Chilly Boulder, Sunday Afternoon

[noonedecidesmyfate]

It was possibly a bit too cold out to really be proper ice cream weather but Belle had been reading a book with a lovingly described ice cream sundae in it and as a result had been struck with the urge to go get one of her own.

She was a bit surprised to find a child-sized ice cream bar set up along one wall of the ice cream shop, along with a "Make Your Own Small Sundae If You're Small This Sunday" sign but had to admit it did make sense.

"I'm my usual size," she said, regretfully, eyeing the wide variety of toppings.

"You're short," the boy behind the counter said. "Close enough!"

That was how Belle ended up with a dish of ice cream absolutely drowning in toppings in front of her at a table, along with the book she'd been reading that had inspired this outing in the first place.

[open for weetinies or regular sized people in search of ice cream, of course! I will be slow for a little bit while I grocery shop but I'm very much around!]

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[doctorgingerspice]

Yesterday's adventures at the firehouse had been really fun, and Will had left the room he'd been staying in today with the intent of finding it again and hoping the other boy was still there...

But oops, he'd gotten a little turned around and instead ended up at the ice cream place.

"Is this for anyone?" he demanded, looking at the sign. Yeah, he might be little, but he could read, wanna make something of it?

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"They let me have some," Belle said, looking up from her book. "I think anyone can."

It was not a very good business model, but it was very appealing.

[doctorgingerspice]

Okay, the ice cream was interesting and he was definitely going to have to get some of that, but... "Whatcha readin'?"

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"There aren't any pictures," Belle warned, holding up the book so he could see the cover to her random YA romance.

[doctorgingerspice]

"I can read books without pictures," Will scoffed. "I'm not a baby."

That may be true, but romance was probably still a little out of your wheelhouse there, tiny Halstead.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"Of course you aren't," Belle said quickly. "I just thought you might like them better."

[doctorgingerspice]

"They're okay," Will shrugged. "Sometimes I read 'em to my little brother." Who wasn't here, which was kind of weird but not really at the same time.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"Oh, is he much younger?" Belle asked. "I don't have any brothers or sisters."

[doctorgingerspice]

"He's a baby," Will informed her. Not quite true, Jay was like three years younger (and also very much back in Chicago and an adult) but as far as Will was concerned that made him a baby. "And he's the best."

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight had been doing a bit more exploring after he had woken up that morning, finding himself still in this unfamiliar but really interesting place.

When he saw the ice cream shop he ran in and his eyes grew wide when he saw the ice cream bar set up.

"I can really put whatever I want on the ice cream?" he asked, no one in particular as he ogled the vast options for toppings.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"I haven't seen anyone stopped yet," Belle said.

Of course, there hadn't been many people in here yet. But stopping them from using the toppings seemed unlikely.

[alwaysonguard]

"Oh awesome!" Dwight said excitedly as he got some ice cream in the bowl and started in on the line of toppings, adding a little of almost everything to the ice cream.

Grownup Dwight was going to need at least 2 weeks of extra runs to make up for this empty calorie gorge fest.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

When he was back to his usual size it wouldn't really be many extra calories though, would it?

"It is rather wonderful," Belle agreed.

She would have to make it a point to come back here soon and actually spend money. Which might, she reflected, be exactly what they were aiming for.

[alwaysonguard]

"I cant remember the last time I got to have this much ice cream. My dad doesn't let us have it often. And usually I have to buy it myself if I want it" Dwight confessed, biting his lip for a moment, before adding another spoonful of chocolate chips, for good measure.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"I never had it before I came here," Belle said. "It wasn't available at home. It's quite good, isn't it?"

[alwaysonguard]

"It is! Especially all of these yummy candies and toppings" Dwight said after finishing another bite, getting a good bit of chocolate sauce on his face in the process.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"I like the chocolate," Belle told him. "And the whipped cream. Would you like a napkin?"

[notagoose]

Someone most definitely didn’t need more sugar but that wasn’t stopping Goose from finding the ice cream shop and bouncing in excitedly.

“OOOH ICE CREAM!” he yelled, sorry everyone within earshot, Goose didn’t have much of an indoor voice at this point.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"Lots of ice cream," Belle agreed, amused. She'd never spent much time around small boys but she was learning today that apparently they were all very fond of ice cream.

[notagoose]

“CAN I HAVE SOME?” his eyes widened as he took in the different flavours, yes Jaye had warned him about what happened if he ate too much sugar but he really liked sugar, “please?” he added, a lot more quieter this time.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

What a loud little boy.

"It seems to be for everyone. I certainly won't stop you!"

[notagoose]

“YAY!!!” and somewhere Commander Walsh was feeling the sudden urge to face palm and mutter, “not again,” and wondering what disaster Goose had caused now.

Goose got a bowl and helped himself to several different flavours and toppings, he turned to Belle rather sheepishly, “I’m not supposed to have any of this stuff,” he confessed, that part was kind of obvious Goose.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"Your parents don't like you have sweets?" Belle asked.

Her own parents had been rather indulgent in such things, though there hadn't been any ice cream in her homeland.

[notagoose]

“I don’t have parents I was created in a lab, I’m a Supertrooper,” Goose was going to hate everything when he was back to normal, “I’m going to be a super soldier when I finish growing,”

He was pretty sure that other kid hadn’t believed him when he told him, “anything with too much sugar takes a while to process and Commander Walsh doesn’t like it when I have too much but so far I feel fine,” just you know really bouncy and more talkative than what adult Goose would be. Also it would be adult Goose dealing with all the after effects.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Well, that wasn't something Belle expected to hear.

"In a lab?" Belle repeated, incredulously. "I didn't know that happened."

Of course, she knew someone who had a robot for a mother so this shouldn't have been too surprising.