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

[numbuh_one]

[Well...he can be persistent.]

I suppose it's worth a shot...though I'll have to be careful, because there's no telling what she'll end up doing with me...

[There's just no pleasing some people.]

[the_lion_roller]

Weellll, like I said, muns usually take it easy on the kids. Hopefully you'll just get to do the fun stuff.

[Martin, your idea of "fun" is slightly wonked, but okay.]

[numbuh_one]

...We'll see. I have a feeling that if my mun does decide to do something with me, she's not going to be that easy on me.

[You wound me, Nigel.]

[the_lion_roller]

H'at least if you do get thrown into situations, you'll probably get to see your buddies. That'll be nice, huh?

[numbuh_one]

[A chance to see his friends, huh?]

...Yeah. I guess that wouldn't be so bad...

[the_lion_roller]

There you go! That'll be fun!

[He grins. He means well.]

[numbuh_one]

[the_lion_roller]

By the way, I'm Martin. ...One half of the Kratt Brothers.

[When in doubt...go for introductions.]

[numbuh_one]

...My...friends refer to me as Numbuh One.

[Least his title gives him some of his confidence back.]

[the_lion_roller]

[That's a new one for him so far as names go, but he grins all the same.]

Nice to meet ya, Numbah One.

[numbuh_one]

[...Well, it's close enough. Least he didn't say 'number'.]

So there are two of you?

[the_lion_roller]

[Jersey boy. ...Who may have also hung out in Canada a tad too long, hard to tell.]

Yup! Me and my brother Chris. We're creature adventurers!

[numbuh_one]

...Creature what?

[the_lion_roller]

Creature adventurers!!

[He grins.]

I'm a zoologist, and my brother's a biologist; we travel around the world learning as much as we can about creatures and the places they live in and how they survive in the wild.

[numbuh_one]

Huh...[Sounds something down Numbuh Three's alley.] Interesting...