quickattackjack | 38 days till Halloween [video/action for Goldenrod] [4TH WALL EVENT]

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38 days till Halloween [video/action for Goldenrod] [4TH WALL EVENT]

_{[The feed opens and focuses on a weary face. Or it would be looking weary if there were any skin on it. There is a skull staring pleadingly at you with cold dead eye sockets. 8c It's gone and happened AGAIN and though he doesn't mind being his old bony self at all, he knows he's going to end up scratching his glasses if this keeps up. They had fallen right off! He's hooked them onto his coat collar.]}

I really really hate to be any trouble but--

_{[The video shakes as Jack stumbles on the spot and catches himself against a lamp post. Busy Goldenrod can be seen behind him.]}

--but I need help. Someone has... oh, this is embarrassing. Someone has taken off with my left leg! I'd really like it back. It's about...well long as a leg, I suppose.

_{[He angles the 'gear down to show his limp pants leg flapping in the wind from the knee downwards.]} It should still have my shoe on it. It looks like this. _{[He shows the 'gear his shoe before the feed cuts.]}

(( OOC: Feel free to run into Jack as he limps around town and help him look for his leg or lol at his misfortune!))

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[He was strolling around town with no worries until he sees you, Jack! And he's quite quickly running over to help you out, since it doesn't look so easy to walk like that.]

You okay?

[He looks up at Jack with button eyes, his brow furrowed in worry. He knows exactly what it's like to have some body mutation hinder your workings, so he can feel for you here.

He doesn't notice it's Jack, since he hasn't heard him speak yet... But he's not scared, since he's dealt with Mother when she's angry before.]

_{[Jack is hobbling along like a boss. >8I He's found a large decorative candy cane to use as a sort of makeshift crutch. It's...obnoxiously appropriate for the season but it doesn't make things much easier.]

[When Father comes rushing up he pauses and leans against a low fence.]}

I'm afraid I'm in a little trouble, friend...

_{[And then he trails off because he noticed something a little off about his musical subject. 8I]}

[It would be amusing if the person wasn't in such a state.

And when he speaks, he knows that voice.]

Need a hand, your Majesty?

[Oh god, that fun little name has stuck.]

_{[Jack actually takes a moment to respond because he's staring at those not-eyes. He's not put off but he IS hella curious. And in all this madness he's a little surprised his friend isn't more...orange.]}

A leg, actually. I need a leg. My left one to be exact.

[Because Mother isn't around, he's working off his own power! And he isn't hurt, so it's all~ non-orange Father.]

Where'd you last see it?

[The Other Father's a little oblivious, because it looks like he's staring at him from where he's at.]

I was walking near the gym...someone knocked me down and took it. I can't imagine why...

_{[Staring. Staring. Yeah, he can't just NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. The skeleton reaches out curiously to poke one of the Other Father's eyes without so much as a 'may I?']}

Had a reason? [He likes to believe people have a reason, because if they do, then he doesn't have to believe they're evil, and won't have to believe his wife is evil.

He doesn't flinch when his buttons are tapped, smiling more instead. Obviously he can't feel his buttons.]

Like 'em.

But who on earth needs my leg more than me?

_{[ 8[ LOGIC, FATHER, DO YOU KNOW IT? Either way Jack keeps poking at one of the man's eyes.]}

I do! I can't say I recall anyone else I know with buttons for eyes. Not off the top of my head anyway. I think they suit you!

Hm... [He thinks on that for a moment, before deciding with a laugh.] A grasshopper? It can stop hopping with another leg. O~hoo~ [Really now... Even his jokes rely on Mother to be funny. At least he tried?]

Glad you do. If they didn't suit me, I'd be worried. We a~ll have 'em back home.

_{[ BI......BI.....Father, no. The skeleton shakes his head and stops poking his friend in the eye.]}

Really? A whole world where people have buttons for eyes? Now that sounds interesting...

_{[No, Jack, you do not want to visit. Really. He starts hobbling along craning his neck in search for that blasted leg of his.]}

If I find the person who's got my leg and they don't have a good reason for taking it, I just might take one of theirs and see how they like it!

If we get back home, I'll ask Mo- My wife, if we can have house-guests. I'd lo~ve for you to come to dinner.

[Great thing is that she can't eat him because he has no eyes! Win win situation- unless she says no.

He frowns at the idea of someone not having a reason.]

Well, won't know 'til find 'em.

[OH GOD A TALKING SKELETON THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER.

SCREAMING. JUST SCREAMING FOREVER.]

A-are you alright?!

_{[DB THE NOISE WHY WONT IT STOP]}

[OH GOD IT'S TALKING TO HIM WHAT DOES HE DO!

HE'S JUST GOING TO FLAIL AND SCREAM SOME MORE BECAUSE NO HE'S NOT ALRIGHT THERE'S SKELETON TALKING TO PEOPLE OH GOD WHY]

[There is a guy in sunglasses and a really weird gravity-defying hairdo walking around in a nice red snazzy suit.]

[He is also kind of dead. :I]

[But when he sees Jack hobbling around, he pauses, not remembering what exactly a skeleton is. Darn that ghost amnesia of his! He looks wary, though.]

What, um, what happened to your leg? And why do you look so...bony?

_{[Jack stops in his endless search. >8c He really liked this pair of shoes too! What was he going to do with just one shoe, give it to his houndour?]}

That's what I'd like to know.

_{[No second answer for you!]}

Oi, hoppalong! Where's yer leg?

_{[>8I Jack can see the silliness of his prediciment...but do they really have to laugh at him. In unison?]}

That's what I'd like to know...

