Waffle House!
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Is it breakfast time? Lunch? Dinner? Is there a hurricane rampaging through town? Tornadoes ripping down the streets? Zombies out for brains? Do you just need a break on your family roadtrip? Wherever will you go??? You're just so hungry!
Well, Waffle House is open.
Waffle House is always open.
Momoi
Date: 2021-09-22 02:58 pm (UTC)Akashi
Date: 2021-09-22 02:59 pm (UTC)Kise
Date: 2021-09-22 02:59 pm (UTC)Murasakibara
Date: 2021-09-22 02:59 pm (UTC)Aomine
Date: 2021-09-22 02:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-11-11 06:35 am (UTC)Midorima
Date: 2021-09-22 03:00 pm (UTC)Shinji
Date: 2021-09-22 06:07 pm (UTC)Eddie
Date: 2021-09-22 07:50 pm (UTC)this tag got away from me oops, more eddie n egg cinematic universe
Date: 2021-09-23 02:11 am (UTC)As soon as they got off the premises and back onto the street Egg kicks off her shoes and throws her mask into some bushes. All she has to show for the evening is a couple bruised knees and a rip up the side of the skirt on her dress. Mermaid dresses really are not made for climbing.]
Josie is going to kill me...
[Because she left the party early or because she ripped the dress she's borrowing? Yes.
It's just too much. It's been too much. All of these events, all of these public appearances. Is it even doing anything for the supernatural community? Sure she's putting a big spot light on them but how is that actually helpful in this situation?
The more they walk the more upset she finds herself. She still has no idea how she even got cursed in the first place or what could happen to her. It hurts. Not every day and not as much as when she first got it but she can feel in her gut that something is wrong. No one seems to be all that concerned though! No one except maybe Eddie. Her frustration comes to a head all at once and she lets out an angry scream into the night.
Her shoulders drop, finally relaxed.]
Sorry, I'm fine.
[Egg looks up and spots the brightly glowing Waffle House sign in the distance.]
Hey, you want to get breakfast?
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Date: 2021-09-23 01:41 pm (UTC)You can blame me if you want. [Shrug!] Josie can't really hate me more than she already does. She's still mad about the nacho cheese thing.
[Eddie jumps when Egg suddenly screams, but the shock fades quickly, replaced by another flash of sympathy. He has a vague suspicion that it's a lot more than tonight that's prompting that feeling, and he sorta gets it.]
...Yeah, breakfast sounds good. You want a piggyback ride? Road can't feel good on bare feet.
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Date: 2021-09-23 04:01 pm (UTC)At Eddie's offer for a piggyback ride Egg looks down at her feet and the painful heels in her non-glowing hand. She sighs. He's right. She was so focused on her anger and frustration she didn't really even process the discomfort. Egg looks back up at Eddie, her body slumped in exhaustion.]
Yeah, yes, please.
Tabris
Date: 2021-09-22 07:51 pm (UTC)Dib
Date: 2021-09-22 07:52 pm (UTC)Kenny
Date: 2021-09-22 07:53 pm (UTC)Ellana/Egg
Date: 2021-09-22 08:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-22 11:05 pm (UTC)[This isn't the first time this month, and Tabris is beyond fed up. Between Governor Mac Tir refusing to allow outside aid and whoever's minty fucking fresh idea it was to make the police's top priority arresting Wardens, it just has not been a good time.]
[It doesn't help that none of their friends have a car-- as entertaining as watching Morrigan get onto public transportation had been the first few times, that's a special hell after the trains have stopped running. Alistair had to down an entire recovery potion at the end of the last fight, and there was no way Tabris was getting him all the way home before the inevitable crash. She only got him as far as the stupid Waffle House by supporting half his weight and talking nonstop to keep him from passing out.]
[That said, he's out like a light the second she lets him sit down. Tabris has seen him take these enough times not to worry, but she still wiggles out of her blood-splattered hoodie and lifts his head off the table long enough to give it to him as a pillow. He makes an odd snuffling noise that makes her heart hurt a little, and she makes the executive decision to sit on the same side of the table as her boyfriend, putting herself bodily between him and the rest of the restaurant.]
[The sword can sit on the other side of the booth, it's fine.]
