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Turtle & Canary; Monday [07/18].

It was always just a little bit worrisome when Summer came into the store on a Monday and Apu was just sweeping the floor or stocking or going about something completely mundane instead of setting up some elaborate thing in celebration of some completely made-up sounding holiday. A little. Sometimes, you know, the inspiration just wasn't there. And today felt like one of those days, but with a slight touch of something else that made it slightly more worrisome. The man seemed a little down due to this lack of inspiration, and Summer felt she should try to lift his spirits a little.

"Heyyyy, Apuuuu," she ventured. "How's it gooooing? I was thinking, hey, you know, it's looking a little sparse up front by the register, you think you want to put up a display? Maybe a nice can tower? We did get in some canned bread! That could be fun! Or some of that smoked rattlesnake? Always a big hit. Or, hey, it's summer, right? Who's not going to love those cheeseburgers in a can, huh? Maybe? No? Okay, then...."

The cheese panda must have overheard the conversation, though, because when Summer got back to the counter, she found him there, already taking the initiative to set up a nice tower of various canned cheeses in the meantime, and, once he was finished, apparently planned on standing menacingly beside it. To prevent people from messing with it? To glare at people until they bought some? Summer didn't know, but she did know she regretted saying anything and fully planned to just leave things alone next time.

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Liz was still feeling a bit tired but she decided that she should make a start on learning how to knit and she also needed knitting supplies for that so she decided to head to the store, in what was becoming a weekly visit, to see if she could pick up some.

“Hi,” she said when she entered and found herself tilting her head curiously at the tower of canned cheeses.

"Nope," said Summer, immediately, when she saw the direction Liz's eyes were drifting, "don't even look at it. Once you look at it, he's going to have you roped in, and you'll be up to your eyeballs in canned cheeses, and I feel like that might set a dangerous precedent for you in particular."

In fact, Summer was going to move out from behind the counter now to enact an intercept by joining Liz and casually angling her away from the cheese tower.

"Also," she added, "hi, Liz, how's it going?"

Liz blinked a bit at that but stopped herself from fully looking over at the canned cheeses and let Summer angle her away from the tower, “I don’t think I need that many canned cheeses or Dr. Lecter doesn’t need that many,” she added.

She paused, “I’ve been feeling a bit tired lately but otherwise I’m okay,” Liz told her, “I thought I’d look into getting supplies to learning how to knit, it was one of Dr. Lecter’s suggestions to help, I’ve never actually tried knitting before,” she admitted.

"I'm of the opinion that you and Dr. Lecter don't need any canned cheeses," Summer stated.

And she felt pretty confident that Dr. Lecter would agree with her on that point.

But the rest of that now gave Summer a direction in which to deflect Liz toward, and so look at that! Conveniently heading toward the art supply aisle now!

"I mean," she said, "knitting definitely has had a moment, there's no lack of how-tos on knitting out there. Probably whole swatches of YouTube dedicated to it, and plenty of supplies here. That's not a bad idea at all."

At least now Liz wasn’t going to have to explain to Dr. Lecter why she had suddenly brought back a supply of canned cheese with her.

“I was watching a few tutorials yesterday to start seeing what they’d be like but I think it'll be nice to try something different, maybe I can pick it up as a hobby,” Liz said, “but hopefully I won’t be terrible at it, I - I like the idea of being able to knit something for my daughter,”

She felt like she was never going to get used to saying that, that she was going to be having a daughter.

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Knitting something for your daughter was significantly better than subjecting her to canned cheese, too, Liz, especially if you were subjecting her to it based solely on the fact that it was there. So much so that even Summer had to give a soft smile and a little "Awww" at that.

"Ohmygod," she added, "if you aren't terrible at it, I bet you could make, like, the cutest little things for her, too. Adorable little hats and booties. And if you're actually good at it, maybe you could even make me something for my cat."

Was Summer going to be worried about the fact that, when talking to someone about knitting baby accessories, her brain instantly jumped to her cat?

Yes. Yes she was.

But it would take her a moment to get there.

Liz smiled at that as she imagined making all of those things for her daughter, “well there’s one way to find out if I’m any good I suppose, but it would be nice to make a few different pieces for her wardrobe,” she said, “but I could definitely make you something your cat, maybe I could make something for Rain as well, ” she paused, “if it turns out I can actually knit and am good at it that is,” she added.

