Fustercluck

[letskicksomeice]

As far as Jack and Bunny could tell, they'd gathered up all the people they would find tonight. They'd have to sweep by in the coming days just to catch any possible stragglers.

Jack looked somewhat awkward as he stood in front of the group. A leader he was not, and public speaking wasn't something he was used to since being seen by the public was a whole new thing for him.

Still, he gave it his best shot.

"Okay, so most of you have gotten an explanation of who we are and why we think you're here, right? If you have any more questions about that, you can ask 'em. Then we need to talk about where you guys wanna stay. We have a few places in mind that are safe - and trust me, with Kuk's minions running around kidnapping any myths It thinks is a threat, you'll need somewhere safe - but you should have some say in where you live, so we want to see what works best for everyone."

[ooc: Clusterfuck thread! Always tag the most recent comment near the bottom.]

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[guardianofawesome]

Tony shakes his head in a half weary, half frustrated motion. Really he shouldn't talk because he doesn't have the best track record of improving things by opening his mouth.

But this is Tony Stark. Of course he's going to say something anyway.

"Okay, fine. You guys can put me in time out for something I didn't do, I can take it."

It's not like he was super jazzed about any of this to begin with.

[mywarrenmyrules]

Bunny cut in dryly, "The Tooth Palace is a mythic marvel and I can count the number of mortals who've gotten to see it on one paw, so nobody's going to be playing a tiny violin for you just yet."

Not that Tony seemed like the sort of person to be awed by elaborate filing systems spanning a world of children and thousands of years, or by an army of world-crossing fairies. All the more reason to defend the place, since Tooth wasn't available to sass on her own behalf.

He stamped the ground, and a tunnel opened up into the earth. Anybody who looked inside would get a glimpse of, strangely, not darkness, but a softly illuminated mossy path, twisting out of sight, smooth-edged as a slide.

"Everybody in, non-stop to the North Pole."

He cast an apologetic glance towards Jack - who else was going to make sure Tony got to the Tooth Palace safely and didn't disrupt too much while he was there?

"Reconvene at the Palace in two hours?"

By then the yetis and elves would probably have taken up the hosting ball, and Jack might need checking up on. The new guy could have been more dangerous than he seemed.

[letskicksomeice]

Molly's hug pretty much melted Jack's heart into a gooey, little blob. In all of this, with everyone on edge and looking at him and Bunny as figures of authority - for good or ill - kindness like that was a bit unexpected.

But it was definitely welcome. In the time she hugged him, he hugged her back and smiled when she pulled away.

She was a pretty freakin' adorable kid.

Then Tony opened his mouth again and Jack rolled his eyes. Tony was not so adorable.

"See you there," said Jack, looking sour about being on babysitting duty.

Then again, the other option was...well, babysitting duty, so it was pretty much lose-lose.

Jack held out his hand to Tony.

"You're going to have to hold on tight. This isn't really a fairy dust and happy thoughts kinda deal."

[guardianofawesome]

Unfortunately, it's either this or stay here and be invisible.

"Just don't drop me, Peter Pan," he says, taking Jack's hand reluctantly.

He wishes he had his armor, at least he could fly under his own power.

[letskicksomeice]

I won't.

He'd just maybe make Tony wish he had.

By, for instance, doing things like whipping up into the air really, really fast without warning, for instance.