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[As per usual, though you can't see Jack will be getting a video of nothing other than the scenery outside of Poseidon, those you can, will see him, of course! Text below follows soon after, even if he does want to say something but this wasn't really for the people who already knew him.]

Probably should have expected all the new faces but I really didn't. New timeline, new faces, gotta keep remembering that. In any case, I'm numero tres on the Spirit That Needs to be Believed In list. I'm Jack Frost.

[A pause in the typing...]

Yes, that Jack Frost. No, my parents weren't being weird or anything. The name I had before I became Jack Frost doesn't have much in common other than my first name. I know I'm not as popular as Tooth or North... er, Santa to you guys. But I really do exist and contrary to what some people say, no I'm not an invisible mutant kid with ice powers. I don't have the X-Gene, nor does it actually occur on my version of Earth. I'm just your common nature spirit that happens to be the one bringing Winter to you guys and working double time lately because of global warming.

But I doubt you want to hear me rant about that. If anything else, I would really appreciate it if you guys put aside your disbelief and actually believe in Tooth, Akito, and I. I know it seems simple, since I am here typing this all out but it's not as simple as you think. You really have to truly believe I'm Jack Frost, I'm the Spirit of Winter who nips at your nose. Tooth is the Tooth Fairy who leaves behind goodies after taking the tooth/teeth you left under your pillow, and Akito is a Wind Spirit, responsible for keeping the winds in check. It really shouldn't be that hard but some of you guys are surprisingly stubborn than most adults.

And adults are unknown territory. Especially for me. I usually deal with kids, after all. Guardian of Fun and responsible for all those awesome snow days that have been existing for a few hundred years now, thank you very much. But seriously, just bear with me. I'm not... used to trying to make adults believe in me. Since you got all that science and logic getting in the way of actually seeing what's, literally, right in front of you.

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Sounds boring.

It's the least I can do. Not sure how well it will work though.

Boring was sitting alone in a prison for years on end.

Besides there's plenty of amusement to be hand, have you seen the platypus?

Yeah, I could see how that would be really boring. [And kind of horrifying. What did you do, Koz?]

Yes, I've seen the platypus. When spirits weren't on my case and humans too busy not seeing me, I got pretty well acquainted with the animals.

[He volunteered.]

I had fun with Australia after Aster built it.

Oh? Do you have any favorites?

I'm just saying you might get a better response if you didn't pitch it like it's as simple as changing your clothing. Seriously?

[Pepper sighs again, looking like she'd like to have a headache, if only she had the time to deal with having one.]

Telling us why we can't see you, and what would be involved in it? That's good. Implying like the only reason we don't believe is that we just quite casually don't feel like it is doing a disservice to the people you claim to want to help. Belief is an incredibly powerful, incredibly personal, and deeply-rooted thing, Jack. You're asking people to flip a switch when it's more like the shift of a glacier.

It's harder for some people to accept things on faith alone than others, Jack. Unfortunately.

That's how easy it was for a lot of kids. Even some of the teens, after they realized it wasn't a prank, too. Adult logic is a lot harder than I thought. Sorry.

But for some adults, back home on my Earth, it is because they don't feel like it. How do they explain the extra presents that they never bought under the tree? They probably just forgot they bought some more. How do they explain the extra eggs that aren't made of plastic in the bushes? Oh, they probably forgot. The extra quarter under the pillow? Forgot.

That's all the experience I've got, so I'm sorry that I assumed too much. But after centuries of trying and trying... I only just now got people to see me at home. And even, then was only like... five kids. Who didn't need much persuading. This world is the first time I've had access to this... network thing that isn't Facebook and stuff.

Edited 2013-07-14 16:20 (UTC)

I generally try to keep away from Australia unless it's winter over there.

[Hm. A favorite? That was tough, he's seen all kinds on his travels.]

After seeing North's reindeer, I think I got a new respect for them. But hoofed animals have always been a favorite of mine, I think. Hard to just pick one.

Yeah, I'm beginning to see that now.

I know it's not much consolation, but I'll always believe in you. And I'll try to do my best to bring more people around into seeing you, and the other spirits as well.

Thanks, Mulan. It really means a lot.

[It really did.]

[She's a very cynical, scientitifically-minded person, and while she's still technically a teenager, she's very emphatically an adult in most ways. But she's also had her understanding of the world revolutionized more than once, and she dealt with her abrupt loss of innocence by holding onto a few aspects of childhood such that she's more enthusiastic about toys and adventure stories than she was when she actually was a child. She has to intellectualize her way there, but she gets there.]

Yup.

It's been awhile since you and I have spoken. How have things been?

[She feels a little bad about that, retroactively. She think it should have occurred to her to check in before now. But she's bad at this; she has little experience of being a friend.]

So Jokul Frosti died, and you took his name? [Did that mean he was from after Ragnarok? Or maybe Jokul Frosti wasn't actually destined to fight at Ragnarok? Hiccup admittedly hadn't really listened that closely to those particular tales...still, either way, Hiccup was definitely glad to be talking to a non-murdering winter spirit, as opposed to the usual murdering kind]

You know, have you ever thought of bringing slightly less winter? Or, maybe even just a bit more than slightly less.

Pretty much. [No one actually told him what happened, but it made sense, he supposed.]

Um... it's not really something I can do. I mean, I try to keep the more intense blizzards away from people but... I can only do so much without going against Nature.

[He gave Hiccup an apologetic look.]

Sometimes... storms need to happen.

Yeah, I noticed. I just figured you were busy.

[He really didn't mind. Being social wasn't his thing, really.]

Things have been alright, I guess. Not much a winter spirit can do around here, though, without messing with the ecosystem.

Well winter will come again, in time, and then you can do what you will. Until then, hopefully you can find yourself in good company.

[He grinned immediately, the smile reaching his eyes.]

That's awesome, I'm glad.

There, see? Explain things and you're fine.

[She was quite amused to see that he looked about Todd's age, or even less, and was kind of a cutie-pie in general, even more by her standards than in general. Apparently, spirits looked like kids from prewar advertisements.]

Now you're cooking with science.

[Kerra reads the text with interest. It's not that she didn't believe in this sort of stuff. But...she just didn't know anything about it. Nothing like this was considered anything more than obscure folklore in the Galaxy, and as a Jedi Kerra'd had precious little time for folklore studies.]

Sorry. I...don't think you don't exist. I see the words on the screen but I don't really know anything about spirits. Where I'm from, the Force is about the only thing out there that's supernatural. And honestly? It's more natural for me than anything else here.

I guess, for me? I just haven't got a clue where to start believing. Can you...do anything to show me you're not just an AI?

That's generally a wise idea.

[He's not saying there's a reason that most things that live there are deadly one way or another, but there is.]

Reindeer are pretty interesting, though I don't actually know who this North is you keep mentioning.

[Hiccup sighs] Figures. And of course they probably just all have to happen around Berk...

[He can't help but raise an eyebrow.]

Uh, you do know there's like... an entire planet we spirits gotta go over, right? Besides, my main hub is Burgess, so I don't really know where this Berk is that I apparently keep letting the storms happen.

Unless you're that far north.

He's Santa Claus, basically. Unless you know his real name, Nicholas St. North?

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