Ch. 6 - Scales and wings are such a drag for Jack of Fables

[originaljackass]

[Jack is getting restless now. It's been nearly a month since he was turned into this big hulking beast and frankly? It's getting pretty damn old. Each day he has to roll in his gold a little longer to make himself feel better and he's less and less inclined to leave his gold behind. That damn pirate is going to try and find it, he just knows it. Still, hunger is hunger and he's getting sick of deer, bears, cows, and sheep. The farm animals are the easiest to get, but he's noticed he's been... thinning the herd a bit. He can't live off them forever. As for hunting? It's a pain in the ass.

Well, if he's going to be stuck like this, like hell he's going to just hide. So retreating from his cave, he'll be flying towards town. He'll stop just behind the grocery store and land there. Seeing as he's too big to get in... he'll just bust a hole in the roof and start grabbing stuff that way. Good thing these buildings auto-repair and the food restocks itself, because he won't be leaving much of a store behind by the time he's done.]

((ooc: Feel free to catch him at the store or prowling around the mountains. But not so much his secret treasure horde... not yet!))

Comments

[honorbeforeall.livejournal.com]

[...Seriously. Karai is beginning to think coming to the grocery store is cursed in some way. Nothing like going through the dairy section and glancing up to see great claws rending their way through.

Er.

Yeah, staring is good.]

[dragonjack.livejournal.com]

[Let's just finish off all the fish here. Then he looks up and... oh hey, it's his favorite ninja gal pal. He gives a toothy smirk.]

Hey there babe. How you doing?

[honorbeforeall.livejournal.com]

[Everything she knows says dragons are to be treated with respect. Well. She's never met a dragon before.

...she's pretty sure they're not meant to call her babe.]

My name is Karai. [She only sounds faintly annoyed. One does not get pissy at something that's at least fifty times your size. (Even if said dragon sounds faintly familiar, which is ridiculous.)] I am no one's babe.

[dragonjack.livejournal.com]

[That takes some of the wind out of his sails and he frowns a bit. He ends up chewing on some frozen food, still in the boxes. His digestive system can handle it. He does that while mulling over whether to say who he is or not. Ah hell, why not. She does kind of owe him, after all.]

Yeah, I knew that. Course I know that. Guess you don't recognize me with all these... scales and shit. Jack Horner. Miss me?

action;

[dragoneer]

[The last thing Hiccup expects to see when flying around on Toothless is another dragon. But there they were, soaring around the mountains, when Hiccup spots it--and Toothless, too, because the Night Fury starts veering directly for the other beast.

Hiccup nearly strangles the reins, a wide-eyed panic filling him.]

T-Toothless! Stop!

action;

[dragonjack.livejournal.com]

[Is his air space really being violated by that tiny excuse for a dragon? Jack is not amused. he glances over towards Hiccup and Toothless and sneers.]

Hey, watch where you're flying, runt!

action;

[dragoneer]

[Toothless' ears lay flat against his neck, while Hiccup nearly flops out of his saddle. Had that dragon just talked?]

Ahhh, Toothless, I really think you should do what he says!

action;

[dragonjack.livejournal.com]

[Isn't that Sparrow's whelp? At least.. he was in that experiment. Jack frowns, then starts going down for a landing.]

You, kid, with me! [He's got some loose ends to tie up here.]

[heroicarturia.livejournal.com]

[H-Hey that's her food......

Okay no, but she will be watching him as he feeds from outside the store. Just in case something wrong might happen from within. Doesn't help that she has no idea that its Jack.]

[dragonjack.livejournal.com]

[Nope, he's pretty much gonna take his time emptying the store of its wares. This shit is great.]

[heroicarturia.livejournal.com]

[......Okay this furthers some investigation. She's pretty sure normal dragons don't eat the things he's likely swallowing down whole. And there might be people in there that he might accidentally eat up too.]

Dragon, please calm yourself.

[She calls out strongly to the dragon, not intimidated at all by his size.]

[dragonjack.livejournal.com]

[... seriously, Saber. SERIOUSLY? He's just trying to eat the dairy section and now you're giving me lip.]

Okay, look, my table manners are a little bad now, but maybe you could cut me some slack here.

have a tasty placeholder

[vermified]

[Edward had been working on his projects in the smithy, but the noise couldn't conceal the crashing noise - or the shake - of the sudden damage to the building next door. So he hurries out to see what's going on, only to find... a dragon.

A dragon, really!?

Please excuse the delighted dragon fan gawking at you, Jack.]

tasty, eh

[dragonjack.livejournal.com]

[... Yeah, Jack notices it after a bit, then frowns.]

Hey, punk. Take a picture, it'll last longer.

he's not edible, he'll taste like peppers and fire

[vermified]

[DEAR VEROS HE TALKS]

I--!! My apologies, great dragon, if I offended you! Are you a Claridian?

[dragonjack.livejournal.com]

Clarawhatnows? [That totally went over his head. The great dragon comment is nice. Kind of. Still doesn't make him feel much better about being one.]

[herotypical]

[ dammit why do buildings have this terrible habit of getting all broken around her.

buffy looks up at the hole in the roof. ] Oh. You.

[dragonjack.livejournal.com]

Oh, sup wifey.

[Excuse him as he casually consumes what once was the entire meat aisle.]

[herotypical]

...Don't call me that.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

[Kain is getting some things to eat, he may not be allowed to cook ever, but carrying a lot of things, he can do. So he heads inside...]

[...wait, is that a DRAGON? He stops and stares in awe. Another dragon!?]

[dragonjack.livejournal.com]

[AND SUDDENLY a huge dragon mouth descends in front of Kain and snaps up an entire shelf of spam. Those cans are a pain to chew through, but the taste ain't so bad.]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

[Kain watches, thoroughly intrigued at watching the dragon eat. And also a little bit disturbed that he's eating that mysterious 'spam' of all things. Why not hunt properly for real food, dragon?]

how did I not see this on my flist before ffff

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

[Aerith has a tomato in her hands when the dragon breaks in.

Her arm's wound up to pitch it before rational thought kicks back in and points out that throwing tomatoes at dragons might be a bad idea.

It's still held aloft in her hand as she tries to figure out what to do, though, because she's at a loss for a weapon anyway. But--does she need a weapon? Most of the creatures here don't actually attack on sight.

Still. Dragon in the grocery store. It's quite the quandary. And then she remembers what Lightning mentioned to her about a missing neighbor...]

Jack?

you forgot how to love :(

[dragonjack.livejournal.com]

[... ehh, it's her. He was kind of a dick to Aerith that week, wasn't he? Not that it was any different than how he normally acts, but he probably should have felt bad, if he was given towards that kind of things. He eyes her a bit passively as he chews down what used to be the the cabbage display.

Cabbage tastes even worse as a dragon. Blech.]

Yo. Funny meeting you here.

;; -- wait that's Jack.

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

[She doesn't even know what he did.]

Shouldn't I be saying that? I didn't think dragons liked their greens. [Yeah you hate cabbage, but you're eating it. 8|a Looowering that tomato though, even if it's still squeezed kind of tight in her hand. ...And already started leaking juice. Once she notices, she makes a small exasperated noise and drops it, looking for something to dry her hand.]