A Hat in Time: The Musical

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Hat Kid and I begin cleaning the time pieces we had. It was quiet on the ship after a while, and Kid was bored. We hadn't had much to do, but since Kid was still quite young, I often took charge of the ship, and its time pieces.

After hearing a knock, both Kid and I look over at the window. There was a young girl hiding in our ship, and a guy from Mafia town knocking at the window. The girl waves at us, and makes an urgent "shh" motion. "I'll handle this." I say quietly, walking towards the window.

The guy knocks once more as I hesitantly make my approach with a heavily accented, "Hello? Is anybody home?" I crouch down to face the window, as I was rather tall. "Hey, you. Have you seen weird little Mustache Girl? Mafia only want to talk." He says, punching his hand.

"Actually, I have." I say. The "weird little Mustache Girl," who I've decided to simply call "Girl," sends me a terrified look. "She's right over there. Best hurry, or she might get away." I say, pointing away from the ship. "Huh? Thanks." He says, going away.

"Thanks a million, Y/N! One day, those thugs will get their's!" She says. I look over, slightly confused. "Do I know you?" I ask hesitantly. "Not directly. It's a long story." She says. "Well, now that you're here, why don't you stay for a bit?" Kid asks.

"Seriously?" She replies. "Sure! We love having company." Kid says, "Hey, Girl!" "Who, me?" She asks. "I think it's awesome how you rock that facial hair!" Kid continues. "Really?" Girl asks. "So chic, yet debonair! It bucks the trends." I continue, saving the conversation a bit.

"Oh, well... Thanks, Kid. I've got to say, I've got a lot of enemies... But you and me! We're destined to be best friends." Girl says. Kid joins her for that last bit. "Wow! Friendship harmony! This is gonna be so awesome. This is gonna be so great! We're like lemon and lime, or like lyrics that rhyme, and we've got all of the time in the world!" They sing.

The two of them play different games together as I keep watch on our time pieces. The girl knew me. I wasn't exactly sure how, but she did. "Let me give you the tour! This is the bridge... The observatory... Cup holder... And these power the ship- Oops!" Kid says. I dive to catch it, but it shatters before I can reach it.

I grab it as time repeats itself, holding it close as Kid helps the girl up again. "Wait! Did we just time travel?" She asks, taking the time piece from me. "Yeah! Crazy, right?" Kid asks. I can see Girl thinking for a while, before her face lights up with an idea.

"Hey Kid! I just came up with something fun to do together!" She says. "Oh?" We ask in unison. "We take every villain ever, and crush them all!" She says, holding Kid's shoulder, and the hour glass. "Oh... Uh..." Kid says, uncomfortable.

"Let's see... Our schedule's loaded- Also, those belong to me!" I say, alerting Girl that I was aware she was taking the time pieces as I look at my planner. "But Monday we're free to crush them at bocce ball~" Kid continues, showing Girl her racket as I quickly take the time pieces from her. "What's that?" Girl asks. "I think it's played with a horse." She says.

"You're not being very awesome! Weren't you ever taught to share?" She asks, holding up the time piece from behind her back. I walk up to her quickly. "Look, I'm not in my prime to be vanquishing crime-" "Good thing we've got all of the time in the world!" She says, putting an arm around my shoulder.

"Yes... Good thing..." I murmur, taking the time piece and walking away from her, holding it close. "Think of all the bad guys we could kill!" She says, grabbing me. "By killing them with kindness instead~" I say, shaking my head. "Imagine all the blood these could help us spill!" She says.

I send her a sharp glare, holding on tightly to the time piece. "I mean, like, spilling on their pants! While making them dead..." She growls. I take the time piece out of her grasp and walk over to put it away.

Kid starts trying to reason with Girl. "Can't we at least agree to drop this whole "killing spree?" People like you and me are-" "Much too smart to be so naïve! You say they have a heart? Well that's hard to believe. See, violence is all that these brutes understand, and the power of time is in the palm of my hand!" She says, cutting her off and grabbing another time piece.

When she isn't looking, both Kid and I place a hand on the time piece. "Hey- What are you doing?" She asks. "Nothing." We both say. "Well, then let's go." She replies. "I don't think so." Kid says. "This is mine!" Girl yells. "No, it isn't!" I say, pushing Kid out of the way as we begin to have a tug of war over it. "Well, it would be if you'd take your evil hands off it!" She growls.

Kid grabs the hour glass quickly as I let go, trying to get it out of her grip. She knew my reputation. Everything was making sense. She knew about me, and took after my motives. I wanted to take out all "evil" no matter what. I had even hurt Kid to do so.

"Hey, Girl! I think this friendship, like your lip, is getting hairy." Kid says. Girl lets go of the time piece, offended. "How dare you!" "I'm getting kinda scary undertones..." I say, putting the time piece away. Girl begins creeping towards another time piece.

Kid puts on her Sprint Hat and runs over, grabbing the time piece before she can. "And I'm getting sick of this! Shove off!" She says, shoving her into a wall. Kid sends her a look of "really?" "I hate your hats, and you're a stupid, awful friend!" She says, walking over to another time piece.

I quickly put on my Brewing Hat, and throw a potion at her. It explodes into a cloud of smoke, and Kid takes it from her, putting it in the table. Girl notices, and she lunges for them. Kid puts on the Ice Hat, and stops her.

"We can't let you take those pieces!" I say. "I can't wait to break your nose!" Girl says, headbutting her and grabbing the two time pieces on the table. Kid falls to the ground, holding her nose. "And now I'm destined to climb to the top, now that I'm controlling all of the time-" I cut her off, pressing the button near the door with a simple "Goodbye."

I quickly put on my Time Stop Hat, wanting those pieces before she flies out of the ship. I take them from her, and time continues. The door opens, and Girl flies out. Kid quickly shuts the door, and we watch as she flies off. "In the world... AHHHHH!" She screams, realizing she didn't have the time pieces.

Kid puts her top hat back on, and smiles. "She seems nice." I laugh at her comment, and walk over to put the time pieces away. "What kind of hat is that, Y/N?" She asks. "This is a Time Stop Hat." I reply.

"That looks so cool! Now, let's head-" She bumps into me, causing me to drop one of the time pieces. "Oops..." She says, just before time goes backwards.

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