowly, “I suppose I could have knocked and all, since I did stop by doing the day...”
John keeps his one eye on her before saying, “But I figured I could slip in and out,” seeing as the two of them hadn’t really had any run-ins lately anyway. Then again, Kara’s schedule can be pretty unpredictable.
ooc: john + drea
annie! so I thought I’d just continue our convo over here w/ these two to make it easier? I was thinking about why they broke up (since we were both okay with both options), and I think that it was probably John who broke up with Drea???? B/c I think she dated Ren before him and I think that she probably ended up breaking up with ren b/c she allowed him to be a distraction, so going into this relationship, she was determined not to let John be the same and so it was probably ridiculously clear that he wasn’t her main priority at all and so maybe he broke it off???? thoughts???
Yes, this makes it deff easier! Okay. Wait I’m confused. What is our timeline for them, still dated in their early twenties? When did Ren & Drea date?
Cause maybe the two ended up dating on a whim and at first things were okay and since it was too new John didn’t pick up that Drea hardly prioritize him. Or maybe Drea realized Ria likes John so she broke things off? In an attempt to make things better between them and like even mentioned Ria in the break up convo and John was like ???? confused. OR Lizzy, I was thinking them dating could be more recent. I can’t decided anything so please feel free to make a decision for me :)
ooc || John & Sasha
@oceanfrontsasha:
ohhh i love this!! do you think we’re reading to start them then?? and do we want to start them when john comes ~to sasha’s rescue or after they’re already friends??
I think we’re ready to start them! I feel like John has already rescued Sasha - or at least, they’ve met. Or I guess, we should maybe say the rescuing happened when Sasha first started working at the bookstore? How long has she worked there? So then yes, they would already be friends.
Let me know what you think. I’m happy to start something with John stopping in for a book rec.
All about dem landscaping || Nick + John
John has always been a loyal person.
The thing he loves about his job is the loyalty with his clients and keeping up with their needs. He’s the type of guy who will even stop and check things out if he’s on his way home.
Maybe it a habit grown from caring for his ma. If you take care of one, then you should obviously take care of all, right?
Nick’s one of his favorite clients. Not only is Nick an easy person for John to get along with but Nick even provided a job for his sister and Sally seems extremely happy there. Perhaps, this is the reason why John will always struggle with his desire to leave VA because although there are snubs, there are also those people who seemed to make life just a little bit brighter.
As for today, John’s scheduled to check things out over at Nick’s. Instead of just getting to work though, John likes to stop in and see if Nick’s home for a quick hello. Which is why he’s currently standing outside the front door waiting for the man to come answer, if he’s home that is.
ooc || John & Nick
@oceanfrontnick:
hmmm. i think kate actually gave us a rundown of will’s business history when we asked her this last summer. but i, uh, don’t know what happened to that post. SO FIVE YEARS WORKS FOR ME! Nick hasn’t been back for five years though. he’s only been back for about two? so he probably did just look john up when he returned?? or reunites with him through sally??
…. annie i think i forgot what we were even talking about here, ahahaha. #oops
and since i am now returning this comment a year later…. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! you are so sweet <333 shall we just go ahead and start these two?? or do we have anything else to discuss for them?
I’m with you, I don’t remember much of what we had planned for these two but I think it was over the lines that they became close because of Sally and often have ‘family’ dinners all three of them.
But yeah, I like the idea of them reuniting through Sally. Like Nick mentioning he needs someone to work on his land and Sally being like: My bro can do it! So he’s been fixing things for Nick for the past two years. OR we talked about John referring Sally to work for Nick.
Anyways, I will start something for us!
ooc: john + ward
okay so ward kinda got dragged into fake dating sally, haha. idk how much you know about this, but basically the bowers mom was going on about she wanted to see sally w/ a boy and basically sally ended up saying that she had one to make her mom happy and ward was right there and she was like “this is him!!!!” and basically it was not thought out at all haha. anyway, i know kate wanted to basically ask you if you think john would know about this or not? idk if she’s gotten a chance to chat with you yet or not, but basically she was wondering what john’s opinion would be on sally fake dating ward to make their mom happy? b/c obviously sally would know how he would react and if he would go along with it, she would tell him, but if he would tell her not to lie to their mom, then she wouldn’t???
hey hey yeah I don’t think John will be too keen on Sally lying to their mom, but at the same time, finding ways to help their mom feel better is important to him. SO he’s not going to be like: OMGOSH SALLY WHAT ARE YOU DOING. He’d probably be like this isn’t necessarily the best, but as long as you never tell mom that you lied to her and it was fake, we’re good. At least Sally having a boy of any sorts will make her happy, so he’s game.
As for John and Ward though, John’s like Ward you’re rich and probably a piece of shit so don’t do anything shitty to my sister!
A Rogue Buddha | Elaine + John
@oceanfrontelaine:
“My Aunt Penelope doesn’t do anything half way, it seems…” Elaine said with a shrug, leaning back in her chair. “I picked that up at the farmer’s market,” Elaine informed him, in reference to the coffee. “Why I only just started going to the farmer’s market is beyond me….”
