Chilly Boulder - Thursday Afternoon

[alwaysonguard]

 The day had been a fairly productive one so far, a lot of things had been crossed off the to-do list. And Dwight had a road trip coming up that he couldn't deny he was more than just a little excited, and very very ready for. 

After a trip to T&C for a few supplies, Dwight decided to stop to get some ice cream. After the Wee-Tiny weekend he was still craving ice cream. Nothing as sickeningly loaded as the sundae mini-him had indulged in, but something sweet none the less.

So there he sat with a sensible hot fudge sundae in front of him as he took a seat by the front window so he could people watch while he enjoyed his ice cream treat.


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[doctorgingerspice]

You know, strangely enough, Will was feeling much the same way regarding ice cream craving? November-schmovember, he was a Chicago boy after all, ice cream was not strictly a hot-weather treat.

He gave a nod in greeting to the other man as he eyed the menu board. Had they met? Will honestly couldn’t recall, but then his first week here had involved meeting a lot of new people.

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight gave a nod back, likewise considering the new face. He was pretty sure they had not met yet as there had an influx of new faces around lately.

"If you are looking to indulge the banana splits are massive" he offered with a friendly smile. "The sundaes are good for a more bite sized treat" he said holding up the small cup of half-finished ice cream."

[doctorgingerspice]

They’d crossed paths- here, in fact!- when they’d both been small, but they hadn’t actually met.

“A sundae sounds about right,” Will mused. “Thanks for the suggestion.”

[alwaysonguard]

"No problem" Dwight replied. "Cant go wrong with a bowl of ice cream drizzled in something gooey and sweet" he added with a laugh. "So, am I safe in assuming you are new to he island, and not just someone who has been very good at hiding away for the last six months or so?"

[canlendanear]

Alara had decided that she felt like ice cream and she decided to head into town that afternoon, “good afternoon,” she said with a nod as she started to look at what was available.

[alwaysonguard]

"Good afternoon. Alara isn't it?" Dwight asked with a smile. "We've crossed paths and spoken a few times, but never too in depth I don't think."

[doctorgingerspice]

Will’s smile was a little tight as he replied to Dwight. “No, you’re right, I’m new. Just got here last week.” In time to spend the weekend as a small child! “Will Halstead,” he introduced himself.

[alwaysonguard]

"Ah well, I am sure I am not the first, but welcome to Fandom. I'm Dwight Hendrickson."

[doctorgingerspice]

“Yeah, everyone here’s been very friendly,” Will acknowledged as he collected his sundae, and then tilted his head at Dwight’s table in a silent question. Sure, there were plenty of other spots to sit, but continuing a conversation from a different table just seemed awkward. “Which is a little weird, but I’m getting used to it.” See: that kinda-sorta inviting himself to sit at Dwight’s table.

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight motioned towards the other seat with a slight nod. "From a bigger town?" Dwight guessed. Having been from a smaller town that was in close proximity to some larger ones up in Maine, he knew what a difference there could be between the two.

[canlendanear]

“It’s Alara, yes” she nodded, tilting her head as she tried to recall, “your name is Dwight?”

[alwaysonguard]

"Got it in one" he replied with a grin. "How have you been? Manage to escape some of the recent island oddness?" Ya know, like being turned into a mini version of yourself?

[doctorgingerspice]

“Uh huh,” he nodded as he sat. Though that wasn’t entirely true- he’d grown up in a rather tight-knit neighborhood, which had pretty much directly led to his current troubles. “Though to be honest, sometimes the hospital functioned more or less like a small town, the way the gossip mill worked overtime.”

[alwaysonguard]

"Ah yeah, I can see that" Dwight agreed with a nod. "I was fortunate enough to come from a fairly small town so that aspect of thing weren't too much of an adjustment. And to be honest" Dwight said with a slight chuckle. "All the weirdness around here was probably a lot easier for me to adapt to than it is for most people."

[doctorgingerspice]

“How so?” Will asked. “I’m still trying to wrap my head around what everyone’s calling ‘the weirdness’ about this place, honestly.”

[alwaysonguard]

"It definitely takes getting used to" Dwight agreed and then thought for a moment. It was always a bit complicated trying to explain his past experience with the 'weird and bizarre.'

"I came here to Fandom from not too far north of here actually. A small town in Maine, called Haven. Seemed like any other small coastal town, except for one secret- most of the people in Haven had special powers/abilities. We called them The Troubles because that was what most of them were-nothing but trouble."

Dwight paused here for a moment and watched Will closely because this was where not people started giving him raised eyebrows and weird looks.

"The Troubles were things such as randomly teleporting while asleep, your emotions affecting the weather, your touch burning someone like acid, not being able to feel any physical touch or pain, or... in my case...essentially being a bullet magnet."

[doctorgingerspice]

Maybe you'd be getting a raised eyebrow and a weird look if he hadn't spent the last week being told about all the weird stuff that went down in this particular small town.

He did, however, go slightly pale at Dwight mentioning he was a 'bullet magnet'. Since the whole reason he was here in Fandom was tied up with having been kidnapped and held at gunpoint and all.

"That sounds... intense," he managed, finally.

[canlendanear]

“Not to bad, just been busy with classes,” Alara told him, “I have actually managed to miss the recent weirdness, surprisingly,” which of course now meant that she was due to experience something.

[alwaysonguard]

"Fortunately, in the time I've been here I have yet to have a single shot go off anywhere near me. As a whole, the place seems fairly laid back on that front" he said trying to sound reassuring, noting Will's reaction currently. "Most of the island stuff is more annoying and disruptive. I cant even recall that many injuries happening and most have been quite minor."

[alwaysonguard]

Yes, that was the surefire way to make yourself a target. "Ah so missed out on the kid-craze then. I myself wasn't so lucky. Think I will spending a couple weeks burning off all the sugar and calories I ate from all the sweets" Dwight said with a somewhat pained expression. he had been doing so good too on the daily workouts and watching his diet...

[doctorgingerspice]

"Yeah, so I've heard," Will said. "That'll be a real interesting note on my CV. Director of a clinic... that rarely gets any patients."

Not that he exactly wished for people to be injured, but at the same time...

[canlendanear]

"I did turn into a kid back in January," she offered, "it was kind of weird because I usually video chat with my sister back home on the weekends," they hadn't been doing that as much due to the whole 'my sister is better than me at everything' insecurity and jealousy that she felt, "even though she does know how weird Fandom can get at times so it wasn't a complete surprise to her,"

[alwaysonguard]

"That's gotta be a bit of a learning curve for family and friends off island... I think sometimes the second hand weird might be harder to accept and get used to." Not that he would have anyone to ask about that.

[alwaysonguard]

"Well, maybe not injuries and such. But I'm sure there will be opportunities elsewhere to put that knowledge to good use" Dwight said, trying to sound encouraging.

[doctorgingerspice]

"One can hope," Will said drily. "Otherwise I guess I'm going to need to look into picking up a hobby or twelve."

[alwaysonguard]

"I honestly think most people around here have at least one other hobby. Either that, or they have a job that connects to the hobby... like mine" Dwight said with a little shrug. "I run the handyman shop in town and also sell the woodworking and furniture I make on the side."

[doctorgingerspice]

"Medicine's basically been my life," Will admitted. "It's all I ever wanted to do. Between school and paying for school, I didn't exactly have a lot of free time, and even after that, it was never a 9-5 kind of job."

He'd partied a lot, during his stint in New York. But that didn't really count as a hobby.