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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack's been largely off network for about a month, other than replying to those whom he's closest with. But there's too much to do and too many people who needed him to not be uselessly hung up on his own issues. So he faces the console screen with something much closer to his usual good cheer and Baby Tooth is perched in her usual spot on his shoulder. ]

There's been a lot of new people lately so I thought I'd bring this up again. My name's Jack Frost, this is Baby Tooth and I'm... kind of in charge of the Welcome Center here in the city. For anyone who's arrived lately, the kedan who showed you where your suite was should have mentioned it to you.

[ There will be a location ping that shows a very centrally located address, one that if anyone else in the city has tried to procure a business of their own will know is normally unavailable. ]

If you need anything that the kedan weren't able to provide at your suite, let me know and I'll see if I can track it down. Don't worry about if it costs money you haven't got yet. I've collected information about the city that'll help you get settled in and they're in brochures, there's books you can borrow that aren't in kedanese if you want to borrow them, like a library. Just bring them back in one piece, 'cause there aren't that many and we only seem to get more when we visit a mainland. Oh, and I have a list of some kedan shopkeepers who are willing to take on Foreigner employees so they can start working.

If you want to volunteer some time, just let me know. You don't need any kind of experience, just be willing to answer questions and help people learn about the city.

[ He thinks for a moment but can't come up with anything he's forgotten. ]

Yup. I think that's everything.

Comments

[snehjerte]

Oh... Right, the turtle is still swimming around! [She'd totally forgotten about that.]

Why's that?

[wintershepherd]

[ See, his advice is already working! ]

Well... I'm a Guardian.

[ It's been over a year and those words still taste strange on his tongue, but he smiles when he says them, in such a way that she can hear the title of it. ]

Guardians protect children, in my world.

[snehjerte]

[Or she's just excitable and easily distracted?]

Oh! Wow, that- That sounds really important... What do you protect them from?

[wintershepherd]

It's kind of a long story. Weren't we talking about you and the Welcome Center?

[snehjerte]

Well, we were, and then we were talking about you and my sister being friends and bonding over making ice things!

[wintershepherd]

I take it you saw the ice palace then?

[snehjerte]

Yes! Well, from a distance, not up close. And I saw the one she'd made back home, too!

[wintershepherd]

[ Jack smiles, Anna's enthusiasm being infectious. ]

She talked about you, you know.

[snehjerte]

Oh! Sh-She did?

[For all that they've been reconnecting since she got here, it's still a shock.]

What did she say?

[wintershepherd]

Only good things, I promise.

[ He won't relay the entire conversation, but he feels it's important for Anna to know that she was on her sister's mind when Elsa thought her sibling wasn't present. (He'd want to know, in her position.) ]

[snehjerte]

[That makes her smile-- But she's still curious.]

Liiiiiike what?

[wintershepherd]

You don't want to ask her yourself?

[snehjerte]

Well, I'm not so sure that she'd actually tell me, so it might be better to hear it from you!

[wintershepherd]

She was worried about you, when she thought you weren't here. Arriving here, finding out the whole giant turtle, even meeting someone with magic not unlike hers? You were the most important thing on her mind.

[snehjerte]

[That... makes her happier than she probably even knows how to say. The look on her face foots the line between shock and joy before it just melts into a smile. She ducks her head a little in embarrassment, pushing some hair from her eyes.]

Well, we are sisters... When I first got here, all I wanted was to find her, too.

[wintershepherd]

It's wonderful that you're so close.

[snehjerte]

We used to be a lot closer, when we were little! But at least now we're finally reconnecting.

[wintershepherd]

[ Though his smile isn't forced, Jack still needs to change the subject; it's starting to press upon a hollow ache in his heart. ]

So do you want to stop by the Welcome Center in the next couple of days and I'll show you around?

[snehjerte]

That'd be great! I mean, as long as you've got the time for it. I wouldn't want to be forcing you, I'm sure your hands get full with the Welcome Center and all!

[wintershepherd]

You're not. Definite benefit of not having to sleep: you can really shuffle your schedule around to fit a lot more.

[snehjerte]

Oh! Well, then that solves that!

[wintershepherd]

Sounds good. I'll see you later, then.

[snehjerte]

Okay. See you later, Jack!