The Deck [Sunday, Late Morning]

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Obligatory holiday call to Ellie down, and Chuck had taken his book and a 'breakfast' of a glass of Jelly Beans outside and found the he could add Peeps to the menu (so long as he was quick enough to get hold of them before the three second rule applied). The island didn't want him to be healthy today, so who was he to try and derail that plan? Seemed awesome to him.

He didn't have any grand ideas for ways to spend the day, so he was keeping it simple flopped out on a lounger with a book. It was pretty decent out for now, and he'd decided to relax and enjoy it.

"Eddard, " he mumbled through a mouthful of Peep, "you don't let your kids keep a direwolf, that's a terrible idea..." Even while reading, Chuck was physically unable to keep from talking, even if no one was likely to be listening.

[[Yeah, this would be a combination of Method RP and canon. Open!]]

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"I actually went home so I missed all that fun," he said, snagging a Peep off the ground and sitting down, intending to dry off before going back inside the dorms. "I just gotta wonder where this food is coming from. Like, is it even fresh?"

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"I'm pretty sure a nuclear bomb wouldn't kill these things," Chuck noted, snagging another Peep from his collection and holding it up for closer examination.

"I'm thinking, if anything, the radiation would morph them all into some giant mutant marshmallow blob-type monster that absorbs everything. Like gelatinous cube, you know?" Maybe Percy wasn't quite the nerd Chuck was.

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Percy blinked and looked from Chuck to the Peep he had in his hands and back to Chuck. "Have you...studied Peeps extensively or are you just putting me on right now?"

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Maybe he'd put a little too much thought into it over the years.

"Extrapolating from the amount of times I've puffed them up in microwaves," Chuck answered, shrugging and popping it into his mouth. It was about equal to the number of times Ellie had made him scrub out the inside of said microwave. "And then adding a bit of... Fandom."

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"Wow." Percy wasn't sure if he was impressed or...weirded out. He'd go with impressed for the moment. "I never got these as a kid. Too messy, not enough money, I wanted chocolate, blah blah blah. But, sounds like these and Twinkies could be grouped into the same category of indestructible food."

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Chuck nodded easily, flipping his book closed and holding his place with his finger.

"But I have not put any thought into what radiation would do to those... Which I'm guessing is probably normal." Which Chuck was not, really.

"My theories pretty much end at Peeps."

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"Darn, I was hoping to get a lecture on the chemical components of Twinkies today!" No, that wasn't true at all and Percy smiled to make sure Chuck knew it.

He stood up to toss the Peep away and turned to try and sit back down when he noticed the Cadbury Egg in his seat. "...you didn't put this there, did you?"

Percy picked the chocolate egg up and showed it to Chuck. "You're not the Easter Bunny, are you?" That was less serious than the previous question.

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"Actually I'm off-duty," he joked, grinning at Percy. "I left my ears upstairs."

... "I'm kidding." Around here, and with someone who didn't know you had to clarify. "That was nothing to do with me," Chuck promised.

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Snickering, Percy picked up the egg and sat back down. "Imagine the mess if I'd sat on this, right? I think I'd have been wanting the Easter Bunny's damn head on a plate. Apparently, this island is having some fun today."

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"I think we've been able to say that about every weekend this month," Chuck pointed out. "This time last week I was six."

... And probably having a similarly unhealthy breakfast.

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"That, thankfully, missed me," Percy said and wiped a hand across his brow to show his relief at that. "I'm kinda done with those kind of things. Being a girl was enough for me. I like my current body."

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"The being a kid was fun," Chuck admitted. "Even if I think there's a girl I should... probably apologise to for taking her food and making her tell me about ninja manners."

"Being a girl was just awkward." And yeah, like Percy, he could do without repeating that experience.

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"Yeah, they have too many..." Percy gestured to his chest and then made a face. "...parts. I wasn't and still am not ready for that kind of thing. I guess being a kid wouldn't be so bad. Having a kid of my own, that was...strange."

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"This is why I was happy to be just weird uncle Chuck who lets his niece win at Mario Kart for the weekend."

Because the last time there had been impossible offspring of his own and he didn't want to think about it much.

"Kids are awesome, when they aren't terrifyingly and really suddenly mine."

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"Isn't that just asking for the island to bless you with quadruplets?" Percy asked, raising an eyebrow. "I'd be worried about waking up tomorrow and having to suddenly entertained Charles, Cody, Catherine and Cameron. It could happen."

And here, it really could.

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...

"I try not to tempt fate." Because now it had been said, of course Chuck was going to worry about it. Thanks Percy, for that neurosis.

"It wouldn't do that on the first Monday of break... Right?"

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"I dunno, man," Percy said, trying not to laugh at poor Chuck's sudden hesitation. "You wanna risk it? Maybe there's some kind of dance you can do to ward it off."

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"... I don't really dance."

So if there was one, Chuck probably wouldn't be able to do it right.

"I think I'll risk it." It was only kids. They'd be gone in a few days to wherever they came from. The foot he might break trying to dance would be worse.

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"So, no dance?" Percy asked, trying to pout a bit because maybe he thought he'd be able to see Chuck be ridiculous. "It might help!"

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"It's.... probably more likely to cause either me, or you, some kind of bodily harm." Flailing arms and the impulse to grab the nearest person when you were about to go crashing to the floor.

"You're the one who said it, aren't you at all worried?"

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"I had three kids show up already," Percy shared, making a face. "I think the island has already seen fit to curse me with kids. It shouldn't want to get me again. I handled it not so good."

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Chuck had handled two of his own before, and more recently one of his sister's... That was almost there.

"How not so good is not so good?" he asked after a few moments.

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"...one of my kids punched me in the nose," Percy shared, making a face. "And then his dad decided to punch me too. So, that went...not so good."

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Chuck winced. "Okay, so not good," he agreed. "I guess... at least he was small? I mean, I assume he was small."

Him and his extremely low pain threshold found the absence of injury a happier thought.

"The kid, not the-- wait, dad?" Heeey, he wasn't the only one with completely impossible future offspring. Comforting!

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"Yeaaaaah," Percy said, running his fingers through his hair. "There were...three different dads. I guess the island didn't think I needed to knock up any girls in the future or something."