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When Summer came into the bar that Wednesday, she was not expecting to be treated to one of the zombies whipping out a pair of bagpipes. She braced herself, but found herself, instead of wincing and wondering if Apu could send over a case of earplugs from the store, actually somewhat fascinated when the band started playing Freebird (who had even requested it? Tino, probably), and the zombie in question actually hit that solo with those bagpipes. And it was kind of amazing?

Although, she really had to wonder: "Okay, but....they're zombies. Do they even technically have any kind of lung capacity to even play bagpipes?"

Tino just gave her an eyerolling look, as if, yeah, okay, the weirdest thing about the zombie band was that they could somehow still play bagpipes, despite being, you know, zombies.

"Yeah, okay," Summer allowed, "fair."

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free if You Were a Wereanimal Last Week
Or Managed to Wallop One

Moscow Mule*
Zebra
Tiger's Blood
Gummy Bears
Hot Dog

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Apparently, not all the chocolate milk that had made an appearance on Saturday had been booze-turned-kid-friendly, but, in fact, had been brought in by Tino himself, because that was apparently his new thing. Just...keeping a gallon of chocolate milk on hand, and occasionally taking big old swigs of it like he was gym bro with water, only it wasn't water, it was chocolate milk.

"I swear to god," said Summer, "I can hear it just sloshing around in your stomach, dude. How do you even live like this?"

To which, of course, he just shrugged, took another big swig straight from the gallon, and went back to cleaning glasses.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Peanut Butter & Jelly
Martini Lollipops
Banana Cream Pie
Strawberry Peach*
Tomato Garlic

Caritas is open!

bigdamnprincipal

This year's prom had an elegant black and white theme, and the Community Center was decked out with tasteful decorations that had all been covered in black and silver glitter. It was still fancy by at least some measures!

The food and punch were untainted (and unglittered) for the moment, and the dance floor was open for a fabulous time!

defenderofdesmoines

Annie had dragged out every standing fan she could, when she came in tonight and the place felt weirdly...humid.

It wasn't, like, this muggy outside -- unless she'd forgotten, and this was just a taste of what she'd have to endure come July. It really was a puzzle, unless you were the kind of person who really thought a liiiittle harder about what might have happened to Tiny's ski chalet, and where the subsequent melt might have gone.

In any case, it was really giving Annie a little preview of summer in a way she did not care for, and she was once more dressed in a comfy T-shirt that neither strained against her small but noticeable bump, nor did anything to hide it.

~*Specials*~
Strawberry Daiquiri
Orange Creamsicle Cocktail
Pina Colada

somethingwithturquoise

Even when she wasn't working at the store on any particular day, Summer had gotten in the habit of at least checking what weird holidays were set for any given day, just because if it got really weird, and something went wrong, she was going to be the one having to deal with it. So when she walked into the bar and found Tino leaning against it over a book, reading glasses perched on his nose and everything, she just assumed it had something to do with D.E.A.R. and groaned.

"Not you, too," she said, coming around to behind the bar to drop off all her jello shots and get set up for the evening. "It's bad enough I have to deal with Apu doing this every week, and now I've got--"

It was then that Summer realized that the book Tino was ready was actually just a blank-paged journal, and she frowned as he flipped a page and seemed very invested in what he was 'reading', and she blinked, considered the glasses, realized he was wearing one of those cardigans with the patches on the elbows, and felt a flash of realization for what was going on here.

"Oh.My.God, Tino," she said, "are you trying to pretend to be an intellectual? Who are you trying to impress? Seriously, though, just a blank book? Couldn't even pull out ~~meta for~~ War and Peace or anything? Ohmygod, that's so sad."

Of course, he ignored her, continuing to 'read', nodding along thoughtfully to the excellent points this imaginary book was making, and she just shook her head and got back to prepping for work.

Although now it was going to bother her. Who was he trying to impress?

Were they better off just not knowing? Ever?

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Strawberry Basil Lemonade
Ohmygod Why Do I Still Have So Much Leftover Easter Candy??
Seriously, It's a Problem
Cranberry Whiskey*
Strawberry Cake

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

You know, Summer might not have even thought of it before, but Tino went ahead and made some sort of snide comment under his breath on how it seemed pretty convenient, didn't it, that she'd managed to turn back from being a squirrel just in time for her jello making and subsequent bar shift, and now, she couldn't really get it out of her head.

Because it had been convenient. But it was also just coincidence, right? Right? Like, she changed on Tuesday night, it made sense that she'd change back on Tuesday night, too, but did that mean it was somehow convenient that she changed just in time to miss her bar shift last week? Who would that have been convenient for? Certainly not the bar patrons who then just had Tino to deal with that night...

She was definitely thinking on this way too much, but it was wedged in there now, and she couldn't stop thinking about it, although occasionally thinking about how Tino was clearly the worst of getting her on this convenience bullshit was a good contender for distracting her from it occasionally. And she was sure, once people started coming in for the night, the distractions would continue.

But was it convenience? And for whom? Or was it just coincidence?

UGH. She was back on it again. Tino really was the worst!

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Rum and Cherry Coke
Pecan Pie
Watermelon Rum
Pomegranate Orange*
Korean Acorn Jelly*

Caritas is open!

chef_chocobro

Ignis was really hoping that, when he got back home after his shift at the diner today, Gladio would be back to himself again. Mostly just because he truly was a dull and exceptionally boring roommate at a potted plant, but also because he might feel a little bit awkward about it, now that it seemed he was planning the specials board around the influx of edible flowers.

