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[invisibill.livejournal.com]

[A messy-haired teenage boy suddenly appears on the plane and looks around curiously.]

Okay, this definitely a good news bad news moment. The good news? What there is of it? I'm still alive. Well, I'm not any more dead than I was already. And I was definitely having some doubts after the whole freaky twin thing. The bad news? Which kind of totally trumps the good news. I think I'm stranded. Why can't I ever get stranded in normal places? I mean, I could totally handle getting stuck at a bus stop or airport. Nice normal places. Why is it always some kind of endless void? Or possibly outer space? Same difference, really. Though I have to admit the scenery is a huge improvement over the ghost zone.

In retrospect, entering that shop with the weird-o twins might not have been the smartest thing I have ever done. Note to self, I have got to stop jumping into these places without looking first.

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[invisobillity.livejournal.com]

[Have a second messy-haired teenage boy approach him from behind. Gee whiz, he sure looks/sounds familiar from over here!]

Well, this place isn't all that bad. At least you can leave and go back if you want to.

[no-wait-gold.livejournal.com]

I know right? When things go bad, it's always in like the weirdest way possible.

But trust me, this place isn't as weird as some.

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

Well, that's promis-

[As he spoke Danny twisted around to see the speaker...and saw himself?]

...Let me guess, the fruitloop decided to make another try at the cloning plan. How many of you are there this time?

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

No kidding. Usually at the worst time too.

...If this place is normal I'd hate to see what you consider weird.

[invisobillity.livejournal.com]

[He'd ask you all sorts of questions about what you just said--fruit loops? Clones?--but he's too busy staring at your/his face.]

Wait a--

You're me?! How does that work? How can there be two Danny Fentons at the same time?!

I mean...you are Danny Fenton, right?

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

Of course I am. The one and only. Except apparently not.

Wait, are you saying you're a real Danny Fenton too? Not a clone or copy or anything?

...Am I stuck in an alternate universe again?

[invisobillity.livejournal.com]

A clone? What are you talking about? Of course I'm not a clone, are you nuts?!

--Again? You've been in alternate universe before? Man, you really are crazy--and I'm crazy too! I'm talking to another me who's been to alternate universes--I have got to be crazy.

[mansons.livejournal.com]

[Another Danny? Sam rubs her eyes - maybe she's seeing things? ... Nope, that's him. She allows herself the barest of hope that maybe it's the Danny she knows, and approaches.]

So you found the creepy Twin shop, huh?

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

What's your issue? Honestly, did you completely miss out on the memo about what Mom and Dad were building in the basement or what? And what about that time Dad lost the house in an alternate dimension for a week?

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

[Danny blinks at the familiar face and grins.]

Sam? You're here too? Wherever here is?

[invisobillity.livejournal.com]

What are you talking about? Dad never lost the house in any dimension! He got lost trying to get back to the house, yeah, but he's never actually lost it.

...and what were they building in the basement? They build a lot of stuff in there, you have to be more specific. [And he crosses his arms, frowning slightly.]

[no-wait-gold.livejournal.com]

Well, almost normal. Normal is sitting in front of the TV on Sunday watching the Super Bowl, and then maybe going and saving the world.

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

Dude, the entire house disappeared. Vanished. Went missing. The entire neighborhood saw it happen.

[Danny crosses his arms and scowls right back.]

The ghost portal? You know, the big thing in the wall they worked on for twenty years? Opens into the dimension where all the ghosts live?

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

Saving the world? What do you mean by that?

[no-wait-gold.livejournal.com]

Well, the getup isn't just for costume parties. Supervillains start trying to do shit, and the superheroes stop them. I could give examples, but I think it's kind of self explanatory.

[invisobillity.livejournal.com]

Really? Then tell me how it just disappeared into thin air, because anything like that can't be possible!

The portal--you mean the hole in the wall that just fizzed out when they plugged it in? Yeah, I remember that--Mom and Dad gave up on trying to prove ghosts existed after that.

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

..... [A rather odd expression appears on Danny's face.]

Yeah, I think I get it. So, are there a lot of these heroes and villains where you come from?

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

[Little bit concerned over Danny going 'More dead than I was already'. It doesn't bring pleasant images to mind. But, at least Danny looks like a nice guy, so Shun will decide he doesn't mean any harm.]

Ghost zone?

[no-wait-gold.livejournal.com]

There are whole societies full of them. I've been in a few, but yeah, I don't think they were for me. I kind of work solo now.

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

You're asking me to explain how our parent's inventions work?

...You mean-

You never went in to fix it?

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

Huh, weird. Don't think I've ever heard of anything like that before.

[invisibill.livejournal.com]

What about it?

[invisobillity.livejournal.com]

[And the major sore point has been punched! Danny at first looks surprised, but then he averts his eyes entirely...and then he realizes what he's doing and just goes back to his frown.]

O-of course I did! Sam convinced me into checking it out. The only thing it did was electrify me.

[no-wait-gold.livejournal.com]

Probably better that way. Some crazy stuff goes on where I come from.

But hey, anyone told you about this place yet?

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

What is it? [He's really hoping Danny isn't talking about Hades or any part of the underworld from his reality.]