DPRTD ~ Chapter 1 by Chouhatsu-Itsudatsu, literature
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DPRTD ~ Chapter 1
"David!"
The human darted around the knoll and slowed to a stop next to him. "Hey, why'd you say my name twice? I heard you the first time."
"Oh, well " the 'toon began, glancing away with a brief point in the same direction, "because last time was a cliffhanger."
"Oh. Okay," David acknowledged nonchalantly, then grabbing Danny's arm and pulled him to his feet, adding "C'mon! Megiddo and Mizraie stole the Unaware Charm from Mike and Marty and they're gonna tear Tara and the others apart if we don't stop 'em!"
"Heck of a tongue twister," the 'toon mused, following the man, "but wait! When are we gonna explain to the readers
DPRTD ~ Chapter 2 by Chouhatsu-Itsudatsu, literature
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DPRTD ~ Chapter 2
Darnit!
Huh? Shoot, missed the cutoff. Oh well, I think I'll leave this seat to the usual Powers That Be 'cuz it's really hard to narrate while you're getting dragged off to
"Hey, David! Where're we going again?"
Glancing over his shoulder briefly, Kaufman reaffirmed "Where the Meggidos are!" and faced forward. "Just outside of Nyghtmare, I think "
"Isn't that like the most obvious place for them to attack?" Danny asked, now dashing alongside the human of his own accord.
"YEAH, because if they force them back into the forest, they're goners!" With a wince, David was quiet, save for his audible breaths as he sped up just a
DPRTD ~ Chapter 3 by Chouhatsu-Itsudatsu, literature
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DPRTD ~ Chapter 3
In the seconds before his lids pulled back, Michael made his struggle from one world to the next. In the time before his indentured servitude to David, the wrest from rest was jarring enough, body thrust into uncontrollable motion.
However, as Megiddo had intended, his dreamtime curse was linked to his unfortunate daytime ailment. Having left the Dream☆World fully vulpine, he awoke with the harshest of symptoms. His right arm flung out in the direction of the nightstand, but fingers failing to grasp, instead wildly knocking the pills to the floor. The harder he willed himself to move, the less his limbs listened. Not only those, but hi
DPRTD ~ Chapter 4 by Chouhatsu-Itsudatsu, literature
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DPRTD ~ Chapter 4
Kaufman sat up with a yawn, stretching then rubbing his eyes. Dreaming within dreaming like a show within a show was a bit surreal, and not quite as vivid and maneuverable as the Dream☆World. It messed with his perception even more than the reveal of lucidity, for sure, but he wasn't at a loss as to which reality he'd woken up in.
Glancing over at the bed next to him, he saw that several hours of sleep had restored Michael to his human form. Lids twitching, Fox mumbled " I'd like to thank the Academy " before rolling over and off the edge of the bed.
David snorted softly. Academy awards and others weren't vital
DPRTD ~ Chapter 5 by Chouhatsu-Itsudatsu, literature
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DPRTD ~ Chapter 5
" and could you not talk to my agent that way?" David said as he pushed open the door, Rob, Dave, and Mike behind him, "The way he sounded, I thought he had a gun to his head!"
"Sorry," Downey Jr. said raising flat palms briefly, "I was just feeling kinda crappy and I didn't want to wait another three hours to find out if, y'know, I'd actually stumbled into an alternate dimension last night. Kind of a life-changing thing."
"Tell me about it," Kaufman muttered, finally turning his attention to Danny and Marty and the dozens of empty and mostly-empty plates and platters that hadn't been there when he'd left. Blinking, he asked "What happ
DPRTD ~ Chapter 6 by Chouhatsu-Itsudatsu, literature
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DPRTD ~ Chapter 6
"Do these things keep respawning or what?!" Downey Jr. cried, as the waves continued.
Firing another glimmering beam, Boreanaz said "Well, looks like we don't need to recharge or anything " then looked at Mizra again "So we just have to wait 'til he folds!"
Shrugging with upturned palms, Megiddo said "You know I'm not gonna do that." Another line of beasts filed in from the left and right. "So I just have to wait until YOU fall back!"
The pair paused, visibly gritting their teeth and curling hands into fists.
"How about we odd the evens?" came a rather clever snark from Kaufman as the four leaped up from the hole in the floor, landi
DPRTD ~ Chapter 7 by Chouhatsu-Itsudatsu, literature
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DPRTD ~ Chapter 7
Sitting around the long dinner table, the men ate heartily between dialogues. The old woman sat at the table's head with Fox in her lap; she offered him her famous chicken-flavored soup, but he refused.
"So how'd you get roped into all this?" Boreanaz asked, looking over at Ford.
"Well, I remember now one night I was just dreaming about flying my Beaver " looking across at his fellow diners, he added as quickly as possible "It's a plane."
With a bat of his hand, Dana said "Cheap joke go on "
"Okay so I'm flying my Beaver, I don't know where it is just this big, long landscape and who do I see flaggi
DPRTD ~ Chapter 8 by Chouhatsu-Itsudatsu, literature
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DPRTD ~ Chapter 8
Panting, Mike just kept running. When his limbs started to ache, he finally slowed to a stop, but didn't simply collapse as usual. Thudding to a sit, he scratched at his side stopping when his Soul Box appeared, landing beside him. He flipped it open and tried sending the trackball spinning with the flick of a paw. It was a clumsy affair, and with no vocal chords to speak of, much less with, the transformation never came to its glowing light.
After several more tries, he whined and picked the thing up in his teeth, trotting off slowly, then weakly walking along. He looked seconds from flopping down when an awkwardly familiar face lean
DPRTD ~ Chapter 9 by Chouhatsu-Itsudatsu, literature
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DPRTD ~ Chapter 9
With a soft thud, Aldrin landed in the vicinity of the expansive temple of granite and marble. With a sigh, he let the shorter Michael slide off of his shoulder. The human landed on his feet, though he stumbled. The transformation had worn off, but the duress he'd endured had sped his curse to its most near-bestial stage. Not only had his pointy teeth returned, but fur had begun to poke out of his jaws which had already begun to subtly resemble a muzzle.
Moments after that, David came bounding breathlessly over the horizon along with the bespectacled one, Marty, and Jimmy. Otsoa paused to scratch himself in a canine fashion before glowing ag
DPRTD ~ Chapter 10 by Chouhatsu-Itsudatsu, literature
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DPRTD ~ Chapter 10
In the open fields once more, Danny sighed, saying "Feels good to get away from innuendos up the hi-gi-gi " After more accusing looks from both the man and the mouse, he added "What? I said 'get AWAY from innuendos up the hi-gi-gi' "
It was a tasking trip back to the pantheon, but finally they arrived at the site of more carnage. The second or possibly fifth wave attack had left the other Guys visibly exhausted. They were recuperating in a semi-circle on the still-untarnished grass near the steps, goddess Tara among them. The woman seemed a little better off herself, but she didn't lift her head from her hand.
"The attacks