#jaredx

[luckylewis]

for: @jaredx

where: the pumpkin patch

"You don't have an eye for pumpkins by any chance, do you?" Lucky found himself asking the owner of Surf's Up who he had spotted while he was perusing potential pumpkins to take home with him to carve with his daughter. It was supposed to be a simple task, but as per usual, he found himself slightly overwhelmed by the abundance of choice that came with so many variations of sizes.

[ninaxgray]

Nina pauses for a moment, "The dearly departed." She returns to rummaging through the box in front of her, sorting through oddly matched bikini's and board shorts.

"Why didn't you tell me you had the god stuff hostage back there." The bargain box is promptly left behind, as she makes a beeline towards the visibly better quality swimwear.

"Peachy." She's intentionally not paying much attention to him, preemptively preparing for the next question ahead.

— @jaredx

"Oh Nina, is there any part of society that you actually do like?" Jared shot back, sarcastically. He watched her root through the box, before rolling his eyes and digging under the counter for the selection of swimwear he'd hidden away from the customer's eyes. His better pieces that he'd had reduced, mostly reserved for friends and family. "Oi, snappy. Take a look at this stuff." He said, placing the disorganised pile in front of him onto the surface. He wondered if this was a good time to speak to her on a more personal level, but he could never tell with her, whether she'd be receptive to his attempts or not. "So... how are you?"

@ninaxgray

[clint-bennet]

Text Starter: Closed @jaredx Clint: So that renaissance thing Clint: Do you actually have to dress up? Clint: Or can I just... not?

[ithinkitscami]

Cami 📲 Jared

Camille: hi :) Camille: hope your week is going well. Camille: what have you been up to? @jaredx

[wesxevans]

Wes 📲 Jared

Wes: hey you going to this halloween thingy? Wes: I want to meet up if you are! @jaredx

[almakhalif]

"you say that like i don't break my back to keep this place pristine." she feigns a dramatic tone to match an equally dramatic statement. "or i could not tell him and stake my place as the superior employee of the surf shop!" with great proclamation alma strides back to the cash register, locking away the counted cash. like routine, her eye's glance over towards the broom across the room from her. "there's a bonfire on the beach, but those things go all night. and i don't want to go too early, i got to maintain some street cred out here in the mean avenues of AB."

@jaredx

Jared narrowed his eyes, taking the opportunity to take a break from his stock count to observe his employee's description of the store. Between her and Asher, he didn't need to hire any more people for good publicity when he had dedicated staff willing to fight to maintain the image that Jared had attempted to build.

When she revealed herself in his line of eye, he chuckled before turning back around to face the shelves, picking up the clipboard he'd discarded. "It's good to know that you're not shitting on the place, Al." He said, with a teasing smile. "But I'm going to hold you to that comment about making this place spotless — and while you're at it you can teach Asher the meaning of the word." It was mostly in jest.

"You actually got plans tonight, or you moaning for the hell of it? Because if you need to get off, you can do. I can shut the store."

@almakhalif

[theameliaxevans]

closed - @jaredx

where - surf's up

After being picked up at the airport by Wes and pausing to see Liza and Elise and then stopping by their aunt Esme's, Amelia finally made her way into town with her next destination in mind: Jared. She'd spent so much of her life angry at her eldest brother for abandoning her and Wes and leaving them to fend for themselves against their father, but after living here in Aurora Bay for nearly five years (and with a lot of coaxing from Esme), Amelia finally forgave Jared for what he'd done, and they'd slowly but surely mended their relationship.

Now next up to bat was getting her brothers to fully mend their own relationship- and it was happening, even if slower than she'd like. Oh well.

Entering the familiar shop after being away for three months, Amelia looked around with a smile on her face, not even asking permission as she waltzed through the employee only door and found her way to where Jared was, her smile just growing once she spotted him from behind. "Miss me?"

[noralevin]

closed @jaredx

location: the reef

"Okay," Nora said, leaning down to eye her shot at the 8 ball, stick in hand. One eye closed to get a better read on it. She looked up at Jared with the eye still closed. She felt a little bad — maybe she'd sort of sharked him into this as soon as she noticed they were both at the bar — but not enough to not complete this straight trounce of him. "Drinks are on you for the rest of the night if I make this."

She lined up her shot, tongue sticking out a little in concentration, and let the cue ball fly. Smirking as the 8 ball sailed cleanly into the far right pocket, she straightened and patted Jared's shoulder in consolation. "I'll take that margarita now."

[heyits-asher]

🎵 : Has your muse ever been caroling? Are they a good singer? Have they ever had any doors shut on them?

"I don't go Christmas caroling around the neighborhood, but I will probably sing to Uly or Gilly or Angel once I had enough spiked eggnog. Or Helena. Knock on any of their doors, or I'll Facetime them. I'll go knock on Jared's window, too. Once the booze is flowing, no one is safe."

@thegillyxliang @ulyflynn @firefighterrojas @helenasoarcs @jaredx

[alaraxdemir]

Without a store front of her own, Alara always preferred to meet in public rather than having people come to her cousin's house. So when the guy had asked if she'd come by his surf shop, she'd happily agreed. "Ah thanks---" Brown eyes glanced around, a smile on her features. "I've never been surfing before." Alara admitted, hoping he wouldn't be too offended by that. Though she supposed that surfing wasn't really a common sport.

