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outer_divide2013-07-11 07:10 pm
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[As per usual, though you can't see Jack will be getting a video of nothing other than the scenery outside of Poseidon, those you can, will see him, of course! Text below follows soon after, even if he does want to say something but this wasn't really for the people who already knew him.]
Probably should have expected all the new faces but I really didn't. New timeline, new faces, gotta keep remembering that. In any case, I'm numero tres on the Spirit That Needs to be Believed In list. I'm Jack Frost.
[A pause in the typing...]
Yes, that Jack Frost. No, my parents weren't being weird or anything. The name I had before I became Jack Frost doesn't have much in common other than my first name. I know I'm not as popular as Tooth or North... er, Santa to you guys. But I really do exist and contrary to what some people say, no I'm not an invisible mutant kid with ice powers. I don't have the X-Gene, nor does it actually occur on my version of Earth. I'm just your common nature spirit that happens to be the one bringing Winter to you guys and working double time lately because of global warming.
But I doubt you want to hear me rant about that. If anything else, I would really appreciate it if you guys put aside your disbelief and actually believe in Tooth, Akito, and I. I know it seems simple, since I am here typing this all out but it's not as simple as you think. You really have to truly believe I'm Jack Frost, I'm the Spirit of Winter who nips at your nose. Tooth is the Tooth Fairy who leaves behind goodies after taking the tooth/teeth you left under your pillow, and Akito is a Wind Spirit, responsible for keeping the winds in check. It really shouldn't be that hard but some of you guys are surprisingly stubborn than most adults.
And adults are unknown territory. Especially for me. I usually deal with kids, after all. Guardian of Fun and responsible for all those awesome snow days that have been existing for a few hundred years now, thank you very much. But seriously, just bear with me. I'm not... used to trying to make adults believe in me. Since you got all that science and logic getting in the way of actually seeing what's, literally, right in front of you.
Probably should have expected all the new faces but I really didn't. New timeline, new faces, gotta keep remembering that. In any case, I'm numero tres on the Spirit That Needs to be Believed In list. I'm Jack Frost.
[A pause in the typing...]
Yes, that Jack Frost. No, my parents weren't being weird or anything. The name I had before I became Jack Frost doesn't have much in common other than my first name. I know I'm not as popular as Tooth or North... er, Santa to you guys. But I really do exist and contrary to what some people say, no I'm not an invisible mutant kid with ice powers. I don't have the X-Gene, nor does it actually occur on my version of Earth. I'm just your common nature spirit that happens to be the one bringing Winter to you guys and working double time lately because of global warming.
But I doubt you want to hear me rant about that. If anything else, I would really appreciate it if you guys put aside your disbelief and actually believe in Tooth, Akito, and I. I know it seems simple, since I am here typing this all out but it's not as simple as you think. You really have to truly believe I'm Jack Frost, I'm the Spirit of Winter who nips at your nose. Tooth is the Tooth Fairy who leaves behind goodies after taking the tooth/teeth you left under your pillow, and Akito is a Wind Spirit, responsible for keeping the winds in check. It really shouldn't be that hard but some of you guys are surprisingly stubborn than most adults.
And adults are unknown territory. Especially for me. I usually deal with kids, after all. Guardian of Fun and responsible for all those awesome snow days that have been existing for a few hundred years now, thank you very much. But seriously, just bear with me. I'm not... used to trying to make adults believe in me. Since you got all that science and logic getting in the way of actually seeing what's, literally, right in front of you.
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I'm guessing that in your time magic is a bit harder to come by, from the way you and Toothiana have phrased it. Or at least harder to see.
I'll do what I can but there will likely always be those who won't be able to change the way they see the world.
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Magic... just isn't something people believe in anymore. Not when they have other things to explain things. Science came in and helped humans figure out, for the most part, how the world works. They just don't want to believe that a lot of it can be personified into something like me.
I'm not Jack Frost to them. Just a cold front that comes in when half the world isn't as close to the sun as the other half because of the tilt of the planet.
[And it isn't like they're wrong. For the most part, anyway. It's just that nature is more than just biology and ecosystems and stuff. But Jack didn't really learn things on the scientific scale as he came into his role, so it was hard for him to explain things like that. Hell, he couldn't even really explain it to himself. He just... brought winter. End of story.]
I just don't know how to explain things at their level. I had to learn how to bring Winter on my own, so all I know is... well, what I learned from being out there. Anything else is what I overheard in the kids' classes when I got curious, sometimes. Because I wondered what was making the kids stop... stop believing in magic. A lot of... of mythical beings are just that nowadays. Myth, legend, they're gone.
[He worries he'll be next, even though he's existed for so long without much belief to begin with.]
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[Woah. Wait. Hold the phone.]
You weren't told anything?
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That's... well then. It certainly... I'm not sure whether to congratulate you on doing so much on your own or be angry on your behalf.
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What... are you suppose to be, anyway? I mean, by the time I was, uh, made you were already pretty well into your job of being the boogeyman. At least in my world.
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I'm also the one to ah... take care of problems. Spirits that get too far out of line and have too large of a detrimental impact on the world as a whole, when they go mad and become too dangerous. Leading Wild Hunts when they're called for, that sort of thing.
[he pauses.]
I don't influence humanity directly, though I've spent a good deal of time with them now and again.
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[That's new.]
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[His tone shifts a bit, a note of something either angry or annoyed.]
I suppose thoug, yes. The seasonal, weather and plant spirits manage the rest more or less. We compare notes now and again and decide on directions but that's about it.
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Besides there's plenty of amusement to be hand, have you seen the platypus?
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Yes, I've seen the platypus. When spirits weren't on my case and humans too busy not seeing me, I got pretty well acquainted with the animals.
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I had fun with Australia after Aster built it.
Oh? Do you have any favorites?
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[Hm. A favorite? That was tough, he's seen all kinds on his travels.]
After seeing North's reindeer, I think I got a new respect for them. But hoofed animals have always been a favorite of mine, I think. Hard to just pick one.
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[He's not saying there's a reason that most things that live there are deadly one way or another, but there is.]
Reindeer are pretty interesting, though I don't actually know who this North is you keep mentioning.
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Ah! Yes, I've heard of him. Bandit, thief, cossack, good swordsman though. He had a horse last I knew though, and was living in Santoff Klausen after an... altercation with Sable.
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How do you know him, if you don't mind me asking.
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Everyone knows North by the time I'm around, that's why. But I guess I know him personally because I was recently made into a Guardian by the Man in the Moon.
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I suppose I shouldn't question Tsar Lunaoff's descisions, considering it likely means that the fearlings remain a threat. If you would like someone to tell you more about how to fight them and the Nightmare Men, I know a great deal.
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[That much, Jack knew. But they all called him Man in the Moon, mainly because that's what the Man in the Moon preferred.]
Fearlings aren't much of a threat these days. There's Night Mares, but no Nightmare Men.
[Just a king that doesn't have much power anymore.]
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[Koz has opinions.]
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