Fandom Island and Town

Nell and the Plant Formerly Known as Gladio were once again at the flower shop today. Nell still had his robe nearby - just in case. The shop was fairly quiet today, so anyone stopping in might see Nell sitting in a chair reading to a vase of Gladiolas.

What? He might be able to hear her even as a plant. You never knew in Fandom.

Nell had not been affected by the whatever it was that had disappeared yesterday and then returned, so she was confused by customers coming in and asking her if she was relieved that 'it' was back.

But, being a good shop person, she just agreed and went on with the day, feeling a little bewildered.

The flowers were laughing at her behind her back. Apparently they had their own little 'Flower Tok' thing going on.

Nell had certainly been here every week whether it had seemed like it or not. She was glad the Christmas and New Year's rush was over so she had time to finish up some paperwork. The next big push wouldn't come till February, but there would definitely be those who stopped by for flowers to brighten the gloomy days.

Today was a day for cleaning. Which meant everything taken down, cleaned to within an inch of its life, straightened, put back again, and organized. Walls, floors, shelves, nothing was safe.

The flowers had been through this before and just quietly made sure all their leaves and petals were in order and waited for it all to stop. It was worth it, they like a sparkling clean shop as well as Nell, but while the cleaning was going on it was a bit intense.

Monday started off as a normal day, then partway through Nell sensed something and went running out of the store, pausing only long enough to turn off the lights and lock the door.

Anyone wanting to get flowers after that was out of luck. Sorry for that.

Nell was busy organizing the shop this morning and hoping that nothing particularly strange was going to happen today. There was a lot of paperwork and ordering to get done for both stores and she hoped - and she shouldn't have even thought it.

There was a knock on the door and before she could even catch her breath she'd been left with two very large crates of potatoes.

Potatoes.

Well, guess what every delivery was going to have with it today? Nicely decorated with a bow and ribbons, but still a potato.

You're welcome.

Nell had woken up this morning with no memory of anything after going to bed Friday night. Once she had gotten through the basics of her duties at the shop she sat down to listen to radio for any clues about what had gone on.

It seemed that Fandom had done that strange reunion thing where many of the people had been replaced by themselves from the future.

And in Nell's case apparently that involved a life in the circus with fifteen - FIFTEEN - children! She'd had to stop listening for a moment after that and collect herself. Children in general seemed barely possible, but fifteen!?!

She'd also apparently flirted with Gladio, hardly surprising, but no clear sign that they were actually together. Which was not helped by a random squirrel stopping by to tell her that Gladio had apparently talked about being some sort of multiverse famous Cup Noodle model slash spokesperson -because 'he thought she ought to know', thanks for nothing, Jethro. And of course that sort of lifestyle seemed to preclude a life in the circus with the aforementioned fifteen children.

It must have been, hopefully, some weird sort of Fandom joke. Hopefully.

She was going to need something a little stronger than tea or coffee to deal with this.

Nell was definitely in a happy mood today and feeling quite content after her weekend. The flowers were particularly peppy as well, and a few of the snap dragons had taken to whistling at attractive customers or passersby.

Which was a little embarrassing for Nell at times, since people didn't seem inclined to believe it was the flowers.

Still, such was life in Fandom.

Nell was here, but slightly distracted as she made notes for all the things she needed to accomplish on her next quick trip home. The shop was slow most of the day, which helped, though the large surprise delivery of 400 daffodils did make things a little odd.




SALE - Daffodils - Buy one, get two free!

Nell was here and all the flowers were singing a song to the spring. It was pretty catchy, so Nell found herself singing along with them.

It was a lovely day at the shop, so people should come in and visit!

Last week had been long and filled with unpleasant Fandom weirdness. But today she was hard at work at the flower shop, fixing - well, she didn't even really want to know what had left flower parts strewn all over the shop. She just cleaned and took inventory before placing orders to replace stock that had disappeared or been ruined since she'd last been here.

She'd debated bringing the vase of gladiolas along with her, but was concerned about carrying them around town especially since she didn't know what mess she might have been walking into today. Tomorrow it - he - could come down to her shop and when she got home tonight she'd tell it all about her day.

She didn't anticipate anyone coming by for dinner given all the craziness, so it should be a quiet evening.

Nell was wondering if any of the island's visiting children would come in today. She didn't think it was likely that many of the island adults would be looking for flowers rather than spending time with their children, so it was probably going to be a quiet day.

