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[ondragonflywing.livejournal.com]

For everyone to do whatever. :)

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Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

I probably should. Carnivale's the only place that would have me after... *gestures toward his leg* There are people who count on me.

Don't know that I actually want to go though.

- Jonesy

Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*looks over at her* You really think someone could fix my knee? After they broke it, I couldn't hardly do anything. Except drinkin', but Samson trusted me to stop, and I did.

- Jonesy

Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

How'd you hurt your ankle, if you don't mind me asking?

- Jonesy

Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*nods, then speaks as though he's telling her something he doesn't tell people... which he is*

I was a baseball player. Professional pitcher. I refused to lose a game on purpose for the mob, so three of 'em held me down while their boss busted my knee. Couldn't play after that.

- Jonesy

Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*breathes heavy* Not always. I didn't do right by Sofie.

- Jonesy

((Ugh, Jonesy. What happened with her wasn't entirely your fault. My God.))

Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

That's such a long story. Sofie and I... we've known each other a long time. And we were always dancing around each other, like maybe something was there, but I could never tell for sure. One minute, she's kissing me or asking me to walk her to her trailer, and the next she's ignoring me completely. After Dora Mae died... Dora Mae was a girl who worked for the carnival. Everybody loved her, and I found her hanging from a tree. After she was murdered, Stumpy... that's her dad... came to me and asked me to... *ducks his head* ...to sleep with Rita Sue. That's his wife, Dora Mae's mother. Because he couldn't and she needed it and...

I just shouldn't have. Sofie found out, and even though we weren't really ever together, it hurt her. She got her revenge, and that was hurtful too... *shakes his head* And after the fire, when I saved Sofie but couldn't save her mother...

*trails off... this is the most he's said at once to anyone in a very long time*

- Jonesy

((Sofie, btw, is Clea DuVall's character.))

Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

I appreciate that you think so.

*takes a deep breath*

Is someone coming to get you?

- Jonesy

Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*grins knowingly* Another friend?

- Jonesy

Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

Does this special friend have a name?

- Jonesy

Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*smiles* Annie's a pretty name.

*nods*

It doesn't bother me, if that's what you're worried about.

- Jonesy

Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

It's not really accepted in my time, I guess, but I work for the carnival. It's where people who aren't accepted go to be accepted.

*looks thoughtful for a moment* If I had any problem with it at all, it would be that Sofie's revenge on me was... She and Libby were friends and Libby knew what I'd done with Rita Sue, but she didn't tell anyone, so Sofie set things up so I'd catch her and Libby... together. To get back at both of us. Me for doing what I did and Libby for not telling her.

But that's what Sofie's like. Not all girls who like girls, right?

*studies her for a moment* Are you sure you want me to?

- Jonesy

Re: After the island asylum...

[queer-theory.livejournal.com]

*nods* I trust you. And I don't trust a lot of people, so that's something.

- Jonesy