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]

..!!

[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!