Freedom Arms; Monday

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The problem with thinking you have gotten used to Fandom, Alice thought, was that Fandom always had a way to prove you wrong. Even someone like her, who had taken a pretty low profile take had to be reminded of the fact you only got so much normalcy until you get hit by the strange.

"Huh. Alright."

Or at least that would explain why the entire display section had been replaced by balloon versions of them; everything from handguns to rifles to knives, even bows and arrows, all made of balloons. After a few minutes of silently freaking out, Alice decided not to think too hard about it and got ready a sign.

For today only, Freedom Arms is giving
balloon weapons FREE. Come get one.

She almost added a please at the end, but then it wouldn't sound that much like an offer.

Freedom Arms is open!

[ No OCD today! ]

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The word FREE caught Kenzi's eye as she scrolled through her friend's list walked by, and she immediately twirled around and walked into the store.

"Free? For me? Awww."

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"Kenzi," Alice greeted with a nod. Look she remembered your name, it's a big deal for her.

"Try to leave some for...you know what, I don't care."

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If that wasn't an invitation to decorate Bo's office until there was nothing but squeaky plastic sounds and exploding weapons, nothing was.

"Thank youuu! This doesn't look like your normal stock, what happened?"

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"Fandom happened, Kenzi," Alice explained without much enthusiasm. "I'm sure it will be back to actual weapons tomorrow. Why do you want those anyway?"

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"First, 'cause it's free. Never pass up free. Second, because it's been three weeks or so since I redecorated Bo's office." Kenzi suddenly gave a paranoid look around, checking for squirrels. "Which I'll have to do fast or it won't be a surprise. How've you been since the everyone-disappeared-thing?"

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"...you and Bo are very good friends, I guess." Because seriously Alice was willing to believe she would shot people for less.

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"Oh yeah," Kenzi said breezily. "This'll be the.. third? Fourth? I dunno. Something like that, time, that I've upgraded her place."

For a given value of 'upgrade', if you counted replacing her office chair with a recliner with questionable massage function.

"I should drag her in here, she should get more stuff for her Security job." Especially since she couldn't use some of her superpowers on the students, because of those pesky ethics.

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Alice smiled, pretty much like a real person would. She would still shot someone if they did that to her room.

"Nobody ever comes here, so she's more than welcome to drop by and check the discounts." By now almost everything had discounts.

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"Cooooool." Kenzi was beaming and gathering up armfuls of inflated automatic weapons. "Hey, are there more discounts in case of emergency? I'm gonna be eighteen in July. I bet there's an emergency before then... You got a wheelbarrow somewhere? Man, I miss Bart."

Caffeeeeine, it was what was on the menu today.

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Alice had to accept that Kenzi looked all kinds of cute, in her dorky gonna-plant-balloon-firearms special kind of way. Which meant she was likely to worry about her getting eaten by some random Fandom spawned creature at some point.

"There's always discounts, but...a wheelbarrow?"

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Kenzi really was monster-chow in goth-patterned stockings.

"No, wait, I'll get a cab," Kenzi decided. "To take more at once." She looked mournful. "I used to have a roomie with super-speed. So useful for pulling pranks. And wonderful for plausible deniability."

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Alice's tendency to mom people had been fairly quiet, mostly because she didn't know many of the students. Or Fandomites in general. But as soon as she relaxed a bit with someone? Boom, she had to worry a little.

"I can help you carry some to a cab. Usually I would say that you're buying them...but I'm pretty bored in this place anyway."

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"Aww, thanks!" Yup, Bo was going to get the best and largest amount of plastic air-filled weaponry available! Alice rocked. "I'll buy you a coffee, my treat? Your boss won't mind you taking a break?"

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"Sometimes I think he makes a point not to mind things, so it should be fine." It wasn't as if she was actually needed there at that moment.