Waste not, want not, after all, especially since he didn't exactly have to worry about not being able to look his roommate in the eye afterwards.

And, to the question apparently on all his coworkers' minds that day?

"Romaine, actually," Ignis informed them. "Gladiolus tastes quite a bit like romaine lettuce, and sometimes chestnuts, depending on the preparation, and no, I don't know that from eating my roommate."

The kitchen staff didn't look convinced, but Ignis had no way of knowing that. He could, however, assure everyone that there were no gladiolus on the menu today, at least.

Today's Specials

Wok-tossed Beef with Edible Flowers
Sorrel Caesar Salad with Strawberries
Vanilla Bean Chamomile Cake

Luke's is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Summer was, admittedly, a little nervous to come into the bar today, wondering how Tino might have responded to her and Jane's little lightly playful but entirely within earshot disparaging of how sad and pathetic he was, and she suspected it was going to have something to do with beets.

But the fact that there was nothing--in fact, there was nary a beet to be found--and that Tino just sort of....went about his work in an inoffensive, almost even pleasant, way, was actually so much worse, because now Summer sort of felt like she was on the defensive for whatever he might spring on her later, which...

Alright, okay, well played, Tino. But she was watching you, she'd be ready for anything you tried to pull, dammit.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Cherry Pie
Sour Patch
Vegan Marshmallow Shooters*
Strawberry Beet
Vodka and Cup Noodle soda

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

When Summer came in for her shift at the bar that night, she was immediately struck with concern at all the wisps of smoke drifting around and clinging to the ceiling, bringing her jello over to the bar and frowning at Tino. "Is there a fire in here?"

She wouldn't put it past him not to notice if, like, the mechanical bull short-circuited and the entire back room was in flames right now, but, really, there was no heat or no burning smell...

It was just Tino, apparently, experimenting with smoking drinks.

"Yeah, I think you might be going a bit overboard with the dry ice, there, buddy," said Summer, who, moments later, after mixing a few herself, could totally understand how this could get out of hand, although she was kind of wondering where Tino had even gotten this much dry ice.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Pre-St. Patty's
Lucky Charms
Blueberry Pie
Pink Starbursts*
Canadian Caesar
Caesar Salad

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Summer squinted at the stage a little when she came in, where the zombies still looked like they were dressed up for Purim, and she really couldn't really tell if they'd just forgotten to take off their costumes, if they'd decided they just really liked dressing that way, or (and this was her strongest guess, really) certain aspects of the costumes were actually, like, load-bearing and were helping to keep them together.

Whatever the answer was, she did not particularly care to find out.

But she did also bring in a case of Spaghetti-Os that were totally up for grabs if anyone wanted any.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Raspberry Champagne
Apple Pie a la Mode
Moscow Mule*
Sphaghetti-Os

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Soooooo, apparently, going to her Baked Baking class actually baked and saying yes to consuming literally every suggestion Stark had made for her milkshakes was a terrible idea that Summer was paying the consequences for that day! But it was fine. In fact, she was pretty sure making terrible decisions was all a part of the post-break-up recovery process, although, she had to admit, this one was hitting way different than all of her previous break-up experience. Who knew, that getting over a month-long fling or an on-and-off again high school boyfriend was not at all the same as saying goodbye to nearly two-and-a-half years (good god) of someone who actually was pretty much perfect for you?

(Except, you know, the whole priorities thing).

Either way, she'd done the copious amounts of alcohol thing. She'd done the getting blazed out of her mind thing. She hadn't done the blowing up asteroids thing yet because there were emotions tied to her blaster cannons, so she figured the next step was clearly the messy, ill-advised hook-up. She was definitely starting to reconsider her previous decision that access to her cell phone ranked way higher than a Hargreeves hookup, and she started to realize that you know who she hadn't heard from in ages? Ethan. What ever happened to Ethan? Tricia would probably kno---oooh, Tricia Lange, actually, now that was an--ew. Eww, wait, no, Tricia thought Summer's dad was hot and slept with Shunsui at one of her birthday parties. Those tits, though....

It was when Summer started to wonder if it would be very difficult to track down wherever Hemorrhage had wound up that she realized this was a terrible idea and even she had limits, and, really, she should just reactivate her Tinder and go from there.

And that wasn't helping, either, as she swiped through with a sigh in the moment before people started filing into the bar, because, honestly? All she wanted right now was a dude with an insane jawline, absolutely no fashion sense, and whose ears turned red in the cutest way possible whenever she started to get even remotely weird with it...(which was...often).

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Strawberry Margarita*
Lemon Drop
Cherry Fireball

Caritas is open!

begmetwice

Once more, Irene could hardly help but feel that she had outdone herself – though she could also quite easily admit she'd had help.

This year, she'd eschewed the usual fluffy Valentine's theming and had instead leaned full-force into having a hookup (ahem) with the blacksmith – every surface was decorated again with beautifully-detailed steel roses, featuring occasional pops of color amongst their petals, and intricate metallic vinework decorated the columns, displays, light fixtures and countertops. Discreet enough to be classy but prominent that there was no missing it, Irene had also affixed little signs crediting Amaya for her work, with accompanying business cards for all your blacksmithing needs.

Off to one side, there was a completely moddable NPC bartender Irene had hired off the mainland, well-stocked with thematic drinks, and to another little side was a table that would almost certainly be described in much more detail in the comments, featuring Summer's shots of varying…shapes.

