Who: Jack Skellington and [OPEN] What: It's someplace new! Where: Streets of Los Angeles When: Immediately! Rating: TBD Status: thread ; incomplete
Ever since that one fateful night when Jack had stumbled upon the circle of trees with their specific doors, he had taken to wandering the forests regularly. While anyone selse in Halloween Town would have acoided the forest at all costs, never knowing what one might find out in the wilds, the monarch of the town was quite beyond any lingering fear or doubt of what might be lurking in the dark. He'd met anything that lurked, slithered, prowled, or stalked, and he'd bested them all. He was the Master of Fright, after all.
There were hundreds of ways to move between the human world and Halloween Town, and Jack knew every single one of them. Or, he'd thought he had. So when a tree appeared in his path that held a door, the only inscription on it saying "Los Angeles", Jack was curious. He tilted his skull, peered at the door, and crossed his arms. He was certain he'd never seen it before.
"Oh well," he said, after several minutes. "You know what they say. Curiosity killed the cat." Jack grinned to himself, and pulled the door open.
An instant later, he was standing in a street in the human world. It didn't seem any different than normal. He wondered if anyone would scold him for being here when it wasn't yet Halloween. Well, anyone but Sally. She would tell him that he'd already meddled in one holiday, and it wouldn't do to try again. Jack supposed that she had some right to do so, since she was his wife. He'd never had a wife before. Married life was something new, full of interesting rules and fascinating new rituals. Mostly anything that was new was a wonder to Jack. A wonder, and then an obsession.
"What the hell are you?"
Jack turned towards the sound of the voice, and bent a bit. The human was much shorter than he was. "Hello there," Jack said, his voice cheerful.
The human stepped back, and then something strange happened to its face. Bumps appeared, and his eyes grew smaller, teeth grew longer. And then the human hissed at him. It seemed rather rude. Perhaps this was a game? If that was the case, Jack hoped he could win.
Jack put a fingertip to the corners of his mouth and pulled them away to reveal a far more impressive set of teeth. Instead of a hiss, he chose a roar, one that would echo off the stones until it seemed to fill the alley. Fire flared in his eyes.
The strange human let out a shriek and ran away. Jack sighed. Too much effort, probably. He had to remember to take things slowly next time. He turned back to the street and exited the alley, looking around for anyone else to speak with.