Open Eastern Brisshal The Ramen Stakeout

[Higanbana]

Disguised as an elderly man,

Higanbana cleaned the counter of the ramen cart that the Kirakage had built for this mission. It was a simple but functional cart with all the ingredients, cookware, and machinery needed to create ramen. To anyone passing by, this humble ramen cart would look like a perfect place to stop for a late-night snack or quick meal.

More important than the cart itself, was the cart's placement. The Kirakage had opened the shop strategically located directly across the street from a certain bandit gang's mansion-hideout in town. Even more importantly, Higanbana knew nothing about how to make ramen. Though Higanbana was a decent enough cook having worked as a maid in a maid cafe for several years, ramen was not something she ever learned to make. This had been a slight oversight, but the woman being confident in her abilities believed that if anything came up, she could make it work.

Whatever the case, the mission was clear. Gather as much information about the bandit's criminal network as possible and give it to the rival gang that had hired the Kirakage in the first place.

As the clock struck 9 p.m. Higanbana commenced the mission. Dressed as an old ramen chef, Higanbana began to call out hoping to attract any bandits and or people passing by.

"Hot ramen, come and get your piping hot ramen!"




OOC: This is an opportunity for your character to try and get a bite to eat from someone that has no idea what they're doing dressed as an old man.

Shady individuals (bandit npcs) may also join periodically.

There's no limit to how many people can come. You can come and go as you wish, this is just supposed to be a fun thread where people can meet each other and get their orders messed up hilariously

 

[Kakao]

"Ramen?" Kakao perked up as he heard the call of an old ramen chef from not too far away. He looked at his need meter- the hunger was getting substantial. It was hard to feel like eating when you couldn't taste the food.

Running up to the cart anyway, he raised his hand and chimed, "I'll take one ramen with all the toppings, please!"

And he meant all of them. He was rather hungry- and even without being able to taste, he was curious what it would be like to eat an 'everything ramen' at least once. "I'm surprised though. I wasn't expecting to see a ramen cart here. I got really lucky! I love ramen!" His bright smile showed pearly white teeth, his eyes squinting as his lips pushed his cheeks a bit out of the way.

"I can have some, right mister? Or is it too much I'm ordering? I'm just really hungry, and I really love ramen."

 

[Himawari]

Kimberly, now Himawari... was rarely allowed in the kitchen. No, her only role in the maid cafe had been to brew too bitter traditional Japanese tea and decorate the shop's display with gunpla and lead gunpla tutorials during special weekly social events. She was an able cook, but her tastes and thus recipes were only suited for aged samurai. Only the weebest of the historical weebs would ever request her wartime samurai wife cooking. Omurice and sweet Ramen had evaded her. Her moe moe kyun was moe moe no kill. Her onigiri only carried the brutal realities of war. Her food was no place for those with soft hands and gentle hearts. And so, today, Himawari was trying something new, for that was her mission. She had tried this something many times and never once succeeded.

Himawari was currently disguised as an old man. It was 9pm at night. She was aiding her companion on their shared Kirakage mission. It was Himawari who had assembled the cart, and it was an expertly made one, almost like a model. In fact, it was a little too pristine to look aged, as if it had been weathered by hand for aesthetics.

"Irasshaimase! DOSHAAAAAAHHHHH~ ORDER UP!"

Himawari slammed a chili dog in a bowl on the counter. As none of the landers knew what ramen was, this was surprisingly effective.

 

[Billie Kidd]

"RAMEN!?"

Well, that sounded pleasant enough. The food meter on her character was a little low and there was a sort of hunger sensation welling within her belly. It might be a good time as any to discover some in game food before logging out and having to do household chores. To say she was getting addicted to the game was a bit of high point for her. Not having to make her own food seemed like a dream come true for Billie the Kidd.

And when was the last time she had real ramen? It's been ages, that's for sure. She thought about it as her legs saddled the stool to sit on, noticing the bright-eyed chestnut colors orbs and the brown hair from an earlier meeting.

"Cake-O! (@Kakao) Funny meeting you here, Chummer! You look like someone who would be into Ramen! It's not something I eat on the regular BUT-ya know. First time eating something in game, hope it's great!"

Billie didn't know what exactly ramen entailed. Some broth? Noodles? Meat?