Tables draped with red and pink satin accents were distributed through the store with the requisite sex-shoppy displays on them -- massage oils near the entrance, vibrators, plugs and dildos up in the middle, and the more intense gear towards the back. Naturally, some of those steel roses were laid out artfully amongst the toys, perhaps in an effort to render the toys less intimidating by comparison. Near to the entrance was a table with a large glass fishbowl and a stack of little slips of paper, so that once again, guests could enter to win one of several amazing door prizes!

Welcome to Dite's! Grab a cocktail, enter to win a novelty dildo or a beautiful set of daggers. Perfect for the last-minute Valentine's shopper!

[open to all adults!!]

somethingwithturquoise

Don't ask exactly how Summer managed to foist koala-Stark onto Tino. The important part was that she had, she was feeling very proud of herself, and she was giving both of them a very wide breadth to avoid having the koala foisted back on her until the end of the night.

She would absolutely subject koala-Stark to Tino for the duration of the evening so that she could better do her job, but she would never actually subject the poor guy to having to deal with Tino for any longer than that. She liked Stark, after all. But she also liked not having a koala clinging to her at all times, too.

She did, however, have some duct tape ready for the inevitable moment when Tino tried to foist Stark on the zombies and they found out why that wasn't going to go over very well.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Red Velvet
Sex on the Beach
Cherries and Cream
Cherries and No Cream*
Cinnamon Spice

Caritas is open!

sword_chocobro

Today was Ignis' birthday, so, of course, Gladio and Prompto wanted to do something for him to mark the occasion. Their first thought was to return the favor of all the meals and cooking he'd tirelessly provided for them in the long years of knowing each other, but, because they had known Ignis for as long as they had, they knew that that would be anything but a nice, relaxing treat for the guy. If he didn't spend the whole time facepalming, he'd spend it flailing over what was being done and how he could butt in and help, made all the more worse by having to deduce what was happening in his kitchen by sound and smell alone. And, yes, Prompto had gotten much better at cooking lately, but somehow, they just knew, if you threw Gladio in the kitchen with him, it was just going to be the exact sort of chaos that would result probably one of Ignis' worst nightmares.

And so off they were to let professionals handle the cooking, a nice night out at the nicer restaurant in town, where they'd dress up and everything and maybe even try to be civilized and sophisticated for their friend.

Naturally, Prompto was bringing along Liz, and it just made sense to invite Goose to join them as well, making Gladio feel just a little bit like a fifth wheel in the whole thing. He was trying not to think on that too much, though, as they were lead over to their reserved table (was a reservation on a Tuesday night a little bit overkill? Probably, but he wanted it to feel like a special night) and settled in with their menues with a nice aperitif wine (and sparkling juice, of course) to start them out.

[[ mostly for those in attendance to the little fancy dinner party, but Cafe Fina is most definitely open for all your fine dining needs! ]]

somethingwithturquoise

When Summer got in that evening, Tino was telling her (complaining to her?) all about the drink randomizer that Kitty had been using (abusing?), and Summer was just going to take one look at Tino, one look at the jello shots she brought it, and then looked right back at Tino again.

"Yeah, no," she said. "That just sounds like a terrible idea in my hands."

And then Tino explained that, no, he was suggesting it to rein her in, and then she just let out an offended sound and decided to refuse to talk to him for the rest of the night.

Which she was pretty much already planning on doing, anyway, but now she got to have a good dramatic reason for it. Everybody wins!

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Winterberry Punch
Banana Nutella with Bacon and Burger
Strawberry Peach*

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

After what was (presumably!) a day of frustrating communications fit to even drive someone like her to want to throw her phone in a lake, Summer was actually glad to be in the bar where (she assumed), interpersonal communication could be had without glitches or misfires or being reminded of that one time a u up? text got sent to Ignis rather than her boyfriend and he wouldn't shut up about it for, like, a month.

Although she was starting to realize that there was a silver lining in all of this phone nonsense when she came in to be greeted with a pout from Tino about how she hadn't responded to any of his texts. And when he tried to fill her in on what they said now that she was here, instead, she just gave him a cheerful, "Nope! Don't care!" and went to ignore him in lieu of focusing on her work.

He tried to sway her by telling her they were all jello-related texts, but she wasn't going to let her curiosity get the better of her when she knew that any jello-related texts sent by Tino were definitely better left on read.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Waffles
Bacon and Eggs
Cinnamon Oatmeal
Champagne*
Strawberry Pop Tart

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Summer was offended, and Tino was sulking, so, in other words, things were pretty much business as usual at Caritas that Wednesday, and the particular source of Summer's irritation was that, now that there was a new employee, Tino seemed to think that made Summer and him new besties that needed to dish about the newbie.

"No, Tino," said Summer, "I am not going to gossip about and talk shit about Jane with you. I like Jane. Better than I like you, that's for sure."

Even if knowing that Jane was working here made Summer want to start considering actually working more long sleeved shirts into her wardrobe to save her inferior bare arms the embarrassment.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Peach Bellini
Tiramisu
Lychee-tini*
Cherry Pistachio
Ramen

Caritas is open!

sword_chocobro

Some new equipment had arrived at the gym that week, which was kind of exciting, because some of that stuff probably hadn't been updated or replaced in a while. The only problem was that a good deal of it still needed to be assembled, and while Gladiolus Amicitia was a man of many talents, a mechanical prowess was not one of them.

