Going Back for Some More...

[NaCler]

Amy - Or maybe y'all should co-write it... I've heard you are quite the writer as well. When do we get to see your short story???

[Amy]

Amy - Or maybe y'all should co-write it... I've heard you are quite the writer as well. When do we get to see your short story???

Oh no, I couldn't even begin to match the excellence that is mindflipper's CATASTROPHE trip report I will share my short story as soon as I find it on my silly computer ~ I swear this thing eats documents sometimes

[Mousekedude]

Whatever happened with our other short story thread? Everyone seems to have lost interest in it....

[Amy]

Whatever happened with our other short story thread? Everyone seems to have lost interest in it....

I think mindflipper has been a bit busy...who posted last?

[Mousekedude]

Whatever happened with our other short story thread? Everyone seems to have lost interest in it....

I think mindflipper has been a bit busy...who posted last?

Dunno.... I keep starting out to look for it and I keep getting distracted by other threads....

I'll go look now....
*scampers away...*

(edit)
*.....scampers back*
...Okay, it was Nacler.
But how about everyone else...?

[MmeLeota]

Actually, it was me...you inspired me to resurrect the thread Mousekekdude! I may not be the talented storyteller as so many of you are, but I like to contribute.

[Amy]

Whatever happened with our other short story thread? Everyone seems to have lost interest in it....

I think mindflipper has been a bit busy...who posted last?

Dunno.... I keep starting out to look for it and I keep getting distracted by other threads....
I'll go look now....
*scampers away...*
(edit)
*.....scampers back*
...Okay, it was Nacler.
But how about everyone else...?

I posted right before NaCler (and now MmeLeota) so I'll wait one or two more...unless no one else chimes in...I like our story too
And to keep us on topic...I hope to go back for some more Disney...hmmm, er, well....soon?!

[mindflipper]

DAY 4: JUNE 29, 2010

The next morning, Len wanted to go search for Minnie to make sure she was safe. He was convinced she had been abducted like Mickey. However, as his brother Mark pointed out, they had no proof. They didn’t actually see what really happened. Additionally, they knew no one would believe them. They would tell them they were suffering from heat exposure, pat them on the back and advise them to drink plenty of water. Also, there was Minnie’s advice that Len needed to talk to Ludwig Von Drake at the Imagination Institute. The family had dining reservations at EPCOT today, so the brothers would get a chance to find out more about what was going on at WDW.

This particular morning they were breakfasting at 1900 Park Fare before heading over briefly to the Magic Kingdom. Len had been excited about this breakfast, and with all wild and weird events the past few days threatening to disturb what he had planned to be the perfect Walt Disney World trip, this breakfast was a chance for him to regain some of the fun his vacation was intended to provide. Located on the lobby floor of the Grand Floridian Resort, 1900 Park Fare was the home of Supercalifragilistic Breakfast, a character buffet dining featuring Mary Poppins and characters from Alice in Wonderland.

While Len’s family went to buffet line, Len and Mark sat at the table discussing the odd events that happened at the Animal Kingdom with Minnie. “We have to do something,” complained.

“Why not do nothing?” suggested an unfamiliar voice, and Len and Mark were surprised to discover the Mad Hatter sitting at the table, complete with his own tea service and drinking a cup of tea. “If doing something gets the same results as if you do nothing, then you might as well do nothing than to do something. Don’t you agree?”

A waitress approached the table, but the Mad Hatter waved her away, “Sorry…no room! No room!”

“Are you the Mad Hatter?” asked Mark.

“More importantly, is that THE or an A?” asked Len, wondering if their table guest was in fact THE Mad Hatter.

The hatter searched around in his pockets and pulled out two cards, handing one to each brother. Card simply had imprinted on it – THE Mad Hatter. “The one and only. Available anywhere unless where prohibited by law. Any friendship implied is not contractually binding unless terms have been explicitly documented. Oh, please keep the cards.”

The two brothers stared at each other regretting their table guest ever sat down.

“Now, more importantly than not doing something,” explained THE Mad Hatter, “is figuring out who has been doing something. If something did happen, who did it?”

