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[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

Particularly observant patrons of the bar today may notice that there is a turtle wandering the bar, encased in a clear ball not unlike a hamster ball.

There is also a Bart at a table, doodling and keeping an eye on the whereabouts of said turtle and ball.

Both are botherable!

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[weirdwilbur.livejournal.com]

"What ur yew drawin' thar?" asks a nearby man . . . giant . . . whatever.

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

....Uh.

"Stuff?"

WHAT IS THAT.

[weirdwilbur.livejournal.com]

". . . ah. Right." He thinks a moment. "Kin I set down?"

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

"Uh."

Beat.

"Sure."

Assuming whatever it is can sit, of course.

[weirdwilbur.livejournal.com]

Wilbur sits down. "I'd say yer a bit young tew be en a bar, but technically I'm only fifteen myself." He grins and holds out a hand. "Pleased ter meet yew."

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

"Seventeen," he finds himself saying as he extends his own hand.

"My name's Jay."

[shoeless-ed.livejournal.com]

There is now also a skinny red-headed child crawling around behind the turtle-ball, tracking its progress with apparent fascination.

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

Eventually, the turtle in the ball tuuuuuuuuurns.

And peeeeeeeers at the redheaded girl.

[shoeless-ed.livejournal.com]

Ed smiles and waves at the turtle. "Hi Mr. Bubble-Turtle!"

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

HI LARGE DISTURBINGLY CHEERFUL RED-HEADED GIRL, one might imagine the turtle saying (if turtles could talk).

As it is, it just continues peeeeeeering.

Eventually, Bart will probably notice and volunteer Fastback's name for him.

[shoeless-ed.livejournal.com]

"Ed is Ed!" she informs the turtle, pointing at herself.

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

"His name's Fastback," says the kid in the very red sweatshirt.

The turtle will accept that.

[hero_farmboy]

Clark is going to watch this for a few moments, amusement growing by the second.

Eventually, "You have a turtle?"

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, kinda. He's kinda Jenny's, too, when I'm not around."

Fastback, sensing Interesting Developments in the area of Clark and Bart, is rather suddenly several feet from his previous position, bumping into Clark.

Yeah, he's still learning how to stop in the bubble. Bart has every confidence in him that he'll learn. Ish.

[hero_farmboy]

Clark raises an eyebrow and looks down at the... Turtle Ball. "Sharing a pet already, huh?"

Then he crouches down. It's not quite turtle level, but it's as close as he can get. "Hey, there."

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

Shrug. "We didn't exactly plan it."

Peeeeeeeeeeer, goes the turtle.

"His name's Fastback," adds Bart."

[hero_farmboy]

"Hey, Fastback," Clark corrects himself, offering the turtle a small smile. "What's with the ball?"

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

"It's cause turtles are supposed to have a certain temperature or something and the ball maintains that while he gets out and around."

Or something.

He's trying to be a responsible pet-keeper person, at least.

[alsoagreengrass]

Scorpius is confused. Why is there a turtle trapped in a ball? Seems like animal cruelty, that.

He's following it with a frown, wand drawn and ready to come to its rescue.

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

THE TURTLE SEES YOU FOLLOWING HIM, SCORPIUS.

And abruptly turns around to face the boy. And stare. SUSPICIOUSLY.

[alsoagreengrass]

Suspiciously? But the boy only wants to help! There be no need of suspicion here.

Scorpius returns the stare ...and hides the wand?

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

BUT HE IS HIDING SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY SUSPICIOUS.

At least, it catches Bart's attention. "Hey."

[alsoagreengrass]

Well he doesn't mean to be suspicious! He only put the wand away to seem less...threatening?

Not that Scorpius seems very threatening in the first place. He offers the turtle a friendly-enough smile...

...and then jumps at the sound of Bart's voice. He didn't see him there. "Ah, er, hullo."

[mnt_mike]

[ooc: hitting the sack soon, but could NOT miss a chance to snag a slowtime with this set up. if slows aren't cool, feel free to ignore. :-) ]

Over in one of the bar's various and sundry corners stands a very taken-aback Barman.

He's watching the progress of the turtle-ball with a mixture of horror and awe.

[blinkandyoumiss.livejournal.com]

Said turtle wanders around at an ordinary pace for a little while, and then-

WHOOSH

-it wanders around at an ordinary pace many feet over from its previous position.