Turtle & Canary, Wed., 1/14

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Amber wasn't in all that great of a mood when she came into work. She's losing socks and underthings, shirts and pants, and stupid her should have just asked Liir about helping her to wash her own stuff. And not only that, she had to sing to the bathroom stall door this morning just so she could use it. And Happy Birthday was the shortest song she knew. She had to sing it twice, dammit. Fandom was getting on her nerves.

There was nothing on sale today. NOTHING.

Deal people.

Today's Squishy Flavors: Stupid, Weird, Red

Turtle & Canary is open.

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Mod Apu

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Re: Mod Apu

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Dinah came in wearing one of her other New Gotham P.D. shirts and an old flannel shirt of Barbara's over jeans, and wandered the aisles waiting for Priestly. Checking around, she dropped a package of underwear and another one of socks into her shopping basket.

Re: Mod Apu

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Priestly had his hair in purple, today, since two days in a row in green started to, er, wear on him after awhile.

What? He liked to change things up!

He had a yellow tshirt on today, reading "No one knows I'm a lesbian", under his green army jacket, and was wearing his nearly shredded jeans over a pair of red and black plaid pajama pants for extra insulation. The plaid could be spotted here and there, through the holes in his pants.

He smelled like Febreeze.

He grinned when he spotted Dinah. "Hey. Stock-piling during the strike, huh?"

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Dinah turned pink, but grinned instead of looking away. Hey, progress. "Well, considering the encounter I had with the washing machine yesterday, and Edward threatening it before I could stop him? I figure it's smarter than thinking I'll get my underwear back any time soon." She grinned at his shirt, and wandered into the next aisle. "So, are the jeans and pajamas fashion or necessity, or did Mr. Deadpool offer extra credit for starting a fashion trend?"

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"Warmth." Priestly stuck his hands into the pockets of his jacket. "It's, like, literally freezing out there."

Yeah, that was practically a whine. Poor little California boy.

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"Awwww," Dinah teased, "this is just cruel of the washers and dryers when you need extra layers! Does this count as terrorist tactics yet?"

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"They did decide on some very unfortunate timing," Priestly agreed. He hadn't heard about the dryers actually stealing things yet. "But that's what Febreeze is for."

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Dinah leaned over and sniffed him, then felt really silly. "Sure, but now Prince Edward's either holed up in his room or still wandering around in boots, boxers, and an NGPD T-shirt. They could've at least gone easy on the people who don't know that washers require 'coin.'"

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"What does them being coin operated have to do with anything?"

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"He doesn't have any." Dinah rolled her eyes. "Or know how to get any. Or how to work a washer. Or what a job is... well, you get the idea. Whatever issues the washers have are totally not his fault." Prince Edward was kind of like a big, fluffy, Labrador puppy that way. "I should probably buy him another shirt so I can get mine back." She dropped a Fandom Island t-shirt into her basket too.

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"Well then, he should figure out how to do his own laundry. It'd be good for him." Also, really, really funny to watch. "You sure you don't want to get him some pants, too? I mean, if he really is running around in boxers."

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Annnnd there's the blush again, as Dinah stared at the racks. "Um. Maybe? I just... um." She gave Priestly a helpless look, then pointed at the shelves. "You pick? He's about your size?"

Amber

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Re: Amber

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"Hi!" Dinah plopped her basket down on the counter, then smiled at the girl she didn't know. "Ready to check out. I think I got everything." Including a box of multi-colored hair mascara, a big Fandom Island T-shirt, a pair of guy's jeans, girl's underwear and socks, hair picks, and some kitten toys. Oh, and a bag of gummy bears. "Oh, and a Red Squishy, please. Priestly, do you want one?"

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"Yeah, sure." He looked at the flavors. "No Grape Judas? I heard great things about the Grape Judas."

This was all said very quickly, while not quite making eye-contact with Amber.

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"Hey," Amber said to the girl she didn't know. But she smiled quick enough and introduced herself. "I'm Amber Atkins and..." she blinked, twice, at the stuff the girl was buying. "You uh, shopping for someone else?" She grabbed the jeans and totally looked over at Priestly.

"Hi, Priestly." Was she buying him jeans?

Apu was getting the red Squishies.

"You'll have to come back another day to get Grape Judas."

Re: Amber

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"I'm Dinah. Lance. Hi," Dinah said, wondering why she knew the name Amber. Amber, Amber. She looked over at Priestly for a clue, then blinked as she remembered one of the radio broadcasts. "Ohhh. And, kind of, yes? I mean, I'm not wearing those jeans." She turned pink, trying to think of how to explain about Prince Edward.

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"That's a shame, girls in guys' pants are hot." Why did he just say that? Dammit. Priestly cleared his throat. "They're for a guy who lost his clothes to a washing machine."

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Amber's eyes narrowed just slightly, even though her smile was still intact. What was going on here? Ohhh what?

What?!

She looked from one to the other and started ringing up items. "Hair mascara. Nice." Underwear, socks, kitten toys... " Dinah was blushing. Why was Dinah blushing? She raised her brows at Priestly's comment. Girls are hot in guys' pants? Hm. "Liir's got some leather pants." Amber didn't mean to say that out loud.

Um.

"Poor guy. So you're just being nice and buying him some pants?" she asked Dinah.

Re: Amber

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Liir who? Oh, probably the guy on the other half of the date-not-a-date-thing with Priestly and Amber and whatshername.

"Well, yeah, because I kind of feel responsible, I told him the washing machine strike was a joke, and then it ate his last shirt while we were standing there waiting for it to get done. So he lost that too, and I had to loan him one of mine," Dinah plucked at her GCPD shirt, "At least 'til he got back to his room to borrow stuff from his roommate. So I couldn't get his pants back like I said I could. And he doesn't want to write home for stuff, you know how it is." She rolled her eyes at herself. "And isn't the hair mascara great? I love those colors. Priestly helped me put blue streaks in mine on Sunday." She gave him a cheerful nod for that. "Everyone said it looked great."

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"Yeah, I'm totally becoming the hair color guru." Priestly smiled a little weakly. "Oh, uh. Amber. Tell Liir if he really wants to try the dark colors, I'll sit in and advise." He hoped the 'but I'm not touching your boyfriend's hair' could go unspoken.

Re: Amber

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"Did he only have one set of clothes?" she asked, because that sounded way odd. "And oh my gosh, yah, you betcha. I know exactly what it's like writing home for stuff." Even though she did it all the time.

She eyed Priestly. "Yah, I'll tell him." She got what he was saying. "Not sure he'll do it. Maybe if I do it too... but I don't know. Kind of chicken. Maybe for a party. Does the color last long?"

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"Yeah," Dinah admitted. "I don't think he was exactly prepared to come here. No extras. And he's mad at his stepmom." Not getting into the Giselle-his-own-true-love thing. Someone else could explain that. "I figured he could use some back-up stuff. Priestly picked out the jeans. Not me." That was getting into a weird area.

"And you'd look great with streaks! Your hair's about the same shade as mine." She had to ask, just to get it clear in her head. "Is Liir your boyfriend?"

Re: Amber

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"How long it lasts depends on what kind you use," Priestly said, feeling on somewhat stable ground for once, while talking to Amber. "The stuff Dinah's getting washes right out. It's literally like mascara only for your hair."

OOC

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