01-16-2016, 01:20 PM
Why did this kind of thing always have to happen to her?
It only took a moment for things to take a downward turn, and Jade found herself wondering why she ever even tried to put up with other people. Sure, being lonely was awfully boring and it hadn’t done much for her perpetual state of sadness and gloom for so long, but at least she wouldn’t have to put up with people like this. She flinched especially hard as the frozen frog that she had gifted unto Valerie struck the Nexus floor with a loud clatter, thankfully not shattering into a million pieces upon impact.
By this time Jade had a finger gun of her own equipped, a thin stream of fiery green crackling along the edges of her hands, and she was pretty damn certain that it was about ninety times more powerful than this Strazio guy’s weak imitation. But, she knew that this guy was Valerie’s friend, even if he had thoroughly beaten Gamzee into the dirt and was acting like a big ol’ bully.
Plus, when it came right down to it, despite all of their cruelty and the hurtful things they might say, Jade believed that a person’s greater nature would always win out in the end. This was why, when she finally recovered from her astonishment and stepped up to the plate, the Witch didn’t immediately seek to knock this Strazio guy’s block off with a well-aimed punch.
“Uhm, okay, I think there has been a huge misunderstanding here,” she said, shaking her head as if to clear it and laughing in a tremendously strained, disbelieving rattle. With a wave of her hand, the frog drifted waveringly up into the air before nestling coolly into her palm. “Because, if there hasn’t, I’m going to have to ask you to seriously reconsider your life choices!”
The white-haired magic user actually scoffed at her words, continuing to lay into Valerie with what seemed to be a selective anger. Meanwhile, the normally affable and charmingly-adorned plant mage appeared to be prepared to take off, tail caught between his legs.
Well. At least she tried to keep her cool. Sure, she could control her anger for the most part and was perfectly aware of her— now trembling— hands and the sore pinpricks tingeing the corners of her eyes a rosy red, but that didn’t mean she would just roll over and let someone walk all over one of her friends! That would have been totally dumb and a weak, cowardly thing to do. Jade was neither of those things.
Becquerel tilted its head at the proceedings silently, watching its other, much older charge proceed to recklessly edge her way between the vexing student and his teacher. The wolfdog made no movements to stop her, instead edging Rebecca backwards and further away from the impending verbal throw down. A warning growl surged through the air, staticky and thick, but the First Guardian could not, would not interfere.
Rockwell’s face turned sharply towards her, growing more and more peeved by the second, but Jade merely stuck her bottom lip out and drew herself up to her full height in a graceless flounce of her starry hair and dress. He seemed just so hopelessly ensnared in whatever anger was eating him up inside, and Jade found that she could sympathize— albeit only vaguely. She wasn’t about to let her anger run amok, replacing her honey-colored affection and goodness with hatred and viciousness, but she could very well face up to it without batting an eye.
Looking him square in the face, she went on to vehemently declare, “You’re being a huge dumb bully to Valerie, and it was your fault that this frog hit the ground! Did you not know that this is a living, breathing thing? You can’t just tread all over a life like that! If you do that one more time, I’m stomping all over you, got it?"
With white-hot electrical sparks rising up along his limbs in jerky, prickling waves, Strazio curled his lip at her. His words lashed out in an angry, weltering way. "You can try, but I've ripped apart people stronger than you and your entourage. So I would hold my fucking tongue if I were you."
As if to prove this point, his fingers clenched into a fist and a shock of energy went sizzling into the air. Jade watched it go, her eyes widening in shock and more than a little alarm. Well, if there was anyone else wandering around in the Nexus they were bound to have seen that.
A weighted pause hung in the air, a few stray magical sparks returning to the luminescent ground in hissing spots. With all eyes on her, Jade took a deep, steadying breath, her nostrils flaring furiously in time with the blood roaring in her ears. "Well, for the record— no one here is in the mood to put up with your bullshit.”
The plant zombie man lumbered over to confront Strazio as well, and with his added presence Jade began to realize that maaaaaaaaaybe this wouldn’t be the best idea right now, even if she was hopping mad about just all of the spiky nonsense that came out of Strazio's mouth. They were in-between worlds, on a major highway of mingled transportation and varying pathways that led to all sorts of places, and there was no telling how bad things could get if more people started to congregate here for a fight.
Feeling somewhat apologetic, Jade scratched awkwardly behind one of her ears which had begun to sheepishly droop. Her gaze went to Valerie and Grundy before coming to rest on Bec. When she spoke again, her words were less barbed and directed chiefly towards her 'entourage.' “Er, say, maybe we can just take this somewhere else or talk about it later? Everyone might need to cool down for a minute and, well…. this guy probably needs to be left alone for a while, anyways….”
She frowned at the white-haired angry dude, still irked by his elephant-sized untimeliness but not wanting to start a serious conflict, especially when Rockwell was, ineffably, Valerie’s protégé. That would just be all kinds of bad, and she really didn't want to do that to her new friend.
Besides, they had better things to do than stand around all day and deal with this prime supply of unpleasantness. With a light sniff, Jade turned her nose away from the angriest one of them all, as if some foul stench was rankling through the air and she didn’t want any part of it, not a single whiff.
