#jacquelyn faust

Faust: *had just walked in with the Delightful Children holding shopping bags, watching him run off* ... ... ... It's only been two minutes and I think your father has finally lost it.

Delightful Children: No, he's just not used to being in a semi-stable relationship with someone who actually likes him back.

Faust: ... Who is he calling for help?

Father: No.

DCFDTL: *turns to what Father assumes is Faust behind him* Miss Faust, can we? *silence follows* Miss Faust says we can.

So imagine, the Delightful Children actually have the upper hand on Sector V. They are moments away from victory when they're suddenly grabbed and thrown into an awaiting limo where Father sits, reading a newspaper. Faust is beside him, fists in her lap, looking anxious and frazzled as if he had just done the same to her before coming to get them.

He angrily quiets any complaints and arguments so the Delightful Children look to Faust who helplessly shrugs and mouths "I don't know." Then, Father, suddenly calm, clears his throat.

They're going camping. No one in that car has ever done that before, but Father is adamant that they'll "figure it out." He already went out to get the supplies. He had already packed for them. They're leaving NOW. No arguments.

Fast forward and the seven of them find themselves out in the middle of the deep woods. Father has told the limo driver to come back at the end of the weekend to pick them up before sending him off. He then starts digging through the camping supplies, telling them how much they need "family time" since Faust and the Delightful Children are still not great terms, despite the fact this experience seems to have them on the same page mentally and Father and Faust are nowhere near being married.

"This is going to end in disaster."

"Yeah. A devastating wild fire. I'll give it an hour before he cracks."

Faust and the children watch Father fight with the tent poles and flinch when he gets thwacked in the face when one slips.

"Perhaps less...?"

"You're right. Ten minutes. Unseasoned cold snap on standby."

"As well as hotel arrangements."

They'll ragebait one another into marriage sooner or later.

Probably later.

After a couple hundred or so break ups/make ups.

Can't rush that sort of thing.

Could be a long engagement.

Though Father would end up being one hell of a Bridezilla and Faust would sit back like an amused wine aunt just to see how it all goes down and how many people he can piss off simultaneously up until the set date. The only one absolutely over the moon about this is Monty, since he ends up being asked to be Best Man. To Nigel's chagrin, he's forced to be the ring bearer.

The ceremony would be a complete circus thanks to Sector V crashing it for the wedding cake and to save Nigel and the Delightful Children retaliating which destroys half of the venue. Chaos ensues when the rest of the villains decide to get in on the action and Moosk starts a brawl among them to help Nigel and his friends. Faust is thoroughly entertained but Father had spent most of his rage on planning the event so he doesn't really have the energy to deal with any of this.

Once everything comes to a standstill, Faust and Father decide to drop it altogether and just elope. To where ends up being a spat back and forth until they come to a decision that appeases no one. They do have a good time, regardless.

Hmmm...

... ... ...

Knowing this, it makes me think of Faust getting a pitch black kitten with copper eyes to keep her company. It ends up being like Kevin McCallister toward the Sinister Felines when they try to get rid of him after Faust drops him off due to Father offering to watch over him while she's away for a work event.

His name is Frost Bite and he is an absolute sweetheart to humans. Toward other cats and hamsters? Not so much. He's quite antagonistic.

Father didn't really want to watch over Frost Bite, only offering to keep Faust happy, but he soon warms up to the kitten due to the fact Faust told him that the fur color makes her think of him. The void kitten blends into his silhouette suit so well that the only thing you'll see when you go looking for Frost Bite is his eyes popping open on the man's chest/stomach. Father carries him around constantly and even debates on getting a baby sling so he could keep the kitten close with his hands free when he has to put him down.

The Sinister Felines HATE how much Father bonds with Frost Bite. He's also won over the Delightful Children, allowing them to hold him and love on him while he maintains eye contact with the Sinister Felines and purrs his heart out. No matter how hard they try, they can't get rid of him until Faust comes back to pick him up.

Sector V is violently confronted by the Delightful Children, believing that they did something to make Father start acting strangely. They don't know what, but Father has announced his "retirement" as CEO of Evil Adults Enterprises and from adult villainy entirely, and has been pressuring the DC to do the same.

The DC, upon realizing Sector V had no idea what they were talking about, explained that Father had returned from Saratoga Springs acting strangely, more meekly, and prone to jumping at the smallest things. At first, they thought it was because he was still upset that Faust couldn't go with him and, for some reason, thought she'd break up with him, but strangely, he wasn't angry as he had been when he left. He was paranoid, and when asked about the spat, Father seemed confused as to who Faust was. Father clearly recognized the DC and acted devastated at the sight of them, at how they were dressed and how they acted. He also wore a horrid clash of colors instead of his more dapper ones and seemed to have dyed his hair for... some reason, at least according to the DC. The next thing they knew, he announced that he was giving up villainy altogether.

The Delightful Children had tried going to Faust to talk sense into Father, but she had left town for a toy convention earlier that day, hence why she couldn't join him, and she wouldn't be back for hours. All attempts to contact her have hit a dead end. Out of options, they chose to confront the KND.

Sector V found this strangely familiar and decided to investigate. The said investigation led them to a barricaded study door in the Delightful Mansion. Upon knocking, a shakey, desperate voice answered and Nigel immediately recognized it. This wasn't Father. It was Daddy from the alternate dimension where kids were put to work and adults did nothing but play all day. After a short exchange calming the man down, the sound of furniture moving reached their ears and the door opened. There stood a tall, thin man with brown hair, purple horn-rimmed glasses in a turquoise and purple ensemble, trembling like a baby deer.

Once he felt safe enough, Daddy laments what he remembered before appearing here. Negative Numbuh Four had escaped the broccoli mines and reopened the portal to this world to enact revenge on the KND, though in a different, secluded area that seemed to be connected to this world's Saratoga Springs. Daddy, feeling useless to his kids, decided to take matters into his own hands when he catches sight of NNF right before the portal is opened. Daddy followed NNF into the portal, only to come face to face with his Positive counterpart who had been relaxing in a private pool. Father is absolutely pissed seeing a kid in his room with a mixture of confusion and rage upon seeing a version of himself who "dresses tacky." Before Father could address the situation and before Daddy could stop him, NNF shoved Father into the portal and escaped into the Positive World. Daddy was only able to find his way back to the Delightful Mansion because Father's chauffeur had brought him there. He didn't get a chance to chase after the boy.

The man hanged his head, declaring himself a failure for letting NNF escape and his counterpart be sent to the Negative World. Other than confronting the KND and Wally, Daddy has no idea where NNF would have gone and the portal had closed behind Father, so both Negative sides were stranded in the Positive one. The Delightful Children nearly lose their minds at the thought that Father was switched with such a cowardly man and end up being locked in the attic by the KND after they tried attacking Daddy to find out where Father had ended up. This reminds him about everything he found out about Father and how he had a mental breakdown over how cruel his other half was to the point he tried to fix everything the counterpart had done in the Positive World. Daddy fretted over what could be happening in the Negative World now that someone worse than NNF was among the healing society.

Killing Grandfather might be a tonne easier than trying to get Father to a therapist willingly, especially since he's aware that he's evil and doesn't want to be lectured about his decisions. Faust won't go after Grandfather like that because she thinks Father should have that honor but does want him to open his eyes about him.