JGoB, Friday afternoon

[stykera]

Class had been uneventful, as it tended to be, and Stark had wandered over to the bakery afterwards because that seemed like a good idea. The bakery always seemed like a good idea to Stark.

There was a special on Boston Cream Pies today, which he was looking at in the case curiously.

"It's a cake," he said, looking at the baker who had come up front.

"Yeah," she agreed. "But it's called Boston Cream Pie."

"But it's not a pie, it's a cake."

"I didn't name it, man, but try a slice. Pretty sure you'll like it."

The staff here knew him well enough to know he liked pretty much anything they sold. Everything they sold, really.

So Stark took his slice of cake that was inexplicably being called pie to an empty table and sat down to try it. He also pulled out his phone to try and look up some information about Boston. It couldn't hurt to know a little about the city. And maybe he could find something his companion on the trip might enjoy seeing.


[trying to manifest a more pleasant workday today but the usual disclaimers about how I may be swarmed by students and/or staff until 3:30 Eastern apply]

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[flamesburned]

Liz had spent most of the day organising the abundance of Halloween decorations that had arrived for the store so she decided to stop by JGoB for a quick muffin break.

“Good afternoon,” she nodded to Stark as she got her muffin and made her way over to a nearby table.

[stykera]

Liz, muffins were just cupcakes that hadn't tried hard enough!

"Good afternoon," Stark echoed with a nod of his own, looking at her a little curiously. There were a few new people on the island. He assumed she was one of them and that they hadn't overlapped before but who can remember back that far.

[flamesburned]

“I’m Liz,” she offered I think they might have been in Fandom at the same time originally
but honestly have no idea if they ever interacted, “I run the Photo Hut,”

[stykera]

"Hello, Liz." Stark offered a small smile. "I'm Stark. I... teach, sometimes."

For a given value of teaching.

"Are you new here?"

[flamesburned]

She returned the smile and considered the question, “yes and no,” she finally settled on, “I only moved to Fandom a couple of days ago but I did go to school here, well it’s over ten years ago now. I was in the graduating class of 2010,” she explained.

[stykera]

"Oh. I did that," Stark said with another nod. "I left and came back. I came back twice. Last summer most recently. Welcome back."

[flamesburned]

“Thank you,” she smiled, “I meant to try and stay in touch but it got…complicated back home,” that was a bit of an understatement, “but I had the chance to come back so I decided to return to Fandom,” she said. “It doesn’t seem to have changed a whole lot since I left,”

[stykera]

"The people have changed," Stark said. "I didn't know almost anyone when I came back. But the island is still very much the same. Still a strange place, but a good one."

[flamesburned]

She nodded, “I did wonder if the island was still on the eccentric side, I had heard that sometimes the random events followed you home but nothing like that happened to me,” she said thoughtfully, which honestly was probably a good thing because life at the BPRD was strange enough.

[stykera]

"I'm not sure it could stop being the way it is," Stark said after considering the possibility for a moment. "Some of it did follow me back where I was before. Not often. It's easier to deal with here than there."