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disks_smilie Title: The Lisp
Fandom: Danny Phantom
Rated: PG
Word Count: 419
Timeline: Set ten days after the episode The Ultimate Enemy
Summary: Dark Danny finds Clockwork's lisp annoying.
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"Hmm, now..." Clockwork murmured. The Ghost of Time floated through the halls of his castle, changing forms every few seconds (as was the norm for him); now in his adult form, a few seconds later in his toddler form, and following that, his wisened, old man form, only to repeat the cyle again. He arrived in a greenlit room with massive gears hanging overhead, a small, glowing orb set on a pedastle on the floor. "It's June sixteenth...it's close to the first anniversary of Danny getting his ghostly powers. It seems like his friends are going to celebrate the occasion...hmm...only for Technus to get involved. It's nothing the three can't handle."
"Do you have to recap the boy's daily life out loud every morning?" a droll, muffled voice said from behind the purple-robed ghost. "I'm convinced you're doing it in a pathetic attempt to show me what I missed when I turned evil."
"Hardly." Clockwork shifted into his child form, turning to face the speaker--currently locked inside the silver and green Fenton Thermos perched on a nightstand against the wall. It contained Dark Danny--the alternate reality, future, evil version of Danny Phantom. "Although I must admit, that is a nice bonus." A cold smirk crossed his face.
"Humph. It won't work. I barely remember those years of my life, let alone miss them. I'm more disturbed by your lisp than anything else."
"Lisp...?" Clockwork blinked, melting away into his old man form. "I don't have a lisp."
"You have the worst lisp!" Dark Danny cackled. "It's not quite a gay man's lisp, it's more like a half-assed snake's lisp. All your 's'-sounds come out wrong."
Clockwork's crimson eyes narrowed. "I have no clue what you're talking about."
This drew a cruel laugh from the container before him. "Some omnipotent Time Ghost you are--not being able to see the most basic flaw in yourself! And here you are, always interfering in the lives of others."
"And therein lies the problem," Clockwork replied. "You view it as a flaw. To me...well, I could care less if I lisp or if I don't."
"Ugh. Nothing bothers you, does it?"
"Another day, Phantom. This makes you zero-for-ten...I'd challenge you to try disturbing me tomorrow, and I'd encourage you to break your losing streak, but I know for a fact you won't be able to shake me for as long as we're both here." He returned to his adult form. "But then again...I know everything..."
"Except that you lisp, damn you!"