jukebox selection E07 - One Match Left ; Sarah Harmer

[huntersdaughter]

[It was slightly laughable that Jo had made plans to pick up her dog over the weekend and then... the weekend turned into crazy comic book castle. There was also the one extra person staying with her. She thought he would've filtered to her -- bitched about how thought bubbles didn't mean she couldn't come get her dog. She even heard him trying to start up something with that vampire hunter last night, but there wasn't anything filtered to her. Rather than over think it, she just headed to their room before her shift at the Lux. She was smiling and near laughter when she walked into the room, but when she saw that it was just her room and that the dog was sitting in the middle of it, whining a bit, all of that faded.]

C'mere. [She crouches low and beckons the dog toward her as she pulls out her journal] It's okay.

[Jo lets her fingers scratch to the dog's ear as she tries not to get too upset. She mostly mumbles to herself:]

Who does he think he is? Leaving twice now. If he thinks -- [she stops herself when she sees Max's entry about Ben. She'll talk to her once she gets to work. When she reaches an empty page, she starts to dictate:]




Chase... [she shakes her head] Robert Chase's gone, too. Gone home, I mean. If he was supposed to be in the clinic today, someone might want to go cover his shift.




[she takes a soft inhale of air and then closes the journal against her finger, holding the book open in case someone talks to her while she walks toward the Lux. She'll be there most of the day, with the dog, if anyone wants to drop by.]

Comments

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

He was a good friend of yours?

[huntersdaughter]

[there's a soft laugh]

He was my roommate, but yeah, we were good friends.

1/2

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

[He shifts, unsure what to say.]

...Sorry.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

I already said that, didn't I?

[Facepalm.]

[huntersdaughter]

[have a small laugh]

You did, but it's alright. It's not exactly something that lessens its meaning with repetition.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

[A slight laugh on his end as well.] Well, hey, at least I got you to laugh.

[huntersdaughter]

[she smiles] Yeah, you did.

I'm Jo.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

Name's Ted. How long've you been here, Jo?

[huntersdaughter]

Almost a year and a half.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Iiii really hope I'm not here that long.

[huntersdaughter]

[she smiles a bit, she hears this a lot and even if this place can turn upside down at the drop of a hat... she's alive here.]

You're not the only one that thinks that way, but some of us stick it out because it's better than what's back home.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I wouldn't mind staying here long that much if the rest of my friends were here.

[huntersdaughter]

It does help a bit, but you also make friends here.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Still, I've had friends at home I've known for... years. [Yeah, that is definitely some homesickness seeping into his voice.]

[huntersdaughter]

Do you have anyone from home here?

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

Yeah. One friend, fortunately.

[One friend that doesn't know who he is, but he doesn't know that herp!]

[huntersdaughter]

That's good though. Some people are here all alone.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

Well, at least it's not like you can't make new friends here.

[huntersdaughter]

This is very true. There are about four hundred people in the castle at any given time. Plenty of people to meet and befriend.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

[An impressed whistle.] Four-hundred...

[huntersdaughter]

[she smiles]

It does seem like a lot when you consider most of them live under the same roof.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

Most?

[huntersdaughter]

Yeah, some of the residents end up moving into the city. I have a place in the city myself, and so do a few others.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

I guess it feels a bit more normal than this crazy place.

[huntersdaughter]

Have you been out to the city much?