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[wakingsavior]

The downside to all the excitement and chaos happening in Sburb has been that John didn't give a single thought to the fact that he would be meeting his friends face-to-face.

His friends who have no idea that he's deaf. He's glad he still has that little notepad and pen, because he's pretty sure that none of them can use ASL.

And, y'know, he's suddenly and a little unexpectedly standing in front of one of them, with absolutely no idea how to handle this.

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[wakingsavior]

He locks his eyes on her lips immediately, and... well, he can lip read, but she's talking so fast and all he catches is 'dying' and 'John' and maybe 'Dave'?

He holds out his hands in the universal "woah, woah, slow down!" gesture and decaptchalogues his pen and paper, scribbling really quickly before holding the paper out to her. His stomach's starting to sink. God, what's she gonna think? Either of him being deaf or him not telling her?

you're gonna have to slow down, i can't read lips that fast.

[astrometry]

"What do you mean, you can't read lips that fast?" And then it hits her; the reason that he didn't seem to be comprehending her when she was talking ridiculously fast, is probably because he couldn't hear her. That's what lip-reading was for, right? People who couldn't hear, read lips.

"Oh. Well, why didn't you tell me?" Jade smiles, taking hold of his free hand. "Of course I'll slow down for you!"

[wakingsavior]

He instinctively starts to sign, even with the notebook in his hand, and it turns into a facepalm. Derp, that's going to be less comprehensible to her than her 500 words a minute ramble was to him.

well, i guess i didn't want you guys to think of me any different.
but, uh. surprise?

It's accompanied by a sheepish smile.

[astrometry]

She's not sure what he's doing with her hands, but it makes her laugh all the same.

"Big surprise! So what's up?"

[wakingsavior]

nothing much but you being badassawesome!
are those dog ears? they look cute on you.

Jade Jade Jade Jade YAY. That's pretty much John's thought process at the moment.