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Date: 2021-09-23 12:31 am (UTC)Today has been especially bad. The darkspawn have been getting closer to the Waffle House, which is stressful in of itself. They have pretty good locks on the door but she's not really sure what to do if they get that far, the manager hasn't trained her on that yet. She's pretty sure they're going to make her watch some kind of training video but her manager isn't exactly the best trainer. He's not even around right now.
Ellana spots a couple getting settled in a booth and walks over with two menus
unless waffle house has menus at the tables and I forgot since I haven't been in literal years shhh. Looks like one of them is asleep, eh, not the weirdest thing she's seen over the past month. She places the menus on the table.]Welcome to the Waffle House, I'm Ellana, I'll be your server--
[She spots the sword across the table from the couple and completely stops mid-sentence.]
Is that a real sword?
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Date: 2021-09-23 06:44 pm (UTC)[She looks up sharply when Egg starts talking to her, shoulders going tense, but that's only a moment before she relaxes again, smiling wearily. Her father works in food service, she makes a point to always be as friendly as possible with servers.]
[She was preparing to start with coffee, but the waitress goes off script pretty dramatically.]
Oh, uh.
[Tabris turns and looks at the sword, frowning.]
Yeah, it is. It's his.
[She tilts her head towards Alistair.]
I wouldn't touch it, haven't bleached the darkspawn blood out yet.
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Date: 2021-09-23 07:07 pm (UTC)[Egg looks from the sword to Alistair to the sword and back to Tabris. Well, this situation wins the award for weirdest thing Egg has experienced at work so far. She opens her mouth to say something and then closes it again having realized her thoughts aren't fully formed enough to make a sentence.
Egg's questions pile up in her mind: What did she mean his sword? Why does he have a sword? Why is there darkspawn blood on it? Have they been fighting darkspawn? Why? She doesn't know much about the Wardens but she's pretty sure that's Warden business. Who are these people?
Tabris can probably see in Egg's expression that she is processing a lot of information at once. After a long pause Egg opens her mouth again.]
You know what? You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. You're clearly both very tired. Do you need coffee or anything?
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Date: 2021-09-27 05:51 pm (UTC)[Tabris relaxes a little when Egg dismisses the situation and decides to go back to standard Waffle House fare.]
That sounds brilliant. Black as you can make it, we can't both be dead to the world.
[She leans into Alistair a bit, giving Egg a weary smile.]
Who'd have thought the hardest thing about dating a human dude would be how hard he is to carry?
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Date: 2021-09-28 03:02 am (UTC)Egg winces sympathetically at Tabris's comment about carrying Alistair.]
I wouldn't know, I, uh, didn't run into a whole lot of those before I started working.
[She points at the less than a year old tattoos on her face as an explanation and shrugs. It's still a little weird to be the only Dalish person she ever sees outside of her clan. Shemlen can be so annoying with their questions when she's on the clock and can't tell them to go away but other elves have mostly been kind. It's a small town, she gets it, she hasn't really seen any dwarves or qunari around either.]
I'll go grab your coffee.
[Egg leaves the table and returns with a pot of coffee and a couple mugs. She places them on the table.]
Anything else I can get you? Food? A dish rag for the bloody sword?
[She grins at Tabris.]
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Date: 2021-09-28 12:22 pm (UTC)This probably sounds fake as hell after you caught me doting on this one [headtilt towards Alistair] like a lovelorn maiden in a shitty romance novel, but you're really not missing out on much. Most of 'em suck.
[She smiles gratefully when Egg brings over the coffee-- it really is sorely needed.]
Maker, you're my favorite, thank you.
[She takes a gulp and winces at the burn, but honestly, after the joining, drinking anything that burns feels like little league shit.]
We're going to eat you out of every protein in the place once Alistair is up, but I could go for an omelet to start. Oo, with cheese and bacon?
[She gets kind of dreamy eyed in that way that speaks to how many calories you burn fighting darkspawn.]
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Date: 2021-09-28 05:07 pm (UTC)Tabris's compliment makes Egg beam. This is the best part of working a customer service job: nice people who are grateful for the service. She makes a note of the omelet.]
Cheese and bacon, got it.
[From behind the counter music has been blasting since Tabris and Alistair arrived. The radio goes to commercial and Egg makes a face.]
Sorry about the noise. I don't know if the chef realizes anyone is here besides me. I can go get him to shut it off if it's bothering you.
