jade.

"Hey nice to meet you!! I'm Jade and I like meeting new people, so don't be shy!" |Skaia University| |art credit|

[harlequin-offury]

Visitors. [Open Starter]

[harlequin-offury]

"Equius." He looked at the roof regretfully. "I thought we were friends but I, guess not." He didn't fully understand Equius, guy was amazing strong but ashamed. "Hit 'im a few times but he just kept hittin' back."

He could just about feel himself being analysed, twisted his gut knowing that.

Twisted him more painfully when she started to pry into him.

"I-I don't know." He sighed, annoyed. "I thought I did but, I don't know.

[ohmissharley]

Jade put her hands up in a gesture of surrender. "Hey, sorry I asked; not my place to bug you about it. I just don't like seeing you like this."

She still felt a great deal of anger at whoever this Equius guy was, but her questions were obviously making him uncomfortable, so she tried to rein it in. She didn't usually do that, but she was making a herculean effort to be more aware of her actions, at least right now. Although she generally didn't see her do-first-think-later tendencies as bad, she liked to think she knew when to show a little more awareness.

"Anyway, I sure hope they let you out of here soon," she commented, stretching. "Fat lot of good being cooped up in these depressing rooms does for anyone trying to heal."

[ohmissharley]

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Terezi clasped the coin in her hand, grinning to herself. She had made it through. She had been able to help.

Helpful. That’s not something she’d ever thought she’d be.

She directed her smile at her friend, full of pride for the girl next to her who was determined to push through, no matter what.

"Of course you do," she said. "There’s no place like home."

[ohmissharley]

Jade offered back a smile of her own, tilting her chin up just a little bit more. She didn't need to amend Terezi's statement by pointing out that home was defined by people and not places--she was pretty sure her friend knew that better than she herself would ever be able to.

"Thanks, T," she said, her cheeks starting to get numb in the cold. She'd stopped crying, so now there were no new warm tears to replace the frozen ones all over her face. But she didn't mind very much anymore.

"I don't feel like going back to class." She turned her gaze from the sky back to Terezi. "It's to pretty today. Wanna do something fun?"

She generally disapproved of the idea of skipping class, but she didn't feel like she was once more a part of the world around her yet, and she needed to do something to anchor her back in her new life. Sitting in a lecture hall all afternoon was most decidedly not that something.

[ohmissharley]

haunted house

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I’m getting paranoid…, Aranea thought, feeling her heart pounding loudly and her hands shaking nervously.

One part of her mind, the more rational one, was telling her it’s all just a joke and the fact she’s hearing footsteps doesn’t mean there’s a monster hunting for blood. On the other hand, her vivid imagination pictured all kinds of ungodly things in her head, slightly distorting her view of reality.

Aranea stopped breathing when she saw a dark figure coming into the room. It was barely visible in the dim light, though she could clearly see its huge round eyes glistening in the dark.

With a panicky scream, she threw the book she was holding, aiming for the head of the ghastly visitor. She expected to hear an enraged howl of the hellish beast when the book hit its target… but instead she heard a very human voice that could only belong to a girl.

Aranea blinked and took a step forward, feeling utterly confused.

As it turned out, the ‘dark figure’ was just a girl, and the ‘huge round eyes’ were merely glasses. Aranea felt a bright red blush spreading on her face as she realised what she just did. She rushed to the girl, almost tripping in her haste.

"I’m- I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to attack you! I thought… Oh, it’s so silly! Are you… Are you ok?"

[ohmissharley]

Jade had let out a yell when the book whacked her in the head because her initial reaction was "Ghost! Real live ghost! Danger!"

When she realized it was only another teenager who was just as spooked as she was, she just laughed and rubbed the sore spot on her forehead.

"Nothing I can't handle!" she promised, smiling. "Kinda just relieved you aren't a ghost, to be totally honest.

"I'm Jade, by the way! Jade Harley! Ghost hunter extraordinaire," she added, maintaining her most serious face for a few seconds before cracking another grin. "At least, that was the plan! What about you? I'm assuming you came here for the same haunted house adventure as me, or else you have some weird habit of hanging out in rotting old houses and nailing strangers in the head with dusty books."

[harlequin-offury]

Visitors. [Open Starter]

[harlequin-offury]

"Naw, bit o’ bad timin’ really." He didn’t mind telling her all that much, he was actually pretty calm about talking with her, laughing openly if not dryly.

"I was havin’ a bit of uh, I dunno how t’ explain it, I guess ‘mental breakdown’ works." He said that like the most complicated scientific term ever. "Then a big burly sweaty guy came up an’ got all pissed off at somethin’ I say. I was uh, pummeled after that. But hey! I’ll never complain ‘bout stubbin’ my toe ever again after that!"

He could see her flinch but tried not think on it.

[ohmissharley]

"'Big burly sweaty guy?'" Jade echoed, raising her eyebrows. "Well, I'm sure you gave him some cuts and scrapes of his own to think about, too?"