"Heyo! Ramen Old Geezer Dude! How about a Classic Ramen bowl, make it spicy if you can, yeah!? And if you got some kind of beer to wash it down with, that would be awesome!" Billie had stood up and waved to the old guy with the comical beard and sat her tush back down on the stool and placed her elbows on the counter in front of her, angled, so she could speak to her friend.

"You've been hanging out in game too? Gotta say, it's actually pretty fun so far! Combat has been fluid. Everything is so crystal clear and there are so many sensations! It's like cranked up to an 11 here, if you catch the reference," it was then that Billie was tapping her black finger nails against the counter. She had a bit of an energetic side that was hard to calm down, even her right leg was bouncing as she felt ready to burst into action. She looked around and shrugged.

"Is it just me? Or does this feel like a weird area for a Ramen Cart?"

@Alavia Silver

 

[Kakao]

Kakao chuckled from the way Billie said his name. It made him hungrier because, well, cake. He could almost taste it- well, not really. He had no taste receptors, after all. But he'd still enjoy it, he thought to himself. Just like this ramen. This weird ramen he saw with a chili dog sure looked interesting...

"I love ramen," Kakao soon said with a smile. "It's my favorite thing to go out to eat with my co- er, friends." He knew he wasn't obliged to act like a child when in the game, but he decided to keep to it for the time being. There was nothing wrong with a white lie, right? Besides, he was pretty friendly with his coworkers! So it counted to him.

"I spend a lot of time in the game now... Probably a third of it. Then a third at work and a third with my family." He laughed a bit at how pathetic he probably sounded. Also, he forgot to say 'school' instead of 'work'. "I haven't done much combat yet, surprisingly... But I'm getting good at hand signals! I spend most of my time tinkering with machines though. I wanna build a plane one day!"

When she mentioned the strange location, he paled slightly. "You know, you're right... And they serve such interesting food... Though that just makes me want to eat here more."

@Billie Kidd

 

[Ash Vargold]

(A ramen cart? Here?)

Ash stared at the cart, located conveniently in a place where there were no other street food vendors entirely. In fact, it was in a residential area, and a pretty wealthy one if the mansion had anything to do with it. None of this made much sense.

...business as usual, then. Probably a player messing around...

The smell of food was certainly alluring, though as Ash approached he realized that it was... off. He knew the smell of broth boiling for long hours from persona experience, but while he was smelling something meaty, it wasn't the right kind. The wrong spices, too. It was familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

There were a few others already at the cart. He walked up behind them, peering first at the... "old man" working at the cart. Then he looked at what had just been served by said "old man".

...that's a chili dog.

He paused a moment, thinking. It wasn't ramen, but it still smelled good, and he probably needed to eat something before he went to do other things...

...could I get one of those, too?

 

[Alavia Silver]

Alavia had emerged from the city's alleys. Donning some measure of winter wear, he'd round the corner's edge before taking in the sight of two bearded clerks and the ramen stand itself. In simpler concepts, his food meter was down quite abit, so stopping to get food made sense. Abandoning his initial objective to explore, he made his way over. Suffering a tinge of whiplash from the advertisement being yelling outward, Alavia most immediate expression was skepticism. Honestly, he had some difficulty measuring whether or not the beard pair were players or NPCs written for comical relief in a cruel world. Regardless, seeing other people taking orders encouraged him to move on with it.

Approaching from the rear of the now gathering crowd, Alavia was silent. Treading soundlessly to the rear of the group. He didn't ask for anything from the get go. Instead, he'd take a moment to raise an eyebrow at the contents of the bowl. A chili dog. Looking to the chefs responsible, Alavia cringed. Confused and almost disgusted. "Ah? That isn't ramen." Was muttered quietly. For a moment, his eyes spared a drift to Billie, then to Ash and Kakao. Whom all seemed to just take it in stride.

"Do you actually have ramen? Or is this a gag?" Asking this the Beast folk's face wore a discontent. His ears pinning back as his hand found the edge of the table. Climbing onto one of the seats, Alavia's tail swung once before stopping dead at his rear. Still. Unsure while his eyes rode against the disguises. The discolored white clashing with their vibrant hair. He blinked. Several times. Just to make sure it wasn't some kind of fever dream happening in game.

