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CONTACT: jack.frost@compass.net
MESSAGE:
hey jack
you ok?
been a while since i've seen
[ wait-- ]
i mean felt you around
[ pause . . . . wow that was probably the second time in a row today that he made something sound possibly really weird. ]
like
your cold.
so just . . . checking i guess.
and trying to remember some things.
later.
MESSAGE:
hey jack
you ok?
been a while since i've seen
[ wait-- ]
i mean felt you around
[ pause . . . . wow that was probably the second time in a row today that he made something sound possibly really weird. ]
like
your cold.
so just . . . checking i guess.
and trying to remember some things.
later.
[...oh?]
[alright, this is pretty...unexpected...and sure, being 'felt' might be a weird way to put it, but at any rate there isn't any offense being taken on this end]
[if only because Jack finds himself too busy feeling a sudden and very sharp pang of guilt almost as soon as he gets through reading the text in its entirety]
oh hey kiddo
has been awhile hasnt it? man im sorry
theres been a lot of things going on but i still havent touched base in a bit have i? [with one thing leading to another...and what with how he really hasn't been checking the network as often as he should, recently, in favor of a lot of restless wandering and rainy brooding on deck, and man...]
something up?
[...wait...]
remember some things.. ?
[alright, this is pretty...unexpected...and sure, being 'felt' might be a weird way to put it, but at any rate there isn't any offense being taken on this end]
[if only because Jack finds himself too busy feeling a sudden and very sharp pang of guilt almost as soon as he gets through reading the text in its entirety]
oh hey kiddo
has been awhile hasnt it? man im sorry
theres been a lot of things going on but i still havent touched base in a bit have i? [with one thing leading to another...and what with how he really hasn't been checking the network as often as he should, recently, in favor of a lot of restless wandering and rainy brooding on deck, and man...]
something up?
[...wait...]
remember some things.. ?
[ omg yes . . . ! relief that he's still around, Enma feels it! ]
no i know it's ok!
[ was that an exclamation mark woah ]
it's really crazy here.
and i've been sleeping a lot and not really leaving the rooms at all so
sorry i couldn't try and find you before.
just a lot of things happening all the time
for everyone
so i understand.
[ him, included. a lot of things. shutting himself away from everything into a solitary cubical of a room for a while meant not a lot of contact with-- well, anything, really. but it was a coping mechanism, everyone had one!
though that's changing after going back home, no matter how brief that was. ]
it's kind of fuzzy to remember some things here.
but i remember you a lot.
i don't know if i was just sleeping for a really long time
or if i went back home
i think i did?
no i know it's ok!
[ was that an exclamation mark woah ]
it's really crazy here.
and i've been sleeping a lot and not really leaving the rooms at all so
sorry i couldn't try and find you before.
just a lot of things happening all the time
for everyone
so i understand.
[ him, included. a lot of things. shutting himself away from everything into a solitary cubical of a room for a while meant not a lot of contact with-- well, anything, really. but it was a coping mechanism, everyone had one!
though that's changing after going back home, no matter how brief that was. ]
it's kind of fuzzy to remember some things here.
but i remember you a lot.
i don't know if i was just sleeping for a really long time
or if i went back home
i think i did?
[wait what]
[what]
[that sure is an exclamation mark and this sure is an awful lot of text and WHY IS HE GETTING THIS DISTINCT FEELING THAT SOMETHING'S...DIFFERENT.............]
[not to mention that last bit what even--]
[without further delay text abruptly switches over to video, the feed flicking on to a series of shivering and bouncing blurs before solidifying into a (probably by-now familiar) backdrop of cloudy early-morning sky and ocean horizon, wind hissing soft and consistent against speakers]
[well, that, and a voice breaking in mid-mutter]
--oa whoa wait a minute...
[the feed steadies even more, if only so that Jack can peer intently into it with a frown, visible or no.]
Okay, hold on, let's--rewind here, kiddo. You mean, are you saying...you think you went back home?
[an inhale and exhale of astonished breath to taper off that sentence--the very idea of it--]
How?
[what]
[that sure is an exclamation mark and this sure is an awful lot of text and WHY IS HE GETTING THIS DISTINCT FEELING THAT SOMETHING'S...DIFFERENT.............]
[not to mention that last bit what even--]
[without further delay text abruptly switches over to video, the feed flicking on to a series of shivering and bouncing blurs before solidifying into a (probably by-now familiar) backdrop of cloudy early-morning sky and ocean horizon, wind hissing soft and consistent against speakers]
[well, that, and a voice breaking in mid-mutter]
--oa whoa wait a minute...
