Answer Session 2

We're back for part two of the answer session! Depending on how long this takes us, we may actually have to do one more answer post after this. We'll see.

Time to continue on...

Marin: What is your favourite colour?

Marin: Purple!

Marin and Trevor: What are your favorite time periods in history?

Trevor: Oh boy, that's hard! Pick something easier!

Marin: I know what my favorite time period is!

Trevor: Oh you do?

Marin: Yes. When Jesus was born.

Trevor: Ah yes. That would have to be my favorite time period as well. The day our Savior was born.

Trevor: Here's one that has had me a bit confused. When you went to the Cold War era and were transported back home before you knew if you made the Russians fire the missile... If the world did get blown up by the nuclear bombs, wouldn't you not have been born, and therefore not exist? It's kinda a confusing question...But it's had me a bit confused.

Trevor: Uhm, yeah. Didn't even think about it. *Clunks head against tree* Duh, you're right! I would not exist. So I guess I could've taken a hint and realized that since I was there that the world hadn't blown up. Thanks for pointing that out...

I feel so dumb sometimes. ;)

Marin: Do you want to be an inventor?

Marin: That's an interesting question! I haven't give it a whole lot of thought, but it definitely sounds like it could be interesting!

Trevor: Do you ever think about what could go wrong and try to plan against it when you go on your trips?

Trevor: Uhhh.... no.... I never actually have planned ahead for a trip into the past.... Perhaps I should...

Marin: That would be great if you tried and planned ahead. It would save me a lot of headaches.

Trevor: Hey!

Trevor and Marin: What is your favourite instrument?

Trevor: bagpipes!

Marin: Davul!

Trevor: okay... how about we pick one we both like?

Trevor and Marin: Fiddle!

Trevor: Do you have a Scottish last name?

Trevor: Yeah. I do... but I prefer to be called Trevor Trekker. My Scottish last name is a secret, kinda like an alias.

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Mykola: I thought I already answered this question for you readers. Trevor's last name is McIntyre.

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Marin: What is your favorite country you've visited so far? Besides Czechoslovakia! ;)

Marin: Honestly I have no idea. Like Trevor, I really love the United States. But when I really think about it, I enjoyed Trevor's homeland the most. I loved Scotland. I thought it was beautiful, what with its rolling hills, highlands and oceans. So pretty.

Trevor: Where is your favourite place on earth?

Trevor: Our home in Hawaii.

Marin: If you could have been born in a different time in history (or the future), would you have wanted that?

Marin: No. Though I was born in one of the most troubled time periods the world has ever seen, I would never have chosen any other time to have been born. I loved my mother a lot. And I love my country. If I'd been born in a different time period I wouldn't have the same wonderful Mom.

Trevor: What is your favorite flavor of Ice cream?

Trevor: Moose Tracks!

Marin: What is your favourite food?

Marin: French fries! Yes, yes, I know they're not exactly healthy but they taste so good!

Marin and Trevor: How did you get animals to your island (I'm not sure, but did tigers live in Hawaii years ago?)?

Marin: Most of them were already there when I came to the Island. Trevor had made this huge time-travel bubble thingy (I have no idea what it was) that he would coax different animals through with treats and stuff. It would lead them through the warp and onto our island. Don't ask me why he did this or why we don't time travel this way regularly, but that's how he did it! The only animals that weren't there when I got there was Zachary, my horse, and our parrot, Fuity-Toot. We got Zachary here because I grabbed onto his mane just was we transported back to our Island, and Fruity-Toot was sitting on my shoulder when we came back from one excursion.

Trevor: As far as how I got the rest of the animals here, it was exactly how Marin said. And no, there aren't tigers on Hawaii normally. I put them there. And since I know someone's going to ask this, the reason we do not travel through time through the "weird bubble thingy" as Marin put it, that's a top secret invention I created that went down the drain. It had a bad habit of exploding. I figured that wouldn't be a safe way to travel through time.

Trevor: Can you do the Highland fling?

Trevor: Sure can!

Marin: It is the most embarrassing thing ever to watch...

Trevor: She just thinks its weird I wear a kilt when I do it.

Marin: Guys were never meant to wear skirts.

Trevor: For the millionth time, it's not a skirt!

Marin: In one of your posts you mentioned that your "Father, slipping away while I was being dragged off." Why did your father leave you?

Marin: My father was a Communist. I think I mentioned before that he was Russian, traditionally from a long line of Kazaks, but turning into a staunch Bolshevik during the 1917 Revolution. When the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, my father feared for his life. Nazis hate Communists, and even though they had made a "peace pact" with the Russians, it was well known they still didn't take kindly to Communists. On top of that, my Mother was a Jew. Yes. I'm half Jewish. This was part of the reason I was so terrified when I was taken off to the school to reform kids into German citizens. Somehow it slipped past the Germans that I was half Jewish, and I was just waiting for the discovery to get out.

But that's a bit off topic. To answer the question, my father left because he thought the Nazis would kill him for being a Communist and for marrying a Jew. I don't want to sound cynical of him, but he wasn't a very good man. I forgive him for leaving my Mother and me, but I can't say I often wonder what happened to him. He had a lot of problems.

Trevor: Why don't you like ladybugs?

Trevor: Oooohhhh. I hate ladybugs with a passion. It began as a child. I was going swimming with some friends in a lake when a whole swarm of ladybugs flew in among us. When there are lots and lots of ladybugs in one area, they start to get hungry and bite everything. I got bit more times than I could count, and it hurt! I've hated ladybugs ever since.