"Actual ramen if you're making any... Or just some rice. Cooked." Asking this, He'd gently tap the table with his nail. Frowning passively. Taking a singular long drawn breath. Preparing for some mess of foolery.

 

[Herculean Drakecon]

The weather in eastern brisshal was beautiful with lots of forest flowers. This area was for newcomers so it was the area he wanted truly explore. His journey had left him hungry of sorts and he was trail mix. Lucky for him the smell of a ramen shop filled his nose and he licked his lips. The hulking figure of a beastmen would make his way to the ramen shop. Getting closer he could hear someone yelling advertising the place. His eyes saw two people behind the counter two old men who were the pinnacle of ramen mastery.

The people at the place were all travelers which were very interesting, to say the least. Taking a seat near @Ash Vargold a cat beastfolk from the look of it. On closer inspection, it was a wolf beastfolk which he was glad he looked. Didn't want to offend anyone ya know beastfolk come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Keep quiet and kinda keep an ear out for everyone's conversations before ordering something. He did indeed cock an eye at the chili dog."Well, that..isn't ramen..that is a chili dog..." Right...well at least he could enjoy new faces. Bille the kid was a human and the other human kakao also was interested in ramen. The other wolf beastfolk also pointed out that wasn't ramen. Herculean would stay for the moment trying to make new friends.

 

[Higanbana]

@Billie Kidd "One-ah ramen comin-ah right up! With the extra spicy! Mama mia!"

Spicy ramen? sounds like chili. Close enough.

A few moments later Higanbana returned with a large bowl of chili.

"Ah here-ah we are. The finest ah spicy chili ramen for the finest ah customer!"

Moving to the next customer, Higanbana was ready to basically make something out of nothing regardless of what they ordered. It was then she heard about how the place the cart was placed was sort of random.

@Kakao "Mama mia, this spot is the excellent for catching the customers! You're here aren't you? Mama mia with the questions! Orders only no questions only the orders!"

Higanbana turned to the next person @Ash Vargold

"Ahhh so the delicious chili dog ramen assaults your ah nostrils, eh! good choice my little tortellini good choice. I'll have it out in just ah the moment mama mia."

Suddenly a rather serious-looking individual approached the cart. @Alavia Silver

"ACTUAL RAMEN! MAMA MIA! THIS IS THE BEST RAMEN IN ALL OF TERRASPHERE! MAMA MIA IF MAMA GUISEPPE WERE HERE SHE WOULD HIT YOU WITH THE WOODEN SPOON, MAMA MIA! ORDER THE RAMEN OR GET OUT! MAMA MIA LOOK AT ALL THESE Y CUSTOMERS ORDERING THE RAMEN AND YOU STAND AH HERE INSULTING MAMA GENOS RAMEN RECIPES! MAMA MIA IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE PAPA GUSTAVO CRY MARINARA TEARS, MAMA MIA! RICE IT IS! THE BEST AH RICE RAMEN YOU'VE EVER SEEN, MAMA MIA!"

"And you!" @Herculean Drakecon

"That's ah Mama Coreleone's famous chili dog ah ramen. Show some respect before you make me cry tears of marinara like Papa Ilardo used to during the summer back in the Japan, mama mia! You order or no?"


@Himawari

 

[Himawari]

"AHM WOK'IN HEAH! YOUS SAYIN THEY DON'T LIKE THE RAMEN GET OUTTA TOWN!"

Himawari shouted in some random accent that she felt was appropriate for how them city folks get to talking. It was a mishmash of several bad impressions.

"FIVE RAMENS AH' COMING UP! HAHAHA! CHEESEBURGAH CHEESEBURGAH CHEESEBURGAH CHEESEBURGAH CHEESEBURGAH CHEESEBURGAH!"

Himawari paused.

"ANDAH ONE RAMEN STYLE RICE GOULASH FOR THEH FANCY PAYNTS!"

Six cheeseburgers in six bowls were slammed down on the counter, and one order of cream corn.

If there were any complaints, Himawari wouldn't hear them, literally, she was lost in cookzerking and had long since forgotten that restaurants were supposed to charge.

