Kit - Annie will one day find Narnia. She swears it.

Kas - It's such a surprise you wrote Annie. Truly.

Kit - Isn't it just?


A light thump landed on Danny, waking him from his nap. A look showed it to be a happily smiling Annie, "Randy made me drink this nasty juice stuff before he let me come see you, but it's worth it because you're you and perfect."

Danny gave a small smile as he hugged her close, lightly nuzzling at the top of her head. "Hey there, sweetie. What are you doing here?"

"We decided to visit because you guys are the bestest. That and Josh was looking mopey, and when he's mopey, the best thing to cheer him up is Andy. That and I really, really, really, really, really, really missed you." Annie cuddled up to Danny, curling up to him and giving purrs of delight.

"Yeah, sorry about that. I got a little sick. But don't worry, it's almost gone." He ran a hand through her hair as best he could before giving a quiet laugh. "Your hair's a wreck, little wild child."

"Yours is wreckier," Annie huffed, nose wrinkling as she squirmed and wiggled until she was by Danny's head, gently patting his forehead. "'M sorry you're sick. Are you feeling better, though?"

"Now that you're here, I am." He hummed happily, nuzzling against her. "Don't worry. Since you took that drink, you can't get sick, too."

"Kay. I woulda stayed anyways, though," Annie purred, burying her face into Danny's hair and settling down a bit more. "So, so, what's been going on with you all? Have ya gone on any adventures?"

"Not since the last time you visited, sweetie," he chuckled, looking amused. "Have you been on any adventures?"

"Yup! We went on this big long epic adventure of coolness all the way to the marketplace to get some ice cream," Annie grinned, playing with Danny's hair almost absently. "Also, also, also, these creepy animal ghost things attacked, but Josh beat them off with his sword, and he's sooo much better than he used to be! You teaching him and giving him that sword for Christmas was the best, because he really really really loves it and he takes the bestest care of it."

"I'm glad. And what about you? Have you been having any fun?" As he spoke, he pulled the blanket up over her almost absently, tucking it around her before looking content.

"Yup! All that neat stuff you gave us for Christmas is really super neat and the books were really good and my favorite is Narnia. I wanted to go on an adventure to find it, but Josh said I'm still too little. Plus, we don't have any wardrobes to get there." Danny paused, glancing to the closet in their room before grinning at Annie and nudging her towards it.

A tiny little gasp and Annie was scrambling out of bed and bouncing over towards it, walking inside and shutting the door. A few minutes of banging and scrambling and the door was opening, Annie peeking out and frowning. "I can't find it...should we try a dresser thing?"

"Dressers have drawers, though, those won't work," Danny pointed out as he laid back in bed with an amused grin.

"But I don't see any wardrobe thingys!" Annie was flying around the room, a sudden gasp leaving her. "What if it's under the bed!" A flash and she was darting down there, disappearing just as the door opened and Randy was walking in.

"Time for the nasty tonic that you wish to burn." Danny whined, making halfhearted attempts to escape because nooo he hated the stupid tonic and wanted to be rid of it for forever. "I know, I know, but you need to take it to get- ...Wait, I thought Annie-" There was a sudden squeak of pure terror from Randy, Danny looking over to see the man was pulling up a tiny ghostling, who was beaming.

"I shall protect the Danny from the ickiness!"

Danny laughed, a hand covering his mouth. "Alright, sweetie, come on, that's enough torture. He's just trying to help me get better." Annie gave a nod, Randy rolling his eyes as he set the girl in Danny's lap with a sigh. Annie clung to Danny, nuzzling at his chest.

"I couldn't find Narnia, but I did find sparkly things. They were silver, but Randy distracted me before I could see what it was."

"...Annie, sweetheart. No more looking under the bed." Annie whined while Randy checked under the bed himself, pulling out a silver object that turned out to be a bracelet.

"Oh, I wondered where that went." Randy snorted as he set the object down on the bedside table before sitting on the bed, handing Danny the small cup of tonic he had carried in for him. "We need to remember that tiny children visit here."

"And we will, once I'm no longer sick." Danny hummed as he cuddled Annie close, downing the cup and shivering. "Bleck." Annie kissed his cheek, smiling sweetly as she nuzzled at the spot.

"Kisses make everything better." A moment of silence, Randy making a little 'aw' noise as he took the cup back.

"That? That was adorable." Danny seemed to think the same as he nuzzled against her, quietly purring.

"Tiny cutie." Annie purred at the attention, settling down with Danny and seeming quite pleased by everything. Besides, finding Narnia could always wait a little while longer.

"You're not wrong. Also, rejoice, that was the last tonic you need to take. You should be back to 100% within the next two days," Randy grinned, ruffling Danny's hair. "But still take it easy for the next few days and don't push yourself, alright?" Feeling a tug on his pant leg, Randy looked down to Stacy.

