Turtle & Canary; Monday [12/18].

[somethingwithturquoise]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The store was made out of gingerbread, but, more importantly, when Summer came into the store that day, she walked in to find Apu with a plunger on his head, in the process of affixing tiny, dollhouse-sized plungers onto the heads of the turtle and the canary as well.

"Nope," she said, as soon as he turned to look at her and started to open his mouth, "I am not going to ask."

But good news, anyone who wanted a plunger! They were on sale Buy One, Get One Free! And you didn't even have to put it on your head! But you could! Apparently, it was a thing.

Today's Squishy Flavors
Roast Suckling Pig
Ham Salad
Red

Turtle & Canary is open!

The Photo Hut; Monday [12/18].

[hashtag_chocobro]

Prompto was starting to get a little antsy, about Christmas just being a week from now, thinking about how it had been a nice weekend to just enjoy stuff, but now was really crunch time in getting everything ready for his presents, for getting ready for the assumed trip out to the BPRD, because it just didn't feel right to celebrate it anywhere else, and then just getting things situated with taking some time off for that, and then getting ready for the new year and his new class, and then there was his and Liz's anniversary, and then Noctra's birthday (and Iggy's right before it, too!), which was also Valentine's Day, and then after that....

....after that, things should maybe calm down a little bit, but looking ahead at the busy months still ahead of him definitely didn't help Prompto feel less antsy.

If anything, it made him more antsy!

Which meant he was going to be crap for work today, so...well...hopefully Liz wouldn't mind all the shelves being rearranged, because that's what was happening today!

The Photo Hut is open!

Diaz & Ass.; Monday [12/18].

[died8yearsago]

Rosa was doing very important work that Monday. She had a cup of coffee and a chunk of gingerbread yanked off a corner of the office that she was dipping into it, while she sat at her computer and tried to CTRL-F her way through the insurance policy on the building to see what sort of compensation there might be for 'consumed after being turned into a baked good.'

She wasn't finding much, which just went to show you that, no matter how thorough you might thing you were being, there was always something else you hadn't thought of yet.

Unfortunately, she didn't think she'd have much more luck with using 'the dog (and myself) ate the house, so I can't make it to Christmas, oh no' excuse with her family, either.

Diaz & Ass. is open!

Monday: Covent Garden Flowers

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was going to ignore the fact that the store was gingerbread today. And that her store was gingerbread. And that her house was gingerbread. There was nothing she could do about it, so she just had to ignore and hope that like most things it would be back to normal tomorrow.

So, she would focus on this last push for getting orders out and be glad that this would be her last day working here until the new year.

Pizza Planet, Monday

[carbsliftthespirit]

Raiden had had a gingerbread dessert pizza planned for the menu today, but given the state of things even he could recognize that it might be overkill. Or at least unnecessary.

Luckily (or unluckily, depending on how you felt about turnips), they'd gotten one of those weird deliveries that had set his menu for him.

Specials
Bacon & Turnip Pizza with Arugula
Turnip Top & Goat Cheese Pizza
Roasted Turnip Pizza

Pizza Planet is open!...and Raiden might be breaking off another piece of the building for a snack at this very moment. The question of how much of the pizza parlor could be eaten before it lost structural integrity would hopefully not be answered today, but it was very much a possibility.

The Devil's Nest, Monday Night

[texted3times]

"Stop eating the bar!" Eric barked as he came into the room.

Tiny jumped back, looking guilty.

"You know what has been on that bar," Eric continued, settling into his usual spot and grabbing a bottle of vodka. "You're going to sprout another arm or something and our health insurance does not cover that."

The Devil's Nest was open!

Trooper Station, Monday, December 18, 2023

[grenadesandohana]

Today the station was buzzing with people getting booked, fined, and released for destruction of property.

"Dogs pee on those corners, man," Steve scolded one of the guilty. "At least pick a piece of gingerbread up higher on the building."

There was a question.

"No, you'd still be getting arrested. Eat your own house."

The Trooper Station was open! Don't drag in crumbs, it'll drive Steve's Navy-loving soul crazy.

Stark Industries, Monday

[imafuturist]

The building was made of gingerbread and Tony already had some plans drawn up for potential future additions to the tower that Steve and physics and also the zoning board cruelly prevented him from putting into action. So, clearly now was the best time to test things out in the lab in case the gingerbread thing lasted long and renovations could be done with sugar and spice and everything nice.

Which involved stress testing the gingerbread.

For science.

[I had to]

Mystery Sign Theater 3000, Monday

[amitragic]

NOW SHOWING
It's A Fantastic Existence
NOW WITH 100% MORE GINGERBREAD HOUSES
pls dont eat auditorium

Yes, the holiday weird had hit the movie theater, too. And apparently also the choice of film for the week? Because both Ulysses and Ingrid could have sworn the buildings in the movie had not looked... like that, before.

Anyway, Uly was at the box office, doing his level best to not have a repeat of the great jelly donut fiasco on his hands.

The Magpie Emporium, Monday [18/12]

[giveittoyoursister]

So apparently a lot of people hadn't realised that they'd only had until today to get all their holiday orders in until today. Despite the fact this whole thing was supposed to happen every single year.

On the other hand, while it wasn't as insanely busy as it'd been a few weeks ago, Vi was being kept sufficiently distracted from how delicious the store suddenly smelled.

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