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life_inshadow ([personal profile] life_inshadow) wrote2011-08-11 10:02 am
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Portalocity Terminal, JFK, Thursday Morning

... okay, so the thing about taking the first cheap portal she could find was that it meant the travel path kind of sucked. Tara had spent most of the previous day on some planet where the native life form and most of the fellow passengers appeared to be a blob of red jelly.

On the bright side, there'd been a Cinnabon outlet.

She'd made it to New York in one piece, though, and was now resting on a bench, waiting for Jono. The crowds were overwhelming after three months at home, but in a way the distraction was a relief -- it meant she wasn't getting trapped in her own head so much.

Furtively, she checked her phone. No calls from home so far. She wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

[OOC: For the dude on fire. NFB due to distance.]
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-12 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
//When yer ready, luv,// Jono replied, shrugging. //Time here runs fairly swiftly, too. There isn't any rush, if you'd like a few hours to just unwind, first.//

Jono was a pretty terrible enabler of irresponsible behaviours.
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-12 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
//Early autumn, 1999,// Jono replied, shrugging faintly. //We're still a bit behind if we're going by Fandom's standards, but we're working on catching up.//

Bit by bit.

//It's been two years here, since graduation.//
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-12 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Jono nodded a little, cramming one hand into his pocket and lifting the other, finally, to hail a taxi.

//I go back to the island to see her when I can, even if it does always seem to end with the island changing us into other people and such when I do. She doesn't get as much time to miss me, and where I'm standing, she's well worth th'wait.//

A beat.

//She's really all I've got.//
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-12 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Considering the way she'd been cringing away from the crowds in the airport, Jono kind of figured the subway would be a major no.

Really, he wasn't a huge fan of the subway, himself. Oh, sure, he'd been a pro at navigating the Tube back in London, but that was before he'd gone and blown his face off.

He kind of stood out, when he took the subway.

//Don't worry about it, luv. I'll handle th'cab fare.// A beat. //If you don't mind telling th'driver where we're headed? Telepathy and cabbies don't generally seem to mix.//
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-12 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
And Jono gave her a little nod in reply, and one of those little smiles that sat around the corners of his eyes.

//Perfect,// he offered, just between the two of them as he pulled his door shut and almost immediately cracked the window. No point in giving the cab driver cause to complain about the smell after skirting around the telepathy issue so neatly. //Yer a natural, Sunshine.//
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-12 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
//Well, th'mansion itself is out in Westchester,// Jono replied, shrugging. //Not smack-dab in th'middle of the city, but getting in and out of town isn't exactly what you'd consider th'long haul, either.//

It was entirely possible that Jono had promised copious amounts of beer to Logan for a lift out here.

It wasn't like he was going to buy the beer for himself, after all.
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-12 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
//There's plenty of room,// Jono promised, nodding and looking out the window at the skyline in question. He had seen it, yes, but it seemed easier to appreciate in the company of somebody who was looking it over with that small-town wonder in her eyes. //Especially if yer not planning on moving in long-term, luv. And if there is any trouble, I'll handle that, too.//

It would probably involve him letting her take his bed while he found somewhere else to flop around awake all night. It wasn't as though he did much sleeping at the best of times, after all. An armchair would serve just as well.

//Really, Tara, don't bother yerself over anything while yer here. I don't entertain guests often, but I make certain that they've got a place to sleep, at least, while I am.//
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-12 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Jono seemed to get the gist of the dance around that word, and he nodded, raising his hands as he spoke in his special brand of absolute gibberish sign-language.

//For th'most part, yes. But we do get in the occasional doctor from outside, human teachers, that sort of thing. Acceptance is too rare a thing for us to burn any bridges, if non-mutants feel like extending an olive branch, after all.//

Puppy Australia tapdancing furniture purple something-something stopwatch.

Someday, someone who knew sign-language was going to call him on that.
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-12 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
//Witches and aliens actually get a far better reception in our world than mutants do,// Jono noted, watching Tara's hands intently and then waving his own around in reply. //But there's still that level of fear. It's easy enough to be wary of something that's more powerful than you are. Witches earn their craft and aliens tend to keep to themselves. They get a healthy respect. Mutants...//

He squinted, trying to find a way to put it.

//You never know who might manifest powers as a mutant. There's no precedent to train one up properly, no real way of policing us, no guarantee that we won't go on to add more of our X to humanity's gene pool. We're a wildcard. Nobody likes a wildcard. Especially not one that could potentially kill you by accident just by living to puberty.//

Bitter? Jono?

//So we play nice. At least, those of us at Xavier's do. We understand how much fear there is to work around.//

Perspective alarm clock summer was sprinkler chicken dance.
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-12 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
And in reply to that, Jono shrugged, pulling out his wallet.

//You have to admit,// Jono mused as he counted out a healthy wad of bills, //the floating earrings are a nice touch, though.//

He stepped out onto the curb and waited for her to join him, looking around thoughtfully. This place was far easier to appreciate when he wasn't rushing past it en route to stop some overpowered wossname from blowing up Times Square.

//I never said th'fear was completely rational,// he added. //A friend of mine was once told to keep his hands off a drowning man because he's very obviously a mutant at a glance, but th'man decided it would be okay to accept th'rescue once Angelo lied and said he'd gotten his powers by being bitten by a radioactive elephant.//

Which was both absolutely brilliant, and completely ridiculous.
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-12 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
//If such a thing exists and a bite from it can make people grey and saggy, then I think I might be inclined to believe th'same,// Jono admitted, signing out something completely nonsensical that might have included a whimsical reference to horseshoes and confetti. //I wouldn't really rule out much of anything around here, honestly.//
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[personal profile] furnaceface 2011-08-13 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
//I suppose that depends entirely on how badly you want to see me attempt to make a monkey out of th'monkeys,// Jono replied, finding himself trying to picture a tan saggy demon and not quite managing it. //I suppose we could just make a full circuit of th'zoo and head toward whatever is nearest, first.//

[Totally fine! I've been in and out of brainfail all daaaay.]

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