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There was the tiniest knock that Floyd had ever heard at the door. A surprise as Floyd was not expecting any guests right now. But even more surprising was the troll at his doorstep once he opened the door.
"Oh! Tiny?" Floyd said. "How can I help you?"
Tiny did not bother with any pleasantries. He opted to cut right to the chase.
"You want to date my dad." Tiny Diamond said.
That was not so much a question so much as a statement. A statement delivered in a way that it did not sound like Tiny was very pleased.
"I mean yes.. I'm guessing your dad talked about this with you?" Floyd asked.
"Yeah, dad talked about it with me. But I didn't talk about it with YOU."
Floyd couldn't rightly blame the tiny troll for being a bit upset. Another important person in his dad's life that Tiny didn't really know. It would be a change.
"Me and your dad were talking about having a conversation with you together. I can get your dad and we can talk-" Floyd said.
Tiny shoved a small scrapbook into Floyd's hands. At first Floyd was not entirely sure what he was looking at until Tiny spoke up.
"If you really want to date my dad you'll have to answer all these questions."
Floyd opened the scrap book to see more a block of text rather then the normal things one would see in a scrapbook. Though there was a small drawing of Tiny's face in the corner of the first page, a bunch of question marks drawn around him. The text dominated the book though.
There were questions. So many of them. And there were more pages.
Floyd could had easily told Tiny that he would answer all the questions he had later when he and Guy had their conversation with Tiny. But then, Floyd thought about it. Tiny would most likely appreciate it Floyd took this scrapbook of questions seriously.
"Okay. Let's do this." Floyd said.
Tiny nodded.
"Good."
The questions were many but not that bad. Some of the questions were simple. Name, hobbies, favorite foods. All things that were easy to answer. The fact though that Tiny was noting all the answers on some paper was just a bit intimating.
Then came the word problem questions. Longer questions that were more involved and required a lot more thought. The intensity in Tiny's questioning grew as well.
"If there was a run away cart full of glitter careening towards my dad, how would you save him from being run over by it?" Tiny asked.
That was a slightly more involved question. Not a yes or no or simple answers, questions anymore. Floyd must had been startled into silence for too long as Tiny spoke up.
"Answer the question." Tiny said.
The tone was a more serious one now. And Floyd sensed that if he answered this wrong that there would be some form of suffering. And Tiny did not look as if he would wait much longer for a answer.
He was about to answer Tiny, but Floyd was saved from having to answer the question when Guy showed up. Guy's casual walk had turned into a mildly concerned jog when he saw the expression on Tiny's face and the clipboard.
"There you are, Tiny! What are you up to?" Guy asked.
Tiny looked up at his father, the serious look that been on his face switching to more of a pleased look, smile included.
"Oh hey dad. I'm only asking Floyd some very important questions. If you could come back later-" Tiny said.
Guy glanced quickly at Floyd who did not look exactly unhappy. But for sure not at complete ease. Guy knew he had to check in.
"Why don't you give us a moment, son." Guy said.
Tiny crossed his arms.
"Don't think you can distract me from this very important questioning." Tiny said.
Guy actually could distract Tiny from this questioning endeavor with one sentence.
"Aunt Poppy has ice cream." Guy said.
"Ooo! Ice cream!" Tiny dropped the paper and crayon and ran off in the direction he presumed that Poppy was.
Guy waited until his son was out of sight before turning to Floyd.
"Sorry about that." Guy said. "He talked abut asking you some questions but I didn't think he was going to try and interrogate you."
Floyd couldn't help but laugh a bit at that description of the questions.
"It did feel a bit like a interrogation. But it didn't feel like a bad thing to answer a few questions." Floyd said.
Guy picked up the dropped paper and his eyebrows went up the number of questions.
"Some questions?" Guy said. "That's so many! How long have you been answering these?"
Floyd thought a moment.
"At least a half hour." he said.
Guy blinked a few times.
"How... how did he even come up with that many questions?" Guy asked.
Floyd chuckled.
"There are a lot of repeated questions in different wording. He's keeping me on my toes." Floyd said.
Guy couldn't help but chuckle as well moment before there was a soft smile on his face.
"Thank you. Really." Guy said.
"It's a big change for him. I wanted to take him seriously." Floyd said.
Now half way through searching for Poppy it had occurred to Tiny that he had been tricked. He had came to a sudden stop when realized it.
"Oh, that was LOW!" Tiny cried.
Then Tiny turned right around to go and give his dad a piece of his mind.
Guy and Floyd were right where Tiny had left them. Still talking. Talking about him he realized.
"I think we should do something that Tiny would love." Guy said.
Floyd nodded in agreement. He thought a moment before a idea came to mind.
"I know he likes to write his own music." Floyd said. "Maybe a write your own song performance night thing? I know Poppy would help us set that up."
"That's perfect! Tiny would love that!" Guy said.
Tiny stood still and quiet through this conversation he was over hearing. A conversation that made Tiny realize a few things.
First off was how happy his dad looked. Floyd looked just as happy to be talking to his dad. They really did care for each other. And apparently for him as well. The fact that Floyd remembered something Tiny liked to do..
Crud. He was going to have to be mature here wasn't he?
"Ahem."
Guy and Floyd peered down and saw Tiny Diamond standing at their feet.
"Oh! Son, did you um.. find the ice cream-" Guy said.
"Not yet." Tiny lied. "But I will. But first I just came back to let Floyd know that I guess that you passed the quiz." Tiny Diamond said.
This was a surprise to the two adult trolls. Though they tried not to show up. They were not surprised however when Tiny added in.
"But just know... I'm watching you."