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

[ 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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[An immediate frown, but - ]

I would challenge him to prove it. If he proved it, then I'd accept it.

Okay-- so I challenge you to prove it.

[ aaaaaaaaaaaaaand trapped. mom logic rules the day. ]

[He takes in a breath, then swallows.]

I, ah...Well. That's...I don't think that's...anything you want me to go into.

What would you say to Neal, if he said that?

[ not judging, just geeeeeeeently leading. ]

That...in that case, I could not accept his argument as valid.

And so?

[ come on miles, one more itty bitty little step. ]

And so the argument would become moot.

Which means?

[ OKAY MAYBE ONE MORE STEP. ]

That we could not come to any sort of conclusion; in the absence of data, nothing can be done.

Miles.

[ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand mom voice again. ]

That is all that can be said! That it is inconclusive! In any case, I rather doubt that fool has anything to even talk about.

Do you want me to say it?

[ she's still not judging, just asking. man, the 'how to handle recalcitrant patients' lectures are coming in handy these days. ]

Edited 2012-09-13 05:58 (UTC)

Since I don't know what you're going to say, you will have to.

You're being a hypocrite, Miles. You wouldn't accept an excuse like that from someone else without proof, but instead of admitting that or just talking to me, you're getting defensive and dodging around the issue.

...I'm not mad at you, okay? And you're not wrong, but by your standards if I see you acting in a way I think you could improve, I should say something.

[ tl;dr what's good for the goose better be good for the gander. ]

[It's clear from his voice he's not happy with that.]

I simply...I'm not...I do know things, you know. I'm not like other people my age.

I know you do, sweetie.

[ she will slowly indoctrinate him to the first and nicknames thing. someday when he's not already too annoyed to focus on that, it'll happen. ]

And trust me, I have known a lot of twenty year old guys. You're not like any of them-- don't think just because I challenge you to look at things from a different perspective I don't respect you and what you can do.

I know. I merely -

[He shakes his head.]

I just...have to maintain - a certain reputation. And I wonder if I even can. [A pause.] Apologies. I...should not be speaking on this.

You know I'd never share anything you tell me in confidence, right?

Edited 2012-09-14 06:05 (UTC)

I know. But I shouldn't be so undignified even before you. Indeed, I should not be so undignified even in private.

[ she's quiet for a moment. ]

When I got the phone call from the lawyers, about Elena and Jeremy? My first thought was 'oh my god, how can I get out of this'. My sister's kids, my family, and the first thing that popped into my head was how to pawn them off on someone else.

[ there was more to it than that, but jenna's her own harshest critic when it comes to this one. ]

Which is my way of saying-- you really can't top that one, so if you want to talk I'm the last person who can judge.

[He hesitates, unsure how to respond to that. Is she...Does she want him to express disgust, or - to comfort her...To be kind? Hateful? To just accept it? The latter, he decides. She didn't say that for...attention.]

That's...comprehensible, though. You were young at the time. You were being asked to completely alter the course of your life.

Oh, hon. I don't need you to tell me it was understandable, I know it was. My point is that there's nothing you can tell me that I'm going to judge you for, okay?

...All right. I understand.

[He swallows, and then, maybe stupidly, sharing far too much, confesses - ]

Both my parents died when I was very young. My closest relative was my uncle, but he didn't have the time or the resources to care for a child...I bear him no ill-will, but - in any case. Apologies. I just - want to take a moment to reinforce that what you did was...uncommonly good.

But yes. I comprehend what you're saying, and I appreciate that very much.

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