06 § video (backdated to Feb 10)

[definingfuture]

Well someone here has completely dropped the ball. I know there are at least a few people around who are rich and Earth-savvy enough to get everyone presents for the month. Maybe celebrate the break from so much cold or the coming of good fortune or something like that. We could use a celebration right about now.

At the very least, I'll try to do my part. [Tony gives the network a winning smile and holds up a small, strange-looking flower playfully. It almost makes the next part sound more like a joke than any real offer.] I've got a few too many of these, so if anyone would like to take them off my hands, I'll be happy to give you a discount.

And if you're available, Miss Frost, I'd love to spend some quality time with you. If your schedule will allow it, of course.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm personally missing my chocolate.

[He even winks at the feed before disconnecting.]


[Private messages to Arthur Curry, Shockwave, and Kyle Rayner]

[...Or just to switch directions.]

Afternoon. I've got a proposal for you. Give me five minutes when you've got them.

[End Messages]

[Private message to Annabeth]

So. I've been saving up my pennies--so to speak. I wonder if I could buy some of your thoughts?

[End Message]

[Private message to Bucky Barnes (616)]

I. [Cap. Forgive him.] I need you to do me a favor.

[end transmission]

Comments

[wintershepherd]

[ Jack perked up, because this was something he'd actually spent some time thinking about. ]

A lot of mine is instinctive as far as getting it started. Like when I make frost, I don't think about freezing individual water particles, I just do it... sometimes without even thinking about it. But other things need more practice, like when I learned from Baby Tooth how to pass through things. That part is more like developing a skill. I had to start with just my hand and work up from that and she seemed to think that was normal.

[definingfuture]

Can you fight other magic? [What Jack said was helpful. It may have seemed like innocuous enough questions, but that was the point. Tony was gathering more information in an area he had very little to work with.]

So if our evil spirit works in a similar way, for example, could you use your power to stop his? Just a thought, but we could try.

[wintershepherd]

[ Jack hesitated only for a moment, then gave a serious nod. ]

Yeah. I think so.

[definingfuture]

What if we tried it out? Have you ever gotten close to his handiwork?

If we can test it on something he's touched, maybe we'll make some progress.

[wintershepherd]

Not that I know of. I... went into one of the arches, though. One that led into the Death realm.

[ Despite himself, Jack shivers a little in a way that has nothing to do with cold. ]