Dite's Decadent Delights | Wednesday

[begmetwice]

Irene had never really been one for rabbits. Horses? Of course. Elegant, interesting cats? Naturally. Wrinkly, yet stylish little dogs? Apparently so, though she had, notably, gone ahead and taken Clementine to be boarded for the next week or so, pending Amaya's re-emergence. Just seemed wise, given the dog's interest in the rabbit when Irene had brought her home yesterday, and then had promptly returned to find Amaya nesting in one of her shoeboxes in the closet.

Thankfully, the shoes themselves had been unscathed, if perhaps slightly rumpled thanks to rabbit-nestiness. And while Irene did not predict that that pattern would necessarily hold for the rest of the duration of this, she at least was relatively confident that she didn't need to worry overmuch when she brought Amaya downstairs into the shop to open up this morning.

Which was silly of her, really, because there were so many nooks and crannies for a rabbit to fit into down here, and thus, Irene was doomed to spend her shift today saying things like, "Darling, how on earth did you even get in there?" while staring in dismay at drawer that had once only contained tubes of lubricant.

This was all pretty rich coming from Ms. Fancy Weasel, really, but Irene didn't always have the greatest self-awareness.

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Diaz & Ass. | Wednesday

[no_culdesac]

Nancy, who was a diligent listener of the radio -- kind of a basic tenet of being an investigator of anything: follow the local media -- was pretty prepared when she stepped into work this morning. And 'prepared' in this case meant 'peeking into the room with a rifle on her hip, because there was apparently a panther in here.'

And, indeed, there was a panther, though Nancy kind of immediately realized she didn't need to worry -- that panther was practically exuding...Rosa-ness. It even almost seemed to, like, raise an eyebrow at the rifle.

Cool. Okay. The people-into-animals thing was totally a thing here, she got to hang out with a panther today, and she didn't actually need this gun she'd made a point of buying. Which was a nice change of pace, actually!

So, Nancy was going to be spending her day researching this particular Fandom phenomenon, and thinking about what kind of animal she might turn into. (And maybe daydreaming a little about taking that new gun of hers to the range after work.)

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The Perk | Wednesday Morning

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie -- who was definitely not avoiding packing up her whole apartment to be moved in a week or so, don't be silly -- had forced herself out the door for a run this morning. And, sure, it had ended up being more of a...tired jog than she would have liked, and her nausea had flared up about halfway through, but -- you know what? She had seven more months of this, and Annie refused to let a little pukiness keep her down. She'd been through worse. She could prevail! She refused to give up her sense of normalcy. At least not yet.

Which was why she was ducking into the Perk post-workout, in search of some of those simple carbs she knew would settle things down and keep her going for the rest of the day. And, like, yes, look at her being good and settling down at a table with another uncaffeinated pink drink of some kind, along with a banana.

...and also some coconut birds nests, because springtime cookies were being offered in the case, and Annie, like, needed those, okay? It was all about balance. Simple carbs and the perfect combination of coconut and chocolate would keep her going today.

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The Devil's Nest, Wednesday Evening

[okteiviakom]

So apparently the ski track from last week was now a ski resort that was slowly growing over Lucifer's piano, beginning to resemble a miniature Alps sort of situation. Octavia was choosing to let it be, even as she wondered how it was going to go over with Lucifer.

TONIGHT'S SPECIALS
HOT CHOCOLATE WITH BAILEYS

What?

The Devil's Nest was open.

Community Centre Class | Dinosaurs 101 - Wednesday Morning

[itsananomaly]

“This week we’re going to be covering the Lambeosaurus,” Cutter was back to taking over the classes this week, his hands were still bandaged from the weekend but he was starting to get better use out of them, “the Lambeosaurus was a duck billed dinosaur and a herbivore from the late Cretaceous period, these dinosaurs were particularly known for their hatchet shaped hollow bony crest on top of its skull,”

“The Lambeosaurus was first discovered in 1914 when fossils were first discovered in the Oldman Formation in Alberta, Canada,” he continued, “and larger remains have also recently Baju California, Mexico, it is generally believed that the Lambeosaurus was 9 meters long but the remains found in Mexico have been discovered to have been up to 16.5 metres in length,”

He gave a smile at Connor and nodded at him to continue the lecture.

"Another interesting fact about Lambeosaurus and others in that family of crested dinosaurs is that they could likely walk on both four feet and two feet," Connor said, his voice still a little hoarse from all the coughing and smoke annihilation. "Paleontologists think this because of the way their hip and other skeletal structures were preserved. It is believed Lambeosauraus could run on four legs at a decent speed and then stand on their hind legs and walk when it needed. It is also likely that as an herbivore with a duck like bill, this dino often fed on water plants as well as grasses and leaves of certain plants and that the ability to stand on its back legs gave it an advantage when looking for food."

Connor nodded back to Cutter as he picked up the stack of papers and began distributing them to the class.

“The duck billed family is known as the Hadrosauridae,” Cutter resumed the lecture, “and Lambeosaurinae and Hadrosaurinae are the two major lineages of this family and they are distinguished by the presence or absence of cranial crests and ornamentation and by the shape of the pelvic bones.” he paused for a moment before he finished up the class, “this Friday morning my Zoology class will be having a fossil hunt in serenity cove/the lighthouse area, I would like to invite you to come along as well and see what we can find on our hunt,”