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nexus_crossings2022-09-17 03:19 pm
deniabilities) wrote in nexus_crossings2022-09-17 03:19 pm
Good heavens, who let her do this?
Janet Ford is nervous. She arrives in the Nexus fidgeting and unsure of herself, her body language betraying that she has no clue what she's doing. Which is wildly out of character for an FBI agent who's spent 11 years facing complicated cases and the occasional life-threatening incident. But this might be the most intimidating thing she's ever been asked to handle, as she sprawls herself on a bench in the Plaza and the stack of bridal magazines inelegantly fans out beside her.
She has a prestigious college degree. She has a commendation for exemplary service. But ask her to help plan a wedding and that's what freaks her out.
It should be said that this is not her wedding, thankfully, but it does involve two people very close to her so she wants to do everything she can for them. The groom is one of her coworkers whom she's known for her whole career and his fiancee is a superwoman who's somehow balanced a successful career with putting up with everything that the FBI can throw at a couple. Janet wants them to have a huge night since they rarely even get proper date nights. That doesn't mean she knows how to make it happen. Or knows anyone who does. So here she is in the Nexus. Someone in the multiverse ought to be able to help.
"Does anybody know anything about weddings?" she asks. "Anything other than they're expensive and way too complicated?" This second question posed as she gets up just to get herself a frappucino from the nearest coffee cart before reclaiming her seat. She thinks that she's going to be here for a while. At least until the headache stops.
[ ooc: Feel free to be as unserious with this thread as you like - I'm hoping to develop Janet's comic voice / life outside the FBI more, so anything goes! That said, please excuse me if she's a bit awkward as I'm trying to get her back after having some negative RP experiences. I'll do my best to make her work with whatever anyone else is comfortable with. ]
She has a prestigious college degree. She has a commendation for exemplary service. But ask her to help plan a wedding and that's what freaks her out.
It should be said that this is not her wedding, thankfully, but it does involve two people very close to her so she wants to do everything she can for them. The groom is one of her coworkers whom she's known for her whole career and his fiancee is a superwoman who's somehow balanced a successful career with putting up with everything that the FBI can throw at a couple. Janet wants them to have a huge night since they rarely even get proper date nights. That doesn't mean she knows how to make it happen. Or knows anyone who does. So here she is in the Nexus. Someone in the multiverse ought to be able to help.
"Does anybody know anything about weddings?" she asks. "Anything other than they're expensive and way too complicated?" This second question posed as she gets up just to get herself a frappucino from the nearest coffee cart before reclaiming her seat. She thinks that she's going to be here for a while. At least until the headache stops.
[ ooc: Feel free to be as unserious with this thread as you like - I'm hoping to develop Janet's comic voice / life outside the FBI more, so anything goes! That said, please excuse me if she's a bit awkward as I'm trying to get her back after having some negative RP experiences. I'll do my best to make her work with whatever anyone else is comfortable with. ]
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That's the struggle she's been engaged in over the past year. Trying to change her behavior so it didn't get her further injured or killed before she could achieve the domestic life that she'd decided she wanted. It felt like a bad thing to put herself in a life-threatening situation after that, like she was going against the plan. But she couldn't stay out of trouble forever. People needed help and Janet was always going to want to give it because she understood she had the skills and the temperament to make a difference. She wasn't scared by bad guys or tough situations. She was meant to fight, and with fighting came scrapes and bruises sometimes.
But Aal's words rang true with her because she and Michael were on that same page. Even after 11 years, they were still learning about each other. Michael had become protective of Janet after her first shooting and now he was learning that he had to sometimes just step back and let her go, even if it worried or scared him. That the best thing he could do for her was sometimes to protect her and sometimes just to be there when she took the running leap off the ledge. His loyalty and care for her was something Janet would always appreciate, and she twisted his ring on her finger just thinking about it.
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Was there? She thinks, well at least was appropriate to discuss with a new possible friend. She hums softly, and then wryly chuckles. "Depends on how much time ya have." She murmurs sincerely. "And how new ya are to the Nexus." She adds after a moment. After all, anyone who's been here a bit and used to odd things could probably handle some bits of her tale.. whereas others...Well, she didn't seem like she was from a place that either despised or hunted certain sorts.
Though whether she was more a Mulder or a Skully type she wasn't quite sure as of yet.