Not for lack of trying, of course, but you couldn't really strong-arm your way through a sheet of nearly incomprehensible assembly instructions.

Thankfully, the gym was staffed with those more capable of putting this sort of thing together, and so Gladio was more than happy to just let them take to the task, and he almost thought about giving them gold star stickers for their efforts, but let's not drive a good bit into the ground through excess.

Atlas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

When Summer came into the bar for her shift, she noticed one thing immediately and could only give her cobartender a worried, concerned look.

"Tino?" she asked. "Where did you get all those sponges?"

And just as he opened his mouth to answer, Summer shook her head and lifted a hand and said, "Wait, no. Never mind. I don't think I actually want to know."

And, with that, she went to find a spot behind the bar that wasn't covered by sponges to set down her jello shots and get to work.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Guava Orange Tequila*
U Mad, Dawg?
Jagerbomb
White Wine Sangria
Cherry Fireball

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Just as the last batch of decorations were going up, so were the next ones, apparently, this time in the form of the bar being draped with all sorts of colorful streamers and balloons when Summer came in, with a bright "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" banner hung over the bar itself. And Summer, setting down her jello shots as she made her way behind the bar, just sort of squinted at it all.

Especially at the conical hat on Tino's head declaring him to be the Birthday Boy.

"It is not," Summer insisted, "your birthday. Didn't you have, like, three different birthdays last year?"

Tino just shrugged, and blew a noisemaker at her.

"You could have at least waited until the new years hype wound down," Summer noted.

But hey, at least there was cake?

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First one free with a karaoke song!

Mountain Dew
Old Bay Crush
Cherry Coke
Lemonade*
Sweet Tea
Coffee with Cream

Also, we have birthday cake?

Caritas is open!

throughaphase

The year was over! Almost!

Caritas was all set up. There were lights all around and the Christmas tree was still up, sprigs of non-yelly mistletoe hung from a couple spots in the bar, and there was great music for people to enjoy. All anyone had to do was show up and count down to 2023 with other people!

And maybe prepare for confetti at midnight. Sorry not sorry.

SPECIALS
Confetti Champage (Available in non-alcoholic)
Tom and Jerry Punch
Kir Royale
North Pole-adas
Dirty Snowman

somethingwithturquoise

Summer had definitely taken a little extra time off for the holiday; if anything, it was just good see and hang out with Jeremy and Roxie again (and, obviously, jet-set off with Roxie in the ship to do a little shopping on Gazorpazorp; it was practically tradition now), and she had briefly considered extending it a little further, but she really didn't want to miss a Wednesday if she could help it.

Even if it meant having a discussion with Tino about how, no, not even she thought replacing confetti with jello was a good idea, why would he even think that, she had a personality beyond jello, thank you. But he didn't seem convinced.

Not until she reminded him of who was most likely to be stuck actually cleaning up that jello confetti.

"Yeah," Summer concluded. "That's what I thought."

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!
First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Raspberry Cosmo
Strawberries and Cream*
New Years Eve
Golden Hour
Sweet Potato*

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Some of the flamingos who had performed on the pond earlier that day had moved their act over to the stage at Caritas, and Summer was trying to find a lot of things to do, because Tino kept trying to tell her about his Christmas plans, but she did not care.

So, overall, really, it felt like sort of a very average, typical, nothing really much to say about it kind of night at Cartias, and that was okay.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Fancy Ass Christmas Trees
Holly Jolly Grape*
Pink Peppermint
Figgy Pudding

Also:
Shrimp Cookies

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

"Uhhhh, Tino?" asked Summer, staring suspiciously at a spot on the bar. "Where did the Beanie Babies go?"

He gave her an odd look and she shook her head. "Seriously, though, weren't there Beanie Babies on the bar for some reason just a second ago? I just turned to grab something, and now they're---oh. Ugh. It's this island again, isn't it? It's being weird again?"

Because, look, Summer was just a grad student who picked up this bar job on this island because she thought it would be cute and help her pay for her school. Not that she needed the money, because her mother was a very successful people surgeon, but she wanted to pay her own way, you know? And besides what she experienced on occasion on this island, nothing weird ever happened to her ever.

Well, there was that one time a version of her from a different dimension beat her up, stole her clothes, locked her in a mall dressing room, and then tried to steal her girlfriend, but she tried not to think about that.

"I'm literally here only one day a week, you think it could at least skip that day of the week..."

But Summer went back to her business, until the Beanie Babies showed up again when she least expected it, causing her to almost drop a bottle in her surprise.

Today's Special
White Christmas Martini

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

"Yeah, Tino," said Summer, carefully trying to step around strings of lights trailing across the floor behind the bar, if only so she could start following the cords to figure out where he'd plugged them all in, so she could systematically start removing them, "I do think you went a little overboard with the lights."

It was almost a little impressive, how he managed to cover practically everything with them, but it made it just a little bit difficult to actually reach bottles and glasses and generally do her job, so she was going to just take a few moments at the beginning of her shift to dial it down a little and at least unwrap some of the lights that were covering the seats in front of the bar. You know. Where people sat.

Sorry if anyone wanted to sit on a bunch of pokey colorful Christmas lights, she guessed?

