Breakfast at Milliways

[vanwithaman.livejournal.com]

It's a bright young morning at the end of the universe, and here's a bright possibly-young dining car to welcome it in with breakfast.

Breakfast Specials
Full English fry-up
Breakfast burrito
Half a grapefruit.

Dinah's shiny and smiling as she sets out glasses of OJ.

"What'll you have?"

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[just_the_doctor]

The Doctor slides onto a barstool with a grin. "Good morning!"

[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

Aeryn sits next to the strange man, not half as cheery as he seems to be. She wonders if she should ask for advice. After a tentative pause she says:

"Are any of those options particularly good?"

She pointed to the menu.

[just_the_doctor]

The Doctor nods a greeting.

"You can't go wrong with anything fried," he says jovially.

[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

Aeryn finds that good moods are often catching, she does her best to resist.

"I've only really had bacon before." She admits.

"And of course coffee."

Thanks to Gaspode and Asar-Suti respectively.

[just_the_doctor]

From the accent, he'd thought she was British... but clearly not from any Britain he'd ever want to visit if she was unfamiliar with the classic fry-up. Of course, people made the same mistake about him, too. Lots of places have a North, after all.

"Well then, please allow me." He motions to Dinah. "Another fry plate for my friend..." he trails off, cueing her to supply a name.

[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

"Aeryn Sun." She sounded a little blunt, but don't let her usual manner put you off.

"Thank you."

It was only polite to thank strangers who bought you food, unless of course they'd poisoned it.

[vanwithaman.livejournal.com]

And another fry-up is happily provided, with not just bacon, but sausages, hash browns, eggs, tomatoes, baked beans, mushrooms, fried bread and even black pudding.

"There you go, Ms Sun." Dinah says, with a wink to them both.

[vanwithaman.livejournal.com]

"Morning, sir," Dinah says, returning the grin and presenting him with a glass of juice before he can say anythign else. "What can I get you this morning?"

[just_the_doctor]

"The fry-up sounds absolutely scrumptious," he says before taking a long drink of the juice.

"That," he says, indicating the glass, "is fantastic!"

[vanwithaman.livejournal.com]

"Why, thank you," she replies, beaming. "It's freshly squeezed. Wait right there and I'll fetch your breakfast."

And she only takes a few seconds to zoom into the kitchen and out again with a platter-sized plate of protein, carbs and lots of saturated fat. Wheels really are useful sometimes.

"There you go."

[just_the_doctor]

"I think you've made a mistake, miss," the Doctor says when she returns with the food, a twinkle in his eye. "I only ordered for one. This is too much food!"

He picks up a fork nevertheless and eagerly digs in, winking at her to show he's teasing.

[vanwithaman.livejournal.com]

She chuckles.

"Well, what you don't want don't eat. Better too much than to go hungry, isn't it?

"I'm Dinah, by the way."

[just_the_doctor]

"I'm the Doctor," he says by way of introduction. "And you're right about the food, but not to worry. I'm a bit of a pig sometimes, so I don't think there'll be much left."

He raps out a code on Bar's surface with his palm and knuckles, then checks the tab board. Sure enough, his tab has jumped by several dollars, and Dinah's has dropped by the same amount.

[general-lando.livejournal.com]

Lando looks over towards the man - another Earther? - and nods.

[just_the_doctor]

The Doctor nods back with a wide grin, spearing a bit of sausage.

"You gotta try some of this. It's fantastic."

[general-lando.livejournal.com]

Lando smiles back. "Well, I'm hoping to expand my palette while I'm here. You have enough to sapre, I should I ask Dinah for some?

"Lando Calrissian. And you are...?"

[just_the_doctor]

"Oh, you're welcome to try a piece of mine, but I'm betting once you do, you're gonna want one of your own anyway," he says with a goofy eyebrow waggle.

"I'm the Doctor. Glad to meet you." He offers a slightly greasy hand, then pauses, wipes it on his pants, and offers it again.

[general-lando.livejournal.com]

Lando tries very hard not to make a face at this man's manners. Only years of practice dealing with Han Solo let him succeed.

"Same here," he says as shakes the Doctor's hand.

"So, let's try some."

[just_the_doctor]

"Help yourself, friend," he says jovially, sliding the plate toward him while another fork materialized on the bar.

[general-lando.livejournal.com]

"Good day, Dinah. Or, seeing as you seem to be serving breakfast, good morning would probably be more accurate." Lando, ale in hand, moves down the Bar to where Dinah is.

[vanwithaman.livejournal.com]

"Good morning Mr. Calrissian," Dinah says with a bright smile. "How are you doin' today?"

[general-lando.livejournal.com]

He smiles. "Much better since I saw you, Dinah. I guess today must be - what day did you say? - Thursday, right? How are you today?"

"And please, call me Lando. The only people who ever called me Mister where people I owed money."

[vanwithaman.livejournal.com]

"OK then, Lando," she says with a friendly wink. "I'm just fine, thank you. Today is indeed Thursday, and a fine one it is at that.

"What can I get you this morning?"

[general-lando.livejournal.com]

"What Earth specialties do you recommend today? And what do you have that might go with Corellian ale." He places the glass on the counter.

[vanwithaman.livejournal.com]

"Well, I don't know about Corellian ale," she replies. "But I think just about anythin' would go with a full English. Unless you want to try something spicy, and then I'd say go for the burrito."