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Jack Skellington ([personal profile] quickattackjack) wrote2011-12-05 02:49 pm

37 days till Halloween [video] [action]

[Who missed having a screen-ful of cheerful old guy face?]

[Anyone?]


Hello, everyone! It's been a while, hasn't it? Would you believe me if I said I lost my gear in the sofa cushions?

...because I did.

ANYHOW who's ready for Christmas? Me. I am. I am ready for Christmas. Do you suppose Sandyclaws will come back? He left me a Houndour egg last year. Or someone did. I like to think I've been good this year. [If you don't count pranking the breeding center and possibly kidnapping people while dressed as a pirate on Halloween shhh.] I bet this is going to be a first Christmas for some of you! Let me tell you, it's going to be wonderful!

...so long as nothing explodes. But that's a given. I think.

I really do hope nothing explodes.


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[Jack wanders the streets of Goldenrod in an overly puffy coat because adsfdsklgg cold. Under one arm are a few boxes that have already been wrapped and in his other hand is a list. He furrows his brows as he looks at the names on it and pauses every few stores to see if he can spot anything his friends might like.]

[But then he sees something else.]

[The poor ex-skeleton finds himself in the shadow of the biggest casino in town.]

[DB NO. MUST....RESIST. SHINY GAMES. AND LIGHTS. AND MUSIC.]

[He plants the list against his face and just sort of stands there on the street corner for a while.]

[A long while.]


Jack, old boy, we can beat this.


pianokeys: (Musn't talk when mother's not around)

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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-05 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh god. He's done it again. He's just gonna blush a little, stay quiet. You can speak now Jack, it's for the best.]
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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-05 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head a little. There's pure fear in his eyes, right now.] Shouldn't talk about that. Sorry.
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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-05 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[And the worst part? He knows what fear looks like in the eyes of someone too; he saw it in his children before they lost their eyes. It doesn't cross his mind that his new eyes can do that too, though.]

Mother wouldn't like it. [It's not even crossing his mind to cover up his tracks and call her his wife, instead of mother; he's far too used to only being around children, where that made sense.]
pianokeys: (Oh really?)

[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-05 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[He tries to perk up a little now, giving a nod, a 'Sure'... It always plays on his mind, though. Mother told him that thinking was bad for him when he was created, and that he should only do what she tells him to. He's nothing without her.]
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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-05 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nothing from the Ditto as it listened, it's smile now a frown.

The Other Father remains silent for the walk, remembering that it was his place, that if he talks he might just say something he's not meant to, which can only ever bring bad things.]


From someone? Nope. [The fear's still there. Buttons hid so much.]
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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-05 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[His entire expression drops, not even masking the fear anymore. God you're reminding him so much of his wife, right now, Jack.]

My wife won't be happy.

[He's used to giving into demands, but they've always been from her... Jack, he's really not sure whether it's better to go through you or the Beldam. Who, really, is worse?]
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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-06 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
She told me not to. [He's doing something wrong if she told him not to.] I don't want to disappoint her.
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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-06 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
If she found out...
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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-06 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[This frightening man has a point, and he knows it. But he feels like he'll be such a let down, which he is anyway because he's said so much. He doesn't want to hurt her emotionally; he knows her 'real' side, he knows that she can feel things... He's been told that she can feel things, but whether they were lies, like every other one that she's told him to make him obey her.

But then again, Jack is... his friend? That is the right word, he thinks. He's never had friends, just a wife and children and the neighbours that he never really interacted with... oh, and the mice. The Other Father knows how friendship is meant to work, and that he's meant to trust them. Trust is important.

He did stick up to her to help Coraline, he did get that courage. He has his Pokémon now too. And Mother isn't here, and he's finally beginning to think that she might not be coming; Mother would have been here straight away, surely? Maybe... No, he doesn't want to think that she might not care about him. He loves his wife. But...

He keeps his voice low, slow, disappointed, as he stares into nothingness once again, forgetting the full use of his eyes. The Ditto slides up onto Jack's shoulder.]


Mother scares us all.
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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-06 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[She isn't here. But he feels so horrible. He's a bad husband, and yet... now he's started to talk, now he's been convinced, he can't stop himself from talking. Mother isn't here. Mother isn't here.]

Mother said we'd be a family. She told me their real fathers treated them badly.

[She told him so many things to make him say what she wanted.]

She caught them in her web and made them like us. The Buttons...

[He's just staring at blank space, thinking about it all, about what she made him do, about how much guilt he feels about this. Mother gave him free will, and that was where she went wrong; now he's learnt to feel emotions, over the span of the four children, he's gained a sense of right and wrong, who to help and who to fear. It's the first time he's faced his thoughts aloud in Johto- no, in forever.

It's also the first time he's faced his thoughts being human, and as he stares at that blank space, concentrating too hard on his thoughts and in turn forgetting about his eyes, remembering only buttons... It's the first time he's ever shed a tear.]


Mother made me.
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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-06 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
I love her. I love my children.

[And in turn, he'll do anything for her.]

She made me.

[He can't help how cryptic he's being, because it's coming through in little bits for him. But 'She made me'? It isn't cryptic, it's as plain as that: the Other Mother made him from a pumpkin in the garden.]
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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-06 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[The Ditto glances back at Jack before sliding to his other shoulder, down his arm and onto the Other Father's shoulder. It approaches his ear and gives a soft cry.

The Other Father blinks, his frown still there, his expressions barely changed, but he moves his eyes towards Jack.]


Mother made me from a pumpkin.

[But, the Other Father is a kind, fun-loving man, as always said... he can see the amusement in that statement; Pumpkin and Pumpkin King. A small smile creeps as the man tries to cheer up.

He is however, quite confused at why his face is wet.]
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[personal profile] pianokeys 2011-12-06 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Now that he has to smile at. Funnily enough, Jack's also the first person to cheer him up, too. This is all so new to him.]

As long as I'm a good Father and husband, no other talent matters. But it's a magnificent compliment coming from the king. [He lets out a little chuckle. Luckily, he's used to cheering up from times like this quickly, he's used to changing his mood to hide his thoughts; he has to for the the kids.]

... Thanks, Jack.

[And a little 'Ditto!' of thank you, too.]

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