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[indent][color=d3d3d3][sub]One benefit of Jack’s passivity? Sitting back and watching the dominoes fall.

Ivy indulges in her little reference, and she can’t help the smirk that tugs at her lips at her own classification. She hopes Ivy won’t be disappointed to discover that she isn’t the type to leave good weed unsmoked. CJ’s straight in after with the nihilism, naturally. Jack can’t tell if it’s an unconscious remark, or if her mission is to make sure the night is as miserable as possible. She still doesn’t know why the fuck she even came back here.

After that point, Jack’s eyes become a cartoonish display of flicking back and forth between the conversation’s participants while she slowly makes her way through her drink. Hanna shepherds the poor bastard of a waiter who chose the worst table to take an order from; CJ prods Lucas about his religious guilt; Anni chooses pizza, not war; Lucas takes the same remark he’s heard a billion times in stride; Ivy looks like someone just kicked a puppy—welcome back to Ritman High, Jack Carpenter. Sincerely yours, the Batshit Club.

The tsunami builds and builds until it hits the floodgates, and before they can open Ivy excuses herself, Hanna following soon after. Jack watches her walk to the bar, then to the bathroom. [i]Smooth.[/i]

Jack places her now empty glass on the table and scoffs, leaning back in her chair.

[b][color=black]“So everybody’s having fun, I figure,”[/color][/b] she snipes, managing to hide the gloat in her voice. A small part of her is grateful for not being the source of tension as she was so many times as a teenager. The rest of her knows exactly fucking [i]why[/i]. Drama’s less entertaining when it means her night could be cut short, of all the shitty nights for that to happen. She stares CJ down with intent, all prior reservations washed away in two cocktails flat. [b][color=black]“If someone starts crying before we’re all even drunk, is that, like, a new record for you? I lost track around a decade ago.”[/color][/b][/sub][/color][/indent]
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[sup][color=black][b]█  [sup]   [/sup]#1.01 WAY DOWN WE GO[/b][/color]
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