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Turtle & Canary; Friday [12/28].

So, this last week had been...interesting. Taking care of Girl meant that Summer not only had a convenient excuse for not fighting snowmonsters attacking the island, but it also meant she had an excuse for not going home for Christmas, which was always kind of a drag because her dad was just so damn extra about it all. But after the whole Snuffles/Snowball incident, the Smith household was strictly a 'no dogs allowed' home, and she was just bound by duty now, sorry not sorry. She couldn't agree to take care of a dog and then abandon her.

Of course, there was the other part of the duty that she'd taken up, and that was keeping tabs on the shelter while Zack was gone, too. Which seemed fine, because he had employees, but, oh, hey, guess what? Those employees were also gone all last week for some winter break trip, so literally everyone who worked at that place except the vet was gone last week. So that was cool. But the week was up and she didn't know if the Friday kid (who was literally a year younger than you, Summer, but okay) would be in or not or claim some sort of portal lag, but she had her own business to worry about today, because it was already Friday, and new kids were already starting next week (what? How?) and thank god for Apu, who could do all this stuff in his sleep, but she really wanted to make sure they were ready for whatever unexpected necessities might be needed for anyone just coming in and dealing with Fandom's whole...Fandomness.

She knew you couldn't really prepare for everything, but you could definitely try to prepare for most things.

Today's Squishy Flavors
Tamales
More Tamales
Red

Today's Jello Flavor
Red Hot Gelatin Salad

Turtle & Canary is open!

[[i have so many tamales, you guys.]]

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Nina's plan (and Vette's too) needed supplies.

And what better place to get them than Turtle & Canary?

Which meant Nina had to scoot over on her lunch break to buy things, though she did pause when she saw Summer. Crap. She was pretty sure that, like, Summer liked Grumpy Bus Guy.

On the other hand, Summer was pretty fun, from what the squirrels had told her and from what little Nina knew of her…

So she sidled on over and said in a faux-whisper, "Like, which aisle are your sequined things in??????"

Oh, hey! This was one of the ship thieves, right? Summer may have quirked an eyebrow when Nina walked in, but it was mostly curious above anything else.

"I think," she offered, dropping her voice down in a similarly toned whisper, "that depends on what kind of sequined things you're looking for."

And now she had to wonder what these sequined things would be used for, and, ohgod, please let it have something to do with Grumpy Bus Guy.

Nina hesitated a moment, trying to decide just how to put it without being too explicit. Sure, she could bribe the squirrels but, honestly, not doing so was also part of the fun.

"Well," she said, still in that whisper, "like covers and stuff, I suppose????? For, like… public seating???????"

Summer might be marginally worried that the next plot against BDG might be a forced decoration of his apartment, because that was one of her plots and she wasn't about to let these kids step on her toes, even though she'd kind of deserve it because she was also ruled too strongly by laziness, but the 'public seating' part helped sway her, and she narrowed her eyes slightly with the start of another idea.

"Then you'll want aisle ~~handwavey~~, with most of the household decor, I think," she offered, and, considering the whisper, she added, in a conspiratorial tone, "Want me to pull a 647 on this?"

Oh! Hm.

"I, like, don't know what that means," Nina admitted, "but I'm pretty sure the answer is yes anyway???????"

To be fair, Nina would want to say yes anyway, just because now she was intrigued.

And Summer had set up the question precisely to garner that intrigue. So she nodded, very solemnly, and pulled her phone from her pocket. She quickly texted a 647 out, then lifted a finger to indicate to Nina to wait for a moment. And that moment then passed, and somewhere off toward the back of the store, a sudden crash that sounded like broken bottles sounded, followed by a not-particularly-convincing-but-A-plus-for-effort call in Apu's clipped accent. 'Oh my goodness, look at that, I seem to have dropped this case of small mini bottles of alcohol! What a shame if it ends up going to waste!"

Which, of course, prompted a flurry of any of the squirrels hanging out nearby to go rushing toward the scene of the 'accident.'