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Cotton Candy
Cookie Dough
Strawberry Peach*
Jack and Coke*
Lemon Shrimp Salad

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Someone had given the zombies their own ugly Christmas sweaters. Each individual ones, too, not even matching ones, which was actually kind of impressive? Who knew there was so much variety in zombie-related ugly Christmas sweaters?

The real question, though, was who had got them. Did the zombies get them themselves? Had Tino (sporting his own thematic sweater) hooked everyone up? Was it Summer's (also similarly decked out) doing, to promote the Christmas Rager^TM this weekend?

Considering how they all seemed to be regarding each other with certain levels of suspicion and wariness, it was a fairly good guess that, whatever the answer, none of them actually really knew for sure.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free If You're Coming to the Christmas Party this Friday!

Candy Cane
Cranberry Sauce*
Christmas Cookie
Eggnog
Gefilte Fish

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Apparently, Tino had remained his normal charming self over the weekend (could anyone really imagine Tino as a child? Would anyone ever want to?), but the zombie band had all been children? At least, that's what Tino was trying to tell Summer, as he, like a proud parent or something, tried to show her videos of the kid zombie band performing all sorts of public-domain children's songs, like The Wheels on the Bus and Ring Around the Rosey. Summer....did not care and was just trying to figure out how the logistics of that even worked.

And then she realized she was trying to figure out the logistics of something that already, at its core, defied logic, so she just decided to pour herself a shot and just not even bother thinking about it any more than strictly necessary.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song

Fruit Loops
PB & J
Hot Chocolate
Raspberry Limeade*
Mac'n'Cheese

Caritas is open!

stykera

The morning had started off well enough. There had been company and a distinct lack of a yesterday's capes.

Then the voices had started. Quiet enough that they couldn't always be heard but loud enough to be disturbing. There wouldn't be anyone else in his apartment, Stark knew that. There was certainly nobody in the apartment next door. But that didn't make the voices stop. Looking around his apartment didn't make them stop. There was nobody there but there were voices and that had Stark on edge. He didn't like hearing things that weren't there. It worried him.

So he opted to go somewhere where there would be voices that belonged to people he could see instead of only voices that didn't seem to belong to anyone.

That was why Stark was now seated in the Perk with a very large sugary coffee and an extremely chocolatey breakfast pastry in front him. Hopefully other voices here would drown out the ones that weren't really there.

[Open coffee shop is very open and the alien would love some company]

chef_chocobro

There had been nothing particular odd about the way Ignis' day had started, which made it all the more surprising, the way Ignis' day ended up going. Things had fallen into a certain...pattern, for him, which was both a relief, that things should be consistent, but also a frustration, that things felt a bit...stagnant, which was not something one wanted when one was making the efforts to rebuilt an entire world while also dealing with the mystery of a missing person....possibly two. Because while the absence of Prompto after the battle with Ardyn could be explained by him simply having perished, there was no accounting for his missing body, and the subsequent disappearance of Gladio was far more bewildering. Naturally, Aranea was immediately brought to the task, but when even she turned up empty-handed, he couldn't help being concerned.

But there was hardly time to focus on any of that too much; there was so much still to do with rebuilding Eos, rebuilding Lucis, even just rebuilding Insomnia. His day had started out much like all the others one: waking up, having some breakfast, sighing over the fact that it would be a while before things were back enough to supply the world with Ebony again, and listened to the radio before heading out to go meet with Iris and Talcott about their order of business for the day.

He only got a few steps out his door, however, before he stopped, feeling an absolutely undeniable and distinct shift his surroundings. The ground beneath his feet felt different; the sounds had changed entirely. Insomnia was far from the bustling metropolis it had once been, but this was an entirely different kind of ambient noise, far less city, much more....well, he hated to say it, but quaint seaside village. And if that wasn't enough, there was the clear taste and scent of the ocean around him, and, after taking a few moments to test around himself with his cane, and a few cautious steps, he found the edge of the causeway, and he just knew.

"Fandom," he murmured to himself. "Why am I actually not surprised?"

And, if he needed anything else to really drive his suspicions home, there was the fact of the cape. The sudden weight on his shoulders was an instant distraction, and a moment to touch it, feel it, told him it was some sort of cloak or, based on the high collar, opera cape. One that was instantly replaced with another a moment later. And that, really, was all the proof he needed.

"I just hope," he noted with a sigh, shaking his head and then taking a moment to orient himself to ensure that when he made his cautious steps forward, it was toward the town and not the ocean, "it cuts a good figure..."

It was Fandom, though, so it probably looked quite ridiculous.

[[ oh, hey, it's open! ]]

[[and just a side note, in addition to the loss of sight, Ignis also has very significant scarring, especially on the left side of his face now, with glossy milky eyes, although the glasses do what they can to hide some of it ]]

[[ edit: and he now also has a goose ]]

somethingwithturquoise

Every single one of Summer's iconic pink tank tops seemed to have some nasty, mostly unidentifiable, but oh-god-thankfully-not-actually-blood stain on them that day, but all of her other clothes (of which she still had plenty, of course, she didn't just wear pink, you guys, god) were fine. So Summer was rocking the blue today instead, which meant that Tino thought he was just sooooo hilarious by acting like he didn't recognize her or know who she was.

Until she started to wonder if he wasn't actually just being facetious and annoying.

"Wait, Tino, are you feeling okay? You didn't hit your head or anything, did you? Do you have a concussion? You might want to go to the clinic."

But he just brushed it off and insisted he was fine, see, that stain on his shirt was just syrup, he was totally fine. And Summer had doubts, but also didn't care enough to press the issue, since he still seemed to be doing his job well enough...

