The Photo Hut; Monday [11/08].

[hashtag_chocobro]

When a certain annoying hipster inclined toward vinyl at another shop on the island came into the Photo Hut that day, Prompto was eager to help, but very quickly discovered that, apparently, his supposed expertise in photography was considerably lacking, as he was pretty sure he had never heard of what the guy was asking about.

"I'm sorry... you said daguerreotype?"

The hipster dude nodded and asked again if they had anything in stock for it, and Prompto just sort of scrunched his eyebrows and shook his head.

"Man," he said, "I don't even know what that is, much less if we have stuff for it, but, uhh, I can definitely get your information and ask the boss lady about it when I get a chance, and we can get back to you?"

Which was a very reasonable next step, he felt, but, apparently, the customer felt otherwise, if Prompto was going to go off of the disbelieving scoff and the insufferable roll of his eyes that he got in response, followed by a lofty look at Prompto up and down that was not doing his already wavering sense of self-confidence any good, as the hipster proceeded to inform Prompto that he wasn't at all surprised that he'd never heard of it, and he supposed that would do, but they'd better be quick about it, or else he might just take his business elsewhere, to somewhere that had more of an appreciation for the history of the art.

"What the fuck, dude?" asked Prompto, to the then-empty shop, as the hipster had sauntered out after leaving his info, and Prompto then immediately took to his phone to look it up.

And then it was his turn to roll his eyes, because, wow, dude, seriously? Woo-ooo-oooow.

The Photo Hut is open!

[[ the AVH is an equal-opportunity hipster NPC, y'all ]]

Furnado Animal Shelter; Monday [11/08].

[kawaii_complex]

Things were pretty quiet at the shelter that day, but they'd gotten in a few new puppies, two cats, a pair of turtle doves, and a small school of fish over the weekend, so Sakaki took the initiative to get them all entered in and registered into the computer that morning.

Which seemed like a easy enough task, but the thing about the computer at the shelter was that, apparently, someone (perhaps a former employee?) had rigged it up so that, every fifteen minutes or so, there was a little alarm that went off and a video popped up with a message that read "YOU'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD! HAVE AN ADORABLE ANIMAL VIDEO TO REWARD YOUR HARD WORK!"

Sakaki obviously had no idea who had put this on the computer, all she knew was that she herself was definitely not tech-savvy enough to get rid of it, nor did she think she'd actually want to...

She was starting to see how registering new animals could wind up being an all-day task after all!

Furnado is open!

[[ and I just wanted to use this icon, really ]]

Turtle & Canary; Monday [11/08].

[white_oleander]

When Astrid came into the store for her usual managerial tasks that week, she discovered that, after all of her years here on this island and working at Turtle & Canary and with Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, she could still be absolutely floored by him.

"Ummmm...." was sort of all she had to say, when she came in and saw all the decorations around the store, "are we sure this is really, um...appropriate?"

And when Apu defended his actions by explaining what day it was, Astrid was...skeptical. Very skeptical. So skeptical that she, clearly a modern woman of the 21st century now, pulled out her phone to verify.

Then closed her eyes and sighed, turning the phone toward him so that he would believe her.

"Pianist Day, Apu," she said. "Today is World Pianist Day."

Apu squinted at the phone and then, realizing his mistake, looked around sheepishly, because he'd been quite busy that morning, apparently, and then agreed to immediately go take everything down.

"Thank you," said Astrid, who would be discovering just how thorough Apu had been this time around throughout the entire day.

Today's Squishy Flavors
Cappuccino
Harvey Wallbanger
Red

Turtle & Canary is open!

Maybe, uh, don't bring the kids.

[[ i think I'm hilarious ]]

The Perk- Monday morning

[thatwaslucky]

Rey didn't actually make it to the Perk that often, so when this morning she got wired that Poe had sent a status report of what was going on back home, she decided it was a good idea to head there to find a table by the window and read it.

And not being what one might call a regular meant that she hadn't realized they'd transitioned to work her drinks. Sure, the peppermint mocha was good, but it wasn't pumpkin spice.


[Open!]

The Magic Box, Monday

[existencemisspent]

Eliot was paging through yet another book on portal magic and connecting with other worlds when he stumbled across something that looked like it might just actually work. He spent several moments staring at it -- it wasn't often that he found charts on metamath in any of the shops magic books, and was surprised to discover he kind of missed it -- then stood up and started madly gathering spell components. He leaned outside to check the precise position of the sun and the current weather conditions, then checked his phone astronomy app to make sure he knew which planets were where. He even factored in the giant skeleton, adjusting one of its hands to make his calculations just a little bit easier.

He triple checked his notes. Practiced all the hand positions until he had the pattern down pat. Then, shaking himself out and rolling his shoulders, he picked a nice, clear corner of the room, planted his feet, and cast.

And promptly opened a small portal to the world of Filigree.

"Goddammit."

He banished the portal before the creature covered in gold and silver vines could turn and decide to come explore the shop, then went back to his notes. Maybe he'd gotten his Popper 47 wrong. . . .

[open!]

Caritas, Monday

[1000yearstoolate]

"No, we don't have that one either," Seivarden said with a sigh, after having looked through the beer selection again.

"Really? You should, you know. That brewery is great and they're almost local. I tried their Halloween special edition and..."

"Who the fuck makes special editions of beer?"

Seivarden was getting really annoyed with Annoying Vinyl Hipster, who in addition to vinyl and old-fashioned photography had, unsurprisingly, turned out have an obsession with craft beer. 

"I mean, most good breweries? Sometimes they go a bit wild, but there's this place in Grand Rapids, Michigan that makes durian and orange sour beer...."

Seivarden wrinkled her nose. "You put fruit in beer?" She made a gesture with her hand. "Not that I know anything about beer, but if you want something fruity I recommend the specials. They're... fruity."

AVH stared at her, possibly trying to decide whether this was a joke.

"It's not like it's tea we're talking about," Seivarden added.

"You like tea? I have a friend who imports tea from some really small Indian plantations, fairtrade, he visits the places regularly..." AVH began.

Seivarden, who normally would have jumped at the possibility to discuss tea, said: "Where I come from we have a whole planet of it. Although I admit there are quite good ones here too, if you stay away from the tea bags."

No one could beat a Radchaai at a tea discussion, especially not someone with Seivarden's background, and since Annoying Vinyl Hipster didn't manage to turn the conversation back to beer, he eventually ended up with a mai tai, after quite a few subtle insults that had apparently flown over his head.

"Sometimes you just have to accept that the world around you doesn't live up to your standards," Seivarden said sagely, mostly to shut him up.

Today's Specials
Mai Tai
Strawberry Margarita

[Open with SP]

Pick Your Poison, Monday

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

Eliot was doing shit, portal shit right now. Margo’s attention? Not exactly all the way on what was going on at the store.

She barely even noticed the bath bombs coming to life. She eyed her phone as they bounced around her, willing a message to arrive.

“C’mon, there’s got to be something to find.”

Monday: Covent Garden Flowers

[mylandmyrules]

When Nell got in this morning a number of the plants were still looking rather unhealthy and withered. Nell spent the better part of the day tending to them and giving them an extra boost of her energy. By the time she was ready to head home all of the plants were in excellent health and blooming beautifully. Nell, on the other hand, really needed a nap!