An Addiction With... Drugs. (Jacketo-kun)

jacket would be at the school late again, she had no work shift that night, and her night class was cancelled, so what else would she do? she knew the library needed a bit of organizing, so the the frequent visitor set out to do it herself. the dewey decimal system was exceptionally easy to understand, so she through she might as well spend her free time cleaning up.

with her arms full of books, jacket would walk buy a studious looking boy who was reading over some material. as jacket walked by, she glimpsed at what the boy was reading out of her own curiosity. maybe they had something in common? jacket had already read almost all of the books in the library, at least all of the non-fiction ones. 

"oh, hello! i hope you're finding that book to be a good read," the older girl would smile friendily to the boy, shifting the weight of the stack of books in her arms. "i read that one a few months ago and it was quite interesting."

what was so weird about looking up drugs? it's not like jacket hadn't done that in the past. 

she would feel bad for startling the boy, forgetting that she was there late in the day, and that it wasn't normal to be in the library.

"oh dear, no.." jacket would say very seriously in reply to his statement. it was no joking matter to her when it came to harming others. it never would be. "i don't think we should be using knowledge to harm people. we should be using it to improve the world as much as possible."

she would place the books she was carrying on the edge of the table, leaning them up against her body. 

"may i ask what you are studying in this book?"

"all anyone can do is try their best. even the smallest amount helps in the end," she would smile at the boy. she liked that he had the same ideology as her, which was rare in that school. 

"oh! how fascinating. i'm sure i could think of something that could apply..." she would trail off, tapping her fingers on her stack of books, trying to think of what substance could work for what the boy wanted. 

jacket move over to the boy's side of the table, gesturing for her to take the book from him. she would flip through a few pages, quickly scanning them. she would find the page she was looking for, and show him the header of the section.

"if you see here, this is the closest substance to what you are looking for. unfortunately there isn't extensive detail in this book, but i'm sure a reference library would have more detailed information."

she would wait patiently as he read and was absorbed in his thoughts, smiling the whole time. she was just happy that someone seemed so interested in learning. he was younger than her, but his spirit for learning reminded her a lot of herself; absorbed in anything she could get her hands on.

"i don't believe police would give you such a drug as there is potential for you to use it on yourself or others. but in a controlled lab you might be able to preform experiments with supervision..." she would trail off, trying to think of how the boy could get a hold of what he needed. "what is this for, if i may ask?"

she would look down at the boy as he spoke and nod quietly. of course she had been in life and death situations, that was practically how she grew up. she was a trauma and abuse survivor, so every day was a fight for her life until the day her father was finally locked away. 


"aren't you forgetting that if people think you are dead that they will get rid of your body? you're opening yourself to risks where you could be buried alive," she would sigh. "if you truly want to defend yourself, you should learn less risky ways of fending off foes. use your environment to your advantage."