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Reese's Cup
Butterfinger
Pink* and Yellow Starbursts
Candy Corn
Floating Eyeballs

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

The animals at the shelter were all probably very, very confused right now, and while the more noise-sensitive ones had been whisked away to a much quieter part of the place, the ones who remained were still, clearly, ready to party. Not that Summer imagined this was going to be a wild thank god I have nothing to do on Sunday affair, it was still a party.

There were decorations, of course, the place dripping with banners and streamers in yellow and whites, silvers and golds, and with Gladio, Goose, and Sidon on hand with the helping, Summer barely had to lift a finger herself in that area of preparation. It wasn't much, no, but Liz had said she wanted to keep it pretty low-key, anyway. They had cake. They had puppies. They had karaoke.

And then they had a Prompto, and once that initial surprise was complete, the party could begin in earnest!

[[ ocd is up! text invitations were very handwavily sent out in a very 'if you think you may have gotten one, you did!' fashion, especially if you're close with Liz and Prompto already or a former classmate or teacher of Prompto's, because you know Summer looked that shit up. Or if you wanted to have received an errant text anyway! Or if you just want to hop in because it's a public place and clearly its hopping and you want to check it out. Which is an awful lot of words to say that this party is OPEN! huzzah! ]]

somethingwithturquoise

Summer was looking over some of the vodka flavors of the bottles that Tino had ordered in recently, with a sort of....introspective look on her face. Obviously, these would all be very useful and helpful for creating some new and interesting shots, but she was definitely coming to terms with the idea that just because you could, didn't necessarily mean you should...

Until the whiskeys arrived.

"Oooooh, is that beaver musk gland???"

Well. The clarity of thought was nice while it lasted.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Pecan Pie
Berry Sour Apple
Red Velvet
Kim Chi

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Coming into the bar for her shift to discover one less zombie on the stage was never a good thing, and Summer was tempted to just pretend she didn't notice and not think about it, but, honestly, a missing zombie did seem like something she should probably at least follow-up with a little bit.

Apparently, though, since they were working on that new country album, one of the guitarists felt the need to get more in touch with the genre and decided to do so by riding the mechanical bull in the back room, attempting to channel up a real Old West vibe.

It...did not last long.

"Rock, paper, scissors on who has to go collect all his body parts," Summer offered Tino, although she fully intended on planning to send him to do it anyway.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

French 75
French Martini
French Silk Pie
French Toast
Pea

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

There was a long, long pause as Summer looked from the bottle Tino was proudly holding up to show her as something new that had just come into the bar recently, to Tino, then back to the bottle again, and she shook her head, turning to grab a pair of shot glasses for them.

"I desperately need to try that," she declared. "I think I may be broken."

Apparently, this self-realization was not going to stop her, and now there were smoked salmon vodka shots for anyone who wanted one.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First one free with a karaoke song!

Caramel Apple
Pumpkin Pie
Chai
Mulled Wine
Lemon-Flavored Lambs Brawn

Caritas is open!

bigdamnprincipal

The lovely fall weather was still hanging around today, creating the perfect setting for some outdoor activities to facilitate family bonding and give people a distraction from trying to answer awkward questions about exactly what this place was all about.

Enjoy some food, get creative with pumpkins, and maybe meet some new people!

weirderthanthou

It was one of those insufferably nice seasonal afternoons, the type Fandom only broke out for major events: the temperature was charmingly brisk, the trees an autumnal red-and-yellow, and birds sang their merry fall songs in the trees - when they weren't tussling with the squirrels.

A glittery banner hung over the entrance to the park, drawing in all newcomers:

Welcome to Parents' Weekend 2022!

Welcome, friends, family, and other hangers-on! We're glad to see you! As far as you know!

[[ all PW guest applications have been accepted! ]]

somethingwithturquoise

You know what?

Summer felt like it was a real sign of her maturity and how she'd managed to evolve and become more sophisticated over the years that, when she came into the bar and found Tino experimenting with new cocktails focused entirely on various different Mt. Dew varieties, her first thought was 'disgusting' and her second thought was 'at least its not Malort.'

And she kept those thoughts to herself, because no one needed to be mixing Malort and Mt. Dew, and this was coming from the woman who had a drink that involved Red Bull and specifically a red Solo cup named after her.

She then proceeded to the specials board, where the words 'mushroom' and 'beans' accompanied the word 'jello shot', so something something glass houses.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Strawberry Cheesecake
PB&Jello
Mango Jalapeño*
Caramel Apple
Green Bean and Mushroom

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Summer's sangria night headache seemed extra bad today, even if she did try to spend most of her morning and afternoon trying to sleep it off, so she was extra not ready to deal with what was waiting for her when she got to the bar, which was that someone had apparently tried to beat her to the punch with the jello shots and the specials boards.

"I hate you so much right now," she informed him, in no uncertain terms. "And don't you dare say a word to me about karma. And go turn the volume down on the band's equipment. Just a touch."

Which is why, several minutes later, there was a shout of, "Down, Tino! Down! Not up! Ugh."

And that was how Summer got around to actually doing one of the Malort jello shots, because, really, it couldn't actually get worse, right?

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

I'll Actually Give You One Free if You Promise NOT to Sing Karaoke.

