Lori and Jack reuinion ICC

2 Oct 16, 01:07 PM
Jack: -gives a small laugh, moving so they can walk but still has arm around her as they move off-

2 Oct 16, 01:06 PM
Loretta: *hugs tighter* ...wanna head back together? It's late and usually you sleep around this time...

2 Oct 16, 01:05 PM
Jack: -hugs back, leaning his head into her hair and holding her close-

2 Oct 16, 01:03 PM
Loretta: Im so sorry

2 Oct 16, 01:03 PM
Loretta: *gets up and looks at Jack before hugging him*

2 Oct 16, 01:02 PM
Loretta: But...

2 Oct 16, 01:02 PM
Loretta: I don't see that...

2 Oct 16, 01:02 PM
Jack: You deserve more.

2 Oct 16, 12:57 PM
Loretta: *wipes eyes* I dont deserve it

2 Oct 16, 12:55 PM
Loretta: *exhales*

2 Oct 16, 12:55 PM
Loretta: ...*just is a bit shocked* ...I...

2 Oct 16, 12:54 PM
Jack: yeah?

2 Oct 16, 12:51 PM
Loretta: Jack...

2 Oct 16, 12:50 PM
Jack: It means we talk to each other...no more secrets and no more jumping to conclusions...and then we face whatever they've got to throw at us together.

2 Oct 16, 12:49 PM
Loretta: *staring at him* ...but...

2 Oct 16, 12:49 PM
Jack: Same reason we started in the first place.

2 Oct 16, 12:48 PM
Loretta: what it means

2 Oct 16, 12:48 PM
Loretta: I mean...you realize...

2 Oct 16, 12:48 PM
Loretta: ...why... though...

2 Oct 16, 12:48 PM
Jack: Uh...maybe not start over exactly...but...try again?

2 Oct 16, 12:47 PM
Loretta: Start over...?

2 Oct 16, 12:46 PM
Jack: -serious again- So then...maybe we can start over?

2 Oct 16, 12:45 PM
Loretta: Jack...Im sorry.

2 Oct 16, 12:43 PM
Loretta: *looks up at him*

2 Oct 16, 12:38 PM
Jack: -gives a weak chuckle-

2 Oct 16, 12:36 PM
Loretta: I dont understand you.

2 Oct 16, 12:36 PM
Jack: And that's my choice.

2 Oct 16, 12:36 PM
Jack: Well I ain't gonna just sit back and let someone I care about get hurt. I can't do that.

2 Oct 16, 12:31 PM
Loretta: I won't be able to win this battle Jack. I'm just prolonging the inevitable.

2 Oct 16, 12:30 PM
Jack: So don't try to face them alone.

2 Oct 16, 12:30 PM
Loretta: *buries face in hands*

2 Oct 16, 12:29 PM
Loretta: haven't faded away yet. I am back at a weird form of square one and yet everything is a mess. I don't know when one Anti Guardian will pretend i am not an issue and another time when they might attack

2 Oct 16, 12:28 PM
Loretta: I don't know what is going to happen, Jack. I haven

2 Oct 16, 12:28 PM
Loretta: I can't forget. I can't... move on. I can't...and now...now...everything is in pieces.

2 Oct 16, 12:27 PM
Jack: -glances down knowing she has a point about him thinking it when he said it- Maybe I thought it...but that doesn't mean it was true. I thought it when I wasn't thinking clearly

2 Oct 16, 12:27 PM
Loretta: *sits down on the ground* I can't hate you. You....you've done so much to me that there is nothing I can do.

2 Oct 16, 12:26 PM
Jack: that.

2 Oct 16, 12:26 PM
Jack: If you can't forgive me for it...I wouldn't blame you. If you hate me just say it and I'll leave you alone for good. But don't push me away just cuz you think you're protecting me or anything like

2 Oct 16, 12:26 PM
Loretta: I've tried everything and I just can't...

2 Oct 16, 12:25 PM
Loretta: and it's...I mean you were right.

2 Oct 16, 12:25 PM
Loretta: All of what you said...was true...part of you thought it...

2 Oct 16, 12:25 PM
Jack: That's up to you.

2 Oct 16, 12:25 PM
Jack: I regret everything I said in the park, Lori. It was stupid and I was just running my mouth when I should'a been listening.
2 Oct 16, 12:24 PM
Loretta: What are we going to do then?

2 Oct 16, 12:24 PM
Jack: -shakes his head with small frustrated sigh- That's just a part of it, though. I...I just know everything felt right when we were together. Now these past weeks...you're all I can think about.

