★ (CATCH ALL) baby, go ahead, i'll be your hatred and your pain. this is killing us all。

[opheliac]

Who: jinx & YOU
When: all throughout july
Where: all throughout the boat
What: giving this catch all way a try. things that will happen with her during this month. some will be open & some will be private. all jinx's top-levels, her phone texting, and her one-on-one will permanently go here for the month.
Warnings: jinx suffers from mental illness. such as the following - schizophrenia, hallucinations, PTSD, & separation anxiety. these may or may not happen in this log.

❝i'm a beautiful disaster;a reckoning❞

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WEEK 1 (07/03 - 07/09)
█ NATSUNO ➜ 07.04 ➜ TEXT/PRIVATE.
█ VENTI ➜ 07.06 ➜ TEXT/ACTION.
█ EKKO ➜ 07.06 ➜ TEXT/ACTION.
█ JINX ➜ 07.09 ➜ TOP-LEVEL

WEEK 2 (07/10 - 07/16)
█ EKKO ➜ 07.11 ➜ ACTION.
█ MAXMILEN + VENTI ➜ 07.13 ➜ TEXT/ACTION (CW: DRUG/DRUG USE)

WEEK 3 (07/17 - 07/23)
█ JINX ➜ 07.20 ➜ TOP-LEVEL

WEEK 4 (07/24 - 07/30)
█ EKKO ➜ 07.29➜ ACTION

(07/31)
█ JINX ➜ 07.31 ➜ TOP-LEVEL

coding credit to thisismanx

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[secondtick]

Yeah, I've got you.

(With a whistle the board is back and Ekko steps out, turning and putting an arm around her waist, waiting to see if she wanted to be carried bridal style or if it was going to be a piggyback ride.)

[opheliac]

('i'm going to hate myself later for this. i'm going to hate myself later for this.' she says this over and over in her head as she carefully makes her way to his board. and how she is positioned, she is wanting to be carried bridal style instead of piggyback. to her, it just seems easier then trying to wrap all around him.

but also because... she just wants to be carried that way. not that she will ever tell him -- jinx will make sure her mouth stay completely shut over this. and she can only hope this won't go to his head, either.)

[secondtick]

(Scooping an arm under her legs, he picks her up without much trouble at all. It was still surprising how light she was, and how much it belied the power that she had packed inside.)

Hold on tight.

(He kept her close as the board curved around, first going up to get a good view of the lights twinkling below on the deck, and then turning and sliding downward as the wind rushed through their hair.)

[opheliac]

(as instructed, she is holding on tight and jinx also keeps her face buried the best way she can to hide the obvious blush that's flaring over her pale complexion )

Uh, we're headin' to the theatre. That's where my hideout is.

[secondtick]

I heard ya. Just wanted one last moment of fresh air.

(The dive took them just over the pool, pulling up just as the board skirted the edge of the water, leaving a small sparkle of droplets behind them. He slows a little more as they maneuver through the corridor, more for the awkwardness of how he was carrying her than caution.)

So why the theater?

[opheliac]

Honestly? It's pretty quiet there and not a lotta people go there, either. You'd think with all the ghosts and all, there would put on a performance at the theatre but... it never happens. So I figured it's the best place for me to just get my mind together when it gets...uh. Y'know.

(unstable. the theatre became a mental safe space for her whenever the voices and the dead tickle around her neck. a place for her to breathe and try to ground herself. because the fact that nothing ever happens in the theatre is why she is able to recover from her episodes quickly. everything always looks the same and nothing changes. so it helps her distinguish what's real and what isn't.

but now that she shared this little information about that (thanks water), he now knows the first place to look for her if she ever runs off or gets into those mental breakdrowns.)

[secondtick]

Guess they're too busy in the other one dragging people up for karaoke.

(Ekko remembered being pulled into the lounge and up to the stage when he'd first arrived. But now that they were talking about it, he hadn't really heard of anything involving the theater which seemed like a waste of good space. Pleanty of room to fly around, lots of cables and tech to mess with. Maybe Jinx had the right idea.)