[ ................ !!!!!!!!!!!!!

just. ... walking.... skeleton............ oh man, oh man, oh man...

... well, just 'cause he's a skeleton doesn't mean it's an excuse to, you know, be rude, right? ]

'scuse me, sir. Er... Don't mean ta be rude, but you're... kinda missin' a leg, you know?

_{[Jack doesn't mean to look cross! He really doesn't! But...>8I He knows, man. He knows.]}

Haven't seen it anywhere, have you?

[ s-sob. brb looking really, really contrite. ]

Um... not... really... I mean, if I'd see a leg just lyin' around, I'd have noticed, you know?

[ pause. awkward. ] You... er, need some help findin' it?

_{[le sigh~]}

Yeah. Or lat least something to prop up on so I can keep looking.

I can lend my shoulder-- if, y'know, you don't mind, or anythin' like that--

_{[Ever trusting, Jack gives the man a nod.]}

I'd appreciate that, thanks.

[Ritz is stopping. And staring at Jack for a minute, less because the idea of a walking skeleton bothers her and more because she's processing how much missing a leg must suck.] And I thought breaking my bones was bad.

[Just what you need, a smart-aleck teenager! She's just kind of... looking for a moment before throwing a few of her pokeballs up in the air. A Skarmory, Nidoran female, Espeon, and Houndoom come out!] You mind if some of mine get a chance to smell you? Dogs like Mathis in particular can track things by scent. Brenda, go look for his other leg? [The Skarmory takes off after getting a good- if confused- look at Jack.]

_{[Jack stops as well and opens his mouth to greet her but she beats him to it. He watches as the trainer and her team go right to work.]}

It's all really embarrassing...And I don't mind. I appreciate the help.

_{[He tries to give Ritz and her pokemon a grateful grin.]}

I wish I had some clue as to who took it or what direction they went. One moment I'm walking along near the gym, then the next someone knocks me down and here I am with just one leg to stand on.

[Mathis goes to sniff Jack's other shoe, sniffs around for a moment, and tears off with Bijou following him. Adelle just kind of looks at her trainer for a moment before huddling into a ball. Ritz scoops up the tiny poison-rabbit.] Yeah, I thought having my bones broken in the fighting tournament was a bad thing... this just seems kind of ridiculous by comparison.

I don't know...I think I'd rather just put myself back together than go through all the trouble of getting pins put in and wearing a cast.

Oh, I didn't even have to do that to get my bones to mend! Well, once I got my powers back. [Ritz is setting Adelle down and spreading her hands out. Suddenly, she is covered in white fire. She could have used Cure or Cura, but she wouldn't be as warm.]

_{[Jack stands back when the light show begins. It startles him but soon he becomes entranced by it.]}

That's fantastic!

[Ritz is grinning.] Helps me keep warm, too, since it is a fire-element spell. [And the flames seem to just- sink into her skin after a moment. Adelle looks sort of put out, and is raising up on her back feet to chitter unhappily at her trainer.]

_{[Jack watches, quite amazed. He knew a few witches and maybe a warlock or two but their magic looked nothing like this!]}

What else can you do?

_{[Just...forget all about your leg there, Jack, why don't you.]}

Edited 2011-12-13 00:07 (UTC)

Oh, lots of things. Not all of them are as beneficial as the White Flame, though. [Ritz is just pointedly putting a hand on Femme Fatale.]

_{[Can you see that, Jack?]

[That tall, green thing, staring at you. That thing with the frowny face, standing not too far away.]}

_{[Jack pauses in his search and eyes the green critter curiously. He tilts his head and wonders what it's frowning about. It seems pretty interested in him though!]}

Hello, can I help you?

_{[It stares right back a few seconds longer, not saying a word... and then it starts approaching. Moving on four legs, still frowning, this sure is a strange creature.]}

_{[...8I IT MUST BE FRIENDLY!]}

Hello there! If you've got the time-- do you think you could keep an eye out for my other leg?

_{[Oh, Jack I8]

[The thing just keeps wandering closer without replying, and when it's barely a couple of feet away you should be hearing a kt-SSSSSSSSS]}

_{[Jack's grin fades suddenly.]

[That...doesn't sound like a friendly sound. 8[ ]}

_{[I'm sure you know what happens next]}

_{[AND ALL THAT WAS LEFT WERE SOME ARROWS AND SOME BONES.]}

_{[That sound....]

[THAT SOUND.]

[OH HOLY GOD!]

[Jack throws himself down to his single knee and quakes all over. He doesn't even look up, he knows that's Father Christmas ;-;]}

I've been good this year! I swear I have!

{Oh look, it's that little girl again.}

Uhm...

_{[Oh, Jack remembers you! He thinks!]

[8I and if this isn't awkward he doesn't know what is. On most days he'd be fine with giving kids a small fright but today just wasn't his day.]}

Hello there...you haven't seen my other leg have you?

Ah, no, I haven't...

{She gives him another curious look.}

Sir, have we met before?

_{[Jack leans down a little to get a better look at her.]}

I think so. I think you may have landed on me once. Are you lost?

{Peering up at him...}

--! Yes, that's it.

{The question, however, makes her look down at her feet and shuffle about awkwardly.}

...yes.

_{[Despite the wtf situation he's found himself in, he can't help but grin a little.]}

I think that makes it a little hard to forget...do you think you can help me?

Edited 2011-12-14 19:18 (UTC)

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38 days till Halloween [video/action for Goldenrod] [4TH WALL EVENT]

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