Mark and Len were stumped by the Mad Hatter’s question. “What type of person does bad things in a Disney stories?”

Again, no answers from the two brothers but they all heard another voice exclaim “A villain!” A young girl from a neighboring table eavesdropped into their conversation.

“Oh my, very good!” exclaimed THE Mad Hatter with delight, and then turned to the young girl. “Where do you find a villain?”

Before either brother could ponder on that question the young girl quickly answered. “A hide-out!”

“And where would that be?” asked Mark, trying to get more detail information from THE Mad Hatter.

The Mad Hatter seemed to ignore Mark, and turn the young girl. “Where was Madame Medusa’s hide-out in The Rescuers?”

“An abandoned, broke-down riverboat hidden in a swamp,” the young girl replied, enjoying the trivia game with THE Mad Hatter.

“What about Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmations?”

“An abandoned, broken-down manor in the country,” the young girl replied, proud of she was outsmarted by THE Mad Hatter.

“And Maleficient from Sleeping Beauty?”

“An abandoned, broken-down castle.”

“Such a smart girl!” exclaimed THE Mad Hatter, glancing disappointingly at Len and Mark for not catching up yet.

Len was annoyed with both THE Mad Hatter and the little girl, but it seemed it could only take someone that young to relate to THE Mad Hatter’s irrational logic. But out of their conversation Len was seeing the pattern. “So to find the villain, we need to locate the villain’s abandoned, broken-down hide-out?”

“Seriously? An abandoned, broken-down hide-out?” remarked his older brother. “That is soooo Scooby-Doo.”

“You haven’t been to the buffet yet?” asked Len’s mother as both his parents returned to the table. The brothers quickly glanced across the table, but THE Mad Hatter and his complete tea service were gone, and the young girl at the other table was now playing with a large, plush chesire cat stuffed toy that wasn’t there earlier. The brothers went on to fill their own plates at the buffet line, and enjoyed the brief character visits to their table. The family had a great time, and even had a Mad Hatter (Len could tell it was not THE Mad Hatter) drop by for a visit and a photo opportunity.

Len and his family then traveled by monorail to the Magic Kingdom, and made their way to Fantasyland. After securing fast-pass tickets to the Philharmagic, Len’s parents got in line for It’s A Small World, an attraction both brothers were happy to avoid. Instead, they spent their time on the other side of Fantasyland at the construction barrier walls. Len solicited Mark’s help in trying to find ways to photograph the construction of the Fantasyland Expansion project on the other side of the walls. The two brothers surveyed the terrain, but in the end could not find a spot that would deliver an advantageous angle to get those much-wanted photos. The brothers surrendered to defeat, and re-join their parents to ride other attractions in Fantasyland, including Mickey’s Philharmagic.

The family spent more time around the Magic Kingdom before taking the monorail over to EPCOT. Len was having fun, and momentarily forgot the bizarre events, but when his mind turned to those events the only thing that stuck in his mind was the enigma of Minnie’s fate. Len and his family had dinner that night at Le Cellier, where Len ordered Kansas City Strip Steak and Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup as an appetizer. Len had previously enjoyed his steak at Le Cellier on his previous summer vacations, and he was relieved he was not disappointed this year. After the dinner, Len and his family walked around World Showcase. While in Morocco Mark purchased a fez and wore it around the park. As their parents returned to the Yacht Club by means of the water taxi at the International Gateway, the two brothers remained at the park to enjoy themselves until EPCOT closed at midnight.

First stop was the Imagination pavilion. The two brothers searched its interior for Professor Ludwig Von Drake, but once again they failed to find him. Len began to hypothesize there was no simple way of finding Von Drake at the Imagination Institute; but given what information they had at hand, Len had insufficient data to solve this conundrum. Len asked a castmember at the pavilion, “Can you tell me how to get to the Imagination Institute?”

“The ride’s this way,” she answered, gesturing for them move to the right.

“No, not the ride; the REAL Imagination Institute,” Len asked.

