Red's Doors are Open

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Red was late getting back into town with the cubs. The holiday traffic was far worse than he had anticipated and they had to take the long way around to prevent from getting caught up in it when crossing major highways. But he still had made it back into town. The cubs were a little more frisky than normal but this had been their first major excursion into the wilds and they had a grand time.

After his chat with Justin Quayle and bringing him back to the shop for coffee, Red shuffled the cubs upstairs who promptly fell asleep among the piles of pillow, and he readied the shop to open.



((ooc: Work after the holidays - will be slow in responses until afternoon. Sorry for any delay.))

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[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Paige walks in and looks around, she needs Christmas presents, she's just not sure what. Part of her really wants to get Sawyer tattooed though, but he'd probably not go for that.

"morning Red!" she says

[http://users.livejournal.com/_red_xiii_/]

After showing Justin where he kept the coffeemaker and coffee and tea fixings, he left the man with the thumbs to it (as well as the decision of coffee or tea) and trotted up front to see Paige. Red grinned and paced over to sit next to her. “Good morning! What brings you in today?”

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

She smiled, "Christmas! I'm not too good at the whole present buying thing, but well most people like jewellry right? I'm also thinking maybe Sawyer might like a tattoo, but I'm not sure," her smile gets a little wider as she thinks of him with some sort of tribal design round his arm

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"Jewelry is always a good choice for Christmas," Red agreed. "And the gift of a tattoo is one that he would carry always...end commercial." He snickered and shook his fur out. "Those sound like good ideas so far. Or he could get pierced."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

The idea Sawyer with a pierced nipple anything makes Paige break into a wide grin,

"I'm not sure he'd go for that, he's kinda...old fashioned I guess you could say, I think a tattoo would be more his thing, but I guess I should talk to him about first really."

She mentally goes through her Christmas list in her head, "I have to get something for Tonks too, I'm thinking something colorful?"

[jquayle.livejournal.com]

Hearing another voice coming from the shop, Justin makes himself a cup of tea; making Red and the other individual (who he yet has to indentify) a cup of coffee. He struggles to carry all three mugs as he ambles out of the area where Red left him, "Coffee alright for you?" he turns to see Paige, "And you too I suppose." a smile as he hands them both their mugs.

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Paige smiles and takes the mug, "thank you Mr Quayle," she raises and eyebrow, "you're not moonlighting are you?" she asks with a grin

After the people have left

[cabal-boone.livejournal.com]

Aaron came in late to work. Red had said he could make his own hours, but he'd at least tried to be consistent. "Mo..Afternoon, Red," he said sheepishly. "Slept right through my alarm today. So, what's this Duce sent me about offering a discount on cross tattoos? She talk to you about it at all?"

Re: After the people have left

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Grinning, Red nodded to Aaron. "Afternoon," he said. "Actually, no, she hadn't mention it to me before she left for Las Vegas." Red shrugged his shoulders and grinned. "It's a good opportunity for her to practice her chops, not to mention quick cash if the tats are kept small."

Re: After the people have left

[cabal-boone.livejournal.com]

"Don't think she thought of it like that," Aaron said with a small snort. "Good. Means I won't have to do too many boring crossed sticks on my own. Man, those things are boring. So what's she on about? Is the vampire fear really that bad around here? Hadn't heard," he frowned, thinking, "much about it, until the text message."

Re: After the people have left

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"A vampire is the center of trouble and concerns will run high," Red said seriously. "The situation wasn't handled...optimally and I think it's just taking preemptive precautions."

Smiling, Red shrugged. "I'm not too worried but I can see how some would be."

He said he wasn't worried, and Red wasn't. Not with the new help coming his way. He hoped the new sheriff would be more effective and efficient than Lamb.

Re: After the people have left

[cabal-boone.livejournal.com]

"So there's just the one, then? And it's been.. dealt with? This is just a placebo effort, then?" Aaron struggled to find a way to justify offering a discount on what he considered really tacky and crappy tattoos.

Re: After the people have left

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"If there's one vampire in town, I'm sure there are others," Red said with a shake to his head. "Like I said, not too worried and I doubt we'll have a run on cross tattoos. Let's take it as it comes?"

HENNA OPEN

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Duce wanders in with a wave, and begins setting up her henna station. "Hi Red. How was your holiday?"

Re: HENNA OPEN

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"Quite pleasant," Red said. "Took the cubs out into the wild for a few days. How was yours?"

Re: HENNA OPEN

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

"Exciting," Duce grins. "Gambling, shopping, strippers, getting married.."

Re: HENNA OPEN

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Red did a double take. "You got married?"

Re: HENNA OPEN

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

"Apparently," Duce confirms, holding up her hand in reply. She's wearing a wedding band on the correct finger, and there appears to be writing around the band.

She shrugs a shoulder, "We'd technically been engaged for awhile now, though, so.. guess it's the logical conclusion."

Re: HENNA OPEN

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His only good eye blinked rapidly and he was stunned into momentary silence. "Well, this is unexpected. Who?"

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Aziraphale steps into the shop, looking rather hurried and flustered. He gazes around the shop, hoping to find that Red is in.

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Red looked up from his work at his computer to see Aziraphale enter. The man seemed to be a bit harried and Red shifted on his stool. "Hello, Mr. Aziraphale. How are you today?"

((ooc: LJ ate my last two comments! rawr))

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"Quite well, Mayor Red. Thank you." A quick look around to see if anyone is listening, and then Aziraphale leans against the counter.

"I need to speak with you about the new sheriff."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_red_xiii_/]

"You can talk freely here." Leaning in to Aziraphale, he stretched out on the counter. Red tilted his head. "Has he made it to town? We were to meet tomorrow to get him settled in."

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"Then you haven't met him yet? Oh dear." The angel looks...well, worried. "Do you...know anything about him? About his...background?"

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“He has a strong background in law enforcement, comes highly recommended,” Red shrugged and tried to remember what else he knew. “We talked on the phone and he seemed quite genuine in his concern to help maintain peace in the town with our … ah…unique requirements.” Red twisted his head to look up at Aziraphale. "Is something the matter?"