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[schrodingersghost]

 Right. So people have probably heard by now that the cat cafe is gone. Which means I am now officially unemployed.

Which means I guess I have to figure out how you do this jobhunting thing. Again.

Anyone got any ideas on who'd hire a teenager with barely any job skills?

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[ninjainviolet]

[ Oh dear. ]

What did you do at the cat cafe? That might help.

[schrodingersghost]

Mostly I washed dishes and made sandwiches.

[ninjainviolet]

Have you thought about the Tea Shop? Iroh started it, but one of the Kedan runs it now.

[schrodingersghost]

[Danny makes a face. ]

Tea? Do people actually drink that?

[ninjainviolet]

[ Sheena gives him a look. ]

Yes. People actually drink that. In fact, it's the main beverage in a lot of places.

Japan even has rituals around it.

[schrodingersghost]

[He shrugs.]

At my house we only drank tea when we were sick.

[ninjainviolet]

Only when sick? [ She smiles. ] Well, maybe we can change that.

Do you have a favorite flavor?

[schrodingersghost]

I never really liked any of them.

[ninjainviolet]

[ Danny... there's gotta be one you like. ]

What flavors have you tried? There are quite a few of them.

[schrodingersghost]

I don't know. Whatever was in the kitchen, I guess.

[ninjainviolet]

[ Facepalm ahoy! ]

Oh, Danny.... There are a lot more flavors than just what's in the house. Jasmine, peppermint, orange, white, green...

That's to name a few. And you can combine them.

[schrodingersghost]

But do they have sugar in them?

[ninjainviolet]

To sweeten them? You can put it in them if you want. Or combine them with honey for both flavor and sweetness.

[ You're talking to someone who likes sweets. ]

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[purrns]

It's weird it just...vanished. Like it was never there at all.

...

I hope Avery's okay, back home.

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[schrodingersghost]

Oh, that kind of thing happens sometimes. Did I ever tell you about the time my Dad lost our house in an alternate dimension for a week?

[Danny shrugs.]

Until I hear anything else, I just have to believe that he made it safely back there.

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[purrns]

That's-

How do you even?-

No, you know what? I think I can believe just about anything these days.

Fingers crossed, huh?

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[schrodingersghost]

My parents are scientists. I did mention that. Right?

Yeah. I think that's all we can do. Until someone invents a way to follow people home and check on them

[He belatedly realizes something. ]

Uh, speaking of that? You ever seen any mysterious and ominously glowing green portals around here?

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[purrns]

...Right, the science thing.

[That's...quite the question, Adrien frowning, shaking his head. ]

Nope. My days have been mysterious portal free. Should I be keeping an eye out for them?

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[schrodingersghost]

I haven't really been able to ask people to keep an eye out, because its kind of a suspicious question. But if you do see one, that's a way into the Ghost Zone. They're supposed to open up randomly. In every place and time.

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[purrns]

Oh...goodie.

[That's what everyone wants, right? Inter-dimensional ghost portals? Weeee! ]

Well, if I do come across some spooky ghost portals, I promise to let you know first.

[Because there is literally no way in seven hells he's dealing with ghosts without the resident ghost expert. In more ways than one. ]

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[schrodingersghost]

[Danny eyes him at the lack of enthusiasm.]

Would it help if I told you that it might be a way home? Maybe even more than just me.

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[purrns]

...That helps a little.

So it's something that could tackle even the Dreaming? Because that's pretty powerful magic.

...Then again. Power of the dead. That's pretty heavy stuff,

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[schrodingersghost]

I don't know for sure. But I think there's a chance. [Danny grimaces. ] The Zone is a parallel alternate dimension. I've seen it open up portals all over my world, and even into the past. Ever heard of the Bermuda Triangle? In my world that was just a portal into the zone.

[purrns]

Something we really want to keep an eye on, then, just in case. I mean, that kind of magic in the wrong hands would be pretty disastrous.

[schrodingersghost]

Uh, it isn't really magic?

[purrns]

Ghosty-weirdness then?

[Adrien, that's ghost-racist. ]

[schrodingersghost]

According to my parents, it's all science. Ghost science is a thing, okay? Even it sounds kind of crazy.

[purrns]

Ghost science.

...I guess once you're living on the back of a giant world-turtle, even ghost science sounds...pretty plausible.

[None of them are really in a position to deny anything could be A Thing. ]

[schrodingersghost]

It's totally plausible. Even if most people that it was a joke until the ghosts started showing up.

[purrns]

Well, yeah. People didn't even entertain what my world deals with until- surprise- things go wrong and everything turns into a mess.

[He gives a soft shrug of his shoulders.]

Seeing has to be believing for some people.

[schrodingersghost]

[ Danny makes a face. ]

Yeah, that sounds about right. Most people at home used to call my parents the town crackpots. Even my sister was a skeptic until the ghosts showed up.

[purrns]

Hard to deny ghosts when they're actively messing things up, huh?

[schrodingersghost]

Yeah... Though people were still insisting they were hoaxes even after the Lunch Lady dumped several tons of frozen meat on the school cafeteria.

[purrns]

Okay, I'm confused about what frozen meat has to do with ghosts.

[schrodingersghost]

Let's just say you should never underestimate a ghost. Even if they look like they should be haunting a bingo hall.

Because sometimes the Lunch Lady is just the ghost of a sweet cafeteria lady that wants to make sure everyone is getting enough protein.

And sometimes she's a five story meat monster screaming about someone changing the menu.

[purrns]

[He's just gonna...


stare into space for a sec there.

Give him a minute. ]


That's different.

[schrodingersghost]

That's ghosts for you. The Lunch Lady isn't even the weirdest. She's dating the Box Ghost. Which I really prefer not to think about too much.

[purrns]

...That's either something really funny or absolutely terrifying. Box ghost.

[schrodingersghost]

Try lame. He attacks with corrugated cardboard and bubblewrap.

[purrns]

...

...

So he's literally a box ghost?

[schrodingersghost]

Actually I don't know what he's the ghost of. He just calls himself the box ghost, and he's obsessed with packaging materials. And taking over the world.

[purrns]

With packaging materials?

[Long. Pause. ]

Should I be worried I find that a completely legitimate way to try and take over the world? I feel like I probably should be.

[What ARE their worlds?? ]

[schrodingersghost]

With packaging materials.He calls them his corrugated cardboard minions and his bubblewrap of DOOM.

[purrns]

...

Yep. Yep that sounds about right. Is this just a thing with villains? Is it regular? Do they spend ages thinking about these kinds of things?

[schrodingersghost]

Pretty sure the answer is yes. I swear the villainous plots get weirder every month.

[purrns]

Maybe they're all secretly trying to out-do one another?

[schrodingersghost]

Somehow, that wouldn't surprise me.

[purrns]

Meeee either, buddy. Me either.