[whether she knows her sister is lying or not will be left up to the imagination. because jinx knows a lot of about caitlyn than vi might be aware of. from her wardrobe, her eating habits, what she dislikes, her taste in decor, the birthmarks on her skin, to whether there are any stretch marks, and how many... so she won't confirm or deny if that type of undergarment is in caitlyn's style. but she thins her lips anyway just to keep up the front.
and when her older sister touches on the subject about her imaginary future wedding, the bluenette makes an expression and shrugs before tapping her fin to her own lap — offering and gesturing towards vi to unwind and place her head there while they chat. if she wants to, of course.]
I could see it. Doooon't really see you pulling the housewife bit, but, maybe the one who does all the labor. Or just, sit on the sofa with a mug in your hand while the snot-nosed rascals punch each other's lights out, and then say," That's my kids! Remember: a black eye shows character."
[Vi looks at her lap where Jinx had gestured for a moment. that should be her job, putting her sisters head in her lap. but she does it anyway, feeling so vulnerable. it's still so strange, letting Jinx see this side of her -- the side that isn't just the tough caretaker. but... they'd been through a lot, here. Jinx had seen her go through a lot.
and at home, Jinx had seen her go through a lot too.
she can't help but laugh at the visual, though. maybe she'll play along for a minute.]
Oh yeah, I'm definitely the one that'd be the handyman. Can you imagine Cait making repairs around the house? I know she knows Jayce, but I don't think she'd know what to do with a hammer at all.
[ once her head is cushioned onto her lap, jinx rests her fin along it, giving her gentle strokes to help ease her sister's mind. a tiny smirk develops on her face too, and while she is still on the fence of caitlyn being the other's lifelong partner, it's something that she is learning to accept. steadily, but better than nothing at all. ]
She'll somehow take out her thumbs, and then you'll come crying to me to build her new ones. And I'm not doing it for free.
[ jinx continues to caress along her sister's locks, the smirk being short-lived as it coils into a light frown. ]
[she frowns when Jinx does, her eyes going sad as she looks up at her. her dear, dear sister... who she'd tried so hard to protect. who she knows now when she goes home, she won't be there.
for the first time in her life, Jinx won't be a driving force behind her life.]
I want to stay being sisters. [she reaches up to try to caress Jinx's face with the back of her hand.] It won't always be easy, because it's us. We'll hurt each other, we'll fight... but family is never easy. Especially for us. But while we're here, when we don't have all that shit at home to deal with, I just want my little sister. Is that okay?
[ her words get lodged in the lump in her throat, and once again, there's a lot of uncertainty weighing strongly on her face. is that okay? jinx doesn't think so, if she were to be cruelly sincere. it's true they are not in runeterra, and they don't have to deal with the division. but viktor is here with them, he may not be the Herold, but... what's stopping him from going down that trail? what made him be the way he was anyway? how did he get there?
and although richard is in silco's life, it doesn't seem to ease up his views much. then there are the other topsiders, still angry, and rightfully so. sorta. they're not in runeterra, but there's a lot of "home" that came back with them. how is she meant to break the cycle and deliver quietude when everyone is here? ]
[she watches the expressions war on Jinx's face. she frowns, her lips parting to say something... and then Jinx finally speaks. her heart sinks, even though she knows it's true. knows that something may very well happen between the two of them again, but.]
Life's like that sometimes. Stuff happens, and things are more fleeting than we want them to be. But... you can appreciate those things in the moment, if you want to.
[to have some time with her sister, even if it's borrowed. even if some mess happens between them or some of the other people that's appeared here.
there's a bit of a quirk to her lips as she speaks again:]
Even you slapping the shit out of me in those tunnels I'll remember forever.
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[ except she doesn't do anything but resume with stroking her sister's hair with her shark fin. jinx exhales out a small exasperating sigh, though, knowing this is a fight she can't win or reason with, no matter how many times she shoves it all in her sister's face. ]
I really don't get you. I've been nothing but a pain in the ass. Wouldn't you want a break from me?
I'm sure you will. Wasn't our first fight, won't be our last.
[she had just pinned her little sister down by sitting on her, after all. so... not much has changed.]
You're my pain in the ass. [she pauses, considering. maybe she shouldn't bring up Caitlyn here, but she reaches up to stroke Jinx's face, like she did to Powder's all those years ago.] Unfortunately for you, once I love someone... it's unconditional. As mad as I've been at you, I never stopped loving you. I may not have thought so at the time, but I did, when I looked back at it.
[they could've easily taken each other out in those tunnels. she could've easily killed her when she shown up in her apartment. there were so many points where they were at their worst that they could've let something horrible happen to the other, but ultimately, they're still here. Vi's still bonded to her sister no matter what.]
[ she listens to her big sister's reasoning, understanding it, of course, but her own prospective still wrecks through her mind. it wanted to desperately to counterpoint it all, to protest, but jinx eases it down in a casket somewhere deep in her thoughts.
so instead, her little sister says nothing and bathe against the tenderness of vi's hand against her cheek. then after a few short moments, the bluenette slants down to plant a small kiss on her sister's forehead. it's a sweet kiss at first, but then it switches to playfulness as she does it over and over — and quickly. to make it extra silly, she attaches obnoxious sound effects each time her lips meet vi's head, trying to get her to smile or laugh. normally, this something an older sibling would do to a younger.... what she would do to isha. but, vi needs it, she thinks. a moment where she laughs and smiles. ]
[Vi doesn't know what Jinx is doing until she feels that kiss on her cheek. and then there's another. and another. and more until she starts squirming and laughing and trying to fight to get out of Jinx's lap.]