The castmember just stared back at him with a plastered smile. “Sir, have you been out in the sun too much today? Have you tried drinking plenty of water?”

As the brothers were located in the front half of EPCOT, Len and Mark took the opportunity to ride Mission: Space and Test Track, two rides their parents don’t enjoy riding. After getting off Test Track, an idea came to Len’s mind. “Mark, remember how the Mad Hatter suggest we find an abandoned, broken-down hide-out and we could find the villain behind Mickey’s and Minnie’s disappearances? We can examine satellite photo imagery of Disney World and find possible locations where a Disney Villain might hide.”

“How?” asked Mark. “Where are you going to get satellite imagery?”

Len pulled out his iphone. “I got an app for that.”

Len worked hard on his iphone while his brother Mark looked around. “I think I found three possible locations…”

“Never mind that, Len” said Mark. “I think I found three better possibilities.”

Mark pointed ahead where three Disney Villians – Captain Hook, Yzma, and Prince John – were walking right through the park without anybody paying any attention. No one asking for autographs or to have photos taken with them – how odd, thought Len. They followed the three villains to a shocking destination: the Wonders of Life pavilion. Len and Mark followed from a safe distance and watched the villains walk around the planter hedges barring the front entrance. When no one was looking, the brothers did the same.

Len and Mark were shocked to discover what they saw when they entered the Wonders of Life pavilion. From the exterior, the attraction appeared abandoned, un-used, and broken-down. However, inside, the entire place had been turned into swinging night club for Disney Villains, complete with techno dance music and rotating disco ball hanging from the ceiling. In one dark nook was a round booth where Gaston from Beauty & the Beast was surrounded by several adoring buxom blonde women. Overhead his booth the walls were adorned were dozen of stag antlers he collected from his many hunts. Meanwhile, Hades from Hercules was burning up the dance floor with his moves – quite literally!

A small goblin with a clipboard walked up to them and demanded them to identify themselves. Len quickly and cleverly introduced Mark as, “This is Sid, from the first Toy Story movie.”

The goblin examined the list on his clipboard, found the name, and put a check by it. “And you…”

“Me?” said Len. He hadn’t thought about what other villain he could be. “Er…I’m…”

“This is Andy’s evil twin,” said Mark. The goblin examined his list, but couldn’t find it on the list anywhere. With a scowl, the goblin sneered, “Not on the list.”

“That’s because I’m going to be the villain in Toy Story 4,” responded Len.

The goblin huffed, and then waved the two brothers forward. Len and Mark stepped forward and began to move freely inside the Villain Hide-out. The brothers looked around, but no villain appeared to be particularly more heinous than the other. “We were looking for just a villain in a hide-out,” said Mark, frustrated. “Instead we got all of them!”

As the two brothers stood there examining all the different Disney Villains, they felt an odd sensation of something wrapping around them. Before they could react, large black tentacles wrapped around the brothers pinning their arms down by their sides. The two brothers are lifted off the ground by the tentacles, and are turned around to face their captor – Ursula. “Oh my, what do I have here? They’re so cute,” Ursula says with a smile with a chuckle. But the expression on her face turned sinister, as she then added, “and would even cuter framed and hung on my den wall.”

Mark, who would naturally feel awkward in a tense social situation because he's shy and reserved, found it no problem to be speechless in this particular situation. Len, however, while being intimidated by Ursula’s menacing grip, felt bold enough to speak. “Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse have disappeared. And I’m going to find out which Disney Villain is behind it.”

Mark lowered his head, sighed, and then said softly, “We’re doomed.”

Ursula glared menacing at two brothers, and then burst out in laughter. The other villains around her also burst out in laughter. Ursula’s tentacles loosened, and slowly Len and Mark were released unharmed. “Sorry, boys, but you’re barking up the wrong coral reef.”

“Yeh, kid, you got the picture all wrong here,” explained Hades. “Yeh, we lose in the movies and maybe got some resentment issues there, but here – at Disney World – it’s a different story. We’re evil as ever. Totally feared by the population. And with all that – they love us! We’re adored! They clamor us for autographs! It’s a villain’s dream!”

