Turtle & Canary; Monday [01/18].

[somethingwithturquoise]

Yesterday had been filled with shopping, sales, and snark, so Summer was not only rocking that adorable turquoise sweater that could simply not be left behind that day, but she was also in a pretty good mood as she went about the usual tasks around the store and felt incredibly grateful that nothing was happening to threaten said new cute sweater.

Because she knew this place. And she honestly half expected that there would be some sort of Squishy machine malfunction or otherwise wardrobe-destroying crisis that would occur purely out of spite.

She seemed to be pretty lucky that day, though, which definitely ticked up a little bit of paranoia about why nothing was happening yet, and therefor sort of waiting for the other shoe to drop, but she was also willing to just embrace it while she could, too.

Today's Squishy Flavors
Gourmet Coffee
Peking Duck
Red

Turtle & Canary is open!

Diaz & Ass., Monday [01/18].

[died8yearsago]

Rosa's goal that morning was to put together a bunch of files and documents regarding the missing bee case for...what's-her-face...baby Victorian intern...which took all of three seconds, because there were no files or documents, it was a bullshit case from an annoying client that she had no intention of ever actually solving because she was pretty sure there was no missing bee, despite what Bee Lady might believe.

No, make that all of a minute now, because, at one point, the phone rang, and, when Rosa answered it, all she got was a deep, modulated voice informing her that "The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams" before hanging up.

So, there you go, Enola, your file now had a potential clue, or maybe just a black-and-yellow herring in the form of a conveniently topical prank call, because she slipped the quote in the folder with a shake of her head.

Well, the kid said she wanted experience.

A wild bee chase was probably better than nothing, right?

Diaz & Ass. is open!

[[ and a blanket SP warning on all my pups today because it just feels like it's gonna be One of Those Days already... ugh ]]

Caritas, Monday

[1000yearstoolate]

After a weekend of shopping with Summer and having the company of her roommate - and thus being able to eat some really nice food - it was Monday, and things were a lot more dull. Well, Seivarden had nice clothes and leftover food, and perhaps that was why she put real effort into finding a suitable winter drink.

She found a terrible one. Of course, people here would probably like it, but they would get one mixed by a bartender who had never tried it.

Today's Special
Irish Coffee

Thanks to the mentioned shopping trip Seivarden was no longer wearing uniform, but instead something more expected for a bartender on Earth, which, when she thought about it, was a lot more proper.

Devil's Nest | Monday Night

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie had strongly considered playing with the blender again today, but given that it was, you know, mid-January, she thought that hot chocolate might be a touch more appropriate.

So Annie mixed up a batch of Kahlua hot cocoa, and even went digging until she found not only chocolate syrup and whipped cream to add, but also mini marshmallows (she wasn't questioning it, though she was curious if there were other drinks that called for little marshmallows and she just didn't know it yet.)

She poured herself a cup and liberally dressed it up, and would be nursing that for the rest of the night - even as she periodically illuminated a palm to keep the whole carafe warm.

Community Center Class: Castletopia: A Castle For You! For You? For You!!! | Monday

[bookbeltof_love]

Oh, but Nina was excited for this class!

Okay, like, sure—it was the start of a lot of hard work but it was going to be so worth it! She'd let everyone know they were meeting at The Spot, which was now absolutely teeming with carefully organized construction supplies. The tents she'd had up last week were up again, though pushed back a little further from the site so they weren't in the way. One was for refreshments and was, well, really a warming station should anyone get cold.

(It also doubled (tripled?) as a first aid station, should anyone not want to be healed by Nina.)

The other tent had their blue prints laid out, as well as further whiteboards to make alterations as they went.

"Goooooooooooood eeeeeeeeeveeeeeeeeeeeeeniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she said, once everyone who was going to show was gathered around outside of the blueprint tent. "We're working on the foundation today, so I hope you've all come prepared to get your hands dirty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

She was. She was also still wearing a dress because fight her she could totally build a castle while looking like a lady!

Albeit a lady wearing a hard hat, steel-toed boots, goggles and gloves.

"I've got safety goggles, hard hat, boots, and gloves for everyone," she said firmly. "These are non-negotiable and none of you are going anywhere near the construction unless you're wearing them!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A beat. "If you have your own and they're up to par in terms of quality, you may wear those however, just check with me!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Because she was totally willing to let people wear their own things if they had them.

"While you're working, pay attention to the lights---------I've outlined the blueprint in magic on the ground!!!!!!!!! Follow the yellow lines!!!!!!!!!!!!! Red means you've gone out of bounds and we'll have to fix it, while blue is just there so you can see what it will look like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

It had been a lot of fun, actually, creating their blueprint for the base castle and then turning that into a shimmering, blue-outlined 3D rendition of it to scale.

"Questions???????? If not, gear up and get to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Trooper Station, Monday, January 18, 2021

[grenadesandohana]

Yes, it was a federal holiday, but it seemed like the Troopers didn't know who Martin Luther King, Jr. was (...it was possible Steve hadn't figured out the Troopers weren't from around here), and had showed up to work anyway.

So Steve made them do more laps for taking away his day off, then spent his morning ignoring paperwork regarding the Bee Lady.

He wouldn't have touched the paperwork even if it hadn't been a holiday weekend, let's be honest.

The Trooper Station was here for you!

Monday: Covent Garden Flowers

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was in a particularly good mood today. Why she was in a good mood, she couldn't have said, possibly because the mun had remembered to post two weeks is a row, but she was.

And in response to her mood the plants were flowering and growing like crazy.

Which made her even happier, though she tried, with little success, to tamp down her happiness enough to keep some control.

Which was why the shop looked more like some strange tropical jungle with barely enough room to make your way through the vines and trees and blossoms.

Oops?