I probably should've done this… oh, a week and a half ago, but I totally spazzed out on it.

Anyway, at work I switched into a completely different department (which is totally awesome and I love it, but that's not the point of this) BUT their internet security is way way way more restrictive than my old position's was so the long and short of it is: none of my girls will really be around from 8am to 4pm CST.

I can ping from my phone, but that's about it. So it'll be massive SP during the day, but I'll totally still be around during the evening and most of the weekends.

This goes for Ino, Hinata, and Maron. ^^

Ben, Tino, and Teeone were all at the bar playing some UNO. Ben and Tino couldn't prove it, but they were both pretty sure the droid was cheating somehow.

[OOC: Still working a lot of overtime, explaining the lateness.]

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For the second time, Cobra Commander's face appeared on every television screen in the world.

"People of the world, we live in a time of upheaval. Of competing parties, treaties, and creeds. This...chaos threatens your lives on a daily basis. I have come to bring order to that chaos. My order.

"Moments ago, I detonated a thermonuclear bomb in an uninhabited region of the middle east called the Empty Quarter. Consider it a demonstration, and a warning. Cobra now commands nuclear launch facilities on three continents. WE can and will deploy these weapons where we want, when we want. And if world powers to nod accede to my authority...I will begin choosing populated targets."

[Available to be seen if anyone wants to. Coming up, some pings from around the world and the US.]

Jon was late to work today, but he really didn't care all that much. He had a mourning girlfriend to take care, so he wasn't really paying attention to anything besides the Godiva website.

Hey, chocolate was never a wrong gift. Unless, you know, someone was allergic to it or something.

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Fortunately, there didn't seem to be any attacking vegetables in town today. There was nothing attacking, nothing to shoot, and that was a GOOD thing.

At least, that's what Jack kept telling himself. He wasn't disappointed they were gone, no he really wasn't.

Okay, maybe a little.

Which explained why Jack brought his P90 to the store with him, and set it down on the counter in front of him. To his surprise, the cash register started throwing a FIT at having to share counter space with an instrument of war.

Have you ever tried soothing a cash register's hurt feelings? Or arguing with it once that didn't work? Jack wouldn't recommend either. He was just about THIS close to putting a bullet through the frigging machine.

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Okay, so she was late. Call it fashionably late, or whatever. Elena was going to help herself to some of the absinthe behind the counter -- which had a lovely kick to it -- and then convince herself to buy that one dress she'd been eying. She did have a totally-not-a-date-dammit this weekend ...

(OCD-free and open and whatnot)

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Curtains

We thank you, once again, for joining us. See you next week!

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Vida had had a lovely hat made of grape tomatoes and other assorted garnishes.

Had being the key word.

Now it was a squishy red mess. Needless to say, Vida was not happy, and was today giving the hat a proper burial beneath some potted hydrangeas.


Covent Garden Flowers

Vida Boheme, prop.
Fresh flowers from nosegays to bouquets!
Delivery available upon request.

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Summer had wracked her brain trying to come up with a lesson for today's class but decided today was good as any to show a movie.

"Hey guys," Summer smiled, once her students were in their seats. "I've decided to designate today as a movie day. Feel free to sit back and enjoy."

She pressed play on the DVD player and sat back to watch the movie, settling into a seat in the back of the room.

[OOC: OCD is on its way up!]

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Geoffrey had two notebooks now. Two notebooks, and he looked very preoccupied as he looked from one to the other. Occasionally he'd munch on a muffin (he couldn't tell you what kind of muffin it was if you paid him) but mostly he was looking back and forth, sometimes copying something from one side to the other.

This should be fun.

[ocd up!]

The Calligraphy exhibit was still up, as were the posters about the benefit on Saturday. Sophie was going over the numbers for food donations, and feeling they had things fairly well prepared by now.

There was cider, cocoa and coffee on the sideboard.

[open and OCD free]

"There are those that believe," Castiel started without preamble, "that to do harm to any other living, sentient creature is a sin. And to a certain extent, they may be right. To do harm with malicious intent, for no purpose other than the act of doing harm itself, is an act of evil. However, to do harm for the purposes of continuing one's own survival, such as in matters of self-defense or in procuring food, is not.

"Nor is stepping on or accidentally inhaling bugs. In case you were wondering.

