Luke's, Sunday

[uncertain_dume]

You know, the great thing about Sundays normally being about pancakes was that Luke's was completely equipped for this sort of weekend already. Especially since, fortunately, the cook was also an adult. Kanan would have hated to have to evict anybody from the kitchen for the sake of safety today, especially since he wanted to be out front where all the interesting stuff was bound to happen.

Today's Specials:
Pancakes - Choose Your Own Toppings!
French Fries and Ketchup
Milk and Cookies

If anybody needed Kanan, he was the guy looking eminently amused, leaning against the counter and eating fries.

[OOC: Open, though probably SP. I'm starting a six-day project at work today, and don't know if DW is locked out at this studio, but it's certainly going to be crunch week on a show I don't know, so...]

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[somethingwithturquoise]

And there was a little redhead in a pink sweater coming into the diner thanks to a force that she didn't really understand that just insisted that she go there for lunch today, making a show out of climbing onto a stool at the counter which she didn't have nearly as much trouble with as she made it seem.

She shifted until she was comfortable, sat up very straight and proper, and folded her hands in front of her on the counter as she said, very politely, "I would like some pancakes, please, and a milkshake. Mmmm..." Her face twisted a little, eyes rolling up to give it some thought, even if she knew exactly what she wanted, and she nodded as she came to the conclusion she'd already made. "Strawberry."

[uncertain_dume]

"Strawberry milkshake and pancakes, huh?" It really didn't take Kanan any time at all to place his favorite Sunday regular, no. He gave her a warm little smile and a knowing nod before adding, "Would you like strawberries on the pancakes too? Or maybe chocolate?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer shook her head, whipping her ponytail back and forth a little. "Too much strawberry," she decided and resolutely said, "Blueberries. With, like, powdered sugar to make it look like it was snowing!"

Even if she was going to then completely drench the attempted winterscape with way too much syrup.

[uncertain_dume]

"Hey, great choice," Kanan said, and even gave her a thumbs-up to best demonstrate his approval. "I would have had the exact same thing if I thought about it."

And if he hadn't gotten more than his fill of sugar at the party last night. He now knew what regret felt like. Well. Sugar-related regret, anyway.

"So, how's your day going?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Um," said Summer, tilting her head thoughtfully, kicking her legs a little, "it's been... pretty good. I woke up, and then I had breakfast, and then I watched some TV, but there wasn't anything really good on, so I went outside, and, at first, I thought I should probably stay in the yard, because I know we're not supposed to really go out in the street or whatever, but the yard was kind of boring, and then the squirrels seemed really nice, so I followed them for a little while and they took me to the park, where I went on the swings, although the swings weren't really as fun. Usually my daddy pushes me on the swings, and he can push me higher than all the other kids, but, you know what? I didn't need him, I thought, I can push myself just as high! I didn't get that high, though, but you'd have been impressed, it was still pretty high, especially by myself. And then I got hungry and so I decided to come here because I wanted pancakes and a milkshake. I don't know what I'll do after this, though, probably more at the playground. I made some friends yesterday, maybe I can find them again and they can come with me."

She stopped to take a breath.

"And how's your day going?"

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Kanan's eyes were a little wide at the end of that. He thought he was used to Summer's rambles when she wasn't tiny.

Kids would never cease to baffle him.

"I mean, I'm at work," he replied, blinking out of his stupor after a moment. "So not much has really happened except for the coming to work part. But there are cookies. No complaints about cookies, right?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Someone might complain," Summer offered. "Some people complain about ev.ver.ree.thing." She rolled her eyes dramatically, as if she wasn't one of those people more often than not. "But it kinda depends? On what kinda cookies they are? Like, you know, do they have..."

She cleared her throat, pushed herself on the counter enough to lean forward to whisper to him, although it was a pretty loud whisper, "....raisins in them?"

