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A student approaches dev and his disguised godparents out of nowhere- “Hey dev, can I try on your cool square button?”
“OY! Hands off-“ dev starts, but gets interrupted-
Irep, incredibly audibility:
“NO THE HELL YOU MAY NOT!”
Dev goes PALE as all the students eyes lock onto the Irep button
Peri, so mad he doesn’t think before whisper-screaming
“IREP! Shut the hell up! Someone’s going to-“ peris eyes drift to the gaggle of students, he makes eye contact with one and freezes.
“Hear… you…”
Everything goes completely silent as peri, Irep and dev all simultaneously realize thier cover is blown.
Until one of the students excitedly exclaims “oh my GOSH, your dads company made TALKING BUTTONS?”
Dev breathes an enormous sigh of relief, before immediately committing to the lie then and there by going “YUP! They’re uh, not on the market yet, buuuut my dad said I could keep the prototypes!”
Irep, impressed at his godkids lying skills “ooh, nice work, Deverino!”
The students chatter excitedly over one another
“Haha wow, that’s so cool!”
“When are they gonna be available?”
“Hehe, they have funny voices!”
Irep, offended- “I do NOT have a funny voice!!!”
The student recoils a bit, startled by the button’s facial expression-
“Oh man, that one looks- um- really mad… are they like, Artificial intelligence?”
Dev, flatly- “yup. Super advanced.”
“I wouldn’t go as far as to call him ‘intelligent’….” Peri groans
“Oh, but his personality is ALL artificial!” Irep retorts, causing peri to choke and turn red “h-HEY!”
The students giggle at the banter, one of them commenting
“Haha, oh man, they’re programmed to argue? That’s so funny!”
“Are the finished ones gonna argue too?”
Dev sighs deeply, then responds through gritted teeth- “nope, these are ‘one of a kind’…. BOTH of them are.” Dev is Clearly NOT saying this as a compliment
“What do you guys do? Can you answer questions?”
Peri starts to respond, but Irep cuts him off-
“yesss, but BE WARNED! One of us will answer with only truths, and the other only lies!”
“Knock it off! Stop making stuff up!”
The kids giggle again, then one of them leans down to ask Irep directly- “what’s the capital of Delaware?”
Ireps face pales, and he deflects the question- “thaaaat is- a very good question! Peri?”
“Wha- I don’t know!” Peri bites his lip, catching himself- “iiiii mean- um! Sorry kids, my- uh- partner program and I seem to be having some trouble- um- connecting to the Internet!” Then hisses “aaaand our digital BRAINS” at Irep, who just flutters his eyelashes
Devs attention is suddenly grabbed by Winn and Jasmyn giggling in the corner, and he stomps over to them
“OY! What’s so FUNNY!!”
Winn, still giggling- “s-sorry, dev- you gotta admit its a little funny…”
Jasmyn waves at peri, whispering “hi Peri!” Peri looks around before waving back
“WHAT’S. FUNNY.” Dev demands Through gritted teeth
Jasmyn giggles again “do your fairies always argue like that? It must be really hard to keep them hidden!”
Devs face goes PALE, as does IREPS- peri tries to calm them down- w-wait! Don’t freak out!! These two were-“ Irep does NOT hear him, and cuts him off by shouting “WHAT ARE YOU, STUPID?? FARIES AREN’T REAL!! IM A SUPER ADVANCED AI BUTTON THAT TELLS ONLY LIES OR WHATEVER!! PAY ATTENTION!!”
Winn and Jasmyn GRAB onto each other fearfully upon seeing and hearing Irep up close, thier faces paling in recognition
Jasmyn- “w-WAIT! I know that voice!! AND that goatee!!”
“That’s the guy we attacked with Pamby snacks!!”
The classroom starts muttering in confusion, before suddenly Winn, jasmyn, Dev, and the desks they were sitting at all get POOFED out of the room- shortly after, the teacher, Mr guzman, opens the door and glances around in confusion
“Students? Where are Winn and Jazmyns desks??”
The student all look a bit dazed, glancing among each other hazily
“Uhh, I dunno…”
“Who’s Winn and jasmyn?”
“Hang on… what class is this again?”
“Does anyone else feel passy-outy?”
In an empty classroom, Dev, Winn, and jasmyn reappear, looking around with confusion
Suddenly, ANOTHER button appears on devs backpack strap, bearing the face of JORGEN VON STRANGLE- he opens his mouth to speak, but the sudden weight of the comedically-oversized button makes dev lurch forward and face-plant onto the desk
Peri appears, looking panicked- “ACK! DEV! Are you okay??”
Jorgen also appears fully, startling Winn and jasmyn
“Ugh- DUDE! Why didn’t you just do that in the first place!” dev complains, rubbing at his nose
“APOLOGIES, DEV DIMMADOME- I WAS TRYING NOT TO SCARE YOUR PUNY FRIENDS, BUT IN DOING SO FORGOT THAT YOU ARE EQUALLY PUNY!!”
