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{margot robbie, twenty-nine, cis woman, she/her} || jessica “jess” turner is a mutant with the ability of clown physiology. they’ve been in new york for thirteen years where they spend most of their time as a stand-up comedian / escapee. when i think of them, i think of unearned laughter over a killing joke, a permanent stepford smile, makeup no neutrogena can wash off.

me filling out this entire app: oh my god i am a literal genius albert einstein has nothing on me. i, myself, have the power of clown physiology.

#c23intro #dont let this intro fool u #they tortured her by calling her a stupid clown a la it chapter 2.#she deflated :-(#ALSO. i deleted all of the gifs that prominently featured j*el kinn*man and/or j*red l*to #playing my tiny violin over the only bop packs being either: 1) private commissions or 2) belonging to a blog that has gone dash only #but i will power thru. mayhaps send suggestions. mayhaps not. time will tell.

endlesshvnger:

@surejess !!

“i know this isn’t the best time,” he starts, voice lowered. or maybe it is. maybe there’s no better time. “but have you thought any more about what i said? about the situation?”

it felt appropriate. third halloween free of essex, second able to ‘enjoy’ it... however, the real meaning of the word would require essex falling entirely. but a close second ? the woman who had been walking around, living with undeserved freedom, falling first. “ only thing we still gotta figure out is how t’ get her alone. ” as for a development since the initial and blurry planning phase ? “ sawyer seems willing t’ help out. ” now, the city was huge, and emmeline would be an idiot to stay, but stranger things had happened ( hell, the escapees had stayed ! yes, it could be argued that some stayed for the sake of justice, but... was that really the case ? and for all of them ? )... thus: “ ya seen her around at all ? ” sweethearts, she’s at the party.

#halloween pt. 2: the remix!#interactions !#interactions || jack !#interactions || jack 8 !#<- lumping this in w our last thread! both for the continuation and since we never got 2 finish bc i decided 2 get distracted #*rolling eyes emoji*#(also lFHADSL contacted maddie a bit ago to ask if this is sumn sawyer wld help with and. he would. SO.)

musas-muse:

@surejess

Sela’s head bobbed around the costumed figure, the bold colors and general shape of the garment leaving little room for question as to what the person was meant to be. “Jess?” She questioned the clown lightly, only a fraction of uncertainty sneaking it’s way through. “My friend, is that you under there?”

oh, happy day ! her first mutant-in-the-wild bestie ! what an absolute treat ! “ oh, i ain’t jess tonight ! ” she replied, flicking those stupid suspenders before letting her bag of fun drop from... wherever it came from ( she really didn’t question these things ! ) ! “ this fella is basically the reason ronald mcdonald looks how he does - ” - ( unrealistic beauty expectations ! ) she continued as she withdrew a contraption that featured many an instrument strapped to the other -- a contraption that was definitely defying the laws of physics in its ability to fit inside the small bag - “ - but he also got the claim for being the first one-man-band trick. ” struggling to set it on herself, she eventually managed to loop her hands through the accordion ( and wondered who lou jacobs’s chiropractor was with that bass drum strapped to the back ) and pulled her hands apart, creating... well, an accordion sound ! “ tonight, i gotta be lou jacobs. ” ...she missed being weary willie... a very, very, very brief second of consideration on whether or not she should blow into the harmonica ( ...she should... but she refrained ) that felt like an eternity to her, she finally asked the question: “ how’s it been for ya ? ”

#halloween pt. 2: the remix!#interactions !#interactions || sela !#interactions || sela 3 !#every time i think i cant write something more outlandish on jess. i prove myself wrong.

HALLOWEEN 1998 ;; LOU JACOBS

Last year, Jess stunned as history-making Weary Willy! This year, Jess will stun again as history-making Lou Jacobs! Although he contributed to the unrealistic beauty standards for clowns (ugh!), she has to pay homage to the first clown car, first one-man-band clown, and first clown to just... run forever in Barnum & Bailey’s! He was inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame (yes, this is a thing) for a reason! A tiny bowler hat, a loose tie, a white shirt with a collar that’s just a little too big, baggy tweed pants hanging by suspenders to match the baggy tweed coat (albeit, one that is far more colorful), and those unrealistic big clown shoes (ugh!). That’s not to mention the makeup -- yes, she already has some naturally clowny features, but they have been exaggerated to hell and back for this! She even brought a stupid red nose (which she believes is, indeed, stupid!)! And to top it all off, her bag of fun now contains a contraption that bolsters many instruments. It is, decidedly, not a simple costume, but Jess commits to the bit! This costume will debut at the Satanic Soiree. Some drinks and some vibes -- what could go wrong!?

