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Turtle & Canary; Sunday [ 07/18 ].

The lack of ladies at the bar last night was a bit disappointing, although the bartender had still been very accommodating and very cute. Nevertheless, Shunsui was still in good spirits when he came down to check in on the store today. Mostly, this was because he was getting to meet Bob, the Squishy Machine.

"Incredible ♥!" he exhaulted, filling up another large cup and watching the Squishy Machine's eyes moving about and the arms going with much delight. "And so tasty, too ♥!"

Then, brilliance struck. "Ahhh-puuuu-saaaaan~ ♥!" he sang. "Can we put booze in it ♥?"

Even if the answer was no, Shunsui was already there.

"Wonderful ♥!!!"

Today's Squishy flavors: Sake, Vodka, Red

Turtle & Canary is open!

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He's going to try putting rum in it next.

Leda was still not sure how she felt about the past few days, so she decided to take her mind off it by following through on something she'd talked about with James a week or so ago.

She figured this was the most likely place to find jello.

Oh! His first customer!

"Hello, my dear ♥!" Shunsui called out, turning toward the chiming sound of the opening door with a swirl of his pink haori, and meeting the girl with a bright smile. "Welcome to Turtle & Canary ♥! Please allow us to help you in your purchasing decisions for today &hearts!"

He'd been working on some greetings, and felt that one, while good, could still use some polishing.

Wow here was one cheerful son of a gun. Cool. "You got any jello?"

"Of course, my dear ♥!"

...

Like Shunsui had any idea where the jello was.

"Apu-san ♥!" he called out over his shoulder. "Find the pretty little lady some jello ♥!"

He turned his beaming, doting smile back to the customer. "Any particular flavor, pet ♥?"

She wasn't sure how she felt about being called Pet, but she let it go.

"Uhm, either cherry or lime. Or even both I guess."

"I would definitely go with both ♥," Shunsui suggested with a knowing grin. "One of the wonders of life is the variety it offers, and we'd best get the most out of it, don't you think ♥?"

Actually, yes. Yes she did.

"That sounds like a wonderful philosophy." she nodded. "I'm Leda, nice to meet you."

"Leda ♥!" Shunsui opened his arms in warm reception of such a beautiful name. "Lovely Leda ♥! The pleasure is all mine, I assure you ♥! And I am Shunsui Kyōraku, new proprietor of this lovely establishment ♥! And the gentleman fetching for you your jello is Apu-san ♥! And now we are all friends ♥!"

Leda wondered if this guy was always like this or if he'd been drinking. Either way he was amusing.

She waved at Apu and bowed to Shunsui. He sounded like some of the DragonTown kids she'd known back on the border, and that was how a lot of them greeted each other.

Aw, bowing formalities. Even outside of the Soul Society, he couldn't get rid of them. So Shunsui really couldn't help himself from chuckling a little at the bow and using the move to try to give the girl a little pat on the head.

"Any special occasion for the jello treat, Leda-chan ♥?" he asked.

The pat on the head was kinda funny. And it made her feel good actually.

"There's a boy from a world that doesn't have it, and I told him I'd show him what it was."

"Ahhhh ♥!" said Shunsui. "That's an excellent reason ♥! But why only the two flavors, then? You should add on at least one more; consider it on the house ♥! By the compliments of your kindly neighborhood general store owner &hearts, to welcome the poor lad to a world with jello ♥!"

Heehee. "Alright, well what would you suggest?"

Pity there wasn't sake flavor, and she looked a little young, besides, and she'd already chosen cherry, so Shunsui looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Strawberry ♥," he decided with a nod. "Most certainly, strawberry &eharts;."

"Strawberry it is then. Thank you."

Iroh had made many stops in town since he arrived a few weeks ago. And every shop had it's own little delicacy that he had thoroughly enjoyed this far.

However he had never seen a squishy machine or a squishy before.

However one word stuck out more than most to him. "Sake?"

Hmmm.

"Sake, indeed ♥," said Shunsui, turning to the portly little gentleman with a very pleased smiled. "And, not even that, sake in the Squishy form ♥," which, yes, needed it's own heart, "helps to answer that age-old conundrum of warm or cold sake ♥."

He gave Bob a little pat and the machine dutifully produced the product, which he then proffered to his guest.

"Try some ♥?" he implored, eager to please.

"Of course!" Iroh said happily. "One should never turn down an offer of spirits! Though I have never had a squis-shee before... Looks very interesting."

"Neither have I ♥!" Shunsui admitted brightly, and gave the machine another adoring, appreciative pat. "But Bob-chan here is an expert and has apparently been making them for years ♥! A hidden treasure among so many other treasures in this lovely store that has so recently fallen into my capable hands ♥!"

"Drink, drink ♥!" Shunsui urged happily. "If you don't drink that now, you can't drink more later ♥!"

Because there would be more. Oh, yes, there would be more. The free Squishies would flow freely through the town tonight and every other night Shunsui spent behind the counter.

Somewhere, in a distant courtyard on the campus of Harvard University, one Turtle Wexler had a near, unexplainable heart attack.