It wasn't even certain if Himawari was taking orders, food was just being slammed at people at a dizzying rate. Few landers complained at the free food as most of the more upstanding ones confusedly tried to pay or left some amounts of money on the counter. Kami-possessed Himawari continued to "cook".

 

[Kakao]

Kakao laughed nervously as a cheeseburger was now placed in front of him. He looked around the table to see many people were being given random food still- and the proprietor had seemingly stopped taking the money from the patrons. Yep, this place was weird. But who cared? It was food, and it wasn't like Kakao could taste it anyway. So, he dug into the burger. It tasted like nothing, but hey- it was still filling up his stomach.

"This, uh, 'ramen', looks pretty good." He said with a nervous chuckle, glancing up to @Billie Kidd. Looking around, he realized most of the people at the table were taller than him- not that surprising since he'd taken on a childish form. "I wonder if there are other, er, 'interesting places' like this one. Maybe I should make it my mission to try interesting foods from all over." Not that there was really anything interesting about a cheeseburger to him. He made them at home all the time for his daughter.

Wanting to make new friends since there were so many new people around his friendly face, Kakao turned to look at @Herculean Drakecon first. The man was intensely tall to the small Magia. Something told Kakao the man wouldn't mind being spoken to, though. He called it instinct- but in reality, it was just that he wouldn't notice even if the man was snarling at him, most likely. "Interesting 'ramen', isn't it Mister?"

 

[Billie Kidd]

Billie's bright red eyes were wide enough to stare around at the gathering patrons. There was an assault on genuine ramen bowls. Chili, hot dogs, burgers, Brooklyn accents?, and Italian. There was nothing traditional about the ramen bowl here. Two fingers found their way to the bridge of her nose, snow-white hair slipping along the curve of her cheek and down over her chin. Bright red eyes gleamed behind the veil of hair as she shook her head.

"I don't think we are in Kansas anymore, Toto." She said to Cake-O who didn't seem to mind what he had ordered. Looking around, people were being severed similar items to their own. Anything but the ramen. BUT...even though she didn't get her ramen, a bow of chili wasn't going to go to waste. Practiced fingers rolled the fine light colored hair from her eyes and face, pulling it behind her ear. Lifting a spoon to eat the chili, she sampled the not-so ramen, ramen.

There was a kick there, but not a big one. Billie enjoyed spicy foods and like the spice in her whiskey. No chance she could get any of that going on here. They might give her something else if she tried to order what she wanted. Reverse psychology perhaps? She didn't want to deal with the mishap, another time maybe? She continued to down the chili, the small kicks of flavor didn't do real chili any justice, but her food meter seemed to be satisfied, but her oral pallet was not. It left something far more desirable. Even after a crude meal, she could go for a nice whiskey and a cigarette or two to round out her evening. Not in game at least.


"Enjoying your ramen? The chili was kinda bland. I think Mario and Luigi here are a little out of their element on the whole ramen cart thing. Can't blame them for trying. You should definitely try and do that food thing. I might do the same only with alcoholic beverages. If you find anything nonperishable on your journey, you be sure to save some for me to try!"

Looking over the others, her bright red eyes scanned them and there was the softest of smirks with her red lips. "Some good lookin' fellas in this world. Might have to do a little flirting here and there and see where that gets me..." Her eyes looked over the men before turning her attention away with a casual grin back to her friend.

 

[Herculean Drakecon]

Normally standing he was over six feet with a wide shoulder spreading trying not to take up too much room. The room seemed to have mixed reactions as these two most likely weren't ramen chefs. His belly growled and he didn't have time to really be picky around what he and isn't going to eat. Instead just grabbed chill dog and shoved it into his mouth. The food was well kind of bland but it was better then starving to death. He had to remind himself that he turned off pain dampeners. Sure having bugs dig into your skin and tear meat off your body was bad. He couldn't imagine having to physically feel hunger pains enough to make him shiver.

The other patrons were very lively and chatty while he ate,@Kakao had said something to him. Peering down at the small magia. He would smile and nod with a friendly aura about him he often gave off despite his size." Ya ya, it's pretty uh interesting ramen I guess, It's better than starving ya know."@Billie Kidd Would talk about the ramen and something about drinks which was a given. Herculean would just keep quite as much to kinda read the room.