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Tweak says, "i've never meant anything more"

Júlia Ilonka Báthory (jaded_of_vision) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2014-03-27 18:36:00

Entry tags:

julia bathory, roxanna fielding

WHO: Roxanna Fielding and Julia Bathory
WHAT: Sisters
WHEN: Wednesday evening
WHERE: Roxanna's dorm
WARNINGS: Language?

Despite trying to get away from the life Hermes would have her lead, she still talked to her father on occasion. She knew she couldn't really get away with cutting him out of her life entirely, nor did she really want to.

They talked about the normal things; how her schooling was going, how his new great-granddaughter was, how business was succeeding. Then Hermes mentioned a daughter of his had shown up in the city and Julia sat up straight. She got a tiny bit of information out of him, namely the girl's location. Then Hermes decided he had more important things to do if his daughter wasn't going to be convinced to come back and work for him, and he left the cafe meaning Julia had to pay the bill.

The moment she left the cafe, Julia climbed into a cab to take her to the girl's dorm room. She talked her way inside and headed up to knock on the other girl's door. She needed to meet her. It was important.

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bang_a_drum
2014-03-27 06:00 am UTC (link)

Roxanna had been finishing up an essay that she'd been putting off for a week, when the knock came on the door. She figured it was either her RA, or, more likely, Alice had forgotten her keys again. So she got up to answer the door.

"Honestly, Alice, you need to staple those things to-yooooou're not Alice," she said, peering at the strange girl on the other side. "Were you looking for someone?"

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	jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 09:31 am UTC (link)
	"Not since last I checked," Julia said, running her hands through her long hair to get it off of her face. "I'm looking for Roxanna Fielding? I was told she lived here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bang_a_drum 2014-03-27 09:57 am UTC (link)
	"That's me," she said cautiously. "But, uhm...I don't think we've met? And there aren't that many people who know I live here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 10:14 am UTC (link)
	One of Julia's eyebrows went to meet her hairline as she looked the girl up and down. She looked so young. "We haven't met," she explained with a roll of her eyes which was intended for Hermes and not Roxanna. "But we're related. Same dad." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bang_a_drum 2014-03-27 10:26 am UTC (link)
	"Oh," Roxanna said flatly. "Look, I don't know what he told you, or what he thinks he knows. We met all of once, and I talked to one of his granddaughters. He made it pretty clear how much he wants to do with me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 10:33 am UTC (link)
	Julia leaned up against the doorframe and she sighed. "Yeah, that sounds about right. He didn't tell me anything other than you showed up and where you lived. I didn't come here for him and I don't think he would have sent me either." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bang_a_drum 2014-03-27 10:43 am UTC (link)
	Roxanna snorted. "Yeah, it's doubtful," she agreed, sighing. "You wanna come in? I'm pretty sure the whole floor doesn't care about my opinion of my-our-father. But maybe you could tell me why you did come?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 10:56 am UTC (link)
	Julia shrugged and she stepped through into the girl's room. "Nice," she said, because she was trying out the politeness thing. "I dunno, guess I just wanted to meet you. I figured he'd probably treated you like crap because he does that. Did he hurt you? God, did he try to fuck you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bang_a_drum
2014-03-27 11:02 am UTC (link)

Roxanna laughed. "It works for us, but sometimes it feels like we're stepping on each other. You want a Coke, or...I think there's water too."

She waved her hands in a helpless sort of gesture. "Ugh, no, thank god. He hit on me for a little while until we figured it out, which became creepy in retrospect. And then I met his wife, and that went about as well as Napoleon invading Russia in the winter. And then I just holed myself up in here for about a week."

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	jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 11:06 am UTC (link)
	"Nah, I'm okay," she said, not wanting to take the girl's things. She was a student herself, and students had shit all money. "Good," she said, her eyes dark for a moment. Then when Roxanna mentioned Hermes' wife, Julia's eyes widened. "Did you meet the creepy wife, or the horny wife? Did she offer to put you on her website or give you lots of vibrators?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bang_a_drum 2014-03-27 11:24 am UTC (link)
	She noticed the slight change, but decided not to mention it. She hardly knew this girl, and it wasn't really her business either way. Then her next words threw her for a loop. "Uh...the creepy one, I didn't know there was a horny one. That's a pleasant image, I will make doubly sure never to meet her. I don't want to be on whatever sort of website she runs." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	YOUR NEW FRIEND LENA HAS BEEN ON ITTTTT!~ jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 11:30 am UTC (link)
	"Oh porn. Total porn," Julia said with a sigh and another roll of her eyes. "I don't like either of them, but they don't like me so I guess it works out. Oh fuck, I didn't even tell you my name. It's Julia. I guess I just- I wanted to make sure you were okay. Hermes can be a bit- He's...complicated." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

SHE STILL LOVES HER ANYWAYYYYYY! :D

bang_a_drum
2014-03-27 11:36 am UTC (link)

"Joy," she muttered. "Then, like I said. Staying far away." She snorted. "She probably wouldn't like me much either, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't either, so we've got that in common too, I guess."

"Nice to meet you, Julia," she said. "And yeah, I'm doing...better than I was, even though I'm still sort of wrapping my head around everything. I googled him, and it's just like...he's kind of a creep, isn't he?"

