Before The Separation

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Jasper nodded, listening to what Monty thought death might feel like. It made sense that it would be fast. No oxygen, temperatures that could probably freeze you in seconds... and if your body was dead, your nerves wouldn't function, so there couldn't be pain. And Jasper knew his brain wouldn't function after death. That had just been an awful dream.

"You really think there's something after?" he said quietly, starting to relax a little more with Monty's continued presence. "There's no scientific evidence of an afterlife," he said. "If science hasn't figured it out, I'm not sure it's exists." They'd had this conversation before, though they'd been stoned. Jasper didn't quite understand believing in something unproven, but he knew some people were comforted by it.

Suddenly, a terrible thought occurred to Jasper. He was older than Monty. The Ark would float him first, and he would have Monty with him the night before for comfort, but... who would be here for Monty after Jasper was gone and he waited for his own death? Tears spilled over his face again, but he swallowed hard and forced himself not to get obviously upset again. Monty would realize the same thing eventually, but Jasper wasn't going to bring it up.

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[Monty Green]

"There has to be something after..." Monty told his friend without hesitation "this can't just be it" he refused to believe that all he got was eighteen screwed up years living on the ark when he could've had literally any other life. "Fuck science, to hell with science!" he didn't need science to back up his beliefs, he just needed to believe in it himself and he definitely didn't need Jasper to worry himself about not getting an afterlife just because there was no scientific evidence that suggested that there was a life after death.

Jasper went silent and didn't speak again for a long while, Jasper was never quiet... The kid could talk for hours if somebody let him and his silence concerned Monty. "You okay?" he squeezed Jasper's arm slightly in an attempt to recapture his attention. "What are you thinking about?" death? The thousands of time they'd have to play their pointless games to pass the time for the next year? They'd probably die of boredom by the time they actually got floated, Monty actually couldn't help but think that, that might be better than what was actually going to happen to them when they turned eighteen.

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Jasper huffed when Monty said fuck science. "Science is kinda my thing," he said, but he really didn't feel like arguing whether or not there was an afterlife or not. He didn't think anything Monty said change his mind, and he doubted he could change Monty's. He would just have to make the best of being locked up that he could, make whatever life he had left worth it.

Jasper held a sigh when Monty asked him what he was thinking about. There was no way in hell Jasper was going to tell him the truth of what he'd just thought. They didn't both need to cry. "Just about this. About being stuck in here. Wondering when breakfast is going to be, and what freaking time it even is." He wanted to think about anything but what he'd just been thinking about. "I bet the food is gonna suck." And there would be no more stealing rations when he was really hungry.

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[Monty Green]

"Well we can find you a new thing" Monty told his friend stubbornly "you're good at lots of things, we can find you something new" he was only half joking. He didn't think that he'd convinced Jasper but he knew that science was getting in the way of his friend believing in an afterlife and he wouldn't tolerate that. Believing that something came after death was often a comfort to many people, they weren't as afraid of dying when they believed that they'd still be alive in another life after they died.

After hearing what Jasper had been thinking, Monty looked around the room briefly, propping himself up on one elbow before collapsing back down to lay on the bed with Jasper. They had no way of measuring time, that meant that for all they knew it could be morning and they might not have slept a wink during the night. "Don't talk about food, I'm starving" the boy grumbled, he didn't know when they'd have their breakfast, but he knew that Jasper was probably right about the food being terrible. "I hope it's decent" decent would be a miracle, criminals didn't deserve good food, it was probably thought that it'd be wasted on them when they'd be dead pretty soon anyway. Whatever it was, Monty felt sure that he'd have no trouble eating it especially as he felt like he hadn't eaten in weeks.

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Jasper actually chuckled at quietly when Monty suggested they find him a new thing, that he was good at a lot of things. It was chemistry that he loved the most, though. "I'm good at getting in trouble. Doubt I'll be doing much of that in here," he said, changing the subject. He let go of Monty as Monty sat up to look around the room, but then curled his fingers around Monty's arm again when he settled back down, still taking comfort in having Monty in his bed.

