Library, [12/12]

[furnaceface]

To say that Jono was tired after a night and a day in the Labyrinth was a bit of an understatement. In fact, to say that he was still slightly dishevelled as he made his way into the library today was also way too understated to be remotely accurate.

He looked like crap. More than usual, even. But he had... obligations. To come in and clean up the results of a week of hectic research. And so, while he succeeded in at least wrapping his bandages straight this morning, he managed, still, to look like somebody who had been beaten up by a minotaur after sleeping on the ground outside in December.

Good times. Good times.

Really, it wouldn't be so bad if his hair wasn't sticking up in odd directions like that. He found himself looking a little bit like Wolverine.

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Mod your library!

[furnaceface]

Because you have common sense and reason, and possibly doubts that you can get much help today from a mutant hobo.

Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

Who is trying to rock the 'hasn't slept properly in days' look, and is mostly failing. Miserably.

Generally, he's better at this.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[trigons_child]

Raven had finally reemerged from the netherverse, feeling more back in control. Sensing Karla and Bobby's return helped -- and Jono, of course -- and she showered and changed and abused eyeliner and did her best to look normal. Her eyes were blue again at least. And her father was quiet.

Knowing where Jono would be on a Sunday, she headed to the library. She frowned a little at his appearance, immediately reaching out with her gifts to make certain he wasn't injured at all. "Good morning, Jono," she said as she slipped into the library.

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[furnaceface]

//Morning, Raven,// Jono replied, looking up from the stack of books that he'd gathered up from the tables around the room. He didn't have any injuries, except for a few slightly bruised ribs that he was vehemently ignoring, but he did still manage to feel something like the walking dead. //How're you doing, luv?//

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[trigons_child]

"I am well, but you are hurt," Raven said, moving more quickly to his side. It wasn't bad, but still, it called out to her. "Please, let me heal you." As if Jono would expect any other response out of her.

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[furnaceface]

//It isn't anything worth worrying about,// protested the guy who had far worse injuries all up the front of him. //Little stiff, maybe a little sore. It'd just be a waste of yer time, Sunshine.//

He wasn't going to admit it aloud, but a few aches were actually somewhat welcome, when contrasted to all of that nothing that he tended to feel, otherwise.

//I was... one of th'people who went in, the other day.//

He felt like he had to get that out in the open, up-front, considering how he'd also promised that he wasn't going to risk having his powers cut off by going inside.

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[trigons_child]

"Healing you is never a waste of my time," Raven scolded gently. "And...I know. I felt you disappear." She looked away, biting at her lip. She'd felt a lot of people vanish from her empathic radar all at once before she'd retreated into the netherverse, hating that she couldn't be there to help them.

"But you are back now, all of you, and that is what matters," she added softly. "I am glad you are all safe now." Though it was taking a lot of effort for her not to just fling her arms around him now.

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[furnaceface]

Jono nodded a little, and then shrugged his shoulders lightly, holding his arms open toward her.

Even he could use a hug, right about now.

//Had to do it. There wasn't any time to really... think about it.//

And he hadn't died! That had been pretty awesome, considering.

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[trigons_child]

Raven turned back to move her arms around him, hugging him as tightly as she could while avoiding his bruised ribs. "I understand," she murmured against his shoulder. "I wish I could have been there to aid you and the others.

She lifted her head and raised one hand to try to smooth back his hair. "You need rest," she said.

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[furnaceface]

//Probably,// Jonothon agreed. He really couldn't deny that much, no. //I've been shite at sleeping lately, though.//

Too many nightmares. Too much thinking to do while he was still awake. Between one and the other, he'd be tempted to start self-medicating for that, if it wasn't for the fact that the only means he really had for doing so was to start beating himself upside the head with a cast-iron frying pan.

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[trigons_child]

"Let me help you," Raven said. "I can watch over your sleep, and make certain it is restful." She couldn't banish her own nightmares, but she could certainly still ease another's.

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[furnaceface]

It might have said a great deal about how tired Jono was that he actually took a moment to consider that.

//And can you do that in yer own sleep?//

A restful night at the cost of somebody else's almost seemed to defeat the purpose, at least to him.

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[trigons_child]

"I do not require much sleep," Raven said. "And I do not mind staying awake to help -- especially for you." She leaned in to try to kiss him, warm and gently.

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[angelo_wings]

Rinoa's plans for the next day or two were, generally, A: lay around doing nothing, and B: see A, but it was Jono's day at the library, and she felt she owed him an update. So that merited a trip down.

Much nicer without a bog of stink-doom in the way, she had to add.

"Hey," she said, fiddling with her rings and giving him a quick nod.

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[furnaceface]

//Rinoa, luv.// Jono gave her a little nod as she spoke. //How did things work out for you?//

He liked to get right to the point, so sue him.

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[angelo_wings]

"Really well," Rinoa said. She'd slept last night. They'd found Squall. She hadn't used her powers, at least, not the dark depths of them.

Yes, she had cast Meteor on a few goblins as she left. That she could manage without losing control.

"I ... wanted to thank you," she continued. "For telling me about Professor Skywalker."

Who was responsible for a large part of the above.

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[furnaceface]

//He helped you, did he?// Jono tilted his head a little, looking her over. He was maybe a little proud that he'd even thought of Anakin. But then, considering who he was dating at the moment, it wasn't all that much of a surprise. //That's good to hear, luv. Everybody deserves that sort of peace of mind, right?//

If Anakin was the sort to deliver, Jono found himself momentarily wondering if perhaps he ought to follow his own advice, sometime.

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[angelo_wings]

"Right," she agreed, nodding quickly. "He put up a shield for me. It blocked out ... I don't know how to explain it. I still wanted to use my powers, but it was the parts of me that wanted to. It wasn't that strange, clawing need."

The one that, to be honest, had scared her.

"He even said ... if I come back to his office hours, he could help teach me how to do it for myself."

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[furnaceface]

//Teach a man to fish, hm?// Jono nodded a little, straightening out a few more books and then making faces at the scattered newspaper clippings that were still strewn about. //Are you going to take him up on that?//

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[angelo_wings]

"I think I will," she said. "It can't hurt. And if he didn't want me bothering him during office hours, then he shouldn't have offered in the first place."

Princess logic at its best.

"It feels like there should be a party," she added. "We saved the day, we got everyone back. But I think I'd rather sleep."

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[furnaceface]

//That'd make two of us,// Jono agreed. //You were one of th'ones on the team that went before ours, weren't you? I feel like I owe you some sort of thanks. The only real trouble we had getting in was th'trouble we took upon ourselves to get into.//

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[angelo_wings]

"I'm glad it went smoothly," she said. "We kept getting lost. I'm amazed we got anywhere in time to help. And then there was a detour, into the ... pits."

A scowl crossed her face. "We found some of them entirely by accident, down there. I suppose they'd angered him, somehow."

They had put Squall in a pit. In a dark hole in the ground and told him that no one wanted him, no one had ever cared. They had left him there. She didn't even know how long.

Had she known that when she had seen Mr. Tightpants, she would have torn out his lungs.

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[furnaceface]

Jono nodded a little.

//I'd noticed that there were a few missing, when we made it to th'throne room,// he replied. //How is he holding up?//

Yes, he'd noticed that Squall hadn't been there. He had been looking for him.

Talk to the Librarian!

[furnaceface]

Should he choose to come in today, anyhow. It was a crazy bloody week.

OOC!

[furnaceface]

I so, so very nearly shunned the OCD on principle today, but Jono wouldn't let me. Trufax.