Luke's, Sunday

[uncertain_dume]

Was Kanan at Luke's today?

Miraculously so, yes. He'd come in riding dogback with a piece torn out of a pillowcase to wrap around his shoulders to keep him warm for the trek in. His hair was loose, which was driving him slightly up a wall, and his feet were bare, which was less than pleasant, but so long as he had a very, very large dog to hang out with, he was faring well enough even in this weather.

Did he cheat and use the Force in order to unlock the door today, letting Stance nose his way in from there? Absolutely. He used it to get the doorstop in place so that it was open a crack for folks of diminutive size, too.

And was he content to just sit back and let the cook and the dishwasher continue doing their thing in the kitchen, the cook riding on the dishwasher's shoulder and barking orders for the day? You bet.

The specials board today was written in the dishwasher's hand, too.

Welcome to Luke's!
Today's Specials:
Tiny Pancakes

If anybody needed Kanan, he'd be sitting comfortably on his dog's head, clad in nothing but a pair of pants and a scrap of torn fabric around his otherwise bare shoulders like a cloak, informing Stance that he was a Very Good Boy, indeed.

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[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan took a rather philosophical view of the whole 'shrunk' thing. He ran every day anyway, instead of running along the beach he just used that energy to get from place to place. It was more a workout than usual because instead of running shoes, he had black plastic doll boots on his feet. He was also wearing a doll hoodie, it was the only thing of the lot that fit him.

It was Sunday, he knew where Kanan should be. Whether or not he was actually there..

... was answered when he saw Stance inside and the door propped open. Kaidan jogged in and called happily, "Hi Stance! Hi buddy!"

That was poorly thought out. That had a suddenly supersized dog hopping up and all excited to see him. "Shit!" Kaidan blurted and ducked behind a chair leg. "Easy, buddy!"

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Well so much for sitting comfortably on his dog's head. Stance shot to his feet, and it was a small miracle of the Force that Kanan managed to keep from being thrown across the room, grabbing on to one ear and holding it for dear life.

"Whoa, buddy," he called, "okay, it's okay. Sit."

Before he could, you know, lick Kaidan or something. Licking bite-sized people would be bad, today.

Fortunately, Stance planted that butt on the floor, and Kanan made his way across his big little noggin to take a seat on his snout, giving him a fond pat on the muzzle.

"Good boy. We like Kaidan, we don't want to trample him today." He smirked down at him from where he was seated. "Do we?"

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan looked up at him and smirked, "We don't. Cuz little did you know it, but I'm here to make your day, buddy."

He walked forward to give Stance a fond if tiny pat on the side. "Good boy."

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"Well, good. My day could probably use some making," Kanan replied, and after a moment spent with his eyes closed, he found Stance carefully shifting his weight around in order to rest his chin on the floor so that Kanan could climb down. "... And we really need to do something about your breath, buddy."

Stance gave a little, confused whine before sitting back up again.

[spectre_alenko]

"You'd better be talking to Stance," Kaidan laughed, "I brushed my teeth this morning."

Colgate Wisps. Tasted terrible but it worked.

He patted the dog again. Then he grinned at Kanan and dug into one of the pockets on the side of his cargo pants.

Solemnly held out an appropriately sized hair tie.

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"Hey, would you look at that?" Kanan grinned as he made his way over to accept that hair tie. "Day instantly made. And your tendency of carrying those things around wherever you go pays off."

He'd been half considering giving himself a haircut with a paring knife or something all weekend. His usual hair fastener was only just slightly smaller than he was.

[spectre_alenko]

"Yeah, nobody gets to give me crap about my pocket detritus ever again," Kaidan said when the tie was handed over. "Second time this weekend something in there's come in handy. We did a walkthrough of your building yesterday with Hernando playing biggun, must've missed you."

He added, "He brought over a bunch of doll-sized clothing, so if you need a shirt, Jack might have something. None of 'em except this one fit over my biceps."

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"We might not have heard the knock," Kanan allowed. "Once Hera and I took the Stance Express down from the bed," not ONE WORD about them sharing a bed, anybody, "we more or less had everything handled, though."

He ever so gratefully started carding his fingers through his hair before pulling it back.

There. Much better.

"And I wouldn't complain about a shirt, if Jack happens to have spares. I did my best with what I had," his poor pillowcase, "but something a little more substantial would be great."

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan would never give him crap about that. Kanan had explained it once and god knew Kaidan and Jack fell asleep on the couch together or in a bed together often enough. He understood that sometimes having another person's weight in the bed or being able to open your eyes and see someone else was .. necessary.

