Curiosities, Oddities, and Antiques - Saturday

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Cecil was a bit out of sorts today. He'd called Carlos to talk, and he'd hardly been able to get the words out! He'd stammered a couple times, even. Carlos had been sweet about it, but still.

Regardless, he had a job. So he'd bundled up himself and Foucault and headed out to the antique store. It was open and getting warmer, he had the shrunken heads arranged cheerfully in the window, and he was trying to avoid whatever that noise was in the back of his head.

He was sort of succeeding.

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"Dude, watch this!" Hi, Kenzi.

Kenzi sang out, "~My father was a paper plane, my mother was a windswept plain...~" And the images from Children's Work (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSxSCv7Cegc) formed in front of her as vaguely colored images. "HOW COOL IS THAT?"

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"Oh, wow!" Cecil grinned. That really was pretty nifty. "I didn't know you could...um. Do...that."

Ugh, words.

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Kenzi was also carrying her shoes. Because they were broken.

Shaddup.

"I didn't either! Just since this morning! It's like Roland's thing!" ...which was way more cool and complicated, and he could make you feel things with his music, but Kenzi wasn't that good a singer.

She laid down a couple drumbeats with her shoes, though, and you could almost believe they were dancing. "You get to do anything new today like this?"

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"Not that I know of?"

Cecil thought about it. //It's been a pretty boring day so far, except for talking to ♥Carlos♥, which UGH.//

...It was entirely probable he didn't realize anyone else would hear that.

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"Caaaaarlos?" Kenzi sing-songed. She hadn't been looking at Cecil at that moment, so she missed that his mouth was moving while still glaring at her shoes, but now she looked up and grinned. "Is that your guy?"

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Cecil blinked. "Um...yes?" //I didn't think I said that out loud! Oh, great - now I'm really losing it!// He shrugged and grinned. "He's a scientist."

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Kenzi was now staring at him wide-eyed. "Okay, two things: one, you didn't say that out loud. And two, what kinda scientist?"

These things were important! Equally important!

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"Just a...um, a scientist? A smart one? If...um, I must have said it, if you heard it?" //I think. Oh, dear.//

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"Oh dear hot damn. You're doing Jonothon's thing! ... and Jonothon wasn't doing it at all when I talked to him."

Oohhhhhhhhhh. "Think something else at me! Tell me more about Carlos!" Test that theory, Cecil!

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Cecil blinked. Oh. Oh. "Um." //He has really perfect hair?// he tried.

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"Carlos the scientist of the perfect hair," Kenzi said triumphantly. "Yeah, you definitely got that. And maybe Jonothon's art binge is what he got?" She tapped the shoes on the counter, thinking aloud. "And I got Roland's thing... oh man, I wonder if he's missing it? I wonder if he got something else?"

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"Oh, dear. I...um. Can I give it back?" Cecil didn't really need it, and he sort of suspected Mr. Stars...um, Jono...did.

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"Maybe? But hell if I know how." Kenzi was frowning more intently now. "Or maybe it'll disappear in a day or two? Are you missing anything? I mean, you don't have mutant powers, or superpowers, or magic, and neither do I, but..."

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"No? Um. Only maybe..." And his voice was breaking again. He sighed. //Just my ability to form coherent and interesting sentences!//

There. Actually, that was easier. Maybe if he couldn't give it back, he'd talk like this more often.

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"Ooooo, oh, damn." Kenzi hadn't put two and two together there, and now wondered who had an extra-smooth and together voice to play with today. "Yeah, go ahead, talk like that if it's easier. I mean, Jonothon does it 'cause he doesn't have a mouth, but... Maybe it's just the Island?" She sighed. "Fandom, you so wacky."

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//It's...well, it's not as bad as not having a mouth, I guess,// Cecil allowed, //but it's really annoying. Did you lose anything?//

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Kenzi shook her head. "Nothing I've noticed."

Her shoes are broken you see. Not her ability to walk, jeez.

"You are so telling me allll about Carlos, dude. Eventually."

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Cecil grinned. //He's perfect.// Uh-oh, Kenzi; now you'd done it. //Brave, and smart, and...well, not perfect perfect, but perfect! You know?//

Maybe telepathy wasn't entirely better than speech. Or maybe Cecil was just loopy in love.

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"Awwwww. I know." Kenzi grinned, knowing that feeling. "How'd you guys meet?" And also, "He's into you too, right?"

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//He came to study Night Vale. He just stood there, telling us we were the most scientifically interesting place in the US, and his hair...and his teeth...and I fell in love instantly.// There was probably more than a little "love-struck fool" seeping out with those words.

Cecil sighed happily. Then less happily. He switched back to talking, because using his mind was a bit of work, and anyway he didn't much care if the next bit came out awkwardly. "Well, he was. I mean...we were...um...dating. And maybe kinda still are? But I'm just so young now," his voice broke again, as if demonstrating, "and he won't do anything, and I sort of get it, but I'm still me!"

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"Wait, you're younger than you were?" Kenzi had been happily indulging in vicarious romance, but now she was confused. "How much younger?"

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"Oh, um. It's...sort of complicated? I think. Time is funny. And not real all the...time," he finished awkwardly. "Um. Back home, I mean."

Cecil huffed. //Time isn't the same in Night Vale. So...I was born in '71, and now it's 2014, but I think I was 34? Ish? A couple of my birthdays got cancelled. And apparently that's not quite right, either. Carlos did some math.// He shrugged.

Welcome to Night Vale science, Kenzi.

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Kenzi blinked, hard. "Okay, so, that's new. And dude, I would be happy to signup for that deal, I could stand not aging past thirty." She cocked her head. "But now you're back to being a teenager. Well, that blows hard."

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"Yeah." There was that sigh again. //Time moves faster here, so I'm aging sooner than I would back home. I'm hoping I can talk Carlos into sex when I'm sixteen or seventeen, because hello, teenage hormones, too!// He rolled his eyes.

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Kenzi cracked up, and said, "Dude, I hope that works. I mean, I know you should be glad he's not a perv who's into way younger men, but..." She shrugged, looking mischievous. "Not something easy to remember when you've gotta craving."

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//See??// Cecil gestured emphatically. He grinned back, just happy she got it. //What about you? Anybody special you want to impress with your nifty new powers?//

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Kenzi clapped her shoes together, looking delighted. "Tooooby. My booooyfriend." He might (maybe?) have already picked up on her shock and glee wherever he was hanging out today. "He's still in school, I bet he's asleep in the dorm, he likes relaxing on the weekend. This'll be impressive." Yes! She bounced on her toes. "Catchya later? Maybe figure out fun to be had with our shiny new powers?"

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"Definitely!" Cecil bounced a little, too; her enthusiasm was catching. //And we'll have a night - oo, we still need a movie night! - and I can tell you all about ♥Carlos♥, and you can tell me about Toby!//

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"Woo!" Kenzi made victory arms. "Plan! Back laters, dude!"