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Post by Jack Travidi on Jan 10, 2010 23:36:18 GMT -5
Jack was slightly astonished at how Rhod seemed to be willing to go get him stuff for his throat. It almost warmed his cold dead heart. Almost. He stuck his tongue out at her in return, though he doubted she could see it. That was probably a good thing; Jack had a reputation to uphold. "Cherry is fine-" It was about now that Arianrhod seemed to find stripping appropriate, and yes, he noticed that she was in fact wearing a yellow and white polka-dotted bra.
"Would you give a guy some warning!" It was the loudest he talked yet, and it occurred to him as he said it that he was in fact still looking. It was also right at this moment that Jack discovered that he did in fact have working hormones, something he'd proudly not dealt with until this day. Damn. His gaze hit the floor immediately and he once more failed to stop the blush spreading across his face. "Jeez, Rhod! You're supposed to tell me to turn around or something," he added, doing just that while carefully inspecting the floorboard he was standing on.
It was a rather nice floorboard. Okay, it was an ugly brown color and it was worn from being walked on so much, but it was interesting. Oh so very interesting, if only because it distracted him from seeing things he shouldn't see. Jack is a good guy, you know. Just... a bit violent and mean sometimes. Everyone has there downside...s.
"I'm going to revoke your smart privileges at this rate," he commented, still finding the floor very intriguing. "You haven't been acting all that smart recently." Jack and Arianrhod had in fact gone over her various bouts of stupidity several times now, but he liked to bring it up when she seemed to be in danger of forgetting it.
"...are you done yet?" Jack could only be so interested in a floorboard for so long. Soon enough he'd start counting all the lines.
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Post by Mindy Omnis on Jan 11, 2010 8:39:36 GMT -5
"It's called getting ready for bed, dumbass,"[/color] Rhod said snippily. "I do this every day. Although the bathroom is prolly a lot less freezing. What if I get strangled by my bra in the night? Do you want me to die by underwear?!"[/color] If Jack had succumbed to the lure of the hormones, he would have been unpleasantly surprised to see that she was more or less completely naked, except for the yellow boyshorts that did, yes, match her bra. And added to this state of undress, it was really frickin' cold in the Athena cabin.
Clad (or unclad) thusly, Arianrhod knelt by her trunk and fished out a battered grey shirt that appeared to belong to someone several feet taller than she. Since Jack had moved into the cabin Rhod had taken to wearing pants when she slept - especially since she had to climb up a ladder to get to her bed - but at the moment she sincerely doubted whether or not she would be able to climb up a ladder without, you know, falling off.
So, to her mind, wearing a nightshirt she hadn't worn in several months seemed like a good idea. Her sober self would heartily disagree.
"I am very smart,"[/color] Rhod maintained, smoothing out the front of the shirt. The hem fell to about her knees, but it wouldn't strangle her. Unlike some articles of clothing Rhod could make Jack extremely uncomfortably by mentioning. "I am a very clever person. Who happens to be drunk, an' that is not a nice card to play. ... Ass. Turn that frown upside-down."[/color] She closed her trunk and sat down on it, holding her head. Never drinking again. Do not like the world going spinny. "'M done. Can I sleep in your bed tonight? 'Cause I really don't think 's a good idea to climb a ladder."[/color][/sup]
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Post by Jack Travidi on Jan 11, 2010 15:05:24 GMT -5
"I understand that you do this every day. I, however, am not normally in the same room when this happens. For very obvious reasons." He looked up when she sat on her trunk, grateful for the fact that she was, in fact, done dressing herself. Not that he didn't believe her, but she was drunk after all. Jack - 1, Hormones - 0. "...I do like you very much alive, though. Someone might think I killed you otherwise." For once he didn't cringe at processing what he'd just said. Of course, he might have been distracted by the drunken girl, but we'll just pretend Jack is making progress.
