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Red's is Open!

Coming down the stairs, Red was moving slow. He slept wrong and there was a noticable limp from where one could suspect he might have a crick in his neck. After turning on the sign and unlocking the shop door, he slowly hitched around to the back of the counter.

It took a few tries before he was able to get up onto his stool and slowly, ever so gingerly, he pulled out a magazine to stare at the picture it flipped open to because...ow...hurt to move his neck to turn the pages.

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After his morning run with Kawalsky and Anders, Cameron bounces into the shop. "Yo, Red!"

Red didn't turn very fast but he did, quite slowly, lift his head and grinned at Cam. "Hello there! Someone's in good energy today."

"I've been told it gets annoying," Cameron smiled at Red, noticing the slow movement. "How are things going?"

"Busy," Red said. His eye twitched as he shifted on his stool. "But in a good way. At least most of the time. I'm thinking about getting a stamp with my signature on it to save time and writer's cramp."

"The hazards of being a mayor," Cameron grinned. "I'm actually here to keep you ever busier."

"That can be a good thing or a bad thing," Red chuffled. "What can I do for you this morning then?"

"I don't think it's bad," Cameron said with a smile, bouncing on the balls of his feet. "I'm looking for a bracelet or maybe a necklace for my girlfriend."

"Is she physically active? Bracelets tend to catch during every day wear unless they are cuffs." Red slowly moved a paw to show the ones he wore. "But I have a nice selection of both."

He leapt down with a grunt and padded over to a display case. Rising to his back legs, he peered down to see if there was something that caught his eye.

This one is my favorite," Red opened the case and pulled out a silver bracelet (http://www.evesaddiction.com/brb10001.html) and placed it on the counter top. "And I wouldn't think it would have a tendency to hang on things."

Looking further, he ducked to pull out a necklace (http://www.evesaddiction.com/nl10026.html). "Or this is nice."

His paw patted the counter. "And I have some gold jewelry further down if you'd prefer gold to silver."

"She is rather active," Cameron nodded. "She can't sit still for long, so maybe you're right about a necklace being better. I like the silver bracelet. I think she might like gold, but I'm a bit on a budget," he said as he looked around the display.

"Well, it's the thought, right?" Red looked over his selection. "I have a wide selection of necklaces." He moved further down the display case to show what he had in stock. "See anything that catches your eye?"

((ooc: *grin* Of course! Red has everything.))

Cameron took a moment to look around when he spotted another necklace (http://www.celticmerchant.com/celtic-triangle-necklace.html). "How about that one?"

"That one is very nice," Red agreed. He pulled it out to set it on the counter. and turned the tag over. "It's on sale, too," he said, nosing at the tag. "$29.00."

Cameron grinned happily and became even more bouncy. "Alright, I'll take it," he said as he dug out his wallet.

Taking the necklace to the register, he dug around beneath the counter to find box. "I'm sure she'll like it."

"I hope so, she tends to like shiny things." He paused, suddenly remembering. "Uh, you don't happen to sell minerals and crystals like amethyst and stuff?"

Red shook his head. "Not the loose stones. I do have some in settings."

"No, that's alright." Cameron said as he took the money out of wallet and put it on the counter.

Red took the money and stuck it under his keyboard, getting Cameron his change. "You might want to try Sanctity. It's a new shop that's opened up. The owner just might have something or know where to get it."

"I'll check it out," Cameron said as he put the money away. "Thanks, Red."

"Have a good day, Cameron and I hope she enjoys the necklace," he said with a grin.

"Me too," Cameron smield and picked up the box. With a small wave he bounced out of the shop again.

Salmoneus, managing to look both confident and apprehensive, enters the shop. He has the air of one who doesn't know if he should be doing what he's doing, but is determined to do it anyway.

"Hello, Red."

"Salmoneus! How good to see you again!" Red was very happy to see the banker and leapt down from his stool before he thought better of it, instantly regretting it.

Limping over, he sat down and realized that looking up was painful too, but he endured.

"It's nice to see you, too." He winces at the pained look on Red's face. "You don't look quite as bouncy as normal. Are you okay?"

The banker was worried, and torn. If Red wasn't feeling good, maybe this wasn't the right day for this. But then again, could he get himself to come back through the door?

Twisting his neck, Red grinned. "Just slept wrong. As the day goes along, it's working itself out. What brings you here? Come for a visit?"

The older man looks around the shop, trying to appear casual. "Well. Um. Actually," he finally meets Red's eyes, but then looks away again. "I thought I might come get that ear piercing you talked about."

After all, I poked Callisto with a sword and didn't die (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomtownies/265777.html). What's one little needle?

