Fandom Island Museum, Thursday Daytime

[hasaknightjob]

After a somewhat... spirited conversation with Marc last night ("You did what?") Steven, amazingly, managed to get some rest.

Thus he was on time for work that day and, other than possible plans to nip out during his lunch break, he could focus on research.

The research was on current portal fares for next week, but it was research all the same.

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[scarlet_chaos]

Wanda had told Marc to thank Steven for the food and all, but she figured she should also do it in person. Besides, she could use the fresh air after spending all day yesterday holed up in her apartment.

She had never actually been in the museum before, and immediately got distracted by the displays. Who knew this island had this kind of stuff?

[hasaknightjob]

Steven immediately perked up at seeing her. "Wanda! Hello. How are you? Here for a visit or...?"

It didn't occur to Steven that she might be there for him.

[scarlet_chaos]

"Uh, no, not really." Though she might have to at another time. Some of this stuff was cool. "I came to thank you, actually. For the food the other day."

[hasaknightjob]

"Oh!" Steven was pleasantly surprised. "Did you like it? I didn't know if you had any food preferences or the like. Thought, well, who doesn't like biscuits? Or hoped, anyway."

[scarlet_chaos]

Wanda's immediate thought was "those weren't biscuits" then realized she had been in this country for too long.

"They were great," Wanda assured him. "And good for you getting Marc to deliver them. That probably wasn't easy."

[hasaknightjob]

"Not as hard as you'd think," Steven said. "He wanted to have a chat with you anyway. Sort of took advantage of him going in that direction, really."

That Marc had ended up actually enjoying the conversation with Wanda had surprised Marc as much as anyone.

"Though you're right it can be a fight getting him to do as he needs some days," Steven said. Not starting fights with Steven's classmates, for example. "He's stubborn, that one."

Unlike Steven who was the model of flexibility and compromise at all times.

[scarlet_chaos]

"Oh, he's not so bad," Wanda said with a wry smile. "He's actually pretty funny; but I've always liked dry humor."

[hasaknightjob]

Did you want Steven thinking you were extra wonderful, Wanda? Because appreciating Marc Spector was a fast way to get Steven to think you were extra wonderful.

"He is, isn't he?" Steven said. "Even at his worst he means well."

Like starting fights with Steven's classmates. Not that Steven was letting Marc off the hook just yet.

"He liked you," Steven said. "Not - I don't mean in a creepy way. He just said he could see why I thought you were so lovely."

Probably went without saying Marc hadn't used those exact words. But he'd used words. That was big for him.

[scarlet_chaos]

Wanda smiled. "Well I'm very glad it's not in a creepy way."

Though, let's be real, Wanda could handle herself even if it had been in a creepy way.

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was out and about today and decided to stop in and say hello. "Good morning, Steven. How are you doing today?"

[hasaknightjob]

"Nell!" Steven smiled at her. "Hello. Doing all right. How are you? How's the shop?"

[mylandmyrules]

"I'm doing well and the shop, ell," she smiled at him. "The shop is wonderful. I'm loving it."

[hasaknightjob]

"Of course it is," Steven said. "You're running it aren't you? And the kittens?"

He asked about you first, Nell, be flattered.

[mylandmyrules]

"Well, yes," Nell said. "And I'd hoped, of course, but you never know till you get it up and running, I suppose."

She appreciated that, Steven. "Cygnus and Rigel are marvelous," she said. "They're already so much bigger. I always forget what that's like - how fast they grow, I mean."

[hasaknightjob]

"They'll be as big as tigers soon," Steven said. He was joking. He knew cats didn't get that big.

Though these were Fandom cats...

[mylandmyrules]

Nell laughed. "That would be rather problematic," she said. "Though I have to admit that I would quite enjoy it."

Almost like having dogs again. Which she would not mention to Steven for reasons.

[hasaknightjob]

"As brave as those two are I expect they already think they're tiger sized," Steven said. "But lucky they're small enough for laps, yeah? Even when they do get their biggest."

[canondisasterbi]

Michael decided he wanted to meet this guy who looked just like Marc but geeked out about Egypt. So he swung by the museum sometime in the afternoon.

". . . Wow. He wasn't kidding, you guys do look alike!"

[hasaknightjob]

"Sounds like you've met Marc?" Steven said. Don't take it the wrong way, Michael, once Marc got up to the part about running into Steve Rogers any other information about yesterday got put on the back burner while Steven yelled at him. "Hello. I'm Steven. Steven Grant. With a V."

[canondisasterbi]

"Michael Guerin," Michael said, totally unsurprised to hear that Marc hadn't told this guy about him. "With a -- ch, I guess."

[hasaknightjob]

But for reasons different than the one Michael was expecting! There were just so many ways Marc was bad at communicating.

"Good to meet you," Steven said, as though the accent alone hadn't given enough of a clue about differences between him and Marc. "Are you new to the island?"

[canondisasterbi]

Well, Marc had basically said they'd been raised separately. The accent difference wasn't much of a surprise, there!

"Eh, newish," Michael said with a shrug. "Been here a month or so. I'm actually . . . kind of dating your coworker. I just don't get out much."

[hasaknightjob]

"Connor?" Steven asked. Then, realizing, "You do mean Connor, right?"

Because there was the owl, even though he was a boss and not a coworker. But Steven would not judge if Michael had meant Blathers!

[canondisasterbi]

"I do mean Connor. How many other people work here?"

Michael hadn't actually met Blathers yet, but once he did, it was likely he wouldn't be Michael's type. Nothing against the owl, but he just wasn't that into argyle. . . .

[hasaknightjob]

"There's our boss, Blathers," Steven explained. "Don't know if he's on the market for a partner or not but didn't want to assume. Connor, though, that's brilliant. You've met Rex as well then I take it?"