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[numbuh_one]

[a simple call, directed to Mayfield's kids but not filtered from adults.]

Kids Next Door tag will take place in the park, Saturday, after the Saturday Morning Cartoons. Be there with everything you've got. You're either in or you're old!

Comments

[godisachild]

Okay.

So....why are we playing tag, exactly?

[numbuh_one]

Tag is traditionally how we choose our leaders. Whoever's It by the end of the time limit has to do it just in case Numbuh 3 and myself are droned this Christmas. We've lost someone with every event, sometimes more than one, so I wanted to stay on top of it.

Of course, if neither of us are droned, as I certainly hope, then it's just a fun time.

[godisachild]

Well I guess that makes sense, actually.

Except for choosing you leader by playing tag. That's just kind of stupid. How'd you come up with that?

[numbuh_one]

Well, being the leader is so much work that no kid ever wants to do it, so we came up with this method.

[strike_you_out]

I'm in.

[numbuh_one]

All right then! You can bring whatever you want to help. Good luck!

[miss_enma_ai]

I'll come.

[Yes, a teleporter playing tag...]

[numbuh_one]

[GOOD TIMES. Recognizing a girl he's spoken to a couple times, Nigel smiles, although she can't see it.]

Cool, I'll be glad to see you there!

[miss_enma_ai]

You will?

[No, really. What?]

[numbuh_one]

Well sure, we've spoken a few times and I'd like to put a face to the voice.

[gotmorbucks]

Tag? Really?

[numbuh_one]

Yes really. What's the matter, aren't kid enough for a game of tag?

[gotmorbucks]

I'm kid enough for anything!

But-- having other people I've never met touch me? Even if it's for a second? Gross.

[numbuh_one]

Seriously? It's not like anyone's got chicken pox.

[prodigious_mage]

. . . W-Wha? That's not fair! I don't even live next door to you, but I'm sure as heck not old!

[numbuh_one]

Well... good! You don't have to live next door to me to be a Kids Next Door operative, actually.

[prodigious_mage]

. . . I have no idea what you're talking about.

[numbuh_one]

Oh, well. The Kids Next Door is a global organization dedicated to protecting kids and stopping adult tyranny. We've started a branch here in Mayfield.