Minnesota: Day 27
JADE: -She's on the roof of the Crocker headquarters, pawing slowly through her mobile device. No updates since last night on the bulletin board... she imagines that group is travelling now. It's only a matter of time. Everything is going exactly as they thought.-
DAVESPRITE: -dutifully silent. Until he decides to shuffle and peek from his designated hiding place. Still the size of a canary.- do you often brood on rooftops
DAVESPRITE: i ask while also kicking it on the rooftop
DAVESPRITE: blame the bird part of me
DAVESPRITE: theyre pretty fond of heights i am anyway
DAVESPRITE: i am they and they are me
DAVESPRITE: (caw)
JADE: -squints down at him-
JADE: i mostly brood on rooftops when i know a little bird is watching
JADE: except consider this less brooding and more plotting J
ADE: just in case you forgot youre being held hostage
JADE: -he may or may not be in one of her coat pockets....-
DAVESPRITE: -it's a comfy coat pocket. He hangs and chills, sprite tail hanging out the opposite end.- youre one big bad jade
DAVESPRITE: a mega bad upsized to just plain Big (tm) served with a complimentary side of kickass
DAVESPRITE: cuz lets face it
DAVESPRITE: the irrefutable fact is you were always kickass(edited)
JADE: telling me things i already know isnt going to win you any points
JADE: i figured that out no thanks to you
DAVESPRITE: its no thanks to anyone
DAVESPRITE: not even gpa huh
JADE: of course not
JADE: i had to figure out everything on my own because it wasnt like anyone else was going to be there or honest
JADE: i spent way too much time taking care of everyone else instead of figuring out what i can do
JADE: its no wonder i got so depressed
DAVESPRITE: are you depressed right now
JADE: why would i be??
JADE: im not being held back anymore
DAVESPRITE: dunno
DAVESPRITE: doves gone a month without her mom
DAVESPRITE: kind of sucks someone else is having to watch out for her
JADE: and things will be better for her once i take care of this
JADE: thats what you dont get
JADE: its not enough to just say something
JADE: you have to actually do it
DAVESPRITE: i get it
DAVESPRITE: ive seen it
DAVESPRITE: im still seeing it
DAVESPRITE: im in the moment with you right now
DAVESPRITE: nothing else exists outside just the two of us having a chat
DAVESPRITE: thats how time works in your head anyones head
DAVESPRITE: small real moments that add up to something bigger than yourself
DAVESPRITE: without it were just frozen wonderin whether it was always supposed to be this way
DAVESPRITE: thats how i see it anyway
DAVESPRITE: what are you going to look like tomorrow
JADE: like someone who knows what she's doing
JADE: and stops listening to people who hurt her
DAVESPRITE: -he's quiet a long, long moment. Just listening.- did i hurt you
JADE: -Now she's quiet, too, though she shouldn't be. The mere cause of her silence just angers her more.- you lied to me
JADE: you say you think im strong but even you just think im a stupid little girl
JADE: that you have to hide everything from me
JADE: that i cant handle it or maybe just that you can get away with it
JADE: you dont trust me so why i should i trust you????
DAVESPRITE: you got a point gg
DAVESPRITE: i did hide a lot from you
DAVESPRITE: its more a reflection on my own weak game ass ass assholery than anything lets be real
DAVESPRITE: i dont deserve your trust i aint earned it
DAVESPRITE: but hey
DAVESPRITE: i never lied about why im doing this for
DAVESPRITE: cause that was always you
DAVESPRITE: and jade harleys a better reason to get my ass in gear than literally anything else that was going for me in the old au hah -The laughs sounds so dry. But it's there.-
DAVESPRITE: paradox space can go fuck itself it wasnt going to stop me
DAVESPRITE: this is what second chances are all about
DAVESPRITE: its just...
DAVESPRITE: you
JADE: ...
JADE: grrr...!!!
JADE: you cant just explain away everything like that! thats such bullshit
DAVESPRITE: how do you want me to explain it
DAVESPRITE: you want me to say we were a thing in the other universe
DAVESPRITE: me and jade
DAVESPRITE: and we were the only ones who had each other seeing as john fucked off somewhere in the peace corps
DAVESPRITE: his dad died dave was dead you never got in contact with him again
DAVESPRITE: real soon after that rose went missing didnt know what to do about that
DAVESPRITE: it was just me and you at skaianet trying to keep shit together for the rest of the world
DAVESPRITE: all until fish bitch took over
DAVESPRITE: and then
DAVESPRITE: you were gone too
DAVESPRITE: and there wasnt a single fucking thing i could about it(edited)
JADE: ...
