Turtle & Canary; Monday [ 07/06 ].

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After a total fail weekend trip home for the Fourth of July holiday, to celebrate in true Westingtown extravagance, Turtle was extremely glad that she didn't have any Monday workshops so that she could concentrate on catching up with everything at work. A new semester starting over a holiday weekend meant she had to push all the things she normally pushed late, but hopefully not too late. If anything, though, she'd asked Kyle to come in about a job today, so there was always that. New employees were always good news (especially cute, albeit weird, ones, not that Turtle was actually thinking that, of course, really!).

And, of course, there was signage:

Welcome to Turtle & Canary!
Your One-Stop Shop for all your Needs!
Welcome to all New Students and Teachers:
Come in and get a 25% discount on your purchases as well as a Free Squishy!
Try the Grape Judas; it's delicious!

And, of course, with copious amounts of glitter:

Now Hiring!
Great benefits! Flexible Hours! Employee Discounts! Free Squishies!
Inquire within!

Today's Squishy Flavors: Grape Judas, Red, Fresh Newbie.

Turtle & Canary is open!

Comments

Mod Apu -- 07/06.

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Thank you, come again!

Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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Although there's plenty to do around the store, the customer (and the occasional awesome distraction) always comes first!

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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When you made a hurried escape with only a duffel bag and then spent a week planet-hopping, you were bound to lose a few items along the way. Now that Hoshi had gotten settled in her cabin, she had a long list of things she needed.

"Hi Turtle! How's your summer going so far?"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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Turtle couldn't help grinning when Hoshi came into the store. "Hey, stranger," she said. "Welcome back. I think that's a better question for you; you got out of this place."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"Two months of Starfleet training were very eventful, especially at the end," said Hoshi. "But I'm starting to think that I should be exploring other options for my future. Maybe I should just go to normal university like everyone else."

After all, she wasn't sure if Starfleet would take her back after the trouble she'd managed to get into.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"Really?" Turtle's eyebrows lifted in surprise. "But something like Starfleet just sounds so much cooler! What's making you change your mind?"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"A lot of different rules and stuff that I thought were a little over the top," said Hoshi. "I kept getting yelled at by all the high-ranking officers for stupid things. But the final straw was getting into a shoving match with my commanding officer over a poker game."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"Ooooh," Turtle said, "was he cheating?"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"He wasn't actually part of the game. He was trying to break it up and I was trying to explain that gambling was okay as long as we were off-duty," said Hoshi. "I didn't really win the argument."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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Turtle frowned a little at that. "That really sucks, Hoshi," she said. "If you're off-duty, it really shouldn't matter. Was there betting involved? People like that can get really weird about it if there's betting involved."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"Well, there was betting involved, since it was a poker game, but we weren't playing for anything valuable. This was in the 22nd century when they weren't using money anymore," Hoshi pointed out.

"Honestly, I think the commander was just upset that no one invited him to join the game. Either way, he won't be playing anytime soon. His arm somehow got broken in the whole scuffle," she added, carefully omitting the fact that she broke the commander's arm.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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Not that it would do Hoshi much good to omit it, since that's right where Turtle's brain went, especially since she'd mentioned she was the one involved in it.

"Did you break his arm?" Really, she had to ask!

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"I didn't mean too!" said Hoshi, cringing. "They had us doing all these conditioning drills, and I've been practicing my aikido moves. One moment he was shoving me, and my first reaction was to fight back!"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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The first sign that Kyle had arrived was a face pressed up against the nearest available window to look in. Some days, he did not have his stealth mode on. When he saw that this was the right place, he made for the door to come inside.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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Turtle arched an eyebrow once she noticed Kyle's face smushed up a little against the glass, made a note to have Apu go and do the windows today once Kyle had left, and then watched as he went towards the door to come inside.

"Glad to see you found the place," she said by way of greeting.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"I asked the guy at the place with all the bread and cakes to make sure." He was looking much more presentable today, with new clothes and shoes that actually fit him and it even looked like he'd had a shower. "Does everywhere have stores that are only for bread and cakes or is it just here?"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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And it certainly did help to see that he could brush up a little for an interview. That said a lot about a person. "Not everywhere," she said, "but most cities in this time do have bakeries. That's what they're called. We have bread and cakes here, too, but lots of other things. I...take it you're not from around here, Kyle?"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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Kyle shook his head. "LA originally. 2018." He'd figured out that that was an important distinction.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"...That's only nine years off," Turtle noted with a frown. "And you've never really seen a bakery?"

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"I think my timeline's a little different. There was a nuclear war in 2004 started by machines that wiped out most of the world. Some of us are still left, but there aren't any bakeries."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"...Are there cockroaches?" Turtle asked. Because she had to.

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"Lots of them," he replied. "Plenty of rats to go around." He so didn't need to word it like that. "Couple of others kinds of animals that scavenge."

Re: Talk to Turtle -- 07/06.

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"They always said cockroaches would survive nuclear winter," Turtle explained. "It's good to know I haven't been lied to all these years. Um, so..." She tilted her head a little, not sure exactly where to take it from there, although it seemed to explain a few of her questions pretty well. "It hasn't happened here, at least, so no scavenging while you're here, yay?"

OOC -- 07/06.

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My characters totally need to send some of their work ethics my way because I sooooooo don't want to work today.

Re: OOC -- 07/06.

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You and me both. BRB becoming a nun.