[ outside is a blessing. and eventually jonas realizes he has to go home, so he wanders his way back to the warehouses with the dying dredges of a cigarette and shoulders hunched a little.
but he nods his head at valerie as he passes. ]
You know, we really have to stop meeting like this. [ it's a dry, dry joke, but it's all he's got. ]
[ there's a little flare of something like suppressed amusement. like he knows it's not funny but the kind of amused when you don't have a lot of feelings about anything. ]
You know what I mean. [ a glance at the warehouses. ] Still weird to think of it like that, but I guess that's not wrong. Not really the place I'd picture coming back to after a long day though.
Be faster next time. [ a joke without much heat either. but the emotions attached are slightly more amused. ] Bed's been Alex's. Setsu and Kazuki just recently realized we have a pull-out under it so...think Setsu's taking that and Kazuki and I trade between the couch and floor.
Yes and no? Company's not bad for one thing. It's not...necessarily better than home. But things were a little complicated back there, too. They were starting to settle before we got here.
[ use your words valerie, jonas isn't too hard pressed about it.]
Bigger space. People aren't so bad. [ a joke follows: ] Pay a lot less for things, too.
[ but he realizes this still explains nothing. ]
...I'd just moved right before coming here. I hadn't even really settled in there yet before Alex and I died, or whatever this is. The move was for the better, it was everything before that that wasn't so great.
I don't know. It's just...really different from everything else we were talking about.
But... [ sighs ] I mean, I was just going to school, working my job, and hunting ghosts. That was pretty much it. Well, up until pretty recently, anyway.
It's not that different when you started this by asking about our bed situation. [ ... ] And it's better than thinking about the shitshow we just spent nine hours working out.
[ but he pauses as he thinks that over. ]
But okay. Totally normal stuff. [ dry. ] I still don't really get your whole ghost hunting thing, to be honest. Not exactly something people just fall into, right?
Ghost boy and his dog made my dad lose his job, made us lose the house, and made me lose everything else I had left. Then I got given a bunch of ghost hunting gear and went out to get back at him for it.
[ there's a bit of a shift in her emotions as she recounts it--it starts out with the tiniest, dullest spark of anger, like an old hurt she's come to terms with, but by the end, her feelings are distinctly...uncomfortable. ]
[ interesting. his emotions flicker to something a little more like curiosity before swinging wildly back over to something calm again. he can sense the discomfort though, and he decides to back off a bit. ]
Classic revenge story. Respectable. [ distantly. ] Or, I guess, understandable at least.
[ he doesn't ask if she's succeeded, if only because she seems uncomfortable with the subject. ]
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but he nods his head at valerie as he passes. ]
You know, we really have to stop meeting like this. [ it's a dry, dry joke, but it's all he's got. ]
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We live here.
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You know what I mean. [ a glance at the warehouses. ] Still weird to think of it like that, but I guess that's not wrong. Not really the place I'd picture coming back to after a long day though.
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Believe it or not I've lived worse places. This could almost be considered an upgrade. Roomy, at least.
[ somehow it's easier to talk to her about dumb bullshit than focus on the days events just yet. he'll get there, but...not yet. ]
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Two of us have beds, and then we have a couch and the pile of blankets on the floor.
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[ said without any actual anger. ]
Is one of the beds yours?
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Yes and no? Company's not bad for one thing. It's not...necessarily better than home. But things were a little complicated back there, too. They were starting to settle before we got here.
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So what parts are better than home?
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Bigger space. People aren't so bad. [ a joke follows: ] Pay a lot less for things, too.
[ but he realizes this still explains nothing. ]
...I'd just moved right before coming here. I hadn't even really settled in there yet before Alex and I died, or whatever this is. The move was for the better, it was everything before that that wasn't so great.
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...yeah, we don't get a whole lot of money, but we don't have to pay for most stuff either. So that's...nice. And it is bigger than home.
[ she can't really comment on the people. ]
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...Valerie let me ask you something. What were you doing with your life before you got here?
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What? Where's this coming from?
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Why is that so weird to be asking?
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But... [ sighs ] I mean, I was just going to school, working my job, and hunting ghosts. That was pretty much it. Well, up until pretty recently, anyway.
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[ but he pauses as he thinks that over. ]
But okay. Totally normal stuff. [ dry. ] I still don't really get your whole ghost hunting thing, to be honest. Not exactly something people just fall into, right?
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[ the way he says it indicates he doesn't mind either way if she tells or not. ]
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[ there's a bit of a shift in her emotions as she recounts it--it starts out with the tiniest, dullest spark of anger, like an old hurt she's come to terms with, but by the end, her feelings are distinctly...uncomfortable. ]
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Classic revenge story. Respectable. [ distantly. ] Or, I guess, understandable at least.
[ he doesn't ask if she's succeeded, if only because she seems uncomfortable with the subject. ]
...sorry to hear that's how it started though.
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