A small, devious smile curled onto Jasper's lips when Monty told him not to talk about food. They'd probably be exhausted if they didn't sleep, but he was starting to feel slightly better than he was before, and he couldn't miss the opportunity to tease. "Remember when I stole those nuts. Can't remember what they were called, but we got baked and ate them. Those were amazing nuts." He probably shouldn't mention stealing. He didn't know if there was surveillance. But what could they do to him now that they hadn't already done?

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[Monty Green]

"Hey, you could find tons of ways of getting into trouble in here..." Monty told his friend with a smile, "I dunno, assault a guard next time they come in here!" they couldn't get floated twice, could they? What was the worst that could happen if they committed another crime. They'd already been given a death sentence. "We could try thinking of more creative games to play, to pass the time" he suggested, knowing that the time would pass slowly in their cell if they failed to find ways to entertain themselves.

Monty could feel his mouth beginning to water as Jasper spoke about the nuts that they'd once eaten "I do like nuts" he muttered, a slight whine to his tone as he realised what his friend was trying to do. An audible rumble could be heard at that moment, coming from the boys stomach and he scowled "do you see what you did?! Now I feel ten times hungrier than I was before" without putting much effort into it, he tried to aim a kick at Jasper's legs. He knew that the soft kicks wouldn't hurt his friend, but he wanted to get his point across "for the record... You are an incredible thief, if we ever get out of here, you've got to try and steal some more"

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Jasper actually burst out laughing when Monty suggested assaulting a guard the next time they came in here, chuckling through Monty's suggestions that they just had to come up with better games. "I'm a lover, not a fighter, baby," he joked, laughing a little more. It felt good to laugh. If they could laugh tonight, of all nights, maybe they would be okay. At least until they turned eighteen, but there was plenty of time to have fun together, even in this place.

"Ow!" he hissed, when Monty kicked him, though it didn't actually hurt him. He drew his leg up to rub the spot Monty kicked anyway, rubbing at him as if Monty had really hurt him. "At least one of us is a good thief," he teased, and then realized maybe he shouldn't, so he started talking again quickly. "Those nuts were good, though. They can't starve us up here, at least. Maybe we'll get some of those beans with the peppers. Those were good too. Or one of those veggies rice curries..." He trailed off. He should really stop talking about food. He was making himself hungry now too.

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[Monty Green]

Jasper's laugh was infectious and soon Monty found himself laughing with his friend, it was good to hear him laughing, especially when he'd just been crying. He knew that Jasper would never punch a guard, or at least, he didn't think that he would, but it was good to joke about things, if they couldn't joke about their situation then all there was left to do was sit and cry about it. Seeing as he'd already seen his best friend cry once that night, Monty was ready to move past it and try to keep both of their spirits high, if not for himself then for Jasper because it was already apparent that his friend was finding it hard.

"Don't be a baby... I didn't hurt you" he nudged Jasper playfully as the other boy appeared to rub the spot where he'd kicked him. Monty knew for a fact that he hadn't kicked Jasper hard enough to hurt him, he spent enough time around his friend to know when he'd actually been hurt. When Jasper teased him about his skills as a thief all Monty could do was roll his eyes "next time you want something, you can go steal it yourself!" he knew that Jasper was only trying to joke, of course Monty still worried that his friend blamed him for getting them arrested, but he tried to push those worries aside, he'd apologised, they couldn't change what had happened so the only thing they could do was try to move on from it. Monty was more worried at that moment about his growing hunger and Jasper seemed to be enjoying torturing him at that moment by talking about food as much as he possibly could "whatever they give us, it better be soon, otherwise I might have to eat you instead" of course he was joking, but then there was part of him that wondered how long it would be until he started imagining Jasper as a giant piece of talking food.

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Jasper only chuckled when Monty said not to be a baby, reaching back to swat at Monty in return for the kick, not hard enough to hurt him. He was relieved when Monty didn't seem bothered by the tease that he was a crappy thief. The mood had just started to come back up bit, and he didn't want it to fall again. He didn't want to cry anymore tonight. "What if there's nothing to steal in here, though?" he complained, his tone exaggerated, like he wouldn't know what to do with himself if there wasn't any trouble he could get into. Though really, would he?

He laughed again as Monty threatened to eat him. "I had no idea you were into me like that," he teased, his tone suggestive, and then he elbowed Monty lightly. "I'm not worried. I think you have more meat on you, and I could take you in a fight."

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