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Fix & Clean- Thursday Afternoon

It had been a fairly uneventful week. Inventory had come in and Dwight had spent most of the time working on organizing everything that had been delivered and getting the shop displays in order. There were a few projects on the work tables that he was finishing up but not a lot lined up for afterwards just yet, so there was definitely room for some special orders or projects if anyone was needing anything. But for now Dwight was keeping himself busy with the menial office tasks and once they were done he might get back to finishing up the projects. Would depend on how the day went.

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Liliana was in dire need of new shelves. And a new scroll rack. And so many weapon racks. And mannequins for armor. Honestly, sometimes it felt like she was drowning in swords and armor. And with the Fix and Clean not far from the Infinite Consortium, it was a simple matter to step over to the other store on her lunch break. "Hello the shop," she called as she swept inside.

Dwight looked up from the stack of papers he had been sifting through. "Afternoon," he said tilting his head slightly realizing he didn't recognize Liliana right away. "Welcome to the Fix and Clean, I'm Dwight" he smiled "What can I do for you?"

Don't worry, Dwight. Your long nightmare of not knowing Liliana had finally come to an end.

"Liliana Vess," she said with a sunny smile. "I am in dire need of additional types of shelving at my shop, the Infinite Consortium. If I don't get some of the armor up on stands soon, they might revolt and I do not have the time nor patience to deal with that, especially if they team up with the swords."

OK so that was either typical Fandom craziness or there was a little more to the Infinite Consortium than Dwight was aware of. Either could be the case and strangely enough neither one was the oddest thing Dwight would have seen, considering he had been in Haven for most of his life before coming to Fandom.

"Well you are in luck" Dwight said with a small nod. "Shelves, stands, and displays are right up my alley."

Always the question, wasn't it?

"Excellent!" Liliana said, clapping her hands. "How long would it take for you to construct, say...five of both armor and swords to start? And the spell rack is more a repair than building from the ground up, is that still within your bailiwick?"

"Would need a couple of weeks to knock them out if you are looking for something simple and basic" Dwight said after a moment's thought. "If you have a specific type of wood you want I can see what I have in stock and if needed I can get an order placed easily enough. And as far as the spell rack... think I am going to need a little more details on what that one entails" he added with a small smirk.

"I prefer hardwoods, but otherwise..." Liliana shrugged. "The rest of the shelves in my store are a rich reddish-brown, though I'm sure that they can be stained a similar color regardless of the shade of the original." And then she chuckled, a rich, soft noise. "A spellscroll rack," she amended. "Though I'll understand if that doesn't particularly clarify. I have the original back in my store, which might be easier to show you than simply describing? But I can certainly make due."

She'd gotten quite good at describing things recently. For reasons.

"I have several hardwoods and can easily find a stain to match what you have already or get very close at least. Shouldn't be a problem at all" Dwight said confidently with a nod. "As for the spellscroll rack getting eyes on it will definitely help, but I don't foresee there being much of an issue getting the repairs done."

"Wonderful!" Liliana said, clapping her hands together. "Currently I've got spellscrolls in drawers and on tables and they're finicky, fragile things and being able to get them up onto a proper rack will make me feel ever so much better."

"Well looks like I got my work cut out for me, which is good. Idle hands and mind and all that..." Dwight gave a small laugh. "Only thing I really need still to start on the shelves are some measurements. You can either get them to me or if you prefer I can swing by sometime and get them myself, whichever is more convenient for you."

"My shop is currently open now if you've the time?" Liliana offered. "You can get a look at the scroll rack as well and an idea of the types of armor and weaponry, even, if you think that will be helpful."

"Always helpful to get a firsthand view of things" Dwight nodded in agreement. "We can definitely head over, I will get the measurements I need, see the layout and what you have on hand, and ~~handwaved~~ anything else we need to take care of."

"That sounds excellent," she said with a brisk nod. "My shop isn't far, it's on this side of town, between Furnado and the remainder of the abandoned warehouses."

Look, she knew that she couldn't have said where Fix and Clean was before she'd deliberately looked it up on the map, so she figured Dwight was equally uncertain about the Infinite Consortium.

That was definitely appreciated, hearing the name and knowing exactly where it was were two completely different things.

"Aye, will be easy to get over there for follow-ups as needed too. I end up heading to Furnado's fairly regularly to get things for Snoopy so definitely won't be an out-of-the-way trip."

"Snoopy?" Sorry, Liliana lacked the cultural context for that. "Did you also get him at Furnado? That's where I got my cat, Josu."

She adjusted her mantle over her shoulders, since it was getting a bit chillier these days.

"Actually, I found him abandoned on the side of the road couple of years ago now" Dwight said with a small smile. "He's still quite the playful pup and wears himself out still. He's asleep upstairs right now."

"Ah," Liliana said with a slight smile. "You know, I believe Furnado does a program where you can bring your dogs to play with the puppies there, if you're ever looking to wear him out sometime."

"Ya know, I really should" Dwight said with a thoughtful nod. "He enjoys it at Furnado. I've boarded him there a few times when I have had to go away for a business trip or one of the school trips."

"Every time I've visited Prompto there, he's been underneath a pile of puppies, so I'm sure one more won't be any bother," Liliana said with a small smile.

And magically, a neighbor appeared! Heading straight for the coffee pot, which hopefully had coffee in it. (If it didn't, it would soon.)

"Morning."

It was afternoon, Miguel.

Dont worry Miguel, there was a fresh pot just started. Should be ready in a few minutes. "Afternoon," Dwight said with a nod and a slight grin. Was it a greeting or a correction? Or maybe a little of both? Who knew? "Good to see ya Miguel, how's things been?"

"Not bad." Miguel hovered over the coffee pot, staring at it. "Weird week notwithstanding. Glad that's over."

"Yeah that was a bit much, even for Fandom" Dwight said shaking his head. "Agree, glad it is over." He gave a small laugh and shook his head. "Ya know staring it down into submission isn't going to make the coffee perk any faster."

"We won't know that for sure without testing," Miguel shot back. "You can do the control testing later and let me know."

"Right... will get back to you about that then" Dwight said with a smirk. "Might need a few weeks to get enough data and sample enough coffee."

"No problem. I'll drop by to do my part periodically," Miguel declared.

"How've you been, anyway?"

"As you should" Dwight said with a small chuckle. "And I've been ok...took some time off and went out of town for a bit. Got back just in time for all that madness to hit. Welcome back to Fandom huh?"

"Ugh," Miguel agreed. "Still, it was annoying at worst, so not as bad as it could have been."

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