Turtle & Canary; Monday [11/28].

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If the decorations around the store (really, though, you guys? Gift wrap around the Squishy machine? That didn't seem...like the best idea, but okay) and the topic of her and Stark's class weren't enough to get Summer in the holiday spirit, the nature of the mass text she sent out to literally every faculty member and adult resident of this fair island that she could find on those convenient directories (and just from so, so many previous other mass texts) sure would!

Hey, everyone!
Time to get out those ugly, terrible holiday sweaters
because the ANNUAL CHRISTMAS RAGER IS HERE!

Well, not here, but at THE HARGREEVES APARTMENT this FRIDAY!
(DECEMBER #3rd!)

Bring in December in the BEST WAY and PARTY THE NIGHT AWAY

Drinks! Food! Jello!
Ugly Sweaters! Karaoke! Mistle-Drone!

You don't want to miss it!

(Text Annie or Summer for more information!
Or you could just talk to us too I guess IDK)

That done, she tucked away her phone (for now) to finish up on her inventory and ordering quickly so that she could get back to sorting through decorations and ideas for the party, all the while very dedicatedly ignoring any acknowledgement or questioning as to why Apu, instead of working, was just making a copy of his own head in apier-mâché.

Today's Squishy Flavors
Still More Turkey
French Toast
Red

Turtle & Canary is open!

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Liz knew that radio had reported her and Prompto’s engagement after receiving a text from Steven so she knew there was a good chance that Summer had already heard about it but she still wanted to stop by and tell her in person.

She also had Pancakes sweater to give her since she had managed to finish knitting the matching sweaters for Pancakes and Rain a few weeks ago only the mun kept forgetting she had not had a chance to give the sweater to Summer yet.

“Hi,” she smiled, holding onto the package with the hand that was displaying her ring in a not so subtle way and since she had received the text for the party added, “I can’t believe the Christmas Rager is nearly here,”

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Like Summer really ever listened to radio that much anymore, anyway. Much like logging off of social media sometimes, she'd found that not paying that much attention unless she knew for a fact she was going to be talked about was so much better for her mental health.

Besides, she was in full-on party-planning focus mode, to boot.

"I knooooow, right?" she gushed, looking up from her phone where she'd been looking up a few new jello shot ideas. "I swear, it comes earlier and earlier each year. Before you know it, we'll be doing it, like, in October, before Halloween, even."

She did, however, now notice the package Liz was carrying, and the weird way she was carrying it that seemed to...

Summer made a tsking sound as her look shifted from that ring on Liz's finger to Liz's actual face as she said, "You didn't."

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"It does seem like it, doesn't it?" Liz nodded, "I can't believe it'll be Christmas soon,"

She smiled as Summer looked from her ring up to her, “I did,” she smiled happily, “Prompto proposed on Thanksgiving, I said yes,”

Well that part was rather obvious Liz.

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Summer made a face.

"Jesus Christ, Prompto," she said. "Thanksgiving? Seriously? Could you have picked a less sexy holiday for a proposal? Like, what? Groundhogs Day was just a little too close to the due date?"

She was happy for them, really, she was, but it just really needed to be said.

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Liz blinked a bit at that, “I didn’t think of it like that,” she admitted, “he did propose before dessert,” she added, “got the cats involved and everything, Hellboy tied the ring around Rain’s neck and that’s how I found the ring,” she smiled fondly as she recalled that evening.

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There was a pause, as Summer's abject cynicism contended with those details.

"Okay," she, defeated momentarily, had to admit, "that is kind of cute, actually."

And then she put out her hand. "Alright," she decided, "let's see it, let's see how he did and whether or not I should be checking the safe right now to make sure he didn't pilfer a bunch of cash just to afford the damn thing."

[flamesburned]

Liz had not even thought about how much something like this was going to cost and whether it was something that they could actually afford but she still held out her hand to show Summer the ring, “it’s beautiful, isn’t it?” she gushed, “the band is even tungsten,” she added, since that was important for any kind of jewellery that she wore.

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And actually seeing the ring melted away a little more of Summer's cynicism, though she still seemed to cling to at least a few stubborn threads of it.

