Fandom Clinic, Monday 1/16

[stykera]

There was a tiny banner on Stabby's tank reading Happy Birthday! with some crab stickers on it.

"Is it his birthday?" Stark asked.

"It was yours," a nurse told him. "You know about birthday weeks, right? You can keep celebrating."

"But it's a birthday, not a week."

"You can celebrate as long as you want. And Stabby didn't get invited to the party so he wanted to have something here!"

"Oh," Stark said. "Thank you? I did bring some of the leftover cupcakes." The cake ones. The others didn't keep as well. "And coffee." He set both down and then went to sit down at the desk.

The clinic was open, the alien was in and flipping through his new cookbook from Watts, and the crab was keeping the birthday celebrations going.

Comments

Front Desk

[stykera]

With a celebratory crab and a slightly confused alien!

Exam Rooms

[stykera]

No celebrations here. Probably.

OOC

[stykera]

Yay long weekend. Except maybe I have to spend 4 hours in a car later. Unclear.

Re: Front Desk

[mylandmyrules]

Nell stopped in with a basket filled with a few of her teas and a number of her own fully moddable fancy cupcakes. "I'm sorry I didn't get to your party," she said, "But I wanted to bring you a little something and wish you happy birthday."

Re: Front Desk

[stykera]

"Oh, you didn't have to do that," Stark said, looking at the basket admiringly. "Thank you, Nell! They look lovely!"

Re: Front Desk

[mylandmyrules]

"I don't have to do much," Nell said with a smile, "but I wanted to do something nice for your birthday. I just had my first ever birthday party a few months ago and it's given me a new perspective on them."

Re: Front Desk

[stykera]

"This was the first birthday I've ever had. I liked it. Did you enjoy yours?"

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[mylandmyrules]

"Oh, I didn't realize this was your first!" Nell said. "I'd have tried to dare the crowds if I'd realized that. And I did, I did enjoy mine, though I wasn't entirely sure at first how one was meant to be."

She smiled a little at her unknowing. "And it seemed, well, greedy, maybe, to 'ask' for presents. I didn't realize that it was sort of a way to let people be kind to you, to express what you mean to them."

Re: Front Desk

[stykera]

"Summer gave me a birthday and a party," Stark explained. "Since I don't know when mine is. I've never had anything like that, just for me, before."

"I need to thank people for their gifts."

Re: Front Desk

[mylandmyrules]

"She did?" Nell beamed at him, "That's awful kind of her. She seems to do so much around here - it's a little intimidating, but I'm so happy she did that for you."

Re: Front Desk

[stykera]

"She's a very good friend. And she does do a lot. So much. She likes to be busy, I think."

That was an understatement.

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[mylandmyrules]

"If she doesn't like to be busy she must be very unhappy," Nell said with a smile. "It's good, though, she does so much and must make so many people happy."

Re: Front Desk

[stykera]

"She does," Stark agreed. "She's a very good friend and she's very good at parties. I was very happy."

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[mylandmyrules]

"I'm glad you have such a good friend and I'm glad you have a birthday now," Nell said. "It's a special thing."

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[stykera]

"It is," Stark agreed. "I'm lucky, I think."

Not an adjective he used for himself very often at all. Almost never.

"Thank you."

Re: Front Desk

[mylandmyrules]

"I agree," Nell said. "When you have good friends, they're worth almost anything. And you're welcome."

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[stykera]

"They are. It's best to hold on to them. If you can."

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[mylandmyrules]

A wistful look passed over Nell's face. "I've lost enough people in my life to know how true what you just said was."

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[stykera]

"I'm sorry," Stark said softly. "So have I."

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[mylandmyrules]

She smiled sadly at him. "Thank you. And i'm sorry for your losses as well."

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[stykera]

"Thank you. And I'm sorry for bringing up sad memories. You were here to do a kind thing. Are the teas from your shop?"

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[mylandmyrules]

"No, no," Nell said. "It's good to remember them. Sad, but good."

She smiled at him. "Yes, they are. So if there's one you don't like feel free to come in and trade it for a different one. Or if you tell me what you like I can make one special for you."