Over Easy, Saturday

[carbsliftthespirit]

Was Raiden a little bit nervous about his brothers seeing his new restaurant for the first time? Honestly, yes, even though one of them had done most of the interior design and the other two could not care less about interior design. Look, nerves didn't have to make sense.

At least he knew the food would be good.

Specials
Whole Wheat Apple Pancakes
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Chorizo & Egg Skillet
Welcome, Guests!

Over Easy is open!

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

With Lydia's guests and her brothers in town, there was no way Arden was going to miss out on brunch at Ray's.

"Hey," she said, giving Raiden a smile. "Everything smells great! Is Gray here? Or still back at your apartment?"

[carbsliftthespirit]

"Arden, hey!" Raiden greeted her. "He's over there with--well, with Castor and Galen. Bellamy says he'll be here in a minute. Apparently he bagged the king of Atlantis or something last night."

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"The guy with the great muscles and the little wings on his ankles?"

What? ARDEN HAD NOTICED THERE WERE A LOT OF HOT GUESTS THIS YEAR, OKAY?

[carbsliftthespirit]

"That's the guy," Raiden confirmed. Bellamy had shared some information about the ankle wings with the telepathic group chat this morning that Arden did not need to know. "Do you want me to show you over to them, or are you waiting for some of your other friends...?"

She wasn't waiting for guests, right? Because if she was waiting for any of his previous guests, well. Galen was gonna Galen.

[witchoftheflesh]

Given that his mother was actually at the house this morning, Adrian had suggested that they go out for brunch. Muriel always liked seeing new things, Agatha quite enjoyed brunch as a concept, and Lydia didn't want to help cook, so this was quickly agreed upon by the four of them.

"Hi, Raiden," Adrian said, as four people in black with witch hats came strolling in the door. "How are you this weekend? Any guests?"

You know, like your ridiculously hot brothers?

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

As far as Arden knew, she had no guests! Which was a giant relief, really.

"Yeah, I'll sit with them," she said. "Lydia and her folks might show up, so I might shuttle back and forth, but until then, someone needs to keep track of how many times we can tell Galen there's a porg before he stops believing us."

[carbsliftthespirit]

"That's really not nice of you guys," Raiden said, because he was Raiden. "He really does want to see a porg."

Yes, and that was why it was funny.

[carbsliftthespirit]

"Adrian, hey! They're over there," he said, indicating his brothers' table. "Well, except Bellamy. He's...supposed to be along soon."

[oldwifeoftheflesh]

"Oh!" Agatha said with a pleased smile. "Bellamy is here? How delightful."

Lydia sighed. Loudly.

"Oh, don't be like that, Lydia," Agatha chided. "His nighttime eyes are lovely."

[witchoftheflesh]

"She's right about that," Adrian said. "Oh, Raiden, did I introduce you to my family last year? This is my mother, Agatha--" who you might have heard of already, "--and my aunts, Lydia and Muriel. Aunt Muriel, didn't you say you met one of Raiden's other brothers last year?"

[oldwifeofthesoul]

"Two of them, actually," she said. "Oldest and youngest, like bookends. I had messages."

She tilted her head and regarded Raiden. "What you've lost, you'll find again," she said, voice a little hollow. And then, in her normal voice, she said, "Odd. I'm getting that one a lot this weekend."

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Especially with how hard he was denying that he didn't care about seeing porgs after all.

"That's on our afterbrunch agenda!" Arden said very quickly, because Raiden being disappointed in you was possibly the worst thing that could happen. "Going to check out the Rocky Bits and Selkie Peak to see the porg nests!"

[thatwaslucky]

Rey had gotten an invite, so she made her way over, holding the door open for BB-8 so he could roll in ahead of her.

"Stop there," she told him, and he did. "We should say hi to Raiden first."

[the_gatewatch]

And if that wasn't enough of my guests in particular, the door opened again to show in four more people.

"Is Liliana really not coming?" Chandra asked, looking crestfallen. "What about Iggy?"

[mtggarystu]

"No," Jace said. "Lili has office hours. For her teaching." That remained very weird to say.

"And Ignis?" Gideon asked.

"Err...I didn't ask." Because Ignis had some weird alarm in his head that went off the first time Jace had tried to read him and he didn't want to trigger that again.

[the_gatewatch]

"Maybe I should get a rectangle," Chandra said. "You can leave messages on it."

The other three Planeswalkers looked at her. "...What?" Nissa asked, voice soft.

"Uhhh...I forget what Prompto called it. But it was some kind of artifact that glowed and he could send them messages! It was so cool."

[carbsliftthespirit]

"Must be on special," Raiden said cheerfully. "It's nice to meet you all. Adrian's a great guy, and, uh, I'm sure Bellamy remembers you fondly, ma'am," he said to Agatha.

[carbsliftthespirit]

"Rey, hi! Who's your friend?" And what did he eat?

[carbsliftthespirit]

"Hi! Welcome to Over Easy!" Raiden greeted the strangers. "Are you familiar with brunch?" It never hurt to check, especially not when they were dressed like that.

[carbsliftthespirit]

Exactly.

"Oh, that sounds like fun!" Raiden said. "Maybe I can take a break and tag along." So he could see Galen when he saw a porg in person, and not from multiple video angles like some of their brothers would have to settle for.

[thatwaslucky]

"This is BB-8," she said, and the little droid whirred a hello. "He surprised me by visiting got the weekend."

[thatwaslucky]

Once Rey and BB-8 arrived and had finished talking to Raiden, she looked around for Adrian and gave a little wave when she spotted him.

[carbsliftthespirit]

Oh, no. He was adorable. "And does he eat food?"

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"You should come!"

And also he could carry Gray when he fell asleep. And bring snacks along.

[thatwaslucky]

"He does not," she said, "so no need to worry about him."

BB-8 beeped.

"He's here for the vibes," she translated.