Celebration! (Open)

"The police picked me up after my mom died. Didn't bother to check if I had family. I ended up in foster care." Jane said. "I mean, all things considering, it could have been worse, but dad missed out on a lot of things I would have liked to have had him there for."

She sighed. It was a bit annoying. The police had frustrated her beyond belief. She had to deal with a lot more than just a slight miscommunication. It had ate up more of her life than she cared to admit. There were things that just couldn't be amended just because the police were 'sorry' that it happened to her. But Red lost everyone. Jane lost her mother and her brother. But they were the only family she knew. Her father's family was limited to his ex-lovers and his other children, but he focused on their small family unit. Her mother, well, Jane never met her mother's side of the family.

"I'm... luckier than most," Jane admitted. "And I'm sorry about your loss."

"Not really." Jane said. "They're necessary but there's not much I can do about them."

Granted, they stepped in when her father couldn't but really, it was that civilian who talked the demon down. The cops were too cowardly to send in their own forces. But judging by Red's expression, the other woman seemed to like the police, or at least didn't hate them as much as Jane did. She supposed very few people hated the police as much as she did.

"I thought I lost everyone. I spent years not knowing but, yeah, I'm just happy I have someone." Jane said.

She didn't know what she would have done if her dad had been dead too. Maybe she would have gone on a rampage at the BPD offices or something. Her fury at the police force would have been justified. They had taken years from her life, years that would have been happier spent with family, not the humans who thought that if she 'suppressed' her troll side, she would have ben the ideal daughter. She would have never been what they wanted her to be.

"That's right." Jane muttered.

She finished half of her drink by that point. Her third for the night. She was starting to feel the buzz, but that was it, a buzz. She wasn't drunk yet, but she certainly didn't like talking about her past. Red might be going after the person who caused all her heartache, but Jane never knew what happened or how her mother and brother died. She certainly didn't want to know. Because if she found out, she might have just lost her mind. She liked to imagine it was quick and painless. Mostly so she didn't feel guilty for running the way she had.

"People are stupid."

"I'm not sober enough for a conversation like that," Jane said.

She loved her father and the few friends she made while she came back to the city. But she was frustrated by the way things had 'stayed the same' since she was sent away. But she could be as bitter and angry as she wanted to be when she was alone. There was no need for her to subject Red to her own biases against the police and the people who supported them.

"Congrats." Jane said, raising her drink. "Good to know there's one more scumbag off the streets."

Granted, Jane was happy. Vanitas was behind bars. His arrest was official. He wasn't going to wiggle his way out of this one. He was going to go to jail whether he wanted to or not. Keeping him there might prove to be difficult but that was on the police. So it wasn't her problem anymore. If only Namine saw it the same way. The little blonde was petrified he was going to get out and kill her.

"Sounds like a real winner." Jane remarked. "So how'd you catch him?"

Now that sounded like a good story. Red probably had her work cut out for her. This guy had power and probably friends to back him up. Not to mention, they didn't hand out 'general' titles like party favors so he had to work his way up the ranks in order to get where he used to be. Jane was actually now very glad that two dangerous men were off the streets.