[the feed steadies even more, if only so that Jack can peer intently into it with a frown, visible or no.]
Okay, hold on, let's--rewind here, kiddo. You mean, are you saying...you think you went back home?
[an inhale and exhale of astonished breath to taper off that sentence--the very idea of it--]
How?
I think-? I mean I--
[ he would have finished his sentence, his train of thought; he had begun to speak with the compass in his hand, looking down but not particularly back at the screen. he remembered Jack, he knew he wasn't able to see the winter spirit during the times they met, and spoke-- it wasn't until he did, in which he-- he double takes with wide eyes. he'll get right back to your question, Jack, honest!
bc oh man he's totally seeing you isn't he. ]
[ he would have finished his sentence, his train of thought; he had begun to speak with the compass in his hand, looking down but not particularly back at the screen. he remembered Jack, he knew he wasn't able to see the winter spirit during the times they met, and spoke-- it wasn't until he did, in which he-- he double takes with wide eyes. he'll get right back to your question, Jack, honest!
bc oh man he's totally seeing you isn't he. ]
[blink]
[blink]
[bro why are you staring at the screen like it just grew another head IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON WAS IT SOMETHING HE SAID...]
[for his part, the pale guy on the other end of the feed tilts his head slightly, eyebrows coming together quizzically. throws a glance over his shoulder at the sky behind. looks back]
...Uh. What is it? You okay...?
[blink]
[bro why are you staring at the screen like it just grew another head IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON WAS IT SOMETHING HE SAID...]
[for his part, the pale guy on the other end of the feed tilts his head slightly, eyebrows coming together quizzically. throws a glance over his shoulder at the sky behind. looks back]
...Uh. What is it? You okay...?
[ oh goodness-- where are his words! where did they go-! when his lips part to say something, he stumbles a bit more, a quiet stutter falling from his lips. woah he doesn't know if it was what he imagined Jack Frost to look like or . . . ! ]
It's--[ he brings the device closer to his own face, red irises wide and compass-like pupils focusing long and hard, as if to take in the sight better. ]
It's-- you . . . [ oh my god!!! ]
It's--[ he brings the device closer to his own face, red irises wide and compass-like pupils focusing long and hard, as if to take in the sight better. ]
It's-- you . . . [ oh my god!!! ]
[What? What?? He has no idea where this conversation's gone or why it's ended up here, but Enma's definitely acting as if something really surprising's just happened...]
[The kid goes on to bring the device closer to his face, and Jack accordingly leans back the slightest bit, both eyebrows arching.]
Well yeah, it's--
[...Wait a minute. Wait. The way this guy's peering so intently like this. Almost as if he's looking straight at him--]
[The kid goes on to bring the device closer to his face, and Jack accordingly leans back the slightest bit, both eyebrows arching.]
Well yeah, it's--
[...Wait a minute. Wait. The way this guy's peering so intently like this. Almost as if he's looking straight at him--]
Edited 2013-04-16 22:17 (UTC)
[And, as the possibility clicks into place, Jack's own eyes widen, confusion quickly getting overtaken by something more pressing as the impossible hope leaps up. He leans forward again to stare back almost urgently at the screen, as the question forms up somewhere from the back of his throat, almost slightly strangled with the breathlessness.]
[The chance that maybe, just maybe...]
Wait. You--can you see me?
[The chance that maybe, just maybe...]
Wait. You--can you see me?
[ the question was probably important to Jack-- the urgency and his own reaction. he was sorry for the change of topic so suddenly, and they would get back to that, but--
it was another rare sight to be had, when a normally gloomy kid that only frowns or keeps his expression neutral or sad at best-- have his lips slowly, carefully, quirk up. he's learned how to let that bubble called a "smile" come out more since his "dream". overall, he's learned a lot of things that probably changed him for the better. ]
Y-yeah.
it was another rare sight to be had, when a normally gloomy kid that only frowns or keeps his expression neutral or sad at best-- have his lips slowly, carefully, quirk up. he's learned how to let that bubble called a "smile" come out more since his "dream". overall, he's learned a lot of things that probably changed him for the better. ]
Y-yeah.
