Caritas; Wednesday [04/26[.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Soooo, Summer was having a day.

Well, technically, it had been an afternoon, but when she got the text from Apu saying that Shunsui had apparently turned into a sloth and was tearing down the entire store with some new sloth bestie, she felt compelled to dig up her contract and find where it said this was not her problem. But she knew better, and so she sighed and was just grateful the morning had been quiet enough for her to get her jello shots for tonight finished and setting in the fridge when all this went down and she went down fully prepared to have pink-kimono-wearing sloth clinging to her for the next week or so, and then probably a nice potential lawsuit to dole out once he changed back, because who the fuck else was going to take care of an animaled Shunsui? Amaya?

She did not get paid enough for this.

Of course, when she got to the store, it became pretty clear pretty quickly that this was not your run of the mill animal transformation, because Shunsui (and the other sloth, whoever the fuck that was) had tried to attack her. So that was a whole thing, and thank god she managed to send the Shunsui-sloth into the nice display of parmesan that the cheese panda had set up, because that was not going to sit well with that guy, who promptly knocked sloth Shunsui right out, and then he turned back, though clearly unconscious.

And then there was the other sloth, and by this point, Summer was running late for her Caritas shift, so she decided that they'd figure this out tomorrow, and, in the meantime, they would just drag Shunsui's unconscious body behind the counter (please, like he'd never been passed out unconscious behind the counter before, come on) and then, between herself, Apu, and the cheese panda, they managed to toss the other sloth into the office and lock the door and put a sign on it that said "DO NOT ENTER. WEIRD ANGRY SLOTH INSIDE" and then she left the rest to Apu because she still had another job to go to that night, and if that whole thing was any indication, people might be needing drinks.

She knew she sure did!

So the bar was open, Summer was trying to forget about sloths for a while, and she hadn't even noticed what Tino was up to because, like the narrative said, she had had a day, and could not be bothered.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free if you've dealt with any weird violent sloths today!

Thin Mint
Tequila Jalapeño
Key Lime Pie
Green Apple*
Asparagus

Caritas is open!

Comments

The Stage - 04/16.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Yes, you still get free jello if you sing, but, well, how many people actually sing for their jello these days?

The Bar - 04/26.

[somethingwithturquoise]

With a bartender who maybe looks like she's seen some shit today, man, but had clearly reached her capacity for dealing with that shit until tomorrow morning, dammit.

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[stykera]

Stark had not seen some shit today (he'd seen plenty other days!) since he'd spent nearly the entire day in his apartment.

So when he came in to Caritas and took his usual seat at the bar he had no idea why Summer might be looking the way she did.

"Are you alright?" he asked. "Hello, Summer."

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Hello, Stark," Summer greeted back with a big, heavy, exhausted sort of sigh that made this next part seem particularly disengeniuous, "I'm fiiiine."

And then, a second later, as if she knew how unconvincing that sounded, she rolled her eyes and sighed again.

"Just had to fight my boss and a crazy sloth at the store earlier, no big deal."

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[stykera]

"... what?"

The mildly concerned look was now decidedly less mild.

"What happened? And aren't sloths slow? Very slow? Are you sure you're alright? Not hurt?"

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"They were slow," Summer confirmed, as if assuring Stark that he was right about that was clearly the most important thing in all of it, "but they were also big, and strong, and determined. But, yeah, no, I'm fine. I mean, my hand hurts a little from punching the one that wasn't Shunsui, and I did get bodyslammed into the ice cream freezer at some point, but since they were so slow, I was able to avoid most of their attacks. And once I threw Shunsui into some cheese, that got the panda's attention, and it was all over from there."

If she was entirely honest, it had actually been pretty exhilarating...at the time. Adrenaline was a hell of a drug. But now, in retrospect, and feeling some of the soreness and annoyance leftover from the whole thing...

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[stykera]

"Are you sure you're alright?"

Maybe he wasn't supposed to fuss over these things but sometimes he couldn't help it.

"Do you need anything? I could buy you a drink."

Or more than one.

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Yes, no, yes, yes, no," Annie dictated cheerily, making a face on that second 'no' as she looked up at the specials. "I mean, I guess it's in season, but what the hell do you even have to do to asparagus to get it -- "

Annie interrupted herself, frowning. "Hang on, what happened?"