What're you--Jinx!!
[she's not offended by it though, given the sounds of the laughter coming out of her mouth right now.]
Oooooooooh no, you don't. You chased me down while I was in the middle of the job, remember? — You're lucky I'm not just a regular employee for Silco, or I would have gotten the boot, thanks to you.
[so while vi is trying to squirm her way out of her lap, jinx throws more of her weight on her to keep her still so she can place more sloppy pecks over her cheeks and forehead.]
ALSO!! You dirtied up my favorite shark pajama outfit. And you know the drill, sis. Iiiiiiit's punishment time...! — Straight to Jerry for you!!
[Vi keeps laughing through her scolding, trying to roll over still. she wasn't really trying to get away from her, of course, and they both probably knew it.]
That's what a washing machine's for! You know they have those here, right?
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and when her older sister touches on the subject about her imaginary future wedding, the bluenette makes an expression and shrugs before tapping her fin to her own lap — offering and gesturing towards vi to unwind and place her head there while they chat. if she wants to, of course.]
I could see it. Doooon't really see you pulling the housewife bit, but, maybe the one who does all the labor. Or just, sit on the sofa with a mug in your hand while the snot-nosed rascals punch each other's lights out, and then say," That's my kids! Remember: a black eye shows character."
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and at home, Jinx had seen her go through a lot too.
she can't help but laugh at the visual, though. maybe she'll play along for a minute.]
Oh yeah, I'm definitely the one that'd be the handyman. Can you imagine Cait making repairs around the house? I know she knows Jayce, but I don't think she'd know what to do with a hammer at all.
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She'll somehow take out her thumbs, and then you'll come crying to me to build her new ones. And I'm not doing it for free.
[ jinx continues to caress along her sister's locks, the smirk being short-lived as it coils into a light frown. ]
So what now? — About us, I mean. What do we do?
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Assuming I even let her try anything.
[she frowns when Jinx does, her eyes going sad as she looks up at her. her dear, dear sister... who she'd tried so hard to protect. who she knows now when she goes home, she won't be there.
for the first time in her life, Jinx won't be a driving force behind her life.]
I want to stay being sisters. [she reaches up to try to caress Jinx's face with the back of her hand.] It won't always be easy, because it's us. We'll hurt each other, we'll fight... but family is never easy. Especially for us. But while we're here, when we don't have all that shit at home to deal with, I just want my little sister. Is that okay?
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and although richard is in silco's life, it doesn't seem to ease up his views much. then there are the other topsiders, still angry, and rightfully so. sorta. they're not in runeterra, but there's a lot of "home" that came back with them. how is she meant to break the cycle and deliver quietude when everyone is here? ]
It might not last long, you know.
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Life's like that sometimes. Stuff happens, and things are more fleeting than we want them to be. But... you can appreciate those things in the moment, if you want to.
[to have some time with her sister, even if it's borrowed. even if some mess happens between them or some of the other people that's appeared here.
there's a bit of a quirk to her lips as she speaks again:]
Even you slapping the shit out of me in those tunnels I'll remember forever.
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[ except she doesn't do anything but resume with stroking her sister's hair with her shark fin. jinx exhales out a small exasperating sigh, though, knowing this is a fight she can't win or reason with, no matter how many times she shoves it all in her sister's face. ]
I really don't get you. I've been nothing but a pain in the ass. Wouldn't you want a break from me?
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[she had just pinned her little sister down by sitting on her, after all. so... not much has changed.]
You're my pain in the ass. [she pauses, considering. maybe she shouldn't bring up Caitlyn here, but she reaches up to stroke Jinx's face, like she did to Powder's all those years ago.] Unfortunately for you, once I love someone... it's unconditional. As mad as I've been at you, I never stopped loving you. I may not have thought so at the time, but I did, when I looked back at it.
[they could've easily taken each other out in those tunnels. she could've easily killed her when she shown up in her apartment. there were so many points where they were at their worst that they could've let something horrible happen to the other, but ultimately, they're still here. Vi's still bonded to her sister no matter what.]
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so instead, her little sister says nothing and bathe against the tenderness of vi's hand against her cheek. then after a few short moments, the bluenette slants down to plant a small kiss on her sister's forehead. it's a sweet kiss at first, but then it switches to playfulness as she does it over and over — and quickly. to make it extra silly, she attaches obnoxious sound effects each time her lips meet vi's head, trying to get her to smile or laugh. normally, this something an older sibling would do to a younger.... what she would do to isha. but, vi needs it, she thinks. a moment where she laughs and smiles. ]
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What're you--Jinx!!
[she's not offended by it though, given the sounds of the laughter coming out of her mouth right now.]
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[so while vi is trying to squirm her way out of her lap, jinx throws more of her weight on her to keep her still so she can place more sloppy pecks over her cheeks and forehead.]
ALSO!! You dirtied up my favorite shark pajama outfit. And you know the drill, sis. Iiiiiiit's punishment time...! — Straight to Jerry for you!!
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That's what a washing machine's for! You know they have those here, right?
[she says in between fits of laughter...]