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ph_logs2023-09-15 10:07 am
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Gonna Get A Good Grade In Therapy [Open]
Who: "Slasher Face" Jean and YOU
What: General stuff between and around events; prompts may update as more fire
When: September
Where: Jean's apartment, the library, Around (search parties)
Warnings: Discussions of & flashbacks to violence are likely, ongoing struggles with trauma
Sick Leave [Jean's Apartment]
The few days immediately after the parade, Jean has to take off work at the library; conflicting duties, need to help with the search parties and also rest up, you know how it is. You might catch them there of a morning, or an evening as the sun is setting, washing out that bloodstained wolf suit or sitting out front working nicks out of their claymore while they sharpen it. They seem to have a lot on their mind.
This prompt is also very open for other wildcards at their home.
You Are Being Rescued, Do Not Resist [Search Parties]
Jean cleans up their own messes, and joins the search parties for the reviving dead after the parade. That's it, that's the prompt, tag into it if you'd like to chat with Jean while they're searching, if you'd like to be found by them, whatever, I've had one cup of coffee and there's only so much prettying up of this idea I'm about to do. Y'all are lucky I worked in the meta comedy of complaining about the prompt that I myself have written and was under no compulsion to include.
Back To The Grind [Library]
When Jean does return to their day job, they're oddly subdued. No manic bouncing, no popping out from behind corners. A lot of yes ma'am, no ma'am, that edition is currently check out ma'am and then getting right back to work. But a regular patron - or a friend to Jean, perhaps - may notice a different slight change in habits. On their breaks, and indeed Around - when they're sitting on benches in town, out for coffee, in their apartment if you're over - Jean's started checking out fiction books for the first time. They're a fast reader, tearing through novels over the course of a day and night, and though most of their selections remain information about the island and this world a pattern emerges in their entertainment selection. A plurality of their choices are romance; all of their selections prominently feature Women That Can Kill You, or were chosen because Jean thought they'd feature such.
Mind you, it's still Jean.
There's yet another notebook. They are taking notes in their tiny handwriting. Very. In-depth. Notes.
Wildcard
Fuck me up
What: General stuff between and around events; prompts may update as more fire
When: September
Where: Jean's apartment, the library, Around (search parties)
Warnings: Discussions of & flashbacks to violence are likely, ongoing struggles with trauma
Sick Leave [Jean's Apartment]
The few days immediately after the parade, Jean has to take off work at the library; conflicting duties, need to help with the search parties and also rest up, you know how it is. You might catch them there of a morning, or an evening as the sun is setting, washing out that bloodstained wolf suit or sitting out front working nicks out of their claymore while they sharpen it. They seem to have a lot on their mind.
This prompt is also very open for other wildcards at their home.
You Are Being Rescued, Do Not Resist [Search Parties]
Jean cleans up their own messes, and joins the search parties for the reviving dead after the parade. That's it, that's the prompt, tag into it if you'd like to chat with Jean while they're searching, if you'd like to be found by them, whatever, I've had one cup of coffee and there's only so much prettying up of this idea I'm about to do. Y'all are lucky I worked in the meta comedy of complaining about the prompt that I myself have written and was under no compulsion to include.
Back To The Grind [Library]
When Jean does return to their day job, they're oddly subdued. No manic bouncing, no popping out from behind corners. A lot of yes ma'am, no ma'am, that edition is currently check out ma'am and then getting right back to work. But a regular patron - or a friend to Jean, perhaps - may notice a different slight change in habits. On their breaks, and indeed Around - when they're sitting on benches in town, out for coffee, in their apartment if you're over - Jean's started checking out fiction books for the first time. They're a fast reader, tearing through novels over the course of a day and night, and though most of their selections remain information about the island and this world a pattern emerges in their entertainment selection. A plurality of their choices are romance; all of their selections prominently feature Women That Can Kill You, or were chosen because Jean thought they'd feature such.
Mind you, it's still Jean.
