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Direct Messages between Peter the Panda, Perry the Platypus, and Stacy Hirano
Perry: Guess who almost destroyed the time-space continuum today.
Stacy: Dr. D?
Perry: Apparently. I was not actually there for most of it. Or, I was there, but I can’t remember any of it.
Peter: What? Okay. You’re going to explain everything, Perry.
Perry: Well, I went to Dr. D’s like normal today, and I figured he was going to have some big plan, what with it being the last day of summer vacation today.
Peter: Oh, your kids are going back to school tomorrow?
Stacy: Yep. Tomorrow, I go back to the simultaneous boredom and stress that is high school.
Peter: Oh, come on. You’re a smart girl. You can do this.
Stacy: Blech. And Phineas and Ferb will be in school too! I like using their inventions every once in a while to destress, but they never make as many while school is in session.
Perry: If they did, they wouldn’t do nearly so well in school.
Stacy: Do they even need to go to school? They’re already geniuses; what is there to learn?
Perry: They both have their own challenges. Besides, school is a valuable opportunity that they should take advantage of.
Peter: You sound kind of like a dad there, buddy.
Perry: You’ve got a problem with me wanting my boys to reach their full potential?
Peter: Not at all. You just have to admit that it makes you very parental.
Perry: I guess I’m okay with that.
Stacy: Wait! You haven’t told us what happened with Dr. D today!
Perry: I would if you would stop interrupting me.
Peter: All right. What big scheme did Dr. D have?
Perry: He didn’t! At least not this time. He was really frantic and told Vanessa and me that he was going to stop being evil.
Peter: Really?
Stacy: That makes sense. He never seemed very evil to me.
Perry: Well, sure. But apparently he had set off an -inator that made today repeat itself over and over again, and only he and Candace had any idea.
Stacy: I’m sorry, Candace? How was she involved?
Peter: Yeah, I’m going to need more information.
Perry: That’s all that he told me at first. Then we had to make an -inator to stop the days from repeating.
Peter: Well, are the days still repeating? Would you even know if they were? I haven’t noticed doing today over and over again.
Perry: According to Dr. D, the problem has been resolved. Not by him, given that the -inator we made to fix it wasn’t plugged in. I think my boys found a fix. They destroyed the original -inator or something. I didn’t know that at the time; I found out when I came home.
Peter: I’m…confused.
Stacy: Yeah, how were Candace and the boys a part of all this?
Perry: You know how Candace is friends with Vanessa?
Stacy: Yeah, she’s told me about Vanessa.
Perry: Well, apparently she went to Dr. D’s to return something to Vanessa, and activated the -inator that caused the days to repeat. That’s how she was aware of the days repeating, and Dr. D got caught up in it too, somehow.
Peter: Why did that make Dr. D want to stop being evil?
Perry: Vanessa’s been accepted as an O.W.C.A. intern, and apparently that was all it took for Dr. D to leave evil science. After time stopped looping, he explained it all a little better.
Stacy: Can you tell us that part of the explanation. Because I am still very confused.
Perry: Right. Yeah. So apparently Dr. D had been using the time loops to foresee my every move and take over the Tri-State Area. He said that at one point he did successfully take over, but then Vanessa told him about the internship. He decided to stop being evil and then realized time would keep looping forever and that we needed to fix it.
Peter: Wow. Honestly, that sounds like one of his best evil schemes of all time. No one else would notice anything amiss, and he could keep making small changes to try to be more successful.
Perry: Yeah. This is probably the best time he could have possibly decided to give up evil.
Stacy: Hey, Perry, I just thought of something.
Perry: What?
Stacy: Didn’t you and Peter say that you couldn’t let evil scientists into this messaging system?
Perry: Yeah…
Peter: Yes! Stacy, you’re a genius!
Stacy: Could you call my mom and tell her that?
Peter: If I could explain to your mom how her daughter knows a random panda from Seattle without blowing Perry’s cover, I would tell her that you are both a genius and an incredible friend.
Stacy: Aw, thanks, Peter!
Perry: I am so lost. Why is Stacy a genius?
Stacy: Because Dr. D’s not an evil scientist anymore!
Perry: Oh no…
Peter: Oh yes, buddy.
Perry: You know he could change his mind about going good, right?
Peter: Nothing you say is going to convince me that we shouldn’t let Dr. D in.
Stacy: Hooray!
Perry: Why are you so excited to have Dr. D messaging you?
Stacy: He’s kind of sweet, and Peter and I think you should have more friends you talk to outside of work.
Perry: So you’re teaming up against me?
Peter: Yep. There’s no way you’re getting out of this.
Perry: Fine.
Peter: You want to tell him, or should I?
