1 Jelly Bean // Video

[used2btoonpi]

[The feed of the SFC kicks on to show a very grumpy man. His suit and trench coat are dripping wet and he‘s wringing out his hat with his free hand. By the crumpled look of his jacket he probably wrung that out while figuring out how to use…the starfish?]

All right. Where the hell am I. I know for damn sure I wasn't drunk in the last hour, so I didn't end up in front a City Hall again.

[He gives a little growl and plops his very beat up hat back into shape before placing it on his head.]

I'm sittin' in front of a God damn fountain talking to a God damn star fish. I want answers. Now.

Kidnappin's a big deal even for a scum bag like me. So I’m through askin' nice.

Everything better be up front. I ain't takin' any guff from toons or whatever the hell else is in this damn town.

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[modernholmes]

[Well, this was interesting. Conan observes the man quietly for a moment before answering in his most cheerful voice.]

This is Vatheon. There are lots of us who have been kidnapped here.

[used2btoonpi]

[...great. It's a racket job.]

That doesn't make it any better, kid.

[Hang on while he does a mental map of California. Of course...the whole bubble thing sort of exnay's that idea.]

Vatheon. Never heard of it but I'm guessin' no one else in this place hadn't either, right?

[modernholmes]

Of course it doesn't. But that is the situation. We are trapped within this city with no way of leaving. The only way out is an elevator, which only travels to an island above us.

[used2btoonpi]

And lemme guess. There's no boats off the island either.

[Okay so it wasn't a question. He just knows he's right.]

This is just plain zany.

[modernholmes]

No. And no sign of any other land.

[used2btoonpi]

Damn.

I'm just getting more questions then answers. Not your fault, kid, but it's not really helping much.

[modernholmes]

There aren't many answers to be found. Yet.

[Video]

[last_lombax]

This is Vatheon, that coral behind you is magic and dragged you here. There is no way out, you're stuck, everything is free, and that starfish is your new communicator.

Welcome.

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[used2btoonpi]

[He makes a face of confusion before turning behind him and staring at the giant coral.

Ok.

He's eaten with flying elephants.]

So it's magic. Still ain't a good excuse for gettin' a guy stuck in a place like this.

[Small frustrated sigh before he just nods at Ratchet.]

Yeah, thanks kid.

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[last_lombax]

You're welcome. And I know, it's a crappy excuse. But nothing we can do about it.

And there isn't an exit. The locals are friendly, sometimes overly so and the others brought here aren't too bad. Some of them are jerks but that's life, right?

My names Ratchet, by the way.

[Video]

[used2btoonpi]

Great.

[He snorts at the no exit line though and shakes his head.]

Figures. Be to easy if there was one.

...Eddie Valiant.

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[last_lombax]

The universe doesn't like to make anything easy.

And nice to meet you Mr. Valiant.

[Video]

[used2btoonpi]

Kinda wish it's lay off a little. Or get better timing.

Same to you, kid.

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[bestestfurrend]

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[Video]

[used2btoonpi]

[Staring at the SFC for a moment. That's...not a question he's really ever heard.]

What's a toon?

It's a cartoon character. You know, like the one's that work for Maroon Studios and Disney Pictures.

[Video]

[bestestfurrend]

[Well if he's doing video she can do that too! With her face entirely too close to the screen.]

I've nefur heard of them! I suppaws they're another kind of alien.

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[used2btoonpi]

[Whoa. Okay.]

You might want to back up a little, kid.

[This girl doesn't look very old so...how the hell does she not know about a toon?]

Well some of them look like aliens, sure, but there's rabbits and ducks and some even look like people... I'm still tryin' to figure out how you've never heard of a toon before.

[No one's told him about the 'other worlds' thing yet.]

[Video]

[bestestfurrend]

Okay!

[She backs up a bit, smiling, her horns and kitty hood coming into view.]

Aliens are people too! Do you mean they look like humans? And hopbeats and quackbeasts...this is furry weird. Purrhaps we just don't have them in Alternia, yup yup.

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[used2btoonpi]

Quackbeast? That's cute, kid.

[He actually gives a light snort of laughter at that. There were a couple of 'quackbeasts' he knew that would probably not like that title.]

Alternia? Where's that?

[Video]

[flyingdreams]

Sir! You're a grown man, and there are children here!

[Whoops

I swear she was going to help but she got distracted]

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[used2btoonpi]

[Now he's being told off by a talking mouse. This place may not be as weird as he thought.]

Yeah? Well I just got kidnapped from my office to some weird city. Please and thank you aren't in my damn vocabulary at the moment, lady.

[Video]

[flyingdreams]

[Oh, he reacted normally to her existence. That makes it easier to keep scolding! Classy, Brisby.]

That's no excuse for language! I'm having enough trouble getting these children to stop cursing, I certainly don't need more of a bad influence!

Now. I understand how disconcerting it is to be here, but acting immaturely isn't going to get anything done.

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[used2btoonpi]

I'll make ya feel better and say bad words aren't the biggest worry you should have with kids.

[And he is so never mentioning to this mouse that he gets his cigarettes from a couple of ten years old kids outside his office every morning...]

[Video]

[flyingdreams]

I know that's the case, but that doesn't mean that it's acceptable to curse in front of them.

[Well, she doesn't know anything about smoking at all, so she might just not get it. She sighs, shaking her head a bit.]

...I'm Mrs. Brisby. I can try and help a bit, since I've been here for a little while.

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[used2btoonpi]

You got a good heart, lady but...alright. I'll watch it. Sorta. I get ticked pretty easy now a days.

[Lucky Eddie...though any cigs he has are now ruined thanks to fountain diving 101.]

Eddie Valiant, nice to meet you Mrs. B.