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Jaime Elizabeth Davies ([info]finder) wrote in [info]silverage,
@ 2011-08-12 23:40:00

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Entry tags:!log, jaime davies, zack fair

Snow!
Who: Jaime, Zack
What: Snow! Snow forever! and some fliers
When: Saturday morning
Where: Central park
Rating: Low
Status: Complete




So, the moving-out discussion had been a bust. Well, no. It had been a 'think about it and make a grown up, responsible decision' discussion, which was somehow worse. She was still moderately grumpy at Erik for having played the 'remember your past' card, because she struggled so hard to forget her past. Her past sucked.

Her past also bore a strong chance of repeating itself, if she wasn't careful. That, really, was what pissed her off about the whole course of the discussion. She couldn't argue when he was right. If the wrong people caught wind of it, if she wound herself into a position they could take her again ... there was every chance she'd wind up in a lab. There was also every chance she wouldn't make it out again.

She'd thought about that on the train ride down to the city. She was safe at the mansion. She was sheltered at the mansion. There were people like her there. People who understood the particulars of their unique situation. But the city was huge, and why shouldn't she be able to hide in it?

It wouldn't hurt, she decided, to see what was for rent -- and what kind of jobs there were around. On a lark, she had some fliers made up and decided to plaster them around town. They were simple, plain things that just announced her finding service. She hadn't put her number on it, but she thought if she stood near where she could see most of them, she might find some interested parties.

Then again, she had a feeling the snow was keeping most people in. After managing to nail a few fliers to a few posts, she rolled up the remainder and shoved them into her jacket pocket before she looked around. All the snow, and no one to fight with. With a shrug, Jaime swapped her gloves for mittens and set about creating a snowman. Maybe some adventurous kids would show up to help, or someone else would be along to chat. Either way.



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[info]finder
2011-08-14 11:55 pm UTC (link)
"I don't know. Here, in the city, I'd probably have to wind up as a secretary or ... something. I'm working at a library and a theater right now, but ... commuting an hour for two part time jobs means I may as well just stay where I am." She gestured vaguely with one hand before she shrugged. "I could maybe look into theaters around here." She looked thoughtful, wondering if maybe she could catch a job as an usher or something at a live theater. That might pay enough to split rent with someone.

Or the museum. She wondered if they'd hire females. To do what, she wasn't sure. Tour guides maybe? It was worth checking out while she was here, anyway. Maybe that would be what she did for the rest of her weekend -- snatched up a bunch of applications, filled them all out, and then see if anyone bit.

Then, she'd deal with Charles and Erik and the lack of safety being on her own.

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[info]herosheart
2011-08-15 12:03 am UTC (link)
The only think Zack knew about theater was that people back home spent way too much time discussing how to properly state LOVELESS, a performance he had never seen but could probably quote verbatim with as many times as Genesis had enjoyed springing portions of the script on him.

"You could try," he said, hoping to be encouraging. "It doesn't hurt to ask around, does it? I mean, if that's something you'd really like to do."

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[info]finder
2011-08-15 12:10 am UTC (link)
"I don't know what I want to do. Not really. I mean, I'm probably supposed to be thinking about finding a man and getting married and popping out some kids, but ... I don't know. It's just not really my thing. It's not where I want to go with my life right now.

"But since I don't know where I do want to go, it's leaving me in this weird place where I'm not actually going anywhere, just for lack of direction." She grinned. "I can't imagine how that sounds. Like I have no aspirations or ambitions but still don't want to be stuck in the mold most women get shoved into in these times."

She patted the base of the snowman and shrugged. "Which is part of why I want to move to the city, so I can be more ... exposed to things and maybe get some ideas that I wouldn't get at home. Erik said I could stay there and help them run the place. Teach or something, but ... I don't know."

Jaime really didn't know, which was kind of sad. It wasn't that she was against the idea of staying at the mansion and helping to build and run the school. It was more a matter of principle, she guessed, but since she couldn't really articulate that, she opted not to even attempt to.

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[info]herosheart
2011-08-15 12:30 am UTC (link)
"You should try things while you still can," Zack advised. "Trust me. Throwing yourself into a career too early and making it your whole life isn't everything it's cracked up to be. I did that, and I wouldn't change it, but there are other things I could have done, maybe even things I could have done better."

He smiled and spread his hands out. "Who knows? Maybe you'll meet Mr. Right while you're at it. You know, a guy who doesn't think you should get married and start having kids ASAP. Do people really expect women to do that around here?"

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[info]finder
2011-08-15 12:57 am UTC (link)
"Yeah. It's just a matter of finding the proper motivation to do so. I mean, I am trying things, doing all those stupid things you just can't get away with when you're older." Though she was starting to verge on 'older' and approaching the point where people were going to start scowling at teenage antics. It was just hard not to take advantage of it since she could, given that most of her teenage years had been spent ... well, not doing teenage things.

She grinned. "Maybe I will. I'll just have to keep wading through the Mr. Wrongs until then," she teased a little before she nodded to his question. "Pretty much, yeah," she agreed. "I mean, women can't really get any big careers, and when they do, they're ... mocked. Not paid as well as men. They have to work twice as hard to keep their positions, and ..." Jaime shook her head slightly. "Most of them are housewifes, and the ones that do work, well, a guy just assumes she's a secretary or something like it."

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