The Perk - Tuesday morning

[mages_suck]

Fenris wasn't in the best of moods. He'd been woken too early by Fjord - who happened to be a large green constrictor of some sort at the moment.

Who was currently residing in the very large front pocket of the oversize hoodie Fenris was wearing. The hoodie alone would have looked out of place and odd on the elf but the 8' snake huddling inside for warmth gave it volume and weight. Fenris rather looked as though he'd swallowed a melon whole.

A trip to the Perk for coffee was a necessary part of this morning. He asked for the largest mug they had and received a cappuccino in something more along the size of a soup bowl. An ask of whether they had spill proof containers and subsequent explanation of 'I have a snake in my pocket' - and resulting 'are you sure you're not just happy to see us' joke - turned up several baristas cheerfully dissecting one of their large catering boxes to dig out the mylar pouch inside. Hot water was added and it was wrapped in several layers of paper towels. Fenris made sure to tip them really, really well.

Some quick rearranging put the heating pad on the bottom of the pocket and had a happier, warmer Fjord and a slightly more portly looking Fenris.

He took a seat where he could see the door and out the windows and sipped his cappuccino. Fjord occasionally poked his head out to look around. "I'm not giving you coffee," Fenris informed him, "You'll burn your tongue. It's my understanding you probably need that unburnt until we figure out how to turn you back."

[Fjord modded with permission. Open!]

Covent Garden Flowers; Tuesday [10/16].

[white_oleander]

It had been a few weeks since Astrid had been into work, sure, so she wasn't entirely surprised to come into the shop and find a copious amount of pumpkins everywhere. Everywhere. Most of them were just normal pumpkins, it seemed, but a few of them, especially around the counter, seemed to have already been carved into jack-o-lanterns, very classic and basic ones, all geometrical shapes, triangles for eyes, little juts of squares for teeth in widely grinning mouths. It got a faint smile out of her, something so simple and whimsical, really, and it gave her a good idea for what to do with her downtime today, spreading out some paper on the counter, taking out her mother's knife, and picking out a few choice pumpkins to carve.

Except...as soon as she had pressed the tip of the knife into the top of the first pumpkin, she heard a faint whisper of a gasp. She blinked, looked up, and saw that the jack-o-lanterns had somehow managed to turn toward her, and their previously jolly faces had shifted into something terrified and aghast. Astrid paused for a moment, told herself she was just imagining it, and cautiously sunk the blade into the top of the pumpkin

The jack-o-lanterns screamed in horror.

Astrid jerked out her knife, set it aside, and lifted her hands in surrender. A part of her wanted to continue just in defiance for how dramatic the jack-o-lanterns were being, but she couldn't stomach the idea of actually carving into and gutting one of their brethren right before their eyes.

"Okay, okay," she said. "No carving, alright? Maybe...how about we just paint some of these pumpkins, then, would that be okay?"

The jack-o-lanterns seemed much more approving of this idea, and so Astrid dug some paints out of her bag and got to work, secretly a little thankful because these were turning out way more beautiful and interesting than any jack-o-lantern would have been.

Covent Garden is open!

The C.I.C., Tuesday Afternoon - Evening [10/16]

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Oh, maaaaaan, come on!"

Prompto had thought he'd done so well. He thought he'd planned and set everything up perfectly, so that when he got back from vacation, everything would be fine in his new favorite game, but Prompto had been devastatingly wrong. Any of his crops that hadn't died were clearly eaten by moles, all of his pets had run away, and even his house had burned down and not just a normal fire, but he was pretty sure someone had razed it, which he didn't even think was something that could or should be possible in the game, but, apparently, that was what happened, and so he loaded up his game to a picture of devastation and destruction and heart-ache.

He just didn't have the heart to start the grueling task of building his little adorable paradise back up to the utopia it had been before, not yet, it was still all too fresh, too raw. So he was just going to go back to even more King's Knight with Noct while tinkering a little bit with some controllers.

The C.I.C. is open!

Blackstone Foundry and Forge; Tuesday [10/16].

[special_rabbit]

Amaya had been more than a little eager to get back to work in the shop, finishing up on the new molds and getting the metal melted for those practice swords for Kanan. She'd get them poured today, give them time to cool, and then she figured tempering them a little and brushing them up all nice would make for a good project for Fjord tomorrow. There was, of course, a pretty significant hitch in this particular plan of hers, but she was, of course, blissfully unaware, and mostly just pleased to be back in her natural habitat of working up a sweat with molten metals that could easily burn her face off.

Vacations were nice and interesting, sure, but they always seemed to last a little too long for Amaya, and she really just preferred working, anyway. It felt good to be back, and she'd already had a pile of notes and plans for a few Grecian inspired weapons once she got the founding taken care of and was ready to tumble right into her next challenge.

The Forge is open!

Community Center Class: Modern Earth Entertainment

[2_old_for_this]

Peter grinned as he waved at everybody. "I know a lot of you were gone last week, so I didn't want you to come back to anything too serious. I thought we could use this week to engage in the time-honored tradition of heckling. Complaining loudly at the screen, throwing popcorn - or anything non-damaging - at it, and so forth. Since I understand you just spent some time in ancient Greece, our movie this week will be a well-known one that's set there - sort of - and is known for having a great cast, one of the original, influential special effects creators, and a decent budget, and despite all that being pretty awful."

He shrugged and gave them a sheepish grin. "Go to town."

Caritas- Tuesday

[throughaphase]

Yesterday had been the baby shower, and Kitty was still super appreciative and loved everybody.

But she'd also done stuff yesterday and now she didn't feel like doing anything today, so she had a chair behind the bar and was slacking off under the guise of making sure things were in order in case she went into labor early.

(She'd taken care of everything a while ago. This was just pushing papers around.)


[Open, no OCD!]

Luke's, Tuesday

[battlewithstyle]

He'd returned from an accidental trip through time without, seemingly, causing any terrible disruptions to history. At least no Kebiishi had shown up to murder everyone, so really, it worked out as best as possible.

Today's Specials
Karaage
Ube Milkshake
Fried Plantains

Luke's was open!