His face perfectly pale for the first time this whole conversation, Jack managed to frown more than he already was. "Maybe I like frowning. It gives people the impression I don't want them talking to me." He stopped frowning (Jack's usual equivalent of a grin), as he obviously liked it when Rhod talked to him. Otherwise he would frown more around her. Stupid facial expressions.
"Yeah, it's fine," he added, rummaging around his own trunk. Did you think Jack would be sleeping in jeans and a long-sleeve t-shirt? Of course not. He pulled out red flannel pj bottoms and a gray t-shirt. "Climb in. I'll be right back." He wasn't drunk and therefore had some sense of modesty that Arianrhod was lacking. Thus, he used the bathroom to change, emerging moments later. He walked over to his bed, faced with one simple dilemma: Did he, too, sleep in his own bed or did he take over another bunk for the night?
His rational mind said another bed. Those pesky hormones said with her. Well... he could always just stand there awkwardly. That always helps with decision making.
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Post by Mindy Omnis on Jan 14, 2010 18:07:33 GMT -5
"You say that like I'm a bad thing,"[/color] Rhod whined, getting to her feet once more. She really wanted to stop this whole getting-up thing. It was getting annoying and she would really have liked to be horizontal by now. Ignoring the fierce urge to curl up on the floor, the demigoddess chose instead to curl up under the blankets of Jack's bed. "Of course you like me alive,"[/color] she mumbled sleepily. "You aren't a nec- necrophile. ... Although that might be your evil plan. Seduce me 'n then kill me."[/color]
Rhod pondered this for a moment. Seduction in general was not a good thing, and neither was death. There was only one way out of either. "... that's a pretty evil plan. Can I help?"[/color]
She remained where she was, waiting patiently while Jack went through the sober-modest-person ritual of Getting Ready For Bed that Rhod probably would have gone through had she not been a drunk shameless person. It hadn't taken long, but long enough for her to be pretty much completely out by the time she noticed Jack standing around awkwardly.
Jack, you awkward stander.
"Bed. Now,"[/color] she ordered, although it was made far less orderlike by the fact that her voice was muffled by sleep and drunkenness. Rhod reached out of the blankets to grip his wrist and tugged lightly. "You're warm. I'm not. Time to be Jack the Great and Not-Terrible. Giving relationship, remember?"[/color][/sup]
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Post by Jack Travidi on Jan 14, 2010 18:31:44 GMT -5
"...that would imply that I plan on seducing you at all, let alone want to," he managed to scoff. Jack had turned red once more (it wouldn't be fun if he could keep the color off of his face), trying not to think about the fact that his hormones did in fact say he was and did. "And even if I was planning on it - which I'm not. I mean, you're horribly annoying," he protested, making himself perfectly clear, "I would not plan on killing you. Especially not before. I'm certainly no nec- necri- necrophiliac." Jack shuddered, both from disliking the ideas and from his inability to say the word. "I don't particularly like killing people, anyways."
Glancing up from where her hand gripped his wrist, Jack tried not to look like he was pleasantly surprised. He would be the first to admit that he was in fact a heat-machine, as were most guys, and if she was cold he would be a good source of warmth. "Fine," he said mock-reluctantly, the edges of his mouth lifted into a slight smile. "But I'm still terrible. This was my true evil plan, you see. Now I get to use your bear-like qualities and you can't do a thing about it. S'what you get for being cold." That said, he crawled in next to her, wrapping his arms around Rhod as if she were his teddy bear. ...which she was.
"So no. You can't help with my evil plan. It worked perfectly," he mumbled, pulling himself close to her. "Unless we're talking about my true evil plan, that is. You know, kidnap you and keep you all to myself." Uh-oh Jack. Someone's getting tired. "E-except that's not my true evil plan. I lied." Yeah. Okay. Sure. -.-
"...just go to sleep before I say anything else stupid."
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Post by Mindy Omnis on Jan 14, 2010 19:06:23 GMT -5
Rhod yawned again and, instead of squirming away as she might otherwise have done, snuggled closer to the wizard. Her defense? Look, it really was cold. That wasn't just a ploy to get him into her pants bed.
