Room 322, Thursday Midday

[living_endless]

Didi had spent some time this morning talking to her fish as she cleaned and rearranged their tank. Either she was a little bored, or they had seen fascinating things during the gremlin invasion. It might have been both.

Once she'd gotten all of the conversation out of Slim and Wandsworth that a girl could expect (and a bit more), she flopped down on her bed and started watching a DVD of the movie from class yesterday. She hadn't seen it all the way through, and Scottish Accent Guy was hot.

The door to her room was open a crack so she could see people in the hall.

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jacob had been on the way back from lunch when he remembered that he hadn't seen Didi yet since the invasion. Making sure his big sib was actually still in one piece seemed the right thing to do.

He knocked lightly on the door and pushed it open far enough to be able to look into the room. "Hey, Didi."

[living_endless]

"Hey, Jacob," Didi grinned as she paused the movie. "What's up? Want to watch a romantic comedy with guns in it?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"You realize the guns are the only thing that aren't making me run from the comedy and romantic part?" Jacob grinned and stepped inside the room.

"I just came to see if you've got through the weekend alright, but I can be persuaded."

[living_endless]

"That might have been why I mentioned them," Didi admitted freely, and shifted on the bed so there was more room if he wanted to sit. "Yeah, I got through fine. I spent some time in Caritas and helped Jono clean up the library. How'd you make out?"

She gave him a sheepish look. "I feel like I should be the one checking up on you."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

There was a chance he wasn't quite looking at her when she mentioned Jono, but he wasn't going to turn down the invitation.

"I'm sturdy, I don't bruise easily," he said lightly as he plopped down beside her on the bed. He was going to try to not take up too much room. "I slept through most of Monday so I'm good now."

[living_endless]

Didi noticed the slight looking away, but it could have been anything. Her goldfish. Some clouds.

"Oh, so you did go out to fight?" she asked. "I'm not surprised. You're tall and everything." And he had a temper, but she wasn't mentioning that right away. "I'm just glad nothing happened you couldn't sleep off."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Tall and everything was one way to put turning into a werewolf and having benefiting healing powers. Jacob was grinning and he scratched behind his ear. "I was out fighting most of the weekend, there were plenty of gremlins to beat up on."

Which made him wonder. "What about you? Do you have some cool beating up powers?" She was Death after all. It seemed appropriate.

[living_endless]

"It would be nice if I did, but no," Didi admitted. "The humanity gig is kind of limited. I found out I have a mean arm with art books, though."

She made a face. "They were nasty, but I don't really like having to kill things."

Ah, irony.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

He blinked. "That's got to make the... job harder," he remarked. Was there a better way to describe it?

[living_endless]

"Huh?" Sometimes Didi forgot not everyone knew how it worked, and she blinked at him owlishly in utter confusion for a moment before catching the reference.

"Oh, right. That. I don't make the decisions. I like being there at the end, but it's really not up to me when the end is. That's -- someone else, in my world, at least."

... if he got her talking about the Kindly Ones, they might be here a very long time.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure I get the distinction," he admitted. "Someone else makes the decision, but you like being there? Isn't that still killing them, or would they drop even if you weren't there?"

[living_endless]

Didi wrinkled her nose in sympathy mingled with frustration. It was hard to explain; it just was.

"Death is always there when something dies," Didi said. "I just am. My job is to take your hand and lead you to your afterlife. Death can't not be there."

"The three ladies cut the thread, but everything was in Destiny's book to start with. And Destiny's book has always been."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"So it's already decided when I'm going to die and these three ladies will make it so because it's written?" he asked, not sure if that made sense at all.

[weldedtomyspine]

"Heya," Jaime called as he walked into the room with a bag of take-out. "You hungry?" he asked, shaking it.

[living_endless]

Didi smiled. "Probably. What is it?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Thai," he declared. "Coconut chicken. And some sort of soup."

[living_endless]

"If there's enough chicken to share, I'd love some," Didi said gratefully. "How's the week treating you, anyhow?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Wellll..." Jaime drawled playfully. The truth was he'd ordered too much. Eyes bigger than his stomach and all that. "I think there's enough to share."

"And the week's been good. Yours? And your weekend?"

[living_endless]

"My hero," Didi said, clasping her hands together in mock gratitude before she started getting out plates and silverware. "Mine hasn't been bad. I didn't get eaten by gremlins or anything, so I'm counting it as good. Were you out smashing up slimy things?"

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime started to answer with a flip 'do I look like the sort of guy who smashes slimy things?', but... "A little," he admits. After all, Didi is his roommate.

And he sort of likes having one person he doesn't lie to at Fandom about all of that stuff.

[living_endless]

"Have fun?" Didi asked, fairly casually. "I think every guy I've talked to went out. You didn't get hurt?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"A little bit of fun, I guess." Jaime shrugged a bit uncomfortably. He didn't really do the heroing thing because he enjoyed it. Though he did just a little bit.

"And, no, no injuries. The Scarab's pretty good about keeping me safe."

[living_endless]

Didi eyed him thoughtfully and tried the chicken before she said anything more. "So -- you did your job, kind of?"

[weldedtomyspine]

That got a nod while Jaime popped some chicken into his mouth thoughtfully. "Yeah. That's how I'd put it. I mean, not that I hate it, but..." he shrugged.

[living_endless]

"But mostly you want to be a dentist," Didi said. "I know. I can't change it, but I know."