It's time to meet Past, the cute little Christmas spirit counterpart of Nurp-Naut and the Ghost of Christmas Past.
Summary: Ever since Krader died seven years ago, Flain has been always greedy over money, gold and jewelry on Christmas for his precious daughter, Inferna. But when he is visited by three spirits, will greedy Flain change his ways? Or will he and Inferna become ghosts in chains and end up like Krader.
Mixels is created by John Fang and David P. Smith and is owned by Lego and Cartoon Network.
A Christmas Carol is written and owned by Charles Dickens.
Inferna (Flain's daughter), Past, Present and Future (the Christmas Spirit counterparts of the Orbitons who are based on the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future from A Christmas Carol), the Charmaniacs, the Charmaniacs 2.0, the (upcoming) Charmaniac Cousins (who are gonna be girls), the PF10 Cragsters, the (upcoming) PF10 Cragster Cousins (who are gonna be boys), the (upcoming) PF10 Glowkies (who are gonna be girls), the (upcoming) PF10 Frosticons (who are gonna be girls), the (upcoming) PF10 Infernites (who are gonna be girls), Slasher (Krader's older brother), Kradums, Lovesmo and Shuffles (the clones of the Cragsters) the PF10 Predasparks, Nightmare, Black-Willow, Chicky, Rodney, Bandit, Klinkuhi (my Klinker OC who is based on Haruhi Suzumiya), Galaxine (Rokit and Meltus's lovechild/friend) and Mesmo Jr are my Mixels OCs and are owned by me. I also own the idea and concept.
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Chiyo, Angel, Hikaru and Glowley are owned by InferniteAura21.
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The Christmites are owned by WickidlyStrange13.
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The Steamerpuffs, the Auraras and the Shoutouts are owned by ZootyCutie.
Mixels Christmas Carol
Chapter 3: The Ghost of Christmas Past
[Background music: Lillium (Piano Version) - Elfen Lied]
An hour after his encounter with the ghost of Krader, Flain was ready for bed and checking every part of his room for a sign of ghosts. After looking in the closet and in the dresser, the Infernite leader got ready to get into bed. However, he stopped short before looking under the bed before frowning.
Flain: "Spirits? Pfft!" (climbing into bed with his sleeping daughter)
With that said, he closed the fireproof bed curtains, lays a sleeping Inferna next to him, tucks himself in, covered himself and Inferna with a white fireproof bedsheet and and went to sleep. A few hours into his and his daughter's sleep, Flain was too deep asleep to notice something appear in his room. A silhouetted figure had flown to the nightstand. At reaching the nightstand, the figure held a megaphone.
Smiling, it whistled into its megaphone and tapped its finger against one of the bells of the alarm clock on the side table. This caused the bell to ding and the sleeping Infernite to grunt and turn in his sleep. However, it didn't make him wake up. It woke up Inferna though.
The silhouette gave a 'Hmph' and levitated towards the bed as he gave out a bright white angelic glow. Inferna became curious, so she crawled out from underneath the sheet and peeked through the curtains as she saw a figure floating in midair. It was a ghostly Mixel that looked like Nurp-Naut with no legs, a silver megaphone on his hand, small light blue hands, a light blue underbite with two teeth pointing up, a silver face with one dopey eye with a blue pupil, a flame above his head, a silky white robe with light blue squigly lines around the edges of the the robe's sleeves and bottom and a light blue heart on the center and silver eyelids, and a set of two eyes with blue pupils and a curl of black hair at the back of his head.
Inferna: (curious) "Who are you?"
Naut-like Spirit (in Naut's voice): "Well, child, if you must know, I am on of three spirits that's visiting your father tonight, in other words..." (switches heads)
Nurp-like Spirit (in Nurp's voice): "I'm the ghost." (giggles until he switches heads)
The spirit (in elder form) clears his throat. Then, Inferna closes the curtains, crawls back in towards Flain and was kneeling under the sheet.
Inferna (under the sheet): (whispers to Flain) "Daddy, wake up."
Flain (under the sheet): (wakes up off-screen; tired tone) "What is it, Inferna?"
Inferna (under the sheet): "I saw it, daddy."
This made Flain sit up with the sheet still covering him and Inferna.
Flain (under the sheet): "Who?"
Inferna (under the sheet): "I saw a ghost. He is waiting for you."
