Jon is in a pretty decent place at the moment. The flood helped him talk about a few things, let a few people in on how fucked up he is inside and about some things they didn't realize had happened to him, but he's still relatively happy and has equalized after Elias and Martin
He's pretty sure Daniel will graduate within the year, possibly earlier, and he's pleased as punch. He's currently facepalming a lot about Henry. And he's staying on for at LEAST one more deal, POSSIBLY two if strange events do not occur
Romantically, he's settled in with Dorian and he's very happy with that even if they're still working out the 'I'm ace and your love language is kink' thing they have going on.
Dracula is glad that Anita is up again, is trying to be a halfway decent mentor both to his students and to Hunter, and is generally trolling about. He's going to take a few days off to show Trevor where his family is buried and talk to his wife.
He's focused primarily on the infirmary, and he takes it Very Fucking Seriously. He does want (and need) to get back to some of his hobbies, possibly back into painting (because who the hell do you think made that portrait?) and exploring more music and science.
He has a few projects in the pipeline (Jamil and Azul's overblot problem, Maggie's virus, Wu Xie's snake venom) that are happily keeping him busy. Dracula has discovered that he's EXPONENTIALLY HAPPIER with shit to do so this lesson will no doubt stick with him
Makima has made great strides forward recently but it has cost her. She's feeling awful about herself and more than a little hopeless; paradoxically being told 'you could have just been friendly and I would have been your friend' has hit the barrier of 'I tried that and humans suck' and left her feeling a little broken
because now she does know it's wrong and it's harmful but What Is She Supposed To Do. Her dealing with her emotional killing of Eiffel was great for making her re-examine just how many times she's justified emotional choices with logical reasoning
But there is a part of her trying to figure out how she can function with humans when it seems like all the rules fuck her over. I get the feeling this is something that she's going to need her Nadja for and I would like her to reconnect with Dorian to see if that helps any.
She's probably around 80% there but that last 20% is going to be some of the hardest because it deals a lot with the deep trauma and heartache that she is NOT good allowing to the surface. Also she's in hiding mode.
Hilbert is actually a lot of the reason he's leaving. Because he knows he's too careful with that man and part of being on the barge is learning how to fuck up and fall forward.
Kiryu just graduated Norton so he's going to be in high spirits. He's ostensibly planning a wedding (hey Dorian GETTING BOTHERED BY THIS ONE TOO) and also dealing with the very weird idea that Pagan doesn't know he's loved? WTF is that!
As soon as he's aware of Malcolm, however, he might be looking for a new position; he took the position because there wasn't anyone with proper training and while he really hopes he's made a positive influence in the counseling office, he does know that you know... doctors learned things and know things and are better at this than he is.
He WILL need a new inmate and I am 100% down for getting him paired ASAP because he has never had a temp inmate after THREE INMATES and I fingers crossed I can keep this rolling.
John Doe, this motherfucking LINE JUMPING SON OF A BITCH. I have had TWO PEOPLE I was planning on apping once Warren was done, and John Gaius was ALL FUCKING SET UP and Garion has ONCE AGAIN been pushed back and SOMEHOW THIS FUCKING ASSHOLE JUMPED IN
3D🌺triangle.
: not even going to lie, there is a quote that I feel like... from him that just... I feel like Natalie would love it and I already have a LOT of feels about them? How? I don't know.
Natalie's thread was a big reason why he linejumped because like, I have a lot of theoretical cool CR with JG but GOSH they clicked and I have feels /is ridiculous/
I am trying to become the thing I should've been a long time ago. It doesn’t come without blood, it doesn’t come without cracked ribs and broken bones. I am clawing my way, stumbling in the dark just as you are, toward a better version of myself. I am fucking up as I move there, but that doesn’t make me a monster. That makes me… human.
bring your girlfriendI am trying to become the thing I should've been a long time ago. It doesn’t come without blood, it doesn’t come without cracked ribs and broken bones. I am clawing my way, stumbling in the dark just as you are, toward a better version of myself. I am fucking up as I move there, but that doesn’t make me a monster. That makes me… human.What she gets: an animated mask trying to figure his shit out