Fractured Fairytale IC

[Major Ursa]

OoC

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Up on the snowy peaks, the clouds covered the sun that should have been beaming down its golden rays. And snow continued to fall lightly. On the side of the mountain sat a man who looked underdressed for the snowy weather, wearing what appeared to be a Victorian era formalwear, he had laid down his fancy jacket over his legs. Another peculiarity was that his skin was such a deep tan, a tan just liked baked gingerbread, and his hair was a red-head’s shade of ginger. He fiddled around with a piece of candy in his hand and he looked up to the sky and smiled at the snowy weather, the best kind of weather. Suddenly, with a strange zipping sound filling the air, he was gone.

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An old man carrying an odd looking walking stick stopped in front of a lake side town, flowers bloomed in gardens and the sun was beaming warm summer rays down onto the land. He smiled up at the sky, then looked down at the odd walking stick in his hands. It looked like a giant candy cane, with its even red and white stripes, he was half tempted to lick it to see if it was minty…but he stopped himself. He held it out and called out a name, unsure of what was going to happen next. “Gin, comere.”

With a loud zipping sound filling the air, a man suddenly appeared in front of him, the same man who told him to do all this. The old man gasped and jumped back, dropping the cane. Gin bent down and picked it up, while the old man pointed and yelled, “R-real m-magic?”

Gin looked at him and beamed brightly with a large happy smile, “Real magic.” He reached into his pocket, but the old man ran off before he could give him the gold coins he promised. Shrugging at this, he went to the nearest tavern, while peeling off the gold foil and eating the chocolate.

Entering the tavern, he noticed how dark it was...the light source in the room being lit candles on the center of some tables. Cloaked strangers sat in far corners, their heads moving slightly to show they were watching his movements. Some large men were drinking alcohol while they were seated at their own table, and hollered at the scantily dressed women at the other table. ‘This place seems lively.’ He smiled to himself and took a seat at the only clean, empty table. He stuck his hand into his jacket pocket and pulled out a large map, unfolding it and laying it out flat on the table.

[boredbrain]

Jack sat at a table,he wasn't drinking nothing, but he was just watching.He was watching who were big spenders. " Money, money ,money. You sound like a sweet siren clinking on that table. " Then a giant cookie walked in. He looked loaded, getting up he fell as if drunker than a wild chickadee who drank from, well a keg. " Excvuse me!" He said bumping into a burly man who brushed him aside. He fell against the gingerbread mans table. " Vorry! " He mutterd before letting out a drunken hic. He tried to get up and fell into the cookie. " Once again, vorry!" He reached into the mans pocket and headed out the door, loaded with money.

He waited then came back in standing straight, and tipped a chair across from the cookie. " Hello there. Waitress! " He shouted, a rather ugly woman with a large face and a not large enough dress came over. " What!" she practically shouted.
" Oh, bad day? Get me just some water and some milk for crumbs over here. " He smiled a mischevious smile and laughed handing the coins to the lady.
" Sir," she looked at him with an impatient look. " These are chocolate."
Jack's heart lept into his throaht.

[julia]

Belle looked over at Helga was examining a coin and was being her normal unhappy self. Stepping over and giving a nervous giggle, Belle looked at Helga and pulled her own hair into a bun. "I've got it from here Helga. You can go on break." Belle said, then looked at the man with a look like 'Really? Chocolate coins?"

"I bet that you got these coins from him, didn't you?" she asked, peeling the wrapper off one of the coins and popping it in her mouth with a smile. "You really must be stupid if you believed, even in your pocketing speed, that these were real gold coins." she said and then sucked on the piece of chocolate, letting it melt in her mouth. It reminded her of Lumiere's cooking... it was divine.

"I'll tell you a secret though. See that man in the corner smiling to himself and wearing a hat? He is loaded." she told him and looked over at Maddix. It would be obvious that Maddix would beat this pickpocket and take a bit of gold for himself. He was more than capable.

[Aesthetic]

The duo skillfully swerved through the marketplace, Cecily forcefully dragging Alexei through the stalls, frantically searching for someone who was willing to trade for the spare cloak of invisibility she had in her bag. "Dammit," she muttered after having successfully scanned through the entire marketplace. "I didn't see any traders in there." She stopped, subsequently letting go of Alexei's shirtsleeve. Alexei, bored after endless hiking through the woods, proceeded to sneak away. By the time Cecily had turned around to ask for his opinion, he was already lost in the crowd.

Alexei wove through the crowds, looking for someplace where he could have fun. Spotting a tavern, he looked through the windows, fascinated by the events taking place inside. Alexei had never been out much, and he was curious as to how one should act in a tavern. He casually ran a hand through his blonde hair, boldly entering the tavern.