2 Oct 16, 12:18 PM
Loretta: Or met ...someone....

2 Oct 16, 12:15 PM
Loretta: And you would've done it eventually...

2 Oct 16, 12:14 PM
Jack: You also got me to learn more about my magic. You made me think I might actually have a future other than running and pretending to be something I'm not.

2 Oct 16, 12:12 PM
Loretta: And...these are my consequences. And I don't....want you dragged up in this anymore. I've done enough to ruin your life.

2 Oct 16, 12:11 PM
Loretta: I've done so much...

2 Oct 16, 12:11 PM
Loretta: Jack a good person wouldn't have lied to you! A good person would've never done what I did...

2 Oct 16, 12:11 PM
Loretta: I'm not Jack!

2 Oct 16, 12:10 PM
Jack: meant more than what some random woman said about you. Everything we've been through before...you're a good person, you always have been.

2 Oct 16, 12:09 PM
Jack: Lori...I...-shakes his head clearly trying to find the right words- I wish you had told me, I ain't gonna lie...but I know you. I've known you for months before that and...I should've realized that

2 Oct 16, 12:09 PM
Loretta: ...Jack I...I'll never be able to make it up....

2 Oct 16, 12:05 PM
Loretta: *allows it and looks up at him, she looks like she is about to cry*

2 Oct 16, 12:04 PM
Jack: -hesitantly reaches out to take her hand, light enough that she could pull away but he can't resist-

2 Oct 16, 12:04 PM
Loretta: *crosses arms and tries to just breathe and wipes her eyes* Jack...

2 Oct 16, 12:04 PM
Jack: Nothing I said was true. I was confused and mad...I still don't understand everything...but you never deserved the way I reacted.

2 Oct 16, 12:02 PM
Loretta: I know how these things work. Ok? Guys like you don't end up with girls like me. And it's fine. I never... deserved it. And I don't and you deserve...so much more than I can ever provide

2 Oct 16, 12:01 PM
Loretta: Jack.

2 Oct 16, 12:01 PM
Jack: No, Lori it wasn't. -almost immediately, that's probably the surest he's sounded yet about any of this-

2 Oct 16, 12:00 PM
Loretta: Nothing I can do to fix it.

2 Oct 16, 11:59 AM
Loretta: it's probably better this way since...everything...a-and besides...everything you said was true.

2 Oct 16, 11:59 AM
Loretta: ..No..that's ...that's not it...it's...

2 Oct 16, 11:59 AM
Jack: I'm sorry...I just...if you don't want to be around me again- I get it. But...I just...wanted you to know -glancing down at the ground-

2 Oct 16, 11:57 AM
Loretta: Jack...

2 Oct 16, 11:56 AM
Loretta: *looks back at Jack* ...

2 Oct 16, 11:56 AM
Jack: -follows behind her-

2 Oct 16, 11:53 AM
Loretta: *walks outside and takes a deep breath of fresh air

2 Oct 16, 11:54 AM
Jack: -follows, pausing at Merida's words- Uh, no sorry...we just...have a lot of catching up to do.

2 Oct 16, 11:53 AM
Merida: Yeesh...was it somethin' I said?

2 Oct 16, 11:53 AM
Loretta: *gets up and goes outside*

2 Oct 16, 11:52 AM
Jack: -looks a little more nervous but nods- Sure.

2 Oct 16, 11:52 AM
Loretta: *pushes back a strand of hair and looks over at Jack* ...can we...go

2 Oct 16, 11:52 AM
Merida: Oy...

2 Oct 16, 11:49 AM
Jack: A client? -still kind of suspicious of Pied Piper-

2 Oct 16, 11:47 AM
Merida: -peeks in curiously-

2 Oct 16, 11:47 AM
Anton: Nein, I just stopped by here on the way to a client.

2 Oct 16, 11:45 AM
Loretta: No you weren't.

2 Oct 16, 11:45 AM
Jack: Cuz I was an idiot to leave.

2 Oct 16, 11:45 AM
Loretta: *exhales* ...Jack... Im...

2 Oct 16, 11:41 AM
Loretta: *rubs eyes a bit before freezing* ... why

2 Oct 16, 11:41 AM
Jack: Good memories...-takes a deep breath, before speaking quietly- wishing...could go back to it.

2 Oct 16, 11:36 AM
Loretta: oh?

2 Oct 16, 11:35 AM
Jack: -glances down at it with a tiny a bittersweet smile before looking back at her- Have some pretty great inspiration for it.