Years of doing body modification enabled Red to pick up on the unease. He gently head butted Salmoneus in the thigh and trotted over the counter that held his jewelry for piercings. "I have a soft touch, you'll hardly feel a thing and it'll be over before you know it. Come pick out an earring."

Hesitating for a moment, Salmoneus follows Red over to the counter. For a moment, he's stunned by the selection.

"Wow. People like to put all these in their ears?" He points to a small but thick bar with rounded ends. "Even something like that? How would that fit in your ear? It's much too long."

"Well some of those are for other body parts. Eyebrows, tongues, lips, genitalia, bellybuttons, nipples...if there's a way to pierce it, there are some who want it pierced." He inspected the one Salmoneus pointed to. "That's a tongue bar."

"Tongue?" Salmoneus holds a finger to his open mouth and winces. His mind replays the categories. "Genita--" He blanches. "Do you mean . . .? No. I'll stick with just the ear, thank you very much."

Looking again, he saw a small stud with a blue stone. Pointing, he says, "I like that one. Is it for ear or -- something else?"

"That one is for the ear," Red said, opening the display to pull it out. "If you'll have a seat in the chair over there," his head gestured slowly over to the corner, "I'll get everything set up."

Approaching the chair nervously, Salmoneus sits. His fingers drum idly on the armrests while he waits. "Anybody ever faint while you do this?" he asks with a laugh. "Not that I'm going to or anything."

"Occasionally," Red said as he pushed his table over toward Salmoneus. "I just bite them to wake them up again. Which ear are we doing today?"

"Which?" He'd forgotten he had a choice. "Um. The le--the right." The older man looks at Red. "Do you have a suggestion?"

His ears wiggled to indicate he had no earrings at all in his. "I think at this point it's personal preference. I haven't seen one requested more than the other. Perhaps on the side that you are least likely to worry at."

"The left, then. I have a habit of doing this." He pinched his right ear between his thumb and forefinger. Then he leaned back in the chair, stiff as a board. "Okay, I'm ready."

Chuffling, Red positioned his table and got everything ready, loading his apparatus with the needle and the earring. "So how have you been?" he asked in an effort to get Salmoneus' mind off it.

"Pretty good. It hasn't been too busy, but I anticipate it picking up. After all, someone told me there are some holidays coming up." Salmoneus snapped his fingers. "Darn. I should have just brought your statement with me when I came this morning. It was sitting on my desk."

He looks at the contraption Red's setting up and then looks away. "By the way, you should come enter the contest."

Soft ratching sounds and something being cranked. "I can come by tomorrow to pick it up," he said. Putting his paw in the middle of Salmoneus' chest and letting it rest there gently.

"Contest? What kind of contest?" The cool metal touched Salmones' cheek and there as just a tad of a nudge against his ear.

The paw distracts the banker, but his glance at it is only momentary.

"I'm having a contest to name the Harpy. The winner gets a free dinner at Deb's." He feels the nudge and fights the urge to turn his head.

There is a loud ~clatch~ and a sharp, but momentary sting, followed by a snap sound that tugged on Salmoneus' ear.

Red put the gun down and picked up a mirror for Salmoneus to looking into and see his new earring. "Youw hafth a hawpey?"

The banker had prepared himself for a slow, drawn out process, and when he felt a sting he screwed up his eyes for more to come. When the pressure eased and Red asked him a question, he opened his eyes hesitantly.

"Yes, I have a harpy for security." Seeing the blue stone in the mirror, attached to his own ear, his jaw dropped. "That's it?"

"Thaths ith," Red said. He waited a few moments longer before putting the mirror down. "A name the harpy contest, sounds fun."

Picking up the mirror where Red had placed it, Salmoneus takes another long look. "Yeah, it is fun," he answered absentmindedly.

It was blue. And it was in his ear. Surprisingly, he liked it more than he thought he would. And he really hadn't felt much of anything.

"Wow. Thanks, Red." He put the mirror down. "You should definitely come by the bank and enter. I need more entries. Something other than 'Pretty' or 'Princess', I mean." Pulling himself from the chair he asked, "How much for the piercing? And the earring?"

Red leapt down from his chair and pushed it back into the corner out of the way. "$20 for the piercing. The earring is a present from me. Glad to have you back in town."

"Red, you don't have to do that." Salmoneus smiles at him. "I'm glad I was able to come back. I might be crazy, but I'm beginning to really like this place -- zombie attacks and all."

He places a twenty on the counter. "Are you sure you won't let me pay for the earring? It's a nice piece."

"It's fine," Red said. He jumped up to his stool behind the counter and grunted. Perhaps a trip to the doctor was in order.

"Fandom Town is a really nice place and I say that not as mayor but as a resident. I'm glad I came here."

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