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Demon Marcus, Sunday

Sparkle... still hadn't noticed that there was anything weird happening on the island. It wasn't that he had somehow managed to successfully avoid the crazy, so much. It was more that there was very little that he wouldn't do in the first place, so when he felt compelled to spend the day smoking cigarettes at the counter while checking out the latest summer fashions and placing orders for women's clothing that he'd totally wear, because fuck it, it wasn't exactly out of the ordinary.

Neither was that half-hour around midday that he spent dancing around the store singing I Feel Pretty while wearing six-inch heels and a feather boa.

Really, he just called this 'Sunday.'

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The island was still acting insane and yet, Flick hadn't taken off for parts unknown yet. Why, he didn't even want to think about. He'd do that later when he could have a panic attack in private.

For now, he was in town and stepping inside Demon Marcus because he hadn't been there before and he figured Sparkle would be around. If he was insane, well, Flick would just leave. And consider getting drunk.

"Having fun?" he asked when he stepped inside and saw the smoke around the counter. "Thought smoking was banned in most places."

"Not really the sort who worries too much about what's banned in most places," Sparkle offered, along with a lift of his chin. Bro-nod or something like that. "When I got the job here, there was a cupboard under the counter for booze, you know? I don't think whoever owns the place now is going to care too much, and the troopers on the island don't enforce fuck-all."

Sparkle's indifference toward the rules, Flick. He'd show you it.

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"Good to know." He might not be one to smoke in clothing stores but he did have other hobbies that were illegal. Maybe it'd take some of the challenge out of stealing things but it'd also make it less likely that he got his face bashed in.

No wrong there. "This may be the one place I'd wanna be a cop. Get paid for doing nothing? That's the dream."

He still didn't wanna be a cop.

"God, tell me about it. With the way people keep throwing like jobs and TA-ships at me, I'm pretty sure law enforcement is just the next step. I'll... like... eat donuts or whatever all day. It'll be awesome."

Sure it would.

"So, what brings you this way today, Flick? Just lookin' for some new clothes or something?"

"I don't know if anything in here is really my...style," he said, glancing around. "I go more for -- "

He glanced down at his dirty jeans and battered tee shirt. " -- comfort."

Or cheap. It was probably cheap. And tattered. And dirty.

Funnily enough, that still managed to describe a lot of what Sparkle wore.

Well, not dirty. He was a bit of a freak when it came to personal hygiene.

"Fair enough," Sparkle replied with a shrug of his shoulders. "I can set you up for cheap if you ever change your mind, though. Sibling discount."

That he'd just made up.

"You're a true man of the world," Flick said, amused. It might be a discount he actually called in, though. He wasn't the greatest with spending money on himself so it'd be nice to be cheap about it when he remembered.

"Guess I'm just visiting, then," Flick said since the question of clothing had been answered. "Haven't checked out a lot of the town."

And the places he had checked out tended to be alleys and dark corners.

Oh, Sparkle knew all of the dark corners and alleys on the island, now. He could totally point out the best ones in town!

"There's not too much to see," he noted. "Place is pretty small. The preserve is like ten times bigger on the inside than you'd think, though. If you're big on hanging out in the woods, getting eaten alive by frigging mosquitoes."

"You hang out in the woods a lot, Sparkle?" Flick asked, leaning against the counter. Guess he was going to stay for a little bit. Nothing else to do. "Didn't take you for a boy scout."

"Hardly. It's a good place to get the fuck away from people and most of this island's crazy without taking off to Baltimore. Light a few fires, drink a few beers. Make shitty life choices."

Sparkle was good at those.

Flick nodded. That sounded more up his alley even if he wasn't much for beer and didn't really wanna risk lighting a fire with his shitty luck. He'd end up lighting himself on fire.

"I'd probably take off to Baltimore," he admitted with a one shouldered shrug. "More for me to do. Plus, I've never been. It'd be educational!"

"Shit, man, you've never been?" Well, now Flick was doomed. "I head out there all the fucking time. Almost got killed by like the mafia or something once. Long story. Don't go into back rooms and try to pretend you're just looking for the bathroom in a shady dance club, it doesn't usually end well."

"Don't worry, there's no chance in hell I'd go into a dance club period."

Because he didn't dance.

"But yeah, never been. Tended to stick to my small area of the world and didn't deviate."

He had his reasons.

"Makes sense enough, I guess," Sparkle decided, shrugging dismissively and then flicking the end of his cigarette into the back room, into the burn barrel. Because of course Demon Marcus had a burn barrel. "You wanna go sometime, I know my way around, more or less. There any sort of thing in particular you'd wanna see, there?"

"Nah," Flick said, shaking his head. "Nothing in particular."

Baltimore would be a closer fit to New York than this island which might mean a little more familiarity for some of Flick's...mental instability. He didn't think Jude would show up (he'd almost given up) but he still had some hope.

"Spontaneity's always more fun."

"Spontaneity, we can do! There have to be, like, I dunno. Parks and shit. Alec and I went to a zoo once, that was okay. You have any, like, interests or hobbies or whatever? There's probably something there that you'll like."

Maybe? Hopefully? Sparkle wanted to please, here, but he was mostly shooting in the dark.

He didn't have many! And the ones he did have...would actually be endorsed by Sparkle. Maybe he'd consider telling him in the future.

"Uh, I dunno," he said, scratching his cheek. He was going to go with a few lies here for now. "I like electronics, I guess. I mean, tech's pretty cool if you know how to use it."

And he did.

"Yeah? There are probably some electronics stores in town or something. I mean, I haven't been to any myself, they usually tail me when I step into stores like that waiting for a punk like me to pinch something. But it's Baltimore. It's gotta have something."

Being, you know, a city, and all.

"I'm not drowning in money or anything but I bet I could come away with something or other from a store like that."

He'd steal it. And even a tail wouldn't stop him. "But, I'm not really that particular either. Walking around for hours is something I've done before too. I'm boring."

Not really.

"You keep telling me that, man. I haven't tried to ditch you yet or anything." Sparkle shrugged. Sure, that was mostly because he was stubborn, and new blood amused him, but there was also that big sibling thing, and he actually kind of took that seriously. Weirdo. "You wanna wander around Baltimore, I'm all for that, too."

"Might take you up on it," Flick said sincerely. "It'd be nice to have someone who'd prevent me from getting lost and wandering into the wrong neighborhood where I'd end up as someone's dinner."

"And I know all the back rooms to avoid," Sparkle replied with a smirk. "Any time that's good for you, man, just grab me and we'll take the walking tour. Looking forward to it, even."

"I'll let you know," Flick promised, nodding. "Might do it when it's hot hotter than balls outside. Sweating doesn't become me."

"Yeah, you or me both." Sparkle wrinkled his nose a bit at that. "It gets plenty hot in Toronto in the middle of summer, but god, that doesn't mean I have to like it. This whole summer has been freaking insane."

"Yeah, I prefer winter." For both practical reasons and because his wardrobe fell on the heavier side of things. "Shouldn't be that surprised since I've been on this coast all my life but I still hate it. I'm surprised this weird little island can't regulate weather."

Seemed to be able to do everything else.

"I suppose that would depend on what kind of weather you're looking for," Sparkle snorted. "You want sunshine in mid-December, you're probably shit outta luck. You want small fluffy animals? That's more Fandom's speed."

"Yeah, pass." He wasn't a fluffy animal kinda guy. "Surprised more people don't have concussion if that's happening."

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