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( dull and then a heroic flurry at the end )

the last night.

dusk has fallen, and your nerves are on fire.

you are not looking forward to tomorrow, for whatever reason - perhaps you're in the ending stages of war and the final battle is imminent, perhaps you'll be leaving for an extended period of time, perhaps you're set to go into a risky surgery. whatever's going to happen, it could be the very last night you have, whether it's in this city, in this dimension, in this life. how are you going to spend it? will you say your goodbyes to your loved ones, spend time reminiscing, or just go about your everyday life and try not to think about it?

the choice is yours, but you'd better make it soon. you don't have much time left.

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[Tooth flies next to him, trying to take on a smile, but the smile is sad. The lights of the city are on, and it's nighttime. Yeah, Tooth's not normally out in the field, but tonight, she figured she could--just to see Jack, maybe, talk to him a bit.]

So....[Her voice takes on a sad, sighing tone.] Last day of winter, huh?

[Jack's up on the rooftops, as always, staff on the tiles beside him. He glances up at the sound of wings, and forces a small quirk to his lips, what might just pass as a smile.]

Can't stop the world from turning. What're you doing out and about? Not actually working, are you? [There's more of his usual teasing tone to that.

[She actually smiles at that, landing on the roof and standing next to him.]

I missed being out in the field. [As if that really is an answer to his question. Her fairies are out as always, rushing in and out of houses like little busy bees.]

Yeah? [He stands as well, using his staff as a prop even though he doesn't need it, and then leaning on it with a more genuine grin.] Need an extra hand? [It's too warm for his frost to stick, has been for a little while now, but it'd be nice for an excuse for one last round of the city before he heads further north for summer.]

I'm not in need of it, exactly...my fairies have been working extra hard since Pitch left. The girls are hard workers. [She waves to one that notices the pair, smiling.]

But, that's not to say you can't help anyways. Are you going to remember gifts this time? [A teasing tone to her voice.]

Hey, I only forgot because the others were distracting me! [That's his story and he's going to stick to it. But he's smiling, already letting thoughts of summer slip from his mind.]

Yeah....sure. [A laugh.]

Maybe you should prove it. You could be my fairy-in-training!

You know what, green isn't really my colour. [He chuckles.] But if you promise to tell the others that I'm better than them I'll help out for the night.

I don't lie. [A sly smile.]

You'll have to prove it.

Is that a challenge? [He knows he's playing into her hands, and doesn't really care. Not tonight.] Where do we start, then.

Maybe.

[She points to a house a few blocks away.]

There's a bicuspid over there!

What are you waiting for then! [And with that he's off, running the few paces to the end of the roof and then straight off into midair, letting the wind carry him across the street. He's not holding back - he knows she can keep up with him. And there's no point letting one of her little helpers beat them there.

He only stops on the windowsill, balanced there perfectly.] Lend me a quarter? [Probably should have thought of that first, but Jack's hardly used to carrying change.]

[And she jumps off the roof, flying in front of him and watching him, smiling. She floats outside of the windowsill, then crosses her arms.]

You make a horrible fairy. [She produces a quarter out of nowhere.]

Give me a break, I don't often have the chance to go out shopping. [He eyes it with a quirk of one eyebrow.] I'm not even going to ask where you keep them. [But he reaches out for it.]

It's magic.

[Actually, just her feathers.]

Try not to wake the kid up.

Trust me! I'm better than that. [He flashes her a smile, and then slips through the window, quiet as a mouse. He knows this girl, he's led her into a snowball fight with her friends before, and he pauses for just a moment before taking her tooth and sliding the quarter under her pillow. Hopefully next winter they'll play again.

But he won't dwell on that for now, heading back out to the windowsill and pulling the window closed behind him before offering Toothiana the tooth.] Told you so. Now lets go get some change so we can get this done properly.

[She takes it, putting it in a little pouch on her waist.]

There's a laundromat over there. [She points.]

Oh great, another half an hour of my life wasted feeding notes into one of those things. [He jumps off the sill, though, landing just outside, and then heading in to get started.]

[She'll just stand there, watching him. Good thing she can just get quarters without the use of those machines. Being the tooth fairy is great.]

((I will come back.))]

[Screw you and your magical leprechaun abilities, Jack's just going to be standing there for a good ten minutes until the pocket on his hoodie probably weighs more than he does and he's bored stiff.]

Right, that should keep us going for a bit, anyway. [And he jumps up onto the rooftops again, glancing around for any more children that might have lost teeth.] You should try giving the kids something a bit lighter sometime.

[She shakes her head.]

Anything less and it wouldn't be good enough. A quarter doesn't buy much these days.

There's two incisors and a bicuspid over there! [And she races off to grab them.]

[Jack races after her, to at least get one of the three, and then carries on to the next house to have a look there. There's just time to catch snatches of conversation as they're up on the roofs together.]

I'm trusting you and Sandy to look after this place after I head north.

We will, don't worry. We all watch out for the children.

[She flashes him a quick smile, then flies off into another house, leaving a shiny quarter under the pillow of a young boy.]

Yeah, well, this place is special, okay? [It's the closest city to the place where he was born - and the place where he died. Anyway, Jamie lives here and that's a pretty big deal. He heads into another house, but it was a dead end, but the next one along comes up with a tooth for her.]

Jack Frost | Rise of the Guardians | OTA

I hope this is okay?

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I love your Jack, btw.

Thanks! Your Tooth is great too.

Aww, thanks.

It's my first thread with him.

Well, his voice is ice solid. /shot

I went to see it again this afternoon. Hopefully it'll stick until the DVD comes out!

Yeah. I'm going to see it again sometime this weekend

Oooh have fun!

I will!

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Heads up, I'm going to bed after this tag and I'm working all of tomorrow, but bear with me

That's okay, life needs to happen, right? Have a good night!

Thanks! Late, but you too.

Thanks!

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