Any surprises I should watch out for? Wires or sensors for an explosive entrance.

[opheliac]

Nope, not this time! Not since I finished building. But I should add a lil' more to it.

(building what, he may ask? well whenever the two of them fly inside the theatre, the ground level itself looks the same. the seats are normal, the stage, and the balcony seats. everything doesn't seem out of the ordinary until one decides to look up. and up in the rafters, there seems to be a handmade deck spread along each beam.)

( there is a rope (she snatched from the theatre's rope to close the curtain) that dangles from the top to the bottom of the floor -- an indication that there's one way of getting up there. another would be parktouring along the balcony seatings if one has the agility. and lastly, by having to go the long way -- go back stage, find the stairs to be up in the lights and then leaping over if one dares to do so without breaking a bone or dying.)

(and on the deck, there lies those trusty little weapons she adores so much, pow-pow and fishbones. but it's not just them, there's a plushie of a shark prop up with them, two bed mattresses with pillows and blankets (don't ask how she managed to get it up there. by willpower, that's what!), a chest that's filled with random things -- snacks, drinks, random scrap metal, parts, and a self-made doll of some...wierd thing. at the tail end of the deck, there's a device he will painfully recognize that is her gramphone from home when they all use to hang out as kids to listen to.

another thing she has if ekko wishes to explore, back stage is her "workshop". which simply is just a table filled with all sorts of random pieces of the ship (on the floor next to it, is a box where all of her toy monkey cymbals are resting) and a spinning chair. also, shimmer is hidden somewhere in this area. will he ever find it? maaaaayybe, maaaayybe not. but it's definitely not within visual sights.)

[secondtick]

(Ekko hovered in the middle of the room for a minute, glancing around. It was pretty open, easy to see anyone coming, and then went up to the rafters. Which oddly weren't too unlike certain areas in Zaun. Certainly, a good place to hide things.

Setting Jinx down, he stepped off and powered off the board for a bit. Seemed like she'd made herself pretty at home here compared to the cabin.)

So this is where you were hiding?

[opheliac]

(once she is set down, jinx slowly makes her way to one of the mattress to sit at first but then deciding at the last minute to lie down. and it isn't until she does this, she realizes how much her body was craving to rest. and luckily, the mattress she is currently on is big enough for two if he ever chooses to rest along with her.

with her hands folding behind her head, she sways her foot from side to side.)

Yyyyep! This was where I was stayin' up 'till recently. Whaddya think? Not too bad, huh?

(jinx looks over to him with a peppy grin.)

Here, you don't hafta hear that stupid morning announcement which was why I stayed here in the first place. (the grin flattens a bit, sadly and her tone follows low, too.) — But then... my nightmares got worse and I was afraid I would fall off this one day. I've already done that once when the ship got attacked. Fell riiiight into the audience and I think I was unconscious for several hours.

(and no one came searching for her or knew she was in here either with a bloody head wound. thinking back on it, it was a miracle she even woke up and she lived through that.)

[secondtick]

(He had to hand it to her, it wasn't bad. Other than having a doozy of a first step if you weren't careful getting up in the morning. But for the privacy and the little extra room it was certainly worth it. Walking over he plopped down next to her, leaning back and little and looking down. Then she happened to say exactly what he was thinking in a different way.)

You could put a net, just to be safe, it could be a giant hammock if you fell as well. But the space and the lack of screaming does seem like an upgrade.

Seems like they would have missed you at the muster station.

[opheliac]

Guess I could use the net at the sporting deck. If No Face doesn't take it from me first but don't see why she would care. (a beat.) — Scratch that, she would 'cuz it's me.

(jinx continues to sway her foot side to side.)

It's too bad this place doesn't come with its own shower and all. The only pain in the ass is goin' all the way back to the cabin to freshen up. It's why I tried to only use this place for like...naps or whatever. Or working on stuff.

[secondtick]

Guess she has your number, I haven't had the pleasure to see her in the flesh, well besides the bus, but even that's just a haze.

