Luke's, Sunday

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan took two steps into the diner today, looked at the staff, and before any of them could open their mouths, he said, "There had better be pancakes on the specials board."

And then a moment's pause before he added, "and I'll have a double order. Extra berries."

It had been that kind of week. He hadn't eaten since Sunday last week and he'd almost been eaten by a giant droid in Hera's scrapyard yesterday. Pancakes, dammit.

Today's Specials:
Pancakes, Half Price!
Extra Toppings Free To Anyone With Toy Trauma!

"Better make that a double order on the extra berries, too."

Happy Sunday.

[OOC: And open here, too! With the 'slowplay-to-noplay in the morning' caveat!]

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[thatwaslucky]

At some point when she had a break, Rey wandered over, because there was a Kanan and also food. (She deeply appreciated being able to ask for food and getting it.)

"Oh, I definitely need trauma toppings," she said, which had less to do with actual trauma and more to do with just now getting paychecks again.

[uncertain_dume]

"Pretty sure trauma toppings are just a great idea right across the board," Kanan replied, grinning and saluting her with a strawberry. "What'll it be, Rey?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Is there chocolate?" She hadn't had chocolate in a year. Help.

[uncertain_dume]

"There is so much chocolate," Kanan assured her.

Because he hadn't been eating it. Not since he'd pretty much ruined himself on that spiced stuff from Mexico.

"Is chocolate all you want, or would you like to pair that with something?"

[thatwaslucky]

"I don't know how to answer that," Rey admitted. She felt spoiled for choice. "Just the chocolate, I think."

[uncertain_dume]

They could work their way up to other more exciting food pairings, then!

"Just the chocolate," Kanan replied. "That, we can do. We can even make them chocolate pancakes, or chocolate chip ones, if you're feeling adventurous."

Maybe this week had already had too much adventure. It was still worth extending the offer.

[thatwaslucky]

"I can still be adventurous enough for chocolate chips," Rey decided, even while thinking about it.

[uncertain_dume]

"Chocolate toppings, chocolate chip pancakes," Kanan chuckled. "Would you like anything to drink with that?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Water. I feel like I'm catching up on that," she said.

Plus, all the chocolate.

[uncertain_dume]

"Good call," Kanan replied, nodding and pouring her a glass, sending the pancake order to the kitchen. "So," he added, putting the water in front of her, "how are you holding up? I hear your yesterday was pretty eventful?"

... Said the guy who had been lined up for execution.

You know, sometimes that was just Saturday around here.

[thatwaslucky]

"Eventful is a word for it," Rey agreed. "I'm fine. Aside from having the wrong body I got off pretty easy."

And honestly, nothing that had happened to her here could compare to what she'd just had back home, which helped.

"How are you doing?"

[uncertain_dume]

"Well, I wasn't executed via giant droid," Kanan noted, "so... better. That still came a bit too close for comfort."

He really had to stop ending up in those situations. This one had even been those damn clones again.

"I might be twitchy for a few days. I'll live."

[thatwaslucky]

"You're probably not alone," Rey said. "This one seemed rough."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Well, that was a fun one," stated Summer, who slumped into her usual seat and shook her head. The headshake was only partly in response to everything that had been happening; it was mostly because she just enjoyed the fact that her ponytail could swish again, on the fact that it wasn't literally stitched to the back of her head.

She had spent way too much time that morning just reveling in even the grossest normal human bodily functions that morning.

"That one was weird, even for me, BDG, and you know that's saying a lot."

[uncertain_dume]

"Yeah, I could really do without... basically all of that, ever again." A pause. "Stance as a happy stuffed toy was okay. I guess I saved on dog food last week."

That was about all that really had going for it.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"See, I didn't even get that," Summer complained. "Pancakes was just, like, one piece of molded plastic the whole time, and, believe me, she did not like that at all, let me tell you..."

She grinned a little wryly as she folded her arms (what a novel concept, too! Arms that bent at the elbows again! Arms that actually had elbows!) and leaned forward onto them on the counter.

"I'm really glad you didn't get crushinated, Beeg," she said.