Flain (under the sheet): (confused) "Huh?"
Flain took the sheet off of himself and Inferna and opened the curtains as he saw the spirit waiting for him.
Naut-like Spirit: "Well, it's about time! I haven't got all night, you know."
Flain: "Naut?"
Naut-like Spirit: "I am not who you call Naut." (switches heads)
Nurp-like Spirit: "Didn't your friend, Krader warn you I'd be here?"
This made Flain realize.
Flain: "Tell me...are you the spirit whom I was told was going to visit me tonight?"
Nurp-like Spirit: "I am."
Flain: "But you're just a baby. Plus, you remind me of Nurp."
The spirit (in infant form) switches to his elder form.
Naut-like Spirit: (stern) "I can remember every 1900 years. There's this new thing, it's called multi-tasking! You see, Flain, I can spontaneously be an elder, a baby and a spirit, just like you, Flain, are a father, the leader of the Infernites and..." (switches heads)
Nurp-like Spirit: "A greedy miser and a jerk." (switches heads)
Naut-like Spirit: (calm) "I am the Ghost of Christmas Past, but you can call me..." (switches heads)
Nurp-like Spirit: "Past!" (giggles)
Flain: "Oh. For a minute there, I thought you'd be taller."
That rude remark didn't go over Past's head. At hearing that, his eyes widened a bit in anger before he short him a very stern glare. Then Past switched to his elder form.
(Elder) Past: (stern) "Listen, Flain, if Mixels were measured by kindness, you'd be no bigger than a single speck of dust!" (switches heads)
[Background music: Anji - Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni OST]
(Infant) Past: (glaring at Flain) "Naughty Flain! You should be a shamed of yourself!" (smacks Flain in the head) "Bad!" (smacks Flain again) "Bad!" (smacks Flain one more time) "BAD!"
Inferna: (worried) "Daddy!"
Flain: (glaring) "Dude, quit it!"
[Background music: Lillium (Piano Version) - Elfen Lied (continue)]
The spirit (in infant form) switches to his elder form.
(Elder) Past: "I know it hurts, but you'll get used to it."
Flain: (stern) "Okay, so what business brought you here?"
(Elder) Past: "Isn't it obvious?" (switches heads)
(Infant) Past: "Your welfare." (giggles)
Unhappy with that remark, Flain glared at Past, who now switched into his elder form.
(Elder) Past: "Okay, your salvation then; It's time to begin your lesson, starting with the beginning." (switches heads)
(Infant) Past: "Let's take a stroll down memory lane."
Flain rolled his eyes at this and yawned as he held his daughter.
Flain: (uncaring tone) "Why bother? I'm already haunted by my past."
Then, he closed the curtain, tucked his daughter and himself back into bed and covered himself and Inferna with the sheet.
Past just flew towards the window.
(Elder) Past: "Well, you never always thought that. Now, come along, Flain. It's time to go."
Cut to the sheet-covered Flain and Inferna
Flain (under the sheet): (in a stern tone) "Then go."
Inferna (under the sheet): "Daddy, I think he's serious."
Flain (under the sheet): "Oh yeah? Then what is he gonna do?"
Cut to Past...
(Elder) Past: "You'll see."
Of course, Past headed for the window for a different reason besides leaving. Upon reaching it, he opened the window, letting some snow blow in along with a cold wind, which had opened the bed curtains. The sound of the wind blowing in caught Flain's attention. He quickly got the sheet off of him and Inferna and sat up with a jolt in looked in Past's direction.
Flain: (shocked) "Past! What the mix you doing?!"
(Elder) Past: "Why, we are going to visit your past!"
Flain hopped out of bed and nervously approached the window, carrying his daughter.
Flain: "And if I refuse?"
(Elder) Past: (worried) "Oh please, don't let the kid-" (switches heads)
[Background music: Anji - Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni OST (continue)]
(Infant) Past: (stern) "'Naughty Flain, you're going wether you like it or not!" (switches heads)
(Elder) Past: (to his infant self) "Now, kid, let me reason with him." (switches heads)
(Infant) Past: Past want Flain to go with us NOW! (switches heads)
Flain and Inferna look at each other in confusion.
(Elder) Past: (to Flain, begging) "Please say "yes" already!" (switches heads)
[Record scratch heard off-screen as music stops]
(Infant) Past: (in a near-demonic voice with large golden shockwaves coming from his mouth that shake the environment) "YOU'RE COMING!"
