part 281 elegant syncopations

[aphanon_meme]

Welcome back, meme! How is your week so far? Mine is... uhhh... well, I'm listening to the Music Man and it's cheering me up! Now friends, let me tell you what I mean.. you got one, two, three, four, 281 parts of the meme... with a capital P and that rhymes with B and that stands for Banana.

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[iceandheather]

[Slinks up and peers at it, then at Holland]

Lost 'er, did you. Maybe she's the one what lost you.

[kleutertje]

[HE KNOWS THAT VOICE AND HE SPINS AROUND, SHRIEKS WITH A GRIN, AND THEN - ]

[the entire pile falls, and he does with it]

[iceandheather]

[He should've expected that; that pile didn't look stable at all. Whoops.]

[Bends to help him up]

You all right, there?

[kleutertje]

[DOESN'T EVEN CARE]

Mister Weird!

[clings to norway's leg]

[iceandheather]

[Raises an eyebrow - he'd nearly forgotten that's what he calls him - then smiles. Just a little bit.]

Know 's been a bit, but 's no call for clingin' like a limpet.

[Not that he minds at all. He doesn't.]

[kleutertje]

[DOESN'T. EVEN. CARE]

[JUST CLINGS AND BURIES HIS FACE IN NORWAY'S KNEE]

B-but I can' find - an' Teuton's mean - and -

[SOB AND CLING]

[iceandheather]

[...Oh dear.]

[Thinks a bit, then sinks down until he's at his eye-level.]

Hey now. Hold up. What's this about not findin' summat an' so'n'so bein' mean an' all the rest.

[kleutertje]

[snaps his head up and clears up his sobbing really, really fast]

I-I can't find my Zusje. A-an Teuton's a jerk.

[iceandheather]

Bet she's around somewhere; you'll find her. Now, as for that other'un... he's been picking on you, 's that right?

[kleutertje]

Uh-huh I will!

[he's feeling way better now that someone familiar is around]

[looks up]

Nuh-huh.

[a total lie, but he doesn't want to get beat up for ratting out teuton] He's jus' stupid.

[iceandheather]

Hmmm.

[He doesn't buy that. But, fine.]

Lots've stupid nations around. [And doesn't he know it.] Best just avoid bein' around 'em if you can, and deal with it if y'can't.

[kleutertje]

[grins up, wide and silly and a bit mischievous]

He's dumb an' - [shakes a pant leg] - ya gotta gimme some good hidin' places!

Not fer him.

[sits on the floor c'mon sit on the floor with him]

[iceandheather]

[Takes the hint and plunks down onto the floor with him.]

Hiding places, you say.

[Quiets his voice]

There's lots here what people don't notice, on account've they don't see 'em. But sometimes, if'n you think hard enough, there'll be summat around, exactly what you need. 'S magic.

[kleutertje]

[leans right in and scoots right against norway and grins right up]

Yeah!

[super super duper pays attention!]

A-an - [bites his lip, this is a Personal Question] - if I think hard 'nough, does that mean you'll be there?

[iceandheather]

[Blinks, looking - surprised. He hadn't even thought about that.]

Hmmm. [Considers] Never tried it with people. Not sure it works quite the same. Maybe 's more like... if'n I'm here, y'might be able to find me if you think on it. But I can't just be where you need me, ya' ken?

[kleutertje]

[kind of slumps]

[lame]

Where ya go when you're not here?