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It looked like it was one of those weekends again, and Raiden didn't know what other people wanted to do with their temporarily-not-dead loved ones, but maybe it involved taking them out to brunch! Kallias definitely needed to be fed. Raiden was making all of his favorites. No one could stop him.

Specials
Chimney Cake
Hortopita
Strapatsada

"Here you go," Raiden said as he set a fresh chimney cake down in front of Kallias. "You know, they put ice cream in them now."

"I want that," Gray said, lifting his head from where it had been cradled in his arms, since he'd been sound asleep thirty seconds ago.

Raiden ruffled his hair. "Of course you do."

Over Easy is open!

((Chimney cake is, canonically, Kallias's favorite food. Kallias died at least 1500 years before chimney cake was invented, but the author of this series was not overly concerned with details. *sobs in nitpicky*))

"All right, listen up, this is one of the brunchiest weekends of the year, people! This and Mother's Day, and most of the people on this island have dead moms." Present company included. "So let's use today as a rehearsal for tomorrow, and not fuck this one up, okay? Good talk."

Easter Brunch Specials
Ham & Swiss Strata
Spring Vegetable Quiche
Strawberry Bacon Salad
Hot Cross Buns

Over Easy is open!

"Okay, it's Valentine's Day, what have we got? I'm thinking chocolate, I'm thinking heart-shaped, I'm thinking aphrodisiacs...an acai smoothie bowl? Being healthy is sexy? You're fired. Who else has ideas, let's go!"

Specials
Strawberry-Stuffed French Toast
Chocolate Pancakes
Sweetheart Waffles
Oysters Rockefeller Hash

"No, you're not actually fired, just read the room next time, okay?"

Over Easy is open!

Raiden was allowing the staff at Over Easy to decorate for Halloween. Within reason. He didn't want it to look like a haunted house in here, and if he didn't set guidelines fast Gray would go overboard on Wednesday.

"No, no fake cobwebs! They're terrible for small animals. Will no one think of the squirrels?"

Entrapping the squirrels might have been the idea, actually, but no one was going to admit it to Raiden.

Specials
Pumpkin Shortcakes with Cinnamon Apples & Maple Whipped Cream Cheese
Cinnamon Pumpkin Pancakes
Sweet Potato Hash with Sausage and Eggs

Over Easy is open!

Raiden had seen something on TikTok, and he was going to make it happen.

Even if some people objected.

"I don't care if crab rangoons aren't 'traditional brunch fare.' Who decides what's traditional? Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people anyway, and besides, you can have crab rangoons for lunch. It's part of the portmanteau. It's fine. YOLO...well, yes, I am immortal, but if I die I'll still be dead. Shut up and eat a crab rangoon taco."

Specials
Crab Rangoon Tacos
Youtiao (Chinese Doughnut Sticks)
Coconut Sticky Rice Waffles with Mango
Tea Eggs

Over Easy is open!

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!

Things were in a bit of a state at Over Easy, what with having to make sure they had options on hand for, oh, any random animal that might walk in the door with one of their humanoid patrons today, plus the staff all having their own animal companions to deal with. Raiden didn't know whose rhinoceros that was waiting outside the back door, and he was a little afraid to ask.

"Look, if the health department shows up just tell them to come back next week, all right? Well if something else is happening then we'll just deal with that next week--Effie! Effie, drop it!" His daemon gave him huge sad puppy eyes around several rashers of raw bacon. "It's better cooked!"

Efthumia spit the bacon out. "Oh, well, if you'll cook it for me..."

"Might as well." It wasn't like they could serve it to anyone else now.

Specials
Peanut Butter & Jelly Pancakes
Brunch Burger
Breakfast Grilled Cheese

Over Easy is open!

Well, most of the glitter was gone. Raiden would take it.

"Let's keep it nice and calm today, folks. Nothing dramatic."

"No giant gummy bears made out of mayo," one of the kitchen staff muttered, and a waiter protested,

"I thought we agreed not to ever mention that again."

Specials
Quiche Lorraine
Goat Cheese Scrambled Eggs with Pesto Veggies
Pumpkin Shortcakes with Cinnamon Apples & Maple Whipped Cream

That last one was definitely someone trying to manifest Full Autumn.

Over Easy is open!

"Just do whatever you have to to keep the glitter out of the food," Raiden told his staff. "It's not food grade and it's going to be a texture problem." Don't ask him how he knew.

"But this is the perfect time for--"

Raiden saw what the cook who had protested was holding and cut him off. "You're right. I'll allow it."

Special
Try Any Of Our Pancakes Or Waffles With Sparkle Syrup!

Cocktail Special
Jaws' Breakfast

Over Easy is open!

Well.

The island's weirdness had finally truly found its way to Over Easy, in the form of a delivery.

The staff had all gathered around to stare at it, in all its gelatinous, mayonnaise-y...glory?

"You don't have to eat it," one of them told Raiden. "You can just leave for the picnic."

"No," Raiden said, in case anyone had been wondering why Gluttony was a curse. "I'm gonna."

Specials
Shakshuka
Peach Cobbler French Toast Bake
Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
Definitely Not A Giant Mayo Gummy Bear

Any questions anyone had about that last special could surely be answered by the lack of a giant mayo gummy bear on the premises. You could thank Raiden.

Things were still going suspiciously well at Over Easy. Raiden made a patrol through the whole restaurant, checking the walk-in for weird ingredients and the closets for gremlins.

Nothing.

"And all the deliveries came in okay? You got some rhubarb we didn't order but just one crate? You know what, I'll take it. Fine. Something weird finally happened.

The weirdness was rhubarb. Why not?

Specials
Eggs Florentine
Strawberries & Cream Crepes
Poached Rhubarb & Vanilla Custard Waffles

Over Easy is open!

Raiden spent part of his Saturday morning explaining to the staff why they wouldn't be featuring pastry on the specials board too often. "I don't want to step on the bakery's toes. They've got their thing and they do it well. Besides, I'm not great at pastry. No one on staff is that great at pastry." It was almost like there was a great-at-pastry-shaped hole in the NPC staff that might be filled at some point in the distant future when his player got off her ass and worked through his canon until he met his soulmate who was coincidentally great at pastry. Weird.

Specials
Raspberry Oatmeal Pancakes
Nashville Hot Chicken Eggs Benedict
Catfish & Grits

"Partnering with the bakery to offer a pastry basket would be a great idea! You take point on that." See what happened when you had ideas? You got work.

Over Easy is open!

"No, we're not 'in competition with' the Mexican restaurant. A, they're not even open for breakfast, and B, they don't even serve waffles. There's no competition. Don't pit two bad bitches against each other, jeez." Raiden couldn't believe they were even having this conversation.

Specials
Chilaquiles Frittata Bake
Huevos Rancheros
Churro Waffles

Raiden texted Gray a picture of the churro waffles and waited for him to appear.

Over Easy is open!