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[The video is turned on but, should you be someone who does not believe in Jack Frost, the video shows nothing except the scenery. The camera doesn't really seem to move. Unless, of course, one knows and believes in the entity holding the camera!

However, should you be a believer in Jack Frost, you will see a boy about eighteen with a very pale face, bright blue eyes, and white hair. He's crouched somewhere, staring intently into the phone with such a desperately hopeful look on his face. After about a minute of nothing (or staring), text finally appears.]

Can anyone see me? I've been here for a few hours now, please tell me someone can see!

[There's another pause.]

Fine. Can anyone at least answer this? I'm looking for a couple people and they're pretty hard to miss. There's North, though you guys would may know his as ol' St. Nick, aka Santa. There's Tooth, definitely can't miss her. She's got feathers all over with fairy wings, aka the Tooth Fairy. Sandman is a little guy, but he generally floats around on a sand cloud and then there's the Easter Bunny. Over six feet tall, carries some boomerangs and egg bombs, complete with an Australian accent. If you've seen them or if any of you guys are reading this, let me know!

Please. Tell me if you see me. I gotta know.

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Code names are pretty cool. [But why? He shrugged in the end. Right, the run down. Snowball fight will happen later.] Right. So what's up with the place?

Well, the planet is called Verdana, und the pod you woke up in is on a ship that definitely doesn't fly anywhere, and people from all kinds of worlds and times have been waking up there, too. Maybe we're supposed to be helping the people here? But it's pretty confusing.

[It was hard to chop into readily digestible pieces. He did his best to be clear, but the whole thing was so weird.]

[Huh. So somehow he got onto a ship that now doesn't work and it had all sorts of people on it that are now waking up here.]

Yeah, except one section of the place is totally sealed off. Why are they even in the dome anyway?

I guess they can't really live out here. Their immune systems are compromised or something? I was in there, but just for a few seconds. It didn't seem that different. Anyway, those guys are bad news. The attack the people who live out here whenever they want.

Why? It's not like we're attacking the place or anything.

[He frowns. That's really lame, how could people just start attacking others with no just reason? Sure, he hadn't been here long but everyone seemed to be going by their day to day lives.]

Ja, I'm not totally clear? Either they think the people out here are a threat or... They could just be enormous jerks. That could happen.

[He didn't want to venture too deeply into psychologically analyzing the crazy police state.]

They remind me a little of mutant-bashers back home. At least they don't have hovercrafts yet.

Mutant-bashers?

Uh, there's a reason the kids with weird powers need our own school. The rest of the population tends to think we're dangerous or evil or both.

[He wished he didn't have to explain this so often. It was just depressing.]

I wasn't aware you needed your own school. [He really didn't.] No kids I know have weird powers. Not the human kids, anyway.

People here come from all kinds of realities. We might not even exist where you do.

[He was pretty sure that Santa wasn't a real guy at home, for instance. The illusion didn't last very long when he and his parents were both home all the time, barring unusual circumstances like going to buy Christmas gifts.]

But ja, it's partly just to learn to use our powers safely, but it's good to have someplace to retreat to, too.

Yeah, I don't think you do. I think I would have known by now. But hey, I've been around spirits and stuff my whole life, so mutants wouldn't be weird to me. Pretty cool, actually.

[He does frown at bit at the last sentence though.]

I'm sorry. I mean, it's always nice to have a place to retreat to but it shouldn't be because of who you are.

Ja, well, no one's burned me at the stake yet.

[That'd be funnier if it didn't feel like a potential possibility.]

Small blessings.

Let's hope it stays that way. [He looks around.] So what do you do around here anyway?

Well, try to keep the city afloat. Helping out the farmers or the hospital or whatever. And for fun, well, empty buildings are pretty much a playground, if you're me...

[Which isn't useful for most people who aren't him or Toad.]

Are you kidding? Empty buildings are the best! Especially when the wind is just as playful.

[He loves jumping around and stuff, any building is his playground. After all, how else is he able to sit on his staff like he is now?]

Okay, one more for the rooftop racing club!

[He can appreciate that.]

But ja, people here mostly just try to get by, and make things better when we get a chance at it.

That doesn't sound so bad. Anyone find out why we're here though?

Nein. The best guess is that we're supposed to fix things so the people in the scary city stop attacking the people outside. ...Progress is slow.

I can see why, if they keep attacking you guys.

[Which blows. Because really? Why were they such a threat?]

Ja, und when you try to do something about them, they just kind of come bomb everything.

[Disheartening, even for a natural optimist like Kurt.]

That's terrible. [He looked over in the direction of the dome.] You know, I've been thinking about checking it out. They can't see me, so I wouldn't give them a reason to start bombing you guys. Could try and find some things out for you.

Ja, I ported in once und nothing bad happened. As long as they don't know what went down, it's fine.

[He sighs a bit.]

Though I also didn't get much except that teleporting through that dome is really hard.

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