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Date: 2021-09-28 05:43 pm (UTC)Nah, it's alright, nothing short of nuclear armageddon is going to wake somebody who just chugged two health potions, and I don't mind the noise. I snuck into so many concerts in high school, I'm surprised I never went deaf.
[However, as she's making that joke, the radio switches from an advertisement for a car dealership to Governor Mac Tir's voice. Tabris immediately goes stock-still, and in spite of what Tabris just said, Alistair mutters something unhappy in his sleep.]
Hello, my fellow Fereldans. In these challenging times--
[Tabris swears under her breath.]
--we must remember to stand together, and resist the encroaching influence of foreign powers. The threat of the darkspawn has brought fear into our homes, but we must not lose hope. The good men and women of the Fereldan armed forces are more than a match for these monsters. It is only a matter of time before the situation comes to a close, with Fereldan land still in Fereldan hands. While we honor the work of the Grey Wardens of the past--
[Tabris is now glaring through the door of the kitchen, clutching her forearm where she has the symbol of the Grey Wardens tattooed just above her wrist. Alistair is sleeping on her hoodie, so there's really no hiding it otherwise.]
--the Grey Wardens of the present, are, unfortunately, a victim of Orlesian expansion. They cannot be trusted to keep our country safe. Remember, every Warden reported is a step towards preserving Ferelden's independence, and the wellbeing of you and your neighbors. If you see something, call the hotline at--
[Tabris hastily clears her throat, breaking into a very loud, very fake coughing fit to cover the phone number.]
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Date: 2021-09-29 02:22 am (UTC)Not again...this guy is so annoying...
[She realizes suddenly that her unfiltered words came out of her mouth in front of a customer and places a hand over her mouth.]
Oh! Oops, sorry, uh--
[And that's when she sees it, Tabris is suddenly acting very suspicious. Egg is young but she isn't stupid. Tabris's whole body language has shifted in the seconds since that commercial came on. What's the connection between these two and the Grey Wardens? Clearly not a fan of this commercial, or is it more personal? Tabris is holding her arm really tightly, don't Grey Wardens get tattoos on their arms? Egg glances at the sword, remembering the darkspawn blood. She looks so tense. That coughing fit was way too obvious.
Egg lets her hand drop from her mouth. She glances between the kitchen and the couple in the booth and makes a decision.]
Hey, um, I don't know you guys so maybe I'm, I don't know, out of line here? But, uh, that guy on the commercial seems like an asshole and you seem nice, so, if you're hiding what I think you're hiding you...don't need to worry about it.
[She holds up her hands in a placating gesture.]
I keep hearing the Grey Wardens aren't needed, according to this guy, but the Ferelden armed forces haven't done shit about the darkspawn horde that's been getting closer on the highway. I have to drive around them every day on the way to work. So...if you're helping out...
[Egg shrugs instead of ending the sentence. There's not much else to say.]
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Date: 2021-09-29 12:21 pm (UTC)[She lets go of her arm and turns it palm-up on the table, revealing the cup and griffins inked a few inches above the delicate skin of her inner wrist. She's proud to have it, in spite of everything.]
I'm that obvious, huh? Subtlety wasn't part of the job until recently, in my defense.
[She laughs, palpably relieved.]
We just came from there, actually. Exit 48 should be clear now, so long as you can stomach the... leftovers. It's just the two of us and a couple friends, so cleanup's been a challenge, to put it lightly.
[She gives Egg's face another glance, putting together the darkspawn on the roads and the way Dalish usually get around.]
Hey, your clan's around here somewhere, right? Wardens can sense darkspawn so we've got a rough map of where they're moving, I can text it to you. It's not much, but it might help you get outta dodge if they get too close to where you're staying.
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Date: 2021-09-29 02:15 pm (UTC)When Tabris shares the news about the darkspawn it's Egg's turn to look relieved.]
Oh you really are heroes. See, this is what I'm saying, you've been here for what? A minute? And you've done more than the Ferelden armed forces have done in a month.
[She flips to a new page on her notepad, writes down her phone number, tears the page out, and hands it to Tabris.]
Please text me their routes. I'm sure my Keeper would be relieved to have that information. We were only planning on sticking around until the season changes but this will help so much.
[Egg looks at the sword again and makes a face. These two really aren't good at hiding in plain sight at all huh?It's lucky that Egg has been trained in specifically that as a part of the hunting team for her clan. Even if this is a little different, she knows subtlety.]