Inside, it reeked of alcohol, sweat, and... something else he couldn't quite put his finger on. Looking smug, since he had finally been able to sneak away from Cecily, even if he enjoyed her company. Alexei sat down at the bar, observing what everyone else was doing.

[Major Ursa]

Gin let out what could have been identified as a child’s sort of laugh, light and easy going, as the strange fellow was confused as to why the coins were made of chocolate. How did the guy get his travel money anyway? And why would you order milk for a Gingerbread Man? The mention of the milk wasn't enough to perturb him, so he merely continued his fun loving chuckle, “Those were gold, but I got hungry waiting to get here. The foil is probably still gold. Here, I’ll change the rest back…” He got up and waved his cane in the direction of the waitress, causing the remaining chocolate coins to become heavier gold coins. He smiled and nodded curtly at the waitress, then took back his seat, sighing in relief. It seemed like the Snow Queen was wrong about people, they were more accepting about magic now then decades ago.

[boredbrain]

Jack's mouth dropped open. It almost hitting the floor. " This is almost as weird as magic beans! " all four legs of his hastily-crafted chair hit the floor, the back left corner chipped a little. Then he heard the tip and stood up with a rather loud burp. " Thankshu missie " He winked at her let out a hiccup then fell on top of her grabbing her shoulders. " Woo! I'm a little tipshy. " He fell to his knees and seemed to struggle to get on his feet, if you hadn't seen him sober a second ago you would believe he had drunken all the alcohol. He was on his knees once again and put his hands on the ground, pushing himself up onto his feet. He span around on his heel and started falling backwards. A few regulars sighed because they knew someone was going to get Jimmy-Jacked, or that's what they call Jack robbing someone.

He was now walking towards the door when all of the sudden he feel to the side and right on Maddix. " Nishe hat. " He burped to the side and put both hands on his chair pushing himself up. He fell again, his chin hitting the hatter's leg as the same time his hand reaching into the maddix's pocket. " Forry... " HE muttered sounding like he was about to fain and pushing himself off the chair.

[julia]

Maddix laughed and grabbed Jack's hand, lifting him up and laughing again. "You must think I am a fool!! I may be a mad man, but stupid? Noo..." he said then grabbed his coins back and smiled, his accent suddenly turning Scottish and his eyes changing to an orange color. "I suggest you go back w'ere you cam' from, boy." he said and narrowed his eyes, tossing Jack against the nearest table and laying his hand on the knife, strapped to his leg. He let out another insane laugh and glanced over at Belle. "Is that boy your doing? I'm not angry, I would just like to know!"

Belle blushed and smiled, giving Maddix a nod and waited for Jack to respond, especially when Maddix pulled the knife.

[boredbrain]

Maddix pulled the knife out and Jack's eyes widened, then a fire seemed to glow in them. He sighed rather loudly and looked out the window, an eternity seemed to pass, but in reality it had only been a few seconds.
~~ Jack's zoning out. ~~
I like brownies. I don't want to kill for his coins, but after I do, I think I'll get some brownies, maybe even tie the girl up and throw her in a lake, nah, she probably doesn't have money, I mean after all she works here. Maybe I should just go home, but after the goose dies, we need the money.
~~Reality~~ Time seemed to rush forward as Jack calmly got up stretched his hands toward the sky, put one hand on his rib and stretched the opposite way a few times. He reached down his thigh where his knife was, picked it up in his right hand and muttered something.
" You know, if you don't want to do this, you can just give me your money. " He got lower to the ground knowing that won't happen. He stretched each finger in turn getting ready for the fight to ensue.

[Major Ursa]

Gin looked at the man with the tall hat, then at the boy, then at the pointed object in the hat man’s hand. The gingerbread man had never seen a real knife before, just knife shaped objects. He kind of wanted to go up closer, to have a better look. ‘Those things hurt humans, right?’ He folded up him map, and put it away into his jacket. The gingerbread man got up, with cane in hand, and stood beside the two. He hadn’t lost his smile, but he brow was furrowed in confusion, he looked at the hat man, “Hey! That could hurt him! You should put that away!”

[julia]

Maddix laughed at the silly looking way this boy reacted. He seriously had some anger issues, and he really didn't know when to back down. With a smile, Maddix copied his fighting style with little to no flaws. A madman can fight however he wishes, and although Maddix didn't favor this style, he had been trained to fight like a monkey. "I'd be happy to share some with you, but taking it by force? You make a lot of people mad that way!" Maddix chuckled then jumped onto a table and rolled the knife in his hands.