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014. 💥 TXT; UN: BOMBSHELL

hi, its me! jinx, ur favorite loose cannon and demolition diva! im good, how are u? never better.

im in a pissy mood, so WE are going to do something that is fun for me. but firsts thing first:

feast ur eyes on THIS! i know, i know. me? jinx? running a kitty cat cafe? look even a semi crazy chick like me loves these little furballs. and the other me made a KILLER living with this coffee joint. annnd i still remember how to make my famous strawberries n' creme, java chip frappuccino, ristretto, cold brew, and other stuff. soooo why not right? ill still take ur repair orders and junk too. if u need ur guns or weapons made, im still ur girl! i can make ur coffee AND ur bombs at the same time. they go hand in hand anyway.

the first 5 customers who comes to my shop gets to pet and hold fishbones. and THATS a steal offer. so id take it if i were u.

okok on to the fun part!!!!!!!!!💣💥💣💥💣💥

when i get hot and heated, i like to explode my problems away. get rid of them and just shred them into teeny tiny little pieces until they are nothing but worthless worms underneath my boots. have them wiggle all around and watch them fight for survival!

the big wigs or whoever are very picky so how about i blow UR problems away? so. lay it on me. did someone kill u recently and need a cool idea on how to get them back? is someone u love or care for keeping secrets from u and it makes u want to blow up their vocal cords? got into a nasty fight and u want them to apologize to u first cause it's their fault and not urs?

whatever problem u got, jinx is here to listen and give out a few pointers! im a genius, so i know all the answers. keep it anonymous or not, ur choice. i don't care

or if u DONT have a problem and u just miss me and wanna chat, im here for that, too! so let's go go go go go 🙈🙉🙊

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[ after some delay: ]

we can try and meet up later. way later. im not feeling too good right now.

gotcha

[ He should be grateful she chooses not to mess with him, but... it feels wrong. It's obvious something is bothering her, and that in turn makes it hard for Ragna to ignore it. ]

wanna talk?

does it matter?

always

u want to crash at my place for a little while? my dad's out and im in no mood to go out anywhere.

sure
I'll grab some stuff and be there soon

my room is on the 2nd floor and the window is open. i dont feel like getting out of bed to answer the door.

just so we're clear on that
you want me to climb into your room through the window???

pew pew.

fine fine
I'm on my way

[ The things he does for this girl... sheesh.

Regardless, some time later, Jinx will be hearing some sounds below her window that make it obvious someone's there. Stealth has never been Ragna's strong suit, and hopefully there's a tree somewhere nearby to at least help him get there without putting in too much effort? Either way, it's not long until the man pulls himself up onto the windowsill with a huff. ]

Next time I'm kicking the door in.

[ since this is the first time he has ever been in her room, it looks just as one would expect a girl like her to have. knick-knacks everywhere, clothes piled on one side, stuff animals on the other, and a messy bed.

and somewhere in that mountain of sea of blankets is the familiar baby blue haired girl who seems to be doing something on her phone. when she peeks up to her "brother", jinx doesn't say too much to his whining, but lifts some of her covers. ]

Get in.

[ Kids these days... still playing with her phone even as she's talking to him. Ragna almost snaps back at her with some ~~whiny~~ annoyed comeback about her ordering him around, before he remembers the reason why he's here in the first place, and miraculously, he shows some restraint and climbs into the room silently.

He takes a quick look around his surroundings and, sure enough, the place looks just about as he'd expect Jinx's room to look like. He walks over to the makeshift blanket fort and unceremoniously plops down on the floor next to it. ]

What's up?

[ as she finishes with toying with her phone (for now), she sets it aside before rolling over on her side to face her "brother", her expression softens to a downhearted shine. ]

... Had another fight with Silco. I went overboard again. I wish I could just stop doing that whenever I get really upset about something...

Edited 2024-09-05 01:56 (UTC)

[ Ragna doesn't seem terribly surprised; what else could sour the girl's mood so much, other than trouble with her family? ... Having Silco and Vi here must be both a blessing and a curse for her. The man exhales slowly, tilting his head towards her. ]

That's how things are sometimes, no? Between parents and kids.

[ It's not like he can speak from experience, exactly... but he imagines that's how it usually works, especially when it comes to teenagers. They fight, they make up, then fight and make up again. But throughout all this, they don't love each other any less... and he's certain that's also the case for Silco and Jinx. ]

... Change ain't easy. It's normal to screw up a couple of times on the way.

