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[guppy_sandhu]

[oom: Guppy fails in his role as the fountain of all knowledge.]

Guppy makes it half way across the bar when he realises that a lot of the patrons are, well, kind of shorter and younger...

Hmmm.

He goes into the infirmary, and finds it as he left it (deducing from this that he has not gone back in time), except that one of his younger two (male) waitrats is attempting with limited success to feed a pair of tiny, eyes barely open half bald waitrats, still dressed in their now very oversized scrubs shirt.

"Aesclepius? Work Experience?" Guppy peers at the pair. The third waitrat, Backup, shrugs and hands him the syringe of milk.

"Wait, what happened?" he asks, but his remaining waitrat, tired by days of feeding every few hours, scurries off for a kip.

Five minutes later, he's got the two shrunk infirmary waitrats in a cardboard box on a warm towel, and is back in the bar looking for some answers.

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[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy nods.

"Maybe later then."

[ostro_goth]

Teja nods.

"Shall I get us some tea?" he says. "I fear with that last announcement, I have run out of both grimness and alliterations for the time being."

[guppy_sandhu]

"That would be lovely." Beat. "Fancy helping me hand rear a rat for half an hour?"

[ostro_goth]

Teja fetches a mug of tea for each, then sits again.

"I have hand-reared a kitten, and fed a baby," he says. "This cannot be so very different."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Thanks. Will you still get to see Egil?" Guppy asks, tentatively.

He couldn't bear it if he lost his kids, even though they've been together a lot longer.

He passes over Aesclepius, who is squeaking indignantly.

[ostro_goth]

Teja takes the little rat, quite gently.

"No," he says. "I am not to be trusted with him."

[guppy_sandhu]

"I'm sorry." Guppy says gently.

[ostro_goth]

"Worry not," Teja says. "It has been two months already. I shall carry on, as ever."

[guppy_sandhu]

"You're a dreadful stoic." Guppy says, shaking his head.

[ostro_goth]

"What else should I be?" Teja says. "I am woe-ed out."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Two months is a long time." Guppy says, sipping the tea.

"Anything I can do?"

[ostro_goth]

"No," Teja says.

Pause.

"Speak not of it; I shall only tell those who ask, and would care."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Of course." Guppy nods. "My lips are sealed."

[ostro_goth]

"Good," Teja says. "Then let us not speak of it any more, but instead feed these little animals in their reduced state."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Yes, Aesclepius will be very grateful when he gets bigger."

[ostro_goth]

"Good," Teja says, and proceeds to do so.-


[[OOC: Fade here? Thanks for the thread, that was useful!]]

[guppy_sandhu]

[ooc: Sure, thank you too!]