"Y'know Lily, I think if I were to suck jello up a vacuum tube, it would sound pretty neat."
"Princess, why's th'toaster on fire?"
"Oh shit, you're right." Princess hurried over to the sink where the fire extinguisher was kept and hosed down the Barre family bakery's four-slot toaster, Lily already filling up a mop bucket with water and vinegar.
"I gues Ma was right, we do need t'replace th'damn thang." Lily Barre sighed, "Damn, now I have t'write up a report."
Lily switched off the wall mounted water hose and splashed some vinegar into the bucket. She dropped in a few rags and wiped off her hands. As she ran past Princess to get an accident report from a filing cabinet by the front counter, she planted a kiss on her girlfriend's forehead, "Thanks babe."
Princess began by unplugging the burnt toaster and setting it on a different counter. She scraped at the powder on the wall with the neutralizing mixture and began thinking.
Everyone was vaguely aware of what was going on.
She dunked the rag as the phone rang.
Lily handled it.
People were suspicious, but confirmation shouldn't be handed out so liberally, especially considering how the last time anyone admitted something like this ended up marrying a 'nice' girl and having 'nice' kids.
Problem?
He was caught with the manager of Dairy Park at the time.
The shame and embarrassment, as well as the hostility of the town had been enough to force them both out of the county.
Princess scrubbed a patch hard, then sighed in annoyance.
She'd have to soak that patch.
But one would OBVIOUSLY come back.
Because he always would after every single incident.
The name of that particular fellow?
Jim Custer.
As in, Prissy Missy Custer.
He came back, of course, but not before telling everyone that he was 'a changed man' and 'converted for the last time', and said 'the Devil made him do it'.
Repeatedly.
Sure, Jan.
The manager of Dairy Park?
Who knows?
Never met him, didn't care, he was no one's business, and someone else had easily taken his place. Some kids from around that time said that he was cool, letting high schoolers hang out or work for a couple extra bucks, even throwing in a free bag of something good.
The new manager, the one Princess and Lily knew, was an asshole who chased anyone out even if they were paying customers trying to find an afterschool snack.
Mr. Custer though, he was always the real asshole.
Maybe that's why he was run out of town so many times…
Still, Princess and her girlfriend wouldn't take any chances, even now, well after the incident had long since faded from current events.
"Marnie, can you box up a dozen cupcakes and an apple pie?"
Marnie nodded, slowly getting off of the neon green stool every business in town had and grabbed a cardboard box for the cupcakes. Setting it on the counter, she asked, "Who's it for?"
"Custer." Lily waved the ticket, just as peeved as everyone else, "They want it delivered too. Missy's shit-eatin' friends are home an'wanna party."
Marnie groaned, "Pigs."
She took the ticket as Princess wiped her hands on her jeans and found a cooled pie on a counter. She brought it out as Marnie snapped her gum, something her Fundie parents would faint at the thought of her doing.
"Yo Marnie." Princess said, cringing when she realized how stiff she sounded, "We have some new openings at Fazbear's. Wanna join?"
"I'll think 'bout it." Marnie said, "What's it got?"
"Well, we're working on a new waitress uniform." Princess said, watching Marnie select the more squished cupcakes from the display.
"Mmm-hmm?"
Princess looked at Lily, almost pleading for help. Lily gave her a look and Princess continued on, seeing that Lily was only as helpful as she wanted to be.
"Yeah, Dollface and this girl from California designed new uniforms."
"They're super cute." Lily added.
Marnie set the last cupcake into the box, wiping pink frosting onto her ankle-length skirt.
She was miserable.
"Dollface is making all th'uniforms, custom. She an'Maggie even designed new waitress uniforms."
Marnie took this information and chewed on it. She narrowed her eyes, quietly thinking.
"I've seen the ones fer Thorne an'String Bean!" Lily said, "It's shorts and a striped tee-shirt!"
"They even have suspenders and hats!"
Marnie dropped the pie into a box. She stacked them.
"What's in it fer me?"
"You get to wear shorts." Princess grinned.
She could see Marnie perk up at the thought of wearing something more fashionable and less hot than her usual jean skirts and oversized tee-shirt from K-Mart.
"And makeup."
She could see that Marnie was trembling at the thought of doing something she did as a treat at Wolfie's house as part of a job description.
"They don't feed you, but we get to have old toys from the prize corner." Princess explained, winking at Lily who stood over Marnie's shoulder.
"An' it ain't just the cheap plastic shit either, it's the 500+ overstock." Lily added, "Princess managed t'nab me a Bon-Bon puppet th'other day for our three year anniversary."
Now Marnie was practically happy dancing at these offers.
"So, whaddya say?" Princess asked, unable to stop her hands from fluttering excitedly.
Marnie cracked her knuckles, jumping at the opportunity for more money, and an opportunity to piss off her parents, and spend more quality time with Wolfie, and said, "Fuck yeah!"