[uncertain_dume]

"What do you think I am? A monster?" Kanan gave Summer a grin and shook his head. "I'll protect you from the raisins, don't worry. I was thinking something with a little more chocolate, myself."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Chocolate is almost always good," Summer said with an approving nod and, since she was still leaning forward on the counter, practically standing on the stool to do so, she dropped back to the conspiratorial whisper.

"Can you crumble some cookies and put them on my pancakes? And maybe mix some in my milkshake? And then maybe put some on the side like a...uh..." What was the word? "Granish."

Close enough. She'd picked it up whenever her daddy went into one of his "gourmet" phases every few months or so.

[intotheout]

Tip might've been much smaller than normal, but she was probably still pretty recognizable. For one thing, there weren't that many black girls on the island.

"I have money and I'm not disruptive," she said, clearly trying to preempt some expected argument. "I have my mom's permission to be here by myself."

Tip's mom was very confused by the text messages she was getting from her daughter this weekend, but yes, she had given her permission to go into town and get food all by herself.

[uncertain_dume]

Aw, Tip. You were kind of stinkin' adorable, did you know that?

"I wasn't worried," Kanan promised, giving her a little grin. "Don't worry about the money, we have deals for kids today anyway. What'll you have?"

So. Damn. Cute. Kanan didn't have much experience with kids, but that didn't mean he didn't enjoy this weekend so far.

[intotheout]

"Really?" Tip brightened, then frowned, suspicious. "What's the catch?"

Nothing in this world was actually free, after all.

[uncertain_dume]

Hey, Kanan couldn't fault her for that. He was suspicious these days, himself.

At her age, maybe he wouldn't have been, so much.

"You need to answer a skill-testing question before you place your order," he deadpanned. Because he had to come up with something that sounded at least halfway legitimate, here.

[intotheout]

"You do know that businesses are supposed to make money, right?"

[uncertain_dume]

"I never went to business school," Kanan replied easily, giving his shoulders a shrug. "Your point?"

[intotheout]

"Okay. Just hope you don't get fired for not making enough money." She heard a lot about how things cost money and people getting fired, back home.

[uncertain_dume]

"Nah, that won't happen," Kanan replied, waving it off. Because, you know, he was the crazy idiot who was letting all of this come out of his own wallet. "It's a one-day promotion only, I can't see it getting too crazy in here."

[vdistinctive]

Eliot came in at a dead run, did a lap around the dining room and launched himself onto a stool at the counter, spinning around three times before coming to rest.

"Do the cookies count under 'kids eat free'?"

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"Only if you have some french fries or pancakes first," Kanan replied, because he wasn't entirely horrible and didn't actually want Eliot to spend the rest of the day with a tummy ache, here. "Or maybe some chicken fingers. They're actually pretty good."

... He'd been sampling the cook's wares today, himself.

[vdistinctive]

Eliot heaved a long suffering sigh as he spun around on the stool again. "Fiiiiiine. I guess I'll have french fries before cookies."

This was the best diner in existence.

[uncertain_dume]

"Tough life, isn't it, buddy?" Kanan gave Eliot a little grin. "But the plus side is that you get to pick what kind of cookie after your fries, so it isn't a total loss."

[vdistinctive]

"Wouldn't I be able to do that anyway?" Eliot asked. "And hey, I get to have ice cream cake too, right?"

[uncertain_dume]

"I guess you would, wouldn't you," Kanan allowed. "And sure, ice cream cake if you've still got room. Why not?"

Hey, it had dairy! That was like another food group!

[vdistinctive]

"This is my favorite diner of all time," Eliot informed him very seriously.

Then spun around on the stool again. "So french fries! And uhhhhh. Something with protein, I guess?"

[uncertain_dume]

"Yeah? Chicken fingers? Something with peanut butter?" Other... something something protein... Kanan had no idea what kids liked around here with protein in it, so he was just kind of rolling with it.

Especially since at that age, he never would have given it any thought.