#clown tw #clown imagery tw #<- this motherfucker......#halloween pt. 2: the remix!

rcyal-mercer:

LOCATION: a hiking trail in Harriman State Park, NY STATUS: open

So many people talk about going to the forest for the quiet. Not Royal. To his ears, the forest is awash in a symphony of sound – birdsong, gentle wind, rushing water, and the thrumming pulse of life. Being a bear has some pretty sweet perks.

A new scent drifts past on the breeze – a hiker! Hell yes. His ears swivel atop his head, searching for the sound of footsteps. He can’t hear them yet, which means he still has time. Better get into position now though, in case it’s a runner.

He meanders through the trees over to the trail marker and plops his big bear butt down.

It takes them some time to reach him, but as they come ‘round the bend Royal lifts one great paw and waves to them in silent greeting.

if someone were to keep a record of jess’s life, there would be few moments in which her mood peaked that didn’t involve some kind of animal or another ! and, though this bear seemed a bit too human in mannerism to be a real bear ( she knew the things mutants could pull -- her theory was that this bear was just mo lite™ ), she would suspend disbelief ! “ hey there, big fella ! ” ...even if she didn’t suspect this were a mutant in bearskin ( literally ), would she still approach it ? oh, absolutely ! she had no sense of self-preservation in moments such as these ! “ ya caught any good salmon today ? -- that’s what you guys like, right ? salmon ? or is it trout ? ... tuna ? ”

#interactions !#interactions || royal !#interactions || royal 1 !#(considering the event is starting and we also already have a thread w this u dont have to respond but!#jess wld luv meeting a bear and i needed a shorter thread HFALSDKJ)

preholocene:

true to what he knows, the terror in question immediately makes a beeline for him. what is her obsession? it has to be more than a love for the strange. or, more accurately, a love for torment. but it’s difficult to focus on their own thoughts when the compsognathus reacts so strongly. more strongly, strangely enough, even than him. but the opposite reaction is hardly what he’s game to allow right now. but regardless of his own feelings, the animal mind threatens to overtake him—he’s used to bargaining under duress, but this isn’t exactly the normal type. it wants whatever she has to offer more than it wants harmony.

tentatively, he ( or rather, the animal ) extends his neck to offer a sniff. what is she even talking about? shirts? soda? the latter at least has precedent… it’s all too overwhelming for him to understand, particularly as the dinosaur itself takes advantage of his caution whenever expressed. while joseph busies himself thinking, it chirps and butts its head up against her hand.

right as she was ready to throw in the towel ! it was a sign -- it really was ! her best friend was back, butting her hand with his little head -- oh, happy day ! never give up ! “ ya got no clue how much i’ve missed ya ! so much has happened since we talked t’ each other -- did ya know gene kelly isn’t making movies anymore ? i mean, i asked someone the other day -- little guy, i thought he was still working when we talked last time ! ” there was power in selective listening. “ i can tell ya so much more ! ” yeah, the destruction of the essex house and the establishment of the hellfire club were great, but more information on the current world status re coca-cola ? yeah, that beat it. leaning a shoulder towards the guy, she asked that old, pestering question: “ ya wanna hop on ? ”

#interactions !#interactions || joseph !#interactions || joseph 5 !#jompy: :D #joseph: D:<#this is the ultimate forbidden love.#romeo & juliet WHO?

preholocene:

@surejess !!

it’s starting to become less of a terrifying ordeal—at least as being something small is concerned. the animal mind itself doesn’t always even clash with his own. sure, he doesn’t particularly want to eat a frog, or a bug, or a small bird… and so he doesn’t… but at least maiming and killing aren’t on the menu. it’s not until a familiar face steps into view that joseph and the compsognathus differ—he wants to speed off in the other direction, and it? for reasons incomprehensible to him, it wants to draw closer, seeking comfort.

it had taken time ( and, in a perfect world, therapy ), but jess had finally accepted that she would never see her best friend again ( her best friend being compy. obviously. ). but the breakthrough -- the acceptance -- was dismissed almost as soon as it had occurred -- there he was ! compy ! in all his little fella glory ! as if on cue, ‘bring me sunshine’ began playing on the speakers of the store behind her ! oh, it was so stunning -- so perfect ! “ it’s you ! ” who would she be if she didn’t run to him !? oh, she kept her steps as quiet and gentle as she could -- no need to scare him away ! -- but such a feat was so very hard to accomplish ! when she finally reached the little fella, she got on her knees and launched: “ i thought i would never see ya again ! i almost got rid of your sh -- oh, i gotta get that back... ” -- damn charity ! -- “ -- i don’t got any coke on me right now, but look at where we are ! ya want me t’ go get ya one ? then get ya a new ‘i heart nyc’ shirt ? -- the goodwill kids can be real selfish. ”

