{The silhouette against the wall

[shadowthief]

Who: Inej + Various
When: Month of August
Where: Cadens + the Horizon
What: Various closed threads
Warnings: Things that might come up in Inej's narration are: stealing; murder; descriptions of touch aversion, anxiety, depression, PTSD; heavy trust issues, paranoia; mentions of past instances of prostitution, slavery, sexual assault. Everything will be clearly marked if-when it comes up.

Shifting through the dark

Lit up by the white moon

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[itookashot]

Jesper mostly just gets stir crazy so if there is a way to get out there and do something else, even if he'll whine after a few days that the trip is too long, it'll be good for him. The trip to Libertas spoiled him!

"Yeah, Julie and Nadine went there for a relaxing vacation trip not that long ago. Julie brought me back these." He's not sure he ever explained how he got the rather beautiful gun holsters at his hips currently, they just became part of his every day look. He makes Julie jewelry pretty much every other day or whenever she wants a trinket, but he didn't expect a gift back. He loves the holsters a lot. They have the Wheel of Fortune sign on them, the same arcana the two of them share.

"Kaz isn't stupid but he is stubborn. Not that I'm against us coming up with a new version of our gang here, it won't be the same as Ketterdam, but it can still be better than nothing." He hasn't really thought about how that could be envisioned here. He's not likely to piss off Cadens, but he's never been the idea guy. "He doesn't seem too shaken by all of it, but he's a hard read, even for me."

[shadowthief]

"Oh, that's where those came from," she laughs softly. "I'd wondered... they're gorgeous." Truly. Very Jesper. Clearly, Julie gets him and his general fashion sense.

"As a bull," she rolls her eyes at the thought of the stubbornness she has to deal with from the other boy. "He's taking it in stride well enough, but... I think he's a lot more bothered than you think." Which is just the way a man like Kaz likes it. For people to only see what he wants them to. Too bad for him, Inej has almost always seen straight through him the same as if he were made of glass.

[itookashot]

"We have similar tastes." And by that he means bright, beautiful, maybe even a little tacky, the sort of colors that you have to be ultimately very comfortable to pull off. Jesper adores them though, they're probably his favorite gift he's gotten since his mother's revolvers, all those years ago. And also the monthly tokens he gets from Inej.

"I know it's not easy to start over. For us it was difficult, for him, infinitely more so, no doubt." Jesper had it the easiest, considering that's just who he is, but he does miss Ketterdam. He misses their real life. Both he and Inej had really good things waiting for them there, but they have found a life here for now. He doesn't think Kaz can just take over Cadens.

"He'd not tell me, as you know. So I'll keep bringing him money and information." What he's currently best at.

[shadowthief]

“Clearly,” she chuckles lightly. She doesn’t know Julie well, beyond that she’s close to Nadine and she’s a friend of Jesper’s, but that’s enough for her.

She nods slowly in her agreement, “Absolutely… he’s much more stubborn in his ways than either of us could dream to be,” she scoffs softly, shaking her head. Kaz is just as adaptable as anyone, in broadstrokes. It will be the smaller, daily things that he gets huffy about.

“Those are two of his favorite things,” she says on a laugh.

[itookashot]

"I have told people about him over the months, but I don't think I really got a chance to warn them about it."

That is because Jesper genuinely thought he'd never see him again at this point. He's not really one of those people who thinks about going home. Julie told him awhile ago that she thought it would be dangerous with the Singularity, and beyond that, they don't even have proof it works. They could all be 'going back' to nothingness, to death. And he likes being alive. It's a complicated situation.

While he loves Kaz a great deal, warn is absolutely the right word. Inej and Jesper are generally very likable people, if he does say so himself. She is more reserved than Jesper is, although everyone is comparatively, but they are positive people who purposely make connections. Kaz is more difficult, but he can be charming. Maybe. Jesper hasn't seen much proof of that, but it must be true.

"In a way we do have a little gang here, the Summoned gang. But he can't really run it." Sam runs it. Probably.

[shadowthief]

“No amount of explaining him could warn them for the real thing,” she muses delightedly. “One must experience Kaz Brekker to truly understand all the intricacies of him.”

She lets out a laugh at that comment, “All Saints, Jesper, can you imagine him trying?” she certainly can, and it wouldn't go as planned, of that at least, she is certain.

[itookashot]

"Exactly. I don't know, though, he hasn't started any fights yet, he's doing fine." It isn't that Jesper expected him to make any enemies, although Kaz is very good at that, but he has a strong personality and so do a lot of people around here. Perhaps the truth is he's just very hopeful everyone will get along and be friends, since he is a diplomatic type at heart.

"I can, and I can imagine the look on Geralt's face when he does. Or Dean's." Sam would at least be kind about it.

[shadowthief]

“So far,” she nods her agreement. But time and annoyances would build and grate and something would happen eventually. It’s just a matter of how much time it might take to get there. Kaz has patience in spades.

She sobers her laughter a moment later, regaining her composure and taking a moment. “You think… you think Kaz’ll do okay here? In the long haul?” The pair of them had adjusted just fine, but they’re very different types of people from their leader. Jesper knows him as well as anyone.