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[Color=darkgray]June 7th, 2021 | 14:17p.m. | Happy Harbour, Rhode Island[/color][/center]
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Red Tornado had assigned Daphne and Zach to chores duty. The two of them were tasked with sweeping and mopping. Of course Zach was not interested in doing any of this. [color=darkviolet]“The robot expects me to work like a plebeian? Don’t be ridiculous! Flesruoy siht peews moorb”[/color] Instantly the broom seemed to come to life and started sweeping into a nearby dustpan.

Daphne was armed and ready to battle to heaps of dust around the HQ. They started in the lounge where the Team spent most of their time. She didn’t mind cleaning back home, but her house wasn’t even half the size of the first floor of the HQ. She rolled up her sleeves and dipped her cleaning rags into the soapy bucket of water. Just as she was about to wipe down the lounge table she heard Zach use a spell. She could never quite figure out what he was saying, he was too fast. 

She raised her brows at the broom sliding past her, on its own. Daphne finished wiping the table and turned to Zach. A cheeky smile was on her face and she checked to see if they were alone. 
[color=Lightgreen]“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”[/color]

Zach raised an eyebrow. [color=Darkviolet]“That depends… Were you thinking of ditching the manual labor, and doing something fun?”[/color]

She nodded. Daphne loved how Zach always wanted to have fun. It was infectious. They were already in the lounge too. The perfect place to relax and have a good time. Daphne turned on the large flatscreen and switched over to Disney plus. 
[color=Lightgreen]"I'm thinking Disney what do you think?"[/color]

[color=Darkviolet]“Oh perfect.”[/color] Zach snatched the remote, and put on The Little Mermaid for the umpteenth time. “What? Prince Eric is hot ok!”

Zach really was the only one who could bear watching The Little Mermaid about every couple of weeks. They were hauled up on the coach, snacks at arm’s reach, complete with mermaid blankets. The HQ could get pretty cold sometimes, considering it was built inside a mountain. They were about halfway into the movie and Daphne watched everything like she saw it for the first time. The scene started where Prince Eric became hypnotized by the sea witch Ursula using Ariel’s voice. 

[color=Lightgreen]“Isn’t it weird what happened to Talon?”[/color]
She remarked without taking her eyes off the screen. Somewhere during their last mission Talon was brainwashed, or at least something similar to that. It took hours for him to return to normal after the mission was finished and he was behaving very weird. Not at all like the Talon they were used to. He was obsessed with something, but he refused to tell them anything about it. It was almost like he was forced to behave that way. 

[color=Lightgreen]“He was hypnotized to forget who the supplier was”[/color]

Zach scoffed.[color=Darkviolet]“Girl, I know you're not in the magical community, but this kind of thing happens all the time. There are vampires, various species of demons, hell even a bunch of magic spells that can do that same thing. It is not that weird…”[/color] He stopped to sip his cup of hot chocolate, then continued. [color=Darkviolet]“Ooh, do you think something magical might be involved there?”[/color]

Daphne shrugged. Whatever was going in was clearly out of her area of expertise. Actually she wasn't even sure she had an area of expertise. Apart from her powers she was just ordinary. 
[color=Lightgreen]"I don't know. I'm just glad he's back to being his usual self."

"I'm super curious what his eyes look like. He still hasn't taken off his shades. I bet they're blue"[/color]

[color=Darkviolet]“Ooh, and I bet they’re gorgeous too.”[/color] Zach sighed. [color=Darkviolet]“That’s always how it is with the mysterious types.”[/color]

[color=Lightgreen]"Mmmh"[/color] Daphne mused. Daphne returned her attention to the movie but she couldn't concentrate on what was going on. She shifted in her seat and put her head back, blinking a few times. 

[color=Darkviolet]“Hey, um… are you ok?”[/color] Zach asked, looking concerned.

[color=Lightgreen]"Yes I'm okay. Just thinking…"[/color] she smiled a half smile at Zach. The pair could hear the distinct footsteps of Red Tornado from down the hallway. He was approaching the lounge. The cleaning tools brought to life by Zach's magic were hard to miss, especially when you were an android with incredibly advanced programming.

[color=Lightgreen]“Oh no… what do we do?”[/color]

[color=Darkviolet]“Leave it to me”[/color]

Zach pulled off his famous disappearing act, leaving behind a puff of smoke.  They ran off snickering. Red Tornado blew away the smoke with a gust of wind, finding the room empty, but clean.