Time: The summer after "Secundus," pre-Victor's wedding Notes: Just a little shoutout to the sunglasses Marty wears at the very beginning of Part I. I thought it was funny, anyway. (Marty's ending line refers to England's reputation for cloudiness.)
“Hey, Victor, check out my new glasses.” Victor looked up - then blinked in confusion. “Marty? Are you - wearing mirrors?” “Sort of,” Marty said, grinning. “They’re glasses designed to protect your eyes from the sun. Guy down the street was selling them from a cart. Said they’re mirrored on the other side to provide a handy way to check your appearance. I thought they looked pretty cool, so I bought a pair.” “Do they work?” “They seem to. Sun’s not bothering me today.” Marty chuckled. “Granted, I know they’re probably not gonna be that useful here, but I still think they’re neat.”
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Time: Post-"Secundus 2" Notes: Wondering why a Christmas-themed drabble is in here? As of this writing, I'd just finished watching the TV adaptation of Hogfather. (Very good, BTW. Go watch it.) I decided children in Secundus might come up with some interesting ideas for Santa, and this resulted. The speakers are supposed to be (in order of first appearance): Lorina, Jules, Charlotte (Emily and Richard's adopted daughter, who is probably too old to believe in Santa but is humoring the younger kids), Marty, and Victor.
“So how can Father Christmas deliver all those presents all in one night?” “Papa said that his sleigh might be a time machine, like our train. He can do multiple houses at the same moment like that.” “I’ve always wondered how he handles hot places. He lives at the North Pole, right? Going anywhere tropical must make him feel faint
( ... )
Time: Post-"Secundus" Notes: Dunno how I came up with the idea of "experiment gone wrong" for this, but I think it makes for an amusing drabble. After all, Lorina is a mad scientist -- the occasional accident is to be expected.
“What the - did something die in your room, Lorina?!” “Chester! Thank God, I thought it was Dad for a minute. . .you’ve gotta help me get this cleaned up!” “What the hell did you do?” “I was messing with some skunkweed samples, and I was trying to deodorize them, but I grabbed the wrong thing, and - well. . . .” “Oooh. Yeah, I think we’d better get these out of the house. Or the country, preferably.” “What’s going - yikes! Were you trying to create a plant that makes knockout gas, Lorina?” “Not intentionally! Though - that’s actually a good idea, Vincent. . . .” “Less Inventing, more removing, sis!”
Notes: Just a little shoutout to the sunglasses Marty wears at the very beginning of Part I. I thought it was funny, anyway. (Marty's ending line refers to England's reputation for cloudiness.)
“Hey, Victor, check out my new glasses.”
Victor looked up - then blinked in confusion. “Marty? Are you - wearing mirrors?”
“Sort of,” Marty said, grinning. “They’re glasses designed to protect your eyes from the sun. Guy down the street was selling them from a cart. Said they’re mirrored on the other side to provide a handy way to check your appearance. I thought they looked pretty cool, so I bought a pair.”
“Do they work?”
“They seem to. Sun’s not bothering me today.” Marty chuckled. “Granted, I know they’re probably not gonna be that useful here, but I still think they’re neat.”
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Notes: Wondering why a Christmas-themed drabble is in here? As of this writing, I'd just finished watching the TV adaptation of Hogfather. (Very good, BTW. Go watch it.) I decided children in Secundus might come up with some interesting ideas for Santa, and this resulted. The speakers are supposed to be (in order of first appearance): Lorina, Jules, Charlotte (Emily and Richard's adopted daughter, who is probably too old to believe in Santa but is humoring the younger kids), Marty, and Victor.
“So how can Father Christmas deliver all those presents all in one night?”
“Papa said that his sleigh might be a time machine, like our train. He can do multiple houses at the same moment like that.”
“I’ve always wondered how he handles hot places. He lives at the North Pole, right? Going anywhere tropical must make him feel faint ( ... )
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Notes: Dunno how I came up with the idea of "experiment gone wrong" for this, but I think it makes for an amusing drabble. After all, Lorina is a mad scientist -- the occasional accident is to be expected.
“What the - did something die in your room, Lorina?!”
“Chester! Thank God, I thought it was Dad for a minute. . .you’ve gotta help me get this cleaned up!”
“What the hell did you do?”
“I was messing with some skunkweed samples, and I was trying to deodorize them, but I grabbed the wrong thing, and - well. . . .”
“Oooh. Yeah, I think we’d better get these out of the house. Or the country, preferably.”
“What’s going - yikes! Were you trying to create a plant that makes knockout gas, Lorina?”
“Not intentionally! Though - that’s actually a good idea, Vincent. . . .”
“Less Inventing, more removing, sis!”
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