Trevor: Do you have a tartan for your family? Also, have you, in your travels, met any of my ancestors (some were Scottish, Irish, Northern Irish, English, and Norwegian, on the side that we know about!)?

Trevor: No Tartan for my family. I was fostered, so I have no idea what our Tartan was. And alas, if I met your family I had no idea it was them. It's hard to keep track of all the people we meet!

Trevor and Marin: Do you have any more book suggestions for the Civil War period, books that would be geared more towards older teenage girls?

Marin: You can look up Christian books on the Civil War on sites like Christian Book Distributors: http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=105883&sp=1001

I've read a lot of books on the Civil war, but I can't remember them all currently. Sorry!

Trevor: I can't keep track of any of the books I read. Probably because I read it once and then I forget what I just read about a week later. I can reread a book about three times before I realize I've already read it!

Marin: Who drew your pictures? They're really good!

Marin: You know that illustrator Mrs. Susan Marlow got to do her Goldtown books? We liked her pictures so well that we asked if she'd do ours! Her name is Melissa McConnell. You can see her art on Mrs. Marlow's website. She is very talented.

Trevor: Have you ever seen the time travelling video "Time Changer" (great video!)?

Trevor: No I haven't. But I'll try to see it sometime.

Marin: What is your favourite outfit?

Marin: I really like this one dress I have. It's a beautiful red color and it goes a little past my knees. It's a velvet texture. I have a cute pair of black shoes and white stockings that go with it. My Mother made it for me when I was seven. Though I can't wear it anymore since I outgrew it, it's still my favorite!

Trevor and Marin: What is something that you both disagree on most? What is something that you both agree on most?

Marin: We've never agreed on if it's better to make up a story when you time travel to tell someone so you don't mess up their lives or if we should just tell them the truth. We're still undecided on that. I always believed we should avoid saying anything, but if asked straight out to tell the truth. Trevor forgets sometimes and just makes up stories as he goes, totally forgetting that it's the same as lying. We're trying to work on that. :)

Trevor: One thing we agree on wholeheartedly though is that God created the earth in six days and rested on the seventh. Says so right in Genesis, folks, and we believe every word of the Bible is true! Besides, we've been to the first days of the earth. It's fun!

Trevor: Describe how you met Marin.

Trevor: Honestly it happened so suddenly it's hard to remember all the details. I just remember that my watch was about to break. I knew I had to get it fixed, but it was a very special watch. I traced the maker back to Czechoslovakia, and when I transported myself there in 1939. I discovered the shop boarded up and no one there- except a little, frightened blond girl who insisted that I leave right away because I didn't speak a lick of German of Czech. She actually brought me to a secret hideout and got me out of more situations I could count, and in the end helped fixed my watch, 4T. That's how I met Marin, from the very beginning she figured out I needed and help and sprung into action, even though when I first met her she'd escaped not two days before from a German reform school. She was still willing to help me though, which was what made her stand out to me more than anyone I'd ever met before. I knew this girl also needed my help, because her mother was gone and her father was missing. I realized that I had to help this girl- just like she helped me.

Trevor: When did you get the idea to make a time-travelling watch?  

Trevor: When I was five, I told my foster brother Rodney that I was going to invent one. I thought, how crafty that would be? Imagine me, travelling wherever I wanted whenever I wanted, all at the convenience of a watch! Through much experimenting and a whole slew of scientific stuff (I won't get into that, it's way too hard to understand) I got my 4T Wristwatch to work for the first time when I was twenty. My life has been nothing but excitement since then!

Marin: If you ordered a pizza with one topping, what would it be? Pepperoni. :)

Trevor: Do you ever wish you could fix something in time but weren't able to do it?

Trevor: Several times. One time in particular. The first man I met on my first time travel journey asked me to do something for him. He begged me to go back in time and save his family from a bomb that exploded in an apartment in Moscow. I tried and tried and tried and tried. Every time I went back and attempted to save the family, it failed. At this time I wasn't a Christian, but later on when I became a Believer I realized that God wasn't going to let me mess with life. That was up to him. So even though I can time travel, I cannot change things when someone dies. That's up to God, not me. I can't play around with things like that, as much as I'd like to save people.

Trevor and Marin: If you could be somebody else, who would you be (or would you remain yourself)?

Trevor: I'd be a dog.

Marin: I think the question meant what person, not what animal.

Trevor: In that case, I'd be Doc from Back to the Future.

Marin: Trevor, you basically are Doc from Back to the Future. And you're younger.

Trevor: I know! But that's who I would be.

Marin: If I could be someone else for a day, I'd be one of the legendary Resistance members from WWII. There was a girl in one of the Slavic Resistance groups that I remember hearing about. She saved over a dozen Jews. I would be just like her if I was someone else.

Well, I think that covers all the questions! We didn't have to do a third post after all.

I hope you enjoyed these answers. Thanks for all the great questions, we had a blast answering these!

God bless and have a wonderful weekend!

-Trevor and Marin

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Mykola Shapoval: Listen up. This is not a question, or request. This is a command. LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or, as you've been keeping us updated on your plans, maybe we should let the police know!!! And believe me, you can't corrupt every force in the world. Good people will stand up for what's right. And they will stand against evil.

I hope that Trevor and Marin get rid of you right quick.

Mykola: I like your spunk, m'dear. Don't worry, I will leave Marin and Trevor alone.

Once I get what I want from them.

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