[OPEN] Catch all for Sarah!

[hisbabygirl]

Characters: Sarah and YOU!
Date: Throughout January. Dates will be in headers!
Location: All over the turtle. Mostly Wood Sector.
Situation: Sarah meets a bunch of people face to face + random thread starters!
Warnings/Rating: Nothing worth mention so far.

A.
Exploration has become a major part of Sarah's day. There's a lot on her mind, a lot more she'd rather forget and so she's doing all she can to keep busy. It helps that she's in a new area and things are pretty damn interesting compared to home. The wood sector remains her home turf and the place she's checked out the most, but from time to time, she wanders out of what she's dubbed her safe zone.

On this day however, she's looking a little lost. Map in hand, Sarah frowns at the page as she tries to work out just where the heck she is.

B.
She's in the marketplace, searching the stalls and browsing the variety at hand. From time to time, Sarah pauses to simply watch an exchange between two Kedan, or to stop and talk to one. Whatever it is she's looking for, the kid just can't seem to find it.


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For Jack Frost - Jan 14th

[hisbabygirl]

There's something about Jack that just makes Sarah relax. In the few minutes she's been talking with him, she's already feeling a lot better than before. He has maps, a source of income (even if the prospect of work just feels weird) and better still, he's a neighbour.

Rather than wait inside like she would of before, Sarah cracks open the door and peeks on out. He's gotta be close by, right?

[wintershepherd]

Jack stops to gather the paper pamphlets he keeps in his suite (spare copies for situations like this, so he doesn't have to fly over to the welcome center) and leaves as is his habit by the upper floor window, lanky form falling into the ready cushion of wind. Baby Tooth comes zipping out after him and he spirals around the 3A complex and then lands on the walkway leading up to Sarah's door. It hadn't been very long since Dick Grayson had departed this very suite and that gives him a brief second of pause before he approaches to knock.

[hisbabygirl]

She's lucky enough to catch a glimpse of his descent and Sarah's mouth falls open. It's amazing, graceful and elegant and she'... a little jealous, if she's honest with herself. When he starts her way, the kid forces the surprise from her face and sticks her head out the door a little more.

"Hey there!" she says, smiling but taking care not to smile too much. Jack's kind of awesome, in her opinion. All the more reason to play it cool.

[wintershepherd]

Jack grinned at her greeting, getting the sense she was holding back but not minding; everything must be a lot of deal with for a new arrival and a flying neighbour is probably not normal. Baby Tooth left her familiar perch on his shoulder and flitted towards the girl on translucent wings, waving brightly and chirping a greeting that didn't need translation.

"Hey Sarah," Jack replied, holding up the pamphlets. "I brought these but, I thought maybe the in-person tour would be better for a nice day like today."

[hisbabygirl]

Between Jack and Baby Tooth, the smile on her face was huge. Baby Tooth's greeting earned a laugh. "Hey there, little one," she said to the fairy before looking to Jack again.

"Are you sure? I mean, it'd definitely help if you did but if you've got stuff to do or somewhere to be then don't let me keep you." No matter how eager she was, Sarah couldn't help but check and check again that this wasn't putting Jack out of his way.

[wintershepherd]

The faerie uttered another series of trills and Jack translated, "She says it's still new to her to be seen by so many, but she's glad that it's by good people."

The spirit's smile stretched even more. "I've got nothing to be doing right now except hanging out with you," he replies, drawing an X over the front of his blue sweatshirt. "Cross my icy little heart. Where'd you wanna check out first?"

[hisbabygirl]

"Whoa, you can understand her?" There was no missing her awe.

The girl grinned a little broader, watching Baby Tooth a moment more before she looked to Jack. His question earned a pause. "Uhh, well, I don't really know much about the place. Where's... fun?"

[wintershepherd]

Baby Tooth fluttered closer, pointing at Sarah's hands in silent request that the girl might hold them out so she could land.

"Well," Jack said thoughtfully. "The Fire Sector has the best sights. Have you seen the flame fountains yet? And they have the best places to get snacks, too."

[hisbabygirl]

In that instant, Sarah felt like the luckiest kid around. Her hands fell open before her and the girl continued to grin. At the mention of the Fire Sector, Sarah shook her head.

"No, I haven't been there. Not yet, anyway." Everything in her tone suggested she wanted to go though. "I've looked around Earth a little, my friend lives there, but mostly just Wood Sector other than that."

[wintershepherd]

The winter spirit laughed at the reaction to Baby Tooth, as the faerie took a spot on Sarah's shoulder like she often did on Jack's. He shouldered the long hooked staff easily, moving as though it were a natural limb for him.

"Wood Sector mostly, huh? You should really branch out."