Summer did a quick pass for any stragglers (usually just Leroy, really), before grinning at Nina. "That's a 647. Works like a charm, and now you can shop in relative secrecy for, oh, a good fifteen minutes or so."

And, really, all the subterfuge was probably not necessary. She could just shove a bottle at them and they'd be good to go, but this was just way more fun and interesting. She was kind of stupid proud of the whole thing, too, and just liked to have an excuse to set it off.

Nina burst out laughing, clapping her hands together.

"Amazing!!!!!!!!!! You have it all set up to just do that, psh, whenever!!!!!!!!! Is it something that, like, only you can trigger?????? Oh!!!!!!!! Though I suppose I shouldn't waste my fifteen minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Summer nodded. Fifteen minutes could go by crazy fast when one was shopping, she knew that problem all too well.

So she'd make this quick. "Apu and I are the only one trained in a 647 at the moment," she warned her, "but you just give him the number, and he'll know the drill, if I'm not around."

And she considered the thought that she had earlier ~~before the shuttle went up, too, omg, i swear!~~, and added, "Also, if this is totally for the bus tomorrow, I am so giving you a discount, too."

Sorry, BDG. Remember, this was how Summer showed her love, because love in Summer's world was weird.

"It is totally for the bus tomorrow," she admitted, since the lure of the discount was far too strong. "We were, like, away and just got back and there's no time for us to plan a proper heist of the bus but we don't want him to forget about us, so we're... making it over!!!!!!!!"

It was going to be absolutely perfect.

"But I'm definitely going to remember the code!!!!!!!!"

"I love it," Summer assured her. "That bus totally needs it; you want the new kids to have the best impression of what they're in for, right? I trust you'll use a substantial amount of glitter?"

"It's on our list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nina promised blithely, digging out her phone. "Along with, like, balloons and streamers, and... something we found online called a 'bedazzler'???????????"

She looked hopefully at Summer.

"Do you, like, have those too????????"

"Ohmygod." Summer had put her hands over her mouth for a moment because she was really trying to be the super serious adult in this situation, but then Nina had to go and bring Bedazzlers into the mix. "Yeah, we totally have those. And, hey, since we're short on time, lemme just get a load of some of that list and I can help with some of it, because I definitely know exactly where all those things are and it'll help get you on your way to this absolute masterpiece faster."

"Oh!!!!!!!! Sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nina fiddled with her phone before pulling up the texts she and Vette had had about it. There was an awful lot of punctuation in Nina's replies to Vette but, really, was that a surprise?

The list was pretty much what she'd already said: streamers, balloons, glitter (bucketfuls), bedazzler, steering wheel cover, sequined seat covers, a toy school bus, and a few bows.

"We, like, hope he likes it," she said, then giggled. Because, no, they really didn't care.

"Oh, he'll love it," Summer said, picking through the punctuation with surprising ease, half wondering if that was just Nina or if it was a sticky punctuation key on her phone or something, but leaning heavily toward the former. "Trust me. You actually head to aisle ~~handwavey~~; all the streamers and balloons and glitter and bows are over there, so you can pick out what you like, while I round up the rest, since they're pretty spread throughout the store. Plus, I know him preeeetty well; you can bet I'll pick out something he'll reaaaalllly like."

And what an incredible opportunity to really finally move some of the god-awful ugly merch that'd been collecting dust on her shelves because no one in their right minds would ever buy it.

"You are my hero," Nina announced, beaming. "I'll do that--meet back here in a few, then????????????"

This was going to go great! Great!

Miguel was not going to ask. He was really not going to ask.

...

He was stepping into the store. "Do I really want to know what a tamales-flavored squishy is like? Not to mention, why?"

"You ask that," said Summer, gesturing toward the Squishy machine, "as if anyone has any control over this thing, as if it was anything but a complete agent of chaos."

She'd accepted that fact within her first month of owning this place.

"We do have sample cups, though," she added brightly, "if you'd like to see for yourself."

"..."

Miguel thought about it. Probably longer than was healthy.

"Pass."

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