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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack has mostly been flying under the radar during the past month, keeping to himself. Though he's worked regular shifts at the Fishing Shop and at the Welcome Center, when he wasn't there he was often nowhere at all, away from the city. He doesn't intend to address the recent exodus of people from the city, even though he's taken many of them like punches to the gut. Instead he keeps his tone light, and focuses on something that almost never fails to put some lightness back into him. ]

So fun fact: turns out the kedan have something a lot like "Take Your Kids To Work Day" from back home and there's a group that still need some volunteers. Anyone want to help out some kids and let them shadow you for a day?

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[backwordscompatible]

[Absolutely not. But she'll certainly smile at the mental image of Jack doing just that.]

Okay. Be honest: how many of them have you already volunteered to 'help out'?

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[wintershepherd]

Just one so far.

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[backwordscompatible]

Bet I can guess which one.

[Her mind drifted back to a time when she'd found him with that precious little bitty sitting in his lap. Blue hair and a smile so warm that it melted even Zatanna's resolve.]

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[parallels]

You know I'm game.

[She won't comment on him keeping below the radar. She spent most of the month in a similar place and is still resisting the urge to go off the grid now that Scott was gone.]

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[wintershepherd]

[ He gives her a genuine grin. ]

Thanks, Clara. The kids are all excited, even though I told them nothing was confirmed yet.

[parallels]

[She smiles back. Jack brings it out in her as does the idea of kids.]

Well. It's an outing. Kids love a good outing.

[lostundercover]

You sure that's a good idea?

[Guess who disappeared to jail for a week and has since been extremely isolated.]

[wintershepherd]

[ Jack's glad to hear from you again Costigan, though he won't voice it on the open line. At least he knew that going to jail was for "work" this time. Hopefully his careful removal of Abigail's things as requested met the man's approval. ]

You know that something being a good idea only counts for like 50% weight, right?

[lostundercover]

I mean they could resent us for it. I sure as hell wouldn't want my kid following around a kedan.

[Unless it was Evandau maybe, but that's so many layers of complicated he's not touching it with a ten foot pole.]

[akito]

[ given that nobody has explained to him the concept of spirits being a thing, by default akito doesn't know that there is anything to believe in. which means that to him this is a very odd post.

he gives the console a confused look, then tries shaking it to see if that will help anything. when that doesn't work, he frowns. ]

...Is this a joke? Or did this thing just break already?

[ if it's broken he's going to be so mad. because he totally doesn't have the money to spare to repair this console, man. ]

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[wintershepherd]

[ Having been here for fifteen months, that's all the prompting Jack needs to switch to text so this poor guy isn't as lost. ]

don't go beating up the console
the problem is on my end.

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[akito]

These consoles kind of suck anyway.
You can't even do anything fun with the fonts.
An upgrade would be good.
What's wrong with yours???

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[washitaway]

...Take your kids to work day?

[This guy from 1912 is super confused! Possibly because children often have jobs by the time they're, like, ten where he comes from.]

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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack searches his memory for something older than might better line up with what Booker would be familiar with. ]

Like a one day apprenticeship, sort of.

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[washitaway]

...Huh. Can't figure what good one day would do, but... alright.

Kedan children, huh? About how old?

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[beunbroken]

Booker will do it!

[She doesn't even know what Take Your Kids To Work Day is, but it sounds pretty self-explanatory. Besides, he could totally maybe actually be a good sort of fatherly-type person for some kedan? Maybe?]

I'm sure he'd love to.

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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack laughs at the offer. ]

Is that right? Does he know about this?

[ Not that the spirit might consider that a requirement. ]

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[beunbroken]

He'll agree.

[She just has to ask with her big blue eyes and he'll buckle easily.]

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[bludhavenknight]

[Much like others, he won't say anything about flying under the radar. Dick has been doing much the same. Too many disappearances lately that affect him too much. But when it comes to kids...]

Of course! Is it just one kid, or is it a group of kids, or only two or three? [You're not going to find anyone else as excited as he is right now, okay.]

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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack beams at Dick across the screen. ]

I'm hoping we can get enough volunteers to have everyone paired up with just one kid, but if not then it might be a couple.

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[bludhavenknight]

[He beams back.]

So is it the holiday coming up, or just something you wanted to do?

[whitelotustile]

They are quite welcome to visit me. I'm preparing to open a shop, but I'm certain I can find something to keep them interested.

[wintershepherd]

Sounds good to me! What is it that you're doing right now?

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[loquaciouslyfeline]

[It's not the first time she's seen an empty video on the network, and while initially Amelia brushed it off as a strange error in the system, that it has periodically happened since has garnered her interest. She's finally decided to bite the bullet.]

Is there anyone actually on the other end of these videos?

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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack actually laughs a little at that, just because it sounds so indignant that he can't even blame the woman. ]

yes there is. I don't think we've met though now I know why.