originaljackass | Ch. 10 - In the end, it always ends with just Jack of Fables

[Last night, Jack stayed over at Rose's place, just like he had been for a few nights now. He'd finally worked his way into her good graces and he couldn't be happier. But when he woke up this morning, it was in an empty bed. And then he realized it was an empty room inside an empty apartment. It was like no one had ever lived there. Frustratingly, whoever did the cleaning up in this place, apparently considered the clothes he left by the bed to be part of her belongings to be 'cleaned away'. About nine in the morning, Jack spent the morning hoofing it from Building 7 over to 4, wearing nothing but a blanket around his bottom half. Damn Malnosso. Up until now he'd thought they were just dickwads. Now he knew they truly were utter assholes.

Later, once he has clothing on again, Jack finds himself in a rather poor mood. He'd almost had it all. He'd been happy in Luceti, for once. He hadn't been this happy since he was with Holly. Now he was back to having nothing and it pissed him off to no end. After realizing that booze wasn't helping, he spends most of the day doing hard labor at the farm. At least his efforts were paying off. Wouldn't be long until it would be time to harvest.

When evening comes, he intends to hit up Cloud Nine... only to find it's not in use. Sitting on the stairs to the night club, he opens up his journal, still late in the evening, to ask what happened.]

Anyone know what happened to Cloud Nine? I was hoping for somewhere to relax, maybe enjoy some music and drink, the company of some beautiful women. I'm not going to have to settle for the bar again, am I?

[Later in the evening, in the plaza, Jack will have fished out a harmonica among his belongings. He's playing a slow tune to improve his mood. He's a little rusty, but he improves as he carries on.]

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Never heard a thing like it 'fore.

[ :I ]

Never? Well this little thing is a harmonica. It's from the world I call home. It's big in America.

Oh, Old 'Merica... [Man, that's weird. To think someone from back then around. But she nods, coming a few paces closer]

'S pretty sound, anyway.

Thanks. But "Old Merica"?

Old 'Merica. The country that predated the Noram back teo cen ago.

Noram? Cen? You want to start talking English anytime soon?

Think I'm talking pretty clear, here.

Not by my standards. Cens, measurement of time, right? How many?

Hundred years - two cen, two hundred.

[Finger snap.] Centuries. Thousand years into the future. America's future, at that. So what year is it?

[ ~~And here I notice the folly of typoing "two" as "teo" sob~~ ]

2232.

[~~If only you'd told me!~~]

Two hundred and twenty-on years. [Yeah, he'll be kicking for that.] So, any spoilers?

Depends what you wanna ask.

Any major wars I should avoid?

Sorta not the best history gal - but if you're from then oughta be right in the midst of the magic going bye-bye.

What magic would that be?

All of it?

[She's not that versed in the specifics]

Does Fabletown mean anything to you? Or The Adversary? [He thinks for a moment.] Mr. Dark? [Oh wait, duh, he knows the perfect culprit. Finger snap.] Mr. Revise? Balding, old guy? Kind of a jackass?

No... maybe, no, and no. Depends which Adversary.

[She shrugs a bit]

Adversary, conquered most of the homelands. [He considers the situation a bit.] Probably different version of the mundy world, anyway.

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[...] Oh, right. Well, how about vampires - that buzz you?

Nope, never ran into any. Giants, trolls, and stuff like that was more my style.

Just got lurks, radies, and a giant snake thing back in Haddyn. Dunno what they had back two cen though.

None of that stuff. The mundy world never had much magic anyway. That's why we called it the mundy world.

...Not getting it.

["mundy?"]

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