Library [08.01]

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The library was open, and Jonothon was... busy.

There were books to... sort. And things to... do.

Busy. Yes.

[Ooooooooooopen.]

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For those who don't want to mess with the... busy... guy.

Talk to Jono

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Who, okay, might not be totally busy, what with spending about half of his shift with his face down on the desk.

That totally wasn't much different from any other Sunday, though.

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[living_endless]

And Didi coming in midway through the morning wasn't much different from every other Sunday, either. Even if there was something a little sadder in her eyes than was normally there.

"Hey," she said gently. "Getting a lot of work done?"

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[furnaceface]

//Plenty,// Jono agreed. And then, as if to demonstrate, he lifted his forehead off of the desk, reached out a hand, and repositioned a book, about three inches to the left of where it had been sitting on the desk before.

Hard at work, that Jonothon.

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[living_endless]

Didi just looked at him. "Wow," she said. "It might end up all the way off the counter, if you keep that up. I'm impressed."

The tone was more sympathetic than the words suggested.

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[furnaceface]

//I'm pacing myself,// Jono replied, looking up from where he'd fixed his gaze in order to meet Didi's eyes. //Don't want t'do too much all at once. Might run out of work before th'day's through.//

That wasn't terribly likely, really.

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[living_endless]

"Then you'd have to study,"Didi said, pirouetting to pick a book from a shelving cart. She kept talking as she read the cover. "You could become an expert on .... extinct birds of South America. Oh, that's just sad."

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[furnaceface]

//It rather is, isn't it?//

Jono stared at the book for a moment, and then shrugged and held out his hand for it.

//Might as well give it here, luv. If nothing else, it ought to have pretty pictures.//

Of beautiful animals that the world would never again see. Yes, that would perk him right up again in no time, certainly.

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[give-areason.livejournal.com]

Rosalind, of course, listened to radio.

And while the radio was occasionally misleading, she highly doubted they'd gotten something as important as the failure of the healing to stick. Which left Rosalind in a bit of a quandary.

She could attempt sympathy. Or she could be herself.

...

Being Rosalind, it should hardly be a surprise what she chose.

"The books," she snarked mildly, "are not pillows."

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[furnaceface]

In response to that, Jono was going to sit up. Sit up, and eye her for what had to be a full thirty seconds before reaching out with one hand, swiping the books out of his way, and then leaning forward to thump his forehead directly on the desk.

... Ow.

//There. All better.//

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[give-areason.livejournal.com]

Rosalind's eyebrows arched. She supposed she should have expected that.

That would not stop her from leaning over and attempting to swat him (lightly) on the back of his head since he was so kind to present it to her.

"And desks," she continued, "are for working."

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[furnaceface]

//I am working,// Jono protested, his shoulders bunching a little with the light thumping that he'd received. //Very hard. On keeping th'desk warm.//

He was, for whatever reason, very well-equipped for that particular job.

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[give-areason.livejournal.com]

"It's hot outside," she pointed out. "And hot inside. The desk is surely warm enough on it's own."

Her tone said 'try harder, Jono'.

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[trigons_child]

Raven knew where to find Jono on Sundays, but she was hesitant, not knowing if he wanted to see her. She wouldn't blame him or Didi if they hated her now, though of course she hoped that wasn't the case. Still. Nervous. And filled with guilt and sorrow that she hadn't been able to heal him like she thought she would be able to.

"Jono?" she called quietly as she slipped into the library.

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[furnaceface]

Raven had managed to catch him in one of his rare moments of productivity today. If, by 'productivity,' you were referring to 'deliberating if he should bother harvesting his pineapple in Farmville.'

... Look, any distraction that a guy could get, at this point...

//Raven,// he acknowledged, reaching forward to flick off the monitor and swiveling around in his chair to face her. //I...// Well, there went most of his vocabulary, all at once. //Hey.//

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[trigons_child]

"If you are busy, I can go," she offered, giving him an out if he didn't want to talk to her. "But I wished to see how you were doing."

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[furnaceface]

//No,// Jono replied, crossing his arms over his chest. //I'm not busy.//

He didn't want an out. Not to this. They had to talk eventually. It might as well be now.

//I'm... no worse than I was. Disappointed. But... But not in you. I have t'make sure you understand that. I'm not disappointed in you.//

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[trigons_child]

"You should be," Raven said, blinking furiously to keep back tears. "I made you a promise and I could not keep it."

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[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

A chipper Kurt bamfed into existence on a bookshelf behind Jono, carrying a large sack filled with all different kinds of candy. "Hey Jonothan!" he shouted excitedly. "I've got --"

Oh.

"OH."

After a two-second stopover in his cabin alcove to stash the sack, Kurt teleported in front of the desk. "Hey," he said sadly, frowning in sympathy. "...Hey."

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[furnaceface]

//Hey,// Jono echoed, mildly, keeping his eyes on the desk for a moment before actually looking up.

Still blue. That almost got something not unlike a smile out of him all on its own.

//This just means more for you, right?//

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[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

"No, this just means life isn't FAIR," Kurt grumbled. "What kind of power IS that?!?! It's not like Amara ever gets burnt!" He sighed. "Hey, it could be worse, right? You could be blue and furry."

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[furnaceface]

//I'd take blue and furry over never kissing my girlfriend again,// Jono replied, shrugging. Dismissively. He was fine, damn it. Really. //Or breathing. Or singing. Or eating. Or talking. Or laughing... I can't make this go away with a fancy wristwatch. Or with supernatural healing, apparently.//

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[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

Kurt sighed. He didn't know what to say, and didn't want to end up sticking his foot in his mouth. "Yeah, but... at least you got the chance, right? And we're never going to have easy lives." He poked idly at one of the books on the desk. "I'm starting to think that maybe God has a sick sense of humor."

Talk to the Librarian

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When he pings in, naturally.

OOC

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I cannot brain. I has the dumb.