Milliversary Post!

[tyler_marlocke]

There's a young boy, settled at one of the tables, surrounded by girly-coloed construction paper, glitter pens, glue, and paper doilies. Also on the table, is a very large order of paradoxes and a cupcake with a candle in it.

To the Milliways Calender Day...Tyler's officially been here one year.

Come on and say hi.

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[mago_sonriente]

"Valentine's Day for you?"

Carlos tipped his chin to the colored paper and glitter. That's the only reason he'd been using that kind of thing when he was younger.

[tyler_marlocke]

"Mmmyup. Valentine's day 2006." Kid is a couple years behind the Milliways curve... but that's standard for patrons.

"Making them myself."

[mago_sonriente]

"I see," he says with a nod that says he takes that very important holiday and the artistic stresses within.

"Always the best way."

[tyler_marlocke]

"...it was either this or I used these."

With that a foil box with a wonderfully colorful array of super hero pictures, cheesy puns and joke cards is produced, featuring some team known as the Earth Defense League.

Odd that a kid would turn down using these flashy ones.

[anxietycloset]

"Ooh!" says the Snorklewacker in delight. (He walks surprisingly lightly for something his size.) "Might I borrow one of those?"

He is pointing to the glitter pens.

[tyler_marlocke]

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"...sure."

[anxietycloset]

"Oh, thank you!" He grabs the orange one and trots back into the closet.

Several minutes later, he re-emerges and returns the pen, with the glitter-glue in the transparent tube about an inch lower. "Thank you very much!" he chirps, and wanders off.

...It's probably better not to ask.

[tyler_marlocke]

..................................

Tyler's not touching that pen until he gets the -full- decontamination done on it.

Yeeeeigh.

[gone_byebye]

Ray, as has been noted elsewhere, is easily distracted by shiny objects. Glitter qualifies.

"hey, Tyler. How's it going?"

[tyler_marlocke]

"Pretty decent actually. Malphast's getting the hang of playing chinese checkers and trading card games." A beat. "And Valentines day is coming up."

[gone_byebye]

"Hence the card making materials. Gotcha," Ray says. "Good luck with that- I always stunk at V-day when I was a kid."

[tyler_marlocke]

"Thanks, I think I'll need all the luck I can get." Tyler replies solemnly. "Did I tell you my after-school tutor has shown up in the Bar?"

[a1enzo]

It's not the colours of the paper - sprites aren't much inclined to colour-bias. It's not even the glitter.

It's the doilies.

Even to sprites, some things are pretty darn girly.

Thus Enzo's 'errrrr?' expression as he asks, "What're you doing?"

[tyler_marlocke]

"Making valentines day cards for my class."

[a1enzo]

"Valentine's... oh, right! The love holiday?"

[tyler_marlocke]

"That's right, though I told Malphast it was mostly about sharing candy and strengthing friendships."

Do you want the kid of an angel and a demon getting the wrong ideas about what to do for Valentine's day?