FTEC, Sunday Evening

[stykera]

The island was once again full of children, so Stark had once again made sure to have a supply of candy on hand for sharing. He also had a squirt gun on the desk he'd brought with him from the park. This way, he figured, he was prepared for both friendly and unfriendly children.



[Up a wee bit early as I have to go out for a couple hours soon. Pings will be picked up when I return (8 EDT or thereabouts, I think), of course, and The alien is here and happy to have visitors, weetiny or otherwise]

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[absolutesnark]

Summer wasn't hurt, but it was the clinic. And clinics usually had lollipops. So she was there in search of one.

[stykera]

Ooh, a weetiny. And one that didn't appear to be bleeding, which Stark always thought was a plus.

"Do you need help?"

[absolutesnark]

"Yes," Summer said seriously. "I need a lollipop. Got any of those?"

She might have been bouncing eagerly. Or maybe she had already consumed too much sugar already.

[stykera]

"Just a lollipop?" Stark asked. "You're not hurt? We should have lollipops. I think." He rummaged through the desk drawers for a moment before producing a purple one. "Like this?"

[absolutesnark]

"I'm not hurt," Summer confirmed. She made a disgusted face. "Grape, ew."

[stykera]

"They're all purple," Stark said, holding up another to prove it. "Is grape bad?" He liked grape. But then he just liked sugar.

[absolutesnark]

"Grape is icky," Summer replied. "I want orange."

[stykera]

"I don't have orange," Stark said. "Only grape. Sorry." He was, really.

[absolutesnark]

"But I want orange!" Summer exclaimed angrily, stomping her foot. She was used to getting her way after all.

[stykera]

"I don't have any orange," Stark said again. "Maybe I have something else?"

[absolutesnark]

"Cherry?" Summer asked hopefully.

[stykera]

Stark had really thought there were more lollipops, and all he'd brought was chocolate. Because he always brought chocolate.

After searching a few more places he shook his head. "I don't see any cherry either."

[absolutesnark]

"This is a dumb clinic!" Summer said, folding her arms indignantly

[stykera]

"It's a very good clinic," Stark countered. "It just doesn't have good lollipops tonight."

[absolutesnark]

"What kind of clinic doesn't have good lollipops?!" Summer asked, starting to get her wee rage on. She took her rage issues out on Stark by kicking him.

[stykera]

Stark started to answer Summer, but was distracted by the being kicked.

"Ow!" Those tiny feet hurt. "You kicked me! Why did you kick me?" He picked up his squirt gun, just in case the wee one decided to kick again.

[absolutesnark]

"Because I don't like grape," Summer said logically. Well, it was logical to her.

[stykera]

"I wasn't going to make you eat it," Stark protested. "You didn't need to kick me."

"I would have given you chocolate," he added. "Now you can't have any."

[absolutesnark]

"Fine, I don't want any chocolate anyway," Summer said, but she was pouting. "You're mean."

Says the girl who just kicked someone.

[stykera]

"You kicked me," Stark protested. "All I did was not give you something I didn't have to give you so I couldn't give it to you. I'm not mean."

[absolutesnark]

"Are too," Summer replied. "It's mean to only have grape."

[stykera]

"I am not in charge of lollipops," Stark said. He was still holding on to the squirt gun and thinking this child could use some water in the face. "Not in charge of anything, really. I didn't bring the lollipops. Just the chocolate. And you can't have the chocolate since you kicked me."

[absolutesnark]

"Who is in charge of lollipops?" Maybe Summer would kick that person, too.

[stykera]

Stark thought about that for a moment. Then he shrugged. "Don't know. Never asked who was in charge of lollipops. Probably the doctors are. Or one of them. Maybe the nurse. Or it might be someone else. I don't know. Why?"

[absolutesnark]

"No reason," Summer said innocently.

[stykera]

"I don't believe you," Stark said, eyeing her warily.

[absolutesnark]

"Why not? I don't lie." Much.

[stykera]

"I don't know that's true," Stark pointed out. "And you kicked me. So maybe I don't trust you."

[absolutesnark]

"I was being honest when I kicked you," Summer said. "I was mad about the grape. No lie."

[stykera]

"Doesn't matter if it was an honest kick," Stark said. "Still a kick. And usually it is hard to trust someone who kicks you when you haven't done anything wrong." Of course, he ought to be used to that.

[absolutesnark]

"Whatever," Summer said, rolling her eyes. "I'm gonna go somewhere else to find an good lollipop, not stupid grape."

She ran out of the clinic before getting a response.

[stykera]

Stark just stared after the girl for a long moment. Then he shrugged and sat back down at the desk.