Luke's, Monday

[vdistinctive]

Eliot had had an extremely rough weekend in which he'd been particularly useless against the latest in-coming threat, but the radio had been kind enough not to report his total metldown and he was perfectly happy to go back to life as normal pretending none of it had ever happened.

And he had a lovely Christmas beer, courtesy of the island, and a staff full of crazy people to help him do it.

"Look," he said. "I get the theme, the theme is not the problem."

The cook shook his head, clearly at a loss.

"You seriously don't see an issue with putting latkes and pork pie on the same specials board?"

Today's specials
Yuletide pork pie
Classic potato latkes
Christmas fruitcake

Of course they didn't.

Luke's was open.

Comments

Mod your service

[vdistinctive]

Don't mind the waitstaff's argument about whether latkes went best with apple sauce or sour cream.

Talk to Eliot

[vdistinctive]

He made sure there was some good brisket available to go with those latkes if anyone wanted to keep kosher.

Re: Talk to Eliot

[battlewithstyle]

Mitsutada came in, still moving a bit deliberately after yesterday's injuries. He had his arm in a sling less so because of the arm but because of the damage to his shoulder... which was healing at a pretty accelerated rate, since he wasn't human.

He gave a smile to his boss as he sat down. "Which of the specials would you recommend?" he asked.

Re: Talk to Eliot

[vdistinctive]

"Hard to go wrong with the pork pie, so long as you eat pig," Eliot said. He nodded to Mitsutada's shoulder. "Got knocked around a little, huh?"

Re: Talk to Eliot

[battlewithstyle]

"Took a pretty nasty blow from one of our unfriendly visitors. The ones shaped like people, not the slugs," Mitsutada said with a little nod. "Should be right as rain in a bit. I tend to mend very easily."

"Pork pie sounds excellent, thank you."

Re: Talk to Eliot

[vdistinctive]

"That's definitely gonna be an advantage around here," Eliot said. "Though hopefully we'll be alright until at least the spring."

Re: Talk to Eliot

[battlewithstyle]

"Do they tend to come at usual times?" Mitsutada mused. "The flowers bloom and oops, here comes ancient evil?"

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[vdistinctive]

"You laugh, but yeah, kinda. This is somethin' like the third year in a row we've gotten evil for Christmas."

Re: Talk to Eliot

[battlewithstyle]

"Sounds like it's time to stop celebrating Christmas," Mitsutada joked.

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[what_the_shock]

After this weekend, Miguel had to stop in, mostly to see if Hanna was still there and to pay Eliot for the food he'd given her (if Eliot was a dick; Miguel didn't think so, but you never knew).

"Hey." He stepped in and look around. "Has there been a blonde girl around? Hungry, doesn't talk much?"

Re: Talk to Eliot

[vdistinctive]

"Not that I've seen. If she was one of the, uh, visitors, she'll be gone by now, though."

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[what_the_shock]

Miguel sighed. "I was afraid of that. She wasn't dangerous or anything, just wanted food. Guess the island doesn't discriminate, though."

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[vdistinctive]

"If they came from over there, they went back over there." Rough as that had been when it came to the other Kathy, Eliot understood the reasons for it. "Sorry, man. Maybe she managed to bring some provisions back with her."

Re: Talk to Eliot

[what_the_shock]

"Yeah, I hope so," Miguel said. "I can pay you for those, too, if you want. Didn't have pockets at the time, so I just fed her."

Re: Talk to Eliot

[vdistinctive]

"The hell is it about me that y'all think I'm gonna get mad at you for feedin' people when the island goes wonky?" Eliot mused. "We've got enough food that I let polar bears live in the freezer. You can feed a hungry kid when you need to."

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[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy came in, gave a confused look at the specials board (pork and latkes?!?), and beelined right for Eliot.

Someone needed her dad, shh.

Re: Talk to Eliot

[vdistinctive]

Eliot pulled her into a hug wordlessly, and just held on for several moments.

"How you doin', darlin'?"

Re: Talk to Eliot

[spin_kick_snap]

"You know..." she mumbled into his chest. "Fine."

This hug was clearly for your benefit, Eliot. Duh.

Re: Talk to Eliot

[vdistinctive]

"Yeah," Eliot said, rubbing her back. "Me too."

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[spin_kick_snap]

"Good good," she said. "We're just two totally fine people having a Monday."

Beat.

"...Eliot, why is there pork and latkes on the specials board at the same time?"

Re: Talk to Eliot

[vdistinctive]

"Because the kitchen staff's trying to celebrate everything at once," Eliot said. "Latkes for the seventh night of Hanukkah, pork pie for Yuletide, and a Christmas fruitcake. Apparently none of them knows a damn thing about Kwanzaa."

Honestly, that was probably for the best.

OOC

[vdistinctive]

I woke up this morning without a voice. Tis the season for ALL THE TEA.

Re: OOC

[battlewithstyle]

Tea's the season?

Re: OOC

[sharp_man]

Applesauce!

Re: OOC

[spin_kick_snap]

I'M SORRY I GOT YOU SICK OVER THE INTERNET