“None of us here would bite the hand that feeds them,” added Scar from the Lion King. As Len thought about it, what the villains said made sense.

“Fools! Idiots! Imbeciles!” screamed the voice of Maleficent and she made her way through the room to Mark and Len. “You think you can come here and accuse me? Now you will face me, and all my powers of darkness!”

This was bright blast of green light – and then, darkness. Len slowly stirred as his senses came around. He was no longer inside the Villain’s Hide-out at the Wonders of Life Pavilion. Where ever he was, he concluded it was outside, because it was a wide-open space and windy. In fact, it was cooler than he remembered it being outside as well. It was very dark, and as he stumbled around he found his brother, also recuperating from Maleficent’s transportation spell. Len found the ground was smooth and oddly uneven. Mark stood up and said to Len, “Well, that went real well. Come on, Len, let’s go. We need to find out where we are.”

Suddenly, a strong wind blew off the fez off of Mark’s head as it went flying up in the dark night sky. Meanwhile, Len retrieved his cellphone to use the light from it to illuminate the ground. They were flat triangular tiles arranged in odd uneven patterns. To his horror, Len realized where he and his brother were. Mark started to go after his flying fez when Len tackled him. “STOP!!!” shouted Len. “Don’t move another inch!”

“What’s wrong? Where are we?” asked Mark as the two brother stood back up. Len turned his brother around, as both looked off into the distance. Both brothers beheld a breathtaking view of the entire World Showcase off in the distance below them.

“Spaceship Earth,” Len told Mark. “We’re on TOP of Spaceship Earth. The very TOP!”

11:59 PM 06/29/2010 CATASTROPHE system trip report cut-off
System recording for next report starts with 12:00 AM 06/30/2010

[Amy]

Swinging night clubs, small goblins, and Spaceship Earth tiles, oh my!!
More...more...more!!

[Mousekedude]

Forget my stupid meds.... I want whatever he's having..!!!

Keep going, Mindflipper! This is great!

[NaCler]

Poor Len & Mark... Their trip report doesn't stand a chance! haha...

[Future Guy]

Holy frak, mindflipper, this is amazing! It's good stuff, and good stuff is really hard to write! I can't wait to see Len and Mark's reaction! (And I think I know who the villain's going to be. Well, I've got it narrowed down to two possible culprits.)

[mindflipper]

DAY 5: JUNE 30, 2010



Len and his brother Mark had been in fact marooned on top of Spaceship Earth by a transportation spell cast on them by Maleficent. Given they had neither a safety harness nor safety ropes, the brothers decided to stay seated and assess their precarious predicament. “Does your iphone work?” asked Mark of his brother.

“No,” answered Len. “It’s locked up. It’s a shame, because I had an app for this particular problem. My digital camera is also not working. I think her spell also locks up electronic equipment.”

“So we’re stuck up here, no one knows where we are, and we have no means of communication,” summarized Mark. “We’re doomed.”

“First thing, we need to remain calm,” said Len.

“Okay, then what?”

“I haven’t come up with a second thing yet,” confessed Len. “But you have to admit, the view is absolutely spectacular. Shame her spell locked up my digital camera. These would have been the photos of a lifetime.”

“You know, when I’m marooned on top of Spaceship Earth with my brother, a fried iphone, no means of getting off safely, and there’s no hope of rescue, I really wished I listened to Mom’s advice,” complained Mark.

“Why? What advice did she have?” asked Len.

“I don’t know! I wasn’t listening!” snapped Mark.

The two brothers did not speak to each other for the next hour, but huddled together out of safety concerns and the need to stay warm being so high up in the cool summer night. Finally, Mark broke the silence. “You owe me a fez.”

Len then spoke, “There’s still one option we haven’t used to save ourselves.”

“What’s that?” asked Mark.

“Our imaginations.”

Mark stared his brother, and then moaned as his head sunk into his hands, “We’re so doomed.”

