13 - A Little Bit Louder, A Little Bit Worse

[doofenstrudel]

[Morning - 1762 Beaver Street]

[The morning was already off to a bad start when Doofenshmirtz realized that his grind guard was missing. Again. Just like that time he got taken to...

Wait. Mayfield. He remembered, now. He'd spent a few months in a horrible 50s town, hadn't he? With zombies and cannibals and zombie cannibals and B-movie monsters and horrifying vampire ladies and milk. Was he there again? Opening one eye and peering out at the world confirmed it. Yup. Not his bedroom. Not his tower. Not his bed, and not...]

Gah!!!

[Not a real person in the bed with him! Now suddenly very awake, he flings himself out of bed and out of the bedroom and down the hall and down the stairs...]

...okay. Okay, yes, plenty of distance, that's quite enough... ooof.

[Well. Here he was. Somewhere horrible, in someone else's pajamas, and hungry. That last part, he was sure he could fix. Best to start small and let the rest come together after that. First he'd make some breakfast, then he'd get all of the other fiddly details like location sorted out.

Housemates, feel free to catch him in the kitchen making pancakes and bacon, or at any point before that.]

[Phone]

So. I, Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz, have been brought back to this terrible place! Apparently they weren't done with me? Ha! I am not done with them! They were kind enough to let me keep some of my things! Kind enough and foolish enough! There will be no delaying or being lazy this time, no no... this town will be feeling my wrath immediately! Ahahahahah!

...oh. Barton? Toni? Gohan? That platypus at my old house? Are any of you still around?

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[Phone]

[soulless_soldier]

...You're back?

[Barton even sounds surprised! On a Barton sort of level though.]

[Phone]

[doofenstrudel]

Apparently!

And you're here! ...well not here-here, you're on the phone, but...

[He trails off, having confused himself a bit.]

How have you been?

[Phone] DAAAAD! DAAAAAD!

[thegreatsaiyaman]

[The voice on the other end of the phone sounds both kind of shocked, and really happy.]

Dad? Is that really you? You're back in Mayfield?

[doofenstrudel]

[....yup, that was Gohan.]

Yes, it's really me... look, we're not even in the same house anymore. You... you don't have to keep calling me that.

Phone

[heartisabattleground]

[Yup, Sora's not really buying this whole, town will feel his wrath thing. After all, with a voice like that?]

What are you planning on doing?

[doofenstrudel]

What am I planning on doing? What am I planning on doing?!

[...he actually hasn't decided yet. Darned kids. Time to improvise.]

I... am already in the planning stages of developing an Inator that will make milk become explosive!

[phone]

[noluckduck]

Hey, I remember ya!

[doofenstrudel]

But of course!

...who are you, again?

[phone]

[princecreepshow]

Shishishi~ Did you miss me that much~?

[phone]

[doofenstrudel]

Ehn... you're the one with the tiara and the knives, right?

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[badend_replay]

[ He might hear some cheerful humming behind him. Humming as a girl, who is 15 now despite her icons, skips down to the kitchen to make breakfast for Rena and her. She stops very suddenly when she hears sounds of another person cooking, which is odd since the drone mother won't be up yet, and she's very cautious when approaching to investigate.

Rika does not say anything immediately. Part of her is disappointed. There is a new man assigned to her family, and it is not the fake father she lived with for over a year. But just as much of her is excited. There's a new man assigned to her family. Her family. ]

M-mi... Sir. Good... [ She's hesitant when starting. How do non-drone children greet their parents? It's been so long since she started playing the "be a good girl in a drone family" game that she's almost forgotten how a normal interaction would go down. ] Good morning, sir...

[doofenstrudel]

[The humming does get his attention, but he doesn't turn around just yet. He's in the middle of a particularly critical point in pancake formation and flipping, and his concentration shouldn't be broken.]

A... ha! Yes! Perfect, perfect....

[You've got to take pride in the small things.

So yes, it's when Rika finally speaks up that Heinz turns partway about. Huh. One of the girls in the picture. And... probably not a drone? She looks a bit timid... but she's being polite. He's used to the young ladies around here being sarcastic, at best.]

