Case 191

[manofgnee]

Well, that was a...weird week. Sort of cool, though. All those different places...wonder what happens to all the scavenger hunt stuff. Probably something weird, dunno...oh well.

What better way to top off a weird week than with the visitors curse! Greetings, visitors! Don't worry, this is probably temporary. Don't touch anything suspicious looking and don't go Underground, you'll be fiiine.

Hey, Worth! Lamont! Conrad, Veser, Toni, Jacques, if you guys are here, come say hi! It'd be really good to see you all again.

Comments

[feorge]

"Don't touch" and "Don't go," huh? Sounds like an invitation to me.

[If only he could find George. They'd be all over this "Underground."]

[jeilovesyou.livejournal.com]

[Look, a bespectacled redhead, like you! Only this one's of the female variety. She's grinning ecstatically at you!]

Ohmigosh! Hanna! You're Hanna!

[skeezier.livejournal.com]

Better be in one piece this time, 'cos I ain't fixin' yer pasty ass again.

[venomouselle.livejournal.com]

I thought I was done here.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

[And he is dumbfounded but he can't help but grin.]

Hee, yes I am!

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

I am, I promise! No ghosts or demons or anything this time! You can even check if you don't believe me, and you probably don't.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Sorry...just when you think you're out, they drag you back in.

HOLY CRAP ITS FRED.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, what can I say?

I like how you think. Sounds like me, actually. I just say that because it's sort of an obligation. I'm Hanna.

[jeilovesyou.livejournal.com]

Hi!

[You get enthusiastic two-handed waving now.]

My name's Jami Jo! You can call me Jei if you want, though. I totally love you!

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Y-you do? Wha--really?

[Stunned. Just...just stunned.]

Hi, Jei...Nice to meet you.

[jeilovesyou.livejournal.com]

Yeah, really really! You're kind of the best.

[She's at least somewhat aware that she's being abrupt and weird, but SHE CAN'T SEEM TO STOP. It's a problem.]

Nice to meet you too! This is totally crazy. Look at you! You're you!

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

No, no, it's okay! I mean, yeah, I am me, and you're you, and it's only crazy because I don't think I've ever had a fan before, given how many times I screw up things.

The one and only. :D

[feorge]

Fred Weasley. Entepreneur of all things devious and dastardly. I reckon this Underground is in dire need of some venturing, aye?

[jeilovesyou.livejournal.com]

Well, first time for everything! I'm sure there'll be more, though. Nobody gets stuff right a hundred percent of the time, and most people wouldn't even be willing to try to do what you do. So you're kind of a hero by default!

[audio]

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Hanna! I don't know if I should be happy you're still here--I mean, I am, because I wouldn't get to talk to you if you weren't--or bummed because you're still not home! How're the dogs doing? They're all grown, right? And the sheep?

[pause for breath]

...And this is Penny. Sorry. Hi! That's how I should've started.

*LOVE AND ADORATION*

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Devious and dastardly, very nice!

Oh, you would be correct sir! They have some really neat stuff down there, including the world's most messed up circus! And that's saying something.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Really?

Nobody's ever called me a hero before...

[audio]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Penny! Oh, it's great to see you again, how have you been? We all miss you here!

I mean, being here is a mixed blessing, as you know. The dogs are doing really well, and so are the sheep. I bet they'd love to say hi to you!

[jeilovesyou.livejournal.com]

No way, never ever? well, I'll tell 'em all if I have to! Spread the word far and wide that you're like the coolest ever! It'll be legendary. Just you watch.

Say, how do you feel about muffins?

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Wow...Thanks...!

Oh, muffins! I like muffins!

[jeilovesyou.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about us, man! We're a minority, a dying breed. We gotta stick together, stand up for each other, that sorta thing. [As for what 'minority' or 'dying breed' she's talking about, you'll pretty much have to guess. She doesn't seem to be especially explain-y right now.]

Oh, good! I love muffins, they're the best! As it happens, I was arranging a muffin basket when I got whisked away to... here. And that came with me, so I have rather a lot? [She holds up said basket. It is quite large, and quite full of muffins with colourful wrappings.] I've kind of got a variety here-- blueberry, raspberry, bran, pumpkin.. and then some weirder ones, like this one is made with matcha, and these here are bergamot-poppyseed. You can take your pick if you want, 'cause there's lots!

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

[Woah, muffins!]

Wow, those look really good! Did you make all of these?

I thiiink I'mm try the bergamot-poppyseed.

[jeilovesyou.livejournal.com]

Yup, I made 'em! [She is almost SHINING WITH PRIDE.]

Good choice! Well, I hope so anyway. They're kind of experimental, but they at least smell good. [She plucks one out of the basket and holds it out to him eagerly.]

[stilluphere.livejournal.com]

What exactly is supposed to be in this 'underground'?

I have been to a fair number of undergrounds in my day, and I'm not sure what the hullabaloo is all about.

[audio]

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

I've been great! Busy, but being dead isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be. I do miss you guys, though!

I hear the blessings have been extra-mixed lately. Visiting worlds, zombies, harpies...? That sounds wild. In a bad way. Oh, but the sheep! I'd love to see them--and you, of course, if you're not too busy being mobbed by visitors.