"Doing harm to those creatures who are not normally sentient and animated in order to provide sanctuary or safety for others is also not a sin. Doing harm to those creatures who are not normally sentient and animated and are doing harm to others for one's own entertainment is . . . less of a black and white issue, but I rather think that one may be forgiven for enjoying the act of clearing the way for others to pass in safety." Yeah, he was pretty clearly talking about the vegetables, here. It's possible he had a little too much fun smiting them on Tuesday. "Doing harm to others for your mutual entertainment is . . ." Castiel frowned. "Well, to be honest, I'm not certain, but it may fall under that whole 'God doesn't care what you do with your reproductive systems' thing."

Just in case you were wondering.

[ooc: OCD is up. May be bouts of slowplay today, depending on how busy things get at work.]

There was coffee and a mountain of paperwork on Lindsay's desk. A rather huge amount actually.

Anyone walking into her office right now would probably find Lindsay calculating either the amount of coffee it would take to finish the pile of paperwork versus just throwing it in the paper shredder and dealing with it later.

Right now that shredder was looking mighty attractive.

The dishwasher and busboy were looking at Priestly with something resembling awe, today. Apparently they'd listened to the radio and heard about him valiantly saving the hot lady from the gallery.

The cook was in an even worse mood than usual, muttering something about how "it doesn't take that much talent to chop vegetables". Priestly ignored him.

Today's specials
Veggie burgers
Shredded carrot salad
Pumpkin bars

Luke's was open (and possibly taking revenge on the poor veggies).

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Missing his girlfriend meant that the first thing Johnny did when he and Savannah arrived, was take advantage of the lovely little private cottage, and more importantly the bed within. He let her know just how much he missed her and it was totally hot. And awesome. A couple - yes.. a couple - hours later, they showered and changed into their suits to head out to the beach. It was a gorgeous night and the stars were bright.

There was crab salad, cheese and crackers, and tropical drinks set up on a small table for their pleasure. Johnny paid handsomely for privacy so while pampering was expected, the help was rarely seen.

"You don't have to go back until Sunday, right?" he asked Savannah, leaning close to tease her lips with a small chunk of pineapple.

[[ OOC: NFB due to distance. For the girl ;) and up early for SP love. ]]

With a day off from classes and work, Layla was lounging on the sofa with her Chuck Taylor's and striped socks resting up on the coffee table watching watching old episodes of Seraph.

Next to her was a giant bowl of pink and green potato chips that she found on a back shelf at the local Kwik Stop that she was totally willing to share...

Though if you were smart you probably wouldn't want to partake of them.

[Open of course...]

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Hoshi had planned to work on her article for tomorrow's paper so she was not pleased to see that Gunther had another stack of papers for her to translate. She was especially unhappy after reading the first few pages. "I seriously doubt that you're related to the last Russian tsar, Gunther," she said. Unfortunately, giving Gunther a challenge to prove his ancestry meant that she was stuck translating a whole bunch of documents in addition to his manuscript.

Welcome to the Arms Hotel!
Today's Special
Baked Pumpkin

[Open! The OCD is distracted trying to sell her Twitter username to the highest bidder.]

Sam had given more than a little thought to whether or not he could stand to be in the library today. There were a lot of places in Fandom that reminded him of Peter, but considering the number of times Peter visited him during work, even before they started dating, the library held some of Sam's strongest memories. In the end, Sam decided that Peter wouldn't want him putting his responsibilities on hold, and that was enough of an incentive to get him inside today. He had a book on the desk to make it look like he was reading, even while he just sat at the desk and let his mind wander.

Ziva was just putting the finishing touches on everything in the Danger Shop when the students started arriving. Instead of one racetrack today, there were three, arranged in increasing levels of scariness.

"I am well aware that you are all at different skill levels when it comes to driving," she said. "In order to accommodate that, I thought that perhaps I would give you multiple options for practicing today. You may choose whichever course you would like, depending on whether you wish to take it easy today, or challenge yourselves."

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Reese leaned against her desk and proceeded to read the reports she'd missed while she was gone. Fortunately, unlike LAPD Fandom had little to no crime so she expected to finish reading after lunch or even well before that.

Paper cups littered her desk and she had a distracted frown on her face.

(Open!)

Thursdays were Gig days and this week was no exception.

Helen busied herself with caring for the horses and the equipment so that she'd have some time to ride in the afternoon.

Millie was in a particularly fine mood today. No particular reason, except perhaps the day and the lack of giant attacking vegetables.

And in honor of her fine mood she'd put up a sign in the window.

10% off all vegetarian cookbooks merchandise in the store!

