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[bloodyrockgod]

Normally when these two talk, it's the gardener counselling and comforting the musician.

Odd to see it the other way around. But there are times even a god needs to vent.



[ooc: your friend and mine, the multi-pup post. just let me know who you want.]

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[lvpd_sidle]

"I'd offer a punching bag, Jack, but I don't think that'd help, would it?"

[jack_inthegreen]

"Not this time, dearest," he says without his usual merriment.

[lvpd_sidle]

"Has anything changed since yesterday?"

[jack_inthegreen]

"The Rider and I had words earlier."


[ooc: in an in-progress OOM, so he's not going to say much else about it yet.]

[lvpd_sidle]

[ooc: Gotcha.]

"I see."

[jack_inthegreen]

Jack's hands are always doing something--drawing, carving, eating, playing, caressing--but now they are still.

He has never looked so defeated.

"The world is too much with us," he says simply.

[lvpd_sidle]

She covers his hands with one of hers, but remains silent.

Sometimes, it's best to let the other party speak without interruption.

[jack_inthegreen]

"I don't know what's going to happen," Jack says after a moment. "It's all a fog, as if it doesn't exist. When the future's that unsettled--"

He reaches over to run his hand over Georgia's hair--the baby is curled up in Charlie's arms, quite comfortable.

Jack's theory that they're good for each other is holding up.

[lvpd_sidle]

"We'll make it through this. All of us."

Anything else isn't acceptable.

"I wish I could help."

[jack_inthegreen]

Jack closes his eyes.

"I would not place you in such danger."

[lvpd_sidle]

"I know. But the urge to protect family goes both ways."

[jack_inthegreen]

He smiles wearily. "I know. But you must understand--she's more powerful than any being I've encountered, more devious, more dangerous, and when I look at her all I see is decay."

[lvpd_sidle]

"I know."

She could see that much on his face. And Jack does not lie.

[jack_inthegreen]

"So you see, don't you, that I want my family nowhere near here. And my family is . . . well. Everyone."

[lvpd_sidle]

"Not all of us have that choice. I didn't mean to come here tonight." She shrugs. "And the door appeared.

"But I can promise to be gone from here when it all goes down, assuming you can get out a warning."

[jack_inthegreen]

He nods. "We may. I'm going to send Charlie to Las Vegas to tell you to stay away, if we do."

Charlie nods, solemn.

[lvpd_sidle]

"I'll keep an eye out, and I know Gil will as well."

[jack_inthegreen]

"Yes." He sighs. "I think I may welcome winter. A chance to rest . . ."

[lvpd_sidle]

"Understandable. But we will miss you."

[jack_inthegreen]

He leans his head on his hands, smiling a tired smile. "I will miss all of you, too. My awareness is . . . less, during the winter."