JADE: or maybe you just decided im not good enough for you anymore
JADE: now that i know what i want
DAVESPRITE: thats a whole lot of assumptions to make
DAVESPRITE: point is
DAVESPRITE: i wasnt going to let it happen again
DAVESPRITE: i came here to try again
DAVESPRITE: and ill keep tryin
DAVESPRITE: til theres nothing left of me to try for you anymore
DAVESPRITE: so hey i guess that makes two of us
DAVESPRITE: knowing what we want
JADE: g...rrr... JADE: rrrrRrRrRRrrr!!!
JADE: -her hands rise, clasping the sides of her head and fistfuls of wild dark hair, her growls almost pained in her throat before they rise, furious.-
JADE: BARK!!!!!
DAVESPRITE: -hangs onto the coat pocket as she bark. Then reaches up to pat at her with a bird claw.-
DAVESPRITE: can i come up
JADE: you...!!!
JADE: -She can't stop growling, and all the things in her say OBEY, and her hand twitches until it's abruptly in her pocket, and because it's Jade, because it's still her, the first thing she thinks to do is wrap her hand around the tiny sprite and throw him.-
DAVESPRITE: -promptly flung and none too gently. Gravity isn't a thing he should worry about and with his equalibrium balancing out... he hovers back up in the air. A small ball of light some good distance away, eyes trained on her.-
DAVESPRITE: cant fight it on your own jade even i cant tell you to do that
DAVESPRITE: but i still want to stay with you
DAVESPRITE: til we see this to the end
JADE: RRRRRRRRR...!
JADE: -she's flashing and surging bright rays of green, and she thinks about things she hasn't for a while. SUBMIT, says her brain.-
JADE: im going to find a way to kill you
DAVESPRITE: i know what i signed up for jade -in a small pulse of orange light, Davesprite's form shifts back to his former height. Wings raised and watchful of her movements.-
DAVESPRITE: im here til then
DAVESPRITE: eye on the prize
DAVESPRITE: not for anyone but you
DAVESPRITE: lets go
JADE: rrr stop kidding yourself davesprite!!
JADE: youre not my dave and im NOT your jade!!!
DAVESPRITE: -his heart seems to pound, high with emotion he couldn't articulate. But still DS presses on, despite the way she snaps and snarls at him.- youre the jade im here for no matter how you slice it
DAVESPRITE: my jades gone shes not coming back and i never saw that coming
DAVESPRITE: she didnt
DAVESPRITE: she never got to say what she wanted
DAVESPRITE: but i do
DAVESPRITE: im not letting that happen to you again
JADE: i!! dont!! CARE!!!!!!
JADE: -Despite the words, the emotion is clearly high in her as well -- conflict, rage... but something more beneath it all. She lunges for him from the rooftop, like there isn't stories between them and the ground.-
DAVESPRITE: -lunges if she wants, Davesprite swings in the air only to fly at her. Fully intending to collide with her midair.-
JADE: -WELL SHE CERTAINLY CAN'T STOP THEIR MOMENTUM. She's going to straight up tackle him in the air.-
JADE: -DOOF!!! It would almost be hilarious if it weren't so terrible.-
DAVESPRITE: -secures arms around her as they spin in the air. All squawks and feathers and barks. DOOF IS CORRECT. Even with the force, Davesprite holds her. Burying himself with her as if he's truely afraid she'll fall. Wings flap.-
JADE: -But she doesn't. For just a moment or two, they cling together in the air, and then the bright green shocks back to life.-
JADE: -All around them is blackness and the scattered brightness of stars.-
JADE: -And then she shoves him away from her, disappearing in the same glimmer of light they came through together and leaving him in the void alone.-
DAVESPRITE: -a million miles away from Earth, he can still feel the thread of connection. She had the pendant. He would find his way back to her when she needed him to. But until then, Davesprite lets himself float. Wishing he could close his eyes and sleep.-