She figured he already knew, of course, but sometimes, it was just nice to hear it.

[uncertain_dume]

"Yeah, they were going to feed me to the Dean-fuelled giant droid," Kanan replied, smiling wryly. "I'm a big fan of not getting chewed on, myself."

He gave a soft laugh, a brief little chuckle. It wasn't his idea of a great time, no. Nothing leading up to that moment? Not at all his idea of a great time.

"So, I hear you're one of the ones I get to thank for returning the island to normal, huh?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Pffftt," said Summer, blowing out the sound (with lips. Amazing!) and giving her hand a dismissive wave. "It was just, you know, saving people I love from a horrible destructive fate; that's kind of just my M.O.. NBD."

And was it a little sad that that wasn't too far off from the truth, if you really got down to it? Whatever.

"But, I mean, I do think maybe those pancakes should be free instead of just half-off in this case."

[uncertain_dume]

"My treat," Kanan replied. "This isn't even the first time you've saved my skin in one way or another, after all."

Really, at this rate she was on track to get free pancakes for life.

Or at least every now and then.

"So, what'll it be this week, then?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer's smile went a little humble and bashful at that, actually, one shoulder lifting modestly. Probably with almost anyone else, she'd have wanted to rub that track record right in their face, but, with BDG, she'd rather just not talk about it. They didn't need to.

She put her focus instead into the all important decision of what kind of pancakes she'd like, giving it careful consideration before she snorted. "Pumpkin spice," she said. "I'm realizing all of a sudden that my timing is terrible, I'm going to be building my new business in a universe without pumpkin spice right at primo PSL time. How's that for crap planning?"

And, while they were on the topic of galaxies far, far away... "Also, is Rey a Jedi now? When did that happen??"

She had questions, Kanan, and she hadn't had any time to ask Rey herself any of them! What with the evil teddy bears and creepy spider babies and giant mousetrap and everything.

[uncertain_dume]

"Pumpkin spice," Kanan echoed. "And the milkshake, too? Or are you lactose intolerant again this week?"

That had been the weirdest week of them all, dammit.

"And the Rey thing? That's new," he replied, tilting his head a little. "Really new. She had gone missing for a few weeks, didn't to her weekly check-in calls, and I was just packing up to try to find her when she showed up and," told him he'd been right, "we had a pretty in-depth talk about it."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"I don't know if I am," Summer admitted, "but I'm willing to take the risk. Never doubt my dedication to being a complete and total basic bitch, Beeg.

"And that's good," she added, with a small smile and nod. "I was hoping maybe you were in on that. She's pretty good, too, from what I saw down there, but, I mean, you're my basis for comparrison there, so who even knows."

[uncertain_dume]

"One basic bitch milkshake and the pancakes to match, coming up," Kanan quipped, and sent the order to the kitchen with a small smirk. Which mellowed out a bit as Summer kept talking. "And your basis for comparison there isn't exactly a high bar," he noted, wryly. "But from the talk she and I had... she's got it. I'm not completely certain what 'it' is, not until I work with her a little. But 'it' is definitely something she's got."

Yeah. Yeah, this was Kanan basically committing himself to training a shiny new Jedi.

He wasn't letting himself think about that, yet. He'd panic.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Sometimes, Summer wondered if the true power of the Force was merely just to hold down the near-constant, buzzing state of panic she imagined Kanan would be in if didn't have it.

Which just sounded exhausting.

"She'll be kicking your ass in no time," Summer decided with confidence. "I'm just a little sorry I won't really be around much to see it."

And it was funny, she realized, how all of a sudden, she'd gone from avoiding talking about leaving altogether to mentioning it balatantly and with a sort of eager gusto.

Almost like something might have happened between this week and last that made her a bit more comfortable with the idea of finally getting her ass out of Dodge...Hmm.

[uncertain_dume]

"I'll be sure to send you holos," Kanan replied. And then smiled wryly. "Or at least bring some with me whenever I visit."

He wouldn't want any broadcasts of somebody using the Force to be found on Summer's person. That would be instant incrimination, right there.

"Sorry that whole week meant you couldn't do your property shopping, though."