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What's a Tooth Fairy?

Mmm, I always heard the moon-spirit was called Tsuki-Yomi. And I'm Ginko.

[He turns his head slightly, looking at Jack out of the corner of his eye as they walk along.]

Why do you think I'm the moon, anyway?

You know, the Tooth Fairy? Takes kids' baby teeth when they lose them? Gives them gifts in return? [ Obviously Ginko has no idea what he's talking about, which only confuses Jack more...but at the same time, it's kind of funny. ]

I dunno what a Ginko is, though, so I guess we're even.

[ He slows for a moment, thoughtful, then quickens his footsteps to keep pace. ]

It was just a guess. You have white hair like me, and you can see me, so you couldn't be human... [ And yet, there doesn't seem to be anything particularly unusual about him, other than the hair, and he doesn't know who the Tooth Fairy or the Man in the Moon are. The thought gives him pause, and he blinks slowly, once, twice, before staring at Ginko again. ]

[ Tentatively, he reaches out with the crook of his staff and nudges Ginko lightly on the arm, recoiling instinctively when it meets resistance instead of passing through. Jack isn't sure what to make of this now. ]

...Are you human?

[Ginko's steps slow a little, too--the better to look at Jack incredulously. That sounds... pretty damn ridiculous, really.

But before he can say as much, Jack is poking him with a stick. Ginko swipes a hand at it, a hair too slow to actually bat the stick away.]

Hey, cut that out. Of course I'm a human; my hair color has nothing to do with it. [Frowning lightly, Ginko stopped walking and turn to face Jack fully.] What do you mean, I can see you? You're... [The frown deepens. This kid doesn't seem like a mushi to him; he can't be sure, because there's no one around to ask if they can see the boy too, but the kid isn't flying, or glowing, or doing anything else mushi-like. Ginko cups one hand over his mouth, his unlit cigarette neatly sliding between two fingers.] You're human too, right?

[ He's stunned into silence, just for a moment, and looks away, searching, as thoughts and questions start to tumble endlessly over each other in his head. He turns around, running a hand through his hair anxiously, muttering, "He's human...and he can see me." And then he turns back around, opening his mouth as though to say something, and then shuts it again, staring wide-eyed instead. Eventually he finds words. ]

Nobody ever sees me. Nobody that's human, anyway.

[ He would like to say that because he looks almost human, he is, but he knows after three centuries that's probably not the case. ]

...Humans aren't cold to the touch. They're not invisible to each other, and they can't walk right through each other. They get hungry, they get tired, they age and they die, and I don't. They can't make it snow, or talk to the wind...and I can. [ He's pacing now, turning, pausing to tap the crook of his staff against a tree trunk, but still nothing happens. He shrugs. ] Usually I can. I don't think I am human...I mean, I don't know. The only thing I do know is that I'm J...[ He looks abruptly back over to Ginko, confused. ] ...Jack Frost. But if you can see me, you'd already know that, wouldn't you?

Edited 2012-12-10 22:34 (UTC)

[Ginko crossed his arms over his chest, looking levelly at Jack while the kid flipped out.]

Nnnn, you'd be surprised. What, are you saying you're... some kind of ghost, or spirit?

[He shakes his head in response to the question about the name.]

No, sorry. But I can see things most humans can't, so... maybe that's why.

[ He shrugs by way of reply, and starts walking again. ] I don't really know. No one's ever told me anything but my name.

[ He steps onto a fallen tree trunk and keeps walking along it, balancing with cat-like ease, with his staff over his shoulder. He looks back at Ginko thoughtfully; he can't say he's not disappointed, because this means no one believes in him still, but he's still glad to be able to talk to someone, and his curiosity is piqued. ]

I've never heard of anybody who could see without believing. How'd you do that?

[Looking after him for just a moment, Ginko starts after the boy. He chooses not to try the balancing act of the log, pacing along beside it instead.]

Just your name, huh. [And doesn't that sound familiar... though he'd found out more about himself eventually.] Mmm? Oh, that's just the way I am. [Which isn't much of an answer, he knows.] Some humans can; I'm not unique. It's on the rare side, but... there's people out there like me.

[He eyes the boy for a moment, speculatively.] I'm surprised you've never run into one of us before.