Summer nodded a little with a faint gesture that suggested they were going on the assumption that Liz wouldn't be a total knitting disaster, although she supposed it was entirely possible and it didn't hurt to acknowledge that fact.

Still...

"You could totally knit them all matching sweaters," she said.

Yes. The cats and the baby. Although that just made her think...

"How do you think Rain'll handle having the baby around?" she asked. "You think she'll be jealous at all?"

Summer was 110% convinced that Pancakes would literally try to murder a baby if given half a chance.

“I could do that, couldn’t I?” Liz smiled as she imagined that, “I’m sure there’s a tutorial that I could follow and give it a go, especially if there was a colour theme you wanted to go with,” she added, glancing at the isle to see what options there were.

Liz then considered Summer’s question, which was something that she had been wondering about. She knew Rain was suspecting something was happening, considering she wasn’t living at their apartment at the moment.

“I … I don’t know how Rain will take it,” Liz admitted, “I mean she loves being with other cats and other adults but I do think she may be jealous of the baby when she’s born, I don’t think she’ll understand why she’s not getting all the attention,”

"I mean," said Summer, "naturally, I'd gravitate toward something pink, but that feels a little cliche and gender-conformy, so IDK, maybe something with turquoise?

"But, yeah. If Rain starts totally giving that kid the stink-eye for having the audacity to exist in the same space as her, know that I will be more than happy to bring cat reinforcements so she doesn't feel too shoved to the side for something with a stronger genetic and specierial bond. But hopefully, it won't be an issue and she'll totally love the kid."

A pause.

"I mean, doubtful, because cat, but I've seen plenty of videos online of cats totally taking to babies in adorable yet mildly concerning ways, too."

“Something with turquoise,” Liz repeated, nodding as she looked over to see what colours were standing out to her that would go with turquoise, “I think that would be really nice, if I can get it to turn out okay,”

“I’m really hoping that Rain will love her as well,” she added, “I mean maybe it will be like those videos and I’ll be able to get cute photos of them together and not have to worry about Rain not getting along with her but …maybe just in case have extra cat reinforcements ready to go?”

Liz was really hoping that it wasn’t going to be something else she was going to have to worry about, trying to appease Rain with all these changes that were happening.

"Never hurts to have a Plan B on hand," Summer agreed with a nod. "Just in case. Or even a plan C or D or even E, really, but let's just hope Feline Jealousy doesn't wind up being that much of an issue. But hey, cats love yarn, right? If the knitting thing goes bust, maybe Rain can still reap some benefit there."

Liz did actually laugh at that, “that’s true Rain wouldn’t object to extra things to be able to play with … she would probably love yarn to play with even with all her other toys,” she paused as she considered, “maybe I should buy her some yarn today as well to play with?

It wouldn't hurt right, to start bribing Rain now just in case?

"It's like you guys'll be learning to knit together," said Summer, clearly nodding with approval, and not even just because it meant a bigger sale!

Then she snorted.

"What if it turns out she's actually better at it than you?"

A cat who knits would be so hot on TikTok, Liz.

“We could get in some good bonding time over knitting couldn’t we?” Liz considered, “I could get her matching yarn as well,”

There was going to be so much yarn bought, whether most of it was going to Rain to play with remained to be seen.

She smiled at that last bit, “well Rain is Hellboy’s cat … it honestly wouldn’t surprise me if she would be better at knitting than I was,” she admitted.

Liz did not know what TikTok was, someone should definitely introduce her to it.

No, absolutely not. Enjoy the blissful ignorance while you still could, Liz.

"Please tell me you're saying that because Hellboy already knits and it, like, stupid goof at it."

No, that wasn't really how skills and talents worked, but come on. Summer was a sucker for an absurd premise.

“No Hellboy doesn’t knit,” Liz paused, “at least not that he’s told me,“

Liz liked to imagine after all these years of knowing Hellboy that she would know if he could do something like knit.

“His cats are always getting into all kinds of mischief though, their favourite target is Agent Mannings quarters,” she paused, “I mean Hellboy does claim they get in on their own but I do think they have a bit of help though,” she added with a grin.

Summer snorted a little again, lifting her hands to put some good finger quotes on that. "Yeah," she said. "I'm suuuuure, totally all on their own....

