we are shining.

don’t piss me off. you don’t know who you are messing with.

"Okay, first of all -- it's a Subermegence t-shirt. The band isn't just Xavier Matthews," Shiloh argues with a roll of her eyes.

Jaswinder took a closer look at the burning garment, equally just as horrified to find it wasn’t her sole Xavier t-shirt but her Submergence t-shirt from their last tour.

Sterling shook her head at Jas' laughter but she couldn't quite contain her own either. She noticed the older woman near them glaring at them for giggling so much while a very concerned resident of Aurora Bay was sharing their opinion. Sterling couldn't help it though and the glares made her struggle even more to stay quiet.

"I'm not not threatening you," Jas said with a pointed look, canting her head from side-to-side. “Threatening is such an ugly word,” said Jas, gesturing animatedly with her hands. “It’s more of an incentive.” She added with a cheerful tone.

"Like literally anywhere? The cafe three doors down, the beach, that charming little cottage all the tourists go to, the freaking club?" Phoebe says, exasperated. Sure, there was a part of her that couldn't look away from the actual trainwreck unfolding before them, but there was also a part of her that was developing a very intense headache.

"Babe," Jaswinder says with all the bluntness of a child telling their uncle their belly does look huge in that shirt, "Let me hold your hand when I say this; nobody is missing the cafe three doors down, a little cottage or a small town bar."

Finn leans toward her with an inclination, his attention clearly caught, and his grin splitting his face. "I am ready to offer my ears, but know I'm a tough nut to crack. I also have a strange sense of humor." Unique, he might say, though he does want to avoid sounding pretentious.

"I like a challenge." Jaswinder said with a level of confidence she did not feel. It turned out that Jaswinder did not in fact like a challenge. She preferred things handed to her on a plate—not that had ever been the case for her. Advika and Arthur always made sure her children knew what it meant to work hard to achieve your goals. "How strange are we talking? I've been told my monologues can be quite niche." @finn-brooks

Wren easily shot the other woman a smile and nodded, "Yeah, totally. We have a list behind the register for people to pick things up. Usually we hold records and things for up to 72 hours but my boss is chill and would probably let it go for longer." One of the many reasons she liked her job so much- Ford was a solid boss and an even more solid person. "White Noise. I'll keep that in mind, maybe snag it for myself before I go later. Any others you've got in mind? Both for myself and for me to keep behind the counter for you?"

Jaswinder flashed an appreciative smile at the redhead, resting her hip against the counter as she finished paying for the vinyl she had selected for Noah's present and slipping it into her tote bag that hung haphazardly from her shoulder. "I promise I'll be back before the seventy two hour window is up." Jas said with a two fingered salute. If the stores leftover collectors editions were as good as she hoped they were, she'd be needing more than the thirty five dollars that she had left loose in the bottom of her tote.

“ this seems like a very leading sort of statement then. Or at the very least kind of a trick. By saying I was lucky to not watch it and that I would need compensation had I watched it, but then immediately condemning me for admitting I was feeling lucky in response to you bringing it up to begin with. It’s very confusing. “ he replied back. That honestly had him very confused. Cause he had heard a lot of negative things about it but from what she had previously said it seemed like that was still the case. He probably misheard something because now he felt like he got lead into an argument he wasn’t trying to be in. It mostly chair confused him and that was clear from the look on his face. “ during town meetings? “ he asked agqin making sure he was actually hearing this correctly. “ well the clean up crew for it would probably have some complaints but as long as no one actively got hurt from anything, wait did people get hurt from it?” He asked not wanting to make the same mistake again when it came to questioning the show. @jasrussell

"Did people get hurt from having an ice cold slush thrown in their face?" Jaswinder said slowly for clarification. "Obviously it hurt." She deadpanned, shooting him a judgemental look.

"Jas Russell," Mavis repeated with a nod, to commit it to memory. She was already sure anything she found would make a better pre-bedtime watch than the Nara Smith videos her TikTok algorithm had taken to feeding her.

"Hardly," Jas said bashfully, a soft chuckle escaping her lips. "I'm not sure one comedy showcase and a few viral TikTok's make me a celebrity but I appreciate the admiration all the same." Jas considered herself more of an up and coming comedian, she just didn't know when the coming part would arrive.