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[opheliac]

i dont know what the hell is going on here but i cant leave this stupid town.

theres this invisible wall or something thats keeping me in here.

but the local losers are moving in and out of this place just fine. what a load of crap. stupid big wigs and their heebie jeebie magic sparkles.

if anyone can get out of this dump, i need a favor. ill even pay u as a trade off for it.

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[entreats]

Do you want me to like you that badly?

[opheliac]

nope! i just want u to admit that u enjoy me.

[entreats]

Jinx, I wouldn't even admit that I enjoy my friends. Or anyone at all.

I don't even know what enjoying someone means.

[ It's not.. even really untrue, honestly.. ]

[opheliac]

alright dead girl, i'll tell u aaaaaaaaaaaaaaallll about it.
enjoying someone is when u feel this tingly thing in ur gut and in ur heart.
its stupid
its annoying
u want to stab the feeling over and over because u want to get rid of it.
buuuut
its nice too.
u want to talk to them more, see them more, spend the day with them, blahblahblah, gushy crap.
u start getting this emotion called "caring". also an annoying prick of a stink. but hey, sometimes its good. especially when they care for u back. if not more.

[entreats]

[ On the one hand, Ange would kind of believe that maybe Jinx knows as little about the feeling as Ange herself does - given what Jinx is like. Ange isn't sure whether Jinx genuinely cares about anyone. The other is too much of an enigma for her to be truly able to figure that out.

.. on the other hand, this explanation sounds so much like Jinx that it's got to come from Jinx's own personal experience. So.. what? Does that make Ange the only weird one here?

Ugh. ]

People caring for you in return is often too much to ask for though.

[ And you know what, Jinx? Caring for people when they don't give a shit about you sucks!! Ange tried it, she'd like to never do that again, thanks. ]

[opheliac]

boy aint that the truth! my so called bf doesnt give a crap about me. i can disappear out of thin air and he wouldnt feel a thing!

but my old man cares, and my big sis too when she isnt slobbering with that stupid hat lady enforcer.

so its nice.

[entreats]

[ ...

Wait, what.

Jinx often says things that are wildly out of pocket, but this feels wildly out of pocket even by Jinx standards. ]

Why are you dating someone who doesn't care about you?

[ ?????? ]

[opheliac]

no, dummy. i thought he gave a rat's ass about me, but i found out later that he doesnt. so. thats that.

[entreats]

Oh.

[ Well, that makes at least that click into place. Even if it's awkward.

Which means clearly the one logical thing to say here is: ]

It's for the better. Men are the worst anyway. He inevitably would have disappointed you, that's what all of them do.

[opheliac]

yeah, and i was stupid enough to give him a chance. or let him in.

[entreats]

[ Ange wouldn't really use the word 'stupid' for that. Though, given what Jinx is like, maybe 'thoughtless' would work. After all, the other girl seems so impulsive that Ange could believe she'd just leap right into a relationship like that with someone without really thinking about where it could lead..

.. but Ange isn't mean enough to just say that, especially at a moment like this. It'd kind of feel like kicking a dog when it's down. And no matter how annoying Jinx can often be, that's still too much to do.

So instead she sends the much more simple message of: ]

Why blame yourself when you could blame him?

[opheliac]

i do blame him.

[entreats]

Then don't call yourself stupid over someone like him.

Just blame him. No need to think about anything beyond that.

[ Granted, maybe that's.. a little too simple. But it's not like Ange has ever been in a romantic relationship, or even remotely thought about something like that. So of course it's that simple to her. ]