#interactions !#interactions || joseph !#interactions || joseph 5 !#JOMPY! JOMPY! JOMPY!#i hope u like how i set the scene.#i think it embodies their relationship.#just personally.

moniwxshington:

“You’re right. I’m glad that I was able to be of help for once.” A little too late but it was something and good enough. At the mention of January, their face lit up even more. “Oh, yes, she’s so kind.” Monique never said it but they idolize January a bit. She was everything they wished they were, confident and powerful. Maybe one day, they thought to themself. “I’ll make sure to thank her the next time I see her.” They tilted their head to the side. “So what’s been up with you? Any updates for me?”

“ ya definitely did a whole world of good here. ” really, if it hadn’t been dangerous for the nine of them, what mo had done for the ex residents was exactly what they would have needed. how beautiful it was that these guys had somewhere to go -- didn’t have to rely on blind luck or survival instincts. if they couldn’t get out with the rest of them... at least they could have a makeshift home. also, bestie, so true -- jess agrees ! she idolizes january way too much ! she’s like a lapdog ! but that’s neither here nor there, may just thought she should address that. “ ya know, it’s mainly just been gettin’ the hellfire club up and talkin’ t’ some of our old... friends. ” it was so hard to say ‘friends’ in regards to the ex residents -- not because she didn’t like most of them the way she liked anyone she would call a friend, rather because... what kind of friend was she if she had let them get left behind ? -- oh, out, damned spiral ! “ how about you, though ? ”

#interactions !#interactions || monique !#interactions || monique 3 !#i hope... that's the right number... bc my tag decided to just show me our first thread tag FAHKJDLFAS #it's not january anymore tumblr! get it 2gether!

endlesshvnger:

jack snorts derisively. legal documents. oh, yes. he remembers. she’s getting legal documents. someone is sending the offensive papers straight to her address—or, more likely, to some sort of p.o box. does emmeline even have a proper address anymore? impossible to say. if she does, it’s unknown to him. maybe that will change. once they get rid of her, doesn’t fairness dictate they can root through her belongings? it’s certainly the least that she could offer them, after everything… but before even considering the aftermath, the two of them ( three of them? if sawyer can help… ) need a plan of action. emmeline isn’t going to be so easily fooled this time. she doesn’t deserve the second chance at life she’s been given, but more often than not those in such a position defend it that much harder.

“manipulating her memories might be worth the effort, if sawyer thinks he can…” he trails off, grimacing. “get close enough to her.” it’s not the most unbelievable thing in the world, a survivor finding solace in one of the people weaponized against them… but it’s certainly not realistic. jack himself would drop dead before giving her an inch. what has she done to fix those so-called mistakes, in any case? other than offer a few paltry apologies and a truckload of meaningless excuses, nothing. she hadn’t been the one to spearhead the hunt against the essex corporation. all she had done is profit. “otherwise, i don’t know how we’ll get her with xavier snooping around. obviously, he’s not just going to let us have her.”

if they had gotten nothing else out of their makeshift interrogation ( save for the bracelet ), at least they had gotten those immortal words: ‘are you being served with legal documents...?’ oh, wouldn’t they have loved that to have been their biggest concern ! but her hysterics regarding them -- regarding the corporation as a whole -- could help. could serve to place even more blame on the corp. could make her think they were the ones out to get her. ( if she had half a braincell, turning into someone from the corporation would no longer work, they knew that much, but using it once they had her in their hands ? or to precede it all ? ) “ from what he told me, if he’s got some kinda important object -- contains memories or somethin’ like that -- ” -- again, even after his explanation, it was quite the mystery to someone who had had the luck ( was it luck ? ) of never being affected by it -- “ -- he can do it from any distance. might have some kinda range, but we were in o’donahues when it came up, talkin’ about her being at xavier’s. ” he could do it from where he was sitting -- she certainly remembered that much. “ might have t’ give it t’ him and let him see if he can find any memories of us that he can manipulate. didn’t tell him exactly what we did, but he knows emmeline hasn’t gotten a good response from a single one of us. ” and she was really banking on him wanting to hurt her. could he get on board with what they had done ? she had deserved all of it and more, but just how far was he looking to hurt her ? how illegal could they get -- how immoral ( if it were someone who hadn’t deserved it ) -- before he backed out ? he would have to be eased into it... “ if he doesn’t agree t’ it, i can try t’ mimic one of the students for a while t’ get a handle on her ‘everyday life’ ? still won’t help luring her off the grounds, and i wouldn’t be able t’ do it for too long, but gettin’ a baseline schedule -- findin’ out when we would have the ability t’ swoop in without xavier and co. watchin’ her... could still be helpful. ”