However, eyebrows rose when he mentioned the fact that he wanted a fish costume. His idea about getting online attention from the outfit wasn't a bad one, though not something that Alara herself would ever sign up for. A blush heated her cheeks when he flashed her a wink, Alara trying to shake it off. "I guess so... So you want a sexy, male fish costume?" She clarified, hearing how odd that sounded. @jaredx

"Hi Alara, I'm Jared. We spoke online, but I guess I know that and hence why you're here." The man spoke with a smile, as he rounded the counter to greet her properly. "Welcome to my surf store, for all your surfing and — " He was about to add in his extra hobby that included the distribution of herbal remedies. However, he'd flown under the radar thus far, and didn't fancy risking it with a stranger. "Everything else." Although, quite frankly, they didn't.

"So I was thinking about getting my employee to dress in a fish costume, you know, to bring in some more customers. He could stand outside with a sign, make fish noises, kids will be laughing, teenagers will make TikToks taking the piss. But it's all good publicity for the store. Especially when there's a handsome owner, wouldn't you agree?" He teased, giving her a wink. "Basically, I need you to help me make a costume that is both fish-like, but sexy. A sexy fish, if you will."

@alaraxdemir

[aeris-flores]

CLOSED STARTER for @jaredx at the pier

California doesn’t have the same extreme weather changes around November as other parts of the world does, but Aeris does find being on the water is a stark difference to living in the city more inland. His teeth chatter subtly anytime a particularly strong gust comes in from the ocean, but every time it settles the sun does well to warm him right back up. 

He dips out of Tutti Frutti smoothie shop after posting an advertisement for Crescent Moon on the community board when he gets that stifling feeling of eyes on him. The same set that he’s noticed and chose to ignore, but at this point it’s gotten to be excessive. "Hey, Jared."

“Why do you gotta be so fucking weird?” Aeris snaps, rolling his eyes up to the clear California sky. “I see you, jackass.”

[luckylewis]

closed for: @jaredx

where: surf's up

A weekday off when he didn't have his daughter meant Lucky had time to fill with other things and one of his favorite things to do was bother his friends when he knew they couldn't escape him.

Today's chosen target was Jared in his place of business.

"If they do another one of those masquerades at New Years I tragically won't be able to be your date to it," He tells him as he browses puka necklaces. Lucky was a boy's boy through and through but he had acquired a permanent date in the year that had passed and he was looking forward to ringing in the New Year with her, "You got any benchwarmers you can call up in that scenario? Maybe someone specific that springs to mind. So something can bloom and perhaps... Blossom."

[thelizaxevans]

closed - @jaredx

where - surf's up

Now with Elise a little over a month old and becoming less and less of a potato every day, Liza tried to take her out on walks a few times a week, wanting to let her little girl get some fresh air, maybe even start looking at the world around her if she was awake. So that's what she was doing now, walking through town with her, figuring she'd go to Neptune for lunch to see Wes and her dad, but before that she decided to make a pitstop.

Liza wanted to get some things at the surf shop for Sterling, knowing her sister loved to surf and she wanted to give her a little present as thanks for helping out so much with Elise the last few weeks. And along with that, Liza also hoped Jared was on shift today. She was determined to have a decent relationship with her brother-in-law (and wanted the brothers themselves to have a good relationship as well) so when she walked into the store and saw a familiar profile, she headed over, carefully maneuvering the stroller through the shop to come up behind him. "Hey Uncle Jared."

[aricohenx]

"i dunno man." ari shrugs, letting a quick bout of laughter spill from his lips as he glances towards the surfboards on display. "saw jaws and the wrong age and that probably skewed my nightmares for the next decade." either that, or ari just generally wasn't a fan of open water. "more of a kayak guy myself." disappointingly not as 'cool' of a hobby as hitting the waves. the man turns to head towards the back of the store, and it's only now ari is made away he was indeed serious about the offer. "uh, no." he shoves his hands into his pockets, reminding himself this was a legal state and he needed to get over himself. ari ''witnessed god' enough times in amsterdam to not be so taken aback by the offer. "what does the chef recommend?"

@jaredx

"I did dabble in a bit of The Art of Persuasion when I was at college. However, I was surprised to find that it was not a piece of literature dedicated to selling surfboards — I know, I'm as shocked as you." Jared had never been declared as the smart one in his family, that had always been Wes. But he was intelligent, perhaps not in the same way his younger brother was, but he had his talents. His ability to sell and make people feel wanted, was two of many.

"You know, that's a popular opinion actually. I don't understand why the idea of being shark bait has fallen so drastically in good things to pass the time with." He teased, before his fingers wrapped around the beads that hung from the door frame, leading into the back storage room. "This way, good sir. Got a particular preference?"

[missxrivera]

Closed for @jaredx

The fairgrounds seemed a lot more fun when it was night; though Ramsey had to admit she was incredibly jumpy when it came to things popping out at her. She was never good at scares so when someone in a mask popped out at her, the supermodel let out a scream and bumped into the person behind her. “ Oh God, I’m sorry. “ she replied before realizing this person had been a face that kept sort of appearing in her life at random times. “ oh my God, it’s you. “ she replied laughing a bit at her own scaredy cat nature. “ well thank you for being something to hide into briefly “

[roxdelrosario]

closed starter: @jaredx

where: Surf's up

"Do you ever leave this place or do you just live here now?" Roxy came into the Surf Shop often when she would spend her days at the beach. Not because she was a surfer but because it was the closest place to the beach that sold bottles of water. Or sometimes she just forgot her beach towel. "Don't you get bored?"