Denny's

[thesearesocks]

It's late. Like, 3 AM late. You're hungry as fuck, but nothing is open.





Except Denny's.

RULES

1. Post to the meme.
2. Find somebody to eat with. Figure out why the hell you'd do this to yourself.
3. I don't think they have the Hobbit menu anymore, fuck. Maybe you should ask the waiter or something.

Comments

[desertpowered]

Good guess, but no.

[A reasonable guess - Mars was the planet closest to Earth, after all. Paul decides to clarify things a bit. But his tone and his expression are completely serious. He knows it will be a difficult sell. If he brought something from his homeworld, he might have proof, but he only has the clothes on his back. Noticing that she's eating, he picks up the pace a little.

Even if he wasn't very hungry, it's not bad. Nothing to compare with Caladan food, of course, but Paul doesn't want to make comparisons, especially when he's a guest here. And his title wouldn't mean much of anything. With his very limited knowledge of this country, he's pretty sure they don't have ducal heirs, or dukes for that matter.]

In the time and place I come from, humans have spread throughout the universe.

[He smiles a little, to show that he's friendly.] My home planet is named Caladan. It's not a world in your solar system.

[cheerleader]

Caladan.

[Chrissy whispers the name of it, nose scrunching up a little as she manages to not say it exactly how he does. She's definitely never heard of it before. And it really doesn't seem like he's lying to her. As trusting as she is, she thinks that maybe she should believe him.]

Oh my gosh. You're from another solar system, and you wound up in a Denny's.

[That she has to laugh about, because it's probably not the place she would pick to take someone from another country. Much less another world entirely.]

How long have you been here?

[desertpowered]

That's right.

[Paul nods. It seems like his explanation is working and Chrissy believes him. And that's not a bad start at all. In some ways telling her that he was from another planet would be the hardest part, he thinks, or at least the one that might be the most unbelievable on face value.]

To be fair, there are also worse places I could have ended up. And I've been sleeping in the street for the past two nights I've been here so I'm not fussy.

[He shrugs a little. Without much choice, he couldn't be. Paul badly misses his homeworld and his family, but he'll survive.]

Not really fit for a duke, but what can you do.