Turtle & Canary; Monday [09/27].

[white_oleander]

Astrid was a little surprised that, first thing when she got back to the island last night, she got a message from Summer, asking if she'd be interested in taking over some managerial tasks at the store, since she was apparently leaving for a little while and she didn't exactly want to leave any of that sort of thing to Shunsui, because, well...she actually wanted to make sure it all continued to actually get done.

Eager for any distraction she could find right now, Astrid was more than happy to oblige.

It was becoming increasingly clear, though, as she came into the store after her Monday class so that Summer could go over some things with her, that Apu found this lack of trust for him to maintain the day-to-day business demands of the shop to be a grave insult, especially if Summer was going to be giving the task to Astrid.

"Oh, get over it," Summer eventually told him, giving him a withering, frustrated sort of look. "I know you can handle all of this, obviously, you've done it pretty much since the dawn of time, but look at it this way, Apu. If Astrid is doing all the ordering and budgeting and all that other stuff that Shunsui won't do, that leaves you all the time in the world to deck this place out for whatever made-up holiday your weird little heart desires."

That seemed to placate him well enough, even if he did feel a little called out, since she'd decided to say this just as he added yet another crushed can to the slowly building pile by the Squishy Machine.

Welcome to Turtle & Canary!

10% off if you bring in your crushed cans!

Today's Squishy Flavors
Chocolate Milk
Corned Beef Hash
Red

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[alwaysonguard]

Dwight had been up for a while by the time he actually left the apartment and headed out. He made his way over to Turtle & Canary to grab some supplies.

"Morning, Astrid," he greeted with a smile. "How are things?" asked as he glanced at the precarious tower of crushed cans Apu was trying to stack.

[white_oleander]

"Morning," Astrid looked up, blinking, from where she'd been hunched and leaning into the laptop Summer had her working with--computer use still did not come very naturally to her--and offered a faint smile. Tucked her hair behind her ear as she followed Dwight's gaze and then look back to him. "Things are....fine, thank you. How about with you? Did you happen to bring in any crushed cans? It's ten percent off today if you did."

See, Apu? She was being helpful.

[alwaysonguard]

"Ah no, wasn't aware crushed cans were a thing today...but if I come back this away again today I will bring some by" Dwight said giving Apu a grin.

"Was wondering if you happened to have any basic clothing items and whatnot... I've been on the island for a bit now so think it's high time I upgrade the wardrobe a bit. Though I'm not sure anywhere on the island as size "sasquatch" in stock," he said with a chuckle.

That was one of the many drawbacks to being his size- clothes were always a challenge, no matter how simplistic you went with things.

[white_oleander]

"Fandom's pretty used to some pretty big people," Astrid pointed out, even though, out of the two big guys her mind immediately went to, one of them didn't even bother with clothes, and the other not much. "But yeah, we have a pretty decent basics selection in Aisle Handwavey. Nothing too fancy, if you wanted something special, you're better off with the clothing specific stores in town, but there's still a good selection. And if we don't have anything in your size or quite what you're looking for, Summer--"

She paused. Corrected herself.

"I can order it for you. Actually, that might be a good thing, I can get in the practice."

[alwaysonguard]

"Thanks will do. Just need some basics right now, some new shirts and jeans... Though if you could get some boots ordered in that would be great. The pair I got I've had for quite a few years so could use a new pair. Though I doubt you have size 14 steel toed boots laying around the shop," Dwight pointed out with a laugh.

[white_oleander]

"You might be surprised," Astrid noted. "There honestly probably some in the back room, but with how much stuf fis back there, it would probably be easier ordering them than actually trying to locate them...."

She suspected Apu might know where to find them if they were back there, but she also suspected Apu wasn't feeling very cooperative today.

"I think Summer mentioned something about an inventory database, too," she remembered, frowning a little because there had been a lot of information thrown at her that day. "This place really does pride itself in carrying almost everything."

[[ lol, sorry! Work got really swamped and I got waylaid by a masssive headache, ugh ]]

[alwaysonguard]

"Well, the boots I can hold off on for a bit still so whichever way is easier for you in that department is fine. It's not like they are falling apart on me or anything" he noted with a smirk.

"Will definitely take a few more sets of work clothes and some other pieces here and there. Make weekly laundry day more of a preference rather than a necessity."

He had come to Fandom essentially with just his military duffle bag and not much else, so yeah, was definitely time to expand that wardrobe with some basics!




[[ no worries- I know how work can go. Hope the headache is better today!]]

[white_oleander]

Astrid nodded a little, eyes traveling to the laptop again, wondering if she could actually manage to look it up without having to bother Summer in the back office.

"Well, hopefully you'll find it in Aisle Handwavey. Or did you want me to show you?"

It was always kind of an awkward thing, not knowing exactly how personalized someone was going to want their shopping experience.

[[ the headache is nonexistent today! TBD on the work sitch XD ]]

[alwaysonguard]

"Thanks. I'll just grab a few things then and see what else I can find."

In all honesty, he was very much a grab and go type of shopper, especially when it came to clothes. Did someone really need to try on 10 different shirts to find something that worked? If it was his size and wasn't anything too extravagant, then it would work for him.

"Appreciate your help Astrid," he added with a smile.

[white_oleander]

A store as surprisingly big (compared to the outside!) as Turtle & Canary was pretty much made for idle browsing, anyway. And Astrid nodded her acknowledgement to Dwight's thanks with a "No problem," and then, mostly just to see if she could, she pulled up the inventory database to try and search for any size 14 boots in stock.

She did get a ping, and, looking up, opened her mouth to ask Apu to go find them, but found he was already staring her down as in a challenge while crushing another can. "Never mind,' she decided, figuring she could probably go back and look while Dwight was shopping and be back in time to help ring up the purchases.

And she returned with the books, although she had a feeling they wouldn't be quite what he was looking for.

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight returned after a bit with his things and put them on the counter. He glanced over that the boots and chuckled.

"I appreciate you checking the back but yeah, think we are going to need to order in the boots" he said shaking his head. "Besides, sparkles are not really my style I don't think."