#interactions !#interactions || jack !#interactions || jack 8 !#SO TRUE!! and..... if we just count the alive/left over escapees.... there'll be one (1) virtue left #so everyone can duke it out for their fav n have a slightly better chance at getting it!!#TRULY!!!! even the ones who used to be virtuous (LOOKING AT U SEVEN) :\ it's like.... milo and mo and lachlan now...#TRULY JUST IMAGINE IT!!!!#if they teamed up and actually shared the same cause <3 #tho yk lai might be willing 2 help them get rid of emmeline so she doesnt have 2 listen 2 her anymore (...fakest bitch.)#EXACTLY!!!!#LITERALLY THEY ALL WIN!!!#she's out of the way. jack gets a snack he doesnt hate the taste of. she gets to nap. no losers!!!#FALDKSHFLASDK me neither <3 all the times i kept keysmashes in n u were kind enough 2 just....... ignore themFLHA DF

endlesshvnger:

“and how does he want to do that?” there’s no doubt in his mind that the aforementioned she would explode in terror the moment she thought one of her previous victims was anywhere near her. she won’t be easy to lure away from the institute, that’s for sure. “i’m sure we could find a way to lend a hand. sawyer can take his pound of flesh, and then we can take out the trash once in for all. at least we would have one threat taken care of.” they will be the first people suspected in her death, but would anyone dare to look further than that? there should be no one left to mourn emmeline. “but you’re right.” she usually is, he’s found. particularly when it comes to things like this. “it’s not going to be as easy as using milo, again.” jack has to wonder who would fight for her if they came and demanded that she be handed over. would they finally rectify their mistake, or simply double down that they’re no longer ( if they ever were ) the safe haven for mutants they claimed to be? “any initial ideas?”

“ he knows about the bracelet -- wants t’ use the memories that each of the charms have... ? ” understanding his power ? it was not in her wheelhouse ( was it for the better or worse ? was it better or worse that he hadn’t been able to manipulate her memories ? was it better or worse that she always won in the ring ? ). jack, on the other hand, could potentially confirm or deny her perception of what sawyer had said. “ it’s a real good starting point, and she wasn’t real difficult last time. whether anyone’s left t’ mourn her - ” - so fucking doubtful - “ - or not, she is getting legal documents. ” they could have killed her so easily last time. hell, they could have prolonged it -- made her suffering far worse than it was. if they hadn’t been restrained by their loyalty towards milo... but there was a scapegoat now. were she to go ‘missing’ or found dead ? everyone knew about the powers that be ( and, even if they didn’t, it wasn’t like she and jack would be sent back to the essex house ). does she have any initial ideas? it would take a stream of consciousness, but she would land on something. he would tweak it. they would polish it. a well-oiled machine. ” her namesake’s more hated now than it’s ever been -- don’t think she’d even bother passin’ by mo’s house t’ offer some little apologies t’ everyone else she tortured. we both know she’s way more selfish than she pretends t’ be -- and if she’s got a single braincell left, she should know by now that her apologies don’t mean a thing. -- can ask sawyer t’ let us know if he sees her -- he wants t’ hurt her and doesn’t have any affiliation, so we wouldn’t have any danger there. unless she finally gets the boot from xavier, i don’t see hear leavin’ the grounds all that often without some kinda disguise -- maybe even a different name. ” hell, jess’s fake ID still didn’t have her real name on it. “ in public, some kinda alias would be the smart move... so if she’s gotten smarter, she’s gonna be a little harder off xavier grounds -- and ya know she ain’t gonna come say ‘sorry’ t’ us anymore. “ we can still work with xavier’s -- just gotta make sure we don’t get milo or any of the new ‘students’ involved... or even in th’ know. so... easy version: we involve sawyer, ask him t’ scope it out when he goes over t’ visit yunjin. ” as she understood it, those two had become peas in a pod. “ we let him manipulate her memories, real slow. if a memory of the first time is in there, change it t’ somethin’ real innocent. change it t’ us forgiving her. then we can just walk on the grounds, pretend t’ visit her, lead her out, and finish it. hard version: she’s gotten smarter and she’s not on the grounds as much... might have t’ make use of some ‘friends.’ ” her first thought ? january could make it so easily. but she owed january so much, she couldn’t use her. but she and jack -- they both certainly had other powerful friends... or friendly acquaintances... or so on and so forth. “ can’t let all of ‘em in on it -- probably can’t let most of them in -- but we can use them t’ get some information about her. her ‘name,’ outfits, where she goes -- all that. advanced version’s gonna be if she’s gotten smart, thought t’ move off of the xavier grounds, and doesn’t get her memories changed th’ way they should be. don’t wanna repeat what we tried last time, but we won’t need milo. they make it easier -- they can hold it longer, get it perfect, sound just like who they’re tryin’ t’ be, but you know i can mimic someone she trusts. ” jess meet lai challenge ! “ then we got one version -- real easy, somethin’ she doesn’t deserve, but would get rid of her. all else fails, we just find her and shoot her. won’t have any serial number t’ trace it back to -- good way t’ pretend it’s the product of a real powerful organization. ” taking a moment to catch her breath after the endless rambling, she ultimately concluded: “ real easy the first time, got the chance t’ be real hard this time around. think gettin’ sawyer involved at the kinda level milo was involved in last time could be a good idea. ” a beat... “ that, or we just go for it. ”

