Jake grimaced at the rather...spirited reaction of Karkat, knowing on some base level that the two hadn't really set themselves up for a good introduction. But before he could even try to say something, Jane had snapped a bit even with her attention on him.
He looks to her as she starts to, well, work her magic. Even the touch to his arm felt like fire though, shuddering and squirming in pain as he tries to not make a show out of it. No need to make concerned people run over to the man in pain.
He blinks a couple of times as she brings up the energy, eyes going wide when he knows that it's coming again. The surge hits and he feels the pain melt away, a sigh of relief following. He was still thankful for the countdown though, a sharp stab hitting him at the action to his shoulder.
And then there were sparks traveling down his arm, and he could just...feel his bone become right again. It was weird, to say the least, something that should have taken so much longer being done in an instant. He slowly stood himself up and rotated his arm, only feeling a bit of tenderness in it.
"Fine Janey...come on. We uh...should introduce ourselves proper." He made sure she was standing steady before regarding the group, focusing his eyes on Dirk to at least see a friendly face.
And to ignore the subtle buzzes of hope he could feel from everyone there.
"Er...as I said. Jake English. My...power is I can kinda control hope? Like I did with Jane there. Thought about a protective layer on her, and made it happen."
Re: A COUPLE OF PARTY CRASHERS
He looks to her as she starts to, well, work her magic. Even the touch to his arm felt like fire though, shuddering and squirming in pain as he tries to not make a show out of it. No need to make concerned people run over to the man in pain.
He blinks a couple of times as she brings up the energy, eyes going wide when he knows that it's coming again. The surge hits and he feels the pain melt away, a sigh of relief following. He was still thankful for the countdown though, a sharp stab hitting him at the action to his shoulder.
And then there were sparks traveling down his arm, and he could just...feel his bone become right again. It was weird, to say the least, something that should have taken so much longer being done in an instant. He slowly stood himself up and rotated his arm, only feeling a bit of tenderness in it.
"Fine Janey...come on. We uh...should introduce ourselves proper." He made sure she was standing steady before regarding the group, focusing his eyes on Dirk to at least see a friendly face.
And to ignore the subtle buzzes of hope he could feel from everyone there.
"Er...as I said. Jake English. My...power is I can kinda control hope? Like I did with Jane there. Thought about a protective layer on her, and made it happen."