Fate's Bitch

Jaye ran late this morning. Her alarm didn't go off, her hot water was dicey, it was just a rough start. At least she called in so that when she got to the store, she greeted them with, "Sorry I'm late. Thanks for covering for-"

And then she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Bianca, her hair dyed dark and straightened to exactly match Jaye's, and the expression on her face was one that Jaye only ever saw in a mirror.

"Hey," Bianca said, with an air of bored aloofness.

"...me," Jaye said slowly.

( dun dun dunnn )


[From Wonderfalls episode #2. This episode is not kind about stutters and I'm very sorry.]

You know what was fun? The time difference meaning that Jaye still had to pop into her job to get her check this week. And the place was filled with tourists.

"It's Monday. What's with all the busy?" Jaye asked.

"Boats aren't running," Mouthbreather said. "Fogged in."

"Again? It's the Maid of the Mist. Mist. Where's Leslie? Isn't she always whining about not getting enough hours?"

"Yes. That’s why she quit."

"Leslie quit?"

"Last summer. I need more envirofriendly plastic bags. Can you work today?" Mouthbreather asked.

( listen. jaye is not nice. )


[NFB, NFI, etc. From Ep 2, Karma Chameleon.]

I was just going to do an info post for Alexis, and then I realized I'm actually in dire need of an update for Jaye. ( the update is that there's sort of no update )

( what the muses mean for you! this is important! )


And since we have a returning player, here's a quick and dirty on my other characters:

( there's more than expected )

It was actually kind of busy at the store today. A lot of people who'd been to Niagara for New Year's were leaving to get back to work tomorrow, which meant last-minute souvenir shopping, which meant Jaye had a lot of people to mostly ignore. And when she got bored of them, she started playing on her phone. Which was when she saw the voicemail from the radio station (???) and decided to listen to it.

There were not words for this kind of joy. If you'd ever experienced the miracle of life, or gotten literally everything you ever wanted in life, or, who knows, saw a really pretty sunset once or whatever, suck it, you know nothing.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?" the Mouthbreather asked as Jaye headed to the break room.

"On break," she said.

"You just took one."

"Then I'm going on lunch," she said.

And actually, it did take almost an hour of her checking Portalocity, trying to book stuff, and then getting on hold with customer service as they told her they didn't have any portals out of her dimension until next week.

It probably didn't do any good when she replied that everyone there was fired.

[NFB, NFI, la la laaaaaaaa.]

After popping onto the island for a visit yesterday, she got a room at the Arms, because why not blow money when she'd probably just be back here for homecoming anyway. This was a mistake.

She didn't wake up thinking 'who am I' or anything, but once she'd moved around the room and woken up a bit, she started wondering why she was in a hotel room. Sadly- and this said a lot about Jaye- her first action was to go into the bathroom and make sure there was no one passed out in a tub full of ice in there.

There wasn't. Just for the record.

This left her standing in the middle of the room in her pajamas, wondering what the hell was going on and what she was doing, when all of a sudden out of the corner of her eye, she saw the little wax lion on her nightstand turn to her and say, "Good morning, sunshine!"

So that completely high-pitched screaming you heard? Yep, that would be what that was about.


[This is what happens when you bring your characters back on a whim. Open to anyone who might've heard the shrieking.]

"-so you see, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my client can't have done any of these things. I rest my case. CHUNG CHUNG."

Satisfied, Jaye took her seat again until they were released so the jury could deliberate. It was a tough trial, but Jaye, who'd gotten her life together in college and even graduated early from law school, could reassure her client that she'd get him off. Not dirty. That'd been part of his problem to begin with.

And once the jury went off and everyone left the courtroom, Jaye found a quiet place to sit for a moment, confident it wouldn't be long before the jury came back.


[YOUR MOVE, STEVE. Open for calls and texts!]

Wakes and funerals were pretty much the worst things ever to begin with, and it was so much worse when you were related to the person. It was all tears and "Do you remember how he used to" and forced socialization with family members you tried to avoid on a normal basis. Plus everything smelled like embalming fluid and calla lilies and she would not be convinced otherwise. So if you didn't mind, Jaye was going to find a corner unoccupied by anyone else and hang out with her drink. Which was nonalcoholic, because alcohol wasn't available, and did anyone else see anything wrong with that?

( trips home are really just excuses for this )

[Had to. NFB, NFI, SDCC.]

Jaye didn't do much on Fridays, because she didn't have to. She could sleep in... actually, that was all she really wanted to do. Maybe drag herself in front of the TV for trashy court shows. The world was supposed to be ending today, right? She was fine going out like that.

So she was a little annoyed to be woken up by a knocking, and when she went to answer it... there were gremlins at her door. For anyone who'd had a couple bites in her life, that was something to be nervous about, but one just cleared its throat, and they started singing.

...Well, this was awkward. Jaye was still in her sleep clothes, wondering if she had to wait for them to finish or not. Like, would they be good if she was polite? Or at least, non-rude?

She waited for them to finish, then said, "Yesthatwasveryprettythankyoubye" and closed the door before any of them could try to bite.


[Establishy!]