Luke's, Sunday

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The cooking staff was feeling adventurous again. Kanan didn't quite know what to make of that fact, except that it involved making hamburgers... but using pancakes as the bun.

"I'll try this once, he said to the cook as a plate was tentatively shoved his way. "But I can't guarantee I'll finish it."

He'd finish it. And he'd go back for seconds.

Welcome To Luke's!
Today's Specials:
Hamburger Pancakes, we guess?

It should be noted that nobody should hold themselves to Kanan's standards. That was a dangerous thing to do.

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Summer had swept into Luke's for her usual Sunday jaunt with a mission on her mind, but Summer was also easily distracted.

"Hamburger pancakes?" Because that needed some explaining.


[[and guess whose day totally ran away with her!]]

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"They're just hamburgers using pancakes as the bun," Kanan explained, giving Summer a crooked smile and a shrug of his shoulders. "I've learned better by now than to question the cook's sensibilities when he gets something ridiculous into his head."

Because usually that something ridiculous was, at the very least, amusing.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Excuse the narrowed eyes and the slightly hanging jaw here. This is a girl whose planet was taken over by bug aliens, who help create a cult based on a giant planet-destroyed head in the sky, and had the bodies of her dead grampa and her dead brother right outside her window. But hamburger pancakes? Hamburgers, with pancakes for buns? That was just weird.

"Well, now I have to try them," she concluded. "But might I say, in a very loud voice so the kitchen can hear me loud and clear, that it sounded awful. I mean, what do you use for condiments? Ketchup or maple syrup? Would you add whipped cream? What about pickles?"

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"I feel like with something like that, you'd probably have to pick either savory or sweet, and lean hard in that direction," Kanan decided. "So you'd use whipped cream and syrup or ketchup and pickles, but never actually let them interact besides."

Because pickles and whipped cream was not a combination that the Earth was ready for.

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Well, unless Summer had certain news that would have made her Father's Day phone call with her dad way different.

She narrowed her eyes again, considering, as if it was even an issue. "Sweet," she decided. "Hook me up with some syrup and whipped cream on that bad boy."

And, because she had come on a mission, she added, "Also, you owe me shopping, Bus Driver Guy."

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"Sweet it is," Kanan replied, flagging down the cook and placing Summer's order. "I'm guessing you'll want something to drink to help that one down, just in case the first bite doesn't agree with you."

He would not judge if it got spit out, honestly.

"And I do owe you that, don't I? Have anything in mind for that?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

And Summer was faced with another conundrum, because did one go with something like soda to match the hamburger part, or juice or coffee to go with the pancake part?

"Orange juice?" she decided, though she didn't sound nearly as sure at first. "Yeah, I think that'll work. And you mentioned there was a store here in town, right? I haven't been there yet, that's a good place to start."

Because she naturally had much bigger plans. "I haven't even been there yet, that's amazing."

She also didn't have money when she got here, so, no, it wasn't really that amazing, Summer.

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"There's a store in town," Kanan promised. "You really are big on this shopping thing, aren't you? I've been there a couple of times, but mostly I try to avoid that sort of thing. No good at shopping, it's why I need an expert along to make sure I don't do something stupid."

He was pretty sure she'd at least keep him out of robes or something.

[somethingwithturquoise]

No good at shopping. At first, the idea sounded absurd to her, but then she thought about Jerry, about Morty, and she nodded in understanding, looking sympathetic. "What can I say?" she said, hand to her heart. "I've been blessed with a gift. And I am more than happy to share that gift with those I feel are deserving. And you are deserving of some sleek summer clothes, and I am deserving of a new dress, probably some cute shoes, a beach bag, new swim suit, and maybe even some new tank tops. I'm almost eighteen now. One more year, and I'll maybe be in college, if college still exists on my world. That's a time for exploring new things and experiencing life in a different way. Maybe I should start figuring out my new color pallet now."

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"... I'm pretty sure my color palette begins and ends with 'I look okay in green.'"

That was super helpful, Kanan. Thank you.

"And black. But I'm pretty sure everyone looks good in black. Which is counter-intuitive in the summertime if the goal isn't to broil alive until fall.

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"You could start considering maybe shades of gray," Summer said, thoughtfully, stroking her chin as she fixed Kanan with her critical fashion eye. "If you feel green has been working for you, a nice hunter green matched with a lighter gray could look really nice. Gray and green in general works well, it'll be much soften than a dynamic black, but you'd have to be careful not to slip into camouflage territory. You could totally pull off camouflage, but it's just a bit passe, and not at all a good summer look. Save that for fall."

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This whole conversation was basically going to cement Kanan's outfit of green-and-gray a few years down the road. This right here.

"Actually, I like that," Kanan admitted, blinking. "I mean, I'd rather not be too attention-grabbing with black. Gray sounds-" like something a Jedi would wear, "- a bit more my speed."

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"Totally," Summer agreed emphatically. "Good with your overall," she circled her hand in the air, "tone. Maybe a splash of blue here and there for variety, a deep navy blue, maybe."

But now she was slightly bouncing. "So when can we go ? Do you get a lunch break? If you leave, will we come back and just find pancakes everywhere ?"

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Blue, he'd already worn! Back when he was smuggling things around the Galaxy with Kasmir. It wasn't a bad look on him, really, but it was a recognizable one.

Sort of. He'd been a scrawny kid back in those days. At least he'd kind of grown into himself a little more since then.

"Just as soon as you're done eating if you want, I do, and yes, probably, but that's really nothing new anyway," he replied, ticking his answers off on one finger.

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"Oh, that's perfect," said Summer. "If I pig out on hamburger pancakes or whatever, then whatever I try on today that looks good will look exceptionally good when I'm not bloated from all that food!"

Because it totally worked like that.

[[ ahahaha, I suck, I'm sorry, omg]]