Iiiit's A Small World Aaaafter All

[helborn]

... So I've been trying to see if there's been any clues in my dreams this time, and I thought I had something at one point.

But then it was just a ride-through of the It's A Small World ride at Disney World or whatever.

Now it's stuck in my head and I hate everything for the moment.

Comments

[happyhalloween]

I know that song!

[helborn]

Yeah, I do too. I don't really like it all that much. Not when it's stuck in my head for like ten minutes at a time.

[happyhalloween]

I like it. But it's never been in my head that long.

[otomechapilot]

Clearly we need to give you a newer, better earworm.

[happyhalloween]

I can help with that! Papa taught me a song that's super good at getting stuck in your head:

If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd be married a long time ago!
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?

[Guess who's figured out how to sing over the network.]

[helborn]

[Aaaaugh he remembers this one from being forced to go to a school dance once.]

That song is not much better.

[happyhalloween]

But it's a special wedding song!

[helborn]

I heard it at a school dance... I don't think it's just a wedding thing. Maybe in the southern part of America?

[happyhalloween]

... Papa is from the bottom part of America, I think?

[helborn]

Well, maybe that's where he knows it from. I'm from Canada, but we get a lot of American things there, too.

[happyhalloween]

That's the other America on top of America, right? Only it's owned by England.

[helborn]

It's part of North America, but not part of the United States of America, which is what most people think of when you say America. And yes, we're technically still connected with Britain, but only like... ceremonially? We don't really have to listen to the Queen.

[happyhalloween]

Then who's in charge of you?

[helborn]

We have a prime minister and a parliament.

[happyhalloween]

Is a parliament like a diet?

[helborn]

If that's a bunch of people who sit around and make laws, yeah.

[He's never taken comparative government.]

[happyhalloween]

I think so!

[Forgive her, she has a fourth grade education.]

[helborn]

[It's okay, they both try.]

Then yeah, it's pretty much the same thing.

[helborn]

Yeah, maybe, I -

[And then Maria starts singing.]

[otomechapilot]

Better than that one, Maria, thank you. Like maybe the Anchor anthem, or maybe Merry just called it that.

I will carry you and give you life,
I will cover you and show you the way
It's a sequence that you never learned
It's a lesson that you'll never forget...

[helborn]

... Huh. That sounds pretty good...

[otomechapilot]

They got real good at singing and, well, Castle Yensid Area.

[helborn]

Castle Yensi -

[And then he just stops and groans.]

Yensid. Disney. Oh my gods.

[otomechapilot]

Of course it is. Why wouldn't it be.

I've stopped asking if people are from stories because the answer is probably "probably yes somewhere."

[helborn]

Yeah, yeah, I know. Multiverse theory or something. It's still weird.

[haveabiscuit]

The Muggleborn students often hum something about a place called Duckburg.

[notadisappointment]

... Life is like a Hurricane, here in Duckburg....

[Guess who has that stuck in his head now.]

[helborn]

... I know of that cartoon but I don't think I've ever watched it.

[notadisappointment]

It's one of the only non-anime cartoons I ever watched. It's theme song is horribly catchy and I think that's going to stay in my mind for the remainder of the jaunt...

[helborn]

Sorry...

[notadisappointment]

It's not your fault, dude. I think the makers of that intro songs are forever to be blamed. Damn their catchy tunes and stupid lyrics...

I hope you can get rid off the song stuck on your head.

[helborn]

Yeah. Ugh, this place doesn't have MP3 players or anything... not that I've had one, but I need something to get this out of my head.

[notadisappointment]

If I could get back to liminal, I'd borrow you mine. But as I'm just sharing my body I can't seem to access the place...

[helborn]

I can portal there, but it's fine. I'll find something else eventually...

[notadisappointment]

Yeah, well, it's in my Hammerspace so that'd be another problem.

Good luck, man.

[helborn]

Thanks. You holding up okay?

[notadisappointment]

The jaunt in general or the Duckburg earworm?

[helborn]

Both?

[notadisappointment]

Pretty well. Not that I can say I've been a great, but I can at least say I've kept my ears and eyes open and tried to be useful. Which is better than nothing.

[helborn]

Yeah, I know how you feel. At least this one seems more calm, though.

[haveabiscuit]

That's the one.

[She's fortunate enough to not know it well enough to be susceptible]

[notadisappointment]

That's a very old cartoon about ducks in clothes going on adventures.

[helborn]

Without pants.

[This is an important clarification.]

[notadisappointment]

Yet they think that's fully dressed and get embarrassed when they're shirtless.

[helborn]

Cartoon logic. I guess.

[notadisappointment]

Yeah, cartoon logic explains a whole lot of things. Like ducks eating turkey on christmas. Or meat in general...

[happyhalloween]

I know that one!

[Of course she does. Maria's from the eighties, loves television, and WTC is pretty anachronistic anyway, so it doesn't matter what exact year.]

"Life is like a hurricane
Here in Duckburg!
Lasers, race cars, aeroplanes
It's a Duck Blur!
Might solve a mystery!
Or rewrite history!

[notadisappointment]

DuckTales! Woo-oo!
Every day they're out there making
DuckTales! Woo-oo!
Tales of derring-do
Bad and good luck tales!


[Of course a kid like Maria would know what they were talking about. Might as well continue the song for entertainment purposes.]

[happyhalloween]

D-d-danger lurks behind you!
There's a stranger out to find you!
What to do? Just grab on to some DuckTales! Woo-oo!

[This is fun!]