#interactions !#interactions || jack !#interactions || jack 8 !#THEY RLY WLD BE!!!!#adhlfaksdj the way i looked up the virtues after that n like :\ they'd just have 2 be assigned by how cool they sound :\#lai go against all ur beliefs and befriend jack and jess!! help them kidnap emmeline!! it's so much harder this time around!!#EXACTLY!!#jack gets his energy bar. jess and samson can eat like regular. emmeline can just sleep <3 #no losers in that situation <3 #there r bound 2 be so many mistakes in this reply but.... it took more thought than the average kidnapping plan lDHUSIJ

sawyer-sees:

She’s shaking her head. Jess is actually shaking her head at the notion of hurting Emmeline Essex, and Sawyer’s expression immediately balks into confusion and annoyance. After everything she put them through, there’s very, very little that could dissuade Sawyer from wanting some sort of retribution. He’s not an angry person in his heart, but when it comes to Essex he feels justified in succumbing to white hot rage.

But alright, if there’s going to be an argument to calm him, it’d be the fact that he wouldn’t want to endanger other survivors. Especially not the younger ones. But he wouldn’t have to. He’s not talking about going to the Institute and seeking her out. He’s got everything he needs in his hand.

“Who said anything about findin’ her there, or waitin’ for her to come out? I can do it here. Now. You know how many of her memories are in this bracelet? Memories about her daddy, ‘n her childhood, ‘n that place. If I change those memories she’d have no way of knowin’ I did it, or even knowin’ they weren’t real. I could break her without even leavin’ this seat.”

Sawyer hates the sound of his own voice in this moment. Low, dull, viciously defeated. This isn’t who he is but as he turns the bracelet over and over in his hand, not letting the memories slip into his mind for now, he thinks this is who he could be. He feels like he’s losing it in the ugliest way, while Jess is actually managing to sound remarkably hinged. She’s had the luxury of time, though, and has adjusted to this world. She understands how it works. Sawyer doesn’t: he’s just angry, and hurting.

in the grand scheme of things, jess knew little about sawyer’s ability. she knew that he worked with the mind, she knew that he worked with memories -- that was it. a blessing in the ring, a curse in the real world. expected or not ( she really didn’t know ! just as she didn’t know with so many psionics that relied on working with the mind ! ), it certainly had a degree of power if he wouldn’t even need to leave where they sat to harm her. although jack and jess’s treatment of emmeline had certainly been more involved than just harming her ( she had done that on her own -- if jack had seen the woman in the wild, she was sure he had, as well ), sawyer could incite mental warfare without moving a muscle. “ ya know, she said she was ‘only nine,’ ” jess began, a sort of preview to her memories... and a bit of expressed scorn. there had been literal children in those walls and emmeline was trying to compare her plight to theirs ? maybe there would’ve been a shred of sympathy if she hadn’t been actively contributing to it... “ what would ya think about tryin’ t’ make her think big essex ‘still loves her’ ? ” ultimately, the little time ( for now ! ) that she would let the bracelet leave her ? -- it was his choice, but making her think he loved her... that could play into a larger picture. a greater good. what would seem borderline harmless could be so much more... the fact of the matter: they weren’t done with emmeline essex. and somewhere, in the back of her mind, they weren’t done with essex. she was still walking the same halls as their own -- the vulnerable, the ones who genuinely deserved that protection. how much sawyer needed to know ? yet to be seen. he was fresh out of the house. jess’s priorities those first few months had involved staying alive... but, when he was able to skip that stage, what did that bring him to ? in any case, the morals he held when no longer in the heat of the moment... those would always be what to judge by.