Good morning! Looks like they've put me somewhere new. I am Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz!

[There's a pause while he flips a finished pancake onto a plate.]

...would you care for some breakfast?

[Phone]

[captainofthe10th]

Welcome back.

[doofenstrudel]

Garviel! I would say "it's great to be back", but... well. It's not, not so much, no....

How've you been?

[Phone]

[beetlemania]

[At the mad scientist-type laughing, that sound you hear is the sound of someone on the other end of the line facepalming and an exasperated sigh. Ted knows this type.]

Really? Yeah, sure, I'm sure that's going to go just so well for you.

[Phone]

[doofenstrudel]

Hey, it worked fairly well the last time. They only droned me for a few days for the BaldInator incident!

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[A boisterous Irish voice replies.]

"What is this I hear about wrath? I hope you aren't planning on doing anything villainous sir, or I, CADE MASTERS, ADVENTURER, will be forced the thwart you!"

[doofenstrudel]

...I'm a villain. Villainous things are what I do.

[There's a pause.]

If you didn't notice, I plan on being villainous to the town? The ones keeping us here?

[Phone]

[sturmbahnfuhrer]

My! How good it is to hear from you again my friend! It's been quite some time!

[doofenstrudel]

Major! [He extends a surprised sound for a little longer than he ought to be making it. What's there to say, here?]

It... has been a while! ...oh! Oh, when I was sorting through the garage? With my things? Because they've let me keep my things... There were those pictures! From back in October! Are you still interested in a copy?

[Phone]

[hairflyingheartpounding]

...I think the town already has enough wrath, really.

[doofenstrudel]

Really? You do? What, has it gotten worse in the past while?

Phone

[nozomisitter]

Oh hey Dr. Doofenshmirtz, you're back!

[doofenstrudel]

Rin! Yes, apparently I am! And how've you been?

phone

[heartmaestro]

....how do you plan to show them your wrath?

[Not in a mocking tone in the slightest. Seriously. Just. Asking....]

[doofenstrudel]

[Oh great, another person actually wanting to hear his not-yet-finalized plans.]

In a way that they will never expect! Why.. it will be so unexpected, that I will not even be sharing this information over the phone! Ha!

[phone]

[a_crazygirl]

You're back! And not a creepy drone!

[Do you have any idea how weird it was sharing a bed with your drone, Doof, do you.]

[phone]

[doofenstrudel]

Toni!

...it's not like I could help being a creepy drone.

[Phone]

[begintheoperation]

Oh hello Doctor Doofenshmirtz~ My name is Fran Madaraki and from what I've been told I've been here before as well, but I seem to have no memory of my previous visits~ Did we ever work together in the past?

((ooc: I'm the Fran mun who made the tractor cows, but then someone else picked her up and dropped her in between, so I opted to just reset Fran again))

[Phone]

[doofenstrudel]

Hm? Fran Madaraki, Fran Madaraki.... the name's familiar, but no, we haven't collaborated. Although I might not be opposed...

[He sounds cautiously curious.]

((OOC: Aah, the tractor cows! What lovely critters those were. I don't think Fran and Doof had any particular connections in the past... but that just means there can be future ones!))

phone

[vytis]

Oh, you're back? I suppose welcome back isn't exactly the right thing to say about this place. Are you working at the bakery again?

[doofenstrudel]

Judging by the flour on my coat and shoes, I suspect that I'm still working there, yes...

...are you in any hurry to get me back in there? I have so many things to sort out right now....

Phone

[downtoearthpony]

Is that really you, Heinz?

It's really great to hear from you again, though Ah guess it isn't so good you're stuck back here... When you left, it was a little hard to work at the bakery for awhile, but Ah kept at it, and still work there even now!

What about you, how was the trip home for ya?

[doofenstrudel]

Applejack? Ah! Applejack! Yes, of course it's really me! And... yes, yes, it's sort of awkward, isn't it? "Welcome back to this horrible place, we missed you, have some cake...."

[He snorts.]

I was just going to ask if you were still working. Good! I... suppose...

The trip home was... productive. I built some new Inators, I deployed a variety of new plans, Perry the Platypus foiled them... nothing too out of the ordinary.