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Luke's, Tuesday

Mitsutada had been employed less than 24 hours and he was already contemplating whether he should quit.

Not because he disliked the work, but because on his first day the kitchen staff kept trying to egg him into going outside and slicing falling marzipan fruits with his sword.

He was absolutely not going to do that. It'd get him all sticky, not to mention it chafed him a little every time he heard them use the word 'ninja'. He was not a ninja!

Instead he busied himself with cooking to make sure today was a good first day on the job.

Today's specials
Tonkatsu Sandwiches with a side of Edamame
Vegetable Tempura
Takoyaki

Luke's was open!

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For those who don't want to pay their compliments to the chef.

He'd eventually stop making mainly deep fried foods.

Eventually.

Hannibal didn't make it a general practice to stop by the diner, but the board got him curious.

He stepped inside and shook the marzipan pieces off of his umbrella.

"I am sensing a theme in the specials today."

"An attempt at appeasing the American appetite," Mitsutada said, smiling at his first customer. "Though perhaps the octopus is for those a little more adventurous."

He gave a small bow to the man. "Welcome to Luke's. I am Mitsutada, and I am happy to serve you."

Hannibal bowed back properly. "Doctor Hannibal Lecter. And I would love to try the octopus. It's been some time since I've eaten any I did not prepare myself."

"One order of takoyaki, coming right up," Mitsutada said, before stepping back to the food prep area. He returned after a few minutes, a basket of hot battered balls of octopus (and other ingredients) in his gloved hand. He placed it on the counter with a smile. "You are a chef yourself, then, Doctor Lecter?"

"I am," Hannibal answered, simply looking at the food and smelling it first. "I enjoy it, and I often teach cooking at the local school."

He took a careful bite of one of the balls and smiled. "You are new to the island, then?"

"I am," Mitsutada said with a nod. "I came from Japan. I would say not long ago, but it was also far in the future as well."

Time travel really wasn't a big deal to Mitsutada. "I am finding it quite agreeable here, though I miss my compatriots back home."

"Well, welcome to Fandom," Hannibal said. "It is indeed a lovely place most of the time. If you don't mind the occasional oddity such as the rain today," he waved at the marzipan outside, "and can handle yourself should something worse happen."

"That seems to be the standard warning here," Mitsutada said with a nod. "Luckily I am not unprepared for danger. Even if it thinks it can sneak up on me."

He tapped a finger against his eyepatch, just to be dramatic.

Hannibal chuckled. "No sneaking up on you, then." He shook his head. "Most of the things here are not nearly so subtle as to try, for better or for worse."

"I prefer to face things head on, so that works just fine for me," Mitsutada said. "How is the takoyaki? Have you had the dish before?"

He was curious how well his cooking had gone over.

"I have had it several times before," Hannibal said. "This is nicely done; thank you. Will you be here from now on?"

"I will be head chef every Tuesday," Mitsutada said with a nod. "And perhaps work other days as I am allowed. Not that I need much extra work, but it is good to keep my hands busy."

"I quite agree," Hannibal said. "It is important to have something to do that you enjoy."

Luke had heard about a new worker at the diner, so of course he decided to swing by and say hello.

"A'ight, y'all quit it," he said when he walked in, glaring at the busboy chanting "Fruit ninja! Fruit ninja!" as he washed the tables. "Leave the poor new guy alone."

The busboy listened to him about as well as he always did, sigh.

"Arigato," said Mitsutada, giving a gracious little bow to the man. "I am starting to understand why Mr. Spencer was so annoyed with the other staff yesterday. Not that I think ill of them."

Yet. There was definitely an unspoken 'yet'.

"Just give it time," Hardison advised. "You will."

That was said with a glare towards the busboy, who continued to ignore him. Sigh. "They're pretty good at comin' up with ways to annoy you, no matter how patient you're tryna be."

He offered Mistutada a smile and a nod. "Nice to meet you. I'm Hardison, Eliot's boyfriend. I heard about you gettin' hired an' figured I'd stop by an' say hello. Make sure you're settlin' in okay."

"It is good to meet you," Mitsutada said. "I suppose I do not need to introduce myself, as you seem to already know who I am."

He gestured around. "It is a rowdier atmosphere in the kitchen than I am used to, but only because I have yet to establish my leadership among the staff. I think I can do so, in time."

"I don't know much about you," Hardison said genially. "So I'll take that introduction if you want. As for dealin' with these jokers, well..." He shook his head. "Best of luck. Our girl, Parker, seems to have 'em cowed. But she's scarier'n me, so I guess that makes sense."

"You have a daughter together? That sounds like quite the happy family," Mitsutada said with a smile. "There is not too much to me. I come from my own family of sorts in Japan, in the future. I have many brothers there whom I miss, but I am finding it easier to be apart from them with each day."

"Ahhh, no," Hardison said with a smile. "Our girlfriend, Parker. The three of us, we're a thing. Sorry for the confusion."

It wasn't even the first time it had happened! Hardison really needed to come up with a new way of saying that.

"You come from future Japan?"

"Ah, my apologies for the misunderstanding," Mitsutada said. "Though a happy family in a different configuration, all the same."

He nodded along with Hardison's question. "I do, though I would not call it futuristic. I do not have a laser pistol, for instance. Nor robot parts."

