Waffle House, Saturday Morning

[carbsliftthespirit]

Raiden had spent most of yesterday defending the Pizza Planet and feeding hungry people (And some hungry lizards. He didn't want anything to go hungry.), and today he'd decided to go out and survey the damage, plus make sure none of their new lizardy friends were lingering.

He was distracted from his quest by a beautiful yellow glow.

"It did come back," he said, and pushed the door open, inhaling deeply of that beautiful Waffle House smell. He was going to eat so many hash browns.

(It's been too long. Open Waffle House is open!)

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[heroic_jawline]

Mmm, waffles. "Good morning, Raiden," Steve said with a grin.

[carbsliftthespirit]

Raiden finished up his order with, "...and a pecan waffle. Ooh, actually make that two pecan waffles," before he turned to greet him. "Steve, hey! You have any trouble yesterday?"

[heroic_jawline]

"Not at all," Steve said, "it was fun. You?"

[carbsliftthespirit]

"I don't know that I'd say 'fun,'" Raiden said, "but I've definitely had worse ones. I just wish I knew what giant lizards liked on their pizza." Probably meat, from those teeth.

[heroic_jawline]

"You fed them pizza?" Steve asked.

[carbsliftthespirit]

Raiden shrugged. "They looked hungry." What was he supposed to do, not feed something that was hungry?

[heroic_jawline]

"That's very nice of you."

[stykera]

"Hello, Steve," Stark said with a nod. "The squirrels dragged you into the radio, I heard."

[heroic_jawline]

"They have," Steve said, grinning. "I don't really mind."

[stykera]

"I don't mind as much as I used to...but I'm worried what Leroy might be planning."

What was Leroy plotting? Very possibly nothing at alm.

[heroic_jawline]

"I don't think he's much of a planner," Steve said.

[stykera]

"He could team up with the raccoons," Stark pointed out.

Why he would say something like that out loud was a mystery.

[heroic_jawline]

"That's a terrible idea," Steve said.

[stykera]

"It would be," Stark agreed.

And yet he'd said it and now the idea existed in the universe. Oh no.

"Hopefully he's just being oddly quiet."

[heroic_jawline]

"Maybe he's on vacation," Steve said.

[stykera]

"We can hope."

Although if Leroy had gone to, say, Jamaica, he was going to be duct taped to another flat surface soon.

[heroic_jawline]

"He could come back with a girlfriend," Steve said, and thank you for that horrifying image.

[stykera]

"That might improve some lives here," Stark said. "Although that poor squirrel at least I hope it would be a squirrel..."

[heroic_jawline]

"He seems to be pretty open to...whatever," Steve said.

[stykera]

"I've noticed," Stark said dryly. "Unfortunately."

[stykera]

Stark had not fought any lizards yesterday. He'd seen some of them out a window, heard the radio, and decided he was better off inside and not being chewed on by reptiles.
He would have gone out if he'd thought there would be use for him but there hadn't been, as far as he could tell.

Still, somehow the siren song of the Waffle House was calling out to him, promising hash browns. So Stark found himself walking in and inhaling the wonderful breakfasty scented air.

"Hello, Raiden."

[carbsliftthespirit]

"Hey, Stark!" Raiden greeted him. "Happy Waffle House Day, man!"

[stykera]

"Happy Waffle House Day," Stark echoed. "Did it come because of the lizards? I stayed inside yesterday."

Wait, there wasn't some weird Godzilla gravy on the menu was there? Eh, he'd eaten worse and stranger.

"Are we going to talk about hash browns for your class?" Breakfast sides were an important topic!

[carbsliftthespirit]

"I dunno," Raiden said with a shrug. "The ways of the Waffle House are mysterious." And also scattered, smothered, and covered.

"And yeah, definitely we will! Hash browns are critical, y'know?"

[stykera]

Stark could eat his feelings in hash browns multiple times, yay. He had a lot of feelings.

"I'll have to practice today then. With hash browns. And some waffles."

[carbsliftthespirit]

"That's the spirit!" Raiden agreed happily. "Always time for more hash browns." And waffles. Just ask Gray.

[stykera]

"And breakfast meat," Stark said, nodding. "Also important."

Raiden and Gray were both into lots of meat, right?

"I'm looking forward to the rest of the class."

[carbsliftthespirit]

Gray's singlemindedness with regards to the waffle as breakfast was truly remarkable, actually. Sometimes the other meals, too.

"It should be fun! And delicious, of course. Otherwise what's the point? I mean, nutrition, but nutrition without joy is just sad."

[stykera]

Waffles were great, admittedly, but Stark did love some variety.

"Food that tastes good is...wonderful," he said. "It makes me happy, having things that are enjoyable and aren't just enough to keep me alive. And your cooking is always enjoyable."