Ch. 9 - You only wish you could be like Jack of Fables

[originaljackass]

[Voice]

All the kids were packed at the beach yesterday. I took a stroll through there, just to be reminded that over half this place is under the age of seventeen. What a pain.

[Having spent a few centuries in a town full of immortals, teenagers and children were a pretty rare sight, save for those stuck at that age like Pinocchio and Ozma. So for a womanizer like Jack who has standards about the age of the Mundys he dates, this isvery much a pain in the ass.]

Let's have our own beach shindig. One evening, at sunset, with a cabana for serving drinks. There's not as many of us people who are on the better side of twenty, but us old people have to stick together. [Yet despite being hundreds of years old, Jack has never, ever felt old.] Anybody willing to throw their hat in for the bar tending? I'll even throw the hut together for you. [After all, he did make the House that Jack Built.]

Oh, one more thing. To all the beautiful new babes out there - and I'm not talking to you schoolgirls out there - welcome to Luceti. I'm Jack Horner. We should get to know each other better.

[Action]

[Meanwhile, Jack's day is a rather interesting one as he sits at home and rubs his gut. When did he get a gut? How could he get a gut? He doesn't like this, not at all. He's vaguely terrified he's going to turn into a dragon all over again. Ultimately it drives him out of the house and to the stores, so he can look for a weight lifting set. Though when he does finally locate one, he realizes his own super strength is going to be working against him if he actually wants to get legit exercise. Damn. It prompts him to get back on the journals a few hours later with a different message.]

[Written]

Anyone got any tips for staying in shape? I mean, besides the diet and exercise shit. [A pause as he considers. He doesn't have the patience or discipline for that kind of thing.] Like a job or something.

Comments

[honorbeforeall.livejournal.com]

[Yes, she knows you said 'job', shut up.]

Sparring.

[originaljackass]

Sparring? [He hadn't really considered that.]

[honorbeforeall.livejournal.com]

It trains and tones the muscles and gives you worthy experience besides.

[Written]

[shadedsunlight]

[It's really a pity Ginia isn't out; she'd be all over a bartending gig.]

Now that sounds like my kind of party.

[Written]

[originaljackass]

The kind of party you'll be at?

[video]

[ch-rell47.livejournal.com]

Luceti does seem to have a large population of young people.

[It's almost like an unseen force prefers them.]

[video]

[originaljackass]

[Oh, hello Karai papa.]

Yeah. Kind of a pain, isn't it?

[touchofrogue]

[Weight set means Item Shop means 'Hello, Jack, I hope you like a little Bad Religion in the air' as that is Rogue's pick of the day.

She's at the counter reading, having already finished the daily sort. She glances up when the bell chimes and nods.]

[originaljackass]

[He gives her a smirk, because even if she's a bit young for him, she won't always be. But as he navigates his way through, he finds some exercise equipment. Imagine his disappointment to realize how easily he's able to lift two hundred pounds of weight with one arm. Well damn. That's not going to work.]

[Voice]

[wingenvy]

Oh man, do you have to say "old"? It's bad enough if the kids do it!

[Not that he acts much more mature than the teenagers Jack is talking about, but hey.]

[Voice]

[originaljackass]

You're only as old as you think you are, buddy.

[Jack isn't all that better either.]

[ written ]

[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

Try a change in attitude.

[ written ]

[originaljackass]

That's helpful.

[voice]

[justicereigns]

Fighting.

[And then since that doesn't quite use up his word quota, he'll actually be "generous" and say something more... though on the other topic.]

There are a lot of kids here...

[voice]

[originaljackass]

Oh good, I'm not the only one who noticed. [Or in other words, "No duh".]

[fierybluebird]

I can tend bar if everyone else wants the chance to relax.

[originaljackass]

You'll have to talk to Zack. He's volunteered, but I bet he won't mind having someone to switch out with.

[Voice]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

...Beach party for the old folks, huh?

[Voice]

[originaljackass]

That's the general idea. Nobody wants to be stuck on a beach with a bunch of teenagers.

action!

[thestormishere]

[ Lightning isn't talking to Jack-- not avoiding him, really, but... definitely not making an effort to seek him out, either. Frankly, she's not sure whether or not she's glad that he's at least made a reappearance on the journals a few times since he was... you know, kind of slayed and all, but today's "suggestion" doesn't really endear him very much. She ignores it.

That doesn't really help her much when she happens to be in the same place physically, though. She frowns when she spots him coming into the item shop, pausing in her search for... something there. ]

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[originaljackass]

[What, just because Jack likes to seduce pretty women, that suddenly makes him a bad guy? Your standards are too high.

He's in the item store messing with the weights when she comes in. Or rather, he's holding up a two hundred pound set with the same sort of regard someone might for a ten pound set. And he doesn't look happy about this at all, because it means it's useless to him.]

Damn, when did being so strong have to be so annoying?

[Voice]

[sherpahat.livejournal.com]

Dude, if you wanna work up a sweat, the best way to do it is to work on a ranch. Trust me, even basic work: totally demanding.

[Voice]

[originaljackass]

[Work on the ranch, huh? Damn, he hasn't done farm work in awhile...]

Not a bad idea, kid. There's a farm around here, too.

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[openfuture.livejournal.com]

'Old' has a whole new meaning in a place like this, doesn't it?

[not really sure she expected to feel 'old' on the upward end of her twenties, not that she really minds!]

I haven't caught myself telling anyone to get off my lawn, yet. That has to be a good sign!

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[originaljackass]

Wow. That's great. [Hello I'm over six hundred years old and this doesn't concern me.] Are you going to hit the party?