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“Hmm… Weather is looking lovely today.” Kenny mumbled, newspaper unfolding with a light crumpling of the back pages as he would look up at the partially cloudy sky above. Today reminded him of one he held dear when he was still a mortal - not because of the sunny sky or fluffy white clouds in the sky, but because of the feeling of joy in the pit of his stomach. After biting the child and feeding for the first time he felt more than alive! He felt like he could do anything without worry of failure.

Sitting nonchalantly, one leg crossed over the other on a park bench during a sunny afternoon in a suit seemed strange, but he was merely taking it all in around him. He was enjoying his surroundings, the scent of the grass, the heat of the sun’s rays beating down on him, and the sound of the fountain’s gentle pitter patter made him all too relaxed as he enjoyed his evening on his own.

A cool breeze brushed over his dark locks with the daintiness of a mother’s still hand gently ruffling his hair. With a content sigh he further slumped into the bench. He rolled his shoulders and positioned his newspaper to his side as he folded it back up. There was nothing in it but bad news it seemed, at least the weather provided a more tender appeal to the eye than Hargeon’s paper. It was a bright and sunny day, the sun was in full beam as golden rays shined down on the town, but the chill of autumn was still overbearing the beached population so there wasn't a need shorts and a T-shirt anymore. No, Kenny could finally break out his suit collection.

In his new attire Kenny sought to dress more professionally, more so people would take him seriously than landing his next big job interview. Who knew when he may run into someone or something that may change his life? He wanted to look handsome whoever or whatever fell to him next. His symphony blue suit was form fitting, it made him look a tad bit slender than he was, but that was a consequence of looking good. With his blazer open and his black undershirt exposed he undid the top button, “Thing is gonna suffocate me, but that’s the burden of a sharp dressed man…”

One leg crossed over another, his arms rested on the back of the bench, sprawled out on either side of him as he watched people passed by. With a low yawn he would throw his head back and close his eyes. A little rest never hurt did it?

What did it take for a man to get a little sleep outside? It seemed whenever he hoped to rest, just a smidgen of rest someone wanted to mess with him. He didn’t mind, since last time proved fruitful, but it would have been nice if he got more sleep every now and then. Then again could he really complain? He was sleeping outside after all and with that it was likely that someone would notice him.

His eyes groggily opened, purple hues looking up at the sky above as he tried to adjust himself for his guest. Or well disrupter, whoever they were they were about to get an ear full from him, no more than an ear full they were about to get verbally spanked maybe. Yeah, that was it a nice verbal spanking. He rubbed his eyes as he looked up at them and what he saw took his breath away, no not because it was pleasing but more because it was shocking.

Was she a… Lost child? There was no way she was taller than a child, looked more woman like than child like but he was in an era where a green bug man could suck people up, anything was possible and apparently a grown woman dressing like a child was too and uh acting like one as well… Okay maybe she wasn’t talking to him though! He looked to either side of himself and pointed to his bewildered expression. “Ya mean, me?” he asked confusedly as he looked up and down at her. She was… Strange that’s for sure. She even had a teddy bear for pete sake.

Would it be rude if he just said no? Then again he didn’t know if she was serious or not, heh if this was a prank he would just play along. With a warm smile on his face he crossed his arms, “Sure, I’ll play with you.” he nodded. Standing up he looked down at her, this was going to be interesting very interesting. Lord, this was going to be an incident. Imagine the appeal of this situation. Large man plays with woman dressed like kid. Nothing weird about that!

“What do you want to play? Hide and seek? Maybe a little hide and seek would be good for him. Heh, he would certainly seek her out though when he found her… That was a another story. Good lord he was a weird man. Putting his arms behind his back he kept his smile as he leaned forward and tilted his head. What sort of game did she have in mind?

Kenny swallowed the lump in his throat and nervously crab walked away from her, “I uh, have a thing I need to do with lady.” he nervously chuckled as he scuttled away, “excuse me young woman, I need to uh have a clash with my… Mom.” he assured himself or well he sounded assured as he increased the distance between the two of them. Scuttle, scuttle, scuttle, he ran away. She was scary, but he would maybe see her again at another plight in life.She was pretty, but dangerous. He would totally hop on, if she wasn’t scary.. It was rude to run, but he had to get moving, he had to get going! He had forgotten all about his things on the other side of the Hargeon and it was a long walk to get there. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to spend time with her, but more that he didn’t want to get stabbed right now. He already had one crazy woman stab him and that wasn’t any fun, another would be no good right now he just got out of a bad break up and all, yeesh he just needed some time to think and do his own thing.

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