Turtle & Canary; Friday [02/10].

[hashtag_chocobro]

As distracted as Prompto was guaranteed to be at work today (he was usually glued to his phone, yes, but that was going to be exceptionally true pretty much from now until Liz went into labor, because it could literally be any day now, and he was constantly going to be checking for messages, ready to bolt right out of here at a moment's notice), even he would find it hard to not notice the table that Apu had set up next to the Squishy machine with a very large sign:

Beat Apu in a Game of Cribbage
and get 25% off your purchases
Today only!

And, of course, in lieu of anyone taking him up on the offer, he kept taunting and challenging Prompto to take him on.

"Dude," he said, shaking his head, "I don't even know how to play cribbage. I don't even think I've ever heard of cribbage before today, and I am in absolutely no mood right now to try learning something new. Ask the cheese panda, or something."

The cheese panda was banned from cribbage, due to excessive table flipping.

"Okay, play with the canary, then," he suggested helpfully, with a gesture toward the store's namesake mascots. "That would be adorable."

Actually, now Prompto was definitely pushing for an Apu vs. Canary cribbage battle royale.

Today's Squishy Flavors
Cream Cheese Brownie
Flannel
Red

Turtle & Canary is open!

Furnado Animal Shelter; Friday [02/10].

[in_sidon_we_trust]

In an effort to help keep all the animals at the shelter more engaged and entertained, Sidon had decided that today would be the day they celebrated the Bird Olympics! They had, after all, some excellent sets of tabletop games for birds, and he felt they should really get some use, the birds would surely enjoy the competition and the fanfare of it all, and the cats, as it turned out, much to his surprise, were in rapt attention of every single one of the thrilling events, from the edge-of-your-seat excitement of Bird Basketball to the thrill and skill involved in Bird Skateboarding!

(It did not occur to him that the feline attention to the proceedings was more out of hunger and hope than anything else, but the man still didn't realize that the cats were trying to eat him half the time, so this should not be surprising).

And he was particularly excited about when the games were finished, and he could start awarding the birds with their adorable little Bird Olympic medals.

He would offer his thoughts on who might win, but, as the judge, it was important for Sidon to remain impartial.

Furnado is open!

The Magpie Emporium; Friday [02/10].

[pun_king]

The counter that day was cluttered with a wide variety of sheets and papers, charts and graphs, maps, dice, books, and a calculator.

It would, of course, be a fair guess to assume he was deeply entrenched in cooking up something truly epic and amazing for his tabletop group, but.....nope. You'd be wrong.

He was, instead, trying to figure out exactly what on Earth (quite literally!) he was going to do for his and Charlie's Valentine's Day date.

At least up until the point where Saffron decided that right in the middle of all his plotting and planning was exactly the spot she needed to plop down on, stretch out, and take a good long nap.

Which was annoying, at first, but, in retrospect, Graham would come to realize that the cat may very well have been doing him a huge favor after all.

The Magpie Emporium is open!

Pizza Planet, Friday

[carbsliftthespirit]

"Valentine's Day specials?" Raiden echoed. "Why would I run Valentine's Day specials on February 10th? I was just gonna...oh, date nights." Sometimes, it was apparent that Raiden was perpetually single. "Sure, heart-shaped pizzas for everybody!"

The cook who had just talked himself into painstakingly cutting out heart-shaped pepperoni might be regretting a few things right now, but hey, they were celebrating love!

Specials
Heart-Shaped Pizza
Chocolate Heart-Shaped Pizza
Pizza Roses

Pizza Planet is open!

Dite's Decadent Delights | Friday Evening - Valentine's Open House!

[begmetwice]

Once more, Irene could hardly help but feel that she had outdone herself – though she could also quite easily admit she'd had help.

This year, she'd eschewed the usual fluffy Valentine's theming and had instead leaned full-force into having a hookup (ahem) with the blacksmith – every surface was decorated again with beautifully-detailed steel roses, featuring occasional pops of color amongst their petals, and intricate metallic vinework decorated the columns, displays, light fixtures and countertops. Discreet enough to be classy but prominent that there was no missing it, Irene had also affixed little signs crediting Amaya for her work, with accompanying business cards for all your blacksmithing needs.

Off to one side, there was a completely moddable NPC bartender Irene had hired off the mainland, well-stocked with thematic drinks, and to another little side was a table that would almost certainly be described in much more detail in the comments, featuring Summer's shots of varying…shapes.

Tables draped with red and pink satin accents were distributed through the store with the requisite sex-shoppy displays on them -- massage oils near the entrance, vibrators, plugs and dildos up in the middle, and the more intense gear towards the back. Naturally, some of those steel roses were laid out artfully amongst the toys, perhaps in an effort to render the toys less intimidating by comparison. Near to the entrance was a table with a large glass fishbowl and a stack of little slips of paper, so that once again, guests could enter to win one of several amazing door prizes!

Welcome to Dite's! Grab a cocktail, enter to win a novelty dildo or a beautiful set of daggers. Perfect for the last-minute Valentine's shopper!

[open to all adults!!]

Three Minute Dates!- Caritas- Saturday before 8:15 pm

[throughaphase]

Love was in the air! Well, not really. That was later. But metaphorically, love, air, etc!

Caritas was decked out for Valentine's Day, with bunches of heart-shaped balloons in strategic places, copious amounts of pink and red confetti at the tables (a conversation starter!) and heart-shaped string lights above the bar and stage. And don't forget the glittery pink banner:

TONIGHT!
THREE MINUTE DATES
IT'S LITERALLY ONLY FIFTEEN MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE

A few minutes before 8:00, Kitty took the stage. She was probably covered in glitter now. "Hello, everybody, and welcome to Three Minute Dates! If you've never done this before, the rules are simple. At 8:00 on the dot, we'll call your name along with one other person's. You'll get to know each other as well as you can in three minutes, and then the gong will sound and you'll get another name to meet. You'll do that for five rounds, and then if there's anyone you want to talk to more, you can meet up at the bar. Good luck, everybody!"


[Hold for OCD! OCD is up! Your regular bar post will go up sometime Saturday for post-dates play!
The Bar | Round One | Round Two | Round Three | Round Four | Round Five | OOC]