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Jessica Jones ([personal profile] assholic) wrote in [community profile] nysalogs2018-05-14 11:36 am

Normal is a lie we tell ourselves

Who: Jessica Jones ([personal profile] assholic) & OPEN
What: May catch-all
When: Early May to the end of May
Where: Wyver (home/city/arenas), the Space Station, the Wilds, possibly Khalo Village
Warning(s): As always, language. Will edit if needed. Edit: NSFW sex in thread w/Clark

She'd gone to the Coalition and surprise, surprise, no one had died. Well, not that she was aware of. Things seemed to be settling down into something less hostile. There were talks of diplomacy, and she'd heard of refugees starting some diplomatic guild or something, which she also trusted about as far as she could throw any of them in it. The Outpost was being turned into some sort of Swiss neutral zone, but it wasn't what she'd been hoping for.

Still, it was probably better than nothing. She'd limited her visits to Olympia, which had left her with time and the need to line her pockets with something other than those deliveries. She'd seen requests for finding things out in the wild, and while Jessica was definitely a city girl, she could at some points during May be found out in the wilds, looking for things to shove in a bag. She was also blowing off steam by continuing to fight in the arenas, though she'd been politely requested to step up a level, since the coordinators were aware that she was pulling her punches and taking easier fights instead of putting in any actual effort. Damn.

So, for May, Jessica can be found:
  • Wyver
    • Home - Chilling with Clark and possibly inviting people she knows over so someone will eat the food she's only nibbling on
    • City - She still goes to the pubs, still visits the marketplace, still goes to see what's available for her to do for time and money
    • Arena - Probably the easiest place for people to find her, as she's there more often than not, having 'things at home' she doesn't want to work through
  • Station
    • Pod Room - Checking up on those few she gives a shit about and the one she doesn't
    • Market - Spending some of what she's earned getting new jeans and a few bottles of stuff she can't get down on the planet
  • Wilds
    • Out and about trying to harvest flora, fauna, or whatever she comes across that she hasn't seen in the markets. This prompt is open for multiple instances and available for team hand-ins
  • Wildcard
    • Khalo Village - Someone could talk her into visiting there
    • Flona Cove - If anyone needs to just take a day and chill, it's her
    • Random - Something else in mind?

[Feel free to PM or PP me if you're not sure about something and would like to iron out the details, or if you'd like me to write up a specific starter.]
apricitous: (no glasses: heh that's fun)

wyver... for the moment

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
It was during dinner that he decided to bring it up. Perhaps it was his wandering feet, or perhaps it was some of the more unpleasant things they'd both encountered in Wyver. Given that Olympia hadn't been better for people he knew and cared about, it wasn't as if he saw that as an option. But a new place...

"So," he asks in between one bite and the next, "were you thinking of checking out that village?"
apricitous: (head turned)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
He agrees with a nod, because he can't disagree. But at the same time-

"And you want to have no idea what's there?"

He's just... saying. Usually, when he's unsure about something, he wants to know more about it, not less.

apricitous: (no glasses: sigh)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
He'd started opening his mouth to offer his reasoning for why a second hand account could be incredibly unhelpful, but then she continues and he closes it with a wry sort of nod and a bow of his head that says yes, that's him, 'weird super protection urge' and snooping and all.

Call it the journalist urge or the superhero urge, or even just plain old paranoia, but he doesn't like not knowing.

"I was thinking of going."
apricitous: (no glasses: hmm?)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Or see if you wanted to go," he admits as he starts picking at another piece. "I'd... prefer not to go alone. For obvious reasons. But I can ask someone else."

There's no hidden agenda in his tone. He isn't trying to convince her, or passive-aggressively indicating she should. He means every word.

He'd wanted to go with Jess but if she doesn't want to go, she doesn't want to go.
apricitous: (no glasses: sigh)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
His fork and knife are placed gently on the table. Not dropped, not clinked. Gently placed on the table.

"I asked you, Jess. And you don't have to go. I'm not... it's not a test."
apricitous: (no glasses: glancing)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
He waits while she puts her hands on her face before standing up and walking over, settling on one knee in front of her before reaching out a hand to take hers and entwine their fingers. He doesn't say anything, but he leans forward to press his lips to her hand before looking back up at her.

In and out, a faint squeeze to her hand.

"You're fine."
apricitous: (no glasses: sideways)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
"You know I can get mad," he points out, still mild, "you've seen it. And if I thought it was reasonable, I might be."

He shrugs as he looks up at her, his eyes clear.

"I'm not going to get upset at you for being scared. However that gets expressed."
apricitous: (no glasses: distant eyes)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
He isn't going to dismiss that, exactly, but he's also going to look up at her with a wry raise of an eyebrow. 'Me' doesn't discount the idea of being scared. What is jealousy, after all, but the fear of what someone else has and that it might be more than their own. It just also included angry and frustrated and unable to express those things in ways that didn't involve snapping at people.

"I know what you mean," is all he says to that. Because he does.

"But I'm not going to get upset at you for that."
apricitous: (no glasses: sideways)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
He leans in to press a kiss to their enjoined hands.

"Or maybe... I love who you are. Bitchiness and all."
apricitous: (no glasses: heh that's fun)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
The tackle gets a bright laugh as he lays himself out on the floor underneath her, arms down as he glances up. Well, she's got him where she clearly wants him. What's next, Jess?
apricitous: (no glasses: hmm?)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
She was certainly not too heavy for him. And he can't say he minds her on top of him. Quite the opposite.

"Well, it could be a new power. Haven't gotten one of those for a while."
apricitous: (no glasses: heh that's fun)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
He lets one of his hands slip back around to go to her hip. He can't help it. He likes touching her.

"I want to see what's there."

Even on the ground, he can shrug.
apricitous: (no glasses: shirtless)

[personal profile] apricitous 2018-05-15 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
He just nods.

Yes, yes he is.

And the little squeeze to her hip really is just random affection. He can't help it.

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