"Are you saying I'm not worthy of seduction?"[/color] she asked in mock outrage, grinning with a look that gave away that she was up to no good. "I'm not that annoying. You're sleeping in a bed with me, aren't you?"[/color] As if to emphasize this point, she somehow managed to move even closer so that their chests weren't so much touching as... squished together. "But 'm glad you don't intend to kill me and do anything creepy to my corpse. I would come back and nom your soul."[/color]
Her piece said, Rhod scooted back an inch or so, reluctant to move completely away from her source of warmth. (Oh, 'source of warmth' is all? Suuure. Drown away.) "It's not all that evil,"[/color] she pointed out, closing her eyes. "Either one of 'em. 'Cause even though you're taking advantage of my bear-iness I'm still warm. And if I'm kidnapped and all yours then I don't get bothered by stupid people. Will you kidnap me to Ireland? As a special favor?"[/color]
Maybe away from all the stupid people she could get around to writing that novel. Or get around to getting an idea for that novel. Or getting around to finding time to get an idea for that novel. Anyway.
Ireland was the answer to all of Rhod's problems. She was sure of this.
... Maybe Rhod needed to go to sleep before she said anything else stupid too.
Wait! No! One more thing! She opened her eyes again and tapped Jack on the shoulder, grinning a little again. "Hey. Jack. Before you go to sleep?"[/color][/sup]
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Post by Jack Travidi on Jan 14, 2010 19:24:10 GMT -5
"I-I don't h-have a soul," Jack managed to stammer out, the sudden closeness startling him. His brain functioned slightly better when she moved away a bit, and he managed to think of a response instead of looking at her stupidly like he had been. "Evidently I don't need to seduce you," he whispered, his voice level now. "You seem perfectly willing to throw yourself at me." He grinned at her to show he was kidding (mostly), since he wasn't sure how she'd take that insinuation. He wasn't particularly good at joking around, and for once there was someone he really didn't want mad at him. She might kick him out, is all. Jack would rather live with Arianrhod than outside.
"Nope. No Ireland. If I'm kidnapping you, there will be no special favors, just so I can do something semi-evil. ...though I hear it's nice." In Jack speak, that was 'yes, but I don't like it'. "Maybe people in Ireland are stupid and I can make them interact with you," he mused, talking more to himself than her. ...wait, what? That's right, Jack had just debated running off to Ireland with Rhod.
...it's definitely time to go to sleep.
Nearly asleep, Jack opened his eyes to glare at her, though his tiredness and her grinning made it fade quickly. "What is it Rhod?" he asked with a sigh, figuring he'd get to sleep faster if he humored her.
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Post by Mindy Omnis on Jan 14, 2010 19:43:28 GMT -5
"I'm sure I can convince you,"[/color] she said matter-of-factly. "Ireland is awesome and if you go with me when I elope with myself then you will see how awesome it is."[/color] Rhod had temporarily forgotten the term for leaving somewhere unexpectedly, and had decided to say that she was eloping with herself.
Note to self: get Rhod a fake engagement ring.
"Thank you for taking me home,"[/color] Arianrhod whispered, moving back to her previous (and extremely awkward) place against Jack. She reached up hesitantly to put her fingers against the side of his face. "For worrying about me 'n coming to get me at all. It was... nice. I don't think anyone else would've bothered to wonder why I was on the Aphy porch."[/color]
Before she could lose her alcohol-bolstered nerve, the blonde leaned over to press her lips lightly against the wizard's. The kiss lasted about three seconds, and then Rhod pulled back a little to smile at him.
"'Night,"[/color] she mumbled, and about two seconds after that she was fast asleep.
