Turtle & Canary; Wednesday [ 06/13 ]

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

There was a chessboard set up on the counter today, with a sign that read "Make a move or two or even more if you'd like. Check me, get a free Squishy! Checkmate earns you 10% off your purchase!" Mostly, this was because Turtle was bored and wanted to play chess, but SquishyBot had a habit of lasering the pieces, Liz just ate them, and Apu...well, she tried to teach Apu, and that didn't end up well.

The glittery "Help Wanted" sign was still very well in tact in the window.

Today's Squishy Flavors: Red, White, Black.

Turtle & Canary is open!

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Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Getting Apu to get the concept was a little difficult. "Like a war, Apu, and these are your soldiers..."

"But my people are a peaceful people, Miss Turtle."

"These aren't your people; they're little pieces of glass, now move!"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

Mary stopped in with her shopping list. "Good morning," she said. "I'm looking for notepads and pens. I seem to be going through a lot of them."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"You're in luck!" Turtle chirped brightly, "as we have lots of them. You'll find a very extensive selection in Aisle Handwavey, ma'am."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

This could be dangerous, as Mary had a weakness for multicolor pens. "Thanks," she said. "Now, if only you carried paint and 500 thread count sheets, this could be one-stop shopping," she added with a giggle.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"We do carry paint and 500 thread count sheets," Turtle said with a grin. "This pretty much is your one-stop shopping place in town. Unless you want magic stuff, in which case, you go to the Magic Box." She gave a firm nod in her send-up to the unofficial business partner.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"Oh, awesome! That will save me a trip to the mainland," said Mary, excited. "I should warn you, though. I'm looking to remodel the Arms Hotel and I'm going to need a lot of paint."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Not a problem," Turtle assured the lady. "We're always willing to do special orders, so you can just leave with me what you need and I can make sure we have enough for what you need."

Ooooh, remodeling job! Big orders! Lots of sales! Turtle was bouncing. Business was just getting better and better.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

And Mary, who was a fairly savvy businesswoman herself, was grinning. She remembered what it was like to land a big client.

"I'll do just that once I see how many guest rooms will need a face-lift," said Mary. "Let me leave you my business card. I'm Mary Connell, by the way. I'm the new manager at the hotel. For now, I'll just take the pens, paper and a couple cans of ivory paint. I might as well test it out on my own suite first," she added with a smile.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"T. R. Wexler," Turtle smiled, exchanging business card for business card as she slid out one of hers. They needed to be updated, considering they still read Turtle. "It's nice to meet you, Ms. Connell. I really should get to know some of the other business owners around here..."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"We should have a chamber of commerce," suggested Mary. "Unless there's already one that I haven't heard about."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"I haven't heard of one, either," Turtle said, shaking her head a little. "I don't know if I'd have time, actually, between this place and school...."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"Oh, do you work at the school?" asked Mary. She'd met a couple of teachers in the last week.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie came by in the afternoon, looking hopeful. "So, stars? Stickers? Maybe tinsel?"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Oh, crap!" Turtle laughed. "I just about nearly forgot! Hold on."

She hopped over the counter (not very gracefully) and hurried off for a second, returning later with an armful of shinies from the crafts section, spreading them out on the counter. "Oh, yeah. I think we're well supplied."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Yes!" Charlie picked up a little box of blue foil stars, and one of gold. "Oh, hey, we can do his door in the school colors!"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle snorted a laugh. "Gooooooooo, Gremlins! Ha! That's brilliant, Charlie..." She sorted through to extract all the silvery ones that snuck in with the gold.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"We still have to find out which room he's in." Charlie grinned, and then grabbed another little box of shiny foil stickers, this one of palm-size letters. "Or we could just knock on all the doors to check?"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"He is the Nomadic Celtic Chef," Turtle pointed out. "So he could be in any room, roaming about with frying pan and kilt." She paused, head tilting. "Do you suppose he has a kilt?"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie paused a moment, appreciating that mental image. "We could get him one if he doesn't?"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"I support this idea!" Turtle declared with a grin. It was an image that even she could appriciate.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Does Turtle and Canary carry kilts?" Charlie blinked. "Say that five times fast."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Does Turtle and Cana--" Yes, Turtle went to go and try and say it five times fast, blinked, realizing what she was doing and stopped. She chuckled. "Yes, we do. I think someone actually bought one for the Ren Faire last week, but I'm not sure, because I wasn't here, though there is one sold in the database, so whoooo."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 06/13

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Awesome!" Charlie cheered, then said, "Should we hang a kilt on his doorknob?"

Mod Apu -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Peaceful people! Ha! Turns out Apu was just holding back a merciless defeat and totally annihilated Turtle's board and was now gloating all over the place, the jerkface.

OOC -- 06/13

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Finally ditched the useless thread. Old habits are just hard to break. : \