Blending In

Double D wasn't one to get motion sickness easily. He'd been in cars, buses, planes, and various rides in his youth to know that he was fairly lucky to not have gained that particular disadvantage.

However, while he was face down on the carpet, dazed with a hint of nausea, he heavily sympathized with people that did.

"Probably should done this near a mattress or something." Eddy mumbled, crouching over his friends' body. He ignored the panicked muttering of Raven and focused on poking his friend with a book. "You okay there, Sockhead? As graceful as that landing was, it still looked pretty painful."

"I'm currently dazed and confused, but largely unharmed." The hatted boy replied, face still located within the carpet. "In the future, I'd like a bit of warning."

"Sorry!" Raven said, finally moving out of her mumbles. "When he said he wanted something teleported over the phone, I thought he was trying to get a book. He didn't say anything about it being a person!"

"I never said it was going to be a book, you assumed that." Eddy pointed the book at her before continuing to poke at his friend. "I figured it was about time to head into town and see what they had with some new friends here. Figured that you spent enough time in New Salem and was about time you moved around here."

"Gee, thank you for the invitation." Double D said sarcastically, finally summoning the energy to swat away the offending book and moved onto his back. Moving up slowly, he was suddenly face to face with a teacup filled with something that smelled of peppermint.

"Tea can help with the nerves. First couple of teleportation's are always a bit rough, so I'd suggest taking some in the future." Maddie sagely said, swirling it under his nose to emphasize her point. She smiled as Double D took the cup and smiled back in thanks, moving beside Raven to help settle her nerves.

"Your friend really loves doing stupid stuff when no one's looking, huh?" Cerise raised an eyebrow as Double D laughed at the question.

"Quite often. Really does turn out to be a problem more often than not." He took a sip of the tea, refusing to meet her eyes. "Though, it's not like it's worked to our advantage in the first place."

"Hey, I'm right here!" Eddy gasped as both looked at him with a deadpan expression. He turned around and crossed his arms, grumbling to himself. earning a roll of the eyes from Double D.

"Excuse me, Eddy, but when do you expect your- oh, he's already here." Apple said, walking out with a bag filled with her books for today. "Good timing. How did you get here so quickly?"

"I had a little help." Double D sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck. "Sorry for coming at such short notice. Eddy didn't really give me much choice."

Apple didn't exactly know what was going on, especially since Raven looked like she was at the end of a panic attack, but she somehow felt like extending her line of questioning would only make her even more confused. "It's quite all right, we were planning on moving on soon. I'm assuming that your friend in New Salem is going to be fine working alone on his errands?"

"I," Double D looked confident for a second before sending a look to Eddy. The Ed boys looked mortified for a second before the smart Ed boy turned to Apple and smiled nervously. "If you wouldn't mind..."

Bringing out the iCoffin, he typed in the number and put it on speaker. The phone rang twice before the cheery voice of Ed came out.

"Double D, you lived!"

The Eds visibly relaxed at that. "Ed, I was just teleported to Ever After. You can thank Eddy for that." Said boy laughed as Double D sent him a small glare. "I just wanted to make sure that things were going well on your end. You know the objective, correct?"