What will hopefully end up being a series of short little things, each with various time-limits attached to them…. If I don't get too tied up with school stuff and whatnot.
So. Off we go, with the first one. Probably will be the longest, dunno.
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Gone In… 60 Seconds
There hadn't even been a fight over which restaurant to chose, which, in itself, had been a miracle. A buxom waitress suddenly appeared near the head of the table and started passing out menus. "Hi, welcome to The Desert House. I'm Lesorine, and I'll be your server today. Is there anything I could get you folks while you look over the menu?"
"Ah, no need." Of course, that was Lina, her menu already thoroughly skimmed through. Surprised, the waitress fished a note pad out from her front apron pocket and slid the pen from behind her ear. "Oh, sure thing. What can I get for you?"
It took no time for Lina to rattle off her list, often jabbing at certain items on the menu to make sure Lesorine (who was scrambling to get it all written down in shorthand) could keep up.
"…. And that'll be all, thank you. Oh! Wait! Double portions on all of it, too."
"Alright, then, I'll—" the waitress was stopped in her attempt to gather the menus by the anxiously raised finger of the tall, attractive blonde man sitting across from the diminutive woman. "I didn't place my order yet, Miss."
She blinked. The young black-haired girl nodded vigorously. The waitress sneaked a glance at the remaining man in their party, who shrugged and said, "I'll just have some coffee, or tea, if you have any, and a single portion of Number 26." Easy enough. Normal enough. Lesorine cautiously squeeze that last bit on the bottom of the already full tab then flipped the page, nodding for the blonde man to state his requests.
Needless to say, the blonde man's order just about matched the redhead's. A large amount, but far less staggering than the other two's, was ordered by the group's smallest member. Flipping her notebook closed, she gathered the menus and stuck them and her notebook in the large front pocket of her apron, informing them that their food would be with them shortly.
And, in reality, the wait wasn't very long. Actually, it was pretty damn short for how much food was ordered.
Sighing as happily as a Lina faced with good food could, she squirmed impatiently as the servers swarmed their table depositing dish after dish. Their main waitress tipped the last heaping plate of pasta in front of Gourry and cheerfully bit them good eatings before going off to take care of more customers.
After what seemed like just over a minute, the pleasant serving girl Lesorine was back again, an empty tray tucked under her arm. "Hi, just checking up. Are you enjoying your—" She halted in her speech, the sight of the polished and stacked plates and Lina nursing the last morsel of what had been a roast big enough to feed a family of fourteen. To Zelgadis's surprise, the sorceress actually swallowed that last bite of food before picking up in the waitress's abrupt silence, "Oh, yeah, the food's great! Say, Miss—" She grabbed one of the menus still sticking out of the large front pocket of the girls apron and flipped it open with a snap. "How about this, this, and this, but with extra grilled peppers, aaand… Oooh, this looks good. That, and all three of these… And that oughtta do it for me! Oh, and all in double portions just like last time."
Gourry wasted no time in snatching the menu from Lina and matching her order. Needless to say, Lesorine was a bit relieved when Amelia and Zelgadis waved her off when she asked if they wanted anything else as well. The chimera, the waitress had noted, seemed to have barely just start on his mean, and Amelia was only half way through. Dipping a brief bow, she turned and started back towards the kitchens with the new order when she heard the indignant yell, "Hey, Miss Lina, that was my casserole! Stealing is unjust, and Justice will be served for your criminal actions!"
Quite frankly, the waitress was afraid to bring out the dessert menu.
Exhibit A.) Food -- gone in 60 seconds.
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A/N: Oof. Hard to get back into the swing of things. Seems a bit rambly, but I'm currently working on a history report, so I seem to have a copious amount of ramble in me.
And yeah, I was thinking about the movie with Nicholas Cage, "Gone In 60 Seconds". I like that movie. But Lina doesn't steal cars. And even if she did, she'd probably blow them up anyways… Goodtimes.