itp: jean and ivy are so good at arguing

[getintomyplants]

[somewhere, deep in the forest, there's a sudden shriek, a series of thumps, and then a final thud that sounds sickeningly like a body hitting the ground hard.

and then horrible zapping sounds.

anyone wandering past would notice a hole's suddenly opened up in the ground - quite a deep hole -and there's a woman crumpled in a heap at the bottom of it. more noticeably, vines keep trying to dive in after her (and since when do vines move that frantically, anyway, not to mention of their own accord?), but hitting a force field covering the top of the hole.

and then they burn to a crisp in mere moments.

every time one burns, the woman in the hole winces. that might be one of the reasons she doesn't seem inclined to stand up. in fact it looks like she hasn't moved from where she fell.

any psychics in the area might be receiving a broadcast of pain, anger, and steadily increasing fear.]

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[finalities]

Maybe I lied.

[getintomyplants]

You, Jean?

[there is the faintest lilting note of teasing in her voice]

[finalities]

I had a choice to make and I made it.

[getintomyplants]

A choice? You're not making sense.

[finalities]

Between you and Scott.

[getintomyplants]

[okay now she's actually laughing]

[finalities]

[doesn't say anything. Just looks away]

[getintomyplants]

That's not a choice.

[finalities]

Yeah?

[getintomyplants]

He's your husband.

[finalities]

He is.

[getintomyplants]

How can I compete with that?

[finalities]

[self-deprecating laugh]

Apparently my ability to love isn't limited to one.

[getintomyplants]

Love.

[finalities]

It's true. I'll always choose Scott. It doesn't make it any less harder.

[getintomyplants]

[just kind of. shaking her head like she doesn't understand at all.

hint: she doesn't.]

[finalities]

Isn't it obvious? I fell in love with you, Ivy.

[getintomyplants]

[taking a long, loooooong moment to digest that.

like a loooooooooooong moment.]

...fell?

[finalities]

I get attracted to the bad guys, I guess.

[getintomyplants]

Jean...

[turning to really look at her now, coming up onto her knees - but keeping her distance from Jean, intent but wary]

[finalities]

[just staring at the opposite wall, hugging a knee]

[getintomyplants]

Hey.

[finalities]

Hm?

[getintomyplants]

So that's why you want me to go away.

[finalities]

What?