Fandom Town, Early Afternoon . . ish

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

She wasn't sure what she was expecting, but whatever it was, it hadn't happened. No one had shown up to the shop the night before, and when Aphrodite had called Cupid to complain, he'd asked when she'd opened the store. She told him late afternoon, and could hear the slap of his facepalm through the phone.

He said she'd opened too late, which she couldn't understand because she'd opened it when everyone waking up from hangovers should have been out and about. It was, after all, how things had been done in Paris not so long ago, but apparently Fandom wasn't like Paris at all.

Also, Cupid had recommended advertising and having some kind of grand opening party or something. Unfortunately, he'd had to hang up before explaining further, so Aphrodite had considered her options.

Advertising. And a party. Hmm.

Before leaving her suite, she'd zapped up some flyers to hand out in town. They were light pink, with a darker color heart at each corner, and bubbly font that read:

Are you a naive waif in the forest of love?
Or an animal on the prowl?
'Dite's Decadent Delights
For all your Deepest Desires!

Grand Opening Wednesday night at 7!
Get a free lollipop!

Pleased with how they turned out, Dite headed out the front door of her shop to go advertise.

Yeah, she'd given in and zapped herself to the store today. This laying low stuff was torture.


(OOC: Open! Come get a flyer! And yes, she's still Jackie right now.)
(ETA: Dite is not IN the store. She's on the streets of Fandom, so come up and get a flyer, but remember she's not IN the store! Thanks!)

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah saw the window, and made the same assumption other people Eliza did: candy! Chocolates!

She wandered in the door, and then slowly turned bright pink. Oh.

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

She hadn't even made it out the door with the flyers, and there was a customer! A real live customer!

A very young customer.

"Well, hi there, Sweet Pea! Welcome to 'Dite's Decadent Delights! I'm 'D-- Jackie! What can I do for you today?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Um." Dinah rubbed the bridge of her nose, then managed a smile for Jackie, although the stupid blush would not go away. "I thought this was a candy store. I just--" Ooooo, nightgowns. Silk and shiny and pretty. "...should go?" Except her feet weren't moving yet.

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"Well, I have candy. Lollipops, chocolates -- lollipops made out of chocolate." Slipping behind a counter, she beckoned for Dinah to follow. "We even have roses made out of chocolate. You'll love 'em!"

She had a feeling she needed to tread lightly with this one. From the blush, she just might be . . . 'Dite's smile got a little more gentle. "Here, try this one." And she offered her a chocolate covered cherry with cherry liqueur inside. "You'll love how sweet it is." And it wouldn't even make her fall in love with anyone. No putting love spells on the virgin.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah kept moving into the shop, not out like she'd meant to, and did not look over at the, uh. Toys. Some of the toys looked like candy too, or were packaged for people who liked candy, in bright shiny colors and intriguing shapes, but if she thought about it too much Dinah would be fleeing, so, chocolate it was. And Jackie seemed really nice. Not at all like she'd expect someone in this business to act. Relaxing by increments, Dinah took the chocolate covered cherry, then sighed happily. "Mmmmmmmmm." She tried to make it last as long as possible, and then ended up looking around for more. It's not like she needed much help in the falling part. "Thanks. That's delicious." She risked a quick look around, and managed to keep her balance by focusing on books, cards and lingerie. "Wow."

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

'Dite's smile got bigger. "It's my favorite chocolate. It think it'll be a big hit here in the store." She noticed the girl looking around. "You like? It took me forever to get things the way I wanted." Okay, ten minutes, but still.

She handed the girl another cherry. "What's your name, Sweet Pea?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Dinah," she said, taking the chocolate, maintaining equilibrium. Yay. See? She could be adult about this, in an... adult store. She smiled at Jackie gamely and said, "It's very nice, which, um. I didn't expect." Then blushed harder. "Sorry! I just, uh. Thought stores like this were required to be kinda sleazy." She popped the chocolate in her mouth to shut herself up for a couple minutes, and to look longingly over at a silk nightgown-and-robe set, then swallowed. "And it isn't. Embarrassing, but that's probably me."

[capt-maxfactor.livejournal.com]

"Decadent Delights?" Jack asked, raising an eyebrow as he read the sign. "I do declare that sounds positively...delicious."

It had been far too long since he'd seen a woman of negotiable virtue!

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

Dite had made it through the door this time, but here was another person outside her shop!

"Well, hey, studmuffin." She handed him a flyer. "Come on over on Wednesday, for the grand opening. There'll be so much to see, and . . . do. It'll be a bodacious happening."

