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Who are the people in your neighborhood...

Mar 21, 2007 22:06

Crowley had grown weary of reading the books he'd gotten to take to Aziraphale in the clinic, so he sauntered into the rec room to do battle with the bookshelf. He had always believed that Good and Evil were just names of sides, but that was until he'd encountered the shelf and the jukebox. Leave it to Knowledge and Electronics to prove to him ( Read more... )

roxy harvey, chris stevens, delirium, arthur castus, tim canterbury, cameron watanabe, violet baudelaire, peter pan, greg sanders, jane lipton, dr. james wilson, dr. owen harper, cj cregg, crowley, joshua lyman, stu redman, jamie madrox, nita callahan, claire bennet, death, jack harkness, mrs bennet

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Jack Harkness violet_ribbons March 22 2007, 03:11:31 UTC

If Violet has been a different girl, she would perhaps not be happy with the books that the island bookcase was choosing to give her. After all, getting items that were resolutely not the ones that you wished for was hardly anyone's cup of tea. However, Violet hummed as she bent and peered at the bookshelf, tugging out book after book with schematics and inventions and articles about Tesla- but few were in English, or had anything to do with spiral staircases. Or concrete, or anything else that would fall under the category of 'helpful'.

She'd noticed Claire lying on the floor, and at least she seemed to have found what she was looking for (... Violet had never been interested in romance novels- or perhaps she'd never had the time.)

Her brows knit as she made a noise of frustration, and then the radio started blaring some- some music-If you could call it that. "Eugh." She stood, and turned without realising that there was someone behind her, and she found herself nose-to-chest (why had she stopped growing when she was thirteen?) to ( ... )

Re: Jack Harkness captainjack March 22 2007, 03:33:38 UTC

Jack caught her by the shoulders before they crashed into one another and looked down at her with a warm smile. "Hello," he purred, his voice as deep and enchanting as his eyes. "Are you okay?"

Re: Jack Harkness violet_ribbons March 22 2007, 03:37:26 UTC

Violet blinked, her cheeks turning red in likely 3.5 seconds. He was- Well. Obviously he was attractive. Because the island seemed to be swarming with attractive men, and-

Because Violet was a smart girl, she cut that particular line of thought short. "H-Hello. I'm- I mean, I'm okay." She flashed a smile, her arms full of the books she'd rescued. "Sorry- I mean, I didn't mean to crash into you. Even though I didn't."

... Her brows knit. "... I should just start over. I'm Violet Baudelaire."

Re: Jack Harkness captainjack March 22 2007, 04:02:02 UTC

"Hello there, Violet. I'm Jack Harkness," he said, letting her go once she seemed steady. "You have a baby sister, right? Sunny?" he asked, flattered a little by the blush of a young girl. Not that he'd do anything about it.

He had a few scruples. Not many, but some.

Re: Jack Harkness violet_ribbons March 22 2007, 04:06:43 UTC

Violet nodded. It wasn't that she thought that- well. It was just that she was noticing that they were attractive. Like half (all?) the men in this room.

Oh, and her cheeks just got redder. "R-Right. Sunny. She's my sister." Sister. Sunny. Good to talk about instead of just looking at the guy who was talking to her and seeing JOHNNY DEPP out of the corner of her eye talking to- to some guy who looked like what would happen if you took the guy from Titanic and actually made him- well. Able to beat somebody up in a fight.

She swallowed, blinking as she looked back up at Jack. "Do you know her?" It seemed her sister knew a lot of people, which was a little sad. Not for Sunny, certainly, but-

Her two year old sister had a better social life then she did.

Re: Jack Harkness captainjack March 22 2007, 04:38:45 UTC

"No," he smiled. "I don't. But a good friend of mine happened to be in her body a while ago? When some of us woke up as other people? So I know of her. It's a pleasure to meet you. Violet."

He enunciated her name through the unending smile, reaching up to brush a stray lock of hair from her cheek. "Sorry, your hair got a little mussed."

Re: Jack Harkness violet_ribbons March 22 2007, 04:45:08 UTC

Her eyes widened a little more, and she swallowed hard. "I- It's nice to- I mean, you're friends with Dale?" She cleared her throat. "I was in my body, that weekend. Captain Jack was in Klaus, and Dale- I mean, he woke up. In Sunny, I mean."

She looked a little bit like a deer in the headlights at the moment. "It's okay. The hair, I mean. It... usually gets... mussed." She wondered who actually used a word like 'mussed', anyway?

... Obviously, he did.

Re: Jack Harkness captainjack March 22 2007, 05:03:06 UTC

"Hair does that," he chuckled. "And yes, Dale and I are very good friends. I carried him around a bit that weekend. I don't know about your sister, but Dale was sweet snuggled on my shoulder."

Re: Jack Harkness violet_ribbons March 22 2007, 05:10:33 UTC

Violet laughed. "Sunny's sweet. You should meet her for real - do you know where our treehouse is?"

Re: Jack Harkness captainjack March 22 2007, 05:23:33 UTC

"Yeah, I do. I live in the big one across and down the path. With the Doctor? Do you know him? Just across from Jane and Stu."

Re: Jack Harkness violet_ribbons March 22 2007, 05:29:31 UTC

Violet blinked. "... No, I've not met him- Or, well. Anyone named Jane or Stu." Her brows knit. "Can I ask- I mean, I've been having some conceptual problems-" She half turned, setting down the books to tie the ribbon that'd been lying around the back of her neck to tie her hair up. "Who built your treehouse? There's a new staircase- I mean, I wasn't snooping, or anything. It's just-" Her brows knit. "I've been having some problems."

Re: Jack Harkness captainjack March 22 2007, 05:52:54 UTC

"Here, let me," he said, reaching out to tie the bow for her. "We built it, Stu and the Doctor and I. House helped, so did Chase. The staircase is a private route to my room since I'm all the way up top. Safer that way, right?" he explained. "What sorts of problems, Violet?" he asked, genuinely interested.

Re: Jack Harkness violet_ribbons March 22 2007, 06:01:10 UTC

Her hands faltered, and she'd never been so confused. The ribbon was an automatic reflex by this point - tie her hair, clear her head. That was how it worked. But now- He'd just- and- She blinked, finding her head not clear at all.

"I- err- I was- I mean- The- the supports. Since we're closer to the beach I wanted to either sink them deeper to account for the instability of the ground and the increased windshear coming off the water, but I can't dig that deep- and I was thinking about making cement, and I can find the pumice but the bookshelf won't give me the right books, and finding enough wood for stairs- I'd originally hoped to make them out of metal, but there isn't any here ( ... )

Re: Jack Harkness captainjack March 22 2007, 06:48:50 UTC

"I just lift and carry," Jack replied smoothly. "For the technical stuff, you'd have to talk to the Doctor. But if you want books, I have pretty good luck with the shelf," he offered.

Re: Jack Harkness violet_ribbons March 22 2007, 06:53:41 UTC

"... Really? Do you think- I mean, if you wouldn't mind?" She chewed on the inside of her lip. "I'm looking for anything on primitive staircases."

She almost wanted to ask him if he could help- she wasn't strong enough to get the supports to do what she needed them too, but he probably was- but Klaus would probably have a cat.

Re: Jack Harkness captainjack March 22 2007, 17:35:05 UTC

"I'd be happy to help, Violet," he smiled, adjusting her bow a little. "Any time you like, just find me."

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