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Groovy Tunes, Sunday

After talking to Dante, Alluka eventually made it into work.

Kathy being around, despite Alluka's urge to cling, was no reason to not come in. Alluka was getting better at that sort of thing these days. Remembering when she had things to do. She'd just have to see if she could see Kathy again before she left.

Once there, she got the shop open properly…

And then spent some time fixing her hair. She loved AirTrek and going fast around the island but unless she had her hair back in braids or something it invariably became a tangled mess. Which was not very fun at all.

"Do you think someone out there has magic that keeps hair from getting tangled?" she asked her bunny.

Her bunny wasn't sure, but thought probably. There was an awful lot of 'out there' to cover. Someone likely could do that.

"Maybe the store will have something," Alluka mused. "Want to go shopping after work?"

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Jono had known that it was one of those weekends -- that much was difficult to miss when one's husband had a dead adoptive daughter figure staying over for the weekend -- and he'd listened keenly to radio that morning, mostly because he'd wondered...

So, he'd excused himself to give Hannibal and Abigail some time alone, and he'd made his way to the Groovy Tunes to check up on his own adoptive daughter figure, because there had been a few mentions on the radio, and he remembered keenly how complicated things had been for Alluka, after Kathy had died.

So, here he was. And it was possible that he'd stopped for cookies and hot chocolate for one along the way.

//Hey, Sunshine. How goes it today, luv?//

Alluka always had room for cookies and hot chocolate, though between that and the pizza she and Dante had had earlier, she probably wasn't going to eat again that day.

Totally worth it though.

"Papa!" Alluka finished tying off her last braid and held her arms out for a hug. "Everyone's back this weekend, did you know?"

//I'd noticed one or two people more than usual around the island this weekend,// Jono replied, setting the food down and going in for the hug. //A couple of familiar faces, hm?//

Today's hug was extra squishy, just in case.

She never minded squishy hugs and, though she wasn't super sad or anything, it was nice to get one today.

"Kathy's back," Alluka said simply. "But only for the weekend."

//That's how these things tend to go,// Jono replied, nodding a little in understanding. //And how are you holding up, Sunshine? You can take some time off today, if you'd rather spend it with her before she goes.//

He was a lot of things, but the kind of guy who wouldn't give someone the time off to visit a dead friend, he was not.

"I'm okay," she said, which was... pretty true. "And, and I'll probably go see her before she has to leave, but if I don't, she'll come visit again. So it'll be okay."

Ah, if only Jono had a lip to chew on.

//The next time people come back, you mean?//

That was a very optimistic way for Alluka to think of it, though he supposed she had no reason not to. After all, if Kathy had come back once...

"Well, this is the second time a Kathy has come back already," Alluka said, which was really quite logical from her point of view. "So it almost has to happen again, right, Papa?"

... Hell, between his own world and this place, Jono couldn't even deny she had a point, there.

//I mean, I still wouldn't waste the opportunity that you've got,// he noted, //but you're probably right. This is Fandom. It likes doing this sort of thing on a fairly regular basis.//

And twice for a dead girl was a pretty decent track record already.

She beamed.

"Besides," Alluka said, "if I hadn't come into work, I wouldn't have seen you today."

D'awww. D'aww, Sunshine. You melted Jono's stupid fiery heart so often, that way.

//And you definitely would've have gotten these,// he agreed, reaching for the bag of cookies and the hot chocolate to present to her. //Or, well, these ones in particular, probably.//

She took them solemnly, then ruined it by grinning up at him again.

"Thank you, Papa!" Delicious treats! She never turned them down! "Do, do you have anyone visiting today?"

Maybe he'd needed the hug more than she had...

//Not this time, I'm afraid,// Jono replied, shaking his head a little. //Though I have had visitors before. My great granddad showed up once. That was nice. I missed him. And a lost friend or two of my own, as well.//

He wouldn't mind getting to see a few more. His list of 'living' friends back home was starting to kind of reach parity with his list of dead ones.

"Does that make you lonely this weekend?" Alluka asked, setting the hot chocolate down so that she could inspect her cookies. "Are you okay?"

//I'm...// Jono tilted his head a little, considering that. //I'm less lonely than I could be, I think. I'm relatively happy, these days. I've got people who I care about, yourself, Hannibal... Though I suppose it would've been nice to get to see old friends again, too.//

Mmm, cookies...

"Maybe you'll see them next time," she said, smiling for him. "Maybe they couldn't make it this time, so they've already made note to show up next time for sure!"

//You know, that could be it,// Jono mused, leaning himself back against the counter with a thoughtful look in his eye. //I mean, I suppose I don't really know what it is they're getting up to now that they're gone.//

Not that he imagined 'being dead' had a super full itinerary, but he'd been wrong about plenty of things like that before.

"Probably lots of parties," Alluka said wisely. "And games."

... You know, Jono would probably feel much better about how many of them were dead and gone if he could convince himself that they were having parties in the afterlife half as easily as Alluka just had.

//You know what? That's probably exactly it,// he decided. //Parties and games, forever. I'd be jealous if I didn't enjoy living so much.//

... He was kind of more jealous about their ability to die. Which was something he tried not to dwell on too often.

"Living's pretty fun too," Alluka said, giggling and leaning into him for a moment while she sipped her hot chocolate.

Her bunny watched them both.

"Maybe they've got a window where they can check up on people too. So they don't get lonely either."

//One of those one-way windows where they can see us, but we can't see them?// Jono tilted his head in thought for a moment, then nodded. //You know, I bet that's it. That's how they know when we need a visit, I bet.//

"So you'll definitely get visitors at some point," Alluka said earnestly. "Because people love you."

Aw, Alluka. Jono checked to make sure she wasn't holding hot chocolate - and vetoed pulling her into another hug because of it - and settled for just putting an arm around her shoulder.

//How'd you get to be such a caring girl, hm?//

The multiverse was in such short supply of caring people in general, and here she was.

Darn hot chocolate, getting in the way of hugs. But this was nice too.

"I don't know," Alluka said, since she was just being herself. She snuggled against his side though. "Papa, is it hard to learn how to play an instrument?"

Subject changes happened abruptly with Alluka.

They did, but Jono was quite alright with that. He looked thoughtfully down at Alluka, and then over at the back wall.

//I suppose that depends on what you'd like to learn,// he offered. //Have you got any particular instrument in mind?//

"Nnnnot really," she said, looking at the back wall. "Something pretty. But I started thinking that... maybe I could learn, too."

Jono looked thoughtfully at the selection for a moment, and then tilted his head thoughtfully.

//I think you could definitely learn anything you like,// he noted. //We could listen to some music together, if you want to. See if there's anything that you like the sound of, and go from there?//

"Do you have the time to do that?" Alluka asked. "Or, or will you have to go soon?"

//I think I can make the time,// Jono decided. //Hannibal's got a visitor around as well, but I think they'd like a little time to catch up without me being nosy at them.//

Or cuffing Hannibal across the back of the head repeatedly.

//What kind of music do you like best, luv?//

How is it already Sunday? How?

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