Red is sort of but not really open today

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Yawning, Red padded down the stairs. He was awoken by two hungry cubs and after feeding them, decided sleeping in wasn't going to happen. Some correspondance needed to be done and an order placed for supplies and business usually put off for the week was started on diligently while the cubs raced up and down the stairs between the flat and the shop in a noisy game of chase and tag.



((ooc: Player has laundry duty today and might start off slow in responding.))

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Duce pushes through the door, yawning and beaming at the same time. "Hi Red. Oz may or may not be in today - he's going to be really, really tired. More than normal." She pauses inside the door to see how the babies react to her.

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Red nodded to Duce, his mouthstick waving in the air. "Thaths thine," he said. "Justh doin thone thatherwook."

Hearing someone come in the shop, the cubs tumbled down and skidded around the corner. They both slid to a stop at the counter end when they saw Duce. Unsure if she was still mad with them, they sat expectantly, practically vibrating in anticipation that she wasn't mad anymore, but they moved no further in toward her in case she was.

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Tilting her head at Red, she offers, "Want help?" She watches the babies for a moment, and noticing their ears turned toward her rather than flat, she kneels and beckons to them. From her pockete, she pulls two rubber balls and squeezes them. A crackling noise of compressed mylar sounds from within.

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Crackling noises. The sound that kicks off the prey instinct. Both cubs sat very still, listening before the went from no movement to ~sproing~ movement in less than a second.

They bounded over to her, feet stepping on heads and tails, teeth chewing on ears as they both vyed for her attention and her gifts.

Red shook his head at the cubs and put his mouthstick down. "I've zeroed out the register if you would like to count the drawer and help me get the deposit ready."

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Duce grinned at the babies, tussling their ears before pitching the balls for them to chase. Standing, she walks over to the register and begins fliping through the cash, sorting it into piles for deposit. "Busy day .."

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The cubs went off like a shot after the balls, now completely taken with the colored rolling as they chased behind them.

"Couple of days actually. My accountant is going to kill me for letting it go so long," Red said with a grin. He picked up his mouthstick pen and holding to his order form, started to mark off the things he would need for the next month.

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Duce grinned at the puppies, and glanced at the log. Raising an eyebrow, she comments, "Niiice. And appointments lined up for today, too. Good. Huh. Alex? Is he actually getting a tat?"

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"I thoughth he wath gonna thop byth," Red said, stopping to look up at Duce. "But heth no heah yeth."

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"We see that. That should be interesting. Huh. Wonder if it was for that class.." Duce grins to herself, "So, we found out last night Oz can get a tat safely. They don't go away when he.. y'know."

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Red nodded. "Sthould mak him eathy tho sthpot in wothf foham."

He placed his pen down since it did make it difficult to talk. "Yes, a Professor Jerusalem called me wanting gift certificates for small tattoos or henna art of a spider. I hope they will be used. It was a rather clever idea, I thought."

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Duce freezes, and says very slowly, "Hadn't thought of that.. he.. really shouln't get one. Damn."

Shaking it off until she can talk to Oz, she grins, "His ego, it knows no bounds. Spiders?"

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"Yes. I think they are rather cute, myself. And easy. Shouldn't take any time at all." Red grinned at Duce. "He seemed like a rather nice fellow on the phone."

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"Mmhm. .. waiiit. Alex or Spider?" Amused suspicion.

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Scooter has not been down into the town for a while, but Sunday is, in his estimation, a good day to run errands, so he's there, now. He intends to stop by Deb's for baked goods and The Emporium for cocoa and milk and a few other staples, but, aside from that, he's given himself leave to wander. That's how he's found himself standing outside Red's shop, considering stopping in to visit his friend.

It doesn't take much to sway him to the idea, so a few moments later he finds himself pushing open the door to the shop and stepping in. "Hey, Red. Sorry I haven't stopped by sooner."

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"Scooter!" Red said, his ears perking up when he saw his friend. He leapt down off his stool and trotted around to meet him. "Come in! I'm very glad to see you!"

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"It's good to see you, too, Red. How've things been since the dance?" Scooter acquiesces to Red's invitation and ventures further into the shop, looking around at the tools and results of Red's trade. He's not entirely unfamiliar with tattoos and such, though he doesn't think they work terribly well on muppets.

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Disappearing around the counter, the sounds of scooting could be heard as he pushed a stool into view, around and to the other side of the counter for Scooter to sit on. "I've been staying busy," he said as he growled behind the counter again. Two red bundles of fur and energy peer around the corner to look at this new person-thing but stay just out of reach.

He leapt up onto his counter and with a quick kick, sent his tattoo notebook to the end so he could stretch out. "It's been quite comfortable lately. How is the campus?"

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Scooter hops up onto the stool Red provides for him and props an elbow on the countertop in close proximity to Red. "Campus has been pretty quiet, actually. Student government elections are over, nothing's attacked, recently and the parties have all been the usual size. Really, it's quieter than I expected it to be." He pauses for a moment, then catches sight of the cubs peeking out from around the corner. "And who are those cute little guys? Anybody who'd like a cookie?"

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The magic words uttered…”cookies”, or perhaps it was just that the new one noticed them, and both cubs tumbled out, making a straight line toward Scooter. Sadly, he was on a stool and they couldn’t reach him but they stood on their hind legs to make themselves taller, tails flicking in interest.

Red dropped his head over the counter to watch the cubs. “Castor and Pollux, are these two bundles of terror. And they’ll eat you out of every cookie in your pocket if you aren’t careful.”

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Scooter reached down to let the bubs sniff his hand, then pulled the other one out of the pocket which held his cookie stash and proferred a pair of the cookie of the day to the cubs, some rather large gingersnaps. "Castor and Pollux, eh? Pleased to meet you." Then, as an aside to Red, "I'm stopping by Deb's later to stock up, so that's fine."

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Quite gently, the cubs took their treat and trotted off, tails high, to the corner. Munching and crunching could be heard as the cubs ate their cookies. “Oh good,” Red said quietly to Scooter.

He stretched out again, since the cubs were staying quiet. “I had heard the campus is quiet again. As a result, things have been quiet here in town as well. Makes me happy. This is a great little town.”

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"It is. I've lived in cities most of my life, so it's a bit of a change for me, but so far I really like it. There's good food and a selection of book and music stores. We've even got a nice, little movie theatre. Not that I've actually managed to take advantage of them much." He looks sheepish.

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"Same here and I live streets away from a lot of the activity," Red said with a sigh. "Just no time until recently, either. Like the movies. I havent' been to one. Sounds like fun. Maybe eventually I'll go." He snickered. "But Deb has got some great food and that Pub down the street seems quaint enough as well."

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"Well, maybe now that things aren't so busy, we can actually explore the town and the island a bit. Together, even." Scooter had returned to leaning on the counter after the cubs ran off with their cookies and had gone so far, at this point, as to rest his chin in his hands. Now he was focused on Red. "We did well enough on that treasure hunt."

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Red grinned at Scooter. "We made a great team, didn't we?" He straightened on the counter to give Scooter's offer some thought. "I think exploring the town and island sounds like a great idea."