She couldn't say she disapproved of a good fisticuff every now and then if it was for a good reason, but this seemed... a tad excessive, to put it mildly. She felt herself frowning and her eyebrows scrunching together as her eyes swept over Gamzee's injuries once again. Her anger rose the more she learned--surely this had to be overkill, even if he had provoked the fight?

"What do you mean by 'mental breakdown?'" she asked. "Not to pry, that is! But, just..." She pursed her lips. "...why would someone beat you up for that?"

[ohmissharley]

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"You could visit them for the weekend," Terezi said mildly. "You don't have to think of your life as all one or all the other. It's like..." She trailed off. "Instead of belonging nowhere, you belong to more than one place. And it feels as if you have to choose. Hell, for all I know, you do, eventually."

She flipped her coin in the air, and caught it. Broken heads. She started rolling it around and through her knuckles again.

[ohmissharley]

Jade's green eyes followed the coin through the air, flickering with uncertainty.

"More than one place," she echoed, trying out the words to see how they fit in her mouth. They were clumsy and unfamiliar, but not unpleasant.

"I've never thought of it like that before," she admitted, her eyebrows scrunching together in concentration, "...but I kind of like it."

She smiled a bit, her shoulders relaxing. "Jeez, I never thought I would miss my boring little house all alone in the middle of nowhere."

[unofficialstrider-deactivated20]

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[unofficialstrider-deactivated20]

Even Dave had to laugh at that. “It’s an ironic interest only. When your irony levels are this damn high, you’ve gotta be well versed in the ways of ironically bad romancing. It’s only proper. I’m nothing if not proper. I thought that much would be obvious in our cherished time together here.”

Looking down at the screen on his camera to review the pictures he’d taken, he nodded. “Yeah, those should do really nicely. This was a huge help and, well, you… you look really nice. In the pictures. Yep.” Dave cleared his throat a bit. “Thank you very much.”

[ohmissharley]

Jade laughed and got to her feet, shutting her text book and slipping it into the bag slung over one shoulder.

"Hey, thanks. I had a fun time!" She smiled and scuffed one of her sneakers on the ground. "If you ever need someone for another impromptu photo shoot, just give me a call. Oh! That reminds me."

She pulled out a scrap of notebook paper and scribbled something on it, then handed it to Dave. "Text me once you know how you did on the project! Or, you know, before then, if you want."

[ohmissharley]

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[unofficialstrider-deactivated20]

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[unofficialstrider-deactivated20]

Her laugh put a little smile on Dave’s face. Her happiness was catching.

"I try. Besides, it’s pretty obvious you’re an open person. Feels like I know you already. All, I’ve-been-waiting-for-a-thousand-years and reincarnation and shit. Saw you and I felt the pull of your soul to mine. This moment has been years in the making. Write a fucking novel about this interaction."

He hoped the joke was obvious in his tone. “And I do know what I’m doing, just for the record.” That grin on her face was golden. Dave couldn’t help but want to keep it there.

[ohmissharley]

"Could've fooled me," Jade joked, smile widening. She knew he was kidding, but her heart soared a bit at his words. The meaning behind them, that she was a genuine person, made her happy.

"I'd have thought you were way too cool to believe in dumb romcom cliches," she said as seriously as she could manage. "But you know, I get that I'm so awesome they're kinda hard to avoid."

Then she couldn't hold in her laughter. She shut her book and stretched, grinning up at him. "So, think you got enough pictures? I was 'candid' enough, right?"

[ohmissharley]

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[ohmissharley]

haunted house

[spiderstoryteller-deactivated20]

Aranea knew it was a bad idea but she kept her thoughts to herself knowing nobody really cared about her opinion.

She went with a group of older students to a house that supposedly was haunted, as many people claimed. They dressed up in costumes (most of them just wrapped their heads with toilet paper and were ‘mummies’ - how original…), and wanted to ‘get in the Halloween mood’, meaning it was yet an another excuse to leave the campus and drink. Aranea was wearing a simple black dress with a spider web pattern and a black wig - nothing fancy, she picked whatever she could find in her wardrobe.

While they all went upstairs, Aranea stayed on the ground floor. She was examining the rooms, sceptical to the thought of this house being haunted. In one of the rooms, probably it used to be the living room, she found a pile of old books covered in dust. Aranea picked up one of them but before she could opened it, she froze, struck by the sudden realization.

First of all, she could no longer hear the students that went upstairs; she heard their muffled voices one minute ago but now they were completely silent. Are they planning some prank on me?, she thought. It was more believable than thinking they met some supernatural creatures and drop dead on the spot…. Right..?

Secondly, Aranea was certain something- someone entered the house. If she listened closely, she heard footsteps from the hall, coming closer to the room where she was. All of a sudden, rumour that the place was haunted sounded more justified than ever.

Aranea gripped the dusty book, ready to throw it at anything that would come to the living room.

[ohmissharley]

Jade crept through the front hall of the house, heart pounding and senses working in overdrive. She had only just stepped over the old and creaky threshold beyond the front doors, thinking maybe she would try the basement first, when she heard faint shuffling noises coming from what she estimated to be the living room. Not exactly the spookiest thing she could have encountered, but definitely suspicious.

