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The Perk- Saturday afternoon

Kitty hadn't known anything was up until she went to the Perk with her computer. There she'd found children behind the counter insisting they could make her coffee. Personally, she hadn't been that keen on kids making something hot that might burn them, so she'd just asked for a muffin and took her laptop outside to a table because good god was it loud in there.

And then one of the tiny baristas came out with a cup saying her coffee was ready before dashing back inside.

Kitty only worried about that until she picked up the paper cup and saw there was nothing in it. Pretend coffee. Nice.

[Open! Throw children at her.]

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Derek was wandering the town, attempting to catch a familiar scent. Or, you know, figure out why he wasn't in California anymore.

It was a thing.

"Is everyone a kid?" Derek seemed to think he wasn't a kid at the ripe, old age of 10.

"...Not everyone," said Kitty, at the ripe, old age of 19. "But I think we're a little heavy on the kid population, yeah."

So, it was some weird kidnapping ring then. Because that was the only plausible explanation for this.

Derek sighed, shoulders slumping as he held the door open for Puppy Joe to join him in the coffee shop. If you thought he was giving up on this dog, you were sorely mistaken.

Oh, god, the ~~adorable white dust bunny~~ dog.

"What's your name?" she asked.

IT WAS A BALL OF COTTON THAT TOOK CANINE FORM.

"Derek. What's yours?" he asked warily.

Oh, wasn't this going to be fun when the weekend was over?

"Kitty," she said with a smile. "Do you not like all the kids around?"

It would not surprise her if Derek was always anti-social, no.

Derek glanced over at the 'barristas' working on fake coffee orders, biting his lip before looking away. "I don't know any of them."

"I'm sure if you went up and introduced yourself, you might make a couple new friends," she told him.

There was that mildly anxious look again. "I'm--I'm fine. I have Puppy Joe. Stiles said he won't run away."

"He won't," Kitty said. "Want to hang out for a bit? You know me now."

Sort of.

"Okay. If you want." HE MADE ALL THE FRIENDS. LOOK AT HIM.

"So what have you been up to today?" she asked. This was probably more conversation than she'd ever gotten out of him, so if she could keep it going, she was going to.

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"CATCH!" Yakko said, before throwing a child toward Kitty.

Granted, it was just a doll.

But more than that, it was a lesson in phrasing OOC notes more specifically.

And then Yakko ran away.

Well now Kitty had to catch a doll.

She stared at it for a minute, wondered what to do with it, and then opened the door to the Perk to give it to one of the baristas.

When she heard how loud it still was in there, she sat back down and decided it could wait till she was leaving.

Clint had been slowly making his way through town in search of something good to eat, and he stopped outside the Perk when he saw the nice-looking girl sitting there with a cup. "Excuse me," he said politely, "do they have hot chocolate here?"

[SP is imminent but I haaaad to!]

Aww, how cute was he?

"They do! But um, I think you might need an adult to make it," Kitty said, remembering the tiny baristas. "Want me to make you some?"

Something told her she could pretty much have the run of the shop. And could give the girls a doll.

"You'd do that? That'd be real nice of you," Clint said. "Wait! How much will it cost? I've got--" He dug his hands into his pockets and counted up the change he pulled out. "53 cents. Is that enough?"

"You know what, it's on me," she smiled, closing down her laptop (she was not leaving it outside with kids around, she was smarter than that) and picking up the doll before getting up and opening the door rather than phasing through it. "After you."

It took Clint a second to understand what she meant, because really, it was way too nice for her to pay for him, but he figured she'd ask him for the money later, so he tucked his change back into his pockets and went inside. "Thank you," he said, not wanting to get into trouble for being rude.

"You're welcome," she said, and set her computer down inside before bribing the tiny baristas with the doll to let her behind the counter. "One hot chocolate, coming right up. What's your name?"

"I'm Clint. Are you gonna write that on the cup? I know how to spell it," he said helpfully.

Awww, the cute kid was a cute tiny boyfriend! ...It was slightly strange being the older one here.

"I can if you want me to," she told him. "You've got a good name. I know a guy named Clint and he's pretty awesome."

Oh yes, this was going to be mortifying come Monday.

"You do? I've never met another me before. My brother'd probably say it's good there's only one of me around," he said. "But maybe that means I'll be awesome someday too."

"I think so," she said, getting the hot chocolate ready. "Older brother, I'm guessing?"

Okay, not the optimal time to first broach the topic of families, but it was right there.

"Uh huh. I'm the baby. Not a baby," he said quickly, because seven was way too old for baby stuff, "but I'm the youngest. Do you have any brothers or sisters?"