[Come over? At night? No touching? Making an exception? Is this what she thinks it is? Is she jumping to conclusions? Either way it's certainly not for her! The wave of flustered embarrassment rolls through the murmur practically before Monika's actual words do.]
Sorry, I think you have the wrong, um, number? ["Number" isn't exactly right on this thing, is it? Well, it's probably close enough.]
[A deal that involves something that could involve touching... No, Monika is going to not think about what that could mean in context, it's rude.]
No. I'm Monika. I just got here, so I'm sure whatever deal you made, it was with someone else!
[Okay, she's been here for about a month--maybe longer, if the dream counts?--but she spent a significant portion of that time stuck in the subway tunnels, so a lot of that time blended together. She basically just got here.]
[if she was more experienced with the murmur, it would occur to her that she could just send the pronunciation of her name directly. It doesn't, though.]
Mon like in monitor, ik like the end of flick, and a like the noise "uh". What's your name?
Monika. If you play around with it, it could be "Monkey", but I wouldn't call you that. "Moony" could be a little cute, but only if you're into moons and the galaxy.
The name's Jinx. And it stands for Jinx. Welcome to the shithole, I guess!! How thick is your skin? On a scale of one to ten. If it's a ten, you've got nothing to worry about here. If it's low... well... you might get into some trouble.
I could probably stand to have thicker skin. And I was already having some trouble with the subway tunnels... But I can learn! I mean, I have to, right?
Pretty much, Moony! There's no getting out of it. But you're in luck! There are a lotta colorful characters in this joint. Someone will be your hero in no time.
That would be really nice. [...But she's trying not to be that kind of person anymore.] But I should probably learn to be my own hero, too. Or something like that! Sorry, that definitely sounded cheesy.
Nah, I liked what you said. Everyone should be their own hero sometimes. Especially when you're cornered and you're facing the eye of the storm. Or someone decides to leave you as bait right at the last minute.
Would someone really do that? No, sorry, that's really naive to say, of course people would. [She met someone in the tunnels she's sure would absolutely do that, actually.] The way everybody talks about this place, it seems like we're all cornered and in a storm at the same time, so I guess I'll have to get heroic pretty fast.
No. [The embarrassment can be felt through the murmur. She hates not being good at important things, and suddenly this is important.] It wasn't really something that ever came up where I'm from, at least not for most people. It seems like that's pretty different for most of the others I met here, so I'm guessing you can?
Yep!! I'm a natural. But tell you what, I've gotten bitten by the charitable bug thanks to your lack of... everything I've heard so far, so I'll give you something that's simple to use to defend yourself.
[ how annoying is this? she vowed months ago to let these people fend for themselves, that she wasn't going to be the big fat hero anymore because, one, these people are not her people, and two, she never asked to step in to replace the goddess janna's role—the symbol of hope, no matter how much everyone claimed the good she could do if she would just try.
and yet... here she is, granting people's wishes ("prayers") by building and repairing what they ask of her and giving (or "blessing") monika a gift so she can stand a chance against all the creatures and horrors that will undoubtedly appear. even when she protests, she always ends up doing this, whether she realizes it or not. ]
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't get used to it. It's a one-time deal, girlie.
[Monika is familiar with that sort of attitude, even if she's used to it being about giving someone cupcakes or talking about manga. But Natsuki would probably be the same about giving people weapons. Would have been the same.]
Got it! I'll figure out some way I can pay you back eventually.
Right. [Monika is a goal-oriented person; not being pathetic is a good goal. But she's going to keep "pay Jinx back" in the back of her mind anyway.] Just let me know where and when to meet up with you and I'll be there.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hehehe
Sorry, I think you have the wrong, um, number? ["Number" isn't exactly right on this thing, is it? Well, it's probably close enough.]
no subject
no subject
No. I'm Monika. I just got here, so I'm sure whatever deal you made, it was with someone else!
[Okay, she's been here for about a month--maybe longer, if the dream counts?--but she spent a significant portion of that time stuck in the subway tunnels, so a lot of that time blended together. She basically just got here.]
no subject
no subject
Mon like in monitor, ik like the end of flick, and a like the noise "uh". What's your name?
no subject
The name's Jinx. And it stands for Jinx. Welcome to the shithole, I guess!! How thick is your skin? On a scale of one to ten. If it's a ten, you've got nothing to worry about here. If it's low... well... you might get into some trouble.
no subject
[What other option does she have?]
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
and yet... here she is, granting people's wishes ("prayers") by building and repairing what they ask of her and giving (or "blessing") monika a gift so she can stand a chance against all the creatures and horrors that will undoubtedly appear. even when she protests, she always ends up doing this, whether she realizes it or not. ]
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't get used to it. It's a one-time deal, girlie.
no subject
Got it! I'll figure out some way I can pay you back eventually.
[Once she figures out what she can do here.]
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject