janey

Who: Janey and Ramona
Where: St. Peter's Cathedral
When: Early evening

In her dreams, Rachel always saw children. They were her students, crowding around her, reaching out to touch her as though just one brush of their small, crumby hands against her face, her hair, her skirt, would solve everything. Their crusty eyes, their swollen throats, the wounds weeping on their flesh--these gruesome horrors whose source she did not know. They pressed up towards her and against her, and she could not give them what they needed, and the sensation was suffocating.

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: The Village
When: afternoon

Who: Danny, Janey, and Maddy
Where: St Mary's Hospital
When: Morning

Roy had work that day, so Maddy was left mostly to her own devices and she ended up just staring at the vault ceiling trying to think of other things she needed to do. She'd go back to the theater tonight, then she'd go to the Round to see Pepper. Thankfully she didn't have to work -- something about some people coming in and her being underage and all that -- and Maddy didn't mind too much, but the loss of money was hard. That went into the box of Things Not To Think About Right Now.

Who: Janey and Shoshannah
When: Late morning
Where: The hospital

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: St. Mary's Hospital
When: late afternoon

Danny had slept on and off through the night, head either resting on Janey's bed or sitting up in the chair he'd pulled next to her. He'd dreamed as well, horrible nightmares that left him waking, gasping for air, but with no memory of what was suffocating him.

Who: Janey
When: Morning
Where: On the streets of the city

Janey had gone to the cathedral early that morning to deliver a few pies and some muffins. Mrs. Sterling, one of the older women in the church, had died, and her family was hosting a luncheon in her honor. Janey hadn’t known the woman or her family well enough to feel comfortable attending, but contributing a few baked goods always made her feel she was doing her duty for the church.

Who: Janey and Kess
Where: St. Peter’s Cathedral grounds
When: Early afternoon, in the middle of the tea party.

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: St. Peter’s Cathedral grounds
When: Just after Mass

Who: Janey and Elle
Where: St. Peter's Cathedral
When: Midmorning

Janey had been up since early that morning, baking for tomorrow's tea party, and feeling fairly positive, considering everything. But when she'd heard from Danny about the commissioner stepping down and the entire police force spiraling towards collapse, she'd panicked. A paralyzing fear took over, and she'd stumbled out of the house for a breath of fresh air. The weather was glorious, almost as if mocking her as she moved mindlessly through the streets, trying to calm down.

who: zhen and janey
where: outside the soup kitchen
when: afternoon

“This dress is itchy,” Marta whispered, squirming in her seat. “When’s this gonna be over?” Her mother placed a hand firmly on Marta’s shoulder, steadying her, and glared at her sternly. They were seated in the front row, and behind the podium, and an unfamiliar but important-looking man in a funny-colored suit had been talking for far too long.

Ever since my conversation with Zhen, I’ve had so much of it on my mind, and I feel like it all erupted today. So here I am, at the cathedral for the second time this afternoon. I can’t seem to get a grip on myself. I can’t even focus on my prayers, my thoughts are just too tangled.

Who: Danny and Janey
Where:their apartment
When: lunch time

He'd spent the morning checking in at the station then going by the florist to pick up flowers for Cheyenne. Now armed with another bouquet for his wife, Danny decided that he could have lunch at home today. It wasn't a normal occurrence, usually settling for diner food or a sandwich from somewhere, but today seemed like a good day for it.

Who: Shoshannah and Janey
When: Lunchtime
Where: On the streets

All day, Shoshannah had been feeling just a little off. She couldn't quite place it. Aside from her camera being stolen, nothing really major had happened that would upset her. She'd been to her first movie with Cheyenne and Elle a couple days back which had been nothing short of fantastic. Hopefully she'd get to see them again, this time for something that she'd be able to treat them to. Then after the movie, Angelo and she had gone out in search of her camera but to no avail.

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: The McKinnon Apartment
When: Late afternoon

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: Eidolon General
When: late

The last thing Danny remembered was being wheeled into the ambulance. He must have passed out, or they gave him something to knock him out, on the way over. The next thing he saw was the pattern of the ceiling tiles in the small room they'd dumped him in. A machine whirred in the off to his left somewhere, something else from another angle beeped steadily.

who: mina, janey and alyson
where: near where the search parties are gathered
when: mid day

Who: Janey and Dodge
Where: St. Peter's Cathedral
When: Midmorning--immediately following Mass

I stopped by the orphanage today. It’s been years. There aren’t nearly as many children there as there used to be, and that breaks my heart, because I know so many of the ones who could be there are out in the streets instead.

Who: Danny and Janey
Where: The McKinnon apartment
When: Early morning

Danny had woken up feeling disoriented from dreaming, but after a moment realized the ringing wasn't a phone, just the alarm going off. Another day of work awaited him. The girl had snuck out the day before, not that he really minded but he knew that Janey was upset. Rolling over, he didn't want to tell her about the job, but Hollis was right, it was dangerous. Gently he stroked her hair, listening to her breathing briefly before speaking. "You awake honey?"

Who: Janey and Zhen
Where: The police station
When: Midafternoon

Who: Arden and Janey
Where: Church! Potluck-dinner-thingie
When: Evening

If there was one thing Arden hated more than going to church on Sundays, it was going to church on any other day of the week. Right now she was very much not-the-happy-camper, shooting dirty and occasionally threatening looks at her schoolmates; and adopting the air of a grumpy cat whose displeased glaring went unnoticed by the ladies that pinched her cheeks and cooed "my, how you've grown" ...as if they didn't see her every Sunday. And the stupid dress she had to wear was annoying too: it was all white and frilly and itchy -- this was just a dumb dinner, not her First Communion.

Yet even though it was supposed to be a dinner, they hadn't been able to eat anything! Seriously, what was that about? Her dad had been telling her not eat anything at home because they were coming here, yet the food was just splayed across the table and covered up and she was stuck standing around having to smell it!

She broke away from the gaggle of touchy-feely ladies now talking to her father, pausing only to shoot them a look reminiscent of a hissing cat before inching her way towards the table. As she got close, Arden kept her eyes on the chubby priest who stood guard over the food, shooing away and threatening excommunication at any kid who glanced too long. Of all the priests, he was her least favorite. In fact, when her Sunday school teacher prattled on about the battle between Good and Evil and and picking sides, Arden imagined it happened much like a kickball match where the Devil and Jesus were Team Captains -- and she was pretty sure it was only because Jesus got Last Pick that the chubby priest was here.

As the Chubster became distracted with an angry red-face lecturing at a pair of twin boys, Arden's hands went to work behind her as she stood innocently in front of the table, facing the crowd. It took a second or so for her hand to grab hold of a small mini-sandwich, but when it did she couldn't help the wide, not-so-innocent grin at her triumph. Ha, success!

Who: Danny, Janey and Maddy
Where: Danny and Janey's place
When: Morning

Regular sleep was something that Jani knew she remembered, though it seemed like a long time ago. For the past two years, since she was voted into office, she had been existing on a maximum of four hours a night, supplemented by a lot of coffee. But what a time to have the honour of leading her country! Through so many world changes that were affecting the lives of everyone. She had to admit, when she had first heard of the prophet, she had called the woman a fake, a phoney, she had looked for the cult behind the persona.

Who: Janey and Danny
Where: their apartment
When: Late Afternoon

I've been neglecting my journalings, but lately it seems I just can't find my voice. Even prayer seems exhausting today. I feel like I’m just throwing myself on my knees before the Lord and begging for something to change. I’m not used to feeling this desperate, and it scares me. There’s just so much that seems out of my control. I feel so out of touch with Danny, but I’m so worried about him; I just don’t know how to get him to let me in. I haven’t really tried—I’m afraid to force it, I suppose. And I’m afraid it’s something I did—or maybe didn’t do, who knows.

Who: Janey and Maddy
Where: St. Peter’s Cathedral
When: Afternoon

Janey had stayed after the morning’s memorial service, lost deep in prayer. She was in a trance-like state, hardly even aware of her physical surroundings, so she was surprised, after she crossed herself and opened her eyes to return to the real world, to see that the cathedral was nearly empty. She didn’t think she’d stayed for that long afterwards—but a look at the watch on her wrist told her she had.

Who: Danny, Janey, Jackson
Where: The McKinnon place
When: dinner time

Danny hated working on Sundays because really, it's supposed to be a weekend day. Although, having to work did get him out of having to be at church all day with Janey. Pushing open the door to the apartment the first thing he noticed was the smell. Dinner and with a massive effort. "Janey?" he called as pulled off his hat and shucked out of his coat. Headed towards the kitchen he found her there, and opened the fridge, pulling out a beer. "That's a lot of food for two," he told her.

Who: Kess and Janey
Where: Outside the cathedral
When: Morning