// now we are hanging out in the backyard //
“It helps we were married at the time.” Sunjata murmurs – a relationship over years of building, only to have it crumble with the blunder he was prone to make often. But he listens, because in comparison, for her it hadn’t been that long it seems like – not too privy to her private life. But to hear that she had to trade for the date, well, that’s an interesting turn of events. That he had a box and Jack had no semblance of a reminder of her on the Ark makes sense to some degree, given the Captain’s penchant for not wanting to be attached to things. He knew that much.
But his offer remains, even as her brittle laugh paints the air and the tired glow around her face that makes her seem as if she hasn’t slept in weeks. “Guess it’s a good thing I can swim and fly, and he’s got water magic, huh?” If she’s too tired to tease, he’ll offer it in place of her wittiness. But it doesn’t answer the lingering question, nor her pain, and he gives her shoulders a soft squeeze before he leans in to give her an admittedly very side dad hug.
“It’s probably going to take time. And.. a lot of it. Your mother and I finally got our shit together last year and we stopped talking before the war.” He knows the answer isn’t the one she wants to hear, but its his answer all the same. And if there was anyone to relate to her, well, she’s picked the right dad to talk to (in his humble, selfish opinion). “You had an impossible choice, right? And now you have to suffer for it on two fronts. Not just the way you’re affected when the void infection’s gone but.. With Jack being gone. And that’s hard.” Trust me, I’ve been there. “Doesn’t make what you did any less important. And if you’re proud of it, then still be proud of it. You pulled it off. Better than the rest of us. I just got fuckin’ battered around on Starfall to plant a lily.” His nose wrinkles and he shakes his head a little before his crooked smile twists a little warmly toward her.
But his offer remains, even as her brittle laugh paints the air and the tired glow around her face that makes her seem as if she hasn’t slept in weeks. “Guess it’s a good thing I can swim and fly, and he’s got water magic, huh?” If she’s too tired to tease, he’ll offer it in place of her wittiness. But it doesn’t answer the lingering question, nor her pain, and he gives her shoulders a soft squeeze before he leans in to give her an admittedly very side dad hug.
“It’s probably going to take time. And.. a lot of it. Your mother and I finally got our shit together last year and we stopped talking before the war.” He knows the answer isn’t the one she wants to hear, but its his answer all the same. And if there was anyone to relate to her, well, she’s picked the right dad to talk to (in his humble, selfish opinion). “You had an impossible choice, right? And now you have to suffer for it on two fronts. Not just the way you’re affected when the void infection’s gone but.. With Jack being gone. And that’s hard.” Trust me, I’ve been there. “Doesn’t make what you did any less important. And if you’re proud of it, then still be proud of it. You pulled it off. Better than the rest of us. I just got fuckin’ battered around on Starfall to plant a lily.” His nose wrinkles and he shakes his head a little before his crooked smile twists a little warmly toward her.
the flood
// looking at a new point of view //
Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3
Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.
