originaljackass | Ch. 2 - Legends are made when you're Jack of Fables

[Right now he's got his feet kicked up on a stack of all the various books he could find where he was in them. Collections of fairy tales, fables, and more colorful adaptions - all of them. The other day he raided the library and took all of them home. If people want to go off and read about him, they'll have to talk to the real thing first. After having spoken to some other people about their worlds and sharing his own identity when convenient, Jack has come to some conclusions about Luceti. Ones that requires a little more looking into.]

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You people have legends in your world, right? Any of them true? Any of you ever met them? Or hell, maybe some of you are the legendary type too.

I'm one of the latter. I'm Jack of the Tales - at least, all the good ones. Any of you [losers] people heard of me?

Oh right, one more thing. Someone mind telling me how those filters work? Seems like it could be handy.

[Later, for anyone who wants to bother him in person, he'll be hanging out at the shops, wishing he had money to spend on all of it (even though it's all free). Luceti is a poor place to be for a man obsessed with wealth.]

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[ Oh right. Well then he's definately heard of you. ]

Yes that's correct! Romania to be more specific.

Little Jack Horner. Jack and Jill. Jack and the Beanstalk. Jack the Giant Slayer. Jack Frost. Jack of the Lantern. Getting the picture?

Oh! Oh I was thinking that, honestly. [ Just a sheepish laugh. ] But does that mean you have memories of being all of them then? [ Waait, wait for it. ] That's fascinating!

I've met several or your, ah personas. Jack Frost and Jack of the Lantern.

Not just being all of them, I was them.

[Jeez, this guy is going to be annoying about this, isn't he? Next time he wants to brag, he needs to do it only where women can hear.]

Can't say I recognize you, though.

I've never heard of anything like that before. Then again each world has it quirks.

[ Yeah pretty much. That's Helios for you though, derp. ]

Ah--I'm a but simple headmaster! Helios Sprensonne, it's a pleasure to meet you.

So with all these Jack Frosts and Jack O'Lanterns, what are you the headmaster of, Hogwarts?

Hogwarts? [ Just a laugh. He'd be waving you off if they were in person but a laugh will have to do. ] Heavens no. It's just a normal school designed for all races, human and mythologies alike. Anyone and anything is welcome there.

Sounds like a real stand up place. Any money in it?

M-Money? Ah--well. Most of it is donations. But there is tuition and room and board to be paid as well. But that's rather standard of most boarding schools.

[ Yeah he's being modest with that. Sprensonne Academy is really well off. He just wasn't expecting that sort of question. No one really asks about the income of the school it's a pleasant surprise. ]

Donations, right. Rich parents to make sure their special little vampire kid gets the right kind of treatment from the professors.

Oh, well, you know parents always want the best for their children. I can't say I mind really. The more help the better.

Right, right. So what kind of salary do you have?

Mm decent I suppose? I-I mean Headmasters are generally higher paid than most other positions, but I really don't need that much! Living in the school and all. Sprensonne is privately owned as well so...that definately helps with the salaries.

Long story short, there's not much money in education. So, what was it you wanted to do before teaching?

It's a rather good thing I'm not in it for the money then! But without hardworking individuals everything would be so much harder to learn. Money isn't everything either!

[ A pause. ] Before? My, I'm not even sure. Teaching has been everything since I finished my own education.

What, you went through years of education just to teach? Didn't try to strike out on your own, fail miserably, and realize that you could only teach what you couldn't do?

Ah--well no. It was more complicated than that. [ But that's something he doesn't want to talk about. Fail miserably hits home rather hard, but not in the educational sense. ] Teaching came from my world being so divided. Mythologies and humans coexisting it's a rather foreign concept to them I'm afraid.

Yeah yeah, a real tragedy that. Cry me a river. That's just how it is. Mundys can only accept things that fit their world. Talking animals, dragons, giants, and other misfits just don't fit in out there.

I wish that weren't right, but I'm beginning to suspect as much. I'm not going to give up though. A world where myths and humans can live together out in the open is possible. [ He sounds firm in his response. ]

But you know...here it's actually rather different. Luceti, despite having cultures and people that contrast one another...it's all very uniform and accepting. [ A sigh. ]

Classic human nature there. Give everyone one enemy, they'll band together and forget their differences. Seen it happen plenty of times. Hell, it's happened to me plenty of times.

Oh but even if you took away the Malnosso, and all that war business, I still think people would remain as they are now. It might be one thing that ties us all together, true, but I think more than just a common foe has shaped the people here.

That's what you call wishful thinking. Take away the free food, the free housing, and the kick your feet up lifestyle, people will be at each other's throats within weeks. Take your first guess at who they'll turn on first.

[ A sigh. ] Yes I suppose that's true. But I don't think people would throw away all the connections and relationships they've made in this place just because there is a harder lifestyle.

[ He remembers the Earthquake and everything that happened. He goes silent for a few brief moments before continuing. ] Ah--something similar did happen. And that was hardly the outcome. Granted it was a full scale disaster, but people worked together more than attempted to kill one another. Still people do change, and it's entirely possible that could happen. But I don't like to look on such negative views!

A disaster? Here? The place looks fine to me.

Ch. 2 - Legends are made when you're Jack of Fables

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