2 Oct 16, 11:33 AM
Loretta: T-...I...um... That drawing is beautiful.

2 Oct 16, 11:32 AM
Jack: Yeah? -looking at her a little nervous-

2 Oct 16, 11:31 AM
Loretta: ...Jack?

2 Oct 16, 11:28 AM
Loretta: *notices the drawing and breath catches in her throat*

2 Oct 16, 11:28 AM
Loretta: No... I just...managed to stumble here

2 Oct 16, 11:27 AM
Jack: So either of you been around here before? -shifts a little, partial drawing still on his lap, looks like a fancy restaurant's interior-

2 Oct 16, 11:25 AM
Loretta: *taps her fingers on the notebook*

2 Oct 16, 11:25 AM
Anton: *starts softly playing his flute again*

2 Oct 16, 11:24 AM
Loretta: *looks back at her notebook*

2 Oct 16, 11:24 AM
Anton: *raises an eyebrow*

2 Oct 16, 11:23 AM
Loretta: *is a bit nervous but...so far it seems ok*

2 Oct 16, 11:23 AM
Anton: ...

2 Oct 16, 11:23 AM
Loretta: *looks at Anton*

2 Oct 16, 11:23 AM
Anton: *stretches

2 Oct 16, 11:22 AM
Anton: *streteches*

2 Oct 16, 11:19 AM
Loretta: Yea...it has...

2 Oct 16, 11:17 AM
Loretta: *nods and goes to sit down near him*

2 Oct 16, 11:16 AM
Jack: Been awhile, y'know?

2 Oct 16, 11:15 AM
Jack: -pauses, choosing his words as he looks at Loretta- It's nice seeing you. Why not come and sit for awhile.

2 Oct 16, 11:11 AM
Loretta: *gives him a curious look, still unsure*

2 Oct 16, 11:11 AM
Jack: -to Lori- It's warmer over here by the fire pit.

2 Oct 16, 11:06 AM
Loretta: *hangs back a bit*

2 Oct 16, 11:03 AM
Anton: Very well. *shrugs*

2 Oct 16, 11:03 AM
Jack: Yeah. It's nice...good place to think...sort things out.

2 Oct 16, 11:00 AM
Loretta: *climbs down*

2 Oct 16, 11:00 AM
Loretta: The quiet is kinda peaceful

2 Oct 16, 11:00 AM
Jack: Oh -well that's not as bad as it could be- Still...not really necessary.

2 Oct 16, 10:59 AM
Loretta: *looks at Anton* Oh...I didn't know that.

2 Oct 16, 10:59 AM
Anton: It would just be mortals as my flute doesn't work on anything else.

2 Oct 16, 10:59 AM
Loretta: *sighs*

2 Oct 16, 10:53 AM
Loretta: *smiles a bit back*

2 Oct 16, 10:52 AM
Jack: -smiles at her-

2 Oct 16, 10:47 AM
Loretta: *stops writing and looks at the pages a bit shocked glances down at Jack*

2 Oct 16, 10:46 AM
Jack: -he glances upward again, there's a gentle light coming from her pages-

2 Oct 16, 10:45 AM
Jack: -frowns a bit turning to Anton- Uh...that'd depend on who you had in mind.

2 Oct 16, 10:45 AM
Loretta: *is writing in her notebook*

2 Oct 16, 10:44 AM
Jack: -looks a little surprised as he reads the paper, eyes dart up towards Lori with a hopeful look-

2 Oct 16, 10:42 AM
Anton: Possibly, although I can always bring more people in.

2 Oct 16, 10:41 AM
Jack: Just one of those places that's either full or empty, I guess.-notices motion and catches falling paper, looking at it-

2 Oct 16, 10:36 AM
Loretta: *writes something on a piece of paper and tosses it down at Jack*

2 Oct 16, 10:36 AM
Anton: *nods* Indeed.

2 Oct 16, 10:28 AM
Loretta: *glances down at Jack* ...yea.

2 Oct 16, 10:28 AM
Jack: -loud enough for Lori to hear as well as anyone else still in the barn- Seems like things've settled down. -still drawing-

2 Oct 16, 10:25 AM
Loretta: (yep)

2 Oct 16, 10:24 AM
Jack: (is she still in the loft?)

2 Oct 16, 10:23 AM
Loretta: *is writing*

2 Oct 16, 10:23 AM
Jack: -pulls out a pulls out a pencil and bit of paper from his pocket and starts a drawing-

2 Oct 16, 10:13 AM
Anton: ((Webs))

2 Oct 16, 10:11 AM
Loretta: ((and back ))

2 Oct 16, 10:11 AM
Loretta: ((night Carma))