fandomtownies | Luke's Diner, September 20 (Monday)

A week in, Lacey was pleased to note that the hydroponic wall planters were still there, and thriving; she spent possibly far too long fussing over the plants (and talking to them, yes, she took the idea of talking to plants more to heart in Fandom than she would anywhere else) and making sure they had enough water and nutrients before she so much as started cleaning up the diner in preparation to open for the day.

The salad bar area -- relocated near the wall planters -- had pride of place today, stacks of plates arranged tastefully next to silverware and brightly-colored dishes of tomatoes, beets, yellow peppers, other pretty vegetables, and all the dressings and toppings she could think of. Dangling from fishing line over the salad bar was a neatly hand-lettered sign that read "NEW SPECIAL" -- Pick-Your-Own-Salad Bar!

Look, just because Dog River had given her crap over improperly using quotation marks for emphasis, it didn't mean she was above trying it again in Fandom. It had been long enough. (About that definition of insanity, Lacey . . .)

The specials board was up as usual, though.

Today's Specials
Broccoli Garlic Quiche
Spinach and Cheese Omelets
Spanakopita
Apple Fritters

NOW HIRING - SEE MANAGER FOR DETAILS

Luke's is open, and just chock-full of healthy entrepreneurial ambition, isn't it?

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Quick! Before she tries to push the salad bar on you!

Unless you find this sort of thing entertaining.

"I don't find my name on anything today," noted Angua as she took up her usual lunchtime stool.

She sounded incredibly pleased about this; it was like an early birthday present she actually wanted.

"I haven't gotten around to figuring out exactly what I want the permanent plaque to say," Lacey replied, not entirely serious but enough so to be a concern. No, a Concern. Emphasis on that shift key. "But you're still in the running!"

. . . about that birthday present . . .

Angua was not going to bother hiding her groan and slight deflation, and she tried to think if she'd ever heard of anything that might particularly help boost people's imaginations.

"But Pick-Your-Own-Salad Bar is pretty catchy. So straight forward and to the point. Really, no confusion. I think it could work!"

...No.

"But that's so generic," protested Lacey. "Naming it after someone gives it a nice homey sort of feel. It's not so . . . cold and corporate."

Yes, Lacey, because your salad bar was in so much danger of being mistaken for a tiny link in an international chain.

"See, now," Angua offered, feeling suddenly inspired and incredibly proud of this one, "naming it after someone I might know just makes me think of cannibalism."

"But," sputtered Lacey, "but it's salad! And unless the vegetables come to life again, or . . . or we get a walking, talking cucumber moving into town, that's hardly going to get mistaken for cannibalism, is it?"

Or a Car--

Nope, she was going to think it.

She was just going to shrug slightly. "All I know," Angua offered, "is I'd feel weird about eating a Lacey salad. No offense, of course."

And she was fairly sure you didn't have to be a vegetarian werewolf to feel that way.

Oh, Angua, don't go there.

"None taken," Lacey said, but leave it to her to actually take that as a bad thing, because she would be the one who thought it'd be neat. Witness the shaky little laugh and overexaggerated shrug. "I mean. Who'd want to do that anyway?"

Oh, Lacey. How Angua would forever marvel at the fact that she didn't even need to smell your lies.

She sighed, debating in her head whether it was really that important to stick to this if this is what it did to poor Lacey.

"Well," she offered, "a Lacey salad probably is a pretty catch name, I've got to admit. It rolls off the tongue a lot better than an Angua salad. Most people don't even know how to pronounce my name. And would you want to have it stuck with being called a von Überwald? That just sounds dirty."

They weren't even going to talk about Delphine.

Edited 2010-09-21 15:41 (UTC)

A recipe for bacon and cheese soup (http://bacontoday.com/smooth-bacon-and-cheese-soup/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bacontoday+%28Bacon+Today%29)? Someone must be trying to tell Lacey something.

Possibility of epic workday slowplay is up in the air, but very existent, just FYI. I'm scared of today.

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