You said subtlety wasn't your deal right? Let me help you.
[She digs into her apron and pulls out a small roll of bandages. Egg places them on the table.]
These are for your wrist, you can keep them if you want or give them back when you leave, just in case someone comes in. I have another apron in the back. That should be big enough to cover the sword. I'll bring my backpack too. The apron will be less conspicuous that way.
[Egg glances back at the kitchen again.]
I think you'll be okay here for a while but better safe than reported for, I don't know, eating an omelet menacingly.
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Date: 2021-09-30 01:05 pm (UTC)The Governor is tossing those soldiers to the darkspawn like table scraps to an elderly mabari. Martial law or whatever isn't going to help when darkspawn don't even notice you've shot them. What you really need to do is cut them down and burn them, my buddy Leliana has better luck with flaming arrows than the military has with machine guns.
[She sighs.]
Not that giving the military a bunch of swords would help. You get darkspawn blood in a cut or in your mouth or eyes and it's all over. Wardens are immune, it's how we do what we do.
[On that cheerful note, she takes the scrap of paper and pulls out her cell phone. It's an old model, enough that she has to text with the number pad, but smart phones are way too easy to track or break. She types in Egg's number and sends the following texts:]
hey its tabris
[She looks up after that, realizing she hasn't actually introduced herself.]
Oh, right. I'm Kallian Tabris, the sleepy lump is Alistair Theirin.
[She ducks her head back down to keep texting.]
drkspn on hiway r moving north but there r blocks from military and we r working on those so ignore them
map shws small groups just as bad w no media coverage
[She sends a photo from her phone's shitty camera then, a roadmap with military blockades in blue pen and darkspawn in black. There are arrows showing movement that seem to be drawn in a purple glitter pen, and a red crayon circling areas that are already taken. It's coherent, but you can definitely tell what sort of circumstances it was made under.]
I have a couple people I send these out to, I'll put you on the list.
[Tabris accepts the bandages with a grateful smile, quickly moving to wrap them around her very exposed warden tattoo. She leaves the rose on the other wrist alone; she got that fairly recently and it isn't really identifiable.]
Maker, thank you, I wouldn't have even thought of that. I mostly just wear a jacket or hoodie, but, well.
[She looks sheepish now, tilting her head towards Alistair and the hoodie he's using as a pillow.]
I lose my head when it comes to him, sometimes. Thanks for covering for us, means a lot.
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Date: 2021-09-30 04:05 pm (UTC)No one is really looking out for the Dalish the way people look out for cities. They've lost a couple people to darkspawn on hunting trips. That's part of why Egg is in town working. A steady paycheck is a good way to get access to food when going out into the woods isn't really feasible. But..maybe if they know how to fight them, or at least slow them down, maybe it would be safer to go out on occasional hunting trips. It's something to consider, but not her job. She's no Keeper. Egg is truly grateful she doesn't even qualify for that leadership role. Having that many lives in her hand sounds scary.
Egg's very outdated smart phone vibrates in her pocket and she pulls it out. Tabris, huh? She adds the number to her phone and lists the name as an angel emoji. Egg doubts anyone will have any reason to check her phone but it's better to not have her name listed if she's running from the army.]
Tabris and Alistair, it's nice to meet you. You two are super cute together, by the way.
[Egg smiles in their direction. She shrugs her shoulders in response to Tabris's thanks.]
I'm glad I can help at all, I mean, I'm just a waitress. Speaking of, let me go put in your order and grab my stuff.
[She turns from the couple and quickly half-jogs over to the kitchen. When she returns she has her apron and backpack with her.]
Here you go!
[She hands the apron to Tabris, probably safer to let her handle the sword, and puts her backpack down on the booth. It's clearly handmade out of a sturdy leather with some kind of embroidered symbol on the front flap, probably something to do with her clan. The straps are braided leather and there's a furry rabbit's foot keychain attached to one of them. The only thing out of place are a few more modern looking patches including one that says "mage rights", a bi pride flag, and one that says "decolonize thedas".
Egg takes a look at the patches on her bag and frowns. Not exactly inconspicuous. She turns the back around so the patches are facing the wall of the booth.]
Faust
Date: 2021-09-22 08:12 pm (UTC)Me at me: duh.]