... That was anticlimactic.[/sup]
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Post by Jack Travidi on Jan 14, 2010 20:26:03 GMT -5
Jack merely nodded at her Ireland comment, deciding it would make more sense if they eloped together. ...he was promptly grateful he hadn't voiced that bit of awkwardness out loud. Regardless of who was eloping with who, Jack liked the idea of going to Ireland. He was sure there would be magical areas hiding magical artifacts that he could get his hands on. It was even overseas, which would make it more fun since he didn't know the places as well. Jack likes exploring.
Body tensed at her nearness, it took Jack until she was asleep to process what had happened. He, naturally, hadn't really reacted, stunned at her gall. Who in their right mind would want their hand that close to his face, let alone think they had the right to touch him? Well, she is drunk, he thought, though he couldn't say he would have minded if Arianrhod hadn't been intoxicated. He would have pretended to be outraged, of course, but that was just for show.
This whole pretending to be outraged thing didn't really work when the person you wanted to pretend to be angry at just fell asleep on you. I mean, she had the nerve to think she could touch his face, and then she had the nerve to kiss him, and then she thought she could just fall asleep before he could be properly angry? Yeah right-
And then time stood still. Rhod- She- But- I- Right about then he realized she'd kissed him. Jack Travidi had finally gotten someone to like him enough to... kiss him? For some reason that didn't seem quite right, though she was drunk, so he allowed himself to pretend it made perfect sense. It wasn't every day the wizard was kissed though. Or ever. Except today. ...yeah.
Smiling like an idiot (he was grateful she was asleep), Jack closed his eyes. "Night," he mumbled back, snuggling closer to her. He might not have wanted to admit it, but he was rather happy about the way things had turned out. If she liked him...
...save those thoughts for the morning. When she's sober and thinking clearly. Jack couldn't ruin his own mood, though, and was actually smiling when he fell asleep.
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Post by Mindy Omnis on Jan 15, 2010 19:30:36 GMT -5
When morning came, as it always must, it brought a very, very unwelcome figure with it.
An extremely energized-looking Sable threw open the Athena cabin door, carrying Arianrhod's glasses in one hand. They were only minimally scratched - not even Sable was willing to risk them getting broken - although they did suffer minor damage a few seconds later.
"Morning~! Rhod, I brought your glasses,"[/color] she announced chirpily, waving them in the air. "Sorry about drugging you with Splash Soda last night, but we needed a test subje-"[/color]
The words slowly died in her mouth as Sable took in the scene. Rhod, now stirring slightly, snuggled up with her hand on someone's head. That someone was snuggling her back, and quite vigorously, it seemed. Sable's eyes slowly but surely filled with tears.
So... wait, she'd gotten rejected for Optimus?
"RHOD, YOU BITCH!"[/color] she yelled, and the glasses made a very impressive clattering noise as they bounced off of the opposite wall, miraculously unbroken. "YOU WOULD SLEEP WITH JACK TRAVIDI BUT NOT WITH ME? I LOVED YOU! WE ARE OVER, RHODDY ARGALL! DEAD AND BURIED!"[/color]
And with one last agonized shriek, Sable spun on her heel and stomped out of the cabin, slamming the door behind her.
In bed, Arianrhod was slowly coming back to the world of the living. There were few things that she was aware of, but they seemed very important.
Her head felt like a porcupine had been staggering around in it for a very long time, and her mouth bore a strong resemblance to the Gobi Desert. She had been awakened by a shrieky voice that was obviously Sable, the voice had insinuated something entirely disturbing, and something quite possibly true, because: she was not wearing pants, which she had made a point of; she was not wearing a bra, which was not so important, but would have been nice because; she was pressed up very tightly against someone who was hugging her.
She was pretty sure she knew who this person was.
"Jack,"[/color] Arianrhod almost groaned, once she had worked up the courage to crack her eyes open and confirm the identity of her snuggler. She prodded Jack in the shoulder with two fingers and frowned at him, should he wake up and wish to know what her mood was. "You're in my bed, I'm at least partially undressed, I seem to have something terribly akin to a hangover, and Sable just informed me that I've apparently slept with you. Please tell me whether this is true or not."[/color][/sup]
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Post by Jack Travidi on Jan 15, 2010 23:03:36 GMT -5
Jack could sleep like a rock when he wanted to. He could also block out particularly annoying sounds that he deems unimportant. Like Sable yelling. That wasn't important in the least. Hearing the door shut, he had once more snuggled against his teddy bear, attempting to return to a deep sleep instead of the half-awareness he currently had of the world.
