The sun has come up and the night has passed uneventfully in the Bookstore. As RJD opens the doors and makes himself an omelet for breakfast, he idly wonders if anybody on Misc Street died a horrible death at the hands of Vampires overnight.
Miscellaneous Street - The Soap Opera
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Daniel politely declines the brownies. His hand/eye coordination and judgement has been bad enough recently without any visits to a higher plane of existence.
Present time!
Sitting Jenee in the middle of the coffee shop, Daniel leads the customers in a lively Happy Birthday chorus, and then wheels out a gigantic megacake... out of which pops Daniel-2!
"I have come from the past so that you may come in the future!" he proclaimes loudly, embarrasing several customers.
Daniel-1 sneaks up to Jenee, "Who else can say they got their partner a quantum duplicate from another timeframe for their birthday, eh? Oh, but if the police ask, we're just twins. Happy Birthday!"
Four men in black suits have been sitting at tables near the front windows of the deli and watching the coffee shop all day long. Wondering what's up, Ice asks them and is politely informed that that coffee shop happened to be the last known whereabouts of two of their colleagues and so they are currently observing and gathering evidence. One of them is also constantly checking some sort of machine and talking about Daniel's quantum signature. Ice decides this is a good time to walk post haste to the clinic and have his head checked.
^"Fresh brownies for the Captain! Modern medicine is so overrated. Here, let me realign some crystals for you, and do a nice tarot card reading...oh...erm...say Hi to the doctor for me, 'k?"
Hippy Lady runs home to hide her children in the basement. They're such calm, peaceful, relaxed (ok, somewhat clueless) children. Good thing she had all those brownies and elderflower cordial while pregnant. As babies they all had the same first word: groovy. Isn't that sweet? Anyway, onwards into the bunker, because that was one seriously nasty card reading. Also, she'd never witnessed a crystal breaking in half by itself before. Not. Good.
Hippy Lady runs home to hide her children in the basement. They're such calm, peaceful, relaxed (ok, somewhat clueless) children. Good thing she had all those brownies and elderflower cordial while pregnant. As babies they all had the same first word: groovy. Isn't that sweet? Anyway, onwards into the bunker, because that was one seriously nasty card reading. Also, she'd never witnessed a crystal breaking in half by itself before. Not. Good.
On CNN, RJD sees a report that the government estimates 37% of the population has been turned to Vampires. RJD is slightly concerned that the anchorman's name is "Werewolf Blitzer."
In the coffee shop, Daniel-1 watches the suits in the deli watch the coffee shop. Daniel-2 watches the vampire report on the news.
"I remember a time before the constant monster attacks." says Daniel-2.
"Or shifty government agents" replies Daniel-1. "Remember when we were on our knee proposing to Jenee for, like, three days?"
"Yep. Still aches when it rains. Innocent times."
"Yep. Until that murder at the Halloween party."
"Did we ever figure out who did that?"
"I don't remember. Didn't he become a zombie or something?"
"Yeah. What ever happend to that hobo fella?"
"Probably erased from history as a result of your little stowaway stunt, Daniel-2."
"Wait - aren't you Daniel-2?"
"Let's not get into this again!"
"Oh, okay. Say... when's Jenee gonna have that baby? We knocked her up ages ago."
"We did just frak up the timeline, you know. Do you even know what month it is anymore?"
"Not really. Think Jenee liked her birthday present?"
"She hadn't left us yet, so... I guess so."
"I remember a time before the constant monster attacks." says Daniel-2.
"Or shifty government agents" replies Daniel-1. "Remember when we were on our knee proposing to Jenee for, like, three days?"
"Yep. Still aches when it rains. Innocent times."
"Yep. Until that murder at the Halloween party."
"Did we ever figure out who did that?"
"I don't remember. Didn't he become a zombie or something?"
"Yeah. What ever happend to that hobo fella?"
"Probably erased from history as a result of your little stowaway stunt, Daniel-2."
"Wait - aren't you Daniel-2?"
"Let's not get into this again!"
"Oh, okay. Say... when's Jenee gonna have that baby? We knocked her up ages ago."
"We did just frak up the timeline, you know. Do you even know what month it is anymore?"
"Not really. Think Jenee liked her birthday present?"
"She hadn't left us yet, so... I guess so."
** Jenee walks into the conversation at that point **
What is up with the time anyway? I mean ... it seems like months ago you proposed, but ... I can only remember days ... And, come on, you weren't really on your knee for three days.
** Jenee crosses over to the other window and looks out ** Do you think this whole time displacement has to do with that guy in the bookstore...?
What is up with the time anyway? I mean ... it seems like months ago you proposed, but ... I can only remember days ... And, come on, you weren't really on your knee for three days.
** Jenee crosses over to the other window and looks out ** Do you think this whole time displacement has to do with that guy in the bookstore...?
The shady government agents leave the deli and start walking toward the coffee shop. The Daniels take up arms and prepare for another war...
...but then, halfway across the road, the government agents are beseiged by vampires.
"Oh. It looks like that took care of itself." Daniel-2 says.
"I was just gonna say exactly that!" Daniel-1 replies, astounded.
"Really? What number am I thinking of?"
"Thirty-two?"
"OMG!"
"GTFO!!"
...but then, halfway across the road, the government agents are beseiged by vampires.
"Oh. It looks like that took care of itself." Daniel-2 says.
"I was just gonna say exactly that!" Daniel-1 replies, astounded.
"Really? What number am I thinking of?"
