Jessica grinned! "Finally!" DONE!

Shoving herself back from the desk, she waved off the people around her. "Check that mess for errors, again. If nothing shows up THIS time then I am pretty sure we are done! Right?"

One of the assistants hummed. "At least until new projects are suggested… Although the new council you established should be able to handle such things if you are busy during that time."

Or, more importantly: If she and John buggered off and got away from this mess. "Good! Keep an eye on it all and make up a formal report for me to review…" Which she wouldn't. "...Later."

A massive 'Doe Foundation', self sustaining, self running, and self regulating to hopefully avoid transforming into a profit driven monster later in life! One she DIDN'T need to hand hold or run herself for the foreseeable future!

Never. Again.

Never again. Ever.

She ignored the calls for attention as she left the meeting room and headed back to her main estate. "Yes, I'll look into that later, good to see you Greg, can't right now, sorry, maybe later?"

Nope. Never later.

Let's go get a little brother and wander around London with money and no obligations! WOO!

~~~Pocket System~~~

Mary Poppins blinked… And hummed. "It's very rare to meet in person, Ms. Matilda. Especially in this region."

Nurse Matilda snorted. "Not all of us move with the winds, Ms. Poppins. And I come with concerns from the others."

Oh? "Very rarely does any get involved in our lives, what concerns them now?"

She sighed. "The newborn. The one that has been shifting fate and life in this area."

Oh, the child of the Abyss. "Well, there is nothing to be concerned about young Mr. Doe, he is a fine young man with a caring and attentive older sister." Perhaps a bit unused to existing with others who lack his extreme capabilities, but perfectly willing to learn and interact with others without considering them 'lessers'.

The stern, unattractive woman glared. "He's an agent of chaos, though unintentional he may be. Too long in one place, in one time? There would be consequences."

She waved that off. "He is young. With age he will learn control… Though perhaps not over the impact of his interactions, at least over the unintentional alterations of the world around him."

After all, everyone impacted fate and life and history as they lived, it was part of existence. The only issue here was the child of the Abyss unknowingly altering things beyond himself in ways unseen and unknown, to better align with his existence.

A common enough issue, much like how mortals would be unknowingly rude as a baby and young child. Until he gained some maturity, reality would be just a little bit too flexible over time… A part of the growing pains of youth, much like how one would wet the bed until older.

Nurse Matilda glared. "We can handle the issues for now, easily… But in less than a few centuries, there could be real damage caused!"

Sigh. Witches, immortal or not, tend to have harder issues tracking 'mortals' and normal rates of time progression to begin with. "The boy will move on his adventure before the year is out."

The woman was taken aback! "So soon!? We just wished to avoid heavy work loads, not shove a wee one into the cold abandoned!"

Mary Poppins nodded. "But it is his way, and his wont, and his path." She looked at the other woman who suddenly seemed concerned and felt some slight amusement. "Although it is unusual to see such concern from a medical professional? Hmm?"

Nurse Matilda sighed. "I've recently been caring for some young ones myself… Though I did not expect to work as a nanny after all these years."

Oh my. "Truly?"

She winced. "Don't you get any ideas, young lady! This is purely a short term obsession, I'll no doubt give it up in less than a millenia! And keep it to yourself, I'm using a different name and everything. No telling tales to the others now!"

Mary Poppins withheld judgment, although she personally knew that this particular woman, attractive or not, had always been a sweetheart inside. "As you say, Ms. Matilda."

She waved it off. "I said what I came to say, just… Didn't expect the newborn to be toddling off on his own so soon. Are you sure we can't convince him to grow a bit more?"

Ignoring the full reversal of the woman's original objective, Mary Poppins felt the World again. "The tides will be shifting soon, and the space between night and day grows wistful… Yes, I'm afraid my children will be saying a farewell sooner than they would wish."

Though for children, ANY goodbye could feel too soon.

But that was part of life, and part of growing up… A life lesson well learned and valuably remembered.

~~~Pocket System~~~

John blinked as his sister showed up and lifted him from the ground in front of the other children. "Excuse me children, I'll just be borrowing this!"

And they were off!

Huh? "Hey, sis?"

Jessica hummed happily as he was carried over her shoulder. "Yep?"

Walking outside, he automatically started Gathering the filth and pollution in the area as they began walking randomly into the city. "Are you done with work early?"

He couldn't see it, but he could hear her grin! "Nope! Done with work FOREVER! That whole mess will run itself, there are some talented people keeping watch over the entire organization, and we are FREE! Free I tell ya!"

Oh! "Congratulations!" Uh. "So where are we going?"

They both ignored the random high and low society people giving them cheerful 'Mornin Ms. Doe!' and 'Heya John!' and all that, having become fairly well known in the local area… Uh. Well, technically they were fairly well known for a good CHUNK of London, and most of the underworld even further out than that by now...

Jessica bounced forward, ignoring his weight entirely! "That's the best part: I don't know! Somewhere! You and I, we are going to wander a bit for no reason and see things unplanned and NOT be stuck in a room with never ending legal jargon and massive numbers of men with admittedly impressive beards and mountains of responsibilities!"

Oh. Cool! "Alright! Can we head to the local dumps and stuff too so I can pick up some material?"

He might have been using a bunch of the 'Junk Resource' stuff in the inventory recently, and it always felt wasteful to break up the extremely valuable and energetic stuff from the Phineas and Ferb Realm when some random junk would work just as good.

She laughed! "Why not? Hey, let's go see the Thames River too! I heard it is FULL of gunk and trash and stuff, wouldn't it be hilarious if we suddenly Collect all that yuck and make the entire thing look like some sort of untouched wilderness river or something?"

