Jarl
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He opened the door slightly and a young man, maybe 20, burst into the room carrying a six-pack of beer and swaggering like an insolent neighbor.
"Hey pops," the young man said, then looked around the room and set the six pack on the table, before siting at the computer chair, "Lookin' at porn or something? Ahh, Star Wars games, I forgot you guys had those back then."
Tatysskka tried to say something but his mind wasn't quite reacting properly. After a moment of bewildered silence, he managed, "Excuse me, may I help you?"
The young man looked back at him. He had dark hair and wore a leather jacket. He smiled and said, "God, I sure hope you can. But first, can I crash at your place for a while?"
Tatysskka winced, then regained his composure. "Hey," he shouted at the intruder, "Get the hell out of my house, you cretin. Who the hell do you think you are?"
"Are you dense?" the young man responded, leaning back in the chair and tracing diagrams on the ceiling with his fingers, "I'm the goddamn Batman!"
"What?" Tatysskka asked, before realization dawned. "Oh... oh my my my... you're... lost, or something, aren't you? Can you tell me where you came from? There's probably people looking for you," He said, carefully and slowly moving towards the phone on his end table. "Let me just call somebody, and they'll come pick you up and take you back where you came from."
"Hah!" the man barked, sitting up in the chair. "If they could take me back where I came from, then I wouldn't be here talking to you. But they can't, and I sure as hell am."
Tatysskka nodded and sat down gently, gingerly picking the phone up. "Well, maybe if I talk to a doctor for you, he can take you there," he responded, ad libbing desperately until he could get the loony out of his apartment.
The man laughed. "Oh, god, you think I'm crazy, don't you? Hah! This is great."
"So you're not crazy?" Tatysskka asked, lifting the receiver and pressing his finger ever-so-slightly to the button marked "9".
"Of course I'm not crazy!"
"Then where did you come from?" The soft, quiet tone of a number being pressed.
"From the future. Duh."
"Oh really? How far in the future?" The finger moved slowly to the 1 key.
"Ya rily," -What a strange pronunciation, Tatysskka thought- "About 19, twenty years. This is 2006, right?"
"Yes it is. Late July. Almost August." Beeep came the 1 tone.
"Yep, then. 19 years, eight... yeah, eight months. And all to visit you."
"Really, and who am I?" The click of the 1 key as it lifted, followed by the soft depression again.
"Well duh, you're my father." Beeep.
Click.
"Pardon?" Tatysskka managed after a moment.
"You're my father. I'm your son. In the future, obviously. Hey, is mom around?"
-THE CLOT THICKENS?