#001 [Video]

[2cool4guardian]

[Hello, Asgard. Look who is finally making his first post to the network? Jack is sitting on a roof and enjoying a blue popsicle. It seems their little trip to the cold lands wasn't enough ice for him.]

Moral of the story: 'frost giants' aren't as cool as they sound.

[...it's a joke, ok, don't judge him much. He needs to deal somehow with the fact the trip pretty much sucked. Jokes are also his way of trying to break the ice see what I did. Answering to people's silly thoughts? No problem. Starting conversation by his own? That's gonna need more practice.]

Someone mentioned weapons when I arrived, and how I should I ask the network about it. Maybe you do have an idea of what to do about--

[He uses telekinesis to make the two halves of a shepherd crook float next to him.]

--this. Because without my original powers, my staff is now just... a piece of wood, I guess.

[Brilliant deduction, Jack. All these changes are sure bothering you, huh?]

Comments

[2cool4guardian]

...right. Should I know what else "I" mentioned?

[seethelanterns]

You mentioned your friends from home, but I haven't seen them here. It was...Tooth, right? Something like that, to do with teeth....

[2cool4guardian]

[He smiles.] Yes, Tooth. As in the Tooth Fairy. ...which I guess it says nothing to you at all, does it?

[seethelanterns]

Nope. Fairy?

[2cool4guardian]

Yeees. Don't know what a fairy is either? Tooth is like... half lady half humming bird.

[seethelanterns]

Half bird? So she has wings? [That sounds kind of neat, actually. There were days when Rapunzel watched the birds flying and wished she could join them.]

[2cool4guardian]

[He nods.] Wings and feathers. It isn't as bad as it sounds, though, I promise. They made her look good.

[seethelanterns]

I'm sure she'd be fun to draw or paint. I've never seen anyone with wings or feathers before.

[2cool4guardian]

Really? Not even in books? there are lots of stories about fairies. [Rapunzel, does Jack need to fix your childhood too.]

[seethelanterns]

Well, of course I had books, but I didn't have very many. None of the ones Mother brought me had anything like that in them. So, she can fly? [Like Draco, except Tooth actually has wings. But yes, she definitely needs a better childhood.]

[2cool4guardian]

If your mother was boring, you should've gotten some yourself. And yeah, she can fly. I am -was- faster though. [Or so he likes to think, at least.]

[seethelanterns]

Well.....you see, she didn't really let me go outside the tower. Can you fly here too? I know that's one of the powers you can get here.

[2cool4guardian]

No, I was sent to Loki. [He frowns.] What do you mean, didn't let you out?

[seethelanterns]

Oh. So Loki has different powers then. I think it's Baldr with flight.

I...I mean I never left the tower, until I was about to turn eighteen. She kept telling me it was dangerous, that people would find me and use me for my hair's power. That it was a gift that needed to be protected. So...until I met Eugene I stayed inside.

[2cool4guardian]

Yeeeeah, flight in one, snow in the other. And somehow I still get stuck with the mind powers.

[Jack isn't one to think before acting, this was a stupid choice!!!

But forget about that, Jack is being angry at someone other than the gods for a change.] She never let you out? Not even to play outside? This gotta be some of the dumbest rules I've ever heard, and believe me, I've watched many parents being stupid. [He shakes his head, complaining about adults under his breath.]

We need to make up for it. [Yeah, shit just got personal. A childhood was ruined!] Do you like games? I'll teach you all the games I know. hopefully there's some place big enough to play "hide and seek" and hide all that hair of yours.

[seethelanterns]

You mean the...um, telepathy? That still seems interesting. [If. A little...invasive perhaps. Rapunzel seems to almost wilt a little at hearing Jack's indignation. She's still upset and angry and conflicted about Gothel herself, but she understands her upbringing was far from normal. Her interest]

Games? What kind of games? Pascal and I loved playing hide and seek!

[2cool4guardian]

Telekinesis. I move stuff with my mind. At least I got the good one out of the two. [At least this way he can still throw stuff at people. ...what.

Jack likes her reaction, and quickly feeds more enthusiasm into the conversation.] All kind of games. I'm a game expert. Let's see what you can do, missy - who is Pascal anyway?

[seethelanterns]

Oh, wow! That still sounds amazing, Jack! [Yup, she can imagine all sorts of fun tricks with a power like that!]

An expert, huh? What do you say, Pascal? [Of course the chameleon has been at her shoulder the whole time, just sort of hidden with all her hair. He eyes Jack for a moment, peering out from her hair at him. He supposes. As long as the boy has some fun - and preferably new games he hasn't already played a dozen or more times with the blonde.]

[2cool4guardian]

[Jack arches an eyebrow and moves his face closer to the screen. He laughs a bit when he realizes what that little green dude is.]

Is that... a chameleon? Your game partner I guess? He's not going to have problems hiding with that size.

[seethelanterns]

He is, yes! And I'm sure he's pleased you don't call him a frog.

[She laughs, bringing Pascal a little closer, holding him in her free hand.] He's a pretty good hider, but I can still usually find him, at least back in my tower I could. He likes to make it fun by changing colour.

[2cool4guardian]

Probably becaaause... he doesn't look like a frog?

[What kind of blind people do you hang out with, Rapunzel.]

Green little cheater - I like him. You two aren't going to get lost in the city while hiding, are you? [Since she never left her tower before, who knows how she deals with big spaces.]

[seethelanterns]

Well, Eugene kept calling him a frog. I know he's small and green, but still.

[She shrugs, Pascal apparently agreeing and appreciative that Jack acknowledges he is in fact not a frog. That gets him points in Pascal's opinion.]

We should be all right. So long as neither of us go out too far. But we've done a bit of exploring outside, so I think we should be fine. [Rapunzel deals with big spaces by running around and swinging from trees like a five year old, obviously.]

[2cool4guardian]

Peas are also small and green.

[To be fair, Jack is being a bit of a hypocrite here. If he found someone annoying he'd call him something wrong on purpose too. But Pascal sounds cool and it's more fun to make fun of Eugene's fail for now.]

Just a bit of exploring? Gotta fix that - maybe we should race instead. First one to go through all the districts wins.

[seethelanterns]

Yes, but Pascal is bigger than a pea.

[Which is exactly what Eugene did, but then, neither of the three got off on the best start initially. Rapunzel tries this new word out, repeating it after Jack.]

A....race? I've been had a race before!

[2cool4guardian]

Way to miss my point.

[First impressions are always awesome, just ask the Easter Bunny. ...cough. Jack will just keep being amused by this conversation. Such a little word has this effect, how would she react to the rest of the world?]

Oh really? What kind of race? You and your little pea buddy fast enough for this?