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[herotypical]

[ the locket swings jarringly into action -- like a camera stuck to a pendulum, shuddering back and forth and only occasionally picking up a stern-eyed blonde. ] Ugh. Whose idea was it to glue a webcam onto a necklace--

[ there! steadied. there is first a grimace and then a forced smile and then a flutter of girlish eyelashes. ] First order of business? Those of you still bumming around the Station -- could you tell me how those repairs are coming along? I'm feeling a serious oncoming modernity craving. Like, a gallon of lattes and underwear that doesn't require learning whole new categories of knots.

Second: does anyone know how to make a quick buck outside shilling it for either court? [ she is not a fan of either of the caers. ] Preferably while also maintaining some facade of dignity.

And third and last but absolutely never least: does the name Sunnydale mean anything to anyone? Y'know, anyone other than the someones I've already talked with. [ hey! it's worth asking. doubly so now that it looks like she's here for the long(ish) haul. double ugh. ]

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[winterwork]

Ah. Right, sure. [Jack comes from the 18th century, so he's clueless on the matter.]

What about microwaves? Know how to fix those?

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[herotypical]

I must've fallen asleep that day in Modern Girl School. [ BUT WAIT. ] Don't tell me you -- oh stranger -- were also involved in what I'm now seriously considering calling the Great Microwave Calamity of '03.

[ because it's still 2003 for her. ]

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[winterwork]

This stranger—Jack—actually prevented said explosion's resulting fire hazard from spreading. [The true hero!!]

Let me guess, you've met Hic, who seems to be proud about bragging about his mishaps.

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[herotypical]

[ so so dryly: ] Oh, we've more than met. I think we're picking out matching retirement homes.

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[winterwork]

Oh, really? [Somehow he's not too surprised by this.] He already wooed you? Someone needs to tell that kid to relax with his so-called "charm".

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[herotypical]

I'm not so certain that wooing is really the word for what happened.

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[winterwork]

Good. Don't let him try to sucker you in. He's a scheming Viking who'll just jabber about dragons all day long. Escape before it's too late.

[Such a loyal friend, this one.]

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[herotypical]

I like to think I'm a little too street-smart to be suckered in. Let him jabber. I think I've had to endure worse jabbering.

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[winterwork]

A street-smart girl from ... Sunnydale, was it? I don't think I've heard of it before. Sounds like a pretty happy place with that name.

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[herotypical]

Hah! [ she snorts. ] Oh, yes. A true suburban hub of joy and wonder. Look. You ever hear tell of those funny ironic nicknames gangsters give themselves? Like some huge beef-cake being named Tiny?

Sunnydale's something like that.

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[winterwork]

Ah, so you live in a Greenland then. Give it a good name and people will come? That sort of thing? [He's done his fair share of traveling to see places like that.]

Sorry, when it comes to names, it's usually a bit more literal with me.

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[herotypical]

No judgement here. I am...shockingly accustomed to the more literal kinds of people.

[ a pang for anya. ]

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[winterwork]

Well, hey, I can make ice and I was given the name Jack Frost. You can't really get more literal than that.

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[herotypical]

Jack Frost?

Shut up.

[ please you knew it was coming. ]

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[winterwork]

Uh, sorry?

[That kind of reaction to his identity is a first.]

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[herotypical]

Seriously. Who named you that?

[ were your parents weird snow hippies they were probably weird snow hippies. ]

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[winterwork]

The Moon did.

[Does that count as a snow hippie?]

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[herotypical]

[ shut up. ]

Moons don't name people. People name people.

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[winterwork]

[He can see where it'd be hard to believe, but—]

No, trust me. Woke up and boom, Moon tells me I'm Jack Frost. Not the sort of thing I can just make up.

video; -- keywords just because. call it a crazy random happenstance.

[herotypical]

Au contraire. It seems like exactly the sort of thing anyone could just go and make up.

[ probably after eating some shrooms. did you eat some shrooms, jack? ]

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[winterwork]

[Shrooms are probably gross. His icy body prefers some sweetness, gosh.]

Fine, alright, I guess so. [So he goes ahead and lifts a hand so a spark of frost can rise up out of it, just to prove a point.] But can I make that up?

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[herotypical]

Demon or warlock?

[ yawn. ]

video; -- you achieve.

[winterwork]

[He blinks, confused at witnessing the most calm reaction to his magic ever.]

Demon or war—? No. Winter spirit.

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[herotypical]

[ yeah dude she was way more shocked by your name than she is your magic. the girl's got weird priorities. ]

Winter spirit. [ huff. ] So. Like. The Jack Frost...?

[ because before now it might have just been a really cheesy coincidence. ]

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[winterwork]

People keep saying the for some reason, but sure, I guess so, since I'm the only one I know of.