Turtle & Canary; Monday [ 07/09 ]

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

Bart was much too excited about his first day of work. It was almost a whole hour before he started to get antsy. A new record for him.

So... he started playing with the Squishie machine he named Bob. It looked like a Bob.

Then he tried rearranging the inventory. A few times. Feng shui and all that.

He did the helpful thing then and added yet more glitter to the Help Wanted sign Turtle still had up. Glitter, he was a firm believer, was a perfect way to grab people's attention.


Today's Squishy flavors: Jolt, Caffeine, and Red

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle realized that she didn't have any workshops today. Nor did she have to work. It was....weird. Eerie. Unnatural. But she did figure she should check up on Bart and see how he was doing on his first day.

"Hey, Bart; how are you doing on your first day?"

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

"Good!" The Squishie machine now had a name tag letting everyone know it was Bob, the furniture was all in proper alignment for their chi and he was improving his reading skills with something called Sports Illustrated.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Good," Turtle nodded, giving a proud smile and taking a look over the shop. Her head tilted. "What this on...?" She moved toward the SquishyBot to get a better look at what that was.

Her jaw dropped. "You named the SquishyBot BOB?" she asked, incredulously.

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

"He looks like a Bob!"

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"She's a girl!" Turtle insisted with a slight shriek.

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

Bart looked at Bob and then back at Turtle. "Bob's a boy name though..."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Boy, for such a fast kid, he sure was slow.

"That's exactly why you can't name her Bob!"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette came in because she wanted a Squishy. Really.

"Hey," she said to the new guy. She didn't realize that Turtle wouldn't be in.

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

The magazine he had been reading was gone in a second and Bart waved excitedly at his first customer ever. "Hi!HowcanIhelpyou!?"

He had been practicing a lot.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

She raised her brows and grinned wide. "I'd like a red Squishy please," Annette said politely. "I'm Annette by the way and you must be Turtle's new employee."

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

"Uh-huh!" Bart replied, watching with interest as Bob made her a squishie. Bob was so cool. "I'm Bart." He stuck out his hand for a shake.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

She shook his hand. "Pleasure Bart," she said and looked around. "You know, I could use a few things." Coming in just to buy a Squishy seemed a little boring. "I need some glitter and hair ribbons. Maybe a new book lamp thing, know what I'm talking about, Bart? I need a box of Cheez-it's too..."

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

"Glitter, hair ribbons, lamp, and Cheez-it's. Got it." And Bart was gone. And then back with a pile of stuff in a few seconds that may or may not be actually what she asked for. He got distracted easily.

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew decided to do a little shopping before his first workshop of the term. Annette had told him good things about the Turtle and Canary place, so he went to give it a try, totally not expecting to find his roommate working there.

"Hey, Bart!"

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

"Hi, Andrew!" Bart bounced a little. Two customers! He was so very awesome!

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"I didn't know you were working here!" Andrew thought that he seriously needed to work on his roommate communication skills.

"When did you start?"

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

"I just started today," Bart replied, totally under the assumption that Andrew was a great communicator. He grew up in a lab, he was a bit naive.

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"That's awesome! I got a job, too. I'll have my first shift at the Magic Box on Wednesday. I'm looking forward to it. Mr. Giles has some pretty cool stuff in there."

Andrew looked around the shop. "So do you all have candles here? Black ones?"

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

"Really? I'll have to stop by then and look around." Because Bart in a magic store was smart. He frowned and disappeared for a moment before popping back up again. "What size? And I think they kinda smell like liquorice, is that okay?"

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie came in about half-way through the day, with a shopping list, muttering to herself a little under her breath. "...mushrooms, onions, garlic, tomatoes, maybe some more cheese...?"

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

And as she said them, Bart disappeared each time to bring back the items. Because that was what he was supposed to do, right.

He paused at the end. "What kind of cheese?"

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Parmesan. What?" Charlie looked up, and blinked at the pile of stuff by the register. "Whoa. How did you--?"

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

Bart disappeared and then reappeared. "The stuff in the can or fresh?"

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Fresh," Charlie said with a gulp. "Thank you? And, um, do you have any olive oil?"

[fastestkidalive.livejournal.com]

A much too large hunk of cheese was placed on the counter before he was gone again, returning a bit more slowly as he read the label on the olive oil. "What does extra virgin mean?"