[Background music: Lillium (Piano Version) - Elfen Lied (repeat)]
Flain: (slightly annoyed) "Alright, already." (worried) "But what about my daughter."
(Infant) Past: (in his regular voice, smiling) "She's coming too." (giggles)
Flain: (shocked) "Are you crazy?! I'm not going out that way with Inferna!"
(Infant) Past: "Why not?"
Flain: "Became I'm still a mortal. If I do, I'll fall and get myself and Inferna killed!"
Inferna: (worried) "Daddy, I'll be fine."
Past switches to his elder form.
(Elder) Past: "Don't worry, you'll be fine. Just touch my hand and you and your daughter will fly."
Flain: (worried) "You sure about that?"
(Elder) Past: "Positive."
[Background music: Septette For the Dead Princess - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]
Flain hesitate but then touch Past's hand as Inferna holds Flain's hand. To his and Inferna's surprise, the three begins to rise up as if flying without wings or an airplane. As the three prepare to leave, they flew right out the window, up in the air. As they flew over the streets of Mixel Land, Flain yelped with each turn Past took around buildings and chimneys as Inferna held on tight. At one point, they flew through a cloud, resulting them in being covered by it. The Infernite leader and his daughter coughed a bit as it cleared away before Flain looked down and lets out a yelp of fright as he held on tight to Past.
This behavior made Past switch into his infant form and let a giggle from the baby spirit.
(Infant) Past: "Why so frightened, Flain? I thought you enjoyed looking down on the world?" (switches heads)
(Elder) Past: (to his infant self) "Quiet, you!" (switches heads)
(Infant) Past: (mutters) "Lousy, rotten, sassin' frassin', no good murp monkey." (switches heads)
(Elder) Past: "Well, we're here!"
[Background music: Traverse Town - Kingdom Hearts OST]
The three landed on the street near a school. As soon as they landed, Flain picked up Inferna as he walked over to a building, the sign on top reading 'Mixel Land Elementary' and the lights on inside.
Flain: (grinning) "Hey, I remember this place!"
(Elder) Past: "Do you?" (followed Flain over to the window)
Flain: "Yeah!" (wipes a screen to look clearly inside the building) "It's my old school! I used to go there! And all of my best friends!" (scanning the crowd of Mixel children)
(Elder) Past: "Before you ask, these are but shadows of the things that have been. They cannot see or hear us. They cannot sense our presence here either."
The Infernite leader rolled his eyes and took notice of somebody in the corner. Why, it was none other than himself, except younger and about six years old.
Flain: "And... and that shy, little Mixel in the corner; that's me!"
(Elder) Past: (stern) "Yes. That was before you became a miserable miser, consumed by greed."
Flain: "Well, nomixel's perfect." (shrugged)
Inferna: "Daddy, are you sad?"
[Song: The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku DEAD END - cosMo (feat. Miku Hatsune); sang by Past Flain]
Past Flain was singing 'The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku' by VOCALOID's own Miku Hatsune sadly while looking down a bit (thankfully, he had studied Japanese on the first day of elementary school).
Child!Past Flain: Katsute utau koto
Anna ni tanoshikatta no ni
Ima wa doushite ka na
Nani mo kanjinakunatte
Past Flain looked at the other young Mixels that were given jobs and tasks decorating the Christmas tree, leaving little Flain left own.
Natsukashii kao omoidasu tabi sukoshi dake anshin suru
Utaeru oto hi goto ni heri semaru saigo ni...
"Shinjita mono wa
Tsugou no ii mousou wo kurikaeshi utsushidasu kagami
Utahime wo yame tatakitsukeru you ni sakebu..."
Saikousoku no wakare no uta
"Mamotta MONO wa
Akarui mirai gensou wo misenagara kiete yuku HIKARI
Oto wo gisei ni
Subete wo tsutaerareru nara..."
Asshuku sareta wakare no uta
Past Flain looked at a photo of his mother and father, who were never around for the holidays and starts sobbing.
Child!Past Flain: (shedding tears) "I don't wanna be alone... I want a family."
Past Flain walks away and continues crying, making Present Flain shed tears as Inferna began to cry. Past began to explain.
(Elder) Past: "By the time it was Christmas..."