Perry: Don’t you dare tell him.
Peter: If that’s how you feel, then you should tell him now, shouldn’t you?
Perry: All right. I’ll tell him now.
Stacy: Yay!
Direct Messages between Perry the Platypus and Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Perry: All right, Dr. D. I’m unblocking you again. You’re not an evil scientist anymore, so you can message me and the others now.
Dr. D: Really? You mean it? You’re not going to kick me out?
Perry: Nope. Peter would have things to say if I blocked you again.
Dr. D: Great! You know, I wasn’t even thinking about that when I decided to stop being evil. I mean, I was so distracted by not losing my baby girl that I didn’t stop to think about the other benefits of being good.
Perry: Well, I guess this is one of them.
Dr. D: Perry the Platypus, am I going to have to go to prison? You know, for my crimes against humanity and everything? Monogram called to say that a court is already going over my case. I don’t want to go to prison, Perry the Platypus. I don’t think I could handle it.
Perry: Honestly, I’m not sure. I’ll see what I can do. I think I could probably suggest something like community service to Monogram. He probably doesn’t want someone as unpredictable as you in O.W.C.A-traz anyway.
Dr. D: You’d do that for me, Perry the Platypus? That’s so sweet. Why?
Perry: Because you’re my friend, and I want you to be happy.
Dr. D: Thank you, Perry the Platypus. You’re a mensch.
Perry: Any time. You should probably tell Peter you’re in, though. He’s going to be on my tail about this otherwise.
Dr. D: Yes, I’ll do that. I’ll include you, so you won’t have to worry about me talking to Peter the Panda alone.
Perry: I'm happy to be a part of the conversation, but you can talk to him without me sometimes too. I know people can have multiple friends.
Dr. D: That’s good, Perry the Platypus. I just thought that since I had tried to replace you with him once, you might still hold a grudge. Although, you two are friends, so I guess that wouldn’t make a lot of sense. Anywho, I’ll talk to him now.
Direct Messages between Peter the Panda, Perry the Platypus, Stacy Hirano and Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Dr. D: Hi, Peter the Panda! Perry the Platypus said I can message you guys now!
Peter: Great! I heard you changed sides, and I’d like to offer my personal congratulations.
Stacy: Hey, Dr. D!
Dr. D: Aw, thanks! Perry the Platypus says he’s going to try to keep me out of prison.
Peter: Good for him.
Perry: Monogram just contacted me. He says he’s going to give you a choice, Dr. D. You’ll either go to prison, or be a volunteer high school science teacher.
Stacy: You know our education system’s going off the rails when they let criminals volunteer to teach students.
Peter: Yeah. That doesn’t seem right.
Dr. D: Well, I can definitely teach science. I mean, I studied evil science. The two can’t be too different. This is going to be great!
Perry: Good. And honestly, Stacy, Dr. D does know a lot more about science than most people. I don’t think he’d make such a bad teacher.
Stacy: I guess that makes sense.
Dr. D: So, did Perry the Platypus tell you about how we fixed the time stream?
Peter: He did.
Stacy: Do you remember all the repetitions?
Dr. D: Oh yeah. Today felt like it was like a month long. A month of making more and more complicated traps every day.
Peter: Did you really end up taking over the Tri-State Area?
Dr. D: I did. You know, it wasn’t actually as fulfilling as I thought it would be. Vanessa was upset because she wanted to work for O.W.C.A, and I made a law that said Perry the Platypus couldn’t thwart me, which…wasn’t my best idea.
Perry: I couldn’t thwart you? You didn’t talk about that part earlier.
Dr. D: Yeah, well, I forgot what you could remember and what you couldn’t. Besides, you were really sad about that law, and I guess I felt kind of guilty about the whole telling-you-to-go-away thing when I was the tri-governor.
Perry: You told me to go away?
Stacy: That doesn’t sound very nice.
Dr. D: I know. I know. I was evil, though, so I had a reason not to be nice. I thought that if I could take over the Tri-State Area, I would be happy, but I just felt really lonely.
Peter: A hollow victory, huh?
Dr. D: Yeah. Anyways, I’m good now! And apparently I’m going to be a teacher. You know, I should probably figure that out. I have to teach a class tomorrow! What should I teach? Maybe DNA. That’s a pretty basic part of life. Yeah, that’s what I’ll do.
Stacy: Just a word of advice, teens like it when you demonstrate things. Don’t just lecture. Everyone will fall asleep. At least, I fall asleep when I try to listen to a lecture. Make it exciting!
Peter: Don’t know if Perry will agree with you on that, Stace. Good luck, Dr. D!
Dr. D: Thanks, Peter the Panda!