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stormandwind) wrote2025-08-12 10:28 am
stormandwind) wrote2025-08-12 10:28 am
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Private to Lark and Jon, a few days after Lark's return
[She baked cookies this morning, but she can always just leave some in the library for them later.]
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[Which is a 'yes'. You've caught him in a mischievous mood.]
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Yes, yes, I'm terrible.
As you like. I'm amenable to just about anything in that regard.
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[Tris huffs a little amused laugh.]
You're both terrible. [She intones as seriously as she can manage.] Yes, together. Lark, do try to contain yourself for a few minutes. Jon, see that you minimize distractions.
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[Look what Alec McDowell has wrought. He does collect himself a little, though.]
What's on your mind?
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I've had a request regarding the library. I won't say who it was from out of respect for privacy, though I'm sure Lark will guess. I'll ask that you not bring it up with the person in question.
Publicly posted librarian shift schedules.
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[ But the grin on his face says he's taking it the right away even as he turns to Tris and bows his head in apology for playing along with the ridiculousness.]
And I've no objections. It might actually be helpful. I often ask people to meet me at my office.
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They asked you for public schedules? Specifically?
[That isn't exactly a question he needs an answer to, he's just surprised and a little pleased. It has to be Nico, since everyone else who hates Lark will just say so to his face. And since it is most likely Nico, this is progress.]
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Yes, after declining several other suggestions. This one wasn't my idea. The goal being to give people who are trying to either seek out or avoid a given one of us the opportunity. Not all of them will tell us outright.
[Nico didn't tell her, but Tris was aware long before the incident in the library how uncomfortable he was with Lark. And Lark knows Tris has been privately feeding his schedule to Nico for months, ever since she confronted him about what he'd done.]
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That's understandable, I suppose. There are a fair number of people on board who'd prefer never to see my face. Or to, uh, smash it in.
I'm sorry if anyone's given either of you trouble over it.
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[It's not like he's popular with humans at home either, even the ones he's never spoken to. It's a life and it doesn't bother him.
So to Tris:] I think that's great. I think I can understand why they didn't ask me directly, but I'm glad they decided this and brought it up with you.
[Reward Nico's progress!]
Uh...with one person who probably asked for this, though, I will be meeting with them here in the library every few weeks. So if you're here and observe that, I'm not breaking any rules.
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It isn't always about you, Jon. [But she's smiling as she says it.] Though I'll admit, the reason I backed Lark's original request for unpredictable rotating schedules was primarily to protect you. That storm seems to have settled.
Still. Lark has maimed and murdered people. No one I've physically attacked is on board anymore, but there are several people I've lost my temper and screamed at. It's a closed environment full of strong personalities. There are always grudges or traumas.
[But her eyes widen at Lark's response. The part where he says he and Nico will be meeting regularly.]
Really? I would have laid the odds on that as low as the odds on your coming back. I won't step in. [She can assume it's because he gave Nico a problem to chew on. That's the easiest way to approach him. He's so much more comfortable with math and science than with people.]
In the interest of full honesty, they didn't come to me. Someone had been... a more visible presence in the library since you left. It seemed only fair to ask if they wanted anything from us. Especially now that you're a warden. [She would have prioritized Lark's emotional well-being over Nico's, within limits of course, when he was an inmate.]
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[Part of Lark will always bristle at the thought of being hemmed in, but it's easily contained. The fact that Tris had still protected Lark's rights--albeit with some boundaries laid down--is why he came to trust her.]
Did you have to persuade them to try this, or were they quick to take to it?
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He doesn't say anything about it. But there's not much he wouldn't do for them. ]
...is this a situation I should be aware of? Only... I don't mean to pry, but I'd rather not step into something if I can help it.
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No, Jon. They didn't even tell me outright about their aversion to seeing Lark and wouldn't start an altercation. Lark can tell you if he wants to, I suppose, but I won't. I've meddled enough.
And Lark... mild persuasion, not full on stubbornness. I've been trying for more patience lately. I just had to persist in the conversation long enough to get stated preferences.
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They're not going to seek revenge on me, not directly or through my friends... but I don't know who their friends are. Or if they even told anyone.
[Ah, hell, he doesn't see danger in that direction but he's been wrong before.]
Nico. He's not a threat but maybe knowing will help you interact with him in the future.
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I don't- I try not to think of people as 'threats'. But I'll keep it in mind. Thank you.
[ A nod to each of them. He appreciates being told. And he won't say a word. Not one.]
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[Tris certainly isn't going to enlighten Lark about Nico's known associates. Though a hollow feeling very suddenly opens up in the pit of her stomach at that line of thought. The timing of Jedao's breakdown. The patch over Hux's eye in the infirmary. Oh.
Nico wouldn't have told anyone, but if Tris, who's a friendly acquaintance at best, figured out the bad blood between him and Lark, a devastatingly insightful man who considers Nico family could do the same. She'll have to talk to Jedao.]
Attacked him in the library during your shift. I found him when I arrived for mine. Nico never told me who it was, and I highly doubt he would have willingly volunteered the information to anyone. [Which is not remotely the same thing as no one knowing, as Lark is more than intelligent enough to be aware.] I should have confronted you about it much sooner than I did, but I was having an awful month and too busy crying into your fur to draw logical conclusions and do my job.
Thanks for not mentioning it, Jon. For all the gods' sakes, though, Lark, don't tell Jon to interact with him at all. If he didn't pay attention to him before, he shouldn't start now.
[To Jon:] Unless you desperately want to talk about math, I suppose. That's mostly what Nico and I talk about.
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...I didn't know you found him. I didn't know he stayed-
Never mind. I'm sorry.
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I will certainly do my best to assist him, should he require it. [ He says slowly, carefully. ] And I've never had much of a head for it, but I've read any number of books on mathematics so I'm sure I'll be able to handle the situation should the need arise. Now...
Would it be helpful for me to slip away for the moment since the majority of the business is done? It sounds as if this is something that might be largely between the two of you. And I'd... rather not be a reason it goes unresolved.
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I'm sorry. It's resolved enough. It's been so long for Lark that I wouldn't even have dug into this at all if it weren't for Nico's request. I won't bring it up again.
I just... don't cope well with violence. And I get so upset about how awful it makes me feel that I tend to lose my temper at anyone involved.
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I'm glad he made that request. It's progress, and I want him to keep on progressing, so bottom line is I'm happy to do a set schedule for him.
[As for the rest, he doesn't know what to think yet.]
I don't have an innate or anything else to do so feel free to write me in wherever you need.
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[ He sounds strangely... peaceful about it. ]
Apparently, we're bundled up in the Scottish highlands together. It's a safe house, of course. And... nothing's perfect. But... it seems as if we've found some breathing room there as well as here.
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You like him now. [It's only half a question. And it's better than the alternative.] He did specify that I wasn't to ask you not to come to the library during other times of day, just that the on-duty librarian for a given block of time is clearly posted.
That sounds nice, Jon. I'm so glad you get a bit of peace there.
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