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05 ❄ ( voice )

[ Jack has come back to the city after his fight with Kyle and his talk with Bucky at the shell's edge. He isn't quite ready for video replies yet, knows that despite the usual cheerful timbre he's forcing into his voice it won't cover the fact that his eyes are sad and hollow. ]

Has anyone seen Periwinkle? I went to her suite to give her fresh snow but she's not there and it looks...

[ he fumbles for the right description ]

Unused.

[ private to Finnick ]
Sorry I haven't figured out those other lures yet, I... something-- kind of came up. I take it you saw the announcement?

[ private to Damian ]
I... wanted to apologize, for what I said to you on the sled hill. When you brought up-- I, I just shouldn't have snapped back at you like that. I don't have any right to say who trusts you and who doesn't. I'm sorry.

[ private to Kyle ]
... please don't tell everyone about the snow. I get it, okay? It was wrong and fake and cheating and a horrible thing. But just let them have a good memory of it and-- and I won't spread any more snow like that around. Please. I'll... I'll do whatever you want.

[ He doesn't think he could take it if all the people who thanked him for the snow day suddenly turned on him for it. The ones who'd had their hearts lightened enough to even be able to see him for the first time. ]

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[He nods.] People I know have gone home before. One of teachers did recently. And I've seen people mention it before.

Ah, all right...

I guess, uh, that it's good she went home, right? I mean, before it got too warm here for her. And you know, out of the whole abduction onto a turtle thing.

Yes, most people object to being kidnapped to turtles.

Too warm for her? Was she a winter spirit like you or like how I am with the cold?

[ that earns a faint smile across the voice feed ]

Yeah, go figure.

She's a frost fairy, which I guess is like her world's version of me except there's a bunch of them. She said if she got too warm her wings would be in trouble.

It's good because I wasn't sure how she was going to handle the hot months.

[Victor winces.]

Oh man...I know how bad wing damages can be. I'm glad she didn't have to see how the hot months affected her.

Now I have to wonder what my world's version of you is like. If there's a bunch or just one cool guy like you.

If they're anything like Tooth's wings, probably bad.

Well, maybe you'll get to meet them one day.

My friend Megan back home has fairy-like wings. It's always bad when she hurts them.

Maybe. Hopefully they're friendly and not anything like frost giants.

[He grins.] I'm free for the rest of the day. Want to go hang out awhile?

You make it sounds like it happens a lot... frost giants?

[ He's feeling a little better at least. ]

Yeah, I'd like that.

It doesn't happen a lot but well...one time is too many times, you know? [He doesn't like seeing his friends hurt.] Frost giants are exactly that. Giants that live in this really icy and snowy world back home. They tended to be bad guys back home though.

Great. How about I come by your place?

Ahhh, you're talking about the Jötnar, I get it now.

[ The Norse term rolls with surprising ease in Jack's speech. ]

Oh, uh. We can meet there, but you might not like it inside. I keep it pretty cold in here.

[ And it's currently sporting an indoor blanket of snow, from his fluctuating emotions. ]

Edited 2013-03-21 03:26 (UTC)

[Victor's surprised by that Norse term, staring for a moment.]

Uh, yeah. [He hasn't heard the Norse term before but he'll just go with it.]

I'll meet you there in a few minutes then.

[ Jack will meet Victor outside of 3A, a light dusting of snow in his hair and on his shoulders, laying atop the usual shine of frost woven into the blue material of his hoodie; he didn't seem to notice. ]

Y'know, you're the second to mention to mention Norse legend...

[Victor's tossing a ball idly up and down as he walks. When he spots Jack up ahead, Vic smiles and gives a wave.]

Really? Who's the first?

[ Jack has much the same reaction to seeing that ball again as an excitable puppy. Vic you are the best green bro ever. ]

Tony Stark, when Pepper took me to meet him that one time.

[Victor just smiles when he sees Jack's reaction. He likes making his snow bro happy.]

That makes sense. He's on the same team as Thor after all.

I saw a nice looking park on the way over here unless there was somewhere else you wanted to go.

Yeah, that's weird to think about. But I guess if I'm Jokul Frosti there then everyone's gotta be someone.

The park is great!

Jokul...[Victor pauses.] I'm just going to keep calling you Jack.

Let's get going then. [He tosses the ball Jack's way before he starts to walk.] So how have you been, Jack?

[ That makes him laugh again, already feeling better. ]

That's good, I think the other would be hard to answer to. And I've been...

[ he catches the ball and lifts his shoulders in a shrug ]

I don't know. There was some stuff that happened but it was... mostly my fault.

It sure sounds like it would be.

What stuff happened? [He's curious and a little concerned.]

[ Jack hesitates again because he very much trusts Victor, but he's afraid of the possible reaction. Victor came out in the snow to play with him. ]

I did-- I did something that I thought was good and that people liked, but it turned out that's not true and some people are... pretty angry about it.

[Now Vic's a little worried.]

Who's so angry? And is this about the snow?

[ Jack thinks, well shit. ]

... you know too?

Know what? [Causing snowfall is just the only thing Victor can think of that Jack could have done that would get people mad. It made him pretty grumpy until Jack convinced him to come out and play after all.]

[ Jack is clutching the ball tightly, his gaze fixed wide-eyed on Victor. All the worst scenarios were playing through his mind. ]

Jack? [Victor looks pretty worried now.] What happened, Jack?

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