This chapter is mostly description... That's okay, right? Once again, I mean no offense to anyone if I misrepresent a character or location.

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Perfeneas's appearance, and that of his designated living quarters, were extremely simple. For as long as he could remember (and that was a very long time, given his photographic memory), he had been clothed in a plain white t-shirt and white denim shorts. He did wear socks, but they were invisible beneath his monotone sneakers. The most distinguishing feature about how he looked was the geometric shape of his head; who knew the most attractive male human face would be triangular? He was topped with a tuft of red hair, always properly in place. His all-white attire made him look a bit like a lit candle, the wax burning down the top into an equilateral polygon and falling into a burnt clump at his feet.

In a similar way, Perfeneas's room was uncharacteristically bland. White paint covered the walls and ceiling, and the carpet retained that same color no matter where the boy's shoes had tread. His bed, off to the corner next to his dresser and closet, was always made up even when he slept in it. He only wore the one outfit, seven other copies of which took up the space in his drawers. He had soundproofed the room himself so as not to disturb his family when practicing the many instruments - which he had purchased - that he was assigned to learn how to play. Cansummace was given the same job, but could only master the ones that start with 'B'. A video camera was always running in Perfeneas's room, but he always worked and played in peace.

Isealia was Perfeneas's immediate counterpart, and because of this they shared much in common in appearance and everything in common in personality. Of course, Isealia was not a female version of Perfeneas's triangle, for what looked good on a boy may look hideous on a girl and vice versa. It was discovered that the most attractive feminine face would take on a semicircular shape, something that was attempted in Cansummace but ultimately failed. Isealia's long, raven hair hung neatly down to the middle of her back, and if seen in a certain light, one could be sure there were strands of blue highlighting her midnight-colored head. In contrast to her hair, she wore a purely white dress with t-shirt-like sleeves and a turtleneck, which flowed, as she did, to about a quarter of the way down her legs. This was soon met with a pair of white over-the-knee socks. Her shoes were not any more colorful than the rest of her clothing. Taken all together, Isealia was subtly reminiscent of the ocean at night, what with her black hair moving like waves as she walked, with blue tints floating about like shafts of light falling into the depths of the abyss and her white dress moving in sync with her hair as free as the foam rolling on the water's surface.

Ferb Fletcher was not perfect. Not by far. One look at his hair color and mismatched eyes could tell you that much. So, unlike Perfeneas, Ferb was prone to such things as keeping secrets and not voicing his opinion. Both of these, he did often, especially now in the few months preceding Perfeneas's test with Isealia. He was the head of a team of boys Perfeneas's age assigned by the O.W.C.A., a group of spies dedicated to protecting people of importance, to lead him through life around people not born of science. There were six in all, including Ferb; the names of the other five were Buford, Baljeet, Irving, Django, and Balthazar. Recently, Ferb had been in communication with a girl slightly younger than he, by the name of Graciela, whom the boy was not supposed to even know about. One day, Irving had mentioned her and set up a satellite uplink with her and five other girls. To anyone else, the conversation between the two parties was just a friendly exchange of words, but Ferb ended up learning more than was allowed about the job of Graciela's team concerning Isealia. He eventually found a way to contact her without Irving, and since then have developed a plan, in secret, about what to do at the time of the big test.

Ferb was always good at keeping secrets. He was not purposefully vague; he just had a knack for mystery, and to be frank he had a lot of secrets he would be forced to keep even if he did not want to. His biggest was his true relationship with Perfeneas - but that was a story for another day.

For Perfeneas and Isealia, everything had to be experienced. To see what their abilities were, Vivian and Heinz had put their respective children through all kinds of different situations. In addition to other assignments, they had to learn how to play all varieties of sports, know how to defend themselves, be familiar with various trivia, possess an unsurpassed level of creativity, and learn to care for animals.

Cansummace was given a beagle to look after. She had learned how to treat it and gave it the name "Bucky." For a few years, that portion of the experiment went well, but eventually the responsibility became too much for the girl to fulfill on her own. To avoid bumping up the rating, what became of the dog will not be clarified, so suffice it to say that Bucky now lives on Old Man Simmon's farm.

Though it was not a beagle, Isealia was also given a dog. The chihuahua, named Pinky, was an agent for the O.S.B.A.M., the Organización Sin un Buen Acrónimo de México (aka M.O.W.C.A. in English-speaking countries). North of the border, a platypus named Perry was given the same job, as Perfeneas's designated animal. At first, Doofenshmirtz protested that because of Perfeneas's condition he would not need any protection, but OWCA insisted and Doofenshmirtz and Perry had not gotten along since.

"Adiós, Isealia!" Graciela called, seeing her friend off at the airport. "Buena suerte."

Isealia, fluent in every language she was taught, knew the phrase meant 'Good luck'. "Thank you girls," she bid in the same tongue, "I plan to do my best."

Then, Vivian took Isealia away to the boarding gate, two tickets to the Tri-State Area hidden safely in her pocketbook.

Graciela waved cheerfully until the two were out of sight. She then excused herself from the rest of her team, Asención, Milagrosa, Acebo, Jengibre, and Katia, claiming she was meeting her parents elsewhere. She quickly bid goodbye to the girls and turned a corner so that she was not seen.

She powered up and called someone on a communication device she was permitted to use by OSBAM, disguised as a wristwatch. "Ferb, this is Graciela," she whispered into the mic, knowing not to use English. "Do you copy?"

A picture of the British boy flickered onto the screen. Despite his nationality, he had learned Spanish and carried the conversation on with little difficulty. He nodded.

Graciela continued, "Isealia and Dra. García-Shapiro just left. I am waiting for the plane to arrive, and I should be in the United States in a few hours. How is it going with Perfeneas?"

Ferb hesitated. "He is leaving in two days," he explained, "He is staying at a hotel that night and the test will be the day after."

"Good. That should give me enough time to find you and we can put the plan into action. Is Cansummace going with them?"

The boy shook his head in affirmation. Graciela peeked her head around the wall, taking note that her team of girls had left.

"...Okay. The plane will be leaving soon. I'm going in," she informed Ferb. She powered off the device and snuck into the crowd of people boarding the aircraft. Phase I was almost complete.

Let me tell you, finding Spanish names for the Fireside Girls was not easy. Graciela takes place of Gretchen; Asención is Adyson; Milagrosa is Milly; Acebo is Spanish for Holly (it's also masculine, but whatever); Jengibre is Spanish for Ginger, and Katia is Katie, the only obvious one...

Carpe Diem!