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Gaius, who had been awake far longer than Marshall in all likelihood, was in the process of propping up a freshly-glued chair leg with whatever he could grab – mostly books and some old clothes to keep the thing in place until the glue dried. The windows were open and the fan on full blast to blow out the fumes. A hand on the wood, Gaius was about to let go slowly, hoping the thing wouldn’t go crooked, when the sudden pounding startled him. The leg tilted sideways and Gaius groaned, frowning sadly at the in-process chair before glaring at the door.

Annoyed, Gaius opened the door to look down at a smiling Marshall. “I was in the middle of something! What do you want?”

"I was sticking the chair legs on," Gaius stuck a thumb over his shoulder at the pile of debris with a wooden post sticking out of it. "It's been wet out, so I don't want to risk it getting rained on, that's why I brought it back here!"

He went back inside and knelt down beside the project, tail twitching behind him. Fidgeting with the leg, he asked, "So, what brought you over here anyways? Bored as usual?" He smirked, knowing how often Marshall's short attention span got the better of the young man.

Gaius looked over his shoulder up at Marshall with a wry grin. "What, you can't go by yourself? Need adult supervision?"

With a final wiggle, he got the leg set in place... not perfectly, but about as straight as he could manage. He sat back and surveyed his work with satisfaction. "Now I just have to wait for it to dry before I can put the other legs on!"

Gaius groaned, knowing that he would just get pestered until he went anyways. He rolled his eyes and pushed himself up. "Fiiine, fine... I'll go... It's in the center building, right?"

"Ah, just a project here or there," he said, closing the door behind them, not bothering to lock it. "I helped Richard, an old guy, put up a message board thing in the village center, it's over near the Caf. Other than that..." he shrugged and smiled. "The chairs have been plenty trouble by themselves!"

"And watch out for the stairs!" he cautioned the back-stepping boy.

Gaius followed after Marshall between the duplexes towards the center, frowning at his foot and about to ask about the bandage, but his babbling distracted Gaius's train of thought. "Hm? Ana-toli? Haven't heard of him... What, related?" He stopped half a step, wearing a surprised expression. "They'll even do in their own family? That's just... Errrgh." He shook his head, frowning. That didn't sit well with him at all.

However, the dark mood was quickly whiped away by the mention of the sad lizard girl he'd met some days ago. His ears perked up hopefully at the memory, eager to hear any news. "Amaya? Hey, I know her! You're taking her to the Halloween party?"

"Of course! I even know what I'm going as... though I should probably get around to asking the labs for it..." he winced sheepishly. He'd forgotten about that in his busyness. "That's nice that you're taking her, she seems to have been having a hard time. At least she was when I met her."

The village center with the caf and other facilities loomed up in front of them between the buildings, along with the newly-placed board. Looked like it was still empty. Gaius glanced at Marshall side-ways. "So, what are you going as?"