We're a Trio of Misfits

[Phantom]

Just for Patchy and I.

Phantom - Vanellope
Patchy - Wilbur and Jack Frost

The day had started out like any other Saturday. Vanellope had gone out to the park, keen on trying to squeeze her way into a group of kids and maybe make some friends, but things had turned sour rather quickly. It seemed that no matter what she tried, she just couldn't fit in with the other kids. This particular day they had gone at her for her candy-themed appearance. Vanellope hadn't seen anything wrong with it, but evidently the other kids had written her off as a misfit. It didn't help that she wasn't exactly girly enough to hang out with the girls and that she wasn't accepted by the boys because they thought she was too weird. So, she was stuck. Vanellope had resigned herself to the fate of a misfit, at least for that day, and decided to just poke around at a more secluded part of the park.

Vanellope was presently laid out on her back atop a tire swing and was slowly spinning around in a little circle while her other foot that wasn't providing a bit of momentum dragged against the ground. From time to time, brownish-green eyes would stray to where the other kids were playing. Vanellope's face scrunched up a bit and she hmphed softly. Who needed them, anyway? She was fine all by herself!

"...Who'm I kidding?" Vanellope wondered out loud. She was lonely, and no matter what she told herself that wasn't about to change. Not unless she actually tried to make herself fit in, anyway. It wasn't like someone was going to magically take an interest in her, either. She was convinced that the last thing anyone would want to do would be try to join her at the tire swing. Even still, Vanellope slightly lifted her head from where it lay and looked up. Maybe, if she was lucky, someone would come by.

[Patchy]

"Why the long face kid?" white haired boy with blue eyes had been sleeping on the same tree vanellope had been swinging on. Though now, he was looking at her from an upside down view. "You look kind of down?" he titled his head to the side, which looked really odd considering he was upside down.

[Phantom]

Naturally, Vanellope was surprised to see someone had indeed come over. She didn't respond immediately, instead opting to just kind of stare up at the white-haired boy before her, and finally did adjust her position so she was sitting cross-legged on the tire swing she had claimed. Why was she so down? Vanellope snorted a little to try and fake that she was okay, but her optimism for that method quickly died out and she resigned herself to shrug a little.

"I'm down because those other kids think I'm a weirdo and want nothing to do with me." Vanellope replied. She jerked her hand in the direction she had come from to prove her point and to point out where the other kids were, namely toward the jungle gym area. "So I'm trying to see how far I can get by myself. Hasn't exactly been working out that great." she explained.

With her own explanation given, she wanted to know something else. This other kid, who appeared older than her, was by himself too. Was it because older kids liked being by themselves, or did he not have anyone to hang out with either? "So, what'cha doin' by yourself? I couldn't have been that interesting, could I?" she asked.

[Patchy]

Jack glanced at the group of kids before answering Vanellope. "Truth be told, i don't have a lot of friends. I prefer being on my own, but if i ever try to make friends, they normally don't want anything to do with me. Because i'm not "cool" enough." he quoted, rolling his blue irises. "You don't need them kid, I'll hang with you."

[Phantom]

"You? Not cool?" Vanellope asked. He looked cool enough to her. Well, the color scheme of his clothing made that obvious. He looked like the walking embodiment of winter or something! Ignoring that fact, Vanellope couldn't think of why anyone wouldn't like him. He seemed all right as far as she was concerned. Vanellope proceeded to get off of the tire swing and smoothed out her hoodie and skirt before speaking again. "Dunno what older kids define as cool, then. You look pretty cool to me." Vanellope told him. That might have just been because she didn't know many other older kids, but she'd ignore that fact.

She eventually realized that he had said he'd hang out with her, and she smiled a little at that notion. She could hardly wait to see the expressions of the others if they caught sight of her hanging with an older boy. It'd be pretty funny as far as she knew. "Sounds cool to me. We could be like... a duo or something." Vanellope said. Somehow, though, a trio sounded better. But it looked like she and Jack were the only ones there.

[Patchy]

Jack smiled. "Yeah, well, let's just say i can do a tons of things that can make a lot of kids lives either really fun or really miserable." he shrugged before smirking. "A duo huh? Well, that does sound like fun. We could probably find some other unfortunate misfit to join then we can be the terrible trio." Jack said, before landing on his feet. "I mean how hard can it be?"

[Phantom]

Vanellope had to laugh at that statement. A terrible trio, huh? She liked the idea. If there was someone else out there who felt like they were rejected and treated like a freak, then Vanellope would gladly welcome them with open arms. Truth be told, she would have accepted just about anyone right then. She needed friends, even if she never admitted that much out loud. "Sounds like a plan to me, blue boy." Vanellope said. It then occurred to her that neither of them knew the other's name. She wanted to rectify that before going any further.

"I'm Vanellope, by the way. I know, I know. It sounds like a mix of vanilla and Penellope. G'head and laugh if you wanna. Even I think it sounds funny." Vanellope said. What her parents had been thinking when they'd named her that was beyond her. But, Vanellope couldn't really complain. It was better than being named something like... Patricia.

[Patchy]

"Nah, i don't mind it. It's better than mine." Jack replied, giving a tiny smirk. "I'm Jack, Jack Frost. Kind of like you know, the whole "embodyment of winter" the boy quoted again. "Besides that name suits you. and i like your apperance, it makes me kind of hungry though."