However, Len would not give up. Imagination was the only thing left to them to discover a means of escaping their dilemma. He cranked his imagination into overdrive; yet, no matter what solution he imagined, Len could not find a way down from the top of Spaceship Earth. Suddenly, from the sky dropped a rope ladder, the end of which dangled before the two brothers. The two brothers stared at with shock and disbelief. Len had imagined so many impossible ways down from Spaceship Earth that he never imagined a way up from Spaceship Earth. Overhead they could see the ladder was connected to some dirigible airship. Both brothers began to climb up the rope ladder, with Len first then followed by Mark. As Len got closer, he could get better look at the strange blimp-like airship. The under-carriage lacked a crew deck but instead had a single pilot seat upfront which was inhabited by a figure Len could not clearly see in the dark. Underneath his seat was large device that looked like a sound horn from and antique phonograph, which was connected to transparent tubing that ran under the full length of the under-carriage to a large collection container in the rear. The airship had no propellers from what Len could see but had instead banks of mechanized oars flanking both side of the airship. “Oh my! Quickly now! All aboard!” called the pilot.

As Len got closer to the airship he recognized it, but was equally stunned in disbelief. Mark as well could not believe their luck, and shouted to his brother, “This must be a figment of imagination!”

“No, but I could be!” said a voice out loud, and Mark found himself staring at a small dragon, with two tiny wings, eyes big and yellow, horns of a steer, and loyal purple pigment. “My name is Figment. His name is Dreamfinder.”

The brothers looked at the pilot. A man dressed in a deep purple suit, a matching top hat, a full, well-manicured brown beard, and white spats on his shoes. It was indeed Dreamfinder from the original Journey Into Imagination. “Is everybody aboard? Excellent! We’re off!” And with that, Dreamfinder’s airship departed Spaceship Earth. “What’s your name?” he asked of the brothers.

“My name is Len, and this is my brother, Mark.”

“It was lucky for you I was on one of my flights of fancy tonight,” said Dreamfinder. “I’ve been doing these flights of fancy ever since the Imagination Pavilion opened.”

“But weren’t you evicted from the Imagination Pavilion?” asked Mark.

“I wasn’t evicted. I was…retired. Which is why I have so much free time nowadays for my flights of fancy, searching the universe for new sights and sounds – anything that can spark the imagination,” explained Dreamfinder. “That’s how I found you. My instruments detected a surge in imagination so I decided to investigate.”

Len momentarily gloated, for he was in fact right that his imagination could save them.
As the airship glided towards World Showcase, Dreamfinder asked of the brothers, “What’s your destination?”

“The Yacht Club!” answered Len. They flew over EPCOT and then over EPCOT resorts before lowering down to a few feet off the ground next to the Yacht Club Resort. The two brothers departed the airship using the same aforementioned rope ladder, and were once again on solid ground. They promptly expressed their gratitude for their rescue to Dreamfinder. As he powered his airship to depart, Dreamfinder called to Len. “One more thing, Len,” said Dreamfinder. He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a gold skeleton key, which he tossed down to Len. “That is the Key to Imagination. It is one of the keys to the core in the vault. I imagine that you will have need of it soon. It should help you get access to the Imagination Institute.”

Len held the gold skeleton key in his hand, which even in the dark had unfathomable magical glow. But before Len could even think of questions to ask Dreamfinder, the airship was climbing upward into the night and the brothers could barely hear Dreamfinder’s and Figment’s farewells. Len and Mark quickly headed back to their room to get some sleep before having to get up in a few hours for breakfast with their parents. As when Len tried to go to sleep, he remembered what Madame Leota had warned him: For you to save your brother from danger, You must decide to trust a stranger. Len had to admit she was right. Tonight, his brother was in danger, and they had to accept help from a stranger – which turned out to be Dreamfinder. It annoyed him to admit there could be something to the crystal ball mumbo-jumbo, but his annoyance was brief as he finally fell asleep.

A few hours later when they woke, both wanted to go back to bed instead of heading for breakfast. They dragged themselves downstairs to eat with their parents, and both were greatly relieved when the parents suggested that the family should have some downtime at the pool before going to the parks today.

