Eerie Indiana Double Drabble: Opening

[froodle]

The storm had blown itself out by morning, but the waters of Lake Eerie were still quick and brown when Janet arrived for her shift at the Eerie Baitshop and Sushi Bar. The nigiri were stirred up, wriggling their rice-white tentacles at her as she undid the huge padlock that secured the bay doors at the back of the restaurant.

"Morning, guys," she said, pouring a little vinegar into their tank and adding a pinch of salt as a treat. "Busy night for you?"

She switched on the bank of lights that illuminate the lunch counter, taking in the muddy handprints and fistfuls of waterlogged gold coins lining the polished wood. Blood spatter on the walls told her that some of the previous night's closers wouldn't be coming back, and a note taped to the huge walk-in cooler warned her that the mermaids had figured out a way around the staff-only signs.

Janet, who knew most of the Lake Eerie mermaids couldn't read human script, still had trouble believing it had worked in the first place.

There was a finger wedged under the grease trap in the kitchen. She tossed it into the chum pile. It's owner wouldn't miss it.

Ongoing Verse: Janet



A Ghost in Pink by froodle; Janet's family during the year she was Lost

Jogging by froodle, in which Janet Donner adapts to life in regular Eerie

Maybe, Even, in which Tod has a dream

Cooking Class, in which there is baking

Cake Day, in which it is Marshall's birthday

Dishonoured, in which Dash makes a choice, and Tod and Janet pay the price

Plans by froodle, in which Janet Donner deals with Daylight Savings Time yet again

DST by froodle, in which there is a lighthouse

Figurehead by froodle, in which Lake Eerie's ghost pirates encounter the lighthouse

At the Seaside, in which Simon and Marshall stake out the Eerie Baitshop and Sushi Bar.

Tempest, in which the Sea Hag makes an appearance

The Listener, in which Melanie and Devon talk, and Melanie makes a decision

Food Hygiene, in which Simon takes on some after-school activities, and meets Melanie and Janet doing the same

In the Bleak Midwinter, in which there is activity on the shores of Lake Eerie

The Lake at Night, in which there are pleasure boats

Night Diving, in which Janet and Melanie investigate the world beneath the waves

Promotional Materials, in which Lake Eerie's mermaids prepare for summer

Equivocate, in which Eerie's golf course becomes waterlogged

Golf Course, in which the re-seeding does not take as well as hoped

Artisanal, in which Janet prepares for the days trade

Kitchen Prep, in which Janet's hard work is foiled by vicious seabirds

Populace, in which Eerie's citizens experience a completely normal day

Slow Day, in which the Baitshop and Sushi Bar is unusually quiet

Worker Engagement, in which Janet works on a new sculpture

DST2, in which Janet and Marshall wait for midnight

Poetry Slam, in which Janet tries her hand at performance art.

Similar Interests, in which Tod encounters Devon's mother, and is almost crushed by a door.

Dessert, in which Tod and his parents get ice-cream

Milestone, in which Mars helps Tod to prepare for his 21st

License to Serve, in which Tod has his birthday

Civic Duty, in which the Ladies Society for the Beautification of Eerie gather to protect the town

The Craft, in which the Ladies encounter the all-female werewolf pack from Trick 'r Treat

Freelancing, in which Sara Sue takes on some work for Things Incorporated

Presentation, in which Simon gives a chupacabra a massage

Homecoming, in which Janet and Marshall return to the Teller house

Comments

[evilinsanemonkey]

working there is such an adventure

[froodle]

Janet should get danger pay

[evilinsanemonkey]

misread that as "janet is danger gay" which is true

[froodle]

That is also accurate

[friendof_dorothy]

asdfghjkl janet.......i love this series so much <3

[froodle]

:D:D:D