Still she'd brought in some freshly baked cookies and brownies just in case she had any young visitors. They were easy enough to bring home afterward if they weren't eaten and at least then she'd have something to offer

Things were going along fairly well at the flower shop until Nell got a delivery of flowers and a group of bunnies followed the person into the store. Nell shooed the man, who was looking at her in a most uncomfortable way, out of the store and tried to herd the bunnies out as well.

She was mostly successful, but the pollen lingered, leaving her flustered and unsettled. The last times she'd been around for pollen week she hadn't really understood how it had made her feel, but this time she did. Which was why she was considering closing up early and going home to see if Gladio might be there.

Today was mostly a day for cleaning up all the detritus left over from last week's insanity, though there was the one guy who calle in looking for an extra fancy bouquet to make up for totally spacing on Valentine's last week.

But once everything was clean it was actually a very quiet day with lots of time for Nell to read and enjoy the peace.

Things were already getting crazy here during the lead up to Valentine's Day, so Nell was run off her feet between taking orders and trying to source some of the more unusual flowers people wanted to give their sweethearts. And no, she was not going to be able to get anyone a Middlemist Red flower no matter how much they might want one.

Everything had polka dots today. Why, Nell had no idea. It was little disturbing to see roses and orchids with polka dots, but turning around and finding they'd covered all the windows and the counters was very bizarre.

Still, what could she do? She put her head down, got her work done and disappeared into a book whenever she could.

Nell was happy to be in the quieter time of the year. She'd gotten a random email about it being National Bubble Bath Day and was taking som time to see if she could add bubble bath and bath bombs to her selection of handmade items at her own store.

Nell was still basking in happiness from her amazing weekend trip away with Gladio. She didn't even really mind the constantly appearing plate of latkes - they weren't a bad breakfast, and she could always set them outside for the animals. The store was busy with orders to fill, but calmer overall than it had been last week.

Around early afternoon she finished up the new floral arrangements for Liliana and sent them off, leaving her with a little time to sit and put her feet up and daydream a little about her weekend.

Apparently Cyber Monday had led to a plethora of online orders for the store, so Nell was kept pretty busy filling those and sending them out all day as well as keeping tabs on the orders for her own store which she'd get to as soon as she got home.

Still she was a hard worker and by mid-afternoon she'd caught up enough to be able to take her usual break and put her feet up for a few minutes before getting back to it.

In any case, the flower shop was open and Nell wouldn't mind an excuse for a break here and there if someone wanted to stop in.

Nell was humming away happily in the store today. The weather was turning crisp and cool and she was enjoying the shift in the season and the smell of fall in the air. The flowers seemed content as well and she'd enjoyed making up some new more seasonal arrangements for anyone who might come in.

Nell was here today and very grateful to have things back to, well, normal was a stretch in Fandom, but at least back to the way they usually were. Even the flowers seemed relieved somehow, which was probably why there was a beautifully scented atmosphere of happiness in the shop.

Stop by to experience it yourself!

There had been a delivery of roses this morning morning. Not just regular cut roses, which were common enough in a flower shop, but there were also a selection of mini rose bushes. These were utterly adorable and Nell set aside a couple for herself and made a note to get some of them for her store.

She discovered there were also a type of roses called knock out roses which looked amazing and apparently required little care and grew into a kind of shrub. Those were getting ordered as well!

Covent Garden Flowers was open and Nell was around for anything you might need.

Nell kept herself busy filling orders and reorganizing things in the back room, but she was feeling a little blue today. She'd been reminded on Friday that it had been a year since she'd returned to Fandom and while she was very happy that she'd returned, she couldn't help but remember the things that had precipitated her return.

Which also made her think of Marc. He was the only one she'd told about certain things that had happened back home, the person who'd told her he would be there for her if she needed him. The first man she'd really trusted. And the person who for reasons she still didn't know had totally cut her out of his life between one day and the next.

She missed him and still had no idea how to fix things - if it was even possible.

It made her wonder a little if Gladio might do something similar once she told him more about the things that had happened back home. She didn't think he would, but then she'd never expected it of Marc either.

So... working hard to keep the blues away today.

Nell was a bit daydreamy today as she worked with the flowers. She had a couple of big orders to get out, so that kept her pretty well occupied for the morning. After that she spent some time organizing the back room for better efficiency, before taking her usual afternoon tea and a book break.

Nell and the flowers were very happy today. On fact, it was entirely possible that someone stopping by the store might catch Nell dancing with an invisible partner.


Come on in and see for yourself!

Covent Garden Flowers is open!