[oh, geez, look at that smile--]
[for Jack's own part, grins of varying degrees in size and humor are usually about a dime a dozen; just another part of keeping the relatively mellow demeanor he tries to maintain on any given day, whether he's really feeling it or not. but real and genuine smiles, while somewhat more expensive to come by, can also certainly happen on occasion--]
[and there's one happening about now: rising up contagious just as Enma's does, and almost as slowly, a smile slowly spreading onto features and reaching eyes and staying, with an amazed delight that's pretty much impossible to hide.]
[not as acute and intense and all-around wonderful as the one he'd given Jamie had been, maybe--nothing's really ever going to compare to that, probably--but the feeling's still no less novel, and to Jack the occasion is no less incredible--]
Yeah...yeah! You can see me, you've--
[Jack breaks off with a laugh that's as delighted as his smile had been, and for a moment the feed wobbles as he pulls himself to his feet...and leaps right off the crane with an elated whoop probably perfectly audible to speakers. Scenery flashes by the video feed in a whirling blur, for a second or two: pale sky swinging to paler horizon swinging to ocean swinging to incoming deck--swinging upright to horizon again as Jack lands easily on the ground with a barely-audible thump. And when he angles the Compass back up to his face the smile is still right there, hardly dented at all--wider, if anything, as if that could have even been possible.]
Oh, man, d'you know what this means?! This means that you, that you've started--you believe in me! [Every word elated, and accompanied by a collective sway on the other end of the feed as Jack paces about, widely gesturing with his free arm staff and all, clearly barely able to contain his excitement.]
[Because Enma must have started believing in him, somehow...nevermind that the questions of how and why still hang about in the air. Who needs questions right now? What does it matter? Nothing at all, that's what. No, what matters is that he can see him at all, looking right at him and smiling and--]
You've gotta tell me where you are, I mean... [another laugh] Geez, I've needed to visit for ages anyway, and we should talk, we should-- [Never has the Compass and its tiny screen felt more inadequate and unnecessary...]
[for Jack's own part, grins of varying degrees in size and humor are usually about a dime a dozen; just another part of keeping the relatively mellow demeanor he tries to maintain on any given day, whether he's really feeling it or not. but real and genuine smiles, while somewhat more expensive to come by, can also certainly happen on occasion--]
[and there's one happening about now: rising up contagious just as Enma's does, and almost as slowly, a smile slowly spreading onto features and reaching eyes and staying, with an amazed delight that's pretty much impossible to hide.]
[not as acute and intense and all-around wonderful as the one he'd given Jamie had been, maybe--nothing's really ever going to compare to that, probably--but the feeling's still no less novel, and to Jack the occasion is no less incredible--]
Yeah...yeah! You can see me, you've--
[Jack breaks off with a laugh that's as delighted as his smile had been, and for a moment the feed wobbles as he pulls himself to his feet...and leaps right off the crane with an elated whoop probably perfectly audible to speakers. Scenery flashes by the video feed in a whirling blur, for a second or two: pale sky swinging to paler horizon swinging to ocean swinging to incoming deck--swinging upright to horizon again as Jack lands easily on the ground with a barely-audible thump. And when he angles the Compass back up to his face the smile is still right there, hardly dented at all--wider, if anything, as if that could have even been possible.]
Oh, man, d'you know what this means?! This means that you, that you've started--you believe in me! [Every word elated, and accompanied by a collective sway on the other end of the feed as Jack paces about, widely gesturing with his free arm staff and all, clearly barely able to contain his excitement.]
[Because Enma must have started believing in him, somehow...nevermind that the questions of how and why still hang about in the air. Who needs questions right now? What does it matter? Nothing at all, that's what. No, what matters is that he can see him at all, looking right at him and smiling and--]
You've gotta tell me where you are, I mean... [another laugh] Geez, I've needed to visit for ages anyway, and we should talk, we should-- [Never has the Compass and its tiny screen felt more inadequate and unnecessary...]
[ it's more than contagious-- while not as intense as initially ( though that will change when they meet face to face ), Enma still has a smile brightening his bandaged face, nodding with enthusiasm at Jack's animated exclamations. it's the whole display, it's the energy that Jack is passing on to him-- it's hard, difficult to keep a straight expression at a time like that; he didn't even want to feel that other way.
and with his eyes, he tries to follow, keep up as the camera shifts and turns-- it's intense and awaiting until Jack pops into view once more, having Enma shuffle up to his feet, the view of the crammed bunk beds behind him. ]
I'm down here, but-- [ it was pretty stuffy in here, honestly speaking. he's been in here for days now-- in his world time, he's been gone for nearly a month. a change in scenery might-- no, will do him some good. ]
Can I go up?