Elaine paused, glancing out across the garden for a moment before looking back to John. “So… Ginny’s finally talked me in to going to a party,” Elaine told him before pausing to take a sip of his coffee. “Someone… made art and wrote a book, I guess?” she continued, unsure if she got the details exactly correct. “Please tell me you’ll be there. I’d hate to not know anyone…”
Elaine was a very confidant and well spoken woman for 26, but social situations where she was unfamiliar with most of the guest list made her incredibly uncomfortable. She’d managed to get Liz to half heartedly agree to come along, but she didn’t want to stand in a corner with only Liz to talk with.
“I know I’ve met some of Ginny’s friends before but…” she paused, frowning. “I’m horrible. I don’t remember them very well…”
A half smirk on his lips, “I’d like to know how your aunt Penelope got them all berried so well,” he comments. He can still recall the first time he came around and Elaine asked him to dig a Buddha out. Honestly, it was the oddest thing he’d ever done, but now it felt like an old habit he couldn’t break.
He leans against one of the porch polls and his gaze rests on Elaine as she speaks, “Must be the Alan and Colin party,” he says in between her small pauses. He can’t think of any other party having to do with art and a book other than those two. The only reason he’s even informed about it is thanks to Sally and Annie. The two have been keeping tabs on making sure he swings by to support as well.
“Yeah, I should be there. Sally, my sister,” he explains, because he’s not certain he’s mentioned her to Elaine before, “Has informed me I am to attend.”
There’s a pause and he takes a sip of his coffee before adding, “I enjoy my occasionally reading, but art is not really my forte,” he discloses. John can’t even draw a stick figure well.
“So yeah, I’ll be there. And besides, I know all of Ginny’s friends too, I am happy to help with names.”
“ our hands they might age and our bodies will change but we’ll still be the same as we are. make me feel like i’m real and alive. grow old with me. let us share what we see and oh the best it could be, just you and i. “
OOC | Joe & John
Annie!! These two are bffs <3333333 And they’re both locals, so I feel like there’s every chance they’ve known each other like basically forever, yeah? Also, I’m so sorry about Joe like he def pranks John?????? And that’s him expressing love???? And I just ????? #facepalm
YEAS BFFies !!!! Like we said yes deff have known each other since the dawn of their own time XD John is the old man of the two and like he deff just goes along with Joe’s craziness since this means John will receive less the of pranks on him, ya know?
ooc for gabby x john
Yo yo Jenn I volunteer my Johnny boy to be Gabby's handyman for her apartments. Kate and I talked about maybe he could take care of the landscaping but really he's good at all jobs so Gabby should feel free to use him as she wishes.
blinded | kara + john
@oceanfrontkara:
“Here,” She said, getting him to his feet, “Try to wash it out with water, that might help.” She stood back, to give him some room. She stood, arm crossed, nervously chewing on her thumb nail as she watched him.
“I’m so sorry,” She said, again.
“Shut up,” She said, smiling, pushing him playfully as he made the comment about her locking her doors more often. To be honest, she probably would. At least, for the next two weeks … until the only person that she ended up locking out was herself and Annie and then it would be back to unlocked doors … and spraying friends in the face.
“But, hey, on a scale from 1 to 10, how well did this stuff work?” She asked, “I mean, if you really were here to rob and/or murder me, you think this might buy me enough time to get away?” She asked, half teasingly, but half serious, “Because we both know that I’m not actually going to start locking the door … even after this. Sorry.”
John dips his head under the running faucet to let the cold water wash over his eyes. He doesn’t really want to admit it but Kara nailed him good. Serves him right considering he made himself at home in her apartment. His previous closeness with Kara still lingers between them even though they are not dating anymore. Truth is, he can’t help but feel an ease in her apartment thanks to their history and his relationship with Annie.
Lifting his head, John reaches to nudge her side as he brings a dry towel to his face, “I’d say, it gets a 10 from me.” He smacks the towel on her face briefly, “Any real invader would definitely be eliminated,” he says, before wetting the corner of the towel to press it against his right eye again.
He’s about to apologize for coming in unannounced when he feels a sting, “Agh,” he lets out and moves to sit down on the toilet seat. “Hey can you check out my eye?” John asks as he lowers the towel from his eye and looks up at her. “By the way, you’re not allowed to ever carry pepper spray, you’re lethal with perfume, pretty sure I wouldn’t have made it if you had that,” he teases her, before he makes sure to sit still for her.
After a moment, he asks, “Am I gonna die?”
JOHN BOWERS / julian morris
Relationships: (sister:) Sally Bowers,(best friend/interest:) Virginia “Ginny” Monroe, (best friend:) Joseph “Joe” Hardison, (boss/friend:) William “Will” Selznick, (friend:) Natalie Connors, (ex-girlfriend:) Kara Larsson
Age: 28 Occupation: Landscaper @ Year ‘Round Lawn Care Description: John is the resident “nice guy”. He’s super friendly and outgoing. He has dreams of one day buying his grandfather’s farm in Northern Virginia. His plans of working towards that, however, have been put on hold after his mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Since his dad died six years ago, she’s been alone and while she would have his sister, he’s determined to be there for her every step of the way. John’s always had a crush on Ginny Monroe, but he doesn’t want to ruin their friendship by saying anything. As John’s mom is nearing the end, he has been wondering what he’s going to do after she passes away. Part of him wants to stay in town to be close to his sister and Ginny (even if it looks like she’s very happy with Drew Weisman), but part of him is still holding on to his dream of buying his grandfather’s farm …
TAKEN BY ANNIE.