There's yet another notebook. They are taking notes in their tiny handwriting. Very. In-depth. Notes.
Wildcard
Fuck me up
If you can one line, so can I.
IT WILL NEVER END
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Eddie rocks back on his heels briefly, a contemplative look on his face. "We do have to be mindful of resources, though. Since the ferry is the only boat that comes to the island, and it doesn't bring supplies."
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Beat.
"That probably sounded completely insane given that I was just living in a mental world where you have all of the context that makes it make sense."
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Eddie understands that the 'will do' is in reference to letting his own comment about Jean's pronouns changing. For the rest of it... 'the siren that I wear' apparently installs female pronouns? Siren must be a reference to the mythological creature, not the warning device... although, in a gendered language -- no, they mentioned a dress. Probably the creature.
"I, um, don't know how one would go about wearing a mythological siren, no." Eddie gives a little shake of his head. "But... I'm willing to learn?"
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Jean sets their sword and whetstone aside, and slips into their house. When they come back out they're holding something like, but not enough like, a thick sheet of paper made from a golden Light. It doesn't quite move correctly in the breeze.
"This is a Page of a Siren," Jean explains, wobbling it (it makes no sound, and yet Eddie's ears report they heard something, they're sure of it). "I'm gonna put it on but I'll need to ask for your patience! It's like a whole affair, ten minutes and change, and I'm not gonna be chatty during it!"
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The glowing(?) paper -- no, there's no substance underneath the
lightLight -- is also strange and new to Eddie. Without his glasses he sees it more like a fuzzy-edged lozenge until Jean wobbles it. Weirdly, it snaps into focus for a second when Eddie does-not-hear the notsound of it."Okay... I can be quiet," Eddie replies. He's still pretty lost, but has gathered that there will be a demonstration and/or explanation forthcoming.
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How long does it take to read one Page? If this were paper, no matter how densely written, it should have been over minutes ago. And yet Jean reads, and reads, and reads, without turning the Page over or moving their body. The Light quivers, shakes, trembles -
- shatters, into scraps and ashes, as if from a burning library -
And settles on Jean's skin. Its glow conceals them, suggests only the barest outline of them, but when it fades Jean is sitting there as one of Marrow Island's sirens, in a comfortable blue dress, flexing her claws and smiling with - well, not sharper teeth, but at least teeth that are naturally sharp rather than whatever fucking happened to Jean's usual mouth.
"Behold! I'm a girl now."
The narration would like to note here that if anything on Jean's body changed it's not currently available to the public. Evidence of girlhood here includes but is limited to:
- She's wearing a dress
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But when Jean says "I'm a girl now!" Eddie squints to focus his eyes and take in the difference. What difference there is.
"I see. And this process... does it give you siren powers, too?" Eddie asks. (Because if all it does is change appearance and slap a dress on you, there's makeup and clothing for that. So he assumes there's something special about the magic reading material.)
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Jean flexes her hands, where the siren's claws are very much present.
"The strengths and weaknesses of this body are also mine! I can swim very well and also breathe water, which is handy since, hahahaha, normally I can't swim...at all..."
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Eddie considers for a moment, then offers, "If someone has a pool, or if there's a lake around here, that might be a good way to start learning to swim. And I'd help teach you in your... regular form, if you like."
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God I'm SO SORRY BUT
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He scratches the back of his neck. "It's just that rip currents are very strong and can pull you out into deep water. A regular guy like me wouldn't be able to save you from it -- and in your base form, you'd probably drown."
Heading for a wrap?
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"I appreciate that, Agent Jean. Once I get my glasses back, or a replacement pair, I'd be honored to read your notes." He smiles, and purposely uses a gendered form of address to acknowledge her pronoun shift while a siren. "As it is, ma'am, I need to get back to the farm and get some work done. I hope you have a good rest of your day."
[[ OOC: I think the wrap shall be yours. Thanks for the thread! ]]