[Action] Alone?

[unseenspy]

[Now that he's fully recovered from the mallynapping, Jay can be found walking aimlessly through the snow with his hands in his pockets. He has nowhere to go in particular, so he just walks, staring down at the ground. Many thoughts are crossing through his mind, and he's not looking very happy. Normally, he would prefer to do something productive, but for now, he just wants to be alone...]

[Or so he tries to convince himself. It's not exactly working, however.]

[Cheer him up? Make him miserable?]

Comments

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

[Usopp likes that first option, but hell if he knows what you're so depressed about. Please to be making a cautious approach.]

Oi. Are you sick or something? [pleasedunkillhim]

[james-morph.livejournal.com]

[Oh look! The weirdo he fed a few days ago]

Hey, what's got your panties in a bunch there kid? [Suddenly appearing nearby and wandering over to walk alongside him]

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[Jay pauses and raises an eye. He's not as sick as he was a week ago, anyway.]

No...I'm fine.

[He'll keep walking again. Keep trying if you wish.]

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[Sure, Jay might have been friendlier with someone he's already spoken to, especially the one who took care of him, but that approach throws him off.]

What kind of question is that?

[james-morph.livejournal.com]

[Eyeroll at the stand-offishness]

Sorry, it's a colloquialism in my world, so what's up with you huh? You look pretty down?

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Right... [Eyebrow raise]

Nothing's wrong. I'm fine.

[You wouldn't understand, even if he told you.]

[james-morph.livejournal.com]

['Cause little boys who play with knives are soooo complicated]

...You're not very good at lying.

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

[Usopp is not a man who picks up on 'lemme alone' vibes so easily. :| He'll be walking with you now.]

I thought that you might be, you look kind of like your stomach's upset or something. Or maybe that was just me, if you're sure you're fine. If not, my friend's a really good doctor and he's almost always at the clinic, just ask for Chopper and tell him Usopp sent you.

Oh, and I'm Usopp, nice to meet you.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

I-I'm...

[He knows you have a point, but it's just so complicated.]

I'm not... lying...

[Jay decides to walk again before he breaks.]

[james-morph.livejournal.com]

[...Following]

Hey, come on. You're not even supposed to try and be tough at your age, so spill the beans.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

My stomach? What gave you that idea?

[Pause] The clinic, huh? I'll consider it...when I do get sick.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[Tough at his age? How old do you think he is?]

You wouldn't understand anyway, so it's pointless.

[james-morph.livejournal.com]

People only say that if they don't understand the problem themselves.

Talking can help you know.

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

Your face looked kind of like my friend's used to, back home. She got sick after her parents died, and she'd always look like that. Said her stomach was bothering her. [Then again...] Or maybe she wasn't telling me the truth. [And just for this irony, he will chuckle.]

Good, Chopper's one of the best doctors around.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[Indeed, that's part of the problem. Jay just doesn't understand. And this probing him to "talk" is only making him feel worse.]

I...I don't want to talk!

[james-morph.livejournal.com]

...You hungry?

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

It must have been the last part then. [About the friend not telling the truth.]

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[An attempt to inviting him over to eat and get him to talk? Sorry...]

No...

[james-morph.livejournal.com]

.........Anyone ever called you a 'bucket-o'-angst' before?

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Not particularly...

[At least confusing him is a good distraction from all of this "angst."]

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

Maybe. I can't really get mad at her for it, though, I used to tell her stories all the time.

[james-morph.livejournal.com]

Well good, there's your first time.

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Hmm.

[Jay doesn't really have anything to say to that, so you'll have to excuse the silence...]

[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Well, enjoy it then.

[Like Jay actually cares what people call him. They can call him whatever they want as far as he's concerned.]

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

[Hey, Usopp can talk more than enough for both of them.]

So do you have any friends here from your world? How old are you? Do you ever see any pirates?