you can call me great one

For as much as Jaina was glad to see things back to normal, there were some things to deal with in the aftermath that she hadn't counted on. Like making sure her cat grandfather had actual cat food, and cleaning up a kitchen because cat food hadn't been available yesterday. After some internal debate she decided to leave laundry until tomorrow, considering he seemed to like the basket.

"Just... no more trying to get to kitchen tools, okay?" she warned, looking to make sure she knew where he was. "I'm not trying to clean again before Tuesday." And then it was time to settle on the sofa with her comlink to check messages, glorious messages she could actually get again after a week.


[Anakitty modded with persmission. Can be open, yes.]

Still in a bad mood, Jaina had learned that it was kind of hard to get actual work done without any light, which was why she sitting on the floor of her room with the door open, trying to figure out a way to amplify the little flashlight on her multitool so she could read her mission reports without getting eyestrain.

Yeah, she could have just gone out and bought a flashlight or something battery-operated, but it was kind of nice to be tinkering with something for no reason. It'd been way too long since she'd done something like that, and it was good to not have to think about things because she was so involved in the details.

At least until the light burnt out, and then here was a heavy sigh as she realized that yes, maybe she should just buy a damn flashlight.


[Can be open, yes, though my brain is molasses today.]

Jaina could have put this off. She knew he'd be back in a few weeks, and that this was probably a better conversation in person, but putting it off felt like the coward's way out. If he was going to hear the story, she needed to tell it now, before she could sink into life like nothing was wrong. Or pretend to, anyway. This wasn't something where she could greet him on arrival with "Oh by the way..."

Of course, she'd been intending to go back to the dorms for this conversation, which didn't exactly work out because she instead found herself in the woods, so she gave up and headed for the abandoned shack instead. She was adaptable like that.

Anyway, once she was there and knew she'd have privacy for this, she did hesitate at picking up her comlink for a moment. And then she sucked it up and called her grandfather.

( cuuuuuuut )

[Preplayed with the wonderful sith_happened, and NFI.]

After her conversation with Umbridge and her visit with Gavin, Jaina went back to her room, closed the door- And immediately there was a knock.

Jaina opened it, didn't see anyone around, and then accidentally kicked the banana laying outside the door, sending it skidding across the hall. "...Okay," she muttered, and closed the door again.

As she checked her voicemail, the knock came again. When Jaina didn't see anyone outside the door this time, she looked down and found another banana.

So weird.

She went to return the call, and just before hanging up, heard the knock again. This time when Jaina opened the door, she looked straight down, kicked the banana out of the way, and yelled, "Okay, now it's annoying!"

She slammed the door shut this time, and hardly had her back turned before she heard the knock once again.

With a groan, she opened the door, ready to yell again, and was surprised when she saw what was there. Bending to pick up the orange, she sighed, "I'm so glad you're not a banana."

['stablishy!]