"Good. Check with her, she has a horde of doll clothes and shoes. I think she's hoping if she's wearing some of the stuff when she gets big again, it'll size up with her. Most of it's her style," Kaidan said with a small smirk.

He eyed Kanan and chuckled. "You look like the cover of a barbarian novel. All you need is a sword."

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"If it's her style, should I be worried I'll end up wearing a tiny shirt made of straps?"

Important question for the day.

"Unfortunately, my lightsaber was with my armor, it's bigger than I am right now. But we do have those little sword-shaped sandwich picks up on the counter." He jerked a thumb upwards.

Way, way upwards.

[spectre_alenko]

"The boy clothes tended more toward t-shirts with snarky sayings on them," Kaidan assured him, "Arms were too small for me. Might fit you."

Not that Kanan's arms were by any means small, but they didn't have that 'I cart around a heavy suit of armor like it's nothing' build to them.

He squinted up at the counter. "So.. just how high does your Force lift go?"

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Kanan laughed and shook his head a little.

"I mean, we could find out, but I was thinking of letting somebody else do the work."

Yes. Yes he was giving his dog's hip a pat.

"Much as sometimes I would like to pick you up and throw you."

[spectre_alenko]

"Only way you can throw me is when you cheat," Kaidan smirked. That wasn't true. Kanan could throw him just fine. Kaidan was just real good at staying out of reach.

"So we just climb up on the buddy like he's a horse?"

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"Pretty much," Kanan confirmed after a moment taken to roll his eyes at that comment. "Stance is enjoying the hell out of this nonsense so far. It's the first time he's had permission to put his paws up on the counter."

And then, turning to Stance again, he added, "So, what do you say, buddy? Lay down so we can climb up again?"

It wasn't cheating to close his eyes a moment and ask him through the Force if he'd be so kind, dammit. It was just expedient.

[spectre_alenko]

It was also polite. Stance wouldn't be able to follow all those words in English.

It didn't stop Kaidan from grinning at the back of Kanan's head when he did so, mind.

[uncertain_dume]

"Something amusing, Kaidan?" Kanan still had his eyes shut when he asked that, though he was smiling a little himself at the time. A moment later, Stance was crouching right down, and Kanan was lowering his hand, opening his eyes, and nodding to Kaidan that it was all clear to climb Mount Dalmatian. "If we get up to his head, he can get his chin on the counter for us."

[spectre_alenko]

"Nah," Kaidan said, still grinning. He eyed Stance for a moment and then used his ankle and shoulder to do the climb in the shortest amount of holds. That allowed him to walk along the dog's back. "Ok. Good, I'm going to want food when we're done here."

Tiny pancakes with a sword pick through them.

[uncertain_dume]

But of course!

Kanan was up with just as much ease, making his way to Stance's head. Stance waited patiently until both men were situated before standing up again.

"You might want to grab hold to one of his ears," Kanan added with a soft chuckle. "When I give the word, this elevator is going to go up fast."

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan nodded. He hooked one hand around the front of Stance's ear and then reached to hook the other one through one of Kanan's beltloops. He figured it for being about par for a biotic Lift. He braced his weight against Stance's head.

"Should be good."

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"Okay," Kanan replied, glancing down at the hand holding on to his pants, and then shrugging. "Then let's get going. Stance, buddy? Stand up."

Oh yeah, when Stance got to standing, he stood with a gusto. He'd learned yesterday that standing on command meant he was going to get praised so much.

Kanan's balance didn't so much as waver in the process.

[spectre_alenko]

And that's why the hand on your pants, buddy. Kaidan's own lurched for half a second but he compensated for it immediately.

"Kind of like a ship taking off," Kaidan noted.

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"Yeah, unfortunately I can't get a ship or a dog off the ground as smoothly as Hera," Kanan noted as Stance rested his chin on the countertop, tail a-wagging away behind him. "And this is our stop. Off we go."

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan unhooked his hands and then spent some time patting Stance and telling him what a good buddy he was before standing and walking down the snout.

Did he turn to kiss Stance between the eyes? Shut up. His whole face fit in that area now.

He hopped down onto the counter and walked over to a napkin dispenser, looking up at it. "I'm starting to understand why short people are so annoyed all the time. I kind of want to just push it over for being there."

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"That'd teach it a lesson," Kanan replied, smirking a little as he reached down to scratch behind Stance's ear - a gesture that required an entire hand and a good deal of effort on his part - before jumping down onto the counter. "Napkin holders are notorious for their tendency toward hurt feelings."

[spectre_alenko]

"It's better than running around punching all the folks who didn't get miniaturized in the ankle," Kaidan pointed out. "Jack's been having a field day because we're the same height right now." Little brat.

..heh.