She grinned as she felt the adrenaline start to race through her body. If there really was a ghost in there, it didn't stand a chance.

She hesitated before the open doorway for just a moment, cracking her knuckles. Then she stepped into the spaciously, dusty room and waited for her eyes to adjust to the dim lighting.

[unofficialstrider-deactivated20]

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[unofficialstrider-deactivated20]

"I don’t know if that should be a compliment or an insult," Dave murmured as he snapped a shot of her grin. "I am an honest sort of man, can’t you tell?" A few shots of her fingers drumming on her knees. He could definitely use that for something if it didn’t blur. Whether it was this assignment or something else, it would be nice.

"Besides, I’m a pretty shitty liar. Hence the shades. I mean besides how damn cool these things are." He lowered his voice conspiratorially and looked around shiftily for show. "But don’t tell anyone, okay? Got an image to keep up here. Can’t have any old riff raff trying to take a peep at the man behind the shades and cutting edge humor."

[ohmissharley]

"Oh, no, he's even cool without the shades! What a disaster!"

Jade laughed and shook her head. "And I meant it as a compliment! You're really in control of everything you do, you know? I never think about that kind of stuff. Not sure which is better, but it sure gets me in a lot of trouble sometimes."

She shrugged. "Besides, you sure look like you know what you're doing. That's gotta count for something, right?"

Secretly, though, she was really glad he had revealed this part of himself to her--she couldn't keep the grin off her face.

[harlequin-offury]

Visitors. [Open Starter]

[harlequin-offury]

He gave a weak little laugh, mostly from being tired. He didn’t even want to move his body really.

"Yeah, a’ course I remember you, I’m still freaked out from that house." The memory sure did cheer him up, past the present idea of her seeing him like this, of course, he tried to suppress that.

"Not much." The clown deadpanned. He stared at her for a while.

He then laughed again, hoping she’d get it as a joke.

"I’m all beaten an’ bruised, what ‘bout you?" One of his eyes was swollen as little as possible, still it was a nice bit of effort to keep it open.

[ohmissharley]

"I'm doing fine," Jade answered, smiling. "I'm so glad you remember me. It wouldn't have stopped me from coming in here and keeping you company, but it sure makes my job a ton easier!"

Twirling her hair around her finger, she resisted the urge to wince as she took in his various cuts and bruises and other assorted injuries. "I hope you don't mind my asking, but what happened, Gam? That ghost didn't hunt you down in the dead of night to exact its revenge, did it?"

She was joking to lighten the mood a little, but the thought actually gave her the creeps, and she had to try not to shiver.

[ohmissharley]

no place like home | theycallmefireeyes

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Terezi nodded. “But you’re doing it,” she noted. “You’re talking as if you’ve already given up, but even by sitting here you’re doing it. You’re exploring the fucking glorious world of feeling like apeshit. It’s a blast. Just wait until you get to the boss level.”

Sighing, she started fiddling with the coin again. “Anything in specific you miss?” she asked.

[ohmissharley]

"My dog," Jade said immediately, smoothing her hand over the grass beside her until it was flat. "And my grandpa, and definitely my garden. Not really enough space for one here, you know?"

She bit back a sigh. "It's just hard to say I'm living the dream when all I want is to run back home where I know everything. Only somehow I don't even want to do that, either--nothing seems right anymore! I'm not... I've never felt like this before." She wrapped her fingers around the grass until her knuckles turned white. "Like I don't belong anywhere."

[harlequin-offury]

Visitors. [Open Starter]

Of course.

Of course Gamzee had to go and land himself in a hospital.

Of course it was only one day but that didn’t stop the shittyness that was being in a hospital from well, being shit.

Oh, and of course, he had a visitor.

With stitches on his head, a broken tooth, covered in bruises and cuts, a gash and a cracked rib. You could say he was unlucky or that he knew how to pick fights.

Pitiful eyes, condolences and, he was feeling sarcastic today.

The door opened softly.

[ohmissharley]

Jade stepped inside and closed the door behind her. She walked over and stopped by Gamzee's bed, clasping her hands in front of her as she surveyed the damage and tried not to wince. She'd heard it was bad, but...

"Hey, Gamzee," she said in her usual bright tone, undeterred. "I'm Jade. Remember me? Well, I heard you weren't feeling too great, so I thought I would stop by!"

She pulled over a chair and made herself comfortable, crossing her legs in front of her criss-cross-apple-sauce style and grinning. "'Sup?"

[harlequin-offury]

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It’d be nice. :o)

[ohmissharley]

is it okay if i have no idea why he's injured??

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[ohmissharley]

"Hey, Fef, try not to leave the door unlock when--you--Oh my god--"

Jade's arms flew up to shield her eyes, making an x across her face as she squeezed her eyes shut. She'd only seen Feferi and her boyfriend on the couch for a split second, but that was more than enough for her, thank you very much.

"Oh, come on, I need my textbook or I'm gonna be late! I did not need to see this! Not at all! At least--put a sock on the door, or something! Jeez..."