Luke's, Sunday

[uncertain_dume]

There was a teenager standing next to Kanan behind the counter at Luke's today. A faintly bemused looking teenager, with green hair and ears that were faintly tinted the same, slurping at a chocolate milkshake and shooting the shit with the kitchen staff while occasionally giving Kanan a speculative glance, here and there.

Kanan was managing to play it cool. He hadn't freaked out over Anan saying weird things about his eyes last year, he was absolutely not going to freak out over Jacen and what he had to say this year.

Nope. Not freaking out.

The specials board was, perhaps, predictable.

Today's Specials:
Pancakes! With any toppings you like!

It seemed fitting for a day like today, all things considered.

You know. Sunday.

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[uncertain_dume]

For those awkward family dinners! Or pancake breakfasts.

Talk to Kanan!

[uncertain_dume]

Or Jacen. He recommends you try the chocolate milkshakes with a bit of cayenne pepper in them.

Re: Talk to Kanan!

[throughaphase]

Had Kitty come in kind of just to see whether there was a kid there today? Yes she had. She came in with Lexi, who was reading the specials board and thinking.

“So how’s your weekend going?” Kitty asked, totally innocently.

Re: Talk to Kanan!

[uncertain_dume]

"Hey, Kitty," Kanan replied, giving her a little grin and a nod of his head before glancing at... well. At Jacen, practically a younger version of himself only with Hera's colorings, sitting to the side and giving his milkshake a thoughtful looking over. The boy had been weird around him since yesterday, and this bonding time thing was going about as well as either of them had expected. "It's, uh."

He glanced at Lexi.

"Probably about as interesting as yours, I'd guess?"

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[throughaphase]

“Oh, we outright expect this kid to show up now. This is my daughter Lexi,” Kitty said, and she only managed to choke up a tiny bit saying that. She was very proud of herself.

Lexi, for her part, waved dutifully, still distracted by the specials board.

Kitty glanced at Jacen, not wanting to stare at him or anything, and said, “Good interesting or bad interesting? Or the kind of interesting that just makes your head hurt?”

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[uncertain_dume]

Kanan looked back at Jacen, frowning thoughtfully. Jacen glanced up at them all, kind of stared for a moment, and then resolutely turned his attention back to his milkshake.

"... I haven't decided yet," Kanan settled on. "He's a good kid, but he seems a lot more comfortable around Hera. And around my dog, I guess, but Stance is Stance."

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[throughaphase]

“He’s here with you, though,” Kitty pointed out. “And he’s old enough not to be.”

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[somethingwithturquoise]

And it was Sunday, and so there was a Summer, dressed in what looked like a armor made of scrap metal and duct tape (which she was totally rocking, by the way). Someone had penciled in a silver "tattoo" under one of her eyes and her hair was down and mussed up to the "appropriate" level by little fingers, and she incongruously wore her Prom Queen crown on the top of her head.

Most of the get-up had been at Hematemisis's insistence, because she thought her mother looked "like a total nerd." The crown, however, was a joint decision by the both of them, in a moment that really cinched the deal that, yeah, this was definitely her daughter, though, really, there was no denying it from the get go.

She was followed by a small child in a similar set of scrap metal armor with a metal bucket helmet over her head, who kicked the door open with a yell when they walked in. Summer flinched, picked her up, and plopped her down on a stool before having a seat herself. "Stay," she warned the girl, who was already starting to climb down, but she settled obediently at her mother's word. Summer threw in an extra lingering glare of warning before her attention went across the counter to Kanan.

"So, this is fun," she offered by way of greeting.

[[aaaaand please to not mind the SP]]

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[uncertain_dume]

"A real blast," Kanan said, offering Summer (and Summer's whole look) a bit of a wry grin and a shake of his head.

Not far off, Jacen was looking up at Junkyard Kid, and then at who was clearly Junkyard Mom, and nodding a little. Ah. That made sense.

"You look ready for... I want to say battle," Kanan noted, "but I'm not so sure spacer's tape is the way to go if you're looking for actual structural integrity on your armor."

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[somethingwithturquoise]

"We worked with what was available," Summer said dryly. "BDG, this is Hematemesis. Hematemesis, this is BDG."

Hematemisis banged her fists on the counter in a rhythmic cadence as her little voice echoed within her bucket. "We demand sustenance! Bring us the flesh of your finest warriors or we will have no choice but to take it from them ourselves!"