Edited 2010-07-18 21:37 (UTC)

And with little hesitation, Iroh now had a sake squishy in hand.

And oh, yes. He was enjoying it.

"Quite tasty!" he exclaimed appreciatively. "You clearly have a knack for this squishy! Have you considered a tea flavor?"

Yes. Tea. Damn right he was suggesting tea.

"Tea ♥!" said Shunsui, who, although not much of a tea drinker himself, could at least appreciate someone who was and give the word a considerable amount of excitement. "No, I hadn't thought of that at all ♥! What a wonderful suggestion ♥! I'll certainly have to give it some thought ♥."

After he ran out of booze to try.

"Oh! Very good!" Iroh said jovially drinking his sake squishy. "That would be very nice!"

Like Jane would pass the chance to stop by somewhere with Vodka written over that wasn't Caritas.

That and the realization she could probably sleep the whole Sunday. That was terrifying.

There was only one thing that could effectively and completely distract Shunsui from the pursuit of booze, and that was the pursuit of beautiful women, and since one such woman was now entering the shop, his attention was entirely diverted.

"Ahhhh ♥," he sighed in appreciation of such beauty, "what vision is this that come waltzing into my humble shop ♥? Surely, she will find in her magnanimous heart to accept a delicious, refreshing Squishy ♥?"

One of which was already prepared and being offered, with a flutter of his haori and all but his smooth smile cloaked in the shadow of his hat.

"How could I not?" Considering you aren't really giving me a chance, darling?

Jane accepted the Squishy, giving him a smile. "I see you are new? It is nice to meat you; I'm Jane, Jane Smith. I'm the owner of Strokes of Genius, another store in town." The man looked nice enough. A little drunk, maybe, but nice.

Only a little drunk? Jane, how you wound his pride!

"Jane ♥!" Shunsui relished in the sound of it and said, as he would say of many other names in the time to come, "Such a beautiful name for a beautiful woman ♥! The pleasure is all mine, I assure you ♥. I am Shunsui Kyōraku, and I am newly the owner of this shop ♥."

And, since Shunsui didn't particularly believe in boundaries or wasting time, he leaned toward Jane with a grin and a lowered voice. "Perhaps," he said, "you might offer me some...ahh...professional advice, from one business owner to the other ♥? Over wine and dinner and candlelight, hm ♥?"

Didn't it just sound so lovely?

Fortunately he would never know.

"Shunsui Kyōraku, nice to meet you." He would note her pronunciation was flawless; she did know a good deal of languages after all. "It's nice to meet other shop owners." Gave her an excuse to visit more often.

Jane's head tilted to a side, a playful smirk on her ~~delicious~~ lips. What would John say about this? Not much, considering how busy he would be unloading a gun at Shunsui. But John wasn't around. "Why not? It is perfectly understandable for a married woman to entertain herself and have a nice conversation over win and dinner and candlelight."

...

Did Jane-chan just say the m word? Shunsui was pretty sure that she did, but, after taking even just the slightest look at her and those delicious lips again, he decided that he could easily pretend he didn't. Acoustics in this place were terrible, just terrible.

"Excellent ♥!" he said, beaming with success. "How's my place, Wednesday, eight o'clock ♥?"

Poor Shunsui, but Jane would not torture him more with that.

"Where do you live? I don't mean to disrespect, but I've always want to do something with my house." And she wanted to show off her mansion more. Read mansion.

"By all means ♥!" When beautiful women were involved, Shunsui was the picture of accommodation. "Mine is just a dismal little bachelor pad in desperate need of a woman's touch ♥, but if the lady doth wish to host....♥."

He trailed off in a way to suggest that she could host it in hell on earth, and he'd still be satisfied.

Jane nodded, a smile on her face. "I think the Mansion will do great; once I manage to pick the right room to hold the dinner, all the preparations will make it look perfectly." A moment to consider something else. "I can always help you order said dismal little bachelor pad, also." Because she loved to buy stuff and put them in rooms, word.

Oooh, mansion. Shunsui's incredibly noble blood approved. "Perfection ♥!" he exalted with a pleased smile and arms open to welcome such a plan. "And, believe me, it would be an honour to have such a woman welcome in my home at any time ♥! Apartment 5, a lucky number for the not-so luckily named Mauvaise Chance ♥."

"We'll discuss about it over dinner, then", said Jane as she made a note in her head to remember the name. She was curious about the man; there was a certain something about him...while clueless of what a Death God was, Jane's life was tied with death anyway. Not her own, but mostly anyone around her.

Avoid the crazy man with the booze and stick with the crazy man with the broom.

I've only just realized I need an Apu icon.

Also, work is making me want to stab people. Badly.

So, dinner? xD

I think that'd be fabulous! Does Wednesday work for you? Thursday and Saturday are my other most likely to be around most daaaaaaaaaaaaays!

I might get a post up on Wednesday...morning? And work on it the whole day. If you can. Thursdays are great for late threading for me.

Whichever works best for you is good by me! I'm flexible!

Edited 2010-07-21 09:32 (UTC)

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