JGOB- Wednesday evening

[solo_sword]

While the past couple days had been easier than Jaina had thought they would be, she'd come to a disturbing little realization: she hadn't actually been alone for over a year. Even when she'd been the only one in the room, Zekk had always been close enough to share thoughts. Or when he was too far to share direct thoughts, she'd still had the Colony. And while said realization sort of bothered her, it also meant that her quiet little apartment bothered her more.

At least until the new bugs moved in, and hadn't stopped with the damn music. They had no idea what she meant when she kept throat clicking at them to stop, either, or else they didn't care. There was still no temptation to squish, but there was a desperate need to get out of that apartment and get somewhere sane. So she'd headed to JGOB with her datapad, got herself a pastry and something to drink, and parked herself in a window seat for ease of escape in case she heard anything even slightly French Canadian.

Anyone who accused her of humming was getting hit.

[Open, and she could totes use distractions.]

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[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"So you're back for like two days and you're already working?" Rose asked, wandering up to Jaina's table.

It seemed that sitting by the window meant that people could see in as well as being an easy route.

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"Working would be nice," Jaina said, grinning when she saw her and standing up. "Hey. You're getting a hug." She was giving them out like candy this week.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Hugs. Rose could deal with hugs, and she hugged Jaina tightly, kinda surprised that she actually was back.

"I can totally deal with a hug," she decided. "I missed you. Have you gotten sick of people saying you look old...er?"

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Jaina hugged her back just as tightly and if she rubbed her forearms over Rose's back at all, it was totally an old habit. "As long as you don't say I'm a cougar, we're fine," she said. "It's been a while."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose pulled back, tilting her head a little. "I dunno. I could see it. Better a cougar than totally ugly and gross."

[solo_sword]

"W-" Oh hey, not a great use of 'we' here. "I have it on good authority that I'm still hot, but still. It's still nice to see you aside from the cougar thing."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Good to see you too," she agreed, sitting down at the table across from Jaina. "How long were you gone? Who's the good authority? John?"

[solo_sword]

Settling back into her seat, she admitted, "Uh. Chuck, actually. It counts. I haven't seen John yet, but it's been five years so I'm not sure how that's going to go..." Not that she was nervous about running into him or anything.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Totally counts," Rose decided. She made a face. "He's a goober, why wouldn't it go good? So...damn, seriously? Five years? Why'd you come back?"

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Jaina took a deep breath. "It's a long story, but... We fought a war alongside insects and now we're not liked much. That's the short and simple version."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

She wrinkled her nose, trying to follow that. "You fought with the bugs?"

Ew. Bugs should be stomped on.

[solo_sword]

"They're an insectoid species, and if we didn't, they were going to be wiped out. Therefore, we fought with the bugs," she said. "It's not gross."

It was totally gross. Like really really gross.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"I'm so taking your word for that," she said slowly. She got the whole protection angle, but ...bugs. Again with the ew. "So people don't like you cause you didn't stomp on 'em?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

In need of a quiet place to read that wasn't his dorm room for once, Bruce stopped at the bakery and ordered a bagel to justify taking up a seat.

When he saw Jaina, he had to take a moment to decide if she actually looked a bit older or if it was somebody else who just looked like an older version of her. "Jaina?" he asked. "How are you doing tonight?"

He was pretty sure it was her, but only because he hadn't really had to deal with Fandom look-alikes yet.

[solo_sword]

There was a face she hadn't seen in a while. "Bruce," she said, smiling. "Doing good, so far. How've you been?"

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

So, it was her. "Not bad, aside from last weekend. But at least it kept things fresh and new."

[solo_sword]

"Ahh, you got sucked through that rift thing, too?" she guessed. "That's been the big talk of the week."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, one of them. Underwater cities aren't as much fun as you might expect," Bruce deadpanned.

He had never heard of Otoh Gunga, otherwise he probably wouldn't have joked about the horrors of underwater cities.

[solo_sword]

"Was yours the one with the meathook kid?" Jaina wondered.

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. He got better pretty quickly, though," Bruce said. "One of the bright points of Fandom: we have healers. You didn't have to deal with any of this stuff?"

[solo_sword]

"I was just gone for five years," she replied. "Got back right after, missed all the fun."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"How does that work? Compressed timeline?" Bruce asked. "Or just time travel?"

[solo_sword]

"Got stranded at home, and five years passed in two weeks," she explained. "Time just likes kriffing with me in various ways, some peripheral, some firsthand."

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"Remind me to stay far, far away from wherever your home is," Bruce said. (http://www.instantrimshot.com)

[solo_sword]

"Do I need to remind you?" she wondered.