(He remembered more about the Captain when the man had returned to pick them up than when Friday had dropped them off. And so far it seemed he hadn't drawn any attention to himself that required that they intervene. Which was a bit curious, but small blessings.)

Better than back home, wondering if the water would be clean enough to make a shower possible.

[opheliac]

Yeah, I'm expectin' her to just go rogue and try to kill me. But pffffft! — Like that'll happen!! No Face is soft and fuzzy like a poro. Unless she scolds me so much I die of boredom. That might be one way to get me.

(because in jinx's mind, if she hated her so much -- she would had done something about it already. but friday never will because to jinx, she's just way more awesome than friday and she will probably cry if she just punted her to the corner.

anyway.)

Ugh, I don't miss bathin' in weird water. But it would be cool if I grew an extra arm 'cuz of it.

[secondtick]

That's not a bad thing.

(People who cared enough to be annoying and lecture were far and few between, but usually you needed one or two that were at least trying a little to do what they could. Not that Ekko ever would listen to what they understood.)

Extra arm, I just want to be taller. Add an extra foot.

[opheliac]

... Why would you want another foot? How would you even walk?

(she turns her head to him to give a very judgmental look. with an arm, it would be useful. but a foot? that would be very problematic. at least the way she's imagining it. a foot growing out another foot.)

[secondtick]

Haha, I was just saying I'd want to be taller. Though an extra foot might help moving a bit faster, more push, more grip, it'd have a few advantages.

(He pulled his head back up from looking down at the theatre below. Welp, might as well get comfortable, pulling off the boots they were quickly laced together and dangled off the edge.)

What's with the third arm?

[opheliac]

Oh.

(she knew that. she totally, totally, knew that's what he meant and didn't at all just embarrassed herself. ahem. as she sees him getting comfortable, jinx scoots a little to give him room to lie down on the mattress if he wants to lie next to her.)

I dunno, good for stealin'? Just another hand to chuck bombs at people. That'll be way more fun!

[secondtick]

Seems like it would throw off your balance, and it's just another limb to get snatched.

(But could be useful for boosting if they're keeping a close eye of the first two without expecting the third. The last thing that either of them needed was for there be more bombs thrown around.)

I figured the goal would be not to blow it off.

[opheliac]

Whaaaat makes ya think my arm is gonna be blown off? — I've been around my beloveds way too long to know exactly when they go KA-BOOM. And that's 'cuz I manually set the timer the way I wanna.

But if hypothetically they ever explode on me prematurely, I wouldn't mind it. Beats havin' some loser trying to get me.

[secondtick]

I don't doubt they blow up anytime other than you want, I've seen up and close.

(Though the instance hopefully was a bit different than him just being some loser. Though he had possibly gone a little far in the heat of the fight, the need to come out victorious, only to nearly met a mutual end.)

Just saying it'd be another point of leverage someone could use to get an upper hand.

[opheliac]

Uuuughhhh! — Whatever, blahblahblah. Sheesh, you're always ruining my fantasies.

(always coming in with the logical stuff and just being such a killjoy. but regardless her attitude, jinx casually shimmies closer to him and gently rest her head along his shoulder.)

Hey, y'know what's really good here? Ice cream. I tried it once and it's really tasty.

[secondtick]

Ice cream is good and all, but the cake here is better than any of the ones that we had back home.

(Not that he'd had it more than once or twice on his special day, way back in days that were long past. It was nostalgic thought and having her nudge closer, Ekko wanted to make this moment last longer.)

But what flavor?

[opheliac]

There's this one called "Cookies and Cream" and it's a complete dynamite taste!

(ha, get it? bomb pun joke-ish? very casually, she shifts a bit more so she can curl up to him -- a hand on his chest with a small nuzzle to his shoulder. jinx will completely deny later of her behaving this affectionate to him but... she has a sudden urge to cuddle with her number one favorite.)

[secondtick]

Two desserts in one. Sounds pretty mind-blowing.

(Of course, it was a bomb-based pun, only because there was no way to make it a gun-based pun. He figured she was probably just cold, after all he always ran a little hot and gave off a little extra heat.)

But then most everything with you is.