"Thirty-two?"
"OMG!"
"GTFO!!"
The melee in the street ends while the Daniels are completing each others sentences and the government agents continue on their way to the coffee shop. The street is littered with the remains of the vampires.
At the sight of this, Ice's left eyebrow arches up. The government agents are then met by a dozen or so agents who have come out of every business along the street (including the coffee shop), out from behind trees, and from the mobile home park up the road. The coffee shop is now surrounded by government agents. Jenee2 is accompanying them.
Jenee2 screams in the direction of the coffee shop. "You THINK you're going to leave me alone in a parallel universe, raising our love child alone, you have another thing coming to you Daniel. Get your arse out here! I followed you through, but was intercepted by some government agency. Let's just say I learned a few things..."
At the sight of this, Ice's left eyebrow arches up. The government agents are then met by a dozen or so agents who have come out of every business along the street (including the coffee shop), out from behind trees, and from the mobile home park up the road. The coffee shop is now surrounded by government agents. Jenee2 is accompanying them.
Jenee2 screams in the direction of the coffee shop. "You THINK you're going to leave me alone in a parallel universe, raising our love child alone, you have another thing coming to you Daniel. Get your arse out here! I followed you through, but was intercepted by some government agency. Let's just say I learned a few things..."
*sinking feeling*
*panic*
The Daniels barricade the bedroom door shut using a bookcase, the bed, the TV and a chair. The matress is placed over the window.
"Think!"
"Think?"
"THINK."
"You think!"
"I AM THINKING."
"So am I!"
*panic*
The Daniels barricade the bedroom door shut using a bookcase, the bed, the TV and a chair. The matress is placed over the window.
"Think!"
"Think?"
"THINK."
"You think!"
"I AM THINKING."
"So am I!"
MLB thinks he is seeing things, watching the brouhaha going on in the street. He takes all the bottles out of his liquor cabinet and pours the contents down the drain.
Definitely not. I am only here to help.
Not sure what to do about an army of Men In Black, though. This will require... research!
"I didn't know!" Daniel-2 cries. "I thought the timelines would merge. I wouldn't leave you... other you... my you... like that on purpose."
"She wouldn't kill us or anything, right?" asks Daniel-1.
Can't you go out there and talk her down a bit? Take Soda too - duplicate or no, Jenee-2 would never hurt a hair on his head.
Tell her that it was all a misunderstanding, and that Daniel-2 will happily go back to her timeline with her.
Oh, and make sure the two agents us Daniels' smashed in and chained up in the basement are let out. As a peace offering. Unless they're dead - we haven't fed or checked on them in days. If they're dead... we never heard of them.
Tell her that it was all a misunderstanding, and that Daniel-2 will happily go back to her timeline with her.
Oh, and make sure the two agents us Daniels' smashed in and chained up in the basement are let out. As a peace offering. Unless they're dead - we haven't fed or checked on them in days. If they're dead... we never heard of them.
Fine. I'll go talk to myself, but you guys let the dudes out of the basement.
Jenee opens a window and yells out. "Daniel says he thought the time lines would merge, not create an alternate timeline."
Daniel jumps up "I could have done that."
"Well what do you want me to do? Go down there in the middle of all those time .. agents?"
Jenee 1 (or is it 2) yells up from the street "Why did you let him think that, he's no rocket scientist."
The other Jenee yells back "Actually, it wouldn't take rocket science. More like temporal mechanics or something."
Jenee on the street yells "Whatever."
Jenee in the window: "Look, once we shake these guys, you can come up here and we'll all have a talk."
Jenee on the street: "Shake these guys? Shake them where?"
Jenee in the window: "I don't know. It's TBBS Square, these guys always manage to get rid of anyone they don't want hanging around."
Jenee on the street: "...True ..."
Jenee opens a window and yells out. "Daniel says he thought the time lines would merge, not create an alternate timeline."
Daniel jumps up "I could have done that."
"Well what do you want me to do? Go down there in the middle of all those time .. agents?"
Jenee 1 (or is it 2) yells up from the street "Why did you let him think that, he's no rocket scientist."
The other Jenee yells back "Actually, it wouldn't take rocket science. More like temporal mechanics or something."
Jenee on the street yells "Whatever."
Jenee in the window: "Look, once we shake these guys, you can come up here and we'll all have a talk."
Jenee on the street: "Shake these guys? Shake them where?"
Jenee in the window: "I don't know. It's TBBS Square, these guys always manage to get rid of anyone they don't want hanging around."
Jenee on the street: "...True ..."
The Daniels move the bookcase and sneak downstairs. Upon entering the basement, they're confronted by... Hippy Lady. Hippy Lady taking advantage of the two immobilized temporal agents!
"Ewwwwww!" cries Daniel-1
"Ewwwwww!" cries Daniel-2
"Ohhhhh!" moans a temporal agent.
The Daniels quickly retreat back upstairs.
"Ewwwwww!" cries Daniel-1
"Ewwwwww!" cries Daniel-2
"Ohhhhh!" moans a temporal agent.
The Daniels quickly retreat back upstairs.
Ice notes that there are somewhere between 4 anf 10 time agents are clamoring over the roof of the coffee house trying to get to the open window....
He also notes another Jenee coming over the roof with them.....
She screams, "Hey, clone-Jenee. I told your sorry butt that tying me up was a waste of your time."
He also notes another Jenee coming over the roof with them.....
She screams, "Hey, clone-Jenee. I told your sorry butt that tying me up was a waste of your time."