Root Beer Float
Cherry Coke
Old Bay Crush
Mountain Dew

Also Tino's Malort, apparently

Caritas is open!

throughaphase

It was that time of year again! New people were here! New people to date, get to know, or perhaps make a mortal enemy of!

You never know.

Signs were hung up in front of the bar, both obviously, and easy to miss for anyone who might wander in and get signed up without their knowledge. Above the bar was a banner (in glitter):

TONIGHT!
THREE MINUTE DATES!
GOOD LUCK WBRURBODY

Your hostess wasn't gonna question it. And a few minutes before 8:00, she took the stage.

"Hello, everyone! And welcome to Three Minute Dates!" Kitty greeted them. "If you're new to this, the rules are simple. We call your name along with one other person. You talk to this person, get to know their likes, their loves, their dreams. After three minutes, a buzzer will sound-" Pause for the sound. "-and you'll hear your name paired with a different person. Et cetera. If there is anyone you'd like to talk to more, the bar will be open afterwards for drinks and conversation. Remember that any violence will get you transported into the pond, but also please don't attempt violence in order to flee, that is rude to the rest of your dates. Now I'm going to get off the stage. Have fun, and good luck..."

She trailed off, not going to attempt to pronounce the word on that sign.

[~~Hold for so much OCD~~ OCD up! Date away!
The bar | Round One | Round Two | Round Three | Round Four | Round Five | OOC]

somethingwithturquoise

With Three Minute Dates coming up, Summer was absolutely prepared to convince anyone who wasn't already attached (and maybe a few people who were, just for funsies!) to participate if they weren't already planning on it, but mostly, she was trying to convince Tino to make sure to give her a very detailed run-down and recap of how it goes for everyone since she wasn't going to be around to get to witness it for herself.

Was she mostly mostly trying to convince him as a way to low-key brag about the big weekend away she had planned for her anniversary with her boyfriend over the weekend?

Yes, of course. Obviously. There were layers to her multitasking, this whole thing was working out very well for her as a whole for hitting several marks, thank you.

(In fact, her bragging about her epic get-away plans also served another purpose, as sort of a warning to Tino that he might be on his own next Wednesday, because, all things considered, knowing her and Barry? Something will probably go wrong this weekend and that something had a high chance of detaining/occupying them well into next week).

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Breakfast in a Shot
Waffles
Cinnamon Bun
Froot Loops
Vietnamese Coffee*
Lucky Charms

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

With her little emergency jaunt into space to help, you know, save another galaxy from another really dumb galactic empire type outfit, Summer hadn't had a lot of time to do anything too elaborate for jello shots tonight, which was a little disappointing, it was the first week of the new semester so it would have been nice to go all out for the new people. But of course her ship was equipped with any of the equipment and resources she may need to whip up a decent shot or two, so, by the time she'd gotten back, she was at least a little prepared.

And she was absolutely not asking why Tino was covered in pigeon feathers, either.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free with a Karaoke Song!

Or to new students and teachers!

Pina Colada
Screwdriver
Strawberry Margarita*
Cherry-Catsup

Nothing revolutionary here tonight, folks, but they'll get the job done!

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

With one of her classes with Stark being on Monday, Summer almost considered trying to shift things around a little for her Turtle & Canary duties, but it was the first period, so it really didn't eat up a lot of her morning, and she would just come in a little later than before, maybe stay a little later, no big deal, especially today, though, because not only had she been gone for a week, but apparently Shunsui wasn't even back yet, which, you know, rude.

Plus, it was apparently emotional baggage day, and she figured she'd better get a step-up on the bars by throwing up a sign:

Back to School Special!

25% off all Alcohol!

Also an additional 20% off for all new students and teachers!

✨✨✨We're Also Hiring!✨✨✨

See Summer for details!

And at least with all the baggage hanging around and getting in everyone's way, it seemed Apu didn't bother with anything over-the-top for some made-up holiday, although he was spending an incredible amount of time brooding over the 'overcompensates as a desperate bid for relevancy' duffel bag that had shown up, while Summer wondered if she should point out that actually? That one was probably hers, too.

Today's Squishy Flavors
Lemon Juice
Herbs
Red

Turtle & Canary is open!

somethingwithturquoise

It was rare for shipments of new stock showed up on Wednesdays, and, usually, when it did, they were horrible, so maybe that trepidation had something to do with the instant relief and fondness when what Summer pulled out of the box was not, in her humble opinion, horrible at all, but, in fact, was just the opposite.

"Ohmygod," she said, almost immediately on seeing the bright colors and then sealing the deal by seeing what kind of booze it was, and tucked the bottle into herself. "I love this."

Love at first sight, in fact, but would that love withstand the test of tasting?

"Hold on," she told Tino, "I need the jello maker, I cannot leave this un-jello'd tonight, I will be right back, and I swear to god, if you do anything weird to this stuff while I'm gone, I will end you, Tino. And it won't be pretty. It will be gelatin related."

So she hurried off to fetch her auto-shot maker so that she could whip up a few good sangria shots to join the ones she'd made for the evening, garnishing them neatly with a few sangria gummies that she just happened to have lying around, because, um, excuse you, who didn't?

And then she was going to pour herself a glass before updating the specials board. Sure, she was working, but she was also practically immune to the first glass of sangria by now, so it was fiiiiiine.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

LAST TIME First One Free for Wednesday Activity Participants!
(still free with a karaoke performance!)