Her virtue had been negotiated long ago, but she wasn't above a little flirting.

[capt-maxfactor.livejournal.com]

"I do so enjoy doing things," Jack said, grinning in what he thought was a terribly endearing manner. "I shall have to free up my schedule."

He didn't have a schedule.

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"Well, I hope you can make it." She lowered her head and peeked at him through her lashes. "If you do, Jackie'll give you a lollipop."

[capt-maxfactor.livejournal.com]

Jack glanced dubiously at his pants. "It never has before, love."

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

She leaned closer. "Then you don't know what you're missing, stud." She winked, then headed down the sidewalk to give out flyers. As usual when she knew a man was watching, she put a little swing in her walk.

She'd have a lollipop for him, all right, but whether he was getting male or female remained to be seen.

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Angela was actually on her way down to find Hannibal at the beach, but she couldn't help but take a little detour to linger when she saw the new store. Like she wouldn't!

Natural curiosity, ranked up by the fact she had a whole week of freedom, and a very agreeable boyfriend to spend a lot of that time with. So, window shopping, of the literal sort for clarification purposes, since all she was doing for the moment was pausing to look through the glass.

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

The lights were off in the shop, so 'Dite wasn't sure what the person was seeing. Keeping her steps light, she came up behind the young woman, trying not to startle her.

"See anything interesting?" She whispered.

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Not quite a jump, but at the very least there was a quick jerk of her head around to see who that voice in her ear actually came from.

"New things are always interesting," she replied, even if she hadn't been able to see all that much. "Do you?"

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

Straightening up, 'Dite shook her head. "Nope. It's much more interesting with the lights on." Shaking the keys in her hand, she grinned. "Wanna look inside?"

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Starting to catch up here. "Oh, you own it?" Angela asked. "I'd love that."

She could totally take a few minutes out to explore. Sun tanning could wait a few minutes.

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"Well, come on in!" 'Dite had a feeling she didn't have to worry about this one blushing like Dinah had. "I think you'll like it. Oh!" She handed her a flyer. "We're having our grand opening on Wednesday. You should come, and bring a friend!"

Then she opened the door and flicked on the lights, standing aside to let the girl go in front of her.

"Welcome to 'Dite's Decadent Delights, to satisfy your deepest desires."

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Irulan had just closed up her shop and decided, after that scene with Leto, she needed the walk to clear her head. Along the way she encountered a store she was certain she never saw before.

"Dite's Decadent Delights," Irulan read out loud. "They must be selling confections."

With that thought in mind Irulan entered the shop.

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

Aphrodite had been trying to decide if she should zap herself back to the hotel room when the door opened.

"You know, I had the open sign up last night and no one came in. I didn't put it up there today and I've had three people in here. Is that normal for this town?"

Then she grinned and walked over to the woman. "Hi. Jackie Brown. Welcome."

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes," Irulan answered and smiled. "The Princess Irulan Corrino-Atreides."

One day. One day she'll get the hang of just saying 'Irulan'.

"I apologize for intruding but I just noticed the shop and... I wondered what sort of confections you're selling?"

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"Princess Irulan?" The surprise was more about the fact that there was royalty on the island than that the Princess was in her shop. "No one told me Fandom was a monarchy!"

Her head tilted. "Confections? Oh, you mean candy! Sure, we have some excellent chocolate treats." Slipping behind the counter, she waved Irulan farther into the store. "Come on in, Your Highness, look around. The confections are in this display case. Is there something special you're looking for?"

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

"Oh, no, I'm not native from here," Irulan said, rushing in to correct her. "I'm only a visitor from the Planet Arrakis, you may call me Irulan."

Irulan did enter then. "Oh, you also sell other..." It was at this moment Irulan noticed the other items on display and what do you know, the vaunted Bene Gesserit training had nothing on severe embarrassment. Her horrified gaze settled on items that looked very, very phallic. "Things?""

[divinesurfchick.livejournal.com]

"Another planet? So, you're like an alien? Dinah was right! Woo!" She did a little fist pump, but quickly calmed. "Sorry, you're my first alien." But not her first princess.

"We have lots of different things." She noticed the embarrassment, and wondered about it. "For all your deepest desires." With a grin, she slid a flyer over to Irulan. "And the official grand opening will be Wednesday. You should come! I'll be giving every visitor one of," she pointed, "those lollipops." Which were chocolate and anatomical shaped.

"Aren't they just the cutest things?"