Chilly Boulder, Sunday Afternoon

[imafuturist]

Well, after falling in a hole and then the whole nonsense with the fire alarms, the store was having a Re-Grand Reopening event. Which mostly just featured assurance that the sprinkler systems would not randomly be going off on their patrons.

Look, it was an ice cream shop in a small town. It was doing it's best here.

Tony eyed the specials speculatively, knowing full well that the giant boat of ice cream was for someone with a stronger constitution than him. Probably Steve, really. Or Thor.

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[heroic_jawline]

"So we're splitting the Skywalker, right?" Steve said, coming in after walking Patriot, putting him in his crate at home, and then finding the dog ridiculous amounts of treats because of the crying due to said crate. He'd be gone for an hour, but the dog knew how to work him.

[imafuturist]

That dog was more clever than anyone gave him credit for.

"Oh, is that what we're doing?" Tony asked.

[heroic_jawline]

"I have faith in your stomach," Steve teased.

[imafuturist]

"I have more faith in yours," Tony assured him, gesturing for Steve to go ahead and order for them.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve laughed. "Well, together we'll defeat this," he promised, though he did look slightly daunted when the two ice cream workers had to work together to lift it.

[imafuturist]

Tony had to laugh at the look on his face once it was placed on the table between them. "Oh, have you finally met your match, Captain?"

[heroic_jawline]

"Of course not," Steve said stoutly. "It's just going to take a little more dedication."

[imafuturist]

"If you get a stomach ache, I'm abandoning you here," he teased.

[heroic_jawline]

"You'd make me walk all the way home alone?" Steve said.

That whole block?

[imafuturist]

"I really would," Tony replied solemnly.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve sighed dramatically. "I suppose I'll just have to not get a stomachache."

[imafuturist]

Tony laughed and nodded in agreement. "That's all I ask."

[heroic_jawline]

Steve grinned and picked up a spoon. "I think I'm still finding paint on me from Friday. Your showers worked too well."

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight had gotten a good bit of work done so far that weekend and decided he deserved a treat. So to celebrate his productivity and the island giving them a fairly normal week so far, he decided ice cream was in order.

Walking into the Chilly Boulder, Dwight glanced around. Even after a few months on the island, there were still a lot of people he had not met or spoken to much outside a long distance wave or a random encounter during Shenanigans. Dwight gave a small, friendly wave as he walked up to the counter to place his order.

[imafuturist]

Tony smiled and nodded in greeting because he was old hat at new people on this island. Having been here for so long and all. "New in town?"

[alwaysonguard]

"Yeah, couple months now."

Plenty of time to get introduced to at least a taste of the island insanity right?

"Name's Dwight." he said, with a grin of his own.

[imafuturist]

"Tony," he replied. "I run Stark Industries down the way."

And if that had a glimmer of recognition beyond 'oh, I know that store' he'd know if this man was from any world like his own.

[alwaysonguard]

"Nice to meet you Tony, I've seen your place then while making the rounds and getting settled in. Haven't had a chance to stop in yet though I've been meaning to."

Sorry Tony, the closest Dwight has come to a real life super hero are people with powers that 9 times out of 10 are trying to kill everyone in the general vicinity.

[imafuturist]

Well, if it helped, his super power was mostly just his brain. And he wasn't even the smartest one!

"How are you settling in? Place hasn't seemed scare you off just yet."

[alwaysonguard]

"Settling in pretty good... between getting stuck in a hole for three weeks and some *cough* awkward random teleportation episodes, all in all Fandom seems pretty good" Dwight said with a chuckle.

"Believe it or not, Fandom is a step down in some ways in the craziness department from back home. So yeah, gonna take more to scare me away." Dwight thought about that for a second and quickly added "Not that that should be taken as a complaint or challenge of any sort..."

[imafuturist]

"Already jinxed us," Tony replied with a sigh that said he'd been there.

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight sighed and shook his head. "I'm beginning to think the island is psychic anyways so..." he gave a shrug.

[imafuturist]

"Welcome to Fandom," Tony said with a laugh. "You get used to it eventually."

[alwaysonguard]

"Odd I can handle" Dwight said with a sigh. "Back home it was more of what is going to try and kill us today. I think I will be fine with random oddness and inconvenience."

Dwight took a drink of the root beer float he had ordered before looking at Tony. "So, how long have you been in Fandom?"

[imafuturist]

"Gosh, it feels like ages anymore," Tony replied. "A good couple years."

Of course there were folks who'd been around longer.