Because sudden nostalgia kick

[numbuh_one]

...

...You must be joking...

Are you out of your mind? What makes you think that I would ever want to be controlled by an adult?! That would go against every principle of the Kids Next Door! Not to mention you keeping me trapped here in your...your...headspace, and using me for your ridiculous whims is just another form of adult tyranny that I would be more than happy to fight.

So we can do this the easy way, and you just forget this whole thing...or we can do this the hard way.

...What? No, I don't want you playing the spank-happy-vampire version of me! That wouldn't even make any sense! That was just a one-time thing, and we took care of that problem a long time ago!

...I don't want you playing any version of me! I just want you to let me out of here! I've got more important things to do than to sit here and entertain you...like taking care of those "centers"...Yes, like the one you work at. Oh, I know what you do...forcing kids to go to your center after school and making them do additional work. That's torture in its cruelest form.

...You know, on second thought, maybe I will stick around for a while...just to keep an eye on you. Might as well make sure you don't ruin any more children's lives...

Comments

[creature_conundrum]

Yeah, but look at it this way. A meme here, a musebox there, suddenly your mun's goin' "Hey, this is pretty cool. Is there a more permanent gig I could get in on?" and suddenly you're movin' on up. Seen it more times than I can count.

[numbuh_one]

...Has that happened with you?

[creature_conundrum]

Couple'a near misses, nothing concrete. But I've been with my mun for a dog's age, so there's a lot of secondhand experience there.

[numbuh_one]

Hmm...I really doubt my mun's planning on putting me anywhere. But I suppose I'm just going to have to wait and see.

[creature_conundrum]

Yeah, that's a good plan, and I got th'feelin' you like good plans. Something usually happens, before too long, because hey.

Everything changes eventually.

[numbuh_one]

...Not always for the better, though.

[creature_conundrum]

It only looks like that at first. It ain't over til it's over; everything else is progress.

[numbuh_one]

...I guess...

[creature_conundrum]

Okay, a little quest then. Let's see what happens innnnnn, oh, two months. If I'm right, I'm right. If I'm wrong, I owe you.

Deal?

[numbuh_one]

...Owe me what?

[Careful, Nigel. You sound interested.]

[creature_conundrum]

Whaddya got in mind?

[Ttark. Ttark no.]

[numbuh_one]

Well...We're betting that my mun will put me somewhere, right? Have an adventure...If she doesn't, I'd say you owe me an adventure. Wouldn't you?

[creature_conundrum]

Perfect! So it's a deal, then?

[numbuh_one]

...Yeah, all right. It's a deal.

[creature_conundrum]

Cool! See you in two months then, compadre.