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Fandom Fish 'N Bait - Friday

Today was a bad, bad day for Jon. A day where the cricket shipment had broken open, as did a wrong shipment of North American Green Tree Frogs. The result being a lot of happy frogs chasing after unhappy crickets and making a lot of noise.

The solution? Put up a sign that says
Free Tree Frogs!
Find one, and it's yours!

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"You know, when most people do this, it's with eggs," Jono greeted as he peered his head into the shop.

He couldn't help it. He was still feeling antsy about seeing the kids off on Monday, he'd been out for a walk, and he couldn't help but overhear a spectacular amount of chirping as he had passed by tie Fish 'N Bait. Sometimes, a person just needed to get nosy.

"These aren't temporary Fandom frogs that are just going to up and vanish tomorrow or something, are they?"

Jon looked up from where he was trying to peel a frong off the outside of a pirahna tank and shrugged. "I doubt it, but I can't be a hundred percent sure.". The fro g got put in a bucket and there was double checkIng to make sure the lid was tight. "You want any?"

Yeah, Jono. Want some tree frogs?

"Lord, Joni would have a heyday with those," he mused, stepping inside and peering at the bucket. "They eat crickets, do they? I'd have to get some of those as well, I imagine?"

Note how this was not an immediate no, Jon? Jono was thinking maybe a tank would look fairly not-out-of-place in the lobby at the Boards, if nothing else.

And, really, he was just a big kid sometimes, and frogs were pretty awesome.

Jon noticed this lack of no and grinned.

"And because I'm such a nice guy, I will toss in a really nice terrarium set up for free."

"That desperate to be rid of them, are you?" There was something almost like a grin in return as Jonothon took this into consideration. "How many frogs have you got, there? I was thinking perhaps something for people to look at in the lobby of the Boards. You know, while they're waiting for the doors to open. Could put a little sign on there, 'terrarium donated by Fandom Fish 'N Bait,' or something of the sort."

It was a good business move!

Also, froggies!

No, really. Sometimes Jono really was a twelve-year-old boy at heart.

"The invoice says that there were twenty of them, I've found twelve."

At some point, he would find the other eight. Or they would end up mutating and taking over the island.

"Donating sounds good. It would definitely be good for business. And a decent distraction the next time people get turned into kids."

He will help you justify your froggies, Jono!

Jono will take all the justification that you can possibly dish out, Jon! All of it!

"And how many of those twelve would you be willing to part with? I was thinking maybe just a few for the lobby, but if you want to get rid of more beyond that, I imagine I could set up another tank in my room or something. Lord knows I've got the space for it." A beat. "I would pay for the second tank myself, of course."

The froggies. He wanted them.

Jon was smart. He was very smart, and quickly latched onto a very good idea.

"Well, that terrarium on the counter is three by two, and it could hold three pair of frogs. I have some bigger and smaller ones in the back that I haven't put up yet."

He would indulge all he could, Jono. "The smaller tanks could hold one or two pair comfortable. And they're not that hard to set up. Just some daylight, since they're noctural, and maybe a blue or black light so people could see them move around in the dark. And then just keeping the tank humid."

"And humidity is only a matter of a spray bottle, or just regularly watering the plants," Jono mused. "You do have terrarium plants here, yes? Or am I going to have to get creative with those?"

Jono was not afraid of getting creative with plants. But the prospect of making a trip to the mainland in order to get them was making him hesitate a bit.

"Oh, I definitely have the plants for it. And if there's something you want that I don't have in stock, I can order it for you."

Hey, he was already ordering crabs for Momoko. What were some plants?

"Nothing in particular really leaps to mind," Jono noted, ignoring the unintentional pun he made with a shrug. "I'm not exactly the world's greatest botanist, mate. I'll take whatever a tree frog or ten is most comfortable in, and whatever looks good in the tank on the side, I suppose."

That Jono. So difficult to please.

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