Ch. 7 - There are some people that are nearly, but not quite, as important as Jack of Fables

[originaljackass]

[When Jack Horner woke this morning, he did so on a pile of gold and with a pain in his back as if he had at one point had two massive wings and a tail sticking out of two different points of it. He was also, quite awkwardly, completely naked. Fortunately enough amongst his belongings, a few suits had got tossed into that briefcase of his, so he

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[crytearsofjoy]

[Looking for that blue ox of yours? Well Winry happens to be walking Babe and Den down the street like a responsible girl. The only one harnessed and leashed is Babe, though, because of his several attempts to escape. Winry ends up scolding Babe and being dragged all during the walk. He can tell that Jack is close.]

[originaljackass]

[Jack hasn't changed so much that he actually likes Babe more than he used to, but he does feel a vague sense of responsibiltity for it. So when Babe does start trotting along the path, dragging that one girl along, it gives Jack a moment to pause and consider the fact the damn thing doesn't even have a name. Oh well.]

Hey Win. Got your hands full?

[crytearsofjoy]

M-Mr. Jack! You're not... scaly.

[originaljackass]

[He laughs.]

Glad you noticed. It's nice to have clothes that fit again.

[crytearsofjoy]

Yeah, it's nice to see you back to normal. Will you be taking this guy back?

[originaljackass]

What, the cow? [He stares down at Babe, who now seems to be oblivious to Jack's presence, just comfortable to be in the presence of another Fable.]

Guess I might as well.

[crytearsofjoy]

Thank you so much. The house is getting a little crowded. [She offers Jack the leash.]

[originaljackass]

[He stares at the leash and... actually feels sorry for the cow. First thing he does is pull that collar off him.]

It's a little insulting to leash a Fable up like that, you know. He's been alive since before your grandparents were born.

[crytearsofjoy]

I'm sorry, I didn't - He wanted to see you, and you wanted to eat him.

[originaljackass]

[He's not that upset. He's mostly just giving her a hard time. But once the leash is off Babe, he'll hand that back off to her again.]

Yeah. Guess I owe you one for that, don't I?

[crytearsofjoy]

No, don't worry about it. He wasn't too much trouble.

[originaljackass]

Yeah, figured as much. [Never gave Jack any trouble, but then, he never pays much attention to him.] Mind updating me on what I've missed? Being a dragon means I'm kind of out of the loop.

[crytearsofjoy]

There was a draft recently. It didn't last very long, but it was pretty nasty. [As in completely horrific.]

[originaljackass]

Worse than last time?

[crytearsofjoy]

Um, I don't know. I wasn't in that one.

[originaljackass]

You're saying they sent you this time?

[He might just be a liiiittle upset about that. She was, after all, his daughter.]