Jane - Smiley Face - Bar

[mm_kiki]

It was a beautiful day in California, and after smoking a bowl of purple haze, Jane had decided that she was going to take advantage of it by taking a dip in the pool

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[sirguildmaster]

She could try asking help from the handsome young man over by the bar.

Well, handsome except she can't see his eyes.

He still seems to notice the new arrival and lifts his head from his cup of tea.

"Hmm?"

[hello_smiley]

Hearing the man speak up, Jane instantly freaked out. "What? What did I do?!" She asked loudly as she waved her arms frantically with worry that a bee was on her or something. There was no exact reason for why a bee would be around her, but she thought that one was.

[sirguildmaster]

"Calm down!" he says, possibly a little louder than he meant to. "It's all right. You haven't done anything wrong."

[hello_smiley]

"Then why am I here? Why am I not at the beach with cold feet and wet hair?" Jane asked, just a bit quieter.

[sirguildmaster]

"I don't know. People just...come here."

He gets up in case she needs some help.

"I don't know why I'm here either, but I know where we are, and that's a start. This is Milliways."

[hello_smiley]

"Milliways. Sounds like my grandma Millie, kind of smells like her too." Jane murmured as she came closer to the bar with baby steps.

[sirguildmaster]

He holds out an arm for her to hang onto and gently leads her to the bar.

"I.....don't know anything. About any of my grandparents. I hardly-"

Cepheus reaches for his blindfold for a moment but stops himself.

"I hardly even know my own mother."

[hello_smiley]

Jane takes his arm with just a little hesitation and settles when they arrive at the bar, putting her bag on the bar. "Did she leave you?" Jane asked carefully.

[sirguildmaster]

"She-- no. No. That wasn't it. She tried to love me, I know she did. And maybe, in a strange way, she loves me now. But she doesn't know who I am, who anyone is."

Except him.

He sits down and actually touches his blindfold this time.

"When I visit her, I have to wear this. I've had to ever since I was ten. I can see just fine, even with it on, but she can't see my eyes. So I kind of got used to wearing it all the time, just in case I bump into her."

[hello_smiley]

"Why can't she see your eyes? I can see them and everything's cool, right?" Jane asked, mystified by the man's explanation of everything.

[sirguildmaster]

"Well..."

He "looks" around a little, making sure none of his family is around.

"I guess I can let you see."

He takes his blindfold off.

"I can't let her see my eyes because I have my father's eyes. My father is the reason why she's..."

Cepheus trails off, pressing his lips together. He didn't want to say it about his mother, never that, but there's no other word for it.

[hello_smiley]

Jane was expecting something crazy when he took off his blindfold. Like X-Men Cyclops eyes or something. So, she was a little let down when she just saw a pair of grey-ish eyes, but she tried not to show it. "...she's confused?"

[sirguildmaster]

Just a pair of grey-ish eyes or not, you would probably want to cover them up too if they almost got plucked out of your skull.

".....insane."

[hello_smiley]

"Oh, man. I don't know what to say." A beat. "I'll keep a lookout for you. You don't have to wear that blindfold all the time." Jane assured him, despite not even knowing what to look out for; she had no idea what his mother looked like.

[sirguildmaster]

He smiles, almost looking....younger when he does.

"That's kind of you. I guess, I don't know of she even comes here anymore, what she would be like if she did, but you would be looking out for a pale woman with violet eyes and hair like mine."

Cepheus indicates his black curls.

"Her name is Mia."

It's here that he realizes he hasn't introduced himself or know his company's name.

"And I'm Cepheus."

[hello_smiley]

"I'm Jane and you got it, Cepheus. I definitely got your back." Jane said with a nod and smile before she got the sudden compulsion to grab the bag of cheetos from her beach bag.