Summer's grin was strained, drawing in a breath through her teeth. "Sooooo....remember the other day when we were sorta talking about how there's a lot of stuff we don't know about each other?

"Also," she added, "we'll have pancakes. Blueberry. With a big side of sausage and bacon." She gave a glance to the little warrior beside her, still banging her fists before Summer put out her hand to stop them. "And a big glass of orange juice."

Hematemisis definitely had scurvy.

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[uncertain_dume]

"Biggest pancake breakfast we have and a double dose of vitamin C coming up," Kanan replied, smiling wryly and waving to the back to place his order. The cook and Jacen both kind of looked at him for a moment, and then Kanan made a face and the cook scurried off, leaving Jacen sighing and standing there, awkwardly stirring his milkshake with his straw again. "You can tell her anything you like about the origins of that sausage if it gets it into her mouth. I won't tell."

The bucket was an interesting lifestyle choice. Not one he particularly cared for, but there were reasons for that.

"So, I have a feeling there's a story here."

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[blue_eyed_cosmos]

Kueng entered Luke's almost backwards, because he was busy talking to his dad.

"But, like, Mom is definitely coming, right?" he asked. "Shouldn't we have waited for her? I wouldn't have minded waiting for her."

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[puppy_fair]

"Absolutely, definitely coming," Zack confirmed, giving Kueng a little smile and a shrug of his shoulders. "But she had something to take care of. Personally, I think she just wants to try to steal your chicobo."

Because who wouldn't want double the Silly?

"It's fine," he added. "She won't be long."

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[blue_eyed_cosmos]

Kueng looked relieved, then slightly doubtful.

"She will give Silly back, right?" Because that was his. From his mom. He didn't want to lose Silly, no matter how wonderful it was to actually meet his mom.

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[puppy_fair]

"She'll give him back," Zack promised. "And if she tries to keep him, I'll distract her for you while you grab him and run. Teamwork!"

That was great, Zack. That would totally work, sure.

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[futurespacemom]

Hera came by after she'd decided she'd given them enough time together. She waved at Kanan and Jacen both, one a touch more awkward than the other. "Hi, boys." She'd been practicing saying that casually on the way over. "How's your day going?"

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[what_dad_was_like]

"Great," Kanan said, at about the same time Jacen said, "Fine."

The pair looked at one another, were silent for a moment, and then Jacen offered, "Great," and about the same time Kanan said, "Fine."

...

"I have a milkshake," Jacen offered, breaking another weird silence. "Chocolate goes really good with this pepper they have on Earth, you should try it, Mom."

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[futurespacemom]

Hera had to snicker at their reaction. "They have a lot of good peppers here," she told Jacen. "They even have one called a ghost! It's really good. Do you have any of that stuff left?" she asked Kanan.

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[uncertain_dume]

"We make a point of keeping it in stock just for crazy people like you," Kanan said, smiling crookedly at Hera. "Did you want some? I can go get it."

And take a minute to just sort of breathe while Jacen touched base with his mother. Because this... this had all been a little on the awkward side, and he had no idea what he was doing.

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[intraspective]

Ino... Ino looked a little tired as she came into Luke's. Tired and a bit worn out.

"Hey," she said, looking for her boys. Ah, there they were. "Isn't this fun?"

This was not her definition of fun. Not exactly.

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[uncertain_dume]

"A laugh a minute," Kanan said, glancing at the pair, too. He didn't look half as worn out, but there was a lot of Jedi training and compartmentalization behind that fact. "I'm guessing that one is yours?"

Guess which kid in the diner was his. The eyebrows alone probably gave it away.

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[intraspective]

She was normally better at hiding it, really, but then she also didn't normally spend the morning talking to a man who loved a version of her long dead either.

"What gave it away?" Ino asked, smiling slightly. "The hair? The eyes? All of the above?"

As she continued her survey of the diner, her smile widened. "I see you've got your own mini."

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[uncertain_dume]

"If I were to say all of the above and then ask you the same question, is that the reply I'd get in turn?"

For what it was worth, if nothing else, Jacen had wound up with blue eyes instead of his parents' green. Because not all of him had a verdant tint, thank you.

OOC!

[uncertain_dume]

Guys guys guys I got to watch the original Pokémon theme song guy perform the Pokémon theme song to a symphonic accompaniment last night and I believe I have ascended to nerd heaven.

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[blue_eyed_cosmos]

I'm so, so, so envious of you omg. I've told you that already, but I'm telling you again!