Ella was at the diner early that day, in a peculiarly thoughtful mood. Classes were over for the year, and she'd be home for her break soon.

She stood at the counter, wiping it again and again as her thoughts enveloped her.

( It's not a wonderful curse. )

Jaina was having the start of a very bad night. Not that she knew it right now ( Read more... )

Ella had tried to lure the tiny horses on the diner roof down with hay and lumps of sugar, but hadn't met with any success. She was still pouting about that failure as she took her station behind the counter, and she made the chefs cook things that the horses would like, just in case they changed their minds.

Specials
Oatmeal
Carrot-Ginger Soup
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Achoo! Ella sneezed wetly into a handkerchief as she opened the diner. She felt miserable"I have the plague," she informed the kitchen staff. "I'm staying out front today and not touching the food ( Read more... )

The Wokling came to work with Ella today.

That meant she spent a very cursory amount of time checking on things in the kitchen -- an expedition laced with "No, Furball, that's hot" -- and the rest of her shift playing with the baby at the counter. For a teddy bear, it was getting pretty good at peekaboo.

The diner was open.

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Turkey ( Read more... )

Ella had a craving for waffles as she entered the diner.

The nice thing about working around food was, you got what you wanted, and Ella was soon happily enjoying a second breakfast.

If she went for a third one, she'd get the kind with ice cream and call it dessert.

Luke's was open.

Specials
Belgian Waffles
Tex Mex Savory Waffles
Bittersweet ( Read more... )

Ella was oblivious to Halloween, though she did feel oddly disconcerted by the balloon giraffe she had gotten in the park. As such, she went through her normal morning routine in the diner then settled at the counter with a novel.

The kitchen staff decided she was dressed as Girl Who Doesn't Get Halloween.

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Curried Pumpkin Soup ( Read more... )

As the sun went down, the twinkling fairy-lights that had been strung around the park took its place as a light source. Not nearly as big, but it was enough to see the food and the dance area by, with the help of some strategically placed torches in the shape of old-fashioned gaslamps. Nor nearly as warm, but there were carefully-controlled ( Read more... )

Ella didn't walk into the diner today, she all but floated. Her magic book had showed her a letter from Mandy the night before.

( Clicky to read the letter )

After a relatively quiet week, Ella was grateful to have the structure of work today and a slumber party to look forward to tomorrow. She spent her shift trying to get all the diner's silverware so clean she could see her reflection in them.

She had a strange sense of fun sometimes.

Specials
Chicken Cheesesteak
Cheese fries
Blueberry Cheesecake