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	LOL GOODDDDD jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 11:39 am UTC (link)
	Julia let out a breath and when Roxanna described their father, she chuckled and smiled at her sister. "Yeah," she said, her lips lifting into a small grin, "he's a huge creep. He's nicer to the family he decides are worth his time for some fucking weird reason. But the rest of us are forgettable unless we're doing something for him." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Roxie don't judgeeeeee :D bang_a_drum 2014-03-27 11:49 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I've discovered that he definitely plays favorites among the family tree," she replied. "And I'm not looking to get in his good books, I just want some straight answers about...everything, really." She sighed, flopping down into her chair. "This is so fucked up." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lol and Lena says it ws fun! jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 11:51 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, welcome to my world," Julia said, sounding similarly frustrated. "I tried getting into his good books for a while, but that's pointless. Did you have any questions he didn't answer?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bang_a_drum
2014-03-27 11:56 am UTC (link)

"The way I figure, he was never involved in my life at all, so why should I even care, you know?" she asked. "It'd be nice to know why he left, but I think I sort of already know, either that, or he wouldn't tell me the truth."

"But also, I mean-am I going to be seeing ghosts forever? Is the fact that I was a child klepto because I was a shitty kid, or was it down to him too? There's so much I want to know, but that I probably never really will."

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	jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 11:59 am UTC (link)
	"Ah. That would be because he's a creep," Julia answered for her father. "With me, he was banging my mom even when she was married to my dad. Real winner there. "You see ghosts?" That was fucking spooky. "Do you see them all the time? And yeah...I got that klepto thing too. Fucking hard as fuck not to steal shit even now." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bang_a_drum
2014-03-27 12:04 pm UTC (link)

Roxanna pulled a face. "God, he's sounding more and more awful the more I learn about him."

"Yeah," she said. "I did once, when I was a kid, like...10 years old. I put it out of my mind, repressed it or some shit, managed to forget about it. Then when I met Hecate, the creepy wife, she had them all over the place, and once you've been held prisoner by ghosts, you don't forget them."

"Fuck, you too?" she asked. "I was stealing things from the houses the shuffled me around to, half the time I didn't even want the fucking thing, but I couldn't seem to help myself. It's better now, but sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm really not cut out for prison."

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jaded_of_vision
2014-03-27 12:09 pm UTC (link)

"Well fucking hallelujah," Julia said flatly. "I don't see 'em, but that is some fucked up shit. I'm sorry," and she actually was. Knowing this girl had been hard done by their father already made her feel protective over her.

"I think it's part of being related to him," she said with a nod. "It's just in my blood. But I want to try to be better now. Like you said, prison sucks. He went to prison for awhile, but I was in Chicago while that happened. I don't want to end up there."

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bang_a_drum
2014-03-27 12:32 pm UTC (link)

Roxanna sighed, smiling tiredly. "Thanks," she said. "I try and ignore them if I see them, and I can't really communicate with them, so what's the point? They don't bother me and I don't bother them." It was nice to have a somewhat normal conversation with someone who was in a similar situation, someone who was her sister and knew things she didn't. It made her feel better, that even if she had to be related to this strange god and his brood, maybe it wasn't all bad.

"Well that explains why he wasn't ever there," she muttered. "That part I didn't know. And I'm going to school, I'm majoring in music performance, because I wanted to do something I loved with my life. My adoptive parents are really great people, and they take great care of me."

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	jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 12:35 pm UTC (link)
	"That'd shit me up something chronic," she said honestly. "I wish there was like...an anti-ghost pill or something." When Roxanna mentioned music though, Julia's eyes lit up. "Really?" She hardly even heard the thing about the adoptive family. "Oh my god, I'm going to NYU and studying music! What do you play? Or do you sing?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bang_a_drum 2014-03-27 12:41 pm UTC (link)
	"If such a thing ever exists, I will take it religiously until the day I die," she said fervently. Roxanna laughed. "My singing sounds like a cat in a blender," she answered. "I've played the drums since my freshman year, and I'm enjoying the fuck out of it. Let us talk about all the music things. What do you play?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jaded_of_vision
2014-03-27 12:47 pm UTC (link)

"Don't blame you."

"That's fucking wicked!" Julia said happily. "I can sing, but I play the guitar and bass. I love it. Been playing since I was five. Kept my mind off my mom and dad beating the living shit out of each other. Human dad I mean. He wasn't too happy when he found out his wife was fucking Hermes. Wasn't too happy when he found out I wasn't his either, but I had my music."

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	bang_a_drum 2014-03-27 01:04 pm UTC (link)
	"That is so cool!" Roxanna beamed. "I tried to learn guitar once, didn't really take. But I fell in love with the drums, banging on them became a way to kind of...get everything out that I didn't talk about." She hissed between her teeth. "Shit, I'm sorry," she said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 01:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Drums are awesome," Julia said with an approving nod. "I mean, I suck at them, but they're awesome. The entire backbone of a band." When Roxanna showed her sympathy, Julia waved it away. She wasn't comfortable with sympathy, even though she gave it often enough. "Doesn't matter, they're out of my life now. And it seems you're in it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bang_a_drum 2014-03-27 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	"I really love them," she agreed. "And the guitar carries the melody, and it's just awesome what some people can make them do." "Yeah, I guess I am," she said. "That somehow seems better than having him in my life, honestly." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jaded_of_vision 2014-03-27 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Really awesome," Julia agreed. "Heh. I am not a creeper, for starters," Julia said, sweeping her hand through her hair. "Not that you have any way of knowing for sure, but I promise I'm not. So how old are you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bang_a_drum 2014-03-28 07:17 am UTC (link)
	"Well that's a relief," she joked. "I'm always down for no creepers in my life. But to answer your question, I'll be 19 on the 12th of next month. Not a big deal, to me it's kind of just another day. What about you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jaded_of_vision 2014-03-29 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"Twenty one," Julia said with a nod. "So you're my little sister. I can buy you beer. Look, I should fuck off, but if you need anything, you can call me okay?" (Reply to this) (Parent)