Peri hovers over dev, who is kneeling on the ground, swatting at him as peri tries to gently take hold of his face
“Dev- come on dev, let me see- I just need to check if you’re-“
“Ugh, QUIT! Just help me up already…”
Winn speaks up nervously “we- were really sorry mister Von Strangle- we didn’t mean to blow devs cover!!”
“Please don’t take his faires away!!”
“RELAX, TERRIFIED CHILDREN, IT IS NOT YOU WHO NEARLY BLEW HIS COVER- IT IS HIM!!”
Jorgen suddenly rips the entire strap off devs backpack, taking the suspiciously quiet Irep button with it
“H-HEY!”
Peri quickly waves his wand to fix the backpack
Jorgens magic forces Irep to return to fairy form- making Winn and Jasmyn SHRIEK in terror
“EEEK?! IT IS HIM!!”
“THAT GUY THAT TOOK OVER FAIRYWORLD!!”
Devs entire body language deflates, as he realizes that if Winn and Jasmyn remember IREP, they probably ALSO remember what he did…
Irep, clutched in one of Jorgens massive hands, can’t resist turning to hiss at the two children, making them shriek again, but is quickly cut off when Jorgen squeezes him like a squeaky toy
“I WILL BE DOING THE TERRIFYING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! AND THE EXPLAINING!”
Dev looks around at everyone “um, yeah, an explanation would be GREAT right about now… “
Peri sighs “like I was TRYING to tell you earlier- Winn and Jasmyn helped save Fairyworld, so Hazel was able to let them keep thier memories!”
Dev, quietly “does that mean you remember… what I did?”
Jasmyn looks uncomfortable, but Winn just smiles gently- “yeah, man, you saved everyone when you had a change of heart!”
Dev stares in disbelief “but- but I hurt people! you seriously don’t hate me?”
Jasmyn speaks up- “of course not! In fact, since we all know about magic and stuff, maybe we can be friends!”
Devs lip trembles, peri clasps a hand on his shoulder- “seee? What’d I tell ya, peanut? Lots of kids want to be friends with you!”
Winn and Jasmyn recoil as Irep speaks up again
“UM, HELLO?! What makes you think DEV would even WANT to be friends with LOSERS like you? He’s CLEARLY out of your- AIEEE!!!”
Jorgen crushes him again mid sentence
“THAT IS ENOUGH OUT OF YOU!! IN FACT, THAT IS ENOUGH OUT OF YOU FOR GOOD!! THANKS TO YOUR BIG MOUTH AND OBNOXIOUS ACCENT, YOU NEARLY BLEW YOUR COVER!!”
Irep, activley being crushed- “you’re- one- to talk- about- obnoxious accents-“ Something pops audibly “OH GOOD HEAVENS”
Jorgen continues, only SLIGHTLY loosening his grip-
“FOR THIS EGREGIOUS BREECH OF YOUR OATH TO SECRECY, I WILL SEND YOU BACK TO GODPARENT SCHOOL, WHERE YOU WILL EITHER LEARN TO STAY QUIET, OR I WILL MANGLE YOU TO THE POINT THAT SILENCE IS YOUR ONLY OPTION!!”
Dev suddenly looks terrified, running up to the giant fairy and clinging to his ankle- “WAITWAITWAIT, please, don’t take him away again! He JUST got back from last time! Please, I’ll do anything!”
Peri poofs to sit on Jorgens shoulder
“Now hang on, uncle Jorgen- the students who saw HAVE all been mind wiped… what iffff, instead of taking Irep away, you just, you know- pummeled him here? You like pummeling him, right?”
“THAT I DO! VERY WELL, PUT UP YOUR DUKES, PUNY ANTI FAIRY!!”
Jorgen YEETS irep across the room- where his back hits a revolving chalkboard, spinning cartoonishly, but shaking off the dizziness to point his wand threateningly-
“ST-STAY BACK!!”
Using his own wand, Jorgen poofs ireps into his own hand, handing them both to peri, who gets yanked downward by the weight of Jorgens star with a yelp
“NO MAGIC! DEFEND YOURSELF WITH YOUR TINY HANDS OR PERISH BY MY MASSIVE ONES! AHAHAHA!!” Irep SCREAMS in fear as Jorgen lunges at him- cut to the kids and peri just watching it happen
Jasmyn, covering her eyes “ohh, I know he’s bad, but I still can’t watch!”
Winn, feet up on desk- “No worries, I’ll give you the play by play”
Dev huffs angrily “THATS for trying to POLICE my friend group!! Peri, I wish we all had popcorn!”
Peri, already chewing popcorn and looking WAYYY too pleased with himself, raises his wand to comply- “waaaay ahead of you!”