Because Summer looked like she'd seen some shit. Some shit beyond whatever went into getting asparagus to cooperate in a gelatin.

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"You blend it," said Summer, who had dutifully set down the jello shots in from of Annie as she called them out, and with a withering look because she should know all about blending. "It's called a puree, Annie."

If it came out with a little more edge than there'd usually be with Annie, then hopefully the next part would help explain why:

"And Shunsui turned into a fucking sloth hellbent on destroying the store, and tried to fight us when we tried to stop him. It's fine now, the cheese panda knocked him out, and we locked his new sloth bestie in the office, and I am refusing to deal with it again until tomorrow. Better yet, Shunsui can deal with it when he wakes back up. It is his store,after all."

There would, of course, be one small problem with that plan, but annnyyywaaaay....

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie -- who had not thought of blending because it seemed so gross, wow -- took in this pronouncement with no small amount of confusion.

And after a moment, she seemed to land on, "I had no idea sloths were destructive like that. Are you all right? Like, physically?"

Annie had made a promise about taking a backseat as far as heroing, it was true, but she could help wrangle a sloth if there was bestie-imperilment happening, right?

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Physically?" Summer asked, then huffed out a sigh. "Yeah, I'm fine. Not a scratch on me, and I punched that sloth real good, all that training is definitely paying off. Mentally? Emotionally?"

She barked a rough laugh.

"I've already planned out an entire demand for a pay raise, I can tell you that much."

There was a small, reflective pause, though.

"Honestly," she added, "I'm just glad he turned back. Can you imagine being stuck with that guy as an animal for an extended period time? Can you imagine him turning back?"

Summer made a face and shivered with a revulsion that was easily on par with Annie's thoughts on asparagus purree.

"Bleach."

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[designateddadfriend]

"I can't decide what's weirder," Travis mused. "A violent sloth, or an asparagus jello shot."

Travis was going to get attacked by a were-something on the way home tonight, Summer, and it would not end up happening* if he weren't shamed out of being a hermit. Just . . . know that, okay?

* I mean, okay, it would, but not on his way home from a bar, anyway.

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Oh, whatever, being a were-something every once in a while was good for you! It helped....build character, or something!

"Awww, look at who made it out from underneath his firehouse shaped rock again!" Summer gushed, a hand to her heart, clearly overflowing with pride in this moment. "And it's the sloth, Travis. Obviously."

Asparagus didn't even begin to cover weird for her, which he'd know, if he actually came to the bar more often!

"What can I get for you, though? You want to try it? It's very asparagus-y."

She assumed. It's not like she actually ate any of this stuff.

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[designateddadfriend]

"Not even a little," Travis said cheerfully.

If he tried an asparagus shot without Vic around to be equal parts disgusted and delighted with him, she would never forgive him.

"But I will try . . . any of the others."

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Any?" Summer asked, because not only was that an important thing to be clear on, but it also opened up the chance for her to then proceed with a slightly nudging, "Or all?"

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[stykera]

Maybe seeing Travis at the bar 2 weeks in a row was the weirdest of all?

Nah. It was the sloth.

"Hello, Travis."

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[designateddadfriend]

It was the sloth, but not by a large margin, let's be real.

"Hey Stark. How's it going?"

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[stykera]

"Quiet, mostly," Stark said. "But fine, I think. How are you?"

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"Summer." Did Jon look a little jumpy today? Had you seen what was going on? "I hope you're okay."

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Also, it was Jon. Wasn't he always a little jumpy?

"Jon! Hey! I mean, I've been better, I had to fight two sloths just a bit ago, one of whom was my boss, but, I mean, hey. What can you do? What can I get for you?"

Look, she didn't see him much these days, him showing up was exciting!

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Well, there was that.

"Erm...the mint, I think. Thank you. And I don't suppose you have any idea what's going on with all these animals."

Re: The Bar - 04/26.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer set down the shot for Jon with a quirk of her eyebrow.

"All these animals?"

So that was probably a no.

The Lounge - 04/16.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Have a seat and relax in the fact that Cartias' sanctuary spell means you're at least safe from awful violent sloths (or other creatures! Summer's just been dealing with sloths, that's all) while you're here.

The Back Room - 04/26.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Also safe from were-mechanical bulls, but how would that even work?

OOC - 04/26.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Clearly terrifying.