Stark Industries- Sunday

[thatwaslucky]

It was interesting how Rey never even questioned why she never turned little on these weekends. She was just always vaguely good with that, and more interested in seeing other people as kids anyway.

Today there were a bunch of different toys that needed fixing. For some strange reason. And given the kind of weekend it was, Rey was pretty intent on getting them done pretty fast so they could actually be used again.

She also kind of wondered how many would end up back here by the end of her shift...


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[defenderofdesmoines]

"Hellooooo!" Annie shouted, barging right in.

She didn't really know where she was, which had been a theme this weekend. It wasn't like she ever came here as an adult. But she'd gotten away from Diego again and there appeared to be toys in here so it seemed as good a place to hide out as any.

[thatwaslucky]

Honestly Rey should have expected something like this.

"Hello," she greeted her, smiling. "And who are you?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I'm Annie!" she exclaimed. Unless she was in trouble, or competing in a pageant, but Rey obviously already knew those things as an omniscient adult. "What're you doing?"

[thatwaslucky]

Oh, Rey was so happy about this, look at you, Annie!

"I'm fixing a toy. Do you want to see?" she offered.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Yes!" Of course she wanted to see, and Annie was now running over in her little white cowgirl boots (and her sprinkle-decorated vest and skirt, because she was wearing this all weekend) to peer at what Rey was doing. "Can I help?"

She was so good at helping.

[thatwaslucky]

"Sure," Rey said, taking a second to move some of the sharper tools further back. "Can you see the table from there okay?"

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina was still sticking close to Liam's legs because, sure, he hadn't forgotten her yet, but what if he did?

But she was definitely peering over the top of her new book at the other kid.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"What kind of book is that?" Annie asked in what was very much an outdoor voice. "Pictures?"

Annie was not a great reader, yet. The pictures were sort of necessary for her.

[bookbeltof_love]

"PRINCESSES AND UNICORNS!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nina said brightly and, well... she had an outdoor voice and tiny whispers and not much in-between at this age. "THERE'S PICTURES EVERY CHAPTER!!!!!!!!"

Nina on the other hand was reading chapter books already.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I wanna see!" Annie shrieked, because Nina was infectious, and ran over in her little white cowgirl boots to look closer at the book. "Are there heroes?"

Where she was from, it was princesses and heroes and princess-heroes, all the time.

[bookbeltof_love]

"THERE'S KNIGHTS??????????" she said, squirming over to she could lay her book flat so that the other girl could see. "KNIGHTS ARE LIKE HEROES IN ARMOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[firstofitskind]

You know who else hadn't been tiny-fied this weekend? Liam, for a change.

Which meant his weekend was spent wrangling tiny, adorable blondes. One of which was old enough to more or less do her own thing (at least until she was hungry, or in need of a bandaid, or required someone to carry around something cool she'd found) and one of which... well, Nina was also pretty good at doing her own thing, but damnit, she shouldn't have to be.

So she was currently balanced on Liam's hip as he pushed open the door to the shop, tiny hands clutching a book she'd picked out her very own self (Don't ask where they got the book. Actually do ask, because it was hilarious.).

"Hey," he greeted Rey. "How's your day going so far?"

[ooc: tiny-Nina modded with permission!]

[thatwaslucky]

"Busy," Rey said, looking up. "Though you're probably busier."

[firstofitskind]

"Whatever makes you say that?" Liam asked, with faux-cluelessness.

[thatwaslucky]

"Small blonde," Rey said, reasonably.

[firstofitskind]

Blondes, technically! Though Verity was more of a free-range small child.

"There is that," Liam acknowledged. "This is Nina." Which... Rey could probably guess due to the curls and the book and the clinging-to-Liam, yes.

[thatwaslucky]

"I figured," she nodded. "How's it going?"

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina was busy peering at her book so she totally ignored him greeting someone else because...

Well.

Book.

"DADDY, THE LETTERS ARE ALL THE SAME SIZE!!!!!!!!!"

[firstofitskind]

"Are they?" Liam feigned surprise. "Can I see?"

[bookbeltof_love]

"LOOK!!!!!!!!!" she said, pointing at the words. "HOW DID THEY DO THAT???????"

Her world didn't have printing presses. Everything was hand-written.

[firstofitskind]

"That," he told her, "is thanks to- can you guess what I'm going to say?"

(He was absolutely going to say 'a machine', because that was the answer to how a lot of things were made around here.)

[bookbeltof_love]

"MACHINE MAGIC!!!!!!!!!!!" she crowed.

[thatwaslucky]

Rey thought you were adorable, Nina, but clearly radio had not been preparation for that volume in person, by the way she jumped.

[bookbeltof_love]

The jumping didn't really register, except to pry her attention away from her book.

"HI HI!!!!!!!!!!"

She was brave with the big person because Daddy was there.

[thatwaslucky]

"Hi," Rey greeted her. "How are you today?"