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[jacksonoverland]

Took you long enough. I mean, you said you'd have to wait, but that was a lot of waiting. Meanwhile all the other mes were looking great and I was here looking completely out of place! Okay, asides from the whole brown hair thing. And could people, you know, stop talking about that? It's like I don't get even a hello just "brown hair, wow!" I guess people with brown hair don't exist in the future, huh?

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[labcoatgirl]

Nothing wrong with brown hair.

[jacksonoverland]

Thank you.

[Finally someone with reasonable common sense.]

Now can you tell everybody else that?

[labcoatgirl]

[Betty liked to think she was pretty smart about common sense.]

I will do my best. Has someone been bothering you about your hair?

[ivorywings]

A fantastic guess.

[Warning: asshole approacheth]

[jacksonoverland]

[He bows after the not so much of a compliment. He's a bit over the top.]

Thank you. I'm honored you think so.

[ivorywings]

The honor is all mine, I assure you. It's not often I see something so exotic.

[The sarcasm is detectable. ... actually it's probably at an acceptable depth to swim in.]

[icy]

Never enough of that face, if you ask me.

[ Ironic, how he's only ever helpful to himself. 8T; ]

[jacksonoverland]

[Jacks gotta stick together]

I'm sure you must miss it constantly. If you ask me, white hair's still way weirder.

[icy]

[ Trufax, brah. ]

It's all I ever knew, can't exactly be weird to you if you're born with it.

[jacksonoverland]

[A slight pause. He's not fond of remembering that his life was forgotten nearly.]

Right. But I was born like this, and technically you were too.

[icy]

[ Eh, rubbing the back of his neck. ]

I didn't exactly miss the hair, but ...

[jacksonoverland]

I know, I was joking.

[Jokes are good ways to avoid talking about the really serious stuff. But he can't exactly avoid it now. His tone is casual, but his voice slightly quieter than before.]

You miss my life, right?

[icy]

No, no, I ... I love my life, I do. I go anywhere I want, whenever I want and it's mostly always fun.

[ The staff pats the ground, drawing his focus. ]

It would've been nice to have someone around. [ A beat, and he glances up. ] Do you know many people?

[jacksonoverland]

I meant more... You can like where you're at and still miss the past, right? Even if you don't want to exactly go back or change anything. Like I miss being able to get away with things as a kid, but I'm glad I'm older and have more experiences.

[He tilts his head at the other.] People here or in Burgess?

[icy]

Pretty much. No point arguing, you are me.

[ Heh. He nods enthusiastically. ]

Back in Burgess. The first time I ever saw it, I crash-landed in the town square, which no one saw. Obviously. So, uh, did you know most of those people?

[jacksonoverland]

[Jack laughs, imagining that scene]

I probably know all of them! It's not that large of a town, you know.

[icy]

[ Ah, that's good. ]

Yeah, it looked smaller than how it is now. What you said about missing you life? It might be a bit of that and a bit of where I died, but Burgess has always felt like home no matter where I go.

[jacksonoverland]

I think it's because it is your home, or was, or whatever. [Talking about your own life in past tense and as if you're a different person is hard, wow] I was born there, our family lived there, it's kinda the only place I ever got to see.

[icy]

Is there anywhere you want to go? Tell me, I'll describe it.

[ Why, yes, he is that arrogant he's been everywhere of interest. ]

[jacksonoverland]

I'm honestly curious about the place Bunny's from. I was thinking it was another colony, but it's not one I've heard of. Also, is it normal there to have giant, talking rabbits?

[icy]

Hah! Oh, man. [ Rubbing his face, feh. ] Bunny's a Pooka, he's ... I don't actually know much beyond that, he didn't mention his past a lot. The Warren's been his home for a really long time, I heard. Birthplace of spring, y'know.

Where he's actually from? Beats me. Seemed harsh to ask him about it when we're still getting to know each other.

[jacksonoverland]

[Almost all of that went over his head, whoops. Jack bites his lip]

His accent sounds British, but not quite. ... I was wondering more about where that accent came from. Unless it's only a Pooka bunny thing.

[He just wanted to hear about Australia, okay]

[icy]

He's Australian. [ Theeere we go. Let Jack settle his thoughts with a mortal sheen. ] Everyone talks like that from Down Under, it's a continent on the other side of the world.

[ Wrinkling his nose distastefully. ]

Hot, too.

[jacksonoverland]

[He nods, listening]

Is it a colony? Or was it... or will it be? Whichever is right. I was mostly confused about how he got a somewhat British accent without being from America or Britain.

[icy]

I ... think a bunch of prisoners were sent there and the whole place flourished. [ Eugh, things. Real stuff that requires an attention span when he doesn't care.

Twirling a new snowflake around his palm, it flutters over to his past self. ]

History's not my strong suit.

[empathyforthedevil]

What's wrong with brown hair? I think it looks quite fetching.

--Ah, I should give you that hello. Hi there.