Awesome! "Really? I know you said I should be keeping a lower profile after all those 'shipments' of 'trade goods' 'unexpectedly' came into our warehouses…"

John was SO sorry for not checking first before converting all that stuff into new materials for the growing Doe Foundation. Nearly tripled his sister's work load, which was pretty much the OPPOSITE of his intentions at the time.

She easily lifted him around and he was sitting on her shoulders. "Nah, we aren't going back except to say goodbye to the kids and the Banks family. Maybe those kids you play with at the workhouse… But other than that? If we try to return for too long I KNOW they will shove me back into a managerial office somewhere to take care of this whole mess and I'm done with it."

Oh.

Half of him felt… Hesitant? Playing with a bunch of kids 'his age' had been awesome!

But on the other hand, he had felt some sort of urge. A restlessness… Oh! "I know, I can set up a mailbox! One like for my friends in the last Realm, so if something huge comes up with the Foundation or if Jane wants to stay in contact we won't lose touch!"

And maybe later, when his System fully recovers and he learns how to control his abilities better, he would be able to just drop by this place and visit once in a while! Yeah, that would be awesome!

Jessica sighed. "Yeah, I would feel terrible if we missed some sort of legal loophole and all our new people got in trouble because they couldn't contact us at all… But still, better than staying here and being buried alive in paper and ink. Now, let's find some messy places full of trash and attempt to clean a river that's suffered from years of abuse! Jessica and John, AWAY!"

And she started running (Somewhere) with great enthusiasm! John joined in with the yahooing!

It was great!

~~~Pocket System~~~

Mr. Banks blinked. "What do you mean she's gone?"

The managerial staff winced. "Ms. Doe has… Decided to end today's schedule earlier than originally established and has enabled the ongoing operations procedures previously established."

He glanced at the nearest clock, not that it was needed. He knew time like a lover. "But it isn't even half past noon, is it?" Not for another fourteen minutes and twenty five seconds at least.

He should know, being a banker required punctuality.

The man leading the team held firm. "As per ongoing operations procedures, we can handle any minor situations or events that require…"

Sigh. "Just inform her scheduling assistant that Mrs. Banks is looking forward to seeing her at dinner in two days' time as they had discussed."

A nod and an assistant taking a note and his prior obligation from his beloved wife was done.

Leaving work early, what is this world coming to he wondered? Why would anyone ever wish to avoid the thrilling world of finance in these epic and hallowed halls when granted actual access to them directly?

If it wasn't for the love of family, he'd probably have never left! The dream of endless days calculating and planning and drafting and managing and… Sigh, well heaven had to exist somewhere, it was no surprise he could find it here in the heart of Capitalism.

Still, just because others failed to appreciate the astounding gifts they managed to acquire didn't mean he would allow himself to miss out on a glorious day supporting the growth of the British nation through documents and proper planning.

So despite the idle fantasy of somehow combining his beloved family with the gloriousness that was office work, he moved with purpose to his place in the world surrounded by the books of salvation that was his ongoing paperwork.

Ending the day earlier than scheduled, what foolery!

With a happy hum in his heart, George Banks proceed to continue his wonderful evening being overwhelmed by the complications that arose in the world of banking, letting thoughts of strange women or unusual adventures and tales from his children to the wayside for now.

There was finance to be done! Huzzah!

~~~Pocket System~~~

Most people ignored the poor.

A common situation, especially for those who felt that their ability to help in any way was insufficient, and that paying attention to such things would only bring themselves pain or even put them into danger.

So while some noticed areas of London suddenly becoming cleaner or the atmosphere in general lighting to a significant degree, most just assumed they were subconsciously feeling better due to other things. Good weather (Which didn't smell as bad?), a quiet walk (Where had the homeless gotten to?), or a calm afternoon at a park (So clean?).

But no one ignored the Thames River. How could they? London was built around it, and it flowed through its metaphorical heart!

Suddenly having the river itself vanish!? The shock was so high that most people instantly discarded the entire thought process involved entirely.

They mentally thought to themselves, 'Hmm… I can't see the river today. Is my eyesight going bad?'

But no, obviously, the river wasn't gone. Such a thing would cause massive damage as the lack of pressure would cause the shores to collapse, and obviously those boats were not able to fly like that, right?

No, the water was suddenly too clean. FAR too clean.

Aside from warping as the ripples and waves disturbed the surface, the water in the Thames River was horrifically SHOCKINGLY clean to the point where it seemed empty. The river bed was just THERE, each rock and plant and fish almost scrubbed pristine (And most of the small creatures going through their tiny versions of shock and 'WTF was that!?').

Not just clear, but disturbingly clear.

Like minute algae and bacteria and impurities and minerals… ALL SORTS of nearly unseeable debris had just vanished from the river. For miles.

It would have a huge, unknowable impact on the environment. For decades, easily. Better or worse than the years of sludge and filth that would have been festering there? Probably a better change.

After all, anyone polluting this river in the short term was going to stand out like a beacon.

But if one could follow that river in the air, they would find a woman driving near said waterway upstream in a modified vehicle from another Realm (She had the room in her Pocket to keep her company car, so why not?) while her little brother giggled next to her.

How long they would continue to Collect material from this river was also a mystery, especially as the path would vary depending on how easy it was to stay within easy Collection range of the river itself…

But for now, out of a bit of silliness rather than any sort of civic duty or whatever, two out of context people were entertaining themselves by confusing most of a city and the surrounding countryside by gathering tons of raw material and filth for future material transmutation needs.

Would this be enough to distract the Crown from their investigation into this new 'Doe Foundation' that was making waves through London Society?

Perhaps.

But for now, it didn't matter to the two siblings enjoying a bit of a drive through the countryside.

Sometimes it is important to take some time and spend it with those you care about, after all.