It only took a moment for things to take a downward turn, and Jade found herself wondering why she ever even tried to put up with other people. Sure, being lonely was awfully boring and it hadn’t done much for her perpetual state of sadness and gloom for so long, but at least she wouldn’t have to put up with people like this. She flinched especially hard as the frozen frog that she had gifted unto Valerie struck the Nexus floor with a loud clatter, thankfully not shattering into a million pieces upon impact.
By this time Jade had a finger gun of her own equipped, a thin stream of fiery green crackling along the edges of her hands, and she was pretty damn certain that it was about ninety times more powerful than this Strazio guy’s weak imitation. But, she knew that this guy was Valerie’s friend, even if he had thoroughly beaten Gamzee into the dirt and was acting like a big ol’ bully.
Plus, when it came right down to it, despite all of their cruelty and the hurtful things they might say, Jade believed that a person’s greater nature would always win out in the end. This was why, when she finally recovered from her astonishment and stepped up to the plate, the Witch didn’t immediately seek to knock this Strazio guy’s block off with a well-aimed punch.
“Uhm, okay, I think there has been a huge misunderstanding here,” she said, shaking her head as if to clear it and laughing in a tremendously strained, disbelieving rattle. With a wave of her hand, the frog drifted waveringly up into the air before nestling coolly into her palm. “Because, if there hasn’t, I’m going to have to ask you to seriously reconsider your life choices!”
The white-haired magic user actually scoffed at her words, continuing to lay into Valerie with what seemed to be a selective anger. Meanwhile, the normally affable and charmingly-adorned plant mage appeared to be prepared to take off, tail caught between his legs.
Well. At least she tried to keep her cool. Sure, she could control her anger for the most part and was perfectly aware of her— now trembling— hands and the sore pinpricks tingeing the corners of her eyes a rosy red, but that didn’t mean she would just roll over and let someone walk all over one of her friends! That would have been totally dumb and a weak, cowardly thing to do. Jade was neither of those things.
Becquerel tilted its head at the proceedings silently, watching its other, much older charge proceed to recklessly edge her way between the vexing student and his teacher. The wolfdog made no movements to stop her, instead edging Rebecca backwards and further away from the impending verbal throw down. A warning growl surged through the air, staticky and thick, but the First Guardian could not, would not interfere.
Rockwell’s face turned sharply towards her, growing more and more peeved by the second, but Jade merely stuck her bottom lip out and drew herself up to her full height in a graceless flounce of her starry hair and dress. He seemed just so hopelessly ensnared in whatever anger was eating him up inside, and Jade found that she could sympathize— albeit only vaguely. She wasn’t about to let her anger run amok, replacing her honey-colored affection and goodness with hatred and viciousness, but she could very well face up to it without batting an eye.
Looking him square in the face, she went on to vehemently declare, “You’re being a huge dumb bully to Valerie, and it was your fault that this frog hit the ground! Did you not know that this is a living, breathing thing? You can’t just tread all over a life like that! If you do that one more time, I’m stomping all over you, got it?"
With white-hot electrical sparks rising up along his limbs in jerky, prickling waves, Strazio curled his lip at her. His words lashed out in an angry, weltering way. "You can try, but I've ripped apart people stronger than you and your entourage. So I would hold my fucking tongue if I were you."
As if to prove this point, his fingers clenched into a fist and a shock of energy went sizzling into the air. Jade watched it go, her eyes widening in shock and more than a little alarm. Well, if there was anyone else wandering around in the Nexus they were bound to have seen that.
A weighted pause hung in the air, a few stray magical sparks returning to the luminescent ground in hissing spots. With all eyes on her, Jade took a deep, steadying breath, her nostrils flaring furiously in time with the blood roaring in her ears. "Well, for the record— no one here is in the mood to put up with your bullshit.”
The plant zombie man lumbered over to confront Strazio as well, and with his added presence Jade began to realize that maaaaaaaaaybe this wouldn’t be the best idea right now, even if she was hopping mad about just all of the spiky nonsense that came out of Strazio's mouth. They were in-between worlds, on a major highway of mingled transportation and varying pathways that led to all sorts of places, and there was no telling how bad things could get if more people started to congregate here for a fight.
Feeling somewhat apologetic, Jade scratched awkwardly behind one of her ears which had begun to sheepishly droop. Her gaze went to Valerie and Grundy before coming to rest on Bec. When she spoke again, her words were less barbed and directed chiefly towards her 'entourage.' “Er, say, maybe we can just take this somewhere else or talk about it later? Everyone might need to cool down for a minute and, well…. this guy probably needs to be left alone for a while, anyways….”
She frowned at the white-haired angry dude, still irked by his elephant-sized untimeliness but not wanting to start a serious conflict, especially when Rockwell was, ineffably, Valerie’s protégé. That would just be all kinds of bad, and she really didn't want to do that to her new friend.
Besides, they had better things to do than stand around all day and deal with this prime supply of unpleasantness. With a light sniff, Jade turned her nose away from the angriest one of them all, as if some foul stench was rankling through the air and she didn’t want any part of it, not a single whiff.
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