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It was practically the end of November and Marlin found himself musing on where the year had gone as he worked on tidying up a display of wigs.

They were one of the sets of things on sale, along with some masks and some of the costumes that hadn't shifted on Halloween. It had been a pretty quiet day though, with neither of the two part time staff that they'd hired on actually on for the day.

Not that Marlin minded, sometimes quiet was good - especially as once December started Christmas would pretty much be around the corner and although it was not the busiest time of year for Fancy A Change, they still did a relatively brisk trade over the holiday season.

As usual when he worked in shop Marlin was in costume, his choice for the day a robin hood-esque costume, the feathered hat set at a jaunty angle on his head - after all his dad felt that the best way to sell a costume was to wear one and it had seemed to certainly hold true to their sales, besides Marlin liked dressing up - it was one of the best parts of the job for all that it hadn't been something he'd planned on doing when he'd returned from college.

At the tinkle of the shop bell, Marlin had adjusted the wig he’d been tidying one last time before looking towards the door.

Spotting the blond, aka potential customer he straightened, smiling at the other’s mention of looking for a costume “Hi there” he said cheerfully, somewhat bemused at being referred to as a lad given that at his guess the other looked to be around the same age as him. “If you want a Robin Hood type costume then we have three different styles in currently” he continued. “In addition to the one that I’m wearing, we have a similar styled one but it comes with a cape, we also have a version that has a hood rather than a hat.”

Marlin had been about to mention some of the other styles of non-pirate costumes that they had in stock but at the blond’s question he looked thoughtfully at the other. Come to think on it the name Flynn was kind of familiar, although he couldn’t quite place why – at least not immediately. Eventually however it finally clicked “I think Dad, Stuart, may have mentioned you a few times” he said at last, adding “Do you know Granduncle Pappy?”

Marlin vaguely remembered his Dad mentioning a Donovan Flynn when talking about his Granduncle.

Marlin's smile had faded when Donovan mentioned that Granduncle Pappy had passed away, shaking his head at the other's question.

"I didn't know him that well" he admitted. "Dad would have known him better, but I remember him sort of from family reunions and stuff." At least Marlin was pretty sure that's where his memories of Granduncle Pappy stemmed from. His Dad was big on family and family events and as a result he had attended a lot of family reunions as child. Now that he was older he didn't do so as much, although he still went to the odd one - normally the one at Thanksgiving.

"Dad's definitely mentioned you though, both of you." seeing his cousin here, make that his second cousin here was making Marlin think on what his Dad had told him and Marlin realised that on the occasions that he'd heard Donovan's name mentioned that it had generally been linked in conjunction with that of his Granduncle.

"What brings you to Destiny City," he asked curious, taking a moment to get down the aforementioned Robin Hood style costume with cape that Donovan had sounded interested in. His attention was more directed towards his cousin than the on the costume, although he handled the latter carefully, after all apart from when Eva visited it wasn't often that he got to see family at the shop outside of his immediate family. "Are you here long?"