At the pool, both brothers played in the pool a while before deciding to relax stretched in poolside lounge chair under the humid Florida sun. Before the brothers felt much time had passed, their mother was telling them it was time to head back up to get ready to go the parks. Both Len and Mark, weary from their nocturnal adventures, unknowingly feel asleep by the poolside. They counted their blessings that they both were woken in time to prevent getting sunburns.

The family headed briefly to Disney Hollywood Studios for afternoon before returning that evening to EPCOT for dinner at Teppan Edo at the Japan Pavilion in World Showcase. They managed to ride Toy Story Mania, Rock’n’Roller Coaster, and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. The last was of particular interest to Len because he wanted to see if he could pick out all the new effects that were recently added to the ride. They took the boat from the studios over to EPCOT’s International Gateway, and made in time to Teppan Edo for their dining reservations. After dinner, they found a prime viewing spot and watched Illuminations. Even with the strange bizarre events that interrupted the vacation so far, Len still manage to have a great day.

Later in the evening, when the family decided to split into separate groups to do different things, Len and his brother decided to head to the Journey Pavilion for a third time. This time they had the key, but they discovered at the pavilion they could not find a keyhole the key would fit. Annoyed, the brothers exited the pavilion frustrated they failed for a third time. “Dreamfinder said the key would help us get in,” said Len, and as he held the key up, the brothers noticed something this time they never saw before. The front entrance magically would change to a futuristic, gleaming sliding door. When he put the key away, the door transformed back into the standard glass and metal sliding doors. He pulled out the key again, and once again the futuristic, gleaming sliding door magically appeared. He put the key into the door, and the key fit. He turned the key, and the doors swished opened.



The two brothers stepped into a reception area where they were greeted by a courteous, beautiful reception. She put a sticker name tag on Len with his name in large letters, and then the same with Mark. She opened a door and said cheerfully, “Welcome to the Imagination Institute! Dr. Channing will be waiting for you.”

“How do they know who we are? How come they’re expecting us?” asked Mark of his brother Len.

“Come on, Minnie did send us,” replied Len.

The two brothers entered and were amazed not to find the ride queue but a gigantic lab with advanced scientific equipment being worked out by teams of scientist in white coats. “Welcome, gentlemen, to the Imagination Institute,” said a tall man with a British accent. “I am Doctor Nigel Channing, the head of the institute.”

“We’re here to see Professor Ludwig Von Drake,” answered Len.

“Yes, he’s expecting you. Come this way,” said Dr. Channing, as he led Len and Mark into the institute.

“All these people…what goes on here?” asked Mark.

“The Imagination Institute works to find new scientific breakthroughs that can be used to create more exciting entertainment and rides here at Disney World,” proudly explained Dr. Channing.

“Wow! They’re really is an Imagination Institute? So you’re the guys who evicted Dreamfinder?” asked Mark.

“He…retired,” responded Dr. Channing in a snip. Mark stopped when he saw a door marked “Muppet Labs – Imagination Institute Branch”. “Len, come here! You won’t believe this – it’s Muppet Labs!”

Len came over and like his brother surprised by the find. Just then, the door opened and Beaker, Dr. Honeydew’s assistant, was in the doorway. Upon seeing Len Beaker freaked and slammed the door. “He needs to cut back on the caffeine,” remarked Mark. Len, however, had a feeling a déjà vu, but shook it off when Dr. Channing came back down the hall.

“This way, gentlemen,” instructed Dr. Channing waving them on down the hall.

They finally reached a large but untidy lab, with large piles of papers, reports, and diagrams cluttered throughout the room. Engrossed with formulas on a chalkboard was a duck with its gray feathers around its head. The duck wore a white lab coat, a vest-coat, and spectacles on its bill. Upon Len, Mark and Dr. Channing entering the room he ran over and cordially welcomed the guests in his odd Austrian accent, “Ah, velcome, Len! Und you must be, Mark, yes? I bet you must have many questions.”

