Turtle & Canary; Monday [01/17].

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer was maybe a little bit distracted that day at the store, trying to pump out her inventory and her orders and whatever other administrative things she had to take care of, because she had that big Martin Luther King, Jr. Day catering order to finish up that afternoon, which had been a lot of work, and the clients were being kind of pushy about it, which, like, you wanted jello shots for an MLK party, you probably had way more interesting things to put your time and energy into than whether or not your caterer who could literally just instantaneouly portal to your venue would get there on time. Seriously.

But of course, that morning was when all the Swiss chalet/ski-resort motifs and merch that she wa thinking of giving the place for the winter showed up, which she tried to delegate to Apu to take care of for now, but apparently, he was too busy trying his hand at bootleg rye whiskey, which...just....okay?

"Boy," she found herself muttering at one point, shooting off a text to her clients while simultaniouly carrying a bunch of skis to the back room, "it sure would be nice if, I don't know, somone who actually owned the place actually took care of things around here..."

Which of course would have fallen on deaf ears even in Shunsui was there, but sometimes, it just felt good to merely say it.

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[notagoose]

Even though Goose wasn’t actually a Home Economics student, he had sat in on the class on Friday to at least get an idea on how to do normal things like grocery shopping - which he had never actually done before.

He had figured out the recipes that he’d managed to not burn or exploded or covered in glitter in class last semester which he realised was actually not that many but he figured the potato and chicken bake recipe was one he could manage, the pulled pork and then there was the pie that Ignis had shown him how to cook outside of class that one week.

But he had written a shopping list of the different ingredients that he needed - he had no idea if this was even going to be within the budget but well he figured he could at least attempt to do this the normal way … since that was why he was trying to do this, trying to figure out how to be more than his Supertrooper conditioning.

He also realised he was going to need things like pots and pans and general cooking equipment as well but he figured since those weren’t actual food, it would be fine if he ended up spending more than what the assignment called for.

So he had his list of things that he needed and making sure that he actually had access to his funds as well, since it was pointed out that he did in fact need money to grocery shop.

Now he just had to buy the food and equipment so once he had finished his morning run, he decided to stop by the store.

He looked around awkwardly when he entered since well he wasn’t sure he had been here at all since he had come back to Fandom.

[somethingwithturquoise]

And Summer, though clearly busy, took a few moment to just sort of glare at Apu to let him know his services were needed when she noticed that Goose seemed to just sort of be aimlessly wandering the aisles like some kind of giant lost puppy, but he was clearly not paying any attention to her, so she just sighed, rubbed her eyes for a moment, and set aside a box of cozy sweaters to go fill in another role of this job that apparently no one else could at the moment!

Still, when she found him, she was all smiled.

"Heeey, Goose!" she said. "How's it going? You trying to find something in particular?"

To be fair, this place seemed to be oddly confusing and large at times, depending on what the narrative called for, but that was just the way it went, with these one-stop-shops for everything in the multiverse!

[notagoose]

“Hey Summer,” Goose tried to not look like he was a deer stuck in the headlights but this was definitely something he wasn’t used to.

“Um…I’m well looking to stock up my kitchen and I made a list …a grocery list, it was kind of an assignment even though I’m not actually a student,” he trailed off awkwardly, “I …I haven’t really used my kitchen so it’s kind of bare,”

Well really that was technically his whole apartment apart from those two succulents that he had and had managed to not kill yet.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer blinked at Goose for a moment before everything he said was put in order with everything else she was organizing at that moment.

"Oh, fuck," she said. "Is that for Ignis' class? I completely forgot about that."

And now she had to wonder how many students might come wandering in with their fake shopping that she'd have to help with, and wondering if she could just convince them all to come on Wednesday instead.

But Goose, at least, maybe, she could try to help.

She got the feeling that Goose generally needed more help than most, really.

"Well," she offered, "all the groceries are on that side of the store, and hopefully it's pretty easy to navigate, unless you've got cheese on the list, and then you'll have the panda to deal with..."

[notagoose]

Goose nodded, still a little unsure, “it was for Ignis’ class,” he confirmed.

It was safe to say that Goose needed a lot of help, it was Goose we were talking about, he was pretty clueless about most things in general.

