Fandom Island Museum, Thursday Daytime

[hasaknightjob]

Steven was a little late that morning. He'd made a new friend at Llewellyn's! That was bound to lead to staying longer than a brief visit. Which led to...

... look just never mind when Steven managed to make it to work. The important thing is that he was there and currently trying to draft something for the downstairs display on weekends when people turned into children. This was not helped by how currently there wasn't anything to display. Steven wasn't entirely sure what might work. Toys? Tiny mannequins?

No, not mannequins. No telling what the island would do to them.

Regardless, Steven was at his desk and actually doing something work related. This didn't mean he couldn't be interrupted. Luckily visitors were work related as well.

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[hasaknightjob]

"That's good then," Steven said. "Seems those who did it weren't so bad off. Stark said he didn't mind looking after all the little ones."

[mylandmyrules]

"The island is very accommodating. It somehow makes everything safe for the children," Nell said. "And I know for me that I always wake up happy with no worries about how I got here or where my family is. It just seems normal."

[hasaknightjob]

"I hadn't even thought about safety," Steven said. "That's good of it. The island I mean. Oh, since you were here for the weekend maybe you could help. What do you think might work for a display about it? Children's toys, maybe?"

Steven really didn't want to go with tiny mannequins. It just seemed like asking for trouble.

[mylandmyrules]

"I wonder if there might be pictures," Nell mused. "You know of people they way they are and then as there younger selves doing younger things. Like sitting at the bar in Caritas except they're all drinking milkshakes. I don't remember any toys appearing, but a lot of things got littler."

[hasaknightjob]

"That's a good idea," Steven said. He took out his glasses and wrote that down in his notes so he wouldn't forget. "I could ask around with the adults. See if anyone took any."

A thought occurred to Steven. "Did your plants go young as well? Turn back into seedlings?"

[mylandmyrules]

"I wonder if the squirrels ever take pictures," Nell mused.

She shook her head. "If any of them did, I didn't notice. But I really didn't pay a lot of attention. I was just happy with the plants and my life and everything."

[hasaknightjob]

"Wonder if any of the squirrels turned tiny themselves?" Steven said, musing aloud more than expecting Nell would have the answer. "Either way it'd be very small cameras. Though they use small notepads, presumably, so not that much a change I imagine."

[mylandmyrules]

"I've never seen a squirrel with a camera, but I wouldn't put much past them," Nell said.

[hasaknightjob]

"Maybe if they replace the radio station with a newspaper or a website," Steven said. Could squirrels type? They could take notes, it stood to reason it wasn't impossible they could type. "Still, good everything's back as it should be. Would've been right strange, coming back Monday and seeing all those children about."

Or being suddenly turned into a child. Which had a great deal of unfortunate implications.

[mylandmyrules]

"Now that would be a bit frightening," Nell said.

She laughed. "I imagine it would be. It certainly is a different island."

[hasaknightjob]

"Was it like Halloween?" Steven asked. "Food different as well? Turkey twizzlers and chips as far as the eye could see?"

[mylandmyrules]

"The food was different, but for me at least it was mostly simpler versions of what I might usually eat. Bread, jam, milk." She smiled. "I didn't wander much, so I'm not sure what it was like say at the Homecoming carnival. I'd imagine there was more sweet stuff there."

[hasaknightjob]

"Stark said he saw a fair few at the clinic," Steven said. "But I don't think it was anything serious. Got the impression it was mainly scraped knees and the like."

Or just kids who wanted sparkly bandages.

[mylandmyrules]

"Most likely," Nell said. "I don't recall there ever being any serious injuries to children during these weekends."

[hasaknightjob]

"Nothing they can't bounce back from at least," Steven said. "Maybe the carnival was a playground? Swings and the like?"

[mylandmyrules]

"There was a slide for sure," Nell said. "So that sounds likely. How was your weekend? Did you gte to show the Detective everything you wanted to?"

[hasaknightjob]

"Did, actually," Steven said. "Think it helped building in some time in case anything went wrong. But did the museum - my old one, I mean - the Eye, some shopping, caught a show, and hit a bookstore. You'd love that one. It's massive. Eight miles of shelves, if you can believe it."

[mylandmyrules]

"Really?" Nell said. "Eight miles? I can't even imagine that, but it sounds amazing. I'd probably get lost in there and not want to leave!"

[hasaknightjob]

"Pretty sure Llewellyn and I would still be there if we didn't have a show that night," Steven said. "At the Globe. Do you have that in your world? Meant to be like Shakespeare's time?"

Steven was pretty sure Nell knew Shakespeare but he'd learned not to assume locations translated from one world to the next.

[mylandmyrules]

"Shakespeare..." Nell smiled happily. "He's one of my favorites. Yes, we have that in my world. You saw one of his plays at the actual Globe ? That's amazing."

[hasaknightjob]

"Henry V," Steven said. "It was amazing. Sort of modern performance? You know, where the words are the same but the setting is later? It was nice, I liked it."

[mylandmyrules]

"'Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is his own.'" Nell quoted. "Oh, done in modern times? I've heard of that. Maybe sometime I'll get to see one for real instead of just reading them."

[hasaknightjob]

"Yeah," Steven said. "Sometimes performances will mix it up. Change when the play takes place or people's genders or all sorts of things. Makes you see the play in a whole new way. You can find recordings online if you're interested."

[mylandmyrules]

"I've seen some movies of performances," Nell said, "but one day I'm going to go see a real play."

[hasaknightjob]

"There's all sorts of things in Baltimore and DC," Steven said. "That's where I got Llewellyn tickets for a concert for his birthday. Big cities too, loads of options. Had lots of options in London as well but had to go with Shakespeare for his first time, obviously. Well first time us doing it together."