[ while he's managed to change his gloomy aspect, more or less-- he's still the shyer type. that one timid boy who, deep down is a strong, selfless kid; that, despite the ( now smaller ) insecurities, he wanted a friend here. he only ever ( and had only recently noticed ) had but a few selected friends back in his home world. he would like to have Jack as a friend, very much, in fact-- and while that territory is still fairly new to him ( the reason why he's asking, really ), he just wanted to avoid stepping on as many toes as possible, even though in a situation such as this one, with a person such as this one, there was really nothing to step on. ]
and with his eyes, he tries to follow, keep up as the camera shifts and turns-- it's intense and awaiting until Jack pops into view once more, having Enma shuffle up to his feet, the view of the crammed bunk beds behind him. ]
I'm down here, but-- [ it was pretty stuffy in here, honestly speaking. he's been in here for days now-- in his world time, he's been gone for nearly a month. a change in scenery might-- no, will do him some good. ]
Can I go up?
[ while he's managed to change his gloomy aspect, more or less-- he's still the shyer type. that one timid boy who, deep down is a strong, selfless kid; that, despite the ( now smaller ) insecurities, he wanted a friend here. he only ever ( and had only recently noticed ) had but a few selected friends back in his home world. he would like to have Jack as a friend, very much, in fact-- and while that territory is still fairly new to him ( the reason why he's asking, really ), he just wanted to avoid stepping on as many toes as possible, even though in a situation such as this one, with a person such as this one, there was really nothing to step on. ]
[The week had been chaotic enough what with people showing up in dangerous spots, the Engineer being put on violent show yesterday, and now the boat just wasn't running right. Nothing was running right, in fact... Most likely thanks to the fact that the Engineer had been so cruelly punished.
It was pretty morbid. Zelos didn't like it at all, but it also said that Compass wasn't exactly the greatest to mess with... And so he'd had a few things on his mind.
But on top of that, the weather getting noticeably hotter every day-- sometimes ten degrees or more, and the power now gone on top of it? He knows that can't be good for Jack. He'd been hoping it would cool down but it certainly didn't look like it was about to anytime soon. So he'll pick up his compass as he leaves his container and send out a message.]
CONTACT: zelos.wilder@compass.net
MESSAGE: Yo Jack! What's up my man? I've been thinking; you haven't taken me up on my kind and generous offer to train you yet! What's up with that huh?
Let's meet up today, okay? It'll be fun I promise! Don't keep me waiting!
[...Hm, yes, that would work. And he sent it off just like that. THE PERFECT DISGUISE FOR CONSIDERATION AND CARE.]
It was pretty morbid. Zelos didn't like it at all, but it also said that Compass wasn't exactly the greatest to mess with... And so he'd had a few things on his mind.
But on top of that, the weather getting noticeably hotter every day-- sometimes ten degrees or more, and the power now gone on top of it? He knows that can't be good for Jack. He'd been hoping it would cool down but it certainly didn't look like it was about to anytime soon. So he'll pick up his compass as he leaves his container and send out a message.]
CONTACT: zelos.wilder@compass.net
MESSAGE: Yo Jack! What's up my man? I've been thinking; you haven't taken me up on my kind and generous offer to train you yet! What's up with that huh?
Let's meet up today, okay? It'll be fun I promise! Don't keep me waiting!
[...Hm, yes, that would work. And he sent it off just like that. THE PERFECT DISGUISE FOR CONSIDERATION AND CARE.]
Edited 2013-04-27 03:32 (UTC)
CONTACT: lieutenant.yaha@compass.net
MESSAGE: Friendship is hard sometimes, isn't it, Jack? You want people to love and trust you, but ... there is a barrier in the way and you're not sure what to do with it. And so your heart aches. Do you ever have that problem?
MESSAGE: Friendship is hard sometimes, isn't it, Jack? You want people to love and trust you, but ... there is a barrier in the way and you're not sure what to do with it. And so your heart aches. Do you ever have that problem?
[oh, well this sure is a text out of the blue]
[with a familiar contact name and a...familiar message...]
[an almost uncomfortably familiar message. ending with a question like that--]
[and it's a good bit of delay before, finally:]
well i
yeah maybe i did
for a little while
hey is this Yaha?
are you alright?
[with a familiar contact name and a...familiar message...]
[an almost uncomfortably familiar message. ending with a question like that--]
[and it's a good bit of delay before, finally:]
well i
yeah maybe i did
for a little while
hey is this Yaha?
are you alright?
This is Yaha, yes.
