[OPEN] All a settlement of snow...

[wintershepherd]

Characters: Jack Frost & OPEN
Date: Catch-all for December threads
Location: Keeliai and Landfall at Bresilyk
Situation: General prompts are in the post, prior discussed starters to be set up shortly! Message me if you want me to add a specific starter for your character or just tag in with any scene.
Special Note: Jack will have Baby Tooth with him unless noted otherwise and her visibility follows the UPDATED!! belief guidelines as Jack's do.
Warnings/Rating: TBA in threads if needed.


[ A. LANDFALL LINKS ]
→ Snow Glitter Shenanigans
→ Chilling on the pier with bitty at Aihsohlow

[ B. WELCOME CENTER ]
As officially announced at the beginning of the month, Jack's commenced running a small welcome center located in central Keeliai for Foreigners arriving into the city. Today he can be found sitting cross-legged on the floor, sorting a pile of donated books from various vendors around the city. They're in various languages and the ones that are in kedanese are of a beginner level so that the basics of the language can be attempted. Baby Tooth is flitting nearby, checking a list of supplies that they'd compiled, thinking they'd need.

"I'm glad we got so many volunteers," Jack was in the middle of saying to the faerie. "Between here and the fishing store, it's going to be really busy." Baby Tooth fixed him with a dry, droll look as though to remind him which of the two of them was used to working 24/7 and he laughed. "Right, right... can you imagine if Tooth were here?"

[ C. DOWNTIME ]
When he does manage to find some free time, he surprisingly spends it... doing nothing. Or rather, soundly sleeping in a snowy bough of a park tree, feet propped up against the trunk, staff balanced lightly across his stomach, seemingly without a care in the world and utterly unbothered by the cold.

Comments

[wintershepherd]

Baby Tooth chirped brightly in greeting and Jack grinned. "Hey Rapunzel! Come on in, get out of the cold. Well, the outdoor cold. Want me to take some of that?" he offered, nodding at the paint and brushes in her hands.

[watcheslanterns]

"Oh, thank you!"

She handed the brushes over for Jack to take, but kept the paint with her. Thanks to the warning she got along with the gift, she was extra careful about how it was handled. Paint brushes exchanged, she stepped inside.

"This is nice," she said with a nod. Plenty of space for her to paint.

[wintershepherd]

Jack grins, feeling rather proud of himself. "The money that Tony provided went a long way to making it look like this," he demurred. "Otherwise it would be a lot more... you know, spartan."

[watcheslanterns]

"He helped with this?"

Rapunzel turned on her heels, observing the space more. "He really is very helpful, isn't he?"

[wintershepherd]

"He really is," Jack agreed. "He's a little rough around the edges sometimes, but I know he means well."

[watcheslanterns]

"I don't know what I'd have done if he hadn't offered to help me my first couple of days here," she said softly. "I mean, I think I would have managed, but not having to worry about money when there was so much more to worry about...well, it helped a lot."

[wintershepherd]

Jack dips his head, understanding exactly what she meant. "I hope the Welcome Center will be able to do the same for people," he replied.

[watcheslanterns]

"I'm sure it will," Rapunzel assured him. With a firm nod she carefully set down the paint bucket and rolled up her sleeves. "So what kind of paint were you thinking about?"

[wintershepherd]

The spirit thought for a moment, regarding the empty walls which would be fresh canvases for her. "What kinds of things did you paint?" he asked.

[watcheslanterns]

"All sorts of things, really," she replied. She thought back on the tower walls, covered in her paintings, with little space for anything else.

"I was thinking though..." Rapunzel paused, not sure if her suggestion was a good one, or one that Jack would like, but it was worth putting out there.

"Maybe we could change the paint as the different seasons come and go. Since it's winter now I could paint things like snowflakes, a winter landscape, mittens, scarves, and things like that. And then when spring comes I could change the paint and do something to match that season."

[wintershepherd]

An option such as that hadn't even crossed Jack's mind (not, to be fair, that he spent a lot of time thinking about decorating) and it's evident in the way his expression lights up in surprise and appreciation.

"You wouldn't mind doing that? It seems like it'd be a lot of work..."

[watcheslanterns]

"Not at all!" She bounced on her feet excitedly. "I'd love to, actually. I spent a lot of time painting at home, too. It's fun for me, and it's going to a great cause now, too."

[wintershepherd]

"Then it sounds great to me," Jack replied and meant it. "Is there anything you need to get started? Anything I can help with that, uh... doesn't require actual painting skill?"

[watcheslanterns]

"Could you find something to put on the floor?" Rapunzel asked. "I don't want to stain things if I spill any paint."

[wintershepherd]

"Oh yeah, that's a good idea," Jack said, setting his long staff aside and going to the closet to rummage around in there. "I think there's an old tarp in here somewhere... it was here when I first got the place."

[watcheslanterns]

"That would be perfect," she agreed. Rapunzel set the paint can down and began eyeing the blank walls. Already she was picturing what might go where and what the final work would look like.

[wintershepherd]

Jack emerges a moment later with a slightly dusty but perfectly serviceable blanket-come-drop cloth and spreads it out for Rapunzel. "Here we go, found it!"

[watcheslanterns]

"Great! Thanks, Jack." She smiled brightly and continued her set up. "I don't know how long this will take, but you're welcome to stay as long or as little as you want."

[wintershepherd]

"I'd like to watch," Jack said, sprawling comfortably on the floor and propping his chin in his hands as though it were perfectly normal for him to just lay on the ground. "If you don't mind the audience, that is."

[watcheslanterns]

[She shakes her head as she pops open the can of paint.]

No, that's fine. Hopefully I won't bore you.

[wintershepherd]

[ he chuckles: ] If I can watch leaves change, I'm pretty sure I can watch you paint.

[watcheslanterns]

[She laughs along.]

Alright, then.

[Very carefully she takes a paint brush and dips it into can of paint. There's no specific color to the paint as she removes it, but with her first stroke a silvery blue color is painted on to the wall.]