( 009 ) video ✶ i can’t help my feelings i’ll go out of my mind

[unparental]

[ jenna could have sworn she was done with being the nearly thirty year old who still gets high in public. but rey had a really big bag. a really. big. bag.

smoking with a vampire is worse for weed hogging than bong hits with michael phelps, news at eleven. at least she's a bit more coherent than her comrades.

the posts starts without ceremony, various limbs belonging to ariadne and rey in the background. ]

All right, we-- [ she flings out an arm, gathering two separate 'oofs' ] have all been here since day one. Day one. And a guy gave Rey a huge bag of weed, and we're not leaving this room until it's all smoked, because this place is the worst second chance invented without the cast of Jersey Shore involved. Seriously--

Wait, what's Jersey Shore? [ that from ariadne. jenna stops, frowning. ]

It's-- Rey, help me out here.

[ rey shakes her head slowly, eyes lidded. ] Can't, I have the same question.

[ jenna wrinkles her nose. ] Okay, it's-- orange people, from New Jersey, who are apparently Italian but really not, and one of them likes pickles and another one peed in a corner of a bar. [ kanye shrug. ] It's classy, appointment TV.

[ after a moment and three equally 'but why' faces, jenna moves on as their self-appointed spokesman. ] Anyway, what happened to boring space? It was like 'oh, I can't find enough hair ties' not 'holy crap, monsters and doom and people leaving'. I liked space better five months ago.

Rey. Rey, Ari. Quick poll-- play along, viewers at home-- did you like space better five months ago.

[ give her a second, what was her point again? ] Right, and people should come help us. And bring food.

Mostly the food, but helping's cool too. Rey's sharing, but only if you come join us in the People's Republic of Berkeley.

[ which would be the common deck on floor one, for the record. ]

Disallowed are: yelling, fighting, non-consensual pantsing, DARE propaganda, and Fig Newtons. Anything else, come on in.


( ooc | SO REY HAS DECREED ALL WEED IS TO BE SMOKED IN THE PARTY ROOM feel free to say your character dropped by, action it out, whatever. all threads viewable to the stoners three by proximity, label it locked otherwise and maybe one of them rolled over or something.

also blue is ari, and green is rey. )

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[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

Precision is important.

[voice]

[unparental]

I said almost. Not exactly.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

In any case, I still fail to see how that supports your argument.

[voice]

[unparental]

I said what I meant to say-- almost a year. Which is actually a factually accurate statement. You would have just said eight months, which is just as correct only it's not what I wanted to say.

So: different, not wrong.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

Not...that argument. The argument regarding your use of those drugs.

[voice | locked]

[unparental]

Elena's gone, Edgeworth. And I like you, so I'm just-- trust me, not right now. You can talk about my life choices later, but right now it's too fresh for me to be anything even close to reasonable about it.

[voice | locked]

[jurisimpudent]

[A slight pause. Finally:]

Oh. I didn't know.

[voice | locked]

[unparental]

But now you do. [ a sort of sympathy there, as well as an implacable 'so for now, butt out'. ]

[voice | locked]

[jurisimpudent]

[His voice is awkward; his condolences come with uncertainty and difficulty.]

I am...sorry. For your loss. But is this going to...help you?

[voice | locked]

[unparental]

Long term? No. Unless we're talking actual medical need, getting high literally never solved anything except maybe a need to gain weight or get rid of all your snack food.

But right now, it did. [ past tense because holy buzzkill. ]

[voice | locked]

[jurisimpudent]

And then what is the point?

[voice | locked]

[unparental]

I felt happy for a while. And believe you me, I needed some happy. Knowing you're self-medicating doesn't make it healthy, but it does change the landscape a little.

...and honestly, I'm not sure I could become an addict if I tried. Vampire, remember?

[voice | locked]

[jurisimpudent]

There are more types of addiction than just chemical addiction, you know. One can also develop behavioral dependency.

[voice | locked]

[unparental]

Says the lawyer to the psych major.

If it ever gets to a point where I can't function without it, you have my permission to hold an intervention, complete with banner. Until then, I'm an adult. And even if the choices I make aren't the ones you would, they're still mine.

[voice | locked]

[jurisimpudent]

All right. But I'm making my opposition known now.

[Just like they told him to do when he was a little kid in DARE. In which he got a gold star and a commendation.]

[voice | locked]

[unparental]

And trust me, back in the real world? I'd agree with you.

...Thank you for respecting my space, by the way.

[ positive reinforcement will hopefully one day lead to manners. ]

[voice | locked]

[jurisimpudent]

[But he rather misinterprets "space."]

I rather doubt anyone would be pleased if I showed up to your party.

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[unparental]

[ holy not even what she meant but on that note: ]

Well, okay. I actually meant emotional space and adult space of having the right to make choices, but if we're going that way-- I would, so there's one. And if anyone else has an issue they can shut up about it, because this is my zen place and I will throw anyone making a fuss out.

I just didn't think you wanted to watch a bunch of burnouts eat chips and discuss bad tv, you're welcome to join us if you really want to.

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[jurisimpudent]

[Wait...What?]

But I don't partake of drugs or alcohol. Isn't that the point of...that?

[voice | locked]

[unparental]

And as long as you respect our choices and don't try and make any of us stop, so?

[voice | locked]

[jurisimpudent]

Is there not a phenomenon known as the "buzz-kill"?

[voice | locked]

[unparental]

Which is why if you're going to judge out loud, you probably shouldn't. But hey, as long as you leave us alone judge away in the privacy of your own mind.

[voice | locked]

[jurisimpudent]

But that would be quite dishonest. To sit there and think badly of all of you but pretend nothing is wrong - No. That's worse by far than criticizing you loudly.

[voice | locked] jenna is like /face in hands

[unparental]

Miles, honey? You just described what most of the world does all day. We call it 'being polite', usually.

[voice | locked] TEACH HIM YOUR WAYS OF BEING A NORMAL HUMAN, slash vampire I guess

[jurisimpudent]

I call it being underhanded. If I've an issue with someone, I tell them. I don't sit and...hate them silently. And I expect them to do the same for me.