#interactions !#interactions || sawyer !#interactions || sawyer 1 !#jess entering her essex employee era!!#''jess ... sounds remarkably hinged'' jess: oh wow i gotta write this down we can use it to do something about emmeline!

endlesshvnger:

“i saw sawyer, too.” and yunjin. but not dani, not seven, not—not almost anyone else. it’s more difficult to keep up with people than he’s ever realized… especially when so many changes have happened. he’s still trying to wrap his head around essex’s crumbling, half-convinced it’s all an elaborate ruse. still lurking around to dissuade the newly-escaped from giving their supposed rescuers the time of day. still… unable to consider things like friendship as something he should prioritize. safety first, always. “but he didn’t tell me about that. about her, i mean.” he sets his jaw, considering a different way to give back. he knows exactly who jess is referring to, as much as he doesn’t want to. “well, we know xavier’s isn’t going to do anything about that problem. maybe it’s time we finally got rid of her.”

“ he wants t’ warp her memories -- make her think she’s losing her mind. ” or, like... however his power worked. being thrown into the ring with him was always a bit too simple to fully understand the breadth of his ability ( #JustAlienMindThingz ). as it stood, jess had no qualms towards his desire -- he could do it from a distance, thus not threatening dani and/or milo’s standing, and the more people who deserved to exact revenge on emmeline essex... exacting revenge on her ? the better. no, her qualms came in the form of what he would need to execute it: the charm bracelet. furthermore, the unknown impact it could have ( because she always knew, even in the back of her mind, that the essex house was not finished -- jack’s presence simply brought it to the forefront, turned it to a conscious thought ). “ we got more people willing t’ engage now. ” not just herself, jack, ruby, and elliott ! “ should make it easier t’ draw her off again, but i gotta feelin’ we can’t use a mask like beverly again. ” would emmeline leave the grounds for anyone ? did she have any loyalties left ? “ might have t’ get... bolder. ”

#interactions !#interactions || jack !#interactions || jack 8 !#if only the sins and the escapees would collab one day (and like. the sins didnt hate the escapees on principle).#lai is so good at gaslight gatekeep girlboss'ing emmeline she cld get them right in there!#SO TRUE!!! C23: Good Ending™#EXACTLY!!!!!#she's his version of a lunchable :elmosmile:#and that's clearly what theyre talking abt rn <3 #'got rid of her' yea bc he needs a snack.#jess: thanks bestie!! but rmr that bullet-hole in lachlan's shoulder that's just the beginning!

cordelialevy:

Cordelia watched with fondness as Jess knelt down in front of Digby. If the two of them had gotten to stay together at the circus, she would’ve taught her friend how to gain the trust of the lions, and how to share peanuts with the elephant without fear of being kicked. She would’ve brought her into her little world, filled with the unconditional love and loyalty that only animals could give. They would’ve been happy, and maybe as the years went by they’d have grown closer and gotten a shitty little apartment together. They could’ve studied at the same school and waitressed at a run down diner until they had enough money to do whatever they wanted to do. In another life, they would have never had to say goodbye to each other. They wouldn’t have felt so terribly alone.

The mention of dinosaurs caught Cordelia’s attention, but she decided not to ask questions. In New York, anything was possible. If Jess had seen dinosaurs, then there were dinosaurs in the Big Apple. Digby was thoroughly enjoying the attention, his ear twitching as Jess scratched behind it in the perfect spot. “He likes you. Dig doesn’t let people scratch his ears unless he trusts them,” she smiled. His blind trust in the other woman proved how wonderful she was. Once again, words weren’t needed to show that Jess was full of good intentions and a good person. Animal instinct was rarely ever wrong. “He’s a smart dude.” Digby looked at her, tilting his head in a cocky manner. “Your ego is taking over, goofball,” she chuckled.

Nodding, Cordelia recalled the old circus dog. A few years after Jess’ departure, he grew old and grey, eventually crossing the rainbow bridge. It was a sad day, but he’d always lived a life filled with fun and love. “I do. That little fella could sniff out food from miles away,” she said, grinning. Cordelia knelt down, joining Jess on the floor. “Copper was a good boy, and a really good friend. He listened to me a lot over the years. I bet I gave him earache.” With a sigh, she ran her fingers through Digby’s fur, hand accidentally bumping against Jess’. Nervously, she linked their pinky fingers. “You okay, Jessie?”

