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Jan 28, 2007 00:14

The store is bustling. Audrey II is now five feet tall when he's resting. Seymour dreads the day the customers will see him when he's not. He'd have to feed the plant in front of everyone. It'd be Milliways all over again, and Audrey everyone will know he's a sicko who fed the plant blood.... No more interview with the Skid Row Herald. No more ( Read more... )

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f33dm3 January 28 2007, 23:16:07 UTC

There's a ringing phone, and it's not being answered. Seymour is right next to the phone, why isn't he answering it? Does Mushnik have to do everything himself?

Apparently so. He pushes his way over to the counter and grabs the nearest phone. "Hello?" Nope, not that one. Try the other line--"Hello? Yes, yes, yes Mrs. Shiva. No, Mrs. Shiva. Right away, Mrs. Shiva." He slams down the receiver. "Seymour? SEYMOUR!"

skidrowseymour January 28 2007, 23:24:44 UTC

Seymour jerks back to the present, looking nervously at Mr. Mushnik.

"Sir?"

f33dm3 January 28 2007, 23:26:18 UTC

"Did you send out the order for Mrs. Shiva?"

skidrowseymour January 28 2007, 23:31:01 UTC

Seymour's eyes widen and his stomach drops.

"Mrs. Shiva! I forgot!"

f33dm3 January 28 2007, 23:39:02 UTC

Mushnik's eyebrows go up. "You forgot? You forgot!" He looks heavenward. "You hear this, God? He forgot!" To the store in general: "Are you listening, customers? He forgot!"

skidrowseymour January 28 2007, 23:42:55 UTC

Seymour, slouching even further, is already trying to correct his mistake and escape the tirade. He rushes to the back ("Sorry! Excuse me!"), where Audrey is working with the flowers.

"Audrey, quick! We gotta do an emergency arrangement."

f33dm3 January 28 2007, 23:45:47 UTC

Audrey turns around as Seymour enters.

"Birthday? Wedding? Baby?"

skidrowseymour January 28 2007, 23:49:41 UTC

"Funeral."

f33dm3 January 28 2007, 23:50:45 UTC

"Hand me the lilies."

She grabs a black ribboned vase from the shelf and gets to work.

skidrowseymour January 28 2007, 23:56:37 UTC

They have a lot more inventory to look through in their little shop. Seymour searches, finds four of them, and passes them over to her.

"Mr. Mushnik's real mad at me, Audrey," he frets. "I keep...forgetting things." He glances at his bandages hands, knowing exactly why.

f33dm3 January 28 2007, 23:58:30 UTC

Audrey takes the lilies and holds out her hand again. "Scissors." She starts cutting the lilies' stems to an even length. "Well, you've got a lot on your mind..."

f33dm3 January 29 2007, 00:00:31 UTC

"Mind? What mind?" snaps Mushnik, running in to grab a basket of zinnias. "The Shivas are our most important funereal account! A big enormous family, and they're dropping off like flies!"

He drops the invoice on the table and heads back out.

f33dm3 January 29 2007, 00:01:35 UTC

Audrey shakes her head as she adjusts the positions of the lilies in the vase. "Sometimes I think Mistah Mushnik's too hard on you. Glue."

skidrowseymour January 29 2007, 00:07:32 UTC

Seymour passes it to her. "Aw, that's okay." He repeats what he usually does when Mr. Mushnik yells at him: "I owe 'im everything--"

f33dm3 January 29 2007, 00:08:32 UTC

She sprays down the lilies and holds out her hand again, never taking her eyes off of the arrangement in front of her. "Glitter."

skidrowseymour January 29 2007, 00:22:19 UTC

He hands it to her.

"He took me out of Skid Row Home for Boys when I was just a little tyke. Gave me a warm place to stay, nice things to eat like meatloaf and water, floors to sweep, toilets to clean, and every other Sunday off."

He has to remind himself that this means something. It's not visiting other planets or making mountains but it's...something.

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