rakuen | Just trying to get by [backdated to Friday]

Characters: John Egbert (AU) and Jade Harley
Format: action
This log is: closed
Location: Fortitude, black dorms
Summary: Jade's been MIA, John's pretty sure he knows what happened and goes searching ALL THE DOORS for his wayward ectosis. (Spoiler: he finds her under her bed.)
Warnings: Cuddles, the angst that you've come to expect from the Homestuck AUs in the past week. (also, ignore the bloody nose in that icon, shhhhhh)

[ John has checked all the doors on the Black dorm, and he has still not found Jade. So, before he moves on to checking all the doors on the Pale dorm, he figures it can't hurt to check her room. Not that there's really any place for her to be, he thinks as he walks in, but it can't hurt, right?

He does not actually expect to find her when he leans down and peeks under her bed. To his surprise, however, she's actually there, and he flashes her a hesitant (upside-down) smile and waves with his good hand.

Here, Jade. Have your ectobro, complete with Ace-bandage-wrapped wrist. He's been worried about you. ]

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[ She's staring off into the middle distance when he finds her -- it's obvious that she hasn't been taking care of herself the past few days. Her hair is dirty and ratty again, hands even worse than they were when she got here. But despite all that, when she realizes who it is she smiles. ]

Do you want to join my fort?

[ you know, he hadn't actually realised that it's pretty much impossible to read lips upside-down, so he has no idea what she just said. But she's not coming out, so he's going to type really quick and slide his PDA under for her. ]

hey, i sort of hurt my wrist yesterday, can you come out?
i just don't know if i can wiggle under there without hurting myself again.

[ Oh. Right the deaf thing. She nods and slides out from under the bed, laying down gingerly on top, like it's going to break or disappear. It's pretty obvious that she doesn't sleep on top of the bed often.

Jade motions to him, patting the bed beside her. ]

Why did you hurt your wrist?

[ John considers not telling her the exact truth. And then he realises that in this situation that's probably one of the worst things he could do. Jade is his friend, and she's been lied to enough this week.

He sits on the bed next to her, shoulder to shoulder. ]

i sort of sprained it when i punched vriska.

[ She gasps. ]

But why would you do that? She's your friend, isn't she?

[ He's honestly almost anticipating the question, and starts typing without even a pause for thought ]

well, yeah, she is.
but she lied to you, about dave.
i don't know everything about the doomed timeline.
but i know that i got killed and then dave couldn't get you in before the meteor hit and he was stuck there for months, trying to find a way to fix it.
he wouldn't have left you if he could've saved you.
and she shouldn't have said those things to you, because they weren't true.
and then you were missing, and dave was really fucking upset, and i just... got mad.
so i punched her.
i think i got the worst of it though.

...also, if she hasn't apologized yet, she should be in the next day or two.
she needs to, but it's hard on her ego, so don't be mean about it, please?

She lied to me? [ Jade suddenly feels the guilt from earlier, back in full force. She slumps against John, completely defeated.

Vriska lied to her.
She hurt Dave because of a lie. Because she didn't trust him to tell the truth.

A few tears fall from her eyes. ]

Why? Why would she do that?

[ Ugh, this is one of the serious downsides to being him. He can hug her or he can answer her but he can't do both, and if she says anything while he's hugging her, he won't have any idea what it is and--

Bluh, fine, FIRST, Jade, you get a big, tight, full-of love hug.

And then he pulls away a bit so he can type. ]

i'm not sure.
but i don't think she meant for it to get this bad.
look, you were upset, ok?
it's not your fault.
dave doesn't hate you, you don't hate him, you guys just need to hug and make up.
he misses you.

[ Okay, he doesn't know that 100% for sure, since Dave hasn't actually SAID that, but honestly, he's not stupid. Dave's upset. Jade is one of Dave's best friends, and Dave feels like he failed her. Of course he misses her. ]

[ There is a solution to this. She whips out her PDA and sends him a message instead of responding verbally. ]

i miss him a lot :(
you are my best friends
and i thought that saying those things would make me feel better
but i kind of feel horrible, and like a big jerk...

[ Then here, Jade. John will type with his arms around your shoulders ]

it's ok.
you were upset, and now you feel bad about it, and i know dave won't hold it against you.
i wish i'd known what was going on.
but now we've got it cleared up, so you guys can talk again.
when you're ready.
i know he'd be glad to see you.

[ She thinks for a minute, then responds. ]

john
um
how do i say i am sorry in sign language?

[ John smiles a little and pulls back so that he can sign to her, clearly and slowly. ]

[ She repeats it again and again, starting awkwardly at first and then eventually becoming smoother as she goes. ]

[ He uses his good hand to adjust her hands a little, since his signing was a bit off thanks to the bandage. But very soon, he shoots her a thumbs up, and then hugs her again. ]

i'm mostly just glad you're ok.
i was worried about you.

Worried about me?

[ She seems really surprised. ]

[ well, John seems surprised that she's surprised. He signs (very deliberately, so she will definitely understand) something she knows before continuing on his PDA ]

<<'You're my best friend.'>>

of course i was worried!
i didn't know where you were or what was going on, and dave was being weird, too, and i had no idea if you were all right or not!

Just trying to get by [backdated to Friday]

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gdi dw, stop trolling.