APRIL CATCH-ALL; Mostly the view is beautiful

[burger_king]

WHO: Jughead Jones and YOU
WHERE: Mostly Maurtia Falls, but also other places
WHEN: Throughout April
WHAT: A lot of stuff, mostly mundane!
WARNINGS: Riverdale nonsense, teens being teens. See individual threads for individual warnings.

Prompts under the cut, hit me up at reveillez if you want me to write up a starter


01 - So in this room separated from the world

[ Annabeth hooking him up with a job at the library probably ranks as the third best thing to happen since he arrived. It's quiet, solitary work and between the shelving and cataloguing he has more time to work on his own projects than he knows what to do with. So what if he has to answer a question every now and then, or dig out some forgotten text book from storage if it means spending hours browsing the psychology section, digging out every book he can find on serial killers and then taking ample notes during whatever downtime he finds himself with. Research for a fun project, sure, but also a way to dull down the homesickness a touch — this is basically what he did back in Riverdale, only he didn't get a paycheck for it.

He can be found among the shelves, or at the check-out desk, engrossed in something gross. ]

02 - I'd sell you my own values for the sake of others

[ The last couple of years, Jughead probably spent more time in Pop's Chocklit Shoppe than anywhere else and although that particular diner is out of reach, everything else stays the same. He'll settle in at a booth after work with a cup of never-cooling coffee and his laptop, typing away until well into the night. This is when he does his best work, when everyone else has gone home to their normal lives with their normal problems. Maybe he doesn't have a school paper to write for or the half-written novel on Jason Blossom's murder, but there are other things. Other novels. Other stories. ]

03 - So hold this glass cos' it keeps cutting me

[ Some things never change but one thing has absolutely changed in the past couple of months - he never had powers back home. Practicing at the Meadows was a good idea in theory but an awkward plan in practice and so he's resorted to mostly empty parking lots around Maurtia Falls. He'll set out whenever he's got some spare time, lining up water bottles and taking notes on how many he can keep a certain color for how long, if he can switch it up, where his limits lie. Eventually he should move on to something bigger, perhaps, but for now bottles are fine. It's not like this power is good for much, anyway. Not saving the world any day soon.

Curious onlookers are welcome to join him or just ask what the heck he's up to out here on his own. ]

Comments

😍 i hope you're ready for more bad jokes, JJ

[specialise]

I was waiting for you to be doing something suspicious before I knocked you on your ass again with my amazing jokes, JJ. [ if raven had any intentions of keeping a straight face, it's completely destroyed by the smile she wears. she shrugs her shoulders. it's nice to be around people who not only linger in empty carparks doing suspicious things, but people who aren't unappreciative of really bad jokes. she can't be a genius at everything ... ]

Seriously ... [ with a wave of her magical hand, she gestures toward the bottles and the weird shit that's happening before her. ] Water you doing?

[burger_king]

[ He flinches only a little at the nickname — it was fine in writing but hearing it out loud brings it way too close to Jason Blossom. Not so bad that he can't live with it though... but maybe it's better to keep it away from the rest of the Riverdales. ]

Practicing. [ He explains, unhelpfully. ] Trying to figure out where my limits lie, powerwise.

[specialise]

[ that, she can respect. hasn't she been pushing herself to her limits with her own powers? except hers seem a hell of a lot more obvious than his … ]

Are you just changing the colour of the water? [ her eyes narrow, though she does wonder if it can be just a simple as that. ] Is that it?

[burger_king]

For now, yeah. Seemed the least likely to blow up on me. [ He smirks. ] It's more of an experiment. Water is easy to change, easy to get a hold of. My power works mostly on concentration, this way I notice immediately if I forget something.

[ As is evident by how the bottles are back to normal by now. ]

[specialise]

[ raven doesn't spare him a look, walking over toward the water bottle and picking it up. she gives it a shake, as if there's colour remaining within its molecules. it's clear that she finds it fascinating, how the clear water had taken on a different shade it has no chance of reflecting, given their current environment. it's this type of stuff, these types of powers, that raven wishes she could watch and study all day. ]

[ turning to face him, bottle still in hand, there's a furrow to her brow — a nerdy one — as she thinks. ] Does it change how it tastes or just how it looks?

[burger_king]

[ Honestly, that might help. It's exhausting timing himself, making notes about how long, how much, how many. Having someone around to do all that would allow him to focus on actually using his powers. ]

Oh, I can change just about anything. [ And to demonstrate. ] You're holding an ice cold bottle of Coke, condensation dripping off the glass.

[ And that's exactly what she's holding. There's no transformation, no mysterious shimmer - it's more like a cut in a movie. Plastic bottle of water one moment, glass bottle of actual Coca Cola the next. ]

[specialise]

[ when raven looks down at her water bottle, she smiles at the fact she's actually holding a coke. she even gives it a little shake and sees how it fizzes, much like the bottle that had exploded when she'd opened it. wondering if that'll happen if she does it with this one (does changing it make it go flat?) she forgoes it for now. ]

This is so cool. [ and the awe in her voice and the childish mirth captured in her smile could be a colour in itself. ]

[ swapping hands to flick the condensation off her fingers, she tilts her head up. ] I want fresh orange juice. Please.

[burger_king]

[ Sometimes he feels like what he got isn't as cool as it could be - it's no dreaming up entire houses, for sure - but then something like this happens and he's reminded of exactly how good it is. Maybe it's small stuff and maybe he can't keep it up for too long just yet, but it's the little things that count. ]

Okay. [ He chuckles, focusing on the bottle. ] It's fresh orange juice. [ And it is. ]

[specialise]

[ raven's smile breaks out into a full on beam. she doesn't open the bottle to taste it, satisfied with how it looks — she can even see the bits of fresh orange in there, as though she squeezed it herself! ]

Have you ever tried the things you've made? [ is "made" the right word here? raven doesn't seem so sure, but her need to clarify is outweighed by her desire to test this out. will she die from this "fresh orange juice" concoction, jughead jones? ]

[burger_king]

All the time - easiest way to make bad diner coffee not so terrible. The change only lasts for so long, but since it's just water originally it's safe.

[ So maybe don't ask him to change something inedible to something edible, that's bound to end badly. ]