"Five more minutes." He opened his eyes to judge her mood, instantly deciding there would not be five more minutes of peace. Sable had ruined that. "Yes, we literally slept together. Not in the way Sable suggested though. Stupid Aphrodite daughter and her ruining of my sleep," he muttered, ignoring the scratchy feeling of his throat. It once more felt like he was attempting to gargle with sandpaper.
Taking a moment to gather his thoughts, Jack glanced toward the door, still processing the figure that had left as quickly as she'd arrived. He was glad she was gone. Returning to look at Arianrhod, Jack turned slightly red, not having really processed that she was in fact partially undressed. He had one small consolation though. "This isn't your bed anymore," he whispered, stubbornly choosing to not move away from Rhod in the least. He'd go on a rant about trust if she made him, and it would not be pleasant. For her, anyways, since Jack would be right.
"I would also like to point out that you were the one who demanded I sleep here - or attempted to, anyway - and who was making awkward comments." He seriously hoped she didn't need any examples of this, since he really didn't want to have to say any of them. Jack was, in fact, embarrassed for her. "But we won't worry about that," he added, turning his head towards where Arianrhod's glasses had fallen. He concentrated for a moment and they quickly found themselves placed on the nightstand next to Rhod, should she decide she wanted them.
"Speaking of hangovers, how is yours treating you?" Jack may have appeared concerned, but he was really just hoping no one would think he'd actually slept with her and that she could fix hat rumor. Or maybe he really was concerned and the frown she was giving him had hurt a little because didn't she trust him, he had already made it clear he was protective of her, why would he hurt her?
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Post by Mindy Omnis on Jan 15, 2010 23:21:47 GMT -5
Arianrhod groaned and pressed her palms to her face, rubbing her eyes with the heels of her hands. It didn't seem to make the invisible porcupine do anything but stagger around some more. "In response to your question, it's treating me like he-"[/color]
She froze in the process of pinching the bridge of her nose in an attempt to ward off the headache, and shot a slightly shocked glance through her fingers at the wizard. "Since when do you talk? ... Why do you sound like He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named on a bad day?"[/color]
Actually, You-Know-Who's voice would have sounded a lot worse, Arianrhod supposed. But that was not the point.
Nor was Jack's sudden talk binge. She would investigate it later. "Whatever,"[/color] the blonde mumbled. "If this is a hangover, as you said, then I obviously wasn't in my right mind when I demanded that you sleep with me. Wait. What awkward comments?"[/color] Alarmed, Arianrhod took her hands from her face and stared at Jack with something akin to panic. "Please don't tell me I'm a promiscuous drunk."[/color]
At the time of waking, most of the previous night had been blurry. She recalled going over to the Aphy cabin for some reason or another, drinking something that seemed suspiciously like Sprite, and falling. Several times. And something that seemed like it had happened at the end of the evening.
"Jack?"[/color] Arianrhod inquired levelly. "Why do I remember kissing someone and not who that person was?"[/color][/sup]
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Post by Jack Travidi on Jan 16, 2010 12:25:10 GMT -5
"If someone hadn't gotten drunk off of whatever it is you drank and lost their glasses, then they would have been able to read what I was saying. Then I wouldn't have had to talk for the first time in seven years or so." Jack said this as if he resented the fact that he had to actually put effort into saying things. Which he did, because his throat hurt. But, as Arianrhod had thought, this was not the point.
