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Arthur Lester ([personal profile] lestercraft) wrote2022-10-31 05:48 pm
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"This is Arthur Lester. I'm not available right now, but do leave a message and I'll find the time. A-a voice message, please."

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[OOC: Please note Arthur is blind, so audio format is strongly ICly preferred, but by God don't let that stop you]
greatoldjohn: (out: holding arthur)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't take John very long to float in after he sits down, mostly because it's about time for his shift to be over and he figured he might need to check on the door, given... everything. When he walks in and spots Arthur sitting in the kitchen, looking strained and yes, the aftermath of 'angry' he's very familiar with from the inside, he floats over immediately. There's a quick diagnostic: two tea cups, one of them broken on the floor, Arthur looking frustrated, and it doesn't take a detective to put that together.

He starts cleaning up the ceramic, careful with his fingers since he's not sure if he can injure himself or if it would injure Arthur. He hadn't made his entrance quiet but he also hadn't spoken until then. Mostly because he wasn't sure of what to say.

"I'm cleaning up the cup first," he says calmly, "and then..."

A pause.

"Are you okay, Arthur?"
greatoldjohn: (out: holding arthur)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
John continues sweeping up the ceramic, and he's pretty sure he has all of it as he floats it over to the trash bin. He'll come back for more.

"Ah," is his comment on that. He's not surprised. He's also not... upset.

"She's... a lot."

There's another trip to the garbage before he's reasonably certain he's gotten all of it. Arthur will be able to tell by how the edge of John's mask settles against his fingers.

greatoldjohn: (together: wrapped in me)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Arthur...]

[ Nothing but concern and sympathy here, Arthur. John is listening, but he's mostly just... settling inside of Arthur, trying to be a steady weight, some sort of soothing presence. ]

[I'm glad you're not hurt. I wish-

Well... it hardly matters what I wish.

The cup is cleaned up. She wasn't here when I walked in. Nor anywhere around our doors.
]
greatoldjohn: (in: visions and trauma)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ John can't actually argue that, because yes, he's found her very frustrating. But at the same time? Given how willing Arthur is to admit that he shouldn't have lost his temper, he's going to guess she actually wasn't being very difficult this time. Just... insistent.

Sigh. ]


[She reminds me of myself in a lot of ways. But... less willing to compromise.]
greatoldjohn: (in: john loves)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ She's very concerned with not seeming weak or being wrong. We've talked about it before.]

After a moment.

[ I try to be. But I did need to learn. You taught me a lot about that. ]
greatoldjohn: (in: visions and trauma)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
[I suppose that's part of why she's an inmate.

I know it's not just pride, though. She takes it very seriously.
]
greatoldjohn: (in: eldritch noises)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[I know, Arthur.]

He'll pause before-

[Would you like help in here, since this room is new? We can make you fresh tea.]
greatoldjohn: (together: wrapped in me)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
[I've been thinking about it. What do you think of beads?

I have access to plenty of them at the art gazebo. We could designate certain shapes for certain things. Then hang them in the right places.
]

He'll direct him quietly through the process of making the tea, where the water tap is, where the kettle is, where the stove controls are, where to pour. All of it, with a smooth and gentle tone.

He's usually informational, but right now, he's pointedly trying to be gentle. He can tell Arthur feels... less than great.
greatoldjohn: (in: looking over)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
[I could paint them all to match the color of the cabinets.

And there are several different shapes: circles, oblongs, cubes, pyramids, triangles, squares, rectangles, hearts, stars.

Once you start combining them in groups of two or three, you have even more options.
]
greatoldjohn: (in: visions and trauma)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
[I can paint them during my work hours tomorrow. And then we can set up the beads once we both get home.]
greatoldjohn: (together: all that I am)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
[That may require multiple bead combinations.

Perhaps... downward facing triangles for winter clothes, and upward facing for summer? Spheres for ladies, squares for mens. Star for formalwear, oblong for bathing-suits, hearts for... underthings.
]
greatoldjohn: (Default)

[personal profile] greatoldjohn 2022-11-15 08:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. Huh. That was what I meant. I got them mixed up.

But that seems like a good idea.

Maybe rectangles for coats?
]

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