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Adrian Blackwood ([personal profile] witchoftheflesh) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2025-02-24 12:39 am

Pick Your Poison, Monday

Now that Valentine's Day was over, it was time to do a serious deep dive into inventory. Time to see what sold, what didn't, what the family should make more of, what they should make less. Between going over the stock, going over the ingredients, and then going over the numbers, Adrian was pretty sure he had a good week's worth of work ahead of him. Probably for the best to get it done while the island was all but emptied; if he was going to ignore the world to throw himself fully into bookkeeping, probably best to do it when there weren't any distractions around.
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[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
This weird little island was so quiet, an arriving guest might have mistaken it for dead. The woman whose mismatched mules (one black, one red) graced the steps of Pick Your Poison had definitely wondered, if for a split second.

Then she'd tossed the thought aside. She was here with a mission, and she wasn't going to get distracted! Much. No. Not even by the flamingos. (She was tempted.)

No. She'd been searching for this place for a long time, and now she'd found it, and she planned to fling the door open, like so, and she was gonna find her girl, and she was gonna say--

"Hi, minion," she chirped in her nasal Brooklyn accent. She was tall, with red and black ribbons in her hair - much longer than Fandom's Harley Quinn, tied up into two ponytails that reached her hips, wearing a black leather jacket over her red-and-black mid-riff baring top and pants. "Where's yer bathroom? I haven't peed since Wilmington."
Edited 2025-02-24 06:25 (UTC)
gotthatphd: (harley - 'splainin happy)

[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Aren't you clever," Harley said, already reaching to tug off one of her (red, naturally) gloves. "Ya know, I've been lookin' for ages. It's like somebody's hiding this place in their back pocket with all the lint or somethin'."
gotthatphd: (harley - good ideas)

[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Probably not!"

At least she was cheerful about it. And she remembered to get the door!

"I've been following in her footsteps. Through her letters," Harley said. "And that one weird phone call where she did nothin' but breathe."
gotthatphd: (harley - heh heh oops)

[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Coffee. Buckets of sugar." Was that a wise idea? Ehn. "But thanks!"

She sprinted past Adrian in the indicated direction, vanishing behind the small door.

And then immediately reappearing.

"Wait, is Pammy actually here?"
gotthatphd: (harley - pam look)

[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
Awwww. Good minion.

"Thanks, minion!" Harley called, and then she was off to the bathroom. Oof, her bladder felt like a grenade about to go off.
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[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
"There," Harley sighed as she closed the door behind her, unaware of any frantic texting going on. "Balloon's all deflated!"

Thanks, Harls.

"What'd you say your name was, minion?" Would she remember? It'd be a surprise!
gotthatphd: (harley - 'splainin happy)

[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
She took the coffee. She also took the sugar bowl. In went some sugar. And some more sugar. And some...

"I don't know who you are at all," Harley offered, after adding another scoop. "But you're a guy who works for Pam and you're alive! Good job!"
gotthatphd: (harley - happy w/ pam)

[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
Satisfied with the sugar content of her coffee, Harley lifted her cup to her mouth, listening as he spoke, and--

"Oooh, are those bath bombs?"

She shoved the cup onto the nearest available surface and rushed into the shop.
gotthatphd: (harley - hmm)

[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
She was going through them now with a less than delicate touch, picking one up then setting it aside and grabbing another. Her fingers were coated in glitter already.

"'s funny," Harley said. "Never thought Red would be into bath stuff... She's really goin' through something."
gotthatphd: (harley - happy determined)

[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Months. I've been allll over. Even saw the world's biggest ball of twine," Harley said. She looked at Adrian over her shoulder. "She's coming back here, right?"
gotthatphd: (harley - hmm)

[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay."

Harley put the little purple bomb back... Sort of where she found it.

"Good. 'Cause Pammy needs me."
gotthatphd: (harley - hmm)

[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
"She's eatin' herself alive when she doesn't need to be," Harley said, tapping the side of her head. "She's not always good at figurin' out her own noggin, you know?"
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[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 08:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah! So now I'm here to--"

Harley jerked at the sound of the door slamming open.
Edited 2025-02-24 08:32 (UTC)
joan_of_bark: (pam: look up jaw set)

[personal profile] joan_of_bark 2025-02-24 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
Pam had gotten the texts. She'd read them. She hadn't bothered responding. Why would she?

Harley was here.

She flung open the door to her shop, and-- just. Stopped. In the doorway.

Because. That was Harley.
gotthatphd: (harley - 'splainin happy)

[personal profile] gotthatphd 2025-02-24 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
That was Pam.

"I got your letters," Harley said, eyes wide. And then, after a second: "... Are ya gonna say something? 'Cause I drove all this way from Gotham--"
joan_of_bark: (pam: kissy hearts)

[personal profile] joan_of_bark 2025-02-24 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
She said nothing because there was nothing to say. You already know my heart. I showed you everything - the darkest corners of myself - and you still came back.

Pam practically tackled her. She grabbed Harley by the waist and tugged her in, found her lips with her own.

Home.

What else is love?
joan_of_bark: (pam: sex)

[personal profile] joan_of_bark 2025-02-24 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
Pam - and Harley, for that matter - had absolutely completely forgotten he existed.

At least the kiss didn't go on for too long? But only because Pam had grabbed Harley by the hand, and was already tugging her towards the back.

They vanished through the door into the back moments later, massive smiles on their faces. Not long after that, Adrian would find out how thin the walls were in here.