No. I'm very sad. People are being cruel to me.
No. I'm very sad. People are being cruel to me.
CONTACT: bayonetta@compass.net
MESSAGE: Feeling better since our last talk, darling?
MESSAGE: Feeling better since our last talk, darling?
[...well. at least he's blunt about it--]
well thats
a pretty good reason to be sad yeah
[wow how does one even start addressing something like this without it coming off horribly awkward he's never been put on the spot quite like this before UH.......]
is there any reason?
or are they just being jerks?
any way i can help?
well thats
a pretty good reason to be sad yeah
[wow how does one even start addressing something like this without it coming off horribly awkward he's never been put on the spot quite like this before UH.......]
is there any reason?
or are they just being jerks?
any way i can help?
[hm, this contact name isn't ringing any bells...but there's still something familiar about this tone even through text, what.....]
uh
hi
sure pretty good
i mean i guess im pretty good , havent felt too bad recently and if itd just stop raining id be golden
double that if itd start snowing instead actualy
but well [okay no rambling and getting off topic now--] thats still asuming
i mean
weve talked?
uh
hi
sure pretty good
i mean i guess im pretty good , havent felt too bad recently and if itd just stop raining id be golden
double that if itd start snowing instead actualy
but well [okay no rambling and getting off topic now--] thats still asuming
i mean
weve talked?
[No toes to tread on here indeed, not in the least--Jack wouldn't have minded even on a normal day, on a day when he hasn't just spontaneously gained a brand new believer-converted-from-non. And so the question only earns another laugh and a bouncing of the feed as he easily leaps up onto a part of the rail circling the deck and balances there. All this energy and nowhere to direct it, for now, but--]
Yeah, of course you can! Even better! Loads better than those rooms, especially if you've been sleeping for awhile, like you said--
[An offhand remark, working absently off a bit of recent memory of the conversation earlier without really thinking about it, but as soon as the words are out he does remember the earlier topic (a pressingly important topic, for certain, even if the more selfish parts of him rank it infinitely below the subject at hand now)...but yes, they'll address that soon enough. They'll address it once they're both on the deck, and face to face...]
[Not to mention a simple room, even as large as they are now, probably wouldn't be enough to contain Jack entirely unscathed at the moment.]
You can come up, and we can talk! I'll be waiting right up here, so, so don't worry-- [be quick as you can] --take your time.
Yeah, of course you can! Even better! Loads better than those rooms, especially if you've been sleeping for awhile, like you said--
[An offhand remark, working absently off a bit of recent memory of the conversation earlier without really thinking about it, but as soon as the words are out he does remember the earlier topic (a pressingly important topic, for certain, even if the more selfish parts of him rank it infinitely below the subject at hand now)...but yes, they'll address that soon enough. They'll address it once they're both on the deck, and face to face...]
[Not to mention a simple room, even as large as they are now, probably wouldn't be enough to contain Jack entirely unscathed at the moment.]
You can come up, and we can talk! I'll be waiting right up here, so, so don't worry-- [be quick as you can] --take your time.
I suppose the manner which I act confuses people. It confuses you, after all, Jack. Because it confuses... people feel like they can't trust me and so they make a lot of barriers around themselves that I cannot hope to break through. It's cruel by being kind. Allowing me to be close, but not as close as a real friend. So my heart aches.
We have. Once. You wanted to make sure I knew what I was doing when I called half the ship a coward during their murder party.
[RING ANY BELLS, JACK?]
[RING ANY BELLS, JACK?]
[WHY YES LOTS OF BELLS ARE RINGING ABOUT NOW AS A MATTER OF FACT]
[geez]
oh hey!
yeah i remember that
that was
[....a really bad week, in all honesty, and so it's small surge of startled relief at finding this particular lady quite obviously still around and about, after all of...that...]
youre okay?
no wait scratch that dumb question course youre okay
wouldnt be texting me otherwise i guess
im assuming this means that whole challenge half the ship thing went over pretty well.. .?
[geez]
oh hey!
yeah i remember that
that was
[....a really bad week, in all honesty, and so it's small surge of startled relief at finding this particular lady quite obviously still around and about, after all of...that...]
youre okay?
no wait scratch that dumb question course youre okay
wouldnt be texting me otherwise i guess
im assuming this means that whole challenge half the ship thing went over pretty well.. .?
I had a few show up and offer a fight. It was good exercise.
[Exercise. Exercise. Bayonetta pls.]
[Exercise. Exercise. Bayonetta pls.]
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