Just along for the ride (June catchall)

[hotheadwarmheart]

Who: Lea and anyone
Where: Various locations around the train
When: Anytime in the second half of Fiddlesticks
What: Lea finally getting a chance to properly settle into train life after a kind of crazy first couple weeks
Warnings: Probably none. Will update if needed.

Chore Time

A Voidtrecker's work was never done. Though compared to fighting monsters for days on end, cleaning was a snap. Thus he wasn't too bothered by working cleanup in the kitchen, or even helping clean the bathrooms. It proved to be a bit of a juggling act though, especially for the latter, trying to find a time when no one was using them to clean properly. Ah well, he could work with it. Probably.

Movie Time

Lea had finally found a time when the cinema car wasn't in use by anyone else and was scrolling through the various selections available. He half considered calling up a few episodes of Merry Little Voidtrain, but he'd likely want to watch it from the beginning, an that would be difficult to do consistently. Maybe later.

He also considered Lone Star, an action-comedy movie about space-faring rogue. The plot centered around him and his adventures after agreeing to transport a particularly valuable gemstone to a buyer on a distant planet. But there were more than a few other people who wanted it for themselves, and not just for the monetary value. And all along he had to deal with the gemstone's beautiful and sharp-tongued protector, who some of those they encountered also seemed to be after. It looked like it might be a fun way to spend a couple of hours.

But then he spotted something that drove that straight from his mind. "No way...", he said, stunned. He hastily read the description, wanting to make sure it was the real deal, and not a different film with the same title. But no, it was the real thing. A broad, goofy grin spread across his face. They actually had Prismatic Guardians: The Movie. This place was looking better all the time.

Chill Time
Lea sat in the Standard Coach, journal notebook open on his lap and pen in hand, apparently deep in thought. Anyone who looked over his shoulder at the journal page he was working on would see that it contained a list of various items:

Sea-salt ice cream
Potions
Gummi phone
Black Coat?
Other clothes?
Books?

Now that he had some points to work with, Lea was trying to figure out what to buy with them. He didn't really need that much stuff when he got right down to it, though and thus was having a hard time coming up with more things to add to the list. Maybe some helpful person could suggest something? Or just sit down and have a chat with him; distractions were always good too.

Wild Card

(OOC: Want to do something else with Lea? Go for it!)

Comments

[sos_pilot]

Della had to laugh a little, amused. "Relax. Yeah, it's pretty common. You got your Beagle Boys, for example, and my uncle's a McDuck."

And new interdimensional weirdness in 3...2...

[hotheadwarmheart]

OK, now that was a bit too much similarity to be coincidence. "That uncle... his full name wouldn't happen to be Scrooge McDuck, would it?", Lea asked. Because if that was the case, and Scrooge was also Donald's uncle....

[sos_pilot]

Della raised an eyebrow. "... If Uncle Scrooge was here before me, I wouldn't be surprised. Slightly jealous, but not surprised."

[hotheadwarmheart]

"He hasn't been here," Lea said. "At least not that I know of. But I have heard of him, back home. And if he's your uncle, then you must be related to Donald somehow too right?" Or possibly his wife, but he thought Donald had a different girlfriend...

[sos_pilot]

"He's my twin brother!" Della said with a grin. "Big temper, hard to understand voice?"

[hotheadwarmheart]

"That's the guy!", Lea said breaking into a grin. "He's a friend of mine too, even if we had kinda a rocky start. I didn't know he had a sister, though I guess it makes sense if he has nephews."

"So are you a wizard too? Or is that just Donald's thing?"

[sos_pilot]

That's when the conversation began to get off the rails.

"A... wizard?" She repeated slowly. "What, like a metaphor? Like, he's a real wizard at sailing?"

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea, for his part, was equally puzzled. "No, I mean a wizard-wizard," he said. "As in someone who studies and practices magic as their job. Spells, wands, occasionally a pointy hat, that kind of thing. I mean I figured you'd know, since he seems to have been studying magic for a long time. He has to have been to become King Mickey's court mage, after all."

[sos_pilot]

Della stared. All of this was brand new information. Surely someone - the boys or even Scrooge himself - would have told her when Donald hadn't. "... Somehow, the most unbelievable part of what you just said is that Donald was consistently able to hold down a job."

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea scratched his head. "That doesn't really sound much like the Donald I know," he said. "But we couldn't be talking about two different guys either. I mean there can't be two ducks with that name that fit that description..."

He thought for a moment, then cautiously asked, "Have you ever heard of Disney Castle or King Mickey before now?" As he understood it, King Mickey wasn't only Donald's ruler, but also one of his oldest friends. If anyone would know about him, Donald's sister would.

[sos_pilot]

"No, that's totally new to me." What a mystery! Della cupped her beak, thinking.

"You know... I've heard that people can come here from different timelines... maybe you're, like, wayyy ahead in the future!"

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea shook his head. "No, that can't be right either," he said. "If that was the case, then Donald would be super old. And I'll admit I'm no expert when it comes to ducks, but you guys look about the same age to me."

"Besides, King Mickey and Donald apparently go way back. So you almost definitely would've met him at some point. Goofy too. Unless..." It was a crazy idea. And one that had a number of disturbing implications.

"Unless... you don't think this whole other dimension thing could apply to other dimension versions of people we know, could you? Like one of those TV shows where the characters get sucked into an alternate universe where the good guys are the bad guys and vice-versa? Except with less evil doubles with dumb goatees."

[sos_pilot]

Della was about to argue that maybe magic stunted aging - after all, magic was magic, it could do anything it darn well pleased. However... Lea brought up an equally valid point. Della was very used to the existence of other dimensions, so this wasn't exactly implausible. She cupped her beak as she listened, eyebrow raised.

"That's... actually not a bad guess." She finally replied. "And it'd make a lot of sense, since Donald isn't exactly magic-savvy where I'm from. In fact, he'd rather not have anything to do with magic at all."

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea had almost been hoping she'd deny it. But the fact that the possibility existed, and was in fact the most likely explanation they had was... disconcerting, to say the least. "Honestly, I kinda wish you hadn't said that," he said. "Because if that's actually true then my life just got a whole new level of complicated..."