Wellspring Arms | Tuesday

[flourish_or_perish]

After Faye did radio, she actually had planned to take her own advice and go back to bed.

And instead, when she tried to leave, she found herself...at work. At the gun store. Where she sold guns, on the Tuesdays that she remembered.

Huh. And then -- yep, did not look like she'd be leaving for a bit, so. Good thing she had magazines stashed here, which she would go ahead and start reading behind the counter now, thank you. And hey, at least people would probably be less weird about being stuck here than at the sex store, right?

[open! this is your Layover Week post for Tuesday!]

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[sake_shinigami]

It took quite the battle in it's own right, but Shunsui finally managed to drag himself up to go and teach a class he didn't want to be teaching about something he didn't believe in, only to then find himself somewhat whisked away into the gun shop when he stepped out of his apartment building instead of the street.

Well, that was...interesting.

And when he turned around to try to go out of the shop and back on his less-than-merry way, he found such an action to be quite impossible.

"Oh, dear ♥," he murmured, not even bothering to hide his absolute delight, "it appears as though I am trapped and cannot take a step out of this building ♥. I suppose I may just have to cancel my class again, what an absolute tragedy ♥!"

You could definitely hear the heartbreak in every syllable, and in the sleepy smile on his face as he sent a quick message out to the students in his class and considered he was well-overdue to explore the meditation part of the store's name...

[flourish_or_perish]

"Oh, no, that's so sad," Faye noted dryly, smiling a little. "Those poor kids are going to be so denied, not learning about...what are you teaching this semester?"

You know, Faye kept up with people.

[sake_shinigami]

Shunsui himself wasn't exactly the most stellar at keeping up, either, but that never prevented him from simply picking up where things last left off.

"Ahhh, Faye-chan~~ ♥!" That sleepy grin broadened and brightened now that the full scope of his situation began to manifest. "And just like that, a potential nightmare becomes a most resplendent dream ♥. One can hardly take umbrage with being trapped when it is to be trapped with such lovely company ♥ ♥ ♥."

And not to be one to ignore a beautiful woman's inquiries (usually), he sighed a bit wistfully, dramatically as he added, "And it's a course on battle games, of all things," his voice showed all the exhaustion that avoiding actually teaching such a thing entailed. "And I suppose the ducklings," all of his students were actually adults, sure, but the man was several thousands years dead, they may as well be kids, "can consider this a lesson in that there are often things far more worth one's time pursuing than a fight ♥."

[died8yearsago]

So, yesterday was a little odd, but at least it hadn't lasted all day, which probably meant it was just one of those one-day blips, and Rosa could expect a normal day at the office today. So, she went through the usual, woke up, got ready, fed the dog, stole a mug of Tightpants' good coffee, and headed downstairs to the office....

....only to wind up in the gun shop.

"Oh, come on!"

Although... guns...

Could be worse, but still annoying, and if it weren't for everyone else, she was seriously going to start wondering what the hell was up with her stairs.

[flourish_or_perish]

"Welcome," Faye greeted her with a small smile and a flutter of her fingertips. "We're hanging out here today. Maybe the island is making us visit all the fun stores that didn't fall in the hole this week."

That...honestly didn't seem unlikely.

[died8yearsago]

"I guess that's one way to look at it," said Rosa, whose dull glance around the room as she sipped her coffee seemed to suggest that there were far too many other people involved in all of this to ever fit what she could describe a 'fun'.

Her attention was very quickly shifting with interest toward a pistol that seemed like it was just a little bit bigger than one she currently owned, and therefore, she could probably do well to upgrade....

[what_the_shock]

Well, at least one of the things he meant to do could still get done here.

"I brought lunch," he said, handing Rosa the bag.

[died8yearsago]

"I think there might be something wrong with our stairs," Rosa informed him.

The thing was that was wrong was clearly that they were on this island.

She took the bag and eyed him a little as if accusing him of actually being something positive about this weird thing the island was doing and promptly looked inside to judge what it was despite knowing it was guaranteed to be awesome.

[grenadesandohana]

Did Steve intend to go here today? No, but...

"Oooh," he said, looking around eagerly. Did Faye have a basket for shopping here, too?

[flourish_or_perish]

"See, that's the face I was making yesterday," Faye noted, cocking her finger at Steve knowingly. "Apparently we're hanging out in here today."

She didn't know about the half hour thing, given that...you know, she'd spent longer than that at Dite's yesterday, so she'd just left when she was done.

[imawizard]

You know where Harry would not usually find himself?

Here's a hint: he appeared in the weapons shop with a very eloquent, "Uhhhh."

[flourish_or_perish]

"Wanna buy a gun, kid?" Faye asked, like a normal person.

Look, she could only say, 'Hi, you're here by accident,' in so many ways?

[stykera]

Well, at least this wasn't as awkward as yesterday's destination? But Stark had, once again, been headed outside, after Summer's class. And this wasn't outside.

"Again?"

[flourish_or_perish]

"Better than the hole?" Faye offered, giving him a little wave in greeting. "Wanna buy a gun while you're here?"

At least he'd probably be able to look at her consistently while talking about the selection here? As opposed to, you know, yesterday.

[1000yearstoolate]

Seivarden has just wanted to get some cat food when she suddenly found herself in an unexpected place.

"Aatr's tits! Don't tell me I'm trapped in a place without decent tea!"

Most places on the island lacked decent tea, after all.

[flourish_or_perish]

"Oh my god, of all the things to worry about," Faye said, rolling her eyes. "It could be worse."

Also she was going to purposely not check to see if they had any tea, now. For all she knew they totally had tea in the back.

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight had left his apartment with every intention of heading out to get some supplies and restock his fridge, which was still quite bare after his three week extended stay in a hole.

When he walked through the door of his workshop, however, rather than finding himself on the streets of Fandom, he instead found himself in the one shop he would have never stepped foot into willingly. Yesterday had been embarrassing ... but this... oh the Island was really trying him with this one.

"Really? The GUN shop?? Really?!?!?!"

Knowing it was useless but still having to try he turned and tried to walk back through the door he had evidently just walked though. Dammit it all... Dwight took a deep breath and turned back around to see who all he was stuck there with this time.

[stykera]

"We're still aboveground," Stark pointed out. And not trapped in a sex shop with other people! "And this, at least, seems to end quickly."

[flourish_or_perish]

"It's not like they're going to go off on their own," Faye assured him with a smile and a little wave. "Stay out of the range."

[what_the_shock]

"Yeah, I'm guessing this is not voluntary," Miguel said, spotting him.

[firstofitskind]

Well, whatever grace Liam had that had granted him immunity to whatever had gone on yesterday seemed to have run out, because he’d stepped out the door to his apartment, and-

“… That is disconcerting.”

[flourish_or_perish]

"Hi, welcome, wanna buy a gun while you're stuck here?" Never let it be said that Faye didn't know how to hustle. Might as well make the best of it.

[stykera]

It was far less disconcerting than yesterday, Liam!

"It's odd. I don't remember this happening before." Of course, people getting trapped in holes for weeks hadn't happened before either. "Hello, Liam."

[what_the_shock]

Miguel got his own coffee - at least he'd made extra today - grabbed some lunch for Rosa, and headed downstairs.

And ended up in the gun shop?

"Ooookay..."

[flourish_or_perish]

"Ugh," Faye replied, because she was not going to greet her nemesis with more than that.