When Justin arrives at the dream, he comes down to Suzy’s and mine apartment and ‘crashes’ Joy’s school
“Today there’s no school,” he says to Suzy, who was teaching her how to put letters into words. “Today we go on adventure!”
“Yai!” Joy raises her hands and dances a happy dance.
“And Mom,” Justin looks at her. “You’re joining us on this adventure.”
“Oh, no, no,” Suzy waves him off. “I’m a social worker. I don’t do adventures.”
“But you’re the only one who can help, Grandma,” he tells her.
She crosses her arms. “And how’s that exactly?”
“Well, a horde of killer grandmothers have taken control of Australia,” Justin says with a straight face as Joy looks at him, excited. “They’ve kidnapped their grandchildren and are leading them up to a very strange volcano.”
Suzy frowns. “Really? Why would they do that?”
“The thing is, I believe they’ve been mind controlled. Somehow you’re immune to it. You are our only way of infiltrating them. You have to act like a killer grandmother. You’ll take Joy, as your granddaughter that you’ve kidnapped, and together you’ll go into their lair, figure out what’s wrong, beat the bad guys, and restore the grandmothers.”
Joy jumps up and down and grabs Suzy’s hand. “I’m going on adventure with Grandma Suzy! Yai!”
“Justin?” Suzy looks at Justin. I can tell she loves it the way Joy wants to be with her, but she hates the thought of going on an adventure.
“It’s perfectly safe,” Justin says. “I promise. Master Mind will be with you and Dad and I will watch from above in Bonny’s Revenge.”
Suzy turns her gaze from Justin to me.
“Please please please please pleeeeeeze!” Joy says, grabbing her hand. We’ve had quite a few adventures, now. Justin and Joy both say they’re much safer, and also that they don’t happen as often. But Suzy never really participates.
Suzy looks into Joy’s eyes. “All right, all right, Joy. We’ll go save the killer grandmothers!”
“Yaiiiii!”
“Let’s go, slowpokes!” Justin is the first to walk out the door and to the garden that leads to Bonnie’s Revenge’s ramp.
—Told by Grampa Walt