Library [09/19]

[furnaceface]

Today, Jonothon could already tell, was going to be one of those days in the library.

Not really a bad one, no. Just a weird one. And not in really big, terrible ways, either. Just in subtle, strange ones. Or, rather, one subtle, strange one in particular.

//I put you away. I've put you away twelve times. And I know we bloody well don't have that many copies of you.//

The book sat there, innocently. Watching. Waiting.

Jonothon shook his head and walked away. Ten minutes later, when he looked again, the book wasn't there. No, it was perched happily in his seat, instead.

//I hate you.//

The library is, of course, open.

Comments

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

Apparently, that answer was good enough for Jonothon, because he nodded a little, and then leaned back against the desk.

//True enough. I probably would have at least aimed for a gig at Caritas.//

Re: Talk to Jono!

[ashockingbitch]

"There's liquor there," Jenny said, like the presence of liquor made it automatically a better option, which, let's face it, it did.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

//Audiences are so much more forgiving wherever there's liquor,// Jono agreed. //They're also a little freer with their wallets.//

Which was always night right around the time of night where you pointed to your open guitar case, because the pub you were playing in was too cheap to actually have paid entertainment.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny deliberately understood because she was annoying like that: "Picking pockets, Mr. Starsmore?"

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

//Only on th'very rare occasion that I think I won't get caught,// Jono decided, mostly joking. Really, on the very long list of stupid things he used to do for extra quid, picking pockets was probably nowhere near the top. //I'll leave yer pockets out of this, though. I'm really quite thoughtful that way.//

Re: Talk to Jono!

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny really wasn't the wisest target for pickpocketing, being a walking taser and all. "So," she said, kicking the book away again and changing the subject, "D'you know a William Murdoch? He might be new." Judging from the tab he'd racked up, that was her first guess, anyway.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

Jono headtilted a bit, scratching at his shin for a moment with his boot, and then casually put his foot down. On top of the book.

Take that, Giraffes.

//I've met him ones. He came in asking about medical journals his first weekend in. He is new, yes.//

Re: Talk to Jono!

[ashockingbitch]

"He owes me money," Jenny said. "A lot of money. Ariel let him buy clothes on IOU."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

Ah, yes. And now the conversation had gone full circle from Jenny's insane little sibling right around to Jonothon's.

//She... really has no concept of commerce, does she?// He shook his head a bit. //Th'things that gel will do for a pretty face.//

Re: Talk to Jono!

[ashockingbitch]

"I also had some blonde girl complaining that Ariel was demanding kisses before she'd sell clothes." Not that Jenny had cared. "Right now I'm just concerned with getting money from this Murdoch character."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

//Well, if I spot him, I'll be certain to let you know where he's at,// offered Jono. //Or I suppose I could put those pickpocketing talents of mine to use...//

The pickpocketing skills that he really didn't have. It was hard to snatch things from people's pockets unnoticed when you smelled like a burning junkyard.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[ashockingbitch]

Yeah, Jenny didn't think he'd have much success with that, but, "I'd appreciate it. Stealing from him might be a little too subtle, though."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

//Well, I'd offer to pick him up by his ankles and shake him until th'contents of his pockets falls out, but I think I've got a bit of bodybuilding t'do before I can even attempt that,// he mused.

It was... A bit of an understatement. Jonothon was built not unlike a rake.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny smiled. "That was my first idea. Maybe between the two of us we could manage it."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

//One for each ankle?// Actually, it did sound like fun... //Why not? It would be something to do, at least.//

Also, productive. And probably not terribly legal.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[ashockingbitch]

Hey, that was her money. It was like being debt collectors, only they weren't in the mob.

...that book was back.

"Brilliant," Jenny said, shooting it a wary look. "I'm going to...get out of here and get away from that thing." That probably wasn't going to work the way she hoped.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

//Best of luck to you, luv. I've been trying to shake it all morning.//

All it wanted was to be loved! Loved, Jenny!