Library [06/13]

[furnaceface]

The books were more or less in a state of half-decent organization, with the exception of whatever happened to look interesting in the mechanics section, today. Pearl Jam was playing relatively quietly on the stereo, and the faint odour of burning sulphur drifted lazily throughout the library as today's library aide contented himself to sit at the desk and read.

Must be a Sunday.

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Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

//Gremlins, vegetables, things like that?// Jono looked her way for a moment, and then directed his gaze toward the ceiling. //They're just... things that happen, from time to time. Sometimes, invasions of the island are big and horrible and dangerous, and other times... Well, you wake up with yer trousers giving you the evil eye because you haven't had the opportunity to get them to a dry cleaner in a few days.//

Look, you didn't just throw leather pants into the washing machine.

//The vegetables were pretty much what they sound like. Tomatoes, cucumber, what have you, all trying to eat us.// He shrugged. //The gremlins were something like Fandom's garden variety, on steroids, with worse teeth and a greater inclination to use them.//

Re: Talk to Jono!

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

Somehow, she thought that asking anyone for explanations was going to lead to this sort of a headache.

Rosalind would rather a headache about this though than anything else.

"I take it that happened to you? With the trousers?"

She? She had been lucky. She'd done her laundry the night before.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

//Not just the trousers,// Jono sighed, making a point to eyeroll quite dramatically, indeed.

Look, when you were on fire, it didn't take much for your bandages to pick up an odour of their own. And on days when your dirty laundry came to life...

Well, it was a good thing that Jono didn't need to breathe.

//I can do without Fandom Island's more absurd moments, I suppose. But I'll take them over my girlfriend panicking in th'fog and screaming 'monster' at me in a heartbeat.//

Re: Talk to Jono!

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

Rosalind was silent for a moment.

"I can understand that."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

And from there, it was Jono's turn to be silent for a moment.

//Problem you have frequently, is it?//

Re: Talk to Jono!

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

"Not quite the same way you would, I assume," she said, brushing by him.

But her suit brought its own haters. Rosalind was good at ignoring them.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

Jono was... far less skilled at ignoring the haters, it seemed.

//You assume,// he sighed, turning to watch her. //Is there anything else you wanted to know about?//

Re: Talk to Jono!

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

"That," she said, and was she smiling slightly? Yes, she was. Too bad he couldn't see that. "Would take a million years."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

//Well, I don't happen to have a million years,// Jono noted, //but as I said before, Sundays are one of th'slow days, here. School library, and all. I'm sort of like a captive font of information to prod at as you will.//

He also liked to prattle on when he could just as easily have said that he wasn't in a hurry to get back to work.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

If she'd been the type to laugh easily, Rosalind might've there.

"If you want company," she said dryly, oh so dryly. "You could ask."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

If it got any more dry in here, there could very well be vultures circling overhead.

In this library, Jono would not have been surprised.

//That was asking, Sunshine.//

Re: Talk to Jono!

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

For the first time since she'd found out she died in one universe, Rosalind huffed a laugh.

"There was no question," she pointed out. "I can't call that asking."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

//Well, if you want to be technical about it...// Jono rolled his eyes once again, but this time it was in relatively good spirits. //I don't actually mind having people about to carry on conversation with, now and again.//

A pause.

//Just don't let word get out about that, or people might never leave me alone. After all, I've got such a charming personality, and all.//

Re: Talk to Jono!

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

"I can keep a secret," she said loftily. "Though I suppose only time will convince you of that."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

//Time,// Jono agreed, //and, if you're not too opposed, perhaps letting me play some music again.//

A pause.

//Quietly. It's absolute silence that drives me up a bloody wall.//

Re: Talk to Jono!

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

"Quietly ought to be manageable," she allowed. "Gods know we do not need more reason to go insane."