Persephone, the Destroyer (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
pummelgranite) wrote2019-09-03 02:08 am
pummelgranite) wrote2019-09-03 02:08 am
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"Persephone. Speak."
Yeah OK. Don't use Midtown Station to get here, it's still all fucked up from the stupid demon. 3rd street should be OK.
[ She is still very sure that Luci could croon out something soft and sweet if she put her mind to it. But there are no actual arguments here. ]
Mmhm.
Mmhm.
You're nerve-wrackingly agreeable tonight for someone who's just had their bed invaded by an absent gi-- absent lover.
[Damn she's tired, she slipped there for a minute. At least Luci can wave it off as a figment of Laura's sleep-addled brain, but there is a moment where Luci holds her breath and the thought comes to her, unbidden: you're too tired to lie to yourself tonight.]
[Luci lets out the held breath slowly, and her voice comes out soft and devoid of her power-- Laura doesn't need a face full of adrenaline shot.]
Dream lover, until then
I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do
Till all my lover's dreams come true
'Cause I want a girl to call my own
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone.
[Damn she's tired, she slipped there for a minute. At least Luci can wave it off as a figment of Laura's sleep-addled brain, but there is a moment where Luci holds her breath and the thought comes to her, unbidden: you're too tired to lie to yourself tonight.]
[Luci lets out the held breath slowly, and her voice comes out soft and devoid of her power-- Laura doesn't need a face full of adrenaline shot.]
Dream lover, until then
I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do
Till all my lover's dreams come true
'Cause I want a girl to call my own
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone.
OK see you soon
[ Jaime arrives as the Blue Beetle for expediency's sake, but the moment he's walking through the tunnels, he powers back down and wanders through and in. He'd met the Soldat version of Persephone below ground too, he realizes now. Their duplicates aren't so different after all - just themselves, underneath wildly different circumstances.
But he knows what name that version of Persephone absolutely wouldn't listen to. ]
Laura?
[ It must be noted: Jaime kind of looks like shit. But after Ted being ported out, the Negotiator being ported in, and the unhappy confluence of that with the rest of the nonsense they've undergone, he's stopped caring. ]
[ Jaime arrives as the Blue Beetle for expediency's sake, but the moment he's walking through the tunnels, he powers back down and wanders through and in. He'd met the Soldat version of Persephone below ground too, he realizes now. Their duplicates aren't so different after all - just themselves, underneath wildly different circumstances.
But he knows what name that version of Persephone absolutely wouldn't listen to. ]
Laura?
[ It must be noted: Jaime kind of looks like shit. But after Ted being ported out, the Negotiator being ported in, and the unhappy confluence of that with the rest of the nonsense they've undergone, he's stopped caring. ]
[ A hooded figure sits up from one of the Shitty Couches, where she was dicking around on her phone ]
'lo Jaime. Make yourself at home.
[ She's tired, but she's not that tired. ]
'lo Jaime. Make yourself at home.
[ She's tired, but she's not that tired. ]
Edited 2018-05-12 19:58 (UTC)
[ She won't even remotely remember that, you nerd. But she does smile to herself as her breathing evens back out. Congratulations, Luci. You sang a girl to sleep. ]
Hey.
[ Jaime sits next to Laura and just looks at her for a moment, gaze more studious, more concentrated than it usually is. It's fine. She's fine, here and whole and not disintegrating into nothing - a little disaffected in the way she often is, but she's normal.
He breathes out slowly. It doesn't fix the rest of the crap, but he feels better already. ]
Been a heck of a couple weeks, huh? You been doing okay?
[ Jaime sits next to Laura and just looks at her for a moment, gaze more studious, more concentrated than it usually is. It's fine. She's fine, here and whole and not disintegrating into nothing - a little disaffected in the way she often is, but she's normal.
He breathes out slowly. It doesn't fix the rest of the crap, but he feels better already. ]
Been a heck of a couple weeks, huh? You been doing okay?
[ She does look tired, maybe a bit hung over. When her gaze meets his it's also inspecting, but more confirming what she's already suspected: the bug needs a break.]
Pretty shite, yeah. You too huh?
Pretty shite, yeah. You too huh?
Edited 2018-05-14 20:05 (UTC)
It's been better.
[ It's the longest few months he's had in recent memory. It probably says something about them both that it happens and they're both... maybe they're not fine, but they're doing okay. Jaime's not having meltdowns and going out and doing a bunch of dumb crap or not showing up for work or not handing in his essays or anything. They can be put through the wringer and come out the other side perfectly functional.
It's just tiring. And this conversation may be even more tiring, but he wants to know - and she should know too, in case it comes up in some other way. ]
Did you know you had a double running around when that whole... thing went down?
[ It's the longest few months he's had in recent memory. It probably says something about them both that it happens and they're both... maybe they're not fine, but they're doing okay. Jaime's not having meltdowns and going out and doing a bunch of dumb crap or not showing up for work or not handing in his essays or anything. They can be put through the wringer and come out the other side perfectly functional.
It's just tiring. And this conversation may be even more tiring, but he wants to know - and she should know too, in case it comes up in some other way. ]
Did you know you had a double running around when that whole... thing went down?
[Shhh. She's allowed her nerd moments, especially in the face of Laura.]
Sure, me and Nico lived together for almost a year before he ported out. Why, are you finally kicking out that freeloader Hearth?
Oh shit
sorry :( :(
are you sitting in a tree sad and alone??
sorry :( :(
are you sitting in a tree sad and alone??
I'll take your word for it.
You wanna crash in Hades a while?
You wanna crash in Hades a while?
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