Flain: (sad) "The school became abandoned."
(Elder) Past: "Yes, but not quite deserted. A solitary child, one neglected by his friends, is there still." (switches heads)
(Infant) Past: "That's you! Silly Infernite."
[Background music: Traverse Town - Kingdom Hearts OST (continue)]
Past switches to his elder form and notices a tear on Flain's face.
(Elder) Past: "Is that a tear I see on your cheek?"
Indeed, tears of sadness are coming down Flain's cheek, making him yelp as he wipe it away.
Flain: (worried) "Err, nothing. Just something in my eye."
(Elder) Past: "It seems you wanted to make friends to give you the love that your always-absent parents never gave you."
Flain: "What is that supposed to mean?"
Past switched to his infant side.
(Infant) Past: (glaring) "Naughty Flain, you were a brat!"
Flain: (stern) "No I'm not."
Inferna: (worried) "Uh, daddy..."
Cut to Past Lunk decorating a Christmas tree.
Child!Past Lunk: "Merry Christmas, Flain. Heheheheh..."
Child!Past Flain: "Don't start with me!" (pushes Past Lunk's tree)
Child!Past Lunk: (worried) "Ouuuughhhh! Now I'm going to have to start all over again...
Flain: (shocked) "Oh schnixel, I really was a brat."
(Infant) Past: "You are indeed, that is why you are a bad Mixel." (switches heads)
(Elder) Past: "Flain, you have to see things from the point of view of other Mixels."
Flain: (worried) "Who cares about other Mixels? What about my daughter, Inferna?"
Inferna: "I don't know if I'm confused or not
(Elder) Past: "Let's try another Christmas ten years later, shall we?" (snaps his fingers)
[Background music: Welcome to Wonderland - Kingdom Hearts OST]
Flain, Inferna and Past are teleported into the Christmas when he was sixteen years old. They were at a Christmas party at the gymnasium at Mixel High on Christmas Eve.
Flain: (realizes) "Now I remember this place." (smiles) "This was the party I threw on Christmas Eve because my parents let me throw a Christmas party at Mixel High."
(Elder) Past: "Exactly. You seem a lot happier during the holidays as a teenager."
Cut to many teenage Mixels are dancing and chatting. Past Flain arrives while the others cheer. He grabs a microphone and taps on it, a feedback sound is heard.)
Teenage!Past Flain: (smiling) "Welcome, Mixel dudes and dudettes, to the Mixel High Annual Christmas Party! Dusk has fallen! The lamplighters are working. It is definitely Christmas Eve all right."
Flain: "Oh, I was someone special. Hard and ruthless as a rose petal."
Teenage!Past Flain: "Okay, everyone, time for the party to start!"
Flain: "Now I remember. It's the Mixel High Annual Christmas Party! These parties are always the best!"
Teenage!Past Flain: "Folks, can I have your attention for a moment?" (concerned)
Past Zorch and Past Burnard stood next to Flain, chuckling a bit at their poor leader's attempts to get the folks' attention.
Teenage!Past Flain: "Folks, can I have your attention please?"
Of course, the folks kept on talking, not paying attention to Flain's pleads of quiet. Looks like he will never get any word out; Just then, the Past Wiztastics appear.
[Record scratch heard off-screen as music stops]
Teenage!Past Magnifo: "QUIET!"
Everyone else in the room quiets down, startled by the Wiztastic's voice.
Teenage!Past Magnifo: (calm) "Thank you!"
Teenage!Past Flain: "Much better. Ahem. Like I was saying before, welcome to the Mixel High Annual Christmas Party." (smiling) "At this time of the party itself, it is time for me to make a little speech."
Teenage!Past Zorch: "As well as tradition for us to take a little nap," (he and Burnard laugh a bit)
Flain: (bored tone) "Typical Zorch."
Inferna giggles.
Teenage!Past Flain: "Pay no attention to those two, they're idiots. Ahem, my speech." (takes out a piece of paper before reading from it) "Here is the Christmas speech. 'Thank you all and Merry Christmas'." (puts the paper on the floor)
Past Zorch and Past Burnard looked surprised and dumbstruck.
Teenage!Past Zorch: "That was your speech?!"
Teenage!Past Burnard: (complaining) "It was dumb!"
Teenage!Past Zorch: (stern) "It was obvious!"
Teenage!Past Burnard: "It was pointless!"
