be kind (rewind)

“Look, kiddo,” Came the disembodied voice, then the lights in her room -- and the entire ship -- flickers once, twice, then fizzes out in a pop. It snaps back on the next second, and she’s looking at the Snatcher; tall, dark and ominous, his usual grin sharper than she remembers. “First you disregard what I’ve told you, then you lure my minions away from their duties- AND now you’re making me play mailman?! Just how many times are you going to-”

He paused, looking upon her peculiar group; an owl, a penguin, a little girl and a jar of floating eyeballs playing a game of checkers. He blinks, for once at a loss of words.

The first one to break the silence was the Conductor. “Who the hell are ye?” He snaps.

Or, why Time Magic is dangerous, and how Hat Kid accidentally gains four dads amidst it all, despite everything.