WHO: Jay Guthrie (
ahhmahjaysus), OPEN!
WHERE: Xavier's Institute. Default is the hallways, but if you want a specific location like the kitchen or something, just put it in the header?
WHEN: Backdated to afternoon-ish today? Like above, anything goes, just specify!
WARNINGS: I AM SELFISH I AM WRONG I mean probably massive angst somewhere in there
SUMMARY: Jay
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Jay was just one of those things Sam really failed at, as much as he hated it.
"Uh, hey..."
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Jay didn't hide a frown, ignoring the part of him that still wondered if he'd be better off not knowing.
"Hi."
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Besides, telling Jay was probably one of the hardest, most heartbreaking things he'd ever done.
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"I really don't want to talk about it." he finally answered in a flat tone.
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She took a breath and focused once again on the students in the here and now. After the end of an astronomy class, she walked into what she thought was an empty classroom to scout out her new work space. In that room though, was Jay. Her breath caught. The last time she had seen him, she'd left in her own pain after losing her powers and her place at the school. She had regretted not being there for Jay. And she had felt her heart ache upon hearing about his death. But Jay was right here. She couldn't hold back a small smile of relief ( ... )
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"Dani!"
Upon recollection, he wondered if maybe he had seen Mirage on the team line-ups. He'd been so distracted by Sam and just dealing with his own emotions he hadn't even realized Dani-- Dani was there.
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Jay had been one of the more sensitive students in her squad but at the same time, deeply perceptive. She wondered belatedly what was happening in his time before arriving in the City.
She cocked her head, "I've got to drop off a few things at my office. Walk with me."
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"...When were you 'ported in?" he ventured to ask after a moment, the guilt obvious in his voice as he got the sinking feeling that school wasn't the only thing he'd missed in the few weeks he'd mostly spent in solitude. Dani was here when Jay was first ported in, sure, but they never got the chance to actually talk before she was gone again and now he was dead and... it was really, really good to see her.
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"Hey, Jay!" Paige said cheerfully, giving her brother a big hug. "Guess who just made bank and is going to treat her favorite brother to anything he wants without Sam or Mom knowing?"
She had her first paycheck in her wallet. If he wanted to go for food, she would treat him. If he wanted to go hang out somewhere, she would take him. Because if anyone needed a cheer up right now it was him.
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"Y'know Ah'm a simple man. Ah don't need much." he teased, laying his accent on too thick to not be teasing her.
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She has a notebook of some sort in her hands and notices Jay almost immediately, and oh wow he looks like crap warmed over. This is not what Sooraya thinks, of course, because Sooraya ever uttering the words "crap warmed over", even mentally, is a physical impossibility, but she notes something to that effect. Time to attempt to... cheer him up? That's sort of impossible, but she has to try.
Awkwardly.]
Jay...?
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Hey, Sooraya...
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[Sooraya smiles back, equally genuine and equally... dinky but that's beyond the point. She thinks that Jay will understand and appreciate it more if she does not put on the impression of fake cheerfulness, and she owes honesty to him after the past few months. She sounds kind of hopeful as she speaks again.]
You are going to classes again?
[It's not as though she hasn't seen him around in them, I'm assuming, but still.]
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Yeah. [Shrugging] I guess it had to happen sooner or later. I can't keep hiding until I'm ported out.
[He rubs his neck, kind of embarrassed, and a little sad.]
I'm sorry... For disappearing like that.
[And for, uh, dying.]
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