"Josh suggested using the glowing flowers in the gardens for Andy's alchemy and now they disappeared to the room downstairs. I think Andy's either going to use Josh as sacrifice, or they're now raising an army of demons."

Danny scoffed as he sat up, his arms crossed in front of him. "And he didn't invite me?!" The teen was changing into his ghost form immediately, and flying out of the room. There was a short pause before he was flying back in and kissing Annie's forehead. Ruffling her hair, he kissed Randy's cheek, and was off again towards the alchemy lab.

"Wha- What did I just say about resting?!" Randy threw his hands up as he followed after them, pausing long enough to set Stacy on the bed and peck her on the forehead. As soon as they were gone, Annie was looking to Stacy.

"Wanna help me find Narnia?"

"Uh, yes."

Down in the basement area, Randy was tiredly entering the alchemy labs, already sounding exhausted. "Andy, please don't sacrifice small children in your alchemy. Stacy and Annie would be upset if Josh suddenly vanished."

"Randy! I would never!" Danny was hovering a foot away, watching Andrew with an inquisitive nature as the man chopped one of the petals from the flower and threw it into the bowl. Andrew grinned at the reaction, scrambling to write it down. "This is new- I wonder if I can make a new element. I most likely can, as none of the current elements involve anything of the ectoplasmic nature, but-"

"What did I originally tell you about making new elements," Randy groaned, collapsing into a seat and sighing tiredly. "This is exhausting. Josh. Josh, why. Why did you have to mention the flowers." Josh only looked down to the bowl of alchemic solution, up to Andrew, and then to Randy as he quietly shrugged. It had seemed like a good idea at the time.

"Imagine it! Being the first to discover a new element- Is ectoplasm an element in itself?!" Randy only looked to Danny, to Andrew, and then sighed as he hid his face in his hands.

"Why did I have to fall in love with mad scientists? Why did I do it?" While Randy rambled to himself and aimed for dramatics, Josh was quietly pulling off three petals of separate flowers, grinding them into powder, and then dropping them into the solution they were working on it. It went from a paste to a liquid. "Uugghh now there's a third one."

Andrew was only grinning sharply, ruffling Josh's hair and hugging him to his chest. "My child." Danny took the bowl, examining the liquid and tilting his head.

"Do these flowers have pollen? How much do we even know about these flowers?" He dipped his little finger into the bowl, and tilted his head, examining the drop.

"...Huh. Your flesh didn't melt." At Josh's quiet comment, Randy was giving him a defeated stare, the child squirming in Andrew's arms before grabbing an array of petals and grinding them up. "From Andy's reaction, you guys probably don't use ghost plants beyond your tonics and eating them. But if you mix these kind, with this, and then add water." Holding up the glass vial, Josh carefully poured a few drops onto the edge of the table. Which started melting. "It's helpful when we change caves."

Andrew shook his head, his smile still wide on his face. "Amazing, and you learned this by yourself?"

"...Was I not supposed to?" Josh quietly added a single purple petal to the solution, the liquid evaporating and dispersing to where the vial was once again empty and completely harmless.

"No, no, it's amazing! I can't believe- And you don't even have your own lab! How did you learn to do that?!" A pause, and a shrug, Josh setting the vial back down.

"There's not much to do, really, and it's better than just...sitting around." Sitting on the table, the child's tail curled around himself tightly. "Thirty years is a long time to learn things." Andrew took Josh's hands in his own with a slightly crazed smile.

"Definitely. So. What other things do you know?" It was at this point Danny was looking just as curious and flying around the lab to gather things, Randy looking utterly defeated.

"How many ghost flowers do you grow around here- Do you keep blood blossoms? You can make an antidote to blood blossom effects if you mix three petals of that, a part of the stem, and then four petals of phantasma flowers."

"We don't, but we definitely should- Maybe keep it in its own contained area, so that it doesn't affect us. Do you know how we could transfer any blood blossom from out in the Zone to here in the gardens?"

Josh was flying around the lab for a bit, coming back with a bright yellow flower with drooping yellowish-orange petals. "This one doesn't do much, but if you crush the petals into a paste and put it on gloves, or your hands, you can pick up blood blossoms and you won't be affected. If you let it soak into fabric, like a bag, you'll be able to keep clipped blood blossoms in it for however long you want without being affected, either."

"Oh. Great. Not only did I fall in love with two mad scientists. The kid is one, too. Perfect. That-" Randy sighed, shaking his head. "Why me." Josh only held out the flower to Andrew, still a bit quiet. Andrew took the flower and followed Josh's directions, grinning at the glowing yellow paste.

"Danny, where are my gloves?" While Danny was eagerly helping Andrew with the new paste, Josh was quietly sitting in Randy's lap and tugging on his shirt, holding out blue and green flowers.

"Mix the petals of these two. It creates a paste that promotes ectoplasmic regeneration, and heals over the cut or wound, no matter how bad. It can be near-death bad." Randy looked down at Josh for a long moment before sighing heavily and hugging the child close. Honestly.