Jack turned red. Rhod was very good at making his face change colors. "And I quote, 'Are you going to come with me? But not that kind of come. Obviously. Unless you are. Are you? Going to come with me? To bed? In bed? Are your feet big?'. It was just lovely for all those involved." he said sarcastically, his expression saying the same thing. He then looked contemplative. "If you turned down Sable - which you apparently did, I'm so proud - then I would venture a guess that you were more amused by what you were saying than serious about it. ...you're just a 'funny' drunk." He said the word funny as if he disagreed, though he hadn't liked the jokes she'd been making. Otherwise, she was a pretty amusing drunk. Or a pretty, amusing drunk- Stop that.
He tensed. Jack really didn't want to answer this question. There were a multitude of reasons for this, the main one being she hadn't reacted well to her drunk self in the least and this was yet another thing she probably wouldn't like. "Well, Rhod, um... you kissed me." He mentally prepared for a bad reaction, since anything above that would be much easier to handle.
...would you trust a hungover, short blonde to take all of this well? No? Neither would Jack.
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Post by Mindy Omnis on Jan 16, 2010 23:18:10 GMT -5
Arianrhod froze in response to this revelation. Several options occurred to her at the time. After discarding a few like "knock Jack on the head and run for it," "laugh it off," and "inquire if she was as horrible a kisser as she suspected," she chose to ignore it and instead - her favorite Plan B - get angry.
"I'm so sorry to inconvenience you,"[/color] Arianrhod shot back, with a measure of sarcasm that would have made an Ares demigod jealous. "Do you want me to kiss it and make it better? Oh, wait - I've already done that. That's just too bad. You've got harsh luck."[/color] So saying, she squirmed out of Jack's grasp. No, she would not have preferred to stay there. It was perfectly warm on the other side of the bed! And yes, that was the only reason she would have wanted to stay in close proximity with Jack anyway!
Only when there was a good six inches or so of space between them did Arianrhod allow herself to go over his last statement and go a shade of scarlet akin to his own. "Good gods,"[/color] she mumbled in disbelief, covering her face with her hands as if that would hide the fact that it was now hot enough to fry things on. "I... Just what did..."[/color]
Congratulations, Jack. You have rendered Arianrhod Argall speechless for the first time in her life.
"... please forget all those comments,"[/color] she finally choked out after some color had subsided from her face. "Regard much of what I said last night as untrue, or at least the inappropriate bits. I don't remember what else I said last night. ... Was there something about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named? I remember that. And falling a lot. ... Did you push me over?"[/color]
Excellent, Rhoddy. Distract him with other topics of conversation! Ignore the fact that you kissed him last night in a drunken fervor! Don't admit to yourself that you may have liked it!
No, you are not allowed to try it again![/sup]
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Post by Jack Travidi on Jan 17, 2010 13:46:19 GMT -5
"You cannot seriously be mad at me. You cannot- you are!" Jack was trying to decide if this was bad, or just funny. He wasn't really sure. "Oh, yes. I'm extremely upset with my luck. Darn, a pretty girl kissed me," he sarcastically added, shooting her a pointed look.
He wouldn't admit to her that he had been grateful she was asleep because of the smile stupid grin on his face. No, he hadn't liked it! Of course not.
"...I'm cold now. Get back over here." That was not a request, but a demand. Wizards don't like being cold, you know. "Don't make me come over there." He would, too. Rhod should not test Jack's resolve. He will have his teddy-bear once more.
Smiling, Jack brought up something that would be handy in teasing the daughter of Athena. "Why, yes, there was something about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named." The tone with which this was said suggested she wasn't going to like what was said next. "Apparently I'm better looking than him. Do you have a thing for wizards? Do you? Do you like me? Is that why you kissed me?" Jack teased. He wondered about her reaction to that, but she already appeared to be mad at him, so it couldn't really get much worse.
"I only let you fall when you said bad things. It was an attempt at negative-reinforcement. I helped you up, though. And you did make it back in one piece," he replied. Yes Jack, that definitely makes it okay. 'I let you fall, but I helped you up' is definitely what every angry girl wants to hear.
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