Teenage!Past Zorch: "It was..."
Teenage!Past Burnard: "Short." (laughs a bit)
Teenage!Past Zorch and Teenage!Past Burnard: "I loved it!" (laughs)
Teenage!Past Vulk: (arrives) "Enough with the speeches already! Let's dance!"
Teenage!Past Flain: "This is Vulk to start the party!" (to Past Vulk) "Hit it!"
[Background music: Hikari (Orchestral) - Kingdom Hearts OST]
Past Vulk went to a DJ as classical music played in the background.
Teenage!Past Flain: "Pleasure having you here as always at the party. Enjoy yourself!"
Teenage!Past Teslo: "Uh, excuse me? Flain? A moment if you please." (concern, looking over the accounts with Past Flain) "I have been checking the accounts out. Do you believe how much the firm is spending for this party?"
Little!Past Scorpi: (squeaks in agreement)
Teenage!Past Flain: "Guys, come on, this is Christmas, a time for generosity!" (takes the papers from Past Teslo and tosses them away) "Just stop complaining and enjoy yourself. Meet some people, go ahead, go ahead; go ahead."
Little!Past Scorpi: (to Vulk) *Gibberish translation: "Vulk, do you mind changing the genre of this song from classical to pop?"*
Teenage!Past Vulk: "You bet!" (switches the music)
[Song: Simple and Clean (PLANITb Remix) - Utada Hikaru]
The crowd, liking this, begins to dance, having fun some more. That classical music may be good, but everyone loves pop music, even Past Gobba.
Preteen!Past Gobba: (dances) "Boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom-boom-boom!"
You're giving me
Too many things
Lately...
You're all I need
You smiled at me
And said... *echo fade*
"Don't get me wrong I love you.
But does that mean I have to meet your father?"
When we are older you'll understand
What I meant, when I said "No,
I don't think life is quite that simple."
When you walk away
You don't hear me say
"Please, oh baby, don't go."
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go
[Song switches to the Japanese version]
Donna ni yokutta-tte
Shinjikirenai ne
Sonna toki datte
Soba ni iru kara
Kimi to iu [you] hikari ga watashi wo mitsukeru
Mayonaka ni
Motto hanasou yo
Mokuzen no ashita no koto mo
Terebi [television] keshite
Watashi no koto dake wo...
Might ite yo
[Song switches to the English version]
Hold me
Whatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on
Regardless of warnings
The future doesn't scare me at all
Nothing's like before
Cut to Present Flain, Inferna and Past.
Flain: (sighing happily) "Man, I can't believe I forgot how much I had so much fun..."
Inferna: "I like this memory. I didn't know it would be such a blast."
Past (in his elder form) simply smiled at hearing that as he closed his eye. However, upon opening it to look at the Infernite leader. his smile shifted into a grim look.
(Elder) Past: "It may be fun... until the murp happened."
Flain: (confused) "What do you mean?"
[Record scratch heard off-screen as music stops]
The doors opened as a familiar Cragster, younger before his demise, came out.
Teenage!Past Krader: (looking everywhere; frantic) "Flain, where you? Me need you!"
[Background music: Welcome to Wonderland - Kingdom Hearts OST (continue)]
Past Flain notices Past Krader in concern and confusion and Present Flain and Inferna noticed him as well
Flain: "Look, its Krader, my old Cragster compadre when he was alive! How does this relate to the murp?"
Past switches to his infant side.
(Infant) Past: You'll see." (giggles)
Cut to Past Flain coming towards Past Krader.
Teenage!Past Flain: "What is it, Krader?"
Teenage!Past Krader: (worried) "It Nixels! They invading Mixel High again! This time, on Christmas!"
Teenage!Past Flain: (worried) "That's bad."
[Background music: Encounter - Kingdom Hearts II OST]
Teenage!Past Krader: "WORSE! LOOK!"
Past Flain and Present Flain look outside and sees a Nixel invasion coming.
Flain and Teenage!Past Flain: (shocked) "Aw schnixel!"
Teenage!Past Krader: (to Past Flain) "Luckily, me did find something."
Teenage!Past Flain: (confused) "What is it?"
Teenage!Past Krader: (holds out a cubit) "Cubit!"
Flain: (horrified) *Thinking: "Oh no... Now I remember... No! Don't touch the cubit!"*
However, Past Flain touched the cubit and both Past Flain and Past Krader are mixed and...
