Luke's Diner, Saturday

[what_the_shock]

Miguel folded his arms. "I don't care if it's a regional delicacy. I'm not even saying no because of the reason you clearly want me to. I'm saying we can't put fried spider on the menu because nobody will eat it."

He waved off the cook. "You know what? I'll do the specials today. You want spider, you eat it."

Today's Specials
Buffalo chicken potato skins
Butternut blue cheese mac 'n' cheese
S'more sandwich cookies


Luke's was open!

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[special_rabbit]

After spending all morning moving all her stuff halfway across the island, the last thing Amaya wanted to was cook.

Okay, so the last thing Amaya usually wanted to do was cook, but now that Luke's was pretty much across the street from her new place, and since she'd practically relocated an entire armory out of the old place, she figured it might be good to stop in and grab a well-earned bite.

"Afternoon," she said, after a cursory glance at the specials board revealed not nearly enough meat on it, "what's good today?"

[what_the_shock]

"Spider!" called the cook from the back.

Miguel sighed and rolled his eyes. "Apart from the specials, the hamburgers are always good, or I'll take requests." He held up a finger before the cook could speak up again. "Reasonable requests."

[special_rabbit]

"...what's this about spiders, now?" asked Amaya, slipping onto a stool at the counter and feeling like maybe she shouldn't have asked, but curiosity got the better of her. It would almost seem like the voice from the back wanted to serve spiders, but that couldn't...

...well, with a varied population such as what the island had...

...and now Amaya was kind of wondering how they might tasted if you grilled 'em right with maybe some barbecue, and she shook her head and reasoned that was just the hunger from a hard day's work talking.

[what_the_shock]

Miguel sighed. "Earlier this week, they had a guaranteed spider-free menu, and I called them on it, so now they're insisting on cooking the things. If you want, they'll be happy to make them for you. Otherwise - hamburger. Seriously."

[special_rabbit]

"Hamburger's where I was leaning anyway," Amaya admitted with a nod, "but I couldn't help but wonder. Why'd they want flies in the first place? You're not staffed by a bunch of frogs charmed to be humans or anything, are you?"

Hey, it could be a fairly common (though generally frowned upon) business practice 'round Daventry-parts.

[what_the_shock]

"Spiders, not flies," Miguel corrected. "And I have no idea why the menu said that the first day."

He pulled the order slips toward himself. "Anything on your burger?"

[special_rabbit]

"Right," Amaya nodded, shaking her head and her mun's accursed work brain good lord. "Spiders. Guess I need that lunch more than I thought I did. Let's see, probably load it up, then. Lettuce, onion, cheese, bacon, pickles...ketchup, mustard. Better make it two burgers. No, three, and some fries."

Did she want to at least try one with spiders? Mayb--no. No, definitely not, why was she even considering that?

[what_the_shock]

haha I wondered

"Three burgers - all on one bun, or each on their own?" Miguel asked. "If you want them separate, I can get you one now and stagger the others so they're still hot when you're ready."

[special_rabbit]

And this. This was another reason why Amaya let other people handle her food more often than not, because there was an idea.

"All on one bun?" she tilted her head a little. "There's something I'd not have thought of. I like where you're head's at, but I'll go with separate, if you don't mind, and, sure, keep 'em staggered, but I don't think you'll have to wait too long in between. I'm...pretty famished."

She gave her stomach a light pat, where, just as expected, it supplied a little growl to emphasize her point.

[what_the_shock]

Miguel grinned. "Got it." He tore off the paper and went to hand it to the cook. "Cook them one at a time, so she can start on the first one." He chopped the potatoes and set them in the fryer on his way out.

"Hey, anything to drink?" he asked as he came back up front. "We've got soft drinks and coffee made; anything else'll take a sec. Milkshakes are pretty good, though they're not really thirst-quenching."

[special_rabbit]

"Soft drink'll be good," Amaya decided. "Coke, I guess, unless you'd recommend anything else. There's so many different ones here, I wonder half the time how people know what to get."

[what_the_shock]

"Want to try them all, see what you like?" Miguel asked. "We've got Coke, Diet Coke, root beer, ginger ale, Mountain Dew, Dr Pepper, and...something orange."

shut up I don't care about companies

"I can pull you a little glass of each."

[special_rabbit]

Amaya had to smirk a little at the suggestion. "I'd like that, I think," she said. "If it's not too much trouble. And since I imagine it's probably ill-advised to try those all in just one large glass."

[what_the_shock]

"Nah, we're not too busy." Miguel grinned at her. "And hey, some folks do put them all in one cup, but then how could you tell which you liked?"

He got a stack of glasses and lined them up on the machine, then filled each one about a third full with a different drink. "Where do you want to start?"