Covent Garden Flowers; Wednesday [11/17].

[white_oleander]

There were only so many Thanksgiving floral table centerpieces and cornucopia-related bouquets a person could handle in one day, so Astrid was taking a break for making everything look perfectly autumnal around the shop to explore a new avenue of her piece-meal work that could have some potential: little cards to go with each of the displays or flowers that anyone decided to pick up.

Little rectanagles with meticulously watercolored pictures on one side and little messages on the back. Things like "Hope you're having a better day than the turkey!" or "Your stomach may be full, but here's a feast for your eyes!" or "You're sweeter than pumpkin pie." "You've been cooking all week, but trust me: these flowers are not for baking." Things like that.

She was going to slip a random one in with each order that people were going to be picking up, but, if anyone came in, she'd consider letting them choose their own.

Covent Garden is open!

[[and inspired by this! ]]

Turtle & Canary; Wednesday [11/17].

[sake_shinigami]

It was almost a little eerie, actually, to breeze into the store that day and have it be nice and quiet and very noteably Apu-less. The man had, apparently, just put the cheese panda in charge in the meantime, which seemed to be a...dubious choice, at best, but considering how Shunsui usually used days off as threats to his most stalward employee, the sudden leave of absense was a bit bewildering. He would, of course, make sure not to worry about it, because if it was a Fandom thing, he really didn't want it to turn out to be a Fandom Thing, and he quietly went about his day of occasionally pretending to do something productive in between naps and sips of sake.

And he knew he was right not to worry when Apu-san did indeed come traipsing back in later that afternoon, and, based on the fact that he was all kitted out with boots and a backpack and a jaunty little hat and walking stick, Shunsui barely needed the explanation that it had, apparently, simply been one of Apu-san's charming little random holiday things and it was good to know that the hike had been very nice.

"Good for you ♥," said Shunsui, lifting his latest cup in a toast. Sure, it had been tied to some made-up holiday and it had only been half a day off, but that felt like some pretty big progress! Maybe one day, Shunsui might finally get him in on having a nap!

Which reminded him....which day was National Nap Day?

And as soon as he asked the question to himself, he had to chuckle.

Because every day, obviously, was Nap Day!

Today's Squishy Flavors
Baklava
Homemade Bread
Red

Turtle & Canary is open!

Diaz & Ass.; Wednesday [11/17].

[died8yearsago]

So Rosa had gone ahead and accepted the undercover infiltration job that would require her to be away for an indeterminant amount of time, and she'd be heading up to New York for it later that evening, but, today, she was getting just a few things in order (and fighting off a pretty solid hangover, so good work last night, Kitty): automated away messages for anyone trying to contact her via the business, double checking all of her paperwork so that she didn't run into any unexpected hiccups in her latest and greatest alias, and also....

...reading a Bible?

Look, it has been a long time since Rosa was in Catholic school, and if she was going to try and pass herself as postulant with aspirations to be a nun at this convent, she was going to need to do some brushing up.

Diaz & Ass. is open!

[[ and, yes, I'm giving Rosa whole ass mission based on a three-second sight gag from the last season, because how could I not??? SHE GETS A SPOT IN THE CHOIR! ]]

Dite's Decadent Delights | Wednesday

[begmetwice]

Of course by most people's standards, it wasn't really Christmas yet, which was why Irene was still proudly leaving out her apparently-shocking Thanksgiving display out in the front of the store.

But she was also ready to welcome Christmas with open arms, and thus had already put up a little tree a bit deeper into the store, which she was decorating with tasteful-ish laser-cut wooden ornaments.

What did you expect, really? Probably better than a tree covered in dildos or something.

[open, flying OCD-free because I'm already exhausted by this week and it's not even really half over. all links are, of course, NSFW.]

MHA, Landlord's apartment and around the building, Wednesday

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

So, Faye had mentioned the locks weren't the best they could be. And Jon took this weird job that had been dropped in his lap seriously! So the rest of you had Faye's paranoia to thank for the fact that Jon was having all the locks replaced with better ones.

He'd make sure to get everybody their new keys, though, no need to worry. They'd be given to anybody currently in, and put in the mailbox of anybody who was out when they stopped by.

Hopefully you checked your mail.

When not doing that, Jon would be in his apartment if you needed anything.


[Open for all your Jon and/or MHA needs! Feel free to mod any lock weirdness if that's your thing! ETA: Apologies! I didn't realize this might mess with folks. If you prefer not to have your lock changed, just mod that Jon asked via mail or call or whatever and you said no, and your locks will not be changed.]

J,GOB | Wednesday Morning

[knife_bender]

Having great reflexes was extremely helpful in Diego's line of work, given he was shot at a lot. But it also helped in non-emergency situations, like when he walked into J,GOB and narrowly avoided being hit in the face with a pumpkin cheesecake muffin. He caught the second one that came his way a few moments later.

Apparently there was a gremlin that was annoyed that pumpkin spice was on its way out and peppermint was coming in. After ensuring that the baristas didn't want the law involved with this (thank god) he got coffee and sat down at a table near the window with his free muffin.

And then caught a cake pop as it came hurling past. Not a bad time to be in the bakery, to be honest.

[Open]

Magic Box, Wednesday

[gospel_of_oblivion]

In the spirit of the upcoming holiday(s), Illyana figured maybe she should help with the decorations. After all, the store had been very decorated whenever she'd walked past it for Halloween.

So she had promptly summoned some of her lesser minions, and had them hanging evergreen garlands in the way-up-high places that yeah, she could reach with creative uses of 'portation, but really it was funnier to sit at the counter and direct them.

Besides, they needed 'jobs' every so often to keep them from getting restless and causing too much chaos when she wasn't looking. It made them happy to help their boss with things. And goblins helping decorate for Yule/Solstice/Christmas was hilarious.

The Magic Box was open, don't mind the goblins running around. They're mostly harmless, since Illyana is keeping a close eye on them.

The Devil's Nest, Wednesday Evening

[okteiviakom]

Tonight, the playlist was at it again, this time with extremely upbeat 1960s pop music - not that Octavia could tell that was what it was. It wasn't entirely her favorite, but it would have to do.

Maybe at some quiet point in the evening, she'd go see how well it paired with the axe range.

The Devil's Nest was open.

[ooc: And OCD free because hello from my very small window of free time.]

The Perk - Wednesday Afternoon

[onlyajones]

It had been an interesting experience being 6 years old and Jo decided she liked the past weekend rather than what had happened on halloween - even though she had been rather mortified at how much the younger Jo had revealed about her family’s wealth. It hadn’t really been bragging but she knew having servants and such wasn’t really a thing in this time so there were now a few people who knew that she came from money.

As was becoming the norm, Jo returned to the Perk after classes were done for the week and got her usual hot cocoa, picking out her favourite table to sit at by the window and watch what was happening around her.

[open!]