"Although," she added, a moment later, "that does make me wonder if you need to go through extra lengths to cat-proof the baby's room now."

Liz paused at that, tilting her head slightly, “I never thought of that,” she admitted, “Rain might try to get into the nursery, especially if she’s bored and wants attention, it might not be a bad idea to cat proof it just in case,”

"Cat-proof," Summer nodded, "squirrel-proof, gremlin-proof. The raccoons like to get into some trouble every once in a while, too....Granted, they're usually pretty good about not getting too much into everyone's personal business, but around here, I feel no precaution is really too much, you know?"

Liz nodded, “ I’m definitely going to make sure there’s extra security for the nursery,” she decided, not that that really needed much thinking about, “I’m going to make sure she’s going to be safe and secure,” she pause, “how - how likely do you think raccoons would want to cause trouble?”

It was definitely not something she ever thought she was going to say.

"I mean," Summer offered helpfully, "you're not Stark, so, already, you're doing pretty good on that front. Minimal concern, but never zero."

It had been a little while since Billy had stopped by and he needed some supplies and things for the apartment and the shop. So, there he was, walking into the shop, quickly giving the "unique" cheese display an uncertain glance. He avoided the cheese panda and headed towards the front of the shop.

"Hey Summer," he said with a slight nod. "How's it going?"

Summer met the question with a sort-of shrug, which for her, was probably actually a good sign.

"Not too bad," she said, then hitched her thumb off to the side a little. "Got those cloves in stock now, by the way. Hopefully, if they're not exactly the right ones, they're close enough that it doesn't matter."

"Ah thanks, appreciate it," Billy said. "Cloves are cloves at this point. Getting your hands on any is such a challenge, beggars can't be choosers ya know. And getting some with the some inter-dimension ordering strings pulled is a lot better than dealing with the runners and smugglers back in Cancun." Easier, cheaper, safer.... ya know those little things.

Spoken like someone who'd never really had any experiences with Summer in regards to her multidimensional dealings, although, to be fair, things had been pretty tame on that front lately.

"Happy to help!" she assured him brightly, and it was true! So far! We'll see if anything ended up biting her in the ass on that one. "And how've you been,Billy? Any exciting adventures on porg surfing?"

"Lost a couple boards at the beginning to Porgs more interested in pecking than surfing," Billy admitted, but that was exactly why he wanted to start with the cheap boards. "It has been an interesting experience for sure."

"Other than that, been working on fine-tuning some of the holo-suite programs" he continued after a pause. "Got a couple ones finished and ready to go. Already been able to test one of them out to good a review."

"If you have video of that," Summer noted, "I want to see them. And what kind of programs you got running so far? Go on." She gave him a teasing grin. "
Give me the sales pitch, tell me why I should haul my ass over to your shop for fake surfing."

"Ummm yeah got a few here" Billy said as he pulled them up on his phone and handed it over to Summer.

"And I guess the best thing about the holo-suite lessons is they are great for beginners since they get the feel for surfing in pretty much 90% real conditions, without the risks of ya know drowning and such. The simulations can also be customized, to an extent, to a setting and conditions that the individual wants."

Yeah, he sucked at promos and sale pitches.

It was actually not as bad as Summer had thought it was going to be, though!

She did have cute porgs failing to surf videos, though, so that kind of made anything better.

"Can the porgs go into the sims, too?" she wondered, asking the clearly important questions as she handedthe phone back.

"They probably could go in" Bill offered. "I haven't gotten to the point of trying it yet... they do seem to be making themselves at home at the shop so.... they might do ok in the sim." Billy looked thoughtful for a moment. "Might have to work up something specifically for them- shallow water, minimal waves... might help the Porgs get used to the surfboards more easily..." and he was just going to let that hang there as he tried to convince himself that those were words that had just come out of his mouth.

"Ohmygod," said Summer.

And that was it. That was the whole response. You pretty much lost her at the porg-specific shallow water wave pool, because now she was picturing it and was kind of in love with it now, Billy.

"I really do have to try and stop by sometime."

"Well," Billy said with a slight laugh. "You know where the shop is... at least, I assume you do. Welcome to stop by any time. Can even set up a special sessions for you if you like to come and see how it works."

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