[ she runs her tongue over the roof of her mouth, taking in his words, while also contemplating if she should leave it at that or elaborate further. ]

If you keep it between you and me, can I tell you why?

[ The corner's of Ragna's lips turn up in a small, gentle smile without him even realizing it. While Jinx has made it pretty clear there's no bad blood between them despite the recent... incident with Vi, it's still good to know her trust in him remains unchanged.

... Although sappy, stupid things like "trust" shouldn't even be crossing his mind, now that he thinks about it... oh well. ]

Sure, if you feel like sharing.

[ He's come all this way to hear her out, and he's not about to change his mind. He doesn't expect this to be anything earth-shattering, either; what could possibly a father and his daughter get into an argument about? Aside from "everything". ]

[ while she exhales out a tiny sigh through her nostrils, jinx feels a little nervous talking about it, too. it should be something that should stay between her and her father, but she also needs an outer prospective of the situation. the bluenette aired out her frustration of the dilemma to charles moments before ragna's arrival, and even though the talk didn't necessarily make her feel better (it sorta made her feel worse with him knowing exactly where she is coming from to the point of scary), it did feel nice to finally write it out.

but writing and speaking are two different things, and she might sound like an oddball for being upset in the process. still, the teenager scoots closer to the other, and begins to mumble out her troubles. ]

... My dad is sleeping with someone. A-And normally, I wouldn't care. There was a brothel back home so, you know, adults do what adults do. But... that's not the problem.

[ she teeths on her bottom lip as she presses on. ]

He's doing that with one of us, not a... local or whatever. And that part makes me uncomfortable. Because, well... you know how everyone here is. Some are okay, some aren't. And he won't tell me who it is, but I managed to figure out who just by... knowing him, our population, and how old everyone is. It's... not really that hard.

Turns out, it's someone I don't really like. Someone who's kinda new around here, someone I know very little about, and their whole vibe feels...off. — Like they're a know-it-all or something or so high and mighty. They've been rotten to me, and insulted me. But... I've been like that with them, too. So. I haven't been exactly... nice, either.

[ she then rolls over to lie on her back, her gaze now up to her ceiling and her fingers drumming lightly on her stomach. ]

And okay, I'll admit it: I did talk about hurting them, I talked about breaking them up, threw threats around at first, blahblahblah. But then... I wised up and convinced myself doing that won't do any good. If I learned one thing about my sister and her stupid girlfriend is doing that will just make them grow closer as a couple.

Then... I dunno what happened, but I ended up finding someone too. You know, to sleep with. He found out about it, got upset when I tried to cover up the evidence. But I did fess up and told him the truth and who I'm doing it with.

[ she combs her fingers through her bangs, to pause in her explanation to let ragna register it all, then continues: ]

So now! Since I did that, I wanted them to confess, I guess? Just quit with the beating around the bush and pretend they're not a thing when they are a thing, cause I totally know and figured it all out. But they're both hiding it, and it's annoying me. Even after I promised I wouldn't hurt them, or blab, or break them up. His partner tried to make it seem like it's all in my head, and I'm crazy. And that makes me hate them more. — Uuughh, it's just all so stupid.

It makes them look dumb for keeping this up when I know about it, and they can't just... tell me. I told Silco about my thing, so he should tell me about his thing. But he said I should respect his boundaries and to just trust him, and I do! Just... not the person. He said he'll tell me in — "due time", but that's also stupid. Because I KNOW who it is.

So what's the point of telling me now or later? My reaction won't change. I won't be less or more shocked. Does he want me to pretend or something?

[ and with that, she does a very sarcastic reaction to the reveal: ]

"Oooooh woooooow. Totally didn't knooowww. I'm so shoooocked. Who would have guessed? I diiiidddnn't. Boy, you two had me stumped."

Edited 2024-09-06 17:21 (UTC)

[ His blissful expression fades pretty much as soon as she starts explaining her current predicament. Why does it always have to be relationship drama? Why can't it ever be about normal stuff, like... murder or the threat to destroy the world or anything he has any experience with?! His confusion is plainly visible on his face as his two remaining brain cells are struggling to keep up with all the information on who does what with whom and who has a problem with what. Once Jinx is done venting her frustrations, all Ragna can do is stare at her blankly, blinking as his mind is playing catch up. ]

Hold on. The old man fucks?

