"Be gone evil spirit!" Hunk yelled at the translucent Altean child.

"Oh, hello there," said Pidge, bending down to meet the child's eyeline. "Who are you?" But when she looked into the kids silver eyes she saw something ancient and dark. Pidge stood up and said more seriously, "Alright Casper, who are you?"

"Pidge, don't make it mad!" warned Hunk.

"I'm Bored," said the child.

"That's not a name," said Pidge.

"Neither is Pidge, Knowledge-Seeker, but names only come about by using them."

"Okay, Bored," said Pidge. "What do you want?"

"She wants to eat our faces!" cried Hunk.

"I want to play pretend," said Bored. "Do you like games?" She directed this at Hunk.

"Is it a Saw type of game or a game where I keep all my organs on the inside?"

Bored giggled. "You're funny. Let's play food truck!"

"Yes, let's do do that," said Hunk, switching gears.

Poof! Bored disappeared. But then the food truck's metal curtain opened up and there was Bored in the order window.

"What do you want?" she asked Hunk.

"Uh..." Hunk looked at the menu on the side of the truck. "The menu's all in Altean..."

"Pick something. What does your heart most desire?"

"A Burrito?"

"Order up!" bellowed Bored and produced a wrapped burrito from behind her back.

"Okay," said Hunk giving it a sniff. He unwrapped it and stared at the pink tortilla. Different...

"Eat up," said Bored.

Hunk took a bite and paused. "Hmm... I can't be sure but..." Hunk took another few chews then said, "Yep. It's made out of play doh." Hunk spit it out on the ground.

Bored erupted in cackling laughter.

"I can't believe I ate play doh!" cried Hunk. Pidge, am I poisoned? Am I gonna die?"

Pidge gave him her 'I can't believe I have to explain this look' that's usually reserved for Lance. "No, you will not die because 1. Play doh is non-toxic, everyone knows that, it says so right on the container, and 2... NONE OF THIS IS REAL!"

"It's... not?" said Hunk, and as it he said it everything dissolved around him: the food truck, the "burrito," the platform... "Oh no!" gasped Hunk, wiggling his feet and realizing there was nothing underneath them. "There's no ground anymore. Don't look down. If we look down, we'll fall."

"Hunk," said Pidge, dead serious. "That is cartoon logic, not real life logic. The only reason you'd fall if you look down is because you're expecting to fall. You have to remember that none of this is actually happening and we're manifesting it with our thoughts."

Bored sighed. "Well, it's no fun when you figure that out."

"I knew that coming in," snapped Pidge. "Now Hunk, we gotta get a hold of this controlling-our-environment thing. On the count of three we're going to look down and NOT fall. Got it?"

"Okay... okay...," said Hunk, trying to calm himself down. "I just don't like when the laws of physics don't apply."

"I get it Hunk. I'm the same way," Pidge said, reassuringly.

"Will they fall...? Won't they fall...?" Bored asked no one in particular as she floated by Pidge's head. "That is the question."

"One...two...three!"

They both looked down at once and... fell.

"Ahhhh!" screamed Hunk.

"I know why you're falling, but why am I falling?" cried Pidge as they continued to free fall with no ground in sight below.

"I dunno," sobbed Hunk. "I thought we'd both fall and now we're falling. Am I god? I don't wanna be god! I'll be bad at it!"

"Hunk, if this is your doing, give us a soft landing!" yelled Pidge.

"How?"

"Think of something soft!"

And just as she finished yelling that, they smacked into something and then they bounced back up... and down... and up. Pidge tried to get to her feet, but couldn't find her balance. Just then Bored bounced by saying, "Wheeeeeee!"

Pidge looked around and got her bearings. They were inside a giant bouncy castle. Well, that worked at least.

"This isn't so bad!" said Hunk, jumping up and down.

"Of course not," said Pidge. "You created it."

"Ohhhhh, she's getting it," whispered Bored, suddenly beside her.

Pidge didn't hesitate. She reached for Bored's throat, but Bored jumped back in a flash. Pidge was good at thinking on her feet, she was already running across the bouncy ground towards Bored. She went to tackle her, but landed on the bouncy castle floor, Bored having popped out of existence. Pidge turned, locating her prey again, she lunged. Bored disappeared again, this time a laugh echoing in the air.

"Hunk," said Pidge. "I'm going to need you to envision me capturing Bored."

"Uh," said Hunk, calling the idea to his mind.

Next time Pidge lunged at the spirit, she pinned her to the ground. "Who are you?" she yelled. "Where are we?"

Poof! Bored disappeared and reappeared beside Hunk, making him jump.

"Hunk!" scolded Pidge.

"You said capture her, not hold her. Should we try again?"

"I wouldn't bother," said Bored, rising up into the air above them. "It's not going to work. I can see in his head and he has so many doubts." Bored pouted.

"Hey...," said Hunk. "I mean... accurate, but like rude to tell people."

"What do you want with us?" asked Pidge.

"Boring! I don't want to ask questions. I want to play," insisted Bored. "I want to have fun."

"Excuse me if being toyed with by some mystery realm spirit isn't fun for me," said Pidge.

"I'm sorry," said Bored. "I'm ruining our playdate. How can I make it better?"

"Answer my questions," said Pidge.

Bored thought about this. "Okay." Pidge brightened. "I'll answer three." Pidge frowned. "After you answer a riddle."

"Who are you? Gollum?" Pidge rolled her eyes.

"Roses are red –"

"Oh, we're starting?"

"Violets are blue –"

"No," said Pidge, interrupting. "They're purple. It's in the name. Violet."

Bored glared at her.

"Right... Sorry. Finish."

"Roses are red, violets are blue, one of these things just isn't true."

"Violets aren't blue," deadpanned Pidge.

"It's no fun if you solve it before I finish, Knowledge-Seeker."

"Either way, I got it right. Now answer my three questions."

"No, yes, and you have one more," said Bored.

"What?"

"The answers to your first two questions. 'Who are you? Gollum?' the answer is no. 'Oh, we're starting?' the answer is... was yes. Now you get one more."

"Those don't count!" argued Pidge.

"So you can't think of a third?" asked Bored.

Pidge scowled. "Where are we?"

"In one of the realms between the physical and the astral plane," answered Bored.

"Obviously. Which realm?" asked Pidge.

"Sorry. You're out of questions."

"You weren't specific with your answer!" snapped Pidge.

"Your question wasn't specific," mocked Bored.

"Did you seriously want me to put the word 'specific' in my question?"

"Now you know for next time," said Bored. "Let's play a game. How about you?" said Bored, turning to Hunk who had been bouncing in place while they argued. "You want to play?"

"Um," said Hunk. "Is there prizes if we win?"

"I like how you think, Builder," said Bored with a wicked smile.