Twenty Nine Truffula Trees

[whichwayyoulean]

[It has been some weeks since the Once-ler could play his guitar, the broken ribs he'd received during the Event Horizon mess had made it too painful. But now he's healed enough, he's making the most of it. He's sitting on his clinic bed, his journal open beside him, playing one of the many songs he's learned since arriving here. After he's finished, he lets out a satisfied sort of sigh]

I missed that. [Oh right, open journal] Any requests? I'm out of practise. I can't promise I'll know it, but I'll give it a shot.

[Lucrezia]
[He'd asked for time, and it's what she has given him. He can't fault her for that, so:]

I've still got your birthday gift to play for you, you know.

[Alvin and Blues]
I don't know about you guys, but I think we should give our car a test run. And a name, probably. But given my love for lisping syllables, someone else should probably do that.

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[dorkwonder]

[For the first time since being here, Tim feels a pang of guilt over keeping his identity secret. Once opened up to him about his mother, Blues is talking about dying, and neither of them even know his real name.]

Oh? Who is going to be the driver?

[whistles_the_blues]

Subtle, Right.

And just who is the driver?

[whichwayyoulean]

Ted, he's that kid from my world.

[And, realising they'll probably have some objections to putting a twelve year old boy in charge of driving their precious creation:]

He's really good at it. Back home things are- [terrible] pretty bad. He's able to drive through wasteland, jumping gorges and everything.

[dorkwonder]

Honestly, I'd feel more comfortable driving. Gotham city traffic is crazy, especially around rush hour.

[Plus...Redbird.]

More importantly, should do several test drives ourselves and make sure it is running smoothly before letting anyone else drive it.

[whistles_the_blues]

I can't imagine these vehicles being that dangerous to drive. Either way it doesn't matter to me who drives, but we should test it ourselves before passing it on to someone else.

[whichwayyoulean]

Trust me, I wanted it tested before I let the kid in it. As for traffic, I'm pretty sure that's not even a thing here.

[Come on, Tim, let the kid have some fun gosh]

[dorkwonder]

Let's test drive it first and then we'll go from there, okay? [SAFETY BEFORE FUN.]