“and what about things like pots and pans?” he asked but then there was a tilt of his head and he echoed “a panda?”

[somethingwithturquoise]

"You haven't met the panda yet?" asked Summer, brows lifting a little in surprise. "You're lucky. Yeah, we totally have a panda that's in charge of our cheese selection, and he's, like, super particular and sometimes will get violent if you don't take his recommendations, but, thankfully, he also takes a lot of breaks, so if you time it right, he's actually not that hard to avoid.

"And we have a pretty good selection for kitchen ware, too, if I do say so myself," she continued, and then moved around the counter to gesture for Goose to follow her so she could show him. "After all, that's one of the few markets on this island that doesn't also have a specialized shot for it, so I get to bring in all sorts of cool things without having to worry about the competition, you know? What sorts of pots and pans are you missing?"

[notagoose]

“I don’t think I’ve ever been in here before,” Goose admitted, “actually I don’t think I came in even when I was a student,” he told her.

There was a pause and then, “er - I’m missing most of them, my kitchen is kind of bare, I’m looking to stock up,” you know three months later after he moved back.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer was going to stop for a moment on her leading the way to the kitchenware aisle to just sort of turn a little and lift her brows at Goose. The whole concept that someone had never even been here before, not even as a student, was kind of blowing her mind a little bit, and it took a lot to blow her mind these days.

Like, where did he get...stuff? Any stuff? Like even a pack of gum? How did he eat--

---well, okay, he'd just admitted his kitchen was pretty bare, and there were stupid excessive dining options on the island, but still. She sort of shook her head.

"Well," she stated, "you are in for a treat, then, I guess. But if you're missing most of them, your best bet is probably one of those, like, basics boxes? That comes with, like, all the essentials, where the quality is probably not great, but the whole idea is just to get you started with, well, the basics. But I guess before we get into that, I should probably see what you've got...or what you're willing...to spend, too."

[notagoose]

Goose practically lived off take out these days, since that was basically the only living expense that he had.

Commander Walsh knew if he left Goose to looking after his own household budget, things like rent would most definitely not get paid.

“Well the assignment did call to stick to a budget,” Goose admitted as he told her the amount that had been set, “but I figured getting extra kitchen supplies would cost more …so I don’t really have a specific budget in mind for that part,”

“I’m …I’m trying to practice cooking,” he told her, well if the fire alarm were to go off at least Summer would have a pretty good idea who was responsible?

[somethingwithturquoise]

Hmmm. Somejow, there was just something about the term 'practice cooking' and the way Goose said it that did not inspire a great deal of confidence in Summer.

Who was now wondering if she should throw in a free bonus fire extinguisher for Goose today. For, um, National Fire Safety Day, or something.

(She would gladly suffer through nearly nine months of Apu complaining at her that that wasn't until October if it meant not having a scorched apartment building, thaaaaanks).

But what she said was:

"No specific budget? I like</i< the sound of that!" By now, they'd have definitely reached the kitchenware stuff, and Summer just let her eyes drift toward Goose to see if there was anything he immediately naturally gravitated toward.

[notagoose]

Honestly Goose wouldn't have been surprised if a fire extinguisher was offered, considering his track record at the community centre and that he seemed to have a habit of starting fires both with his powers and without.

Goose looked over the kitchenware items that were available, "maybe something like this?" he eventually pointed towards one of the boxes that seemed to have a few different pots and pans and a frying pan in there as well.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer nodded at the choice. See? There may still be hope for him yet!

"That's exactly the sort of starter set I was talking about," she confirmed. "All the basics, nothing fancy. Perfect for...."

She paused for a dubious sort of look.

"Practicing. Yoi'll probably also need, like, spatulas and ladles and shit, and probably knives, too."

Was it wise, letting Goose near knives?

Well, at this point, it was kind of in for a penny, in for a pound, right?

[notagoose]

Letting Goose near pretty much of anything was taking a big risk ... half the time he would find a way to set it on fire or cause an explosion.

"Oh," Goose blinked, he hadn't even thought of any of those kind of utensils and realised that they would in fact be useful, "well if I'm already getting pots and pans, I may as well go all out right?"