justanexpression | Video 2: Being Human (Action for Cherrygrove City)

[Obviously, someone has been practicing. When the feed kicks on, it's a properly framed picture of one Jack Frost. He's set up camp in the woods fringing Cherrygrove City with a good view of the beach and a frolicking Seel in the background behind him. He also looks more cheerful and less confused than last time.

Oh, and the egg in his lap. That's new, too.]

So, everyone was awesome about answering my questions last time, now I've got more of them.

Cherrygrove is nice. Been here a couple days, now. [He gestures over his shoulder.] You can tell Phil likes it. Kind of got lost on the way here, yeah, yeah, I know it's a straight line, okay, and Phil is about as slow as slow can be, but now that I'm here, I've got this guy. [He pokes at the egg. It's blue and white and people in the know might recognize it as a Pachirisu egg. Jack is not in the know.] Or girl. How do you tell?

For that matter, what do I do with it? Am I supposed to keep it warm? Someone mentioned a deal for new people just showing up, and that's totally me, so I, uh... just kind of hit buttons until I saw something that sounded good, but now I'm thinking that wasn't the best idea?

[He takes a second to glance over his shoulder, probably to make sure his Seel hadn't been eaten by a shark in the last few minutes or anything. If nothing else, this place seems to be teaching him a really strange sense of responsibility. If only Bunny could see him now.

He resettles, placing the gear on the ground in front of him so it can pick up a full body shot, including the sneakers he wasn't wearing before.]

Okay, second question, and... I know how crazy this sounds, but at least some of you weren't human before getting here, right? Pretty sure I've met one already. [Again, unless Thor's parents had some ridiculous delusions of grandeur.] So the question is- how do you stand it? Not the being here, that's turning out pretty cool, but the rest of it. All the getting hungry, and tired, and walking everywhere, not to mention buying stuff. Am I gonna have to get a- [shudder] -job?

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As for the first -- yeah, just keep it warm and that's 'bout it. Wrap it in your spare clothes or something.

[He frowns a little bit at the second question.]

And 'bout that other thing... If we've lived our entire lives like that, then it probably won't kill you, either.

Especially the job.

[He puts some unnecessary emphasis on that last word, since Crow is one of Those People who seem to think that everyone should get a job and earn their own livelihood, preferably once they turn fifteen.]

[Haha, being alive again killing him. Unintentionally hilarious. Well done. It does make him bristle, though. Even if the words are completely true and Jack really should just stop whining already.]

Hey, I'd like to see you try to be me, and figure it all out in a week.

[And he's totally sort of fourteen, anyway. Depending on how you count.]

Depends on what you've been before coming here. A pony? A turtle? If it's something like that, then I guess you can have a few extra days.

[Though the comment isn't exactly mean-spirited, Crow smirks when saying that last line. He's heard of the above and more, so he somehow doubts the guy can still surprise him.]

A winter spirit. I only practically invented all the best parts of winter. You're welcome.

[Which, of course, is a complete and utter lie. Unless you consider snow days the best part of winter. He did mostly invent those. The rest of it, Jack, honey, you're a few thousand years too late. But boys will be boys will be stupid. Even immortality can't change that.]

Is it cold to the touch? Is it warm? Does it shock from time to time? Those are all hints about what type of pokémon may be inside.

Most people seem surprised when we tell them about animals from home, so that doesn't really surprise me. [Not to mention they might just be extinct exceptthey'renot.]

Alien? [Noooot sure she's heard that one before.] Do you mind if I ask what type of spirit you are?

I know! A lot of them can do some pretty neat stuff. Hey, did you see the entry about the killer snowflake? Maybe you should get one of those! All big growly teeth and stuff, raaargh.

[She laughs.]

And I imagine he's too small to carry you.

[Besides, Seel are very decidedly for the water.]

Humans are bizarre.

[Even if he technically is one, still. Bizarre.]

....Lots of bad things could happen....

[smiles] That's great to hear.

It doesn't really bother me, that I'm not 'real' in other places. I'm real enough in mine that it's good enough for me.

[Oh, Steve, that's about as far from anything this boy could understand as it's possible to be. Congratulations.]

Yeah, but don't you want them to believe in you?

[Jack, honey, not everyone is transparent, or a fairy from Neverland.]

...Okay, maybe, but they could all happen with a map, too!

I'm a Guardian. [Oh, yeah, he's still proud of that one. Shh, don't tell anyone that actually knows him.]

Name's Jack Frost. [Although people from places with 'sky bison' probably... won't recognize the name, huh?] I guess you'd say I'm a spirit of winter. Wind, snow, ice, that sort of thing.

[His eyes light up. Obviously he had NOT seen that one!] Wow.

[A quick glance around to make sure Phil isn't listening.] Don't get me wrong, I like Phil. He's a great guy... thing. Just, you know, not exactly the most intimidating.

[It's hard to be intimidating when you're round and fuzzy and perpetually smiling. Almost like North, really.

~~And little does Jack know that his mun has plans for his team, oh yes~ Plans that may or may not involve a Magikarp in his very near future~~~]

[Which is totally great for Phil. Everyone should have their strengths. Just not so awesome for Jack and his ideas of riding grandly into town mounted on the head of a Gyarados.]

He really is. Even if he is heavier than he looks. [Phil should never sit on him again. Really not.]

-Seel!-

Oh! Okay, uh...

[If nothing else, the egg will hatch just to get him to stop poking it.]

It kind of feels... staticky, I guess? Like when the air's really dry and you fly near a thunderstorm. I guess that's shocking.

Tell me about it.

[Strange sort of bonding they have going on here.]

I...guess so....but it's safer to use a map.

[aww Jack honey, Steve doesn't understand where you're coming from either, but Steve does see this as him talking to a kid of sorts]

Well, yeah, everyone wants to be acknowledged or believed in on some level, it's odd to meet people who know me only as a fictional character, bothers me a tad, but I guess in the end I most want them to believe in what Captain America stands for, because as him, I'm a personification of an ideal. And so, even if he's a book or comic, Captain America still exists and is still that ideal that kids, well anyone, can look up to, and that means a lot to me.

[smiles, because it does, the fact that his message continues on to other worlds in someway is pretty amazing. Better than not being there at all]

[He is a kid... sort of. And Steve might have just accidentally picked up another fan. Not that he'll ever admit it, nope.]

...Maybe you shoulda been a Guardian. You sure sound like one.

Right! Rods are cheap at the Mart there. You will probably only catch Magikarp, but they are helpful Pokemon that do eventually grow up to be quite strong, if you put time and love into raising them.

[Okay, so he knows pokemon are supposed to be animals, yeah, but Phil seems pretty smart so far, not to mention the couple he's met that belong to other people. That they let themselves be caught by fishing... Well, he's starting to wonder.

But then he thinks of Dennis, and his resolve strengthens.]

I met what they grow up into, yeah. Definitely looks like it's worth it.

Heh heh, wouldn't even know where to start. The whole species is insane.

[And that's coming from him!]

Not sure I'd go quite that far.

[Strange, yes. Especially the adults. But... maybe not insane.]

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