Indiana was the dog's name! Nice choice. From Luna to Indy. Love the craziness of these characters coming together.
"You are named after the dog?" One of the best lines in one of my favorite movies!
Yes! It's Indy! *does happy dance* I really do need to read the comic XD I keep meaning to, then get distracted with other things. Welcome little Indy! *grins* Oh please tell me he gets the fun WA explorer outfits!
Don't worry, Shewolf, those outfits were made with our Indy in mind! Dr Jones has a small part in Roommates, but I did want him for the Dynasty.
Wow, I feel slow, it took me quite a while to realize that the baby was truly Indiana Jones.
Right?
Er... I'm going to assume yes and just pretend to be super-smart!
I always KNEW there was a reason for those silly WA outfits! Now they have a place!
Super smart you are, Livvie! WA outfits shall abound!
Excellent! I love your combination of Rowling and Pratchett and others. Keep it up.
Thanks, Nullifidian! As always, the credit for the idea goes to the Roommates and Girls Next Door webcomics.
Chapter Thirty-Eight - If You Give A Tin Man Hormones"There you are!" Luna cried, scooping up Smaug from his hiding place in the haystack. "I've been looking everywhere for you! Have you been stalking Legolas again?"
The little dragon rumbled something in a deep voice, then closed his eyes in content as Luna rubbed his head.
"What was that?" she asked politely.
"The green," Smaug said quietly, "she's...attractive." Then his voice rose to his normal, arrogant bellow. "But the elf should beware my wrath! For his kind and mine have ever been enemies!"
Legolas, at the other end of the yard, started shooting faster.
Meanwhile, Luna, with either a woman's intuition or being tipped off by Smaug, discovered something fishy in the kitchen, and it wasn't Jareth making his infamous fish sticks.
"Rusty?" she asked, confused. "Why are you flirting with Gytha?"
"Everyone flirts with Gytha," Erik pointed out, hoping to salvage the situation.
"It's not his fault, love," Gytha soothed her. "I was just complimentin' him on his knickers."
"I don't know what happened, Luna," Rusty said, shaking his head to clear it. "I've got all these feelings and urges and I don't know what to do."
"It's always the way," Tia said, cynically. "Pop a man back into a meat suit and his glands take over. Rusty, you've got to get a handle on this."
"How?" he asked, looking sadly at Luna.
"Well, Gytha, I think you'd better go back to work for a while," Erik said, looking steadily at her. "The less you're in the house, the better, right now."
Gytha grinned. "Be a whole new crop of young men working down there, yes?"
"Oh, most emphatically yes!" Tia said. "Off you go."
"As for you, Rusty, I suggest you look into the eastern disciplines. It may help you learn self control. The trip could be a little risky though. I'll talk it over with Jareth."
"I'm so sorry, Luna!" Rusty said, with a choke in his voice. "I never want to hurt you. I love you so much."
"Then we'll work through this problem together," she told him, her voice kind and loving. "It must be so hard for you to adjust to everything here."
And so it was decided that as soon as young Indy aged up, the couple would take a trip to China. Luckily, Rusty and Gytha managed to avoid each other during the last day, and when they gathered together for his party, Gytha was much more interested in cake than the Tin Man's good looks.
Jareth scooped the toddler up and ran him to the bedroom to slip him into the family sleeper.
Then it was off to get his artwork done. Luna finished her races for the day with Dubstep and Rusty got the packing done, taking care of passports and tickets and things. Luckily, he had picked up the prepared traveler passport, so he and Luna had 6 days to work things out.
Luna, excited at the prospect of new animals to study, was up at dawn, looking over the travel brochures with Gytha. Rusty slept in a little longer.
"Jareth?" Tia whispered. "What are you guys doing?"
"Making sure nothing goes wrong between here and the airport. We've a little sound advice for Rusty when he wakes up."
"I'd feel better if I didn't think you were going to turn him to toast, if I didn't know Erik has a sand sock in his back pocket and Legolas wasn't looking up sites called Revenge.com online."
"Trust me," Jareth smiled, a smile full of scary promise.
Thankfully, the trip to China proved to be exactly what the Tin Man needed to learn to center himself and discover who he was. It was almost like he was a new man. While he was working hard at the Academy and the Scholar's Garden, Luna had a chance to explore and do a little shopping. And show off her new swimwear.
"Luna, honey?" Tia asked gently. "Why the boots?"
"They're imbued with anti-mermaid charms," she said, showing them off. "You can never be too careful."
After many hours of meditation, hard physical challenges, and self-discipline, Rusty was able to concentrate on the one woman who mattered in his life, his Luna.
And Luna responded in the best way she knew how.
Turning their voyage of discovery into a fairytale honeymoon.
