Hmm...

[glitchinprincess]

So you say you've got plans, huh?

You could get my opinion on 'em, yanno! I mean, yeesh, I'm not too sure I like the idea of going somewhere I can't race!

I just got a real kart and everything! And Stinkbrain's gonna wonder where I went!

If you're making plans I'm gonna make plans too!

Just you wait, they'll be the best plans ever!! And yours'll be like the clearance candy that nobody wants to eat! Or gum stuck under a desk!

Heh, heh...

Or gum that Ralph chewed! No one would want that, his breath's so stinky!

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[glitchinprincess]

What do you think I just did? I glitched. It happens sometimes, ga-doi.

[morethanamyth]

Glitch...?

[Yeah he has no idea what that means. Though he does lower the staff a bit.]

[glitchinprincess]

[She sighs heavily. Guess it's lesson time again - she's been doing this a lot since meeting Ralph. Huh.]

Okay, so, you've got your characters that are programmed into the game, right? They're supposed to be there and everything's all good, so they don't do anything weird, they just play their roles.

Then you've got glitches. Spare code that's ... not really supposed to be there but is for some reason. But since they weren't made to be in the game, their code's not all right. Sometimes that happens.

[morethanamyth]

Huh.

[He frowned. Heeee admittedly didn't quite understand how code and programs worked, but that wasn't really the point. He looked away for a moment, before looking back at her with the traces of slightly unfitting grin.]

Y'know, I'm not really sure I believe that.

[glitchinprincess]

You-- What?

Why not? The proof's right in front of you!

[morethanamyth]

Eh, sometimes it's not about proof. Sometimes it's about believing.

And I don't believe here's anyone around here that isn't supposed to be around. Sometimes it just...takes you awhile to figure out why. Took me a while, that's for sure.

[glitchinprincess]

...

[That stuns her into silence for a few moments, and then she looks up at him, an odd expression on her face.]

You really think that?

[morethanamyth]

Heheh, come on, would I lie to you?

[He finally sets the bottom of his staff back on the ground, kneeling down to look at her eye level.]

Trust me, I was just like you before; I mean, I didn't "glitch" but I had no idea why I was around. No one I knew did. But I figured it out, with some help. I'm sure you will too.

[glitchinprincess]

I don't know ... would you?

[She eyes him as he kneels down, but relaxes after a few moments and smiles.]

...thanks. I'll do it, I know I will. I've got help! The best help ever! ...but I think he got lost 'cause I haven't seen him in awhile.

[morethanamyth]

No tricks, I promise; at least, for now.

Aw, I'm sure he'll show up eventually. He probably just got a little lost looking for your short mug in the crowd, but he'll find ya eventually.

[glitchinprincess]

[She giggles.]

Yeah, he gets lost a lot! I hope this time he doesn't get covered in taffy.

Hey, how come you carry that staff around? Do you herd sheep or something?

[morethanamyth]

Taffy...? [He can't resist a snicker at that.]

Oh, this? Well--

[With a bit of a help from a gust of wind, he returned to his feet and returned the staff to a one-handed grip.] It helps me do stuff like this--!

[He flipped it around so the curved end was facing down, and moved to touch the ground in a circular shape around Vanellope, creating an outward-branchig design made of ice to appear on the ground.]

[glitchinprincess]

..!!

[Her eyes go wide and she jumps, staring at the staff and then at the design of ice. She's absolutely still for a moment, and then...]

Wow! That was so cool do it again do it again do it again! Can you make pictures with that? Or is it always just that design? What else can you do?!

[morethanamyth]

[Her bouncing and amazement elicits another small laugh of amusement from him.]

Hm... I've only done it once, but...

[He kneeled down again next to the frost on the ground, and used the blunt end of his staff to scrape out something that looked like a child's drawing of a racecar from the side. Then, he lowered his staff and rested his hand over the drawing, concentrating a moment before the outline lifted itself from the ground, the racecar forming into a three-dimensional creation of ice and beginning to speed around in circles in the air around Vanellope's head.]

[glitchinprincess]

[Her jaw dropped. Not literally all the way to the floor - though that would certainly be a sight to see - but enough that there was no mistaking the expression of total wonder on her face.]

That... is... so cool so cool so cool!!

[She giggles and follows the car's progress with her head, before finally stepping back so she can skip around in the same circle it's going in]

You're like magic or something!

[morethanamyth]

[For a while he just watches her with a grin. Oh yeah, it felt good to be seen.]

Psh, of course I'm magic! You think any regular person could do something like that?

[glitchinprincess]

Definitely not! Wow! You're cool, mister!

[Yeah, "cool" is definitely the word for him. One might even say... frosty.]

[morethanamyth]

[Cool was indeed one way to put it, and one that made him laugh yet again.]

Thank you, thank you, I try. [He added in between his chuckles with a small half-bow.]

Name's Jack Frost. Nice to meet you, kid.

[glitchinprincess]

Vanellope von Schweetz! Nice t'meet'cha, pal!

[Because they're pals now. Definitely. There's no denying it because this little kid has decided it.]

[morethanamyth]

[Pal, huh? Well, there certainly weren't any objections from him. He liked the sound of that.]

"von Schweetz," huh? Interesting... [Well, she was apparently from a video game. The race car finally stopped driving around in the air and exploded into a small snowfall above their heads.]

So tell me, how's your little racing thing work?

[glitchinprincess]

Yeah, "von Schweetz"! And your last name's Frost so it's not like pun-y names are new to you, Mister!

The racing? Oh, that's eeeeasy! Okay, so we've got a roster of nine racers for the kids to play as in the arcade! It changes each day. After the arcade closes up, everyone who races in the game gets together for a big race and the first nine across the finish line are the next day's avatars!

[She's really excited about it - or she seems to be, from the way she's gesturing. Her expression's a little off, though.]

And then when the gamers choose you, you get to race against everyone else! Except it's like they're driving and you're sort of along for the ride. But everyone's got their own kind of car and abilities and stuff, it's really fun!

The track's made out of candy too!