[hisbabygirl]

She paused a moment to stare, checking in mind that he really did say what she thought he said. A smirk crept across her face and a moment later, Sarah cracked up laughing. Without even thinking, she gave his arm a playful nudge. Wariness be damned, Jack was one of her favourite people here already.

"Oh Jack, you're so damn punny," comes the reply, girl grinning up at him.

[wintershepherd]

Well, she asked for it!

"Sarah, yew have no idea just how much I pine for someone to throw these jokes at. They just get all backlogged in my head fir days on end. It's a good thing I spruce them up before their delivery though."

[hisbabygirl]

And just like that, Sarah was laughing louder and smiling more genuinely than she has since her fathers birthday. It felt good to let loose, but once the chuckles die down, she threw in own two cents.

"You poor sap!" Sarah feigned concern, though the smile was still fighting to be seen and her amusement was still clear. "Oh well, not mulch to do about that now."

[wintershepherd]

"Much better," Jack laughed, flicking out his hand and clearing a slick patch of ice from the walkway ahead of them so their path was clear, turning the ice into flurries that whirled away on the breeze.

"You've gotta pun at a whole new level around here to keep up, trust me. Zatanna and I get going on it something fierce."

[hisbabygirl]

What he does might be simple to Jack, but to Sarah it was magic. Her eyes widened at the disappearance of the ice and the girl's mouth once again fell open. "That was... how did you..?"

Gaining control, Sarah shook her head and motioned vaguely to the path he'd cleared before them. "All of that. I mean. Wow."

[wintershepherd]

The spirit grins at her reaction, turning to walk backwards with his staf slung across his shoulder blades. "Wouldn't be much of a Seasonal if I couldn't even do that," he replied. "Usually I'm adding snow rather than removing it but no one wants to end up with a cracked skull today. Controlling Winter though... it's no different than the other three can do. If you want, I can show you something on a larger scale later today, when we've got some open space."

[hisbabygirl]

"Yeaaah, no. A cracked skull ain't on my wishlist so thanks for savin' us all from that," she replied with a chuckle. Sarah was still in awe, but gotta play it cool. The last thing she wanted was for Jack to think she was weird.

His offer to show her more earned a grin. "I'd really, really like to see that. The flame fountains and the fish place too though!"

Every time she talked to Jack, the more Sarah realized there's so much she was yet to see in this place. For all her exploration, she'd barely scratched the surface.

[wintershepherd]

"Don't worry, we're on our way to those," Jack chuckled at her excitement. As walked through the Wood Sector, the roads winding their way between the huge trees that made up the various suite complexes. He'd often wondered why, when trees here were so rare and protected, that some of them had been made into housing. They were heading in the direction of the Palace which eventually took them out of the Wood Sector and into Fire. The architecture changed, with warmer colours taking over the decorating scheme and soon the fire fountains came into view.

"There we go..."

[hisbabygirl]

"Holy crap!"

The words spilled from her mouth before she could stop them. Sarah wasn't one to swear, well, aside from the few not-quite-curses in her vocabulary, but the sight before her was all kinds of amazing.

"Sorry! I mean. Wow." She looked to Jack, a little sheepish at the swearing but grinning from ear to ear. "You weren't kidding."

[wintershepherd]

Baby Tooth chirped happily at the reaction, lifting off Sarah's shoulder and darting for the leaping flames and then flying right through them, turning a few spins so the girl could see that she wasn't singed.

"They're not hot," Jack clarified. "You can touch them if you want."

[hisbabygirl]

Now that she couldn't help but be a little skeptical of. Magical turtle or not, the fire still looked damn hot.

"Yeah not hot to you maybe. I'm not magic at all. That'd burn me to a crisp!"

But still, standing where she was, Sarah should of felt some heat from the flame.

[wintershepherd]

Jack doesn't push, but he takes a seat on the knee height lip of the fountain's basin and pats the space beside him. It's a wide enough surround that even if the flames were hot, it wouldn't be close enough to burn.

"Bean didn't want to touch them at first either," Jack said. "When I took him flying, I said he could stick his hand through the fire. I understand if you don't want to and that's okay, but I'd never tell you something's safe if I thought it would hurt you."

[hisbabygirl]

She couldn't help but feel a little guilty for her doubt. It was nothing personal to Jack, rather the lessons she's been taught her entire life combined with instincts keeping her away.

"I know," Sarah said, voice quiet as she took a seat beside him. "Just... It's really different to home. There's things that are normal for me that won't be normal for you and..."

She trailed off, looking from him to the fire and back again. "I trust you Jack, I do."

[wintershepherd]

"You don't have to explain," the spirit responded. "Everything's new for you here and let's face it, you did just meet me not long ago. But you know? That means you get to learn, you get to discover. There's nothing wrong with that."

[hisbabygirl]

Sarah was quiet a moment, then looked up to Jack with a small smile on her face. "How do you always do that?"