[ Jack pauses just a moment when he reaches the opposite end of the log. ] I'm surprised too. I've never even heard of somebody like you, much less met them, and I've been around for three whole centuries.

[ He hooks his staff onto a stout overhanging branch and jumps, swinging deftly to the ground. The landing is...heavier than he's used to. He's forgotten the feeling of gravity. There's a great groaning and snapping of twigs, and the tree he just used to jump down uproots itself, almost indignantly, to walk away off through the forest. He stares after it, stunned, then looks back at Ginko, then back at the walking tree. ]

...I've...also never seen anything like that.

[Ginko's about to reply, his mouth half-open, when he's interrupted... by a tree.

One that's decided it doesn't like this place in the forest, and it's going to find a new one. If you're not too busy being stunned yourself, enjoy the look on Ginko's face--he doesn't often get taken by surprise.]

...the hell is this place? I've never seen anything like that either.

[How the hell is it even doing that.]

Where's it going?

[ He's still puzzled for a moment, but one look at Ginko's face--which up until now, has been fairly stoic--is enough to make him snicker. ] Well, the tree obviously knows where it's going, even if we don't. Maybe we should follow it.

[ And with that he's off, chasing the tree, heedless to caution. As he approaches it lifts a root to swat him away, knocking him on his back, but he laughs and sits back up, apparently unharmed. ]

Uh, hah, maybe we should follow it from a distance.

[Trees are not supposed to move. :(

Jack gets a mildly annoyed look in response to that snicker, but Ginko doesn't make a thing of it.]

Yeah, that's--

[Aaaand he's talking to empty air. With a sigh, he follows after the energetic spirit-boy, actually making an effort to keep up--though he refuses to break into a run.

And then it's his turn to chuckle when the tree swats the kid out of the air, once he catches up and it's clear Jack isn't hurt.]

Thanks for demonstrating that it doesn't want to give us a ride. We'll just have to follow after it on our own two feet.

Edited 2012-12-16 07:04 (UTC)

...I guess I'll keep in mind trees aren't very friendly. [ He climbs to his feet, watching the tree lumber away from them. Over a low rise he can just see what appears to be a glint of water through the trees that aren't moving, and that seems to be where it's headed, so he follows. ]

You're...different. [ The change of subject is sudden, and Jack turns around, walking backwards while regarding Ginko incredulously. ] You're human, but you can see stuff most people can't. You don't know who the Tooth Fairy or the Man in the Moon are, but you're more surprised by a walking tree than you are by me. What kind of stuff do you see?

Maybe it'll warm up to you if you offer it a drink.

[Ginko grins around his cigarette as he walks along. Now that the shock of it has worn off... this really isn't much weirder than some of the stuff he's seen. The only really weird thing about it is that the tree doesn't look like it's been influenced by mushi, or really any different from any other tree here.

...if nothing else, he's quickly coming to the conclusion that this is a very odd forest.]

Mmmm... well. It's a little hard to just say the kind of stuff I tend to see... [And of course, Ginko liked telling a good story. Now he just had to think of one... nothing too dark or boring, but...

Oh, that one would be perfect.] ...though I once saw a living rainbow. That one was pretty impressive, I have to admit.

[Now the kid just had to take the bait...]

A living rainbow, huh? [ He tries not to make a crack about leprechauns or look too impressed, but can't quite keep the keen interest off his face as both eyebrows shoot up. ]

What's a living rainbow do that's different from a normal rainbow?

[ They crest the hill, and below there's a pond. He can see the tree down by the water's edge, putting down roots and settling back into the dirt. ] What do you know? Looks like it already found a drink.

Edited 2012-12-23 03:53 (UTC)

It moves around, for one thing. And the colors are reversed, but other than that.... it's one of the mushi that doesn't actually do much other than, well, exist.

[He looks down the hill at the tree, now settling into its new location like it had never been anywhere else. That is just strange.]

It took us a while to find it; the guy I was traveling around with wanted to bring it back to show his father.

...think any other trees are going to move, if we stand here long enough?

[Though he kind of wants to get down there and check out that tree, maybe poke at it a little. Mushi have to be behind this... right?]

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