Jack Frost

[That’s a Gyarados. That’s a Gyarados roaring in what seems to be either amusement or rage as it rolls about on its back, taking out a tree or two here and there in the process. It probably shouldn’t be so hard to tell the difference between those two emotions, but when your only volume setting is ‘loud’, things tend to blend together.

Dingle the Derpados Gyarados finally rights himself, crushing one last tree as he contorts himself into something like a corkscrew shape. As close as a Gyarados can get to one, anyway.

And that... that seems to be an Eevee climbing him. And a second. And that's a third? Eventually, a dozen or so Eevees, Eeveelutions, and assorted cat- and dog-type pokemon (and one very excited Pachirisu who had catapulted herself directly to Dingle’s head the second she had a free shot from the nearest surviving tree) have arrayed themselves wherever they can reach along Dingle’s back.

And then they wait.

The entire scene goes quiet for a long minute until Dingle starts to slowly tip over sideways, sending the various smaller pokemon jumping for cover and squealing, which sets Dingle off making noise, and rolling, and crashing into things, until it all starts over again, with Dingle finding a new, and (to a Gyarados) interesting shape to assume.

The camera doesn’t turn away from the scene right away, but Jack speaks up to make sure his voice will be heard over the chaos. He sounds amused.]

So he used to play a game sort of like that back when he was still a Magikarp, just kind of more floppy and less property-destroying, but I never thought he’d teach it to the others. You think anyone’s gonna get mad?

[For once, the feed clicks on and Jack looks, not happy or excited or even amused, but vaguely confused and unimpressed.

A large part of that may have to do with the Swablu cooing and preening his hair. It's wrapped itself over the top of his head like a hat, and while it looks a bit worn out like it's just reached the end of far too much traveling, it also looks supremely pleased with itself.]

So, uh... Akito? I think this is your fault?

[He tries to look up at the Swablu only for it to coo even more loudly and hunker down on top of his head, as if it knows he's thinking about trying to pry it off. He sighs, but it's offset by a tiny smile.]

I think I need some advice. Don't get me wrong, okay. It's cute. Like really cute. But...

It won't move. It hasn't moved, and it's been like an hour since it came out of nowhere and landed on me. It won't even go into a pokeball. Here, watch.

[He pulls out a pokeball, and the Swablu gets pulled in at first, but soon enough, the ball pops back open as if he'd tried and failed to catch a wild pokemon. The bird flutters straight back to his head, cooing an admonishment this time.]

So yeah. Advice.

Help?

( [video meant for Shaun... but let's face it, Jack's hardly a tech wiz, anyone could see it] )

[open video]

So... hey. Uh, yeah, so Bunny? Tooth? Or anyone who might be wondering. Hypothetically, right? Might be gone for a while.

Anyone know if there are maps for places off the Routes?


((OOC: follows the events of Sho's Fire Dance))

[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?