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[ Firstly, enjoy a video of what it's like above the clouds. Ceffyl Dwr can occasionally be seen cresting the wispy tundra in herds, neighing their way in and out of focus as they shift into mist. Your host for this flight, on the other hand, can't be seen save for a bit of knee and elbow here and there, and perhaps a flash of hair whenever he curls forward before a dive.

Altogether, it's a very pretty sight. When he finally lifts the locket, Jack looks a little distracted by his far-off company but those bright blue eyes swing back eventually. ]

My name's Jack Frost. I was one of the Seelie when I first got here, but I ... I went home, I think. It's kind of a blur. [ A shrug. ] And now I'm Unseelie. I was at the last major feast in Caer Glaem not long ago, I flew all night to get there and find my friends. Their names are Alayne, Hiccup and Elsa. If you know them, give me a head's up. Oh! If the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Sandman or Santa Claus is around, point them in my direction too.

I realize how absolutely stupid that list sounds, trust me.

[ Doing a double-take before be signs off, he snorts out a smirk. ]

And yes, I'm that Jack Frost.

[ Silent though the feed goes, save for the rush of wind, it's left online right through until sunset. ]

( OOC: video over here if you'd like to get a general visual of what it looks like to fly with jack! turn your volume down first because lol youtube no. )

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[ he likely thinks even worse of me, she keeps to herself. but in sight she only smiles: ] I doubt it. Snows and Stones are guilty of the same crime, dear Jack. Whatever he thinks of me he must think of himself.

So if I kicked his butt, I'd have to kick yours too? I don't know if I'm okay with that.

[ Straightening his lips. ]

I suppose it depends on why you are -- [ no. she is not going to let the words kick his butt pass her lips. ] Punishing him.

[ ~~Speak the butt, touch the butt.~~ ]

He was pretty rude about the fact some of us don't have pulses. Does that count?

For many of us, I imagine meeting someone without a pulse is a truly remarkable thing. [ ... ] Perhaps he can be forgiven his surprise.

[ so gently and mildly she tries to defend a man she should have no cause to defend. ]

Perhaps, one day.

[ Sniffing and sticking his nose in the air ... and somersaulting backwards as he 'faints' with the sheer degree of his generosity, whoops. Drawing up again as he rights the locket, Jack glances behind him for birds (nope, the way's clear) and lets the wind pull him along. ]

Who else have you known who's a little ... odd?

[ Genuinely curious. ]

[ she takes it he means odd as unbelievable. in which case: ] None, before here. But I think the very notion of oddness takes some refining after meeting fairies.

Fairies are irritating little jerks and gossips besides, at least in my experience. I wouldn't tell them any massive secrets, if I were you.

That will be easy. [ she smiles. ] I have no secrets to tell.

I know, that's why I trust you so much.

[ trust. she has never felt trusted. and although she would like to feel it now, it's soured by the knowledge that she is indeed lying to him. ]

Do you always trust so quickly?

[ A chuckle. ]

Not all the time, it's best to pretend — or it was with a lot of other spirits, back home. But I do like you, Alayne, so that's that, I'm afraid.

And I like you. [ this, at least, is no lie. ] I have never seen something so spectacular as your magic. Your...talent.

People from northern lands are always my favorite, but don't tell anyone I said that. [ Winking. ] They appreciate the snow a lot more, it's not so much of a bother for them.

There are others from lands more northern than me! [ she is quick to say. quick to reinforce a lie, though it pains her to lie to him. ]

Well, I didn't think you lived in an igloo, if that's what you're worried about.

[ Pfft, laughing. That was one quick argument, Alayne. ]

...What is an igloo?

It's a house made of ice with a domed roof, it keeps out the cold for people who don't have anything else to build their home with in the tundra. You have one tunnel that you crawl in through.

-- Ice! That keeps out the cold?

[ yet another thing that sounds marvellous. ]

Yeah! Surprising, huh? It insulates everything inside, keeps the inside air separate to the wind outside, so it heats up.

Have you been inside one, Jack?