Teenage!Past Flain and Teenage!Past Krader (off-screen): "Murp!"
The Flain/Krader Murp appeared. The Flain/Krader Murp resembles Krader with two strange-looking eyes that neither Flain nor Krader have, Flain's beak with Krader's bucked teeth sticking out, a hint of gold on the right side of the Flain/Krader Murp's body, Flain's head prongs on the left side, Krader's left arm as his right arm, one of Flain's arm as his left arm and feet that resemble Krader's feet with Flain's toes.
Flain/Krader Murp: (cross-eyed, blew a raspberry)
Cut to Present Flain, Inferna and Past...
(Infant) Past: (giggles until he switches heads)
(Elder) Past: "See what I mean?"
Flain: (shocked) "I couldn't believe what I've seen."
(Elder) Past: "I know, but luckily, the other Mixels took care of that Nixel problem. Let's go further, shall we?"
Flain: (stern) "Good. Let's hope it's not as horrible as the last."
[Background music: Ai - Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni OST]
Past snaps his fingers as he, Flain and Inferna are teleported to the Magma Wastelands a few weeks before Krader died seven years ago. Also, they were at Flain's house.
Flain: (worried) "Why did you brought me here?"
Flain's voice (off-screen): "Nine thousand nine hundred seventy-two."
The three turned to a nearby desk with piles of gold coins layered atop it. Behind the desk was an older yet still younger Flain counting his coins while Inferna's past-self was taking a nap.
Past!Flain: "Nine thousand-" (he was about to put another coin on the pile)
Krader's voice (off-screen): "Flain..."
The younger Infernite leader stopped short and looked past the stacks of gold coins to see Krader standing at his desk. Flain frowned a bit at seeing him.
Past Flain: (stern) "What now?"
Past Krader: (concerned) "Why you have to care for your daughter so much, Flain? It like you shut everymixel out. Now, me must know. Why you shut me out?"
Past Flain just glared at Past Krader, shuffling the coins he was holding as he growled a bit before speaking up.
Past Flain: "Oh I'll tell you why."
As he, Inferna and Past looked on, Flain looked shocked as he knew what was to happen.
Past Flain: "Your last payment on my assistance was an hour late." (he unrolled a contract with a bold "FORECLOSED" on the front) "The deal's off! I'm foreclosing the contract!"
Past Krader gasped in horror on hearing this before a look of dismay and sadness appeared on his face as he started walking away, crying, forever heartbroken. He wanted Flain's trust, and he had been given a foreclosure notice. As he watched his biggest regret, the older Flain looked down in shame as he hugged his crying daughter. Past, who switched into his elder form, only glared at him very sternly.
(Elder) Past: "You loved your money more than your best friend and you lost him forever, which is the reason why he died seven years ago."
Krader's voice (echoing in Flain's head): "There no hope..." (sad eerie tone) "Me doomed! DOOMED!" (chain-rattling sound was heard) "And it all your fault why me died! Because of what happened seven years ago!"
Flain looked back up to see Past Krader opening the door to his house, but just as he was about to step out, he looked to the younger Flain with tears of anger in his eyes. He was more concerned with counting his money than he was with seeing the Cragster leader go.
Past Flain: "Nine thousand nine hundred seventy-"
Before Past Flain could finish, Past Krader left the shop, slamming the door behind him. The force of the door being slammed was so hard that it literally shook the entire place. In the process, all of his coins were knocked off the desk and made a big mess.
Past Flain: "...Three." (tosses the gold coin he was holding away)
Cut to Present Flain, Present Inferna and Past...
Inferna: "I was there, but I was sleeping.
Flain: (to Past; worried) "Dude, why do you torture me?"
(Elder) Past: "It's Dickens!"
Flain: (stern) "Dickens my foot." (sad) "Please, Past! Haunt me no longer and take me and Inferna home! I don't wanna bear those memories anymore!"
(Elder) Past: (nodding sadly) "Very well, Flain. But remember, these are the shadows of the things that has been, they are what they are. In other words..." (switches heads)
(Infant) Past: "You created these memories yourself."
The first spirit's words echoed as everything faded away to darkness as everything went black for Flain and Inferna.
Well, that's Past with his cute infant side and his supportive elder side. Pretty sweet, eh?