Fix & Clean- Friday Afternoon

[alwaysonguard]

There had been a lot going on lately... end of the term, a fire that was a little too close for comfort, and whatever all those crazy animals were. Dwight had had enough of Fandom being, well, Fandom and was looking forward to getting some much-needed organizing and work done around the shop.

So, if anyone needed him, he was in, the shop doors propped open, as he started working through a couple of weeks of ignore office work, inventory ordering, and general straightening up.

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[what_the_shock]

So long as there was coffee, there would be a nosy neighbor. Miguel walked in, made a beeline for the machine, then hopped up on a table and sipped it. "Last week was a weird one, huh?"

[alwaysonguard]

There would always be coffee if Dwight had anything to say about it.

"Hey Miguel. Yeah, that was one of the weirdest things yet the island's thrown at us, I think" And he had been here for some weird ones over the years. "How did you and Rosa fair? I managed to avoid most of the chaos."

[what_the_shock]

"I was out. Think Rosa stayed in. Heard it got pretty nuts, though. You turn into anything interesting?"

[alwaysonguard]

"Naw, managed to miss this one this time around. Had a few close calls with a couple of the critters but managed to stay conveniently 'me shaped' through it all."

[what_the_shock]

"Always a good sign," Miguel noted, toasting with his mug. He waved around the store. "Any of this left from that, or is it all just normal disarray?"

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight gave a sigh as he rubbed the back of his head. "Unfortunately, I can't blame any of this on island shenanigans. This si all lack of organization and trying to get ready for the summer orders."

[what_the_shock]

"Blame it on 'em anyway," Miguel said. "Anything I can help with? I don't vacuum."

[alwaysonguard]

"Oh now see, I was just getting ready to try and vacuum up some of the sawdust around here" Dwight said with a smirk. "Could use a hand sorting through the inventory boxes if you are bored enough."

[what_the_shock]

Miguel shrugged and moved to perch next to one of the boxes. "What are you sorting by - name, function, size?"

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight grabbed one of the boxes and opened it. "By type/function, basically. Tools on one wall, product samples on another, keeping it pretty basic for the time being."

[what_the_shock]

"Okay, that much I can probably do," Miguel answered. It wasn't like he knew wood files from metal files, but he could tell a screwdriver from a paint chip.

He opened a box and got started sorting.

[alwaysonguard]

You would be surprised how easy it is to pick up on things... but Dwight was just glad to have Miguel stopping by again. It seemed like it had been quite a while since they had had a good coffee talk.

"Appreciate it. Kinda let things get away between all the stuff the island's been throwing at us between the dire and the were-creatures and everything else."

[what_the_shock]

Miguel waved it off. "Glad to get my coffee fix again, now my work's burned down."

Yes, he had a coffee machine at home. More than one. What was your point?

[alwaysonguard]

"Yeah heard about that... Shame. Hopefully they will get it rebuilt quickly" Dwight said with a small lift if his mug.

[what_the_shock]

"It's Fandom," Miguel said, shrugging. "It'll probably end up being built out of a living building or something."

[alwaysonguard]

"Fnadom keeping things interesting... sounds about right," Dwight said with a nod. "Guess time will tell."

[what_the_shock]

"Time and Duke." Miguel finished sorting the box and brought the stuff to where it belonged. "Got any fun projects coming up?"

[alwaysonguard]

"Haven't gotten anything big lined up, but the summer usually gets pretty busy so it will probably start hitting anytime now."

Hence all the organizing and trying to prepare and be productive. Ya know, boring responsible adult stuff.

[what_the_shock]

"You teaching again?"