#8: Dr. Horrible's Babysitting Service

[horrible_phd]

[Video Post]

[A teenage boy is shown, looking rather small for his age, which is 16.  He is wearing a lab coat that is clearly too long, and looking slightly confused.]



[The boy says the following to the camera.]

Uh, hi.  I'm not really sure what's going on here, and at first I thought I was dreaming, but now I don't know.  Anyway, I know that this is the City and I live here for now...and maybe there was a party last night?  I also know how to work this thing, I think, so you can see me.  I really like computers. 

Anyway, there are a lot of children today and most of you sound kind of lost, even though I'm pretty sure some of you belong here.  Right now I'm in the lobby of Building 11 with some snacks I found in the fridge so if you want you can come by here, or call me if you need help.  I don't babysit much, but I have a couple of younger cousins. 

[ooc:  Well, Billy is very protective of children.  The curse muddled his thinking somehow, so he has vague memories of the city and his adult life and he kind of knows who people are, but has trouble focusing on it.  He probably won't remember much of this tomorrow.

I'm so excited that I got to use Doogie Howser pictures!  He even has a widdle lab coat, d'awwww.  Action for anyone who needs babysitting/wishes to gawk at bitty!horrible.]

Comments

[somekindofsin.livejournal.com]

Oh. That's sad, everyone being incompetent all at once.

Not that you're incompetent! At least you have food--may I have some? Please? I'll sit quietly in the corner and not say a word, I promise.

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

It seems to be a case of everyone being little kids at once.

Of course you can have some. And you don't have to be quiet, even. Do you normally have to be quiet to get food?

[somekindofsin.livejournal.com]

Most of them have amnesia, too. Does that happen a lot here?

Thank you! No, I don't, but I thought I should be exceptionally good since you're a stranger.

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

How much do you remember? I remember some things, like I should be a little older, but it's fuzzy. Weird stuff happens all the time here.

Well, it's good to have manners. Nice change from Jack.

[somekindofsin.livejournal.com]

I remember that I came here a couple of days ago--I was grown up then--and there were people who said they knew me, but I didn't know them, and then Sir Hellsing, who's really a girl, let me live with her, although she has a very strange family and there's a parasitic creature that lives in someone's hand.

Jack? Who's Jack?

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

Huh. Well, then. It seems like you remember that a lot.

I don't know who Jack is usually, but today he is eight years old and insisting on using knives and the stove. He lives with Toshiko and Buffy and Dawn and Tara and their pets.

[somekindofsin.livejournal.com]

He could put someone's eye out, or burn down houses!

I don't know those people. Do they have a cage for their pets? They could put Jack in it.

[horrible-phd.livejournal.com]

I don't think he would fit. Also, I don't think the birds will like it. Don't worry about it. There's a grown up who lives there, she was just out shopping for a while.

[somekindofsin.livejournal.com]

Oh, well. She'll take care of it, so long as he doesn't poke her eye out.