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[wifeandpartner]

February 10, 1935
4:27 PM

It's been nearly a month since Tyler Marlocke took up residence in the Panda Lair--a month of increasing frustration both for the junior hero and his hosts. That frustration is being expressed in a number of ways. For Tyler, it's expressed through long, rambling journal entries, increasingly violent training sessions with the Squirrel, and an obsession with recreating his Moon Shadow gear down to the tiniest detail--'just in case.'

For Kit Baxter, the frustration manifests itself in a somewhat different manner.

"Kit," sighs her employer, "glaring at the report from Dr. Chronopolis is not going to make him find a solution any faster."

"Well, it should," Kit grumps. She stands up and paces to the far end of the study and back again. "This is drivin' me crazy, Boss! Dr. C's thrown everything he's got at that coaster, and he's still comin' up goose eggs! I thought he was supposed ta be the smartest guy in Toronto, how can he have nothing?? An' meanwhile poor Tyler's sittin' in the Lair for weeks on end... we might as well have left 'im in police lock-up for all the good we're doin' him."

"He has been making progress on his costume," the Panda comments. "But you're right. I really have to wonder how much longer his patience is going to last." Not to mention yours, he thinks, but doesn't say out loud. "A boy who can turn invisible isn't the easiest person to keep track of."

"You're tellin' me." Kit grabs the notebook full of Tyler's latest journal entries off of the desk and starts thumbing through it--more out of a desire to do something with her hands than anything else. "I swear, if we hadn't fixed a lock on the door up to the mansion I..." She trails off, staring at the page.

The Panda gives her a wary look. "Kit...?"

Kit shoves the open book into his hands and points mutely at one particular entry.

I wish I could use the coaster to get home, but I remember what Ray told me about it and using it in dimensions other than my home world. It'd be like running into a brick wall. The walls of each dimension would just bounce me back inside since I'm a... a forieg froreign FOREIGN body. The only way for me to get back home is for someone from this world to open the door there using the coaster...



For a long moment, the two incognito superheroes just stare at each other.

Then, as one, they turn and head for the first-floor spare bedroom at a pace just shy of a run.

Comments

[trustydriver.livejournal.com]

"A mental trigger. A post-hypnotic suggestion which can be used to wipe your memory after the fact, should someone attempt to force the information out of you."

[basic_powers]

"Understood, Mr. Red Panda, sir." Tyler says with a very small smile. "...I do have another question though."

"...This won't trigger any superpowers will it?" Tyler will face the wrath of the Red Panda rather than recieve superpowers any day.

[trustydriver.livejournal.com]

...there's a new one. The Red Panda quirks an eyebrow. "I've been able to block people's superpowers occasionally, but it won't give you any powers you don't already have."

He drops to one knee, his blank masked eyes locked with Tyler's.

"Are you ready and willing to begin?"

[basic_powers]

"Yes, sir, I'm ready and willing." Tyler doesn't even blink looking back at the superhero.

[trustydriver.livejournal.com]

"Then... open your mind to mine." The Panda's voice has taken on a strange sing-song quality. "Your mind to mine."

[basic_powers]

Tyler's face just goes slack within a few syllables of the Red Panda's words. He was fairly right on his part about there being very little defenses in his mind. ".....yessir..."

[trustydriver.livejournal.com]

"My mind is in your mind. Your will is my will..."



The next thing Tyler knows, the Panda is standing up again and pulling a tiny envelope out of an inner pocket of his suit.

"If you are in danger of revealing our secret, open this envelope and read the card out loud. The phrase written on it is your mental trigger."

[basic_powers]

"I'll always keep it on me sir." The envelope is tucked in close to his chest kept there by the Power Ranger armor. "Thank you for putting up with me all this time. Did Miss Squirrel get the memo about the silver waiting for her in my notebook?"

[trustydriver.livejournal.com]

"She did." A smile tugs at the corner of the masked hero's mouth. "I think she was more eager for you to get home than you were."

"My ears are burning..." That would be said squirrel returning with Dr. Chronopolis in tow. Both of them have their arms full of assorted machines of indeterminate function.

[basic_powers]

She doesn't have to put up with his parents and super-powered bullies on a regular basis, which is another good reason.

"Hi Miss Squirrel, I was just asking if you got the memo in my notebooks about the silver."

[trustydriver.livejournal.com]

"Heck yeah, I did. Why d'ya think I agreed ta go with you?"

[basic_powers]

"Because you're the only one who can open the door to Milliways apparently?"

[trustydriver.livejournal.com]

The Squirrel quirks an eyebrow. "When ya get home, Short Pants, ask your teacher ta tell you what a 'rhetorical question' is."

Dr. Chronopolis clears his throat. "Miss Squirrel, if you're ready? I believe the broom closet door should suffice..."

[basic_powers]

Tyler just pulls up his backpack, all 3 notebooks inside and the clothes he came in packed inside. He's wearing clothes from this era as a 'just in case' of other time-travel incidents later on. He'll change when he gets back to Milliways.

He does however look up at Miss Squirrel to see if she's gonna get going.

[trustydriver.livejournal.com]

The Squirrel looks down at Tyler. Looks at her boss. Looks at Dr. Chronopolis. Then, finally, she looks at the door.

She takes a deep breath. "Well... here goes nothin'."

She takes Tyler's hand in hers, and with her free hand reaches for the doorknob. (http://community.livejournal.com/milliways_bar/19736936.html)