[ ... He needs to take all this one step at a time, it seems. ]

[ okay, there was no way jinx could take his reaction without busting a gut, so she blows raspberries before chuckling so loud and hard that she had to roll away from him to prevent herself from spatting out any saliva.

when she was done, this girl faces the other again, but still laughing as she talks. ]

Pfftt, ha ha! — Y-Yeaaah? Why is that, ha ha, weird?! C'mon, Raggy. We had a freakin' brothel smack in the middle of The Lanes...!! Of COURSE, all the adults were fucking!

Besides getting tatted up, drinking booze, and hustling for coins, what else did you expect they should do?

[ Well, when she puts it like that... it kinda makes sense. Ragna lets out a small groan, burying his face in the girl's blankets. He's really not equipped to help her with this one... ]

Guess it's too late to take back my consent to hear all that...

[ The man lets out a sigh, lifting his face up and resting his chin on her bed, his eyebrows drawn together in a scowl. ]

... Still, that's kinda weird. I can sorta understand wanting to keep things under wraps, sure... even though that's more of a teenager thing, not a parent.

[ Honestly, he's more interested in the fact that Jinx seems to have found herself a new boyfriend (?) than her dad's sexcapades, but that isn't the focus right now, so he begrudgingly goes back to trying to figure out what the hell is even going on with this family. He does get the need for privacy and trust and all that, but... ]

And if you've already figured it out, then why bother?

[ it's kinda cute watching him fall into despair and agony like this, but she won't voice her amusement over it. maybe at a different time, place and over something less serious. still, jinx exclaims her point and her frustration by throwing her arms up in the air. ]

Exactly!! — Finally, someone who gets where my head is going...! I know I've talked about killing or hurting his partner and junk, but half the stuff I say I just make it up to make people mad. Sometimes it's funny to see how they react.

[ she drops her hands back onto her stomach, and then she idly sways her feet from side to side with a sigh. ]

And like I've said, actually going through with it, will just have them grow closer, and why would I want that? I want the opposite.

The killing thing might be a deterrent.

[ While he's never had to worry about it, he imagines his siblings would react similarly if he ever had an opportunity to date anyone... So he does sympathize with Silco, if only a little. It's probably just as frustrating to him, too. God, relationships seem so messed up; why can't people just not make things so complicated? ]

Still, he's your old man. He knows you better than anyone, so he should figure out you're not actually gonna do it.

[ Not necessarily because she's not capable of that, but he kinda figures at the end of the day, she doesn't want to harm her father. That's the core issue here, isn't it? They don't want to hurt each other, but they still do, because feelings and crap like that get in the way. If his understanding of the situation is correct, neither of them wants to "give up" the other to their respective lovers, and they're conveying it horribly. ]

'Sides, wouldn't continuing with the charade only make you wanna kill them more?

[ He says that like it's the most natural conclusion to draw, and a perfectly reasonable one. No wonder they get along so well. ]

[ she turns her head over to her companion and her grin spreads so wide as if he just said the magic word of the day or something. and in this case, maybe he somehow did. ]

I'm starting to think you are me from another world, Raggy. Or maybe you're secretly twisted like me, and you're just putting up an act that you're normal for someone.

— But yeah! I told them that too, so we'll just see how far they wanna take this boring, lame game. Pops said he was gonna talk to him about something, dunno what!

Thanks, I think?

[ He figures she means it as a compliment. As for whether he sees it that way... honestly, he'd rather just not think about it too deeply. Point is, he does find it surprisingly easy to follow her train of thought, for better or worse. ]

Guess there's nothing to do but wait? Which sucks, but whatever. I'm sure he'll get tired of the whole secret affair shit eventually.

[ At least, he assumes that to be the case. He can't imagine this sort of act being anything but a pain in the ass for everyone involved. ]

Yyyyeaaah, if I'm super bored with it, then they've got to get tired of the whole thing, too.

[ and to exaggerate just how over it she is about the whole ordeal, jinx lets out an amplifying yawn while she arches and twists her back. ]

— Thanks for coming over, Ragna. I feel now less insane. I thought I was going to SUPER lose it if I kept this to myself for another day.

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