luke's diner | saturday | july 18

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The wave of singing had missed Ned. Unfortunately, the wave of singing hadn't missed the NPC staff and they were busy singing into rolling pins and dancing with brooms when he arrived. Oddly enough, this wasn't even island driven. They just wanted to sing. They tried to get Ned to join them, even going so far as dropping a dish rag on his head and saying he was the new female lead but Ned escaped and let them do their musical number. At least it wasn't terrible singing.

TODAY'S SPECIAL
Rainbow Chicken Roll
Mushroom Parmesan
Coffee Liqueur Ice Cream Pie

Luke's was open and loud.

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If you'd rather deal with the musically inclined NPC staff!

ned [luke's 07/18]

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If you'd rather deal with Ned!

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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Dani entered the diner and almost immediately wanted to back out but the scent of coffee kept her feet from moving. Finally she compromised, found a table farthest from the singing Disney crew and slouched into the sit next to it.

Good posture was reserved for after coffee.

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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Once he'd spotted a customer, Ned wiped his hands on his aprons and wandered over to her.

"Hey there," he greeted cordially. "Can I get you anything?"

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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She nodded to the kid, "Coffee, black, lots of sugar."

No one could ever accuse Dani of never getting to the point.

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Sure thing," he said, heading back behind the counter where he prepped her coffee and then put some extra sugar on a saucer in case she needed more. He brought both mug and saucer back over to her. "It's probably pretty hot. I just made a fresh pot."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Thanks," Dani said, reached for the coffee and proceeded to drink. It scalded her mouth and she hissed slightly but she continued sipping until the cup was half empty. If Crews was here he'd argue the cup was half-full.

She glanced at the kid, he looked friendly. Friendly enough he wouldn't mind answering a few questions, "I heard this was a high school town."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"It is, for the most part," Ned agreed with a slight nod of his head. "That's the big castle you might have seen. That's the high school."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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Yeah, Dani noticed the big honkin' castle.

"I wondered what it was," she said, shook her head, "whatever happened to a plain school building?"

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Well, the first building blew up." No, he was not lying. "Or so I've heard. I hadn't gotten here yet."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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That raised eyebrows. "Blew-up?"

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"Yeah, exploded," he said and then made mimed an explosion with both his hands and sounds. "They had to rebuild the whole thing."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"...into a castle."

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"Apparently they were ambitious," Ned said and shrugged. "It's a really nice school."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Yeah, okay," Dani said. People in Vegas made versions of the pyramid, apparently people in Maryland liked castles. She sipped her coffee, "Been studying here long...?"

She glanced at his chest but didn't see a name tag.

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Ned," he said when he saw the glance. "And I've been here about two years. I graduated in May and I'm just sticking around for the summer. Have you just gotten here?"

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Ned," Dani repeated, "Dani. And I'm not here by choice."

That could explain the crankiness except that's her default expression.

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Not here by choice?" he repeated, tucking his hands into the pockets of his pants. "Are you in some kind of military?"

Ned wasn't too up on reasons people could end up here when it wasn't their choice.

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"I look military?" Her mother told her she acted too much like a cop even off duty but she sort of discounted that since maaman was talking about Dani getting married. "But no, I'm not military, I'm a cop."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"I'm not too up on what military people are supposed to look like versus what police officers look like," he explained apologetically. "Welcome to the island. Don't like it so far?"

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"I wasn't even supposed to be here. I was supposed to be somewhere else."

It's amazing how cranky can shift to annoyed very fast.

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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Ned blanched a little at the annoyance but didn't run away or anything like that. "Telling you it's not so bad probably won't work?"

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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Easy, Dani. Anger ruins joy, remember? Or whatever zen crap Crews liked to say.

Not the kid's fault you're stuck here.

"It's alright, I'll figure something out," she said easing off her annoyance and tried to make her voice as soothing as she can. "It's probably just the universe making fun of me."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"I spent most of my time before here in a boarding school," he offered idly. "This place was kind of nice in a way that I got some freedom. Universe has to lay off sooner or later, right?"

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"Never been to boarding school," Dani said, "but I've been to the Police Academy so I can guess what that's like."

Except Dani signed up for the Academy 'cause she's crazy like that.

The corners of her mouth quirked upward, "I suppose sooner or later the universe would have to stop being insecure."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"If anything," he said with a small grin, "there's a plentiful amount of coffee and people like to give out free food whenever they can. The universe hasn't messed with that yet."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Hey, long as the universe doesn't mess with the coffee we're good."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"It hasn't for as long as I've been here," he assured her. "And you can always hit the mainland if something does happen. You gonna be a police officer here too?"

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"There a bus out of here?" Dani asked, interested, the roads seem too narrow for cars. "I don't know about being a cop here." But the mention of getting back on the job made her sit up straighter. She was police, she can't help it.

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"We don't have buses, no," Ned said, shaking his head. "There's rickshaws but you can walk to the causeway and get to the mainland if you want."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Huh." And for the moment that's the last she'll mention that subject. She'd rather not walk to Maryland blind. Dani took another sip of coffee, "What's the local PD like?"

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Luckily, I've never encountered them on a one on one basis," he said and laughed, "but I've heard they're not too bad. It's a small force but it's a small island."

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Dani nodded, she's not surprised it was a small force. Couldn't be much policing to be done in an island.

"Would you know who heads the station?"

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Sheriff Cooper, I think," Ned said after a moment's thought. "And I think Mayor Summers is his boss. I get all that from the radio broadcasts."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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Dani filed that information away, who knows? She might need it.

"Thanks, Ned," she polished off her coffee and took out her wallet to pay for the coffee.

She grimaced when she realized the people in the kitchen were still singing. "Is that a regular thing, the singing?"

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"No," he said and made a face. "I think they're just bored. This is just a today thing."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Good to know," Dani said, "I don't know if I can take it if I come into a musical diner everyday."

Not that she was, y'know, staying here everyday because she wasn't.

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"I promise it's not an everyday thing," he told her. He'd just leave out other bits of weirdness happening. "They're just being dumb today."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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Co-workers deliberately doing something to annoy you? Yeah, Dani knew what that felt like. It made her a little sympathetic with the kid.

"Good coffee," she said and stood and hey, look, the kid was still taller than her.

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"Thanks," Ned said, smiling a little. "Hope your day goes okay. I'll be around if you need anymore coffee."

Re: ned [luke's 07/18]

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"I'll keep that in mind," she promised and with a last nod turned to leave.

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