"Alright," she allowed. "Points off for the timing, but points back for the ring. It's not what I would have gone for, personally, but he's not marrying me, now, is he? It does seem very...you."

She settled back again, relinquishing her attention away from Liz's hand.

"You guys thought of when yet?"

[flamesburned]

Liz smiled fondly at that, “it does fit quite well,” she said happily, “I still can’t believe it, I’m engaged, Prompto’s my fiancé,” her smile widened.

She paused, “We’ve only started to talk about it but we think it might be before the baby comes,” she told her, “maybe as soon as Christmas?”

Which was not really a lot of time to prepare a wedding.

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"As soon as Christmas?"

Summer's brows lifted, then she snorted.

"Yeah, well," she then amended wryly, "that tracks. You never really took your time with things before, why stop now?"

Honestly, now that she thought about it, Summer was honestly surprised Liz hadn't managed to expediate a whole ass pregnancy while she was at it.

"And, I mean, that's still more time than when I got married."

Summer, that was more time than the length of that entire marriage.

[flamesburned]

Liz did blush at that, “it has been a whirlwind hasn’t it?” she said as she thought back to the very start of her relationship with Prompto with a fond smile, “I think we’re only going to keep it small, for friends and family so I think it should be something we can plan in the next month,”

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"Yeah, small shouldn't be too hard to pull off in a short amount of time," Summer allowed, "and you could probably get some things dirt cheap because who else is having a wedding around Christmas? And I'm sure I'm probably going to really regret saying this, but..if you need help, I do have some...experience."

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“I would like that,” Liz said with a smile, “if you wouldn’t mind that is, I know how busy you’ve been lately, especially with Annie and Diego’s wedding being only last month,” she added.

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"I mean," said Summer, "I will be pretty free after the Christmas rager, and I do work best under a tight time constraint, so I'm sure I'll manage."

There was a small pause, though, and a skeptical look toward Liz.

"Are you going to want something on the scale of Annie and Diego's? Because I'm pretty sure that, as soon as Christmas, would be, like, the literal definition of a goddamn Christmas Miracle, actually."

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“Oh I don’t want anything like that,” Liz quickly assured her, “I think something small will be wonderful for me and Prompto, especially with it being so close to Christmas,” she knew they would be pushing it with how little timing they had. “Annie and Diego’s wedding is actually the only frame of reference I have for a wedding,” she admitted, “I’ve never been to any others,”

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"God," said Summer, shaking her head, "you really did live under a freaking rock before coming here, didn't you?" She waved her hand dismissively, though, as if to brush off that thought. "Whatever, it's fine, I have tons, everything from completely normal, run-of-the-mill basic bitch stuff to full on wedding massacres and blood orgies, so, you know...."

Her hands sort of danced like balancing scales on either side of her. "Pretty full ranger there, but I'm also going to go out on a limb and assume you're also not interested in the whole massacre and/or blood orgy side of things, either."

Basically, Liz, what she was saying was....you had options!

[flamesburned]

Liz blinked a bit at that, "well the BPRD is located underground," she admitted, "we didn't have much opportunity to go to weddings," she paused, "actually didn't really know anyone to get invited to weddings either," she clarified and then there was another pause at that last bit, "but I would prefer there to be no wedding massacres or blood orgies if it can be helped,"

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"I'll see what I can do," said Summer with a nod. "But no promises."

She was joking, of course.

....mostly.

As far as she could tell, Prompto's track record with weddings wasn't exactly stellar, either, so...

"Still, though," she said. "Congrats. Seriously. I'm happy for you guys."

So much so that, look at her, being all good and not pointing out how much more awkward this could have all been based on that bullshit that went down soon after Prompto had left!

[flamesburned]

Liz smiled brightly at that, "thank you," she said, "and for your help with planning, I know it's rather sudden and most people do have longer engagements," she said, "Prompto's my fiancé," she grinned, "you know, when he proposed one of the cats started to climb on his back when he got on one knee? I almost didn't hear what he was asking,"

Liz knew just how much more worse this could have turned out, she was just glad that she had come to her senses before she had ruined everything completely.