it left a bitter taste, this what could’ve been. it was a simple apartment with a friendly dog and a woman she had missed greatly. how easy that could have been to achieve in another life. what could’ve been if she had never gone ? where they were right then. the difference ? there would be no bittersweet undertone. there would be no vulnerability ( or, whatever of it there was, it would have been willing ). they would have watched it, said ‘oh no!,’ and gone on with their lives. ( so insane to think that that was what some other people were doing. ) but what else could’ve been ? there was not just one side of the coin -- not with the nature of jess’s ability. she would rather have reunited with cordelia over a decade later ( hell, she would have rather not reunited at all ) than have inadvertently killed her or driven her insane because she didn’t understand what she was capable of. and because she didn’t understand how to undo it. there hadn’t been much winning in the options. maybe this was the closest they would come... jess beamed at the big ol’ dog and kept one hand scratching behind one of his ears, the other venturing to scratch or pet his big ol’ body in general. “ i trust you, too ! ” now, she would never know whether an animal could understand her without a zoolinguist to translate, but had that ever stopped her from speaking directly to them first ? heavens no ! “ ya know, you got the luck of the draw with your owner. i bet she’s already taught you about the dangers of consumerism. ” that was just animal caretaking 101 ! and jess knew that cordelia smoked everyone in that vein. she’d seen it firsthand ! all those years ago, sure, but what was the phrase about the zebra and the stripes ?

“ i just remember never getting t’ eat my kettle-corn because he would always knock it out of my hand ! ” despite the tragedy of having no kettle-corn, it was spoken with nothing but fondness. “ what’s it like ? talkin’ t’ them ? ” had she asked cordelia before ? probably, but how many years had it been since they’d been able to... just talk ? even then, the underlying grey of it all... jess would love to fool herself into thinking copper was still kicking, and maybe she would have been able to in the state of mind that didn’t accept objective reality as objective reality. but he had been an adult dog when she left -- to imagine he was still around thirteen years later ? maybe it wasn’t absolutely impossible -- there had been stranger occurrences -- but it was certainly improbable. and what was it, what was it really, that jess wanted to know ? had cordelia had to bear the pain of hearing his dying words ? a human was one thing, but an animal... could they not both agree that that was something else entirely ? feeling cordelia interlock her pinkie around jess’s own, jess tightened that loose lock ever-so slightly. it was the perfect degree of human contact. it was a language. it was a secret. for how much she tended to speak, actions always spoke louder. and this one -- this one, minuscule, meaningless to the untrained eye... she knew her. over a decade, for all that had seemed to change, everything stayed. it was comfort. it was friendship. it was love. she took a moment to ponder -- to actually ponder -- her answer. she was, and she wasn’t. but she, really, was the least important part of the narrative: “ if we changed anything - ” - yet to be seen, hope for it to happen fading in and out - “ - then it’ll’ve been worth it. ” because kidnapping only got you so far. so lame !

#interactions !#interactions || cordelia !#interactions || cordelia 3 !#........................................................................if this was almost a month late....................................#...............yes it was and IM SO SORRY.#I HOPE IT IS LOVELY N WORTH THE WAIT.

endlesshvnger:

“hard to forget.” and it’s true. although much has happened in the last year, january’s party still holds firm in his mind. for… a multitude of reasons. “but i know samson isn’t with them. actually, i’m a little surprised he was there, given that.” it doesn’t matter now, and the curiosity dies as quickly as it’s sparked into existence. he trusts samson enough that he isn’t going to do anything to harm jess, and if he does? well, jack has a good bet on how to pay him back in kind. he’s a powerful mutant, but without his power, he’s just large. still, he isn’t keen on the idea. he can only hope that he won’t disappoint them. “either way, i… met up with milo recently. he seemed to be alright, all things considered.” he isn’t too trusting of that, but he allows them to make their own decisions. he’ll keep a watchful eye in case anyone ( certain anyones in particular ) start causing trouble. “have you?”

perhaps the primary reason the gala should’ve been hard to forget was that whole ‘silverware assassin’ thing ( or the snow, or the cool bear guy that that kid turned into, or the general aura of it all ), but who would she be if she didn’t primarily remember it as the breeding grounds of further project: kidnap emmeline essex and chandelier heisting ? why, who knows ! “ just mo and lachlan - ” - of their original lot - “ - but i saw sawyer. he says dani’s also at xavier’s, and he knows she’s there. ” between the two of them, did the ‘she’ in question need naming ? proper grammar would suggest dani, but jess was certain jack would know who she was really referring to. “ he wants t’ hurt her. ” ...should she clear up this ‘her’ ? like, if he caught onto who ‘she’ was, then the ‘her’ in question should still carry over ? but... on the small chance he doesn’t ? it would make sawyer sound a bit... horrible ! ...no, no -- it could be fixed down the line if necessary. it had to be dramatic effect !

