[ oh, that part is. that's still the jackson she remembers. ]
yeah they explain that by being brought here we're kinda connected by our souls to the gods and that even when we die here the gods still kind of have that connection they need us here, in the city, so even when we die they bring our souls and our bodies back sometimes it takes a few hours, sometimes a few days, but that's usually how it works why?
I know you well enough to know that you wouldn't have messaged me unless you were really freaked out or really had to tell someone I also know you well enough to know that this question is complete bullshit because you know yourself well enough to know you wouldn't tell me shit but you don't have to know someone's backstory to know them and I knew you enough to trust you and I don't do that to just anyone so take that as you want
[ the delay's long enough to merit wondering whether he's planning on replying at all. but it's fair to say jo nailed it, and he needs to talk to someone - needs someone to make sure he's under control. if he can't ask scott to help him a second time, the options are slim. ]
this happened before. i started losing time and people died.
[ it's not what she's expecting, but at the same time, she's not surprised. for a moment she's hopeful that this isn't the talk jackson had wanted to have with her before, but at the same time... ]
do you know for you it's you?
[ she manages to make it into one text, but the time it takes for her to type this out... ]
[ he doesn't have an answer for the first part. the optimism's noted, and he appreciates it on some level, but he can't really muster it for himself. ]
relax. it wouldn't be the first time.
[ slightly dark, misplaced humor. it's extremely forced, but it's an attempt to make this less incredibly awkward for her. then, likewise barely making it into the same text: ]
[ she can appreciate the humor, there, though it's more of a pained sort of chuckle that it produces. not exactly what she wants to hear when it comes to jackson, or when he goes home. not at all.
but this is a different jackson. she has to remind herself of that. ]
oh yeah, definitely feeling relaxed
[ it's the thanks that honestly feels the most out of place, and she ends up shaking her head before she remembers he can't actually see her. ]
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Date: 2013-09-19 04:41 am (UTC)okay
what's wrong?
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Date: 2013-09-19 04:51 am (UTC)the people dying, they'll come back. that's how it works here, right?
[ if it's any comfort, he's clearly still not very good at talking. or explaining, at all. ]
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Date: 2013-09-19 05:00 am (UTC)yeah
they explain that by being brought here we're kinda connected by our souls to the gods
and that even when we die here the gods still kind of have that connection
they need us here, in the city, so even when we die they bring our souls and our bodies back
sometimes it takes a few hours, sometimes a few days, but that's usually how it works
why?
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Date: 2013-09-19 05:09 am (UTC)they'll all come back anyway. it doesn't really matter
[ less vague answers might be somewhere on the horizon. lack of sleep isn't really helping with the eloquence. ]
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Date: 2013-09-19 05:15 am (UTC)[ she's got nowhere else to be at ass o'clock so why not. ]
wow my inbox ate that tag
Date: 2013-09-19 06:17 am (UTC)i think i know what's happening.
wow rude inbox hdu
Date: 2013-09-19 04:45 pm (UTC)lmfao sorry jo
Date: 2013-09-19 06:30 pm (UTC)nothing.
never mind.
hahaha you think you're getting away with that
Date: 2013-09-22 03:36 pm (UTC)jackson
tell me
WELL IT WAS WORTH A TRY OK
Date: 2013-09-22 11:18 pm (UTC)you said you knew me.
do you? do actually know anything, or was it all just bullshit?
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Date: 2013-09-23 01:08 am (UTC)I also know you well enough to know that this question is complete bullshit because you know yourself well enough to know you wouldn't tell me shit
but you don't have to know someone's backstory to know them
and I knew you enough to trust you and I don't do that to just anyone
so take that as you want
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Date: 2013-09-23 07:57 pm (UTC)this happened before.
i started losing time and people died.
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Date: 2013-09-24 01:59 am (UTC)do you know for you it's you?
[ she manages to make it into one text, but the time it takes for her to type this out... ]
this time?
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Date: 2013-09-25 05:46 am (UTC)[ that's it. it's not a direct answer to her vague question, but the fact that he doesn't try to clarify or correct her might be enough. ]
would you kill me? if i asked you to do it.
[ not the heroic sacrifice it could be; he's clinging to the fact that people come back. ]
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Date: 2013-09-26 03:09 am (UTC)[ she's not saying it matters, either way, but maybe it does.
and then it's another 'takes quite some times before she can hit send' kind of texts. she doesn't want to. she really doesn't want to. but- ]
yes. if you asked
[ but only because he'd come back. and she could smack him upside the head for ever asking her to do it in the first place. ]
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Date: 2013-10-01 02:35 am (UTC)relax. it wouldn't be the first time.
[ slightly dark, misplaced humor. it's extremely forced, but it's an attempt to make this less incredibly awkward for her. then, likewise barely making it into the same text: ]
thanks.
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Date: 2013-10-01 05:53 am (UTC)but this is a different jackson. she has to remind herself of that. ]
oh yeah, definitely feeling relaxed
[ it's the thanks that honestly feels the most out of place, and she ends up shaking her head before she remembers he can't actually see her. ]
don't thank me yet