Something in Hardison eased a bit with Mitsutada's easy acceptance of their relationship. "Yeah, exactly," he said. "We started out as a crew an' became family along the way. Gettin' together the way we are came last."

He headed towards his favorite booth, nodding towards the other man in a silent request to join him. "Well, now I'm disappointed," he said with a laugh. "No robot parts or laser pistols? Disappointin'. So what brings a man from future Japan to modern-day Fandom, then?"

There were similar relationships at the Citadel.

"Curiosity," Mitsutada said with a shrug. "I am investigating on the behalf of another, at least for now. It is definitely a new experience for me. I didn't realize how settled I would need to become."

"Figured you could come in, look around for a few days, then bounce?" Hardison asked, with a small chuckle. "Makes sense, but that ain't how this island works. You need to stick around for a bit to see how weird it is."

He glanced outside at the desultory fall of marzipan rain. "Well, maybe not so much this time of year."

"So far the 'weird' has mainly been the very unique weather patterns," Mitsutada said. "Though I'm told it can get far more dangerous. But I am not unprepared for such things, if necessary. I hope that comes later rather than sooner."

"I don't think you're gonna get that wish," Hardison said, with the wry knowledge of someone who'd been on the island a spell and had learned its moods. "It's been too quiet too long. And December seems to be a pretty rowdy time of year, trust."

Please no more aliens to ruin his love of aliens, island.

Mitsutada frowned a bit at that. "So all of this silliness is just a distracting appetizer to a deadly main course?" he mused. "Well, it has a certain style, but I don't think I appreciate it."

"More like..." Hardison thought for a second. Because that wasn't entirely inaccurate, but he didn't think it was quite correct. "More like this is a fun run up to Christmas that's gon' be unfortunately interrupted by somethin' horrifyin' an' terrible."

"A happier way to look at," Mitsutada agreed. "Though we can hope that horrifying part is short-lived."

He shook his head. "This was a nicer place when I thought it was all sugar rain and transforming into animals."

"Yeah," Hardison said. "On the surface, it seems like a wacky island that just likes to defy reality for funsies. But a coupla times a year, it just...gets dark. It's good to be prepared for." He gestured to the busboy to get him an orange soda. "You mentioned someone said it got more dangerous?"

"A man I met in the park," said Mitsutada, gesturing with a gloved hand. "His name is Kanan, I don't know if you know him. He mentioned invasions and told me it would be good if I knew how to use my sword."

Mitsutada nodded down at where his tachi sat, tied to his belt. "Luckily it is something that I know quite well."

"...Please tell me you showed Eliot your swords," Hardison said immediately.

"He met me while I was using my practice sword," Mitsutada said. "Though he has not seen the Osafune blade drawn. That is something that is only done with purpose."

It was him after all. Mitsutada didn't just bare himself on the first date, so to speak.

"...He mention that he got a Hanzo sword for Christmas one year?"

Hardison was guessing a yes.

"Yo, he'd respect that. Not barin' a sword unless you were plannin' on usin' it."

"He did," Mitsutada said with a nod. It was an intriguing concept, but mainly because Mitsutada thought of that as meaning 'a sword owned by Hattori Hanzo', and not a sword made by someone named Hanzo, as was actually the case.

"Swords have to have purpose," Mitsutada agreed. "And I am grateful for a chance to have one here."

...Slight oops, there.

"You been lookin' for a purpose?" Hardison asked, thinking Mitsutada was speaking metaphorically. Look, he was used to people turning into inanimate objects, not the other way around. "I know how that is. Turned out I was lookin' for one myself an' didn't realize it. That's how I ended up with my crew."

"I had a purpose, where I came from. And I suppose I am fulfilling that just by being here," Mitsutada said with a nod. "I suppose I was more looking for a way to feel like I was doing more, here. This isn't much, but it is hopefully the start of something good."

"It can get easy to get lost in the days here," Hardison sympathized. "Especially when you're used to always havin' somethin' to do. S'why I teach every so often, up at the school."

Mitsutada made some soft noises in agreement with what Hardison said. "It is fulfilling to work with the young," he said. "I don't think I quite realized there was a school on the island."

Yes, he'd missed that part, somehow.

"What sort of classes do you teach?"

"Yeah, up at the castle," Hardison said. "Most of 'em keep to themselves though, save for the few who got jobs here in town."

Weird that. He remembered it being a little different a couple of years ago, but maybe that had just been Raven and Kathy.

"I taught a couple of different classes. Real random stuff. One about keepin' yourself entertained in the summer, another about preppin' for danger or somethin'. Most of my skills aren't things folks want their kids learnin'. Or would take more'n seventeen weeks to teach."

"You can teach a class about how to keep yourself entertained?" Mitsutada chuckled. "If I had ever been a boy I think I might have liked that."

He paused, realizing that was not a normal sentence that people said. "When I was younger, I mean, sorry about my English."

Hardison raised an internal eyebrow at that, but was willing to let it slide. English was a tricky language--and if Mitsutada had a secret, it wasn't his job to pry.

"Them summer days can be long an' boring," he said with a smile. "Gotta learn how to fill 'em up with stuff that won't get you in trouble."

You know, like learning to be a criminal hacker before puberty and getting barred from Iceland before you graduated high school.

[Sorry! This never posted!]

I maxed out my Mitsutada last week. This is sad because now he sits being unused while my other sword boys level up.

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