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She'd be damned if she knew how it got there, but Katchoo had some pop-country song stuck in her head this morning. It wasn't as if she even liked country music, but how the hell did this even remotely count? No clue, and not knowing the answer to a trivial, irrelevant, and nagging question was one of those sand-in-the-shoe irritants. Combine that with the usual hotbed of issue-poking that was Ethics and she was . . . touchy.

Which -- hey, she might not be drinking as much lately, but she still smoked like a damn chimney, and she'd be taking every opportunity possible today to do just that.

Lovely.

[OOC: I couldn't tell you where that came from. Actually I could but there would be extreme measures to avoid my further embarrassment. Open, this post shall be.]

Tara's stomach was still clenched from the discussion in Ethics class as she got to the shop.

She didn't think she could kill. (Vampires or demons, maybe, if she had to, and she'd taken down a few zucchini Tuesday. But a human? No. Never. Not unless there was a threat and no other choices. ) But hearing what everyone else had said about it had her wondering if, maybe, she'd just been fortunate not to have to make that choice.

It was something to ponder as she straightened the shop and refilled the jars of herbs.

When the students filed into the classroom today, they might notice that the usual guy in the red pyjamas was not actually there. There was, however, a dingo. And a Zack, standing near said dingo, scratching his head and looking very perplexed indeed.

"Arthur, I think this is Deadpool," he noted, and then he shrugged and pulled a ham sandwich out of his pocket. Look, if your pockets were as deep as Zack's, you'd carry a ham sandwich or ninety-nine around with you near lunchtime, too. "I mean, he's kinda got that look to him, you know?"

That crazed dingo look.

"Because what we needed were more animal transformations," Arthur muttered. Not that he was grumpy. "All right. We have a duty to fulfill. Zack, round up everyone--"

"--Arthur! Look! I can make him sing for the ham!"

The resulting howl was possibly the most horrible noise that the world had ever known.

Arthur reached over and soundly smacked Zack over the back of his head. That one was deserved. "While your lack of attention is bad enough at the reserves," he hissed, "Try and stay serious while we are in a teaching position."

Zack kinda grimaced, and then threw the sandwich entire at the dingo. The Deadpool. The Deadpool-dingo. Which was kinda the coolest thing ever and oh, maybe if he'd kept the sandwich, he could have made him do tricks!

"Right! So, class assignment, or something. Uh." Zack looked sideways at Arthur, smiling sheepishly. "We're in the Danger Shop. I say we program in some wild animals and let you guys fend them off. With swords, naturally."

Arthur rubbed his forehead. "Naturally," he said, dry as the desert. "In an orderly fashion. Try to achieve some kind of--" He made a vague, sweeping gesture with his arm, "Verisimilitude." He paused, and considered the class. "You have my guarantee this exercise will aide you. You can never plan enough for sudden attacks by," giant, man-eating, "beasts."

[[ wait for the ocd up! ]]

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"No, ew, we can't have that as a Squishy," Maron complained, studying the machine. "I don't suppose you could change it...?"

Apparently not.

She sighed. "Suit yourself," Maron said, "because no one is going to drink that."

Today's Squishy Flavors: Cranberry (Red), Mildew, Soap

Turtle & Canary is Open!

And so, Algren had survived another week, toothy veggies aside, to come work his shift at the Wellspring Arms.

Being nearly eaten by green peppers on Tuesday had reminded him of the importance of always being prepared. And so today, and possibly every day for the rest of his life, he'd see how future days actually looked, he'd come in to work with his sword at his hip.

As for the actual working part? Well, taking inventory again couldn't possibly hurt, right? Perhaps somebody had needed to borrow a weapon the other day in order to fend off some particularly ambitious artichoke.

[OCD up, Wellspring is open!]

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Mitchell had arrived early to discuss the details of the film with the people at the theatre. And possibly to secure better prices for the concessions, because that was just the kind of thing people did, right? They were going to serve tea. And candy sugar. And cookies. And--

Mitchell was going to give the kids diabetes one day.

NOW SHOWING
(a special showing)
DOWNFALL

With all of that set up, there was just hoping some of the kids from class would show up. And maybe, just maybe, if he was lucky, a few other people from around the island.

Either way. It was going to be an interesting film.

[[ wait for the ocd up! ]]

Right on, so the squirrels decided I was going to come talk to you all tonight so hey Fandom, this is Rose Hathaway. I have a whole handful of notes to read and then the squirrels promised me rum.

...do you think they know who'll give in to those bribes before they kidnap? Huh.

( More Below! (Shockingly) )

That's in for tonight. I'm taking my rum and getting out of here before the squirrels attack. Night!

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