“First: What’s going on around here?” asked Mark.

“Some Disney characters have disappeared. First Mickey Mouse, then Minnie, und some others are equally unaccounted,” said Professor Von Drake.

“Disney Security and Disney Special Ops are mobilized in the search. All the resources of the Imagination Institute are assisting in the search as well. But so far, no leads,” added Dr. Channing.

“Before Minnie vanished, she told us about the core. What is the core?” asked Len next. “What’s so important about it?”

Both Professor Von Drake and Dr. Channing became very silent as they looked at each other awkwardly. “Zat, is one of the greatest secrets of all the tops secrets here at Disney World,” says Von Drake.

“You know how they say this is the ‘most magical place on earth’? What makes it magical is magic…REAL magic,” explains Dr. Channing.

“There is a power source at Disney World that makes one visit here magical. Und it’s the same magic that allows us Disney characters exist freely here as well,” Professor Von Drake illuminates for Len and Mark. “The power source is located in chamber known as the Core und can be found in the center of the Vault. The controls for the Disney Magic Core require two special gold skeleton keys to be turned simultaneously to operate the Core. No one knows how many gold keys there are, or who they are assigned to as well.”

“What Vault?” asked Len.

“Vault Disney,” answered Professor Von Drake.

“There’s actually a place called Vault Disney?” scoffed Mark.

“Where’s Vault Disney located?” asked Len.

“I don’t know,” answered Professor Von Drake. “Again, it’s one of greatest secret of the top secrets of Disney World. Only a select few know the location.”

“I wonder if that’s been the reason behind the disappearances,” Len shared quietly with Mark. “Not only does somebody want the keys, but also to find out where Vault Disney is located.”

“Can I ask a question?” Mark spoke up. “Can someone explain why the craziest things happen – like villains walking around, Dreamfinder’s airship landing at our hotel, and the crazy door thing to get in here – and no one can see it?”

Len hadn’t thought about it, but it was a very valid and interesting question.

“Has a Disney character given you anything recently?” asked Dr. Channing.

Both brothers produced the card handed them by THE Mad Hatter. Professor Von Drake grabbed the cards and went over to a work bench. He turned on a strange green light and held the cards underneath it, while looking through a powerful magnifying glass. The card gave off very faint twinkles of light. “Ah, just what I thought. Zese cards empowered with Disney Magic. They’ve been negating the DWMF.”

“What’s a DWMF?” asked Len.

“It’s short for Disney World Misperception Field. It allows the mind not to see what the eyes can see. A product of our PE,” explained Professor Von Drake.

“Phys Ed?” responded Mark with confusion.

“Perception Engineering,” explained Dr. Channing.

“If two or three hours to spare I would be more than happy to explain,” said Professor Von Drake eagerly. “I’m sure I have some charts und diagrams to explain it.”

The brothers happily passed on this, and decided it was time to leave the Imagination Institute. Whoever was behind these fiendish disappearances must be after the Core of Disney Magic at Vault Disney. Len could only hope the mystery perpetrator had not discovered its secret location either. It was late, and Len and Mark returned to Yacht Club Resort relieved for once that nothing bizarre had befell them tonight. As they unlocked the door to their room, a large colorful bird flew past them and landed on one of the beds.

“It’s a parrot! This is so cool!” said Mark excited. “I think I got some cracker packages from when we went to Garden Grill.”

“Listen up, bud,” squawked the birdly loudly. “If you try to feed me one of those nasty, moldy crackers I’m gonna kick your sorry butt from here to the Contemporary Resort, understand me?!?”



Len and Mark looked at each other, and moaned in unison with disappointment “Iago.”

“Stuff the crackers! We got to get down to business!” Iago squawked. “We’re in terrible danger!”

11:59 PM 06/30/2010 CATASTROPHE system trip report cut-off
System recording for next report starts with 12:00 AM 07/01/2010

[NaCler]

Yay... Dreamfinder's not dead...

[Amy]

I can't tell you how excited I am to have Dreamfinder and Figment show up! And now Iago, this should be good...