Well this was just his luck. Trapped in yet a n o t h er inanimate object. At least in this form he was capable of moving on his own (albeit only slightly), and he was also able to conduct Will (again, only s l i g h t ly ) . The only issue he had with being a doll of himself, was the fact that he was a d o l l .
Dolls were not supposed to be able to move, use Will, or even talk– even the people of A l b i on new that much. In this realm, Jack was certain that if he was caught being anything more than what he was supposed to be, it would certainly n ot end in his favor, so for his sake, he remained immobile and uncommunicative, lying limply in the arms of the small child that had apparently “ p u r c h a s ed ” him.
Though he was above praising the gods of Albion–
IF YOU HAVE ANY VALUE FOR YOURSELF, AVO, YOU’LL MAKE THIS CHILD LIVE UP TO THAT STATEMENT.
The child ran to her mother, holding up the doll happily. She wiggled his little arms up as a ‘waving’ motion, the woman’s face unimpressed. But once she saw another older child running up, the lady clapped her hands happily and gave the older one a kiss on the head. Misao lowered her doll sadly, and followed her family to the car. The woman began buckling the older child in, a smile on her face. The smaller girl wiggled up for her mother to do the same, but the woman simply shut the door on her, telling her to ‘do it yourself’. Misao looked down and set the new doll beside her, buckling him in with her. During the process, she hurt her fragile thumb in the process.
She began crying, raising her little hand for her mother to kiss it better. But the woman snapped at her, telling her to keep quiet as she started the car and began driving. Misao pulled her hand back, now her feelings hurt. The watery eyes glanced over at her doll, gently rubbing her thumb on where the mouth should be, making it seem like a ‘kiss’ to make it feel better. Once they were home, the family got out of their car and walked to the door, the woman unlocking it and giving a light shove to her children to hurry in. The little girl didn’t want to be near them any longer, so she walked to her room, hugging her doll to her chest, still having some sniffles to push back anymore tears.
‘ ...Here’s your new h-home, friend! We’ll play all sorts of games, and play dress up, you can be a brave prince! ‘