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[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[--and then one of those awesome spit-filled toddler sneezes, all over the page]

...Whatcha doing, honey?

Math.


((ooc: yes, he just called something 'honey.' Billy and Molly are in the lobby at a coffee table, if anyone happens by))

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[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[Billy knows the very moment that Barney shows up-- as Molly's looks up from her drawing, look past him, and her eyes go wide]

[bro-codebreaker.livejournal.com]

Hahahaaayeeeeeaaaahno. [he chuckles] I'm your Uncle Barney.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[Billy gives Barney a weary-looking wave, and goes to say something, but an apprehensive whine from Molly cuts him off. She drops her crayon and nervously clambers up into the couch and into Billy's lap before he can really do much about it. She's looking at Barney like he's some kind of daddy-face-stealing ghost]

--Hey, now. [bouncing her a little. He's actually starting to be alright at this having-a-kid thing] It's okay, Molly. He's just... [...huh. Can't really explain the clone thing. So, after an awkward pause]

...We're, uh... brothers. Brothers look alike.

[bro-codebreaker.livejournal.com]

Right. Which is why I'm your Uncle Barney. [he smiles, then does a bit of Stinson Sleight of Hand and pulls a few stems of lilacs out of thin air for her] Ta-daaaaaah.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[her eyes continue to be big blue circles in her head, but at least she's not looking so nervous. She's staring in wonderment now]



[annnd Billy is content to let Barney take over entertaining duties for a few minutes]

[bro-codebreaker.livejournal.com]

Heh heh, check this one out. [he takes out a deck of cards and fans them out]

Pick one.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[she peers at the cards for a long time, as if she could sense which one is the 'good' one, before finally picking one from the middle]

[bro-codebreaker.livejournal.com]

Okay, got it? Now, don't show me. Just ... look at it. And remember what it is. ... Then put it back in the pile.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[she looks at her card, and then cranes her neck to look up at Billy]

[he speaks up over her quickly] --Ahahah, don't say it. Uncle Barney has to guess.

[she doesn't get it. But she puts it back in the pile anyway]

[bro-codebreaker.livejournal.com]

[he makes a show of shuffling the pile up again, getting fancy with it and everything. then, he flicks the deck, and holds it up to his ear, as though he's listening. slowly, he pulls a card out and holds it up to her]

Iiiiiiiiiiiiis that your card?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[picturesque childlike surprise]

[bro-codebreaker.livejournal.com]

You got it! [he beams, and the whole deck goes up in a flash of sparks and smoke. poof, gone] Told you I'd show you!