~*~SaNgRiA~*~
Strawberry Basil Lemonade
Blue Kamikazi
Coffee*
Rainbow Cookie

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Last night, Summer had, thankfully, turned back into a human after having spent the week as a squirrel, and no one knew about it except for her boyfriend (okay, okay, and the people who followed her on socials since she was definitely back to posting shit again). No awkward transformations back in dumb public places she shouldn't have been, leaving her naked in front of people that didn't need to see that, because she was smart, she had a plan, and she was in comfy squirrel isolation in the lab until this all blew over, as it should be.

The worst fallout she had to deal with was Pancakes being a little miffed that Barry had to take care of her for a week, but, whatever, she'll get over it.
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Summer was just glad that it stopped in time for Wednesday, and with enough time that she could actually make her shots today instead of just throwing some into the quick maker. Unsure if she'd be in tonight or not, it seemed Tino had also attempted to make his own jello shots, too, much to the same goopy, unbalanced results as last time, only this time, he'd also added gummy bears, as if that would help.

"So, what?" she asked. "Are we drowning bears now? Just leave it to the experts, man."

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free to All Wednesday Activity Participants!

Coconut Raspberry Mojito
Key Lime Pie
Sakura Konnyaku*
Ketchup and Mustard

And whatever the hell Tino made, too, I guess

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Well. Whatever strain of weed Summer had picked up for last weekend was, she clearly needed to get more of it, and significantly reduce how much she was using because that shit hit like a ten-ton truck. She couldn't remember anything about this last weekend, to the point where she'd actually been late coming into the shop today, because she could have sworn it was still Saturday. It was like the last two days hadn't even existed for her. It was like she had died.

(And, in fact, she had. Apparently, there had been this whole thing with a ((fittingly)) giant gelatinous cube in some ((less than fittingly)) fantasy bullshit realm underneath some sort of statue? Look. If you knew, you knew, okay?)

But she certainly wasn't dead now, even if she was late, which meant Apu was giving her a little bit of a dirty look over all the basell stuff he was putting out and on display, which just made her snort. "Do not even get me started on the concept of double standards, Apu, because once you get me going, you will be in it for that ear bashing all fucking day, okay?"

With that, she got straight into her work, if anything to help her feel a little more grounded after having apparently lost two entire days completely.

Today's Squishy Flavors
Raspberry Cream Pie
Bread
Red

Turtle & Canary is open!

amitragic

Were you tired of socializing yet? Too bad, because the traditional Sunday brunch was happening in the park! And yes, with some of the... retro robot statues also in attendance.

The weather was good, the food and drink were plentiful, so come one and all for one last chance to meet up with people you hadn't seen for two decades.

(Or to just marvel at all the old people.)

weirderthanthou

Fandom's reunion mixer was as tasteful as last night's party had been, even if it was twenty years later. And by 'tasteful', we meant 'full of retro 50s robot statues'. They were everywhere, hovering over the food, lurking by coat check, hidden behind the curtains in the dark curtains...

Be careful, folks. They were Out There.

[[ open to all! ]]

weirderthanthou

Fandom's reunions tended not to start off too splashy. There was time to get outrageously drunk, sleep with someone, and then start shenanigans in the morning - you didn't need shenanigans at your opening reunion night party, right?

No, the community center had been tastefully decorated to Fandom party standards: with so much colored glitter that it felt like every time someone moved, they kicked up a small glitter storm. There were artfully crafted yet gaudy squirrel statues everywhere. Fosse lurked in a corner.

And the beverages were many, including a punch thoughtfully pre-spiked.

Welcome to the reunion bash, everyone!

[[ ~~wait for some~~ ocd up! open to all, including alumni ]]

somethingwithturquoise

Rest assured, there was not a single can of meat seltzer or weird soda in sight at Caritas that evening.

Well, Tino seemed to have somehow gotten his hands on a bottle of pizza beer, but that just meant Summer felt particularly justified in just mostly ignoring him tonight, which was, generally, par for the course, anyway.

"Just don't let any of the customers see that," she informed him. "I think I might actually have to try and earn some trust back after last week."

Which, really, she still didn't think the meat seltzer was even half as bad as some of the other food crimes she'd committed in the past, but she did know how to read a bar.

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free for all Wednesday Activity Participants!

Shark Attack!
Dragon Flowers*
Blackberry Cosmo
Cupcakes

bonus:
Sparkling Tequila Grapes

Caritas is open!

somethingwithturquoise

Of course the meat seltzers had somehow made their way to Summer Smith. How could they not? How exactly they'd gotten to her, however, was a question for the ages. It was probably a good case that, when depositing hazardous waste materials, it's was very important to follow proper procedures, Tino. You never know where that shit might end up.

Except, well, everyone saw this coming, right?

And Summer didn't even feel the slightest bit bad about it, either. If anything, she knew at least one of her regulars was going to go nuts for these. That said, it did make her actually feel it was a good thing the chocobros were dimension-blocked at the moment, because she was pretty sure it would give Ignis an existential crisis to learn he kissed a mouth that had also enjoyed meat seltzer jello shots.

She also probably could have just....you know...not, buuuut....

Naaah.

She couldn't disappoint the masses, after all....

Wednesday Jello Shot Specials!

First One Free to All Wednesday Activity Participants!

Oscar Mayer Meat Seltzer Shots!
Ham & Cheese
Original Bologna
Olive Loaf

Also some vegan ones
to restore the balance
(Gin and Tonic, Cosmopolitan, Champagne flavors!)

Caritas is open!

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