#interactions !#interactions || jack !#interactions || jack 8 !#THE ERAS SHE AND JACK DESERVE!!!!#theyve worked so hard they can just relax and be pretty now :elmosmile:#and so true!! it's ALSO what min-ji deserves!!#FHDFOADUILNJADA picturing him doing that when he gets hungry but his only options r jess and samson :(#EXACTLY!!!!#kidnapping p2: food!#but not cannibal version :eyeroll: jack just needs a snack and jess cant provide that :\#emmeline on the other hand like..... DELECTABLE!!#they just keep her in a pantry.#not even threatening she's just surrounded by regular snacks.#luv jack being like 'if he screws up he's gna face my wrath' while jess can just finger gun him #luv jack for that <3

seven-c23:

Sitting down for a quiet moment felt impossible lately. Not in a bad sense, but in the sense that even as he’d sit, try to read, he’d find his mind racing. Thinking about the Brotherhood, about Ezra, about Dr. Greer. It’s hard to focus on a book about a simple little life when he— ‘ seven ! ’. Door flung open with all the flurry and noise that only Jess could muster. Seven startles, of course he does. When doesn’t he? Putting his book aside, he lets her ramble. Say words for the sake of it about big sushi… He blinks up at her. “You know, I like food besides sushi.” Get the fish some fish to eat! Clown logic. “I’ve—I’ve been good actually. And… you? Why are you here?”

“ sure ! but, ya know, when it’s everywhere, ya get t’ thinkin’ ! ” - about your fish-man friend who, inexplicably, enjoys raw fish. ( was it really everywhere ? or was she just noticing it more ? ...the former was definitely more likely -- the sushi industry booming and basically taking coca-cola’s place was definitely the more logical explanation ! ) “ yeah ? ya been up t’ anything, or ya just been reading that book ? ” she asked, a question that could sound like such a drag being posed as genuine curiosity... because that’s what it was ! if he’d just been reading his book -- well, she’d have to know what it was about ! besides those good ol’ gene kelly movies ( when the hell was he gonna make a new one !? ), books had been quite the friend in essex ! “ i don’t think i’ve talked t’ you -- or anyone -- since before the interview ! ... not countin’ mo since ya gotta talk t’ them t’ see the new place. ” save for a tiff with lachlan ( which may needs to respond to <3 ) and, you know, some classic j&j kidnapping business revival ( which may also needs to respond to <3 ). “ and it’s been especially long since we talked, just us. ” ( and how provocative, how meaningful, their last one-on-one had been... or, the one before she helped him hide in an arcade -- that one didn’t count ! ) in other words ? doing her ‘catching up tour’ !

#interactions !#interactions || seven !#interactions || seven 3 !#dying @ u adding jess using clownery to get in his apt #once she uses miming on the reg..... OMEGA. physical/mental differences r no longer enough 2 set her at beta!#but so true we can only hope that clownfish will remain fun........................

who: @yunjinxs what: actually letting jess talk was a mistake where: mo’s house ( that should be the name of a 90s sitcom )

it seemed ever-changing, the amount of former residents occupying the house mo had set up for them. some days it looked like its own city, some days it looked like a ghost town. mind’s eye: it was always a ghost town. then -- wow, yunjin ! the girl she could never figure out how to talk to ! ( excluding literally -- very unfair to include the literal sense when someone wasn’t allowed to talk for over a decade... lame ). “ how- ” - are things going ? “ have- ” - you gotten settled ? “ i’m- ” sorry -- so, so, so desperately sorry ( that one... that one was the most important, but that one was the one to be reserved -- yunjin didn’t need to be the one doing the quelling yet... and there were just too many things to say ). well this wasn’t working out ! time to settle: “ have ya been getting settled well ? ”

#interactions !#interactions || yunjin !#interactions || yunjin 1 !#i hope u like this. pls lmk if u need anything changed but just kno that. i amused myself writing it HFOAUSDIL

who: @seven-c23 what: checking in ! where: no thoughts. head empty.

perhaps it actually made sense that jess hadn’t visited many of her fellow escapees ever since the interview. there had been a degree of chaos following and, despite her relationship with the concept ( omg it’s so sexy ), it was... of a different kind. catch two escapees in the same place ? shoot ! you hit the lotto ! but it was now, officially, time to make that effort again ! one of the first ? seven ! ( ironic with his number, right ? ) “ seven ! ” accompanied by an unceremonious, but very true to her nature, barge in. “ ya’d think this city is run by sushi inc. with the amount i’ve been seeing ! ya might already have it, since i'm seeing it everywhere, but i come... bearing it ! ” sushi -- always a sign ! “ so how have ya been doing ? ”

#interactions !#interactions || seven !#interactions || seven 3 !#LMK IF U WANTED THIS FOR SAMSON (or someone else!) N I WILL MAKE ANOTHER BUT #the fact that they have barely interacted on the dash? and seven's abt 2 enter his bhood era? n also... yk escapee stuff #FIGURED I WLD DO THIS!

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