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[nolicenseyet]

Characters: Eve, Keroro, anyone affiliated with their business and YOU
Location: Metokkori R and Hikan Café
Rating: G
Time: May 17th, all day
Description: No matter how strange things got, you still needed to work.



They had had to close the store for a day or two as they cleaned up the graffiti, and continued to open despite having the vandals tied up outside their door. They didn't open during the riots (it would have been foolish to do that).

At the end of everything, though, the doors were opened again. Life went on, after all.

Welcome to Metokkori R, a store where they sell more flavours of instant ramen than you can shake a stick at and various other Japanese goods and snacks. Or maybe you were more interested in coming into the Hikan Café, a family style restaurant with a friendly atmosphere. There is a mysterious third store, but, unfortunately, recent events have delayed its opening.

As usual, the stores all accept communicators as payment~.

((OOC: Feel free to make open threads for yourself under the headings!))

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Metokkori R

[nolicenseyet]

[A Japanese goods store selling anything and everything Japanese. There are also some Cthulhu plushies left over from the days when it was run by the previous owner. You can also order merchandise from Japan through the store.

There is a catchy jingle playing in the background. If you're not careful, you might find yourself humming it while leaving the store...]

[sayatakagi]

[ Saya is working, of course, but this time she is trying to sell exactly those Cthulhu plushies; so she has one on top of her shoulder.

You may find her flipping through some mangas while there are no costumers around. ]

[braidedwonder]

[ After lunch, Duo had thought about going back to the apartment, where there was a couch to stretch out on and a puppy to play with - but instead he found himself in the colorful merchandise of Metokkori R, exploring a lower shelf as he pressed his hair to his body to keep it out of the way and out of the merchandise.

.. He could probably get a cheap plushy here for the dog, right? ]

[sayatakagi]

[ since Saya is the clerk, she is often lurking around, until she notices Duo. The girl puts the manga down and approaches ]

Hello. Can I help you?

[closedherheart]

[With all the unfamiliarities of Death City, not to mention the recent turbulence with the rioting, Anri's found she's been surviving on whatever she can grab from whatever stores will accept her communicator as a form of payment.

Now things are starting to settle down, however, she figures it's time to get back into better habits and where better to start than a store selling items that remind her so much of home?

Okay, not even two weeks in and she's feeling a little homesick. Is it any wonder Metokkori R already marks itself as a regular shopping spot, especially when she already had the place specifically mentioned to her before.

And so she wanders, picking up goods here and there but quite clearly taking her time with it, allowing herself to enjoy this little reminder of home in such an unfamiliar place]

[starfruitfrog]

[Anri probably hears Keroro before she sees him, the co-owner of Metokkori R making a sound like pikopiko as he walks around the store adjusting merchandise so it sits perfectly neatly on the shelves.

When he sees her though, he brightens up and gives her a salute.]

Welcome to Metokkori R, de arimasu!

[closedherheart]

[She hears him, but it's the sort of background noise she can attribute to general background noise and so she doesn't pay as much attention as she might have.

When she does see him, she's not quite quick enough to disguise her shock over the fact that there sure is a frog-like person addressing her. Okay, she's come across an intelligent wolf before and it's not like Ikebukuro doesn't have its fair share of weird but this is still new.

Even as she recovers enough to reply, offering a bow as she does, it's clear she's still a little taken aback]

Ah, thank you.

[dead_black_eyes]

[Those Goodbye Panda cookies L won from his bet with Keroro lasted awhile, but now he needs more.

Not to worry, this time he fully intends to pay the sticker price.

He keeps his head and eyes down as he carries a large box over to the counter. With doppelgangers running rampant in the city, it's impossible to be too careful, which is why he's switched up his wardrobe. He's wearing a pair of jeans that actually fits, along with a pale grey button-up shirt.]

[starfruitfrog]

[Keroro had still to actually meet L, so he's on his best behaviour as he sits at the counter.]

Welcome, de arimasu! Did you find everything that you were looking for, de arimasu?

[dead_black_eyes]

[It's true, people are usually much nicer to L before they actually know the guy.]

Yes, I did. I guess you have to keep these fairly well-stocked, since they practically walk off the shelves themselves.

[Or you get swindled out of them, but water under the bridge, right?]

[blue_wayfinder]

[Aqua didn't come here that often. More often than not, she'd be in the Hikan Café instead.

Still she liked the store's atmosphere. Some of the things they sold were pretty interesting too.

She was looking at some of the mugs on the shelf. She accidentally dropped hers a couple of days ago and she needed a replacement.]

[starfruitfrog]

[When Keroro catches sight of a familiar head of blue hair (because be honest, how many people in Death City had hair like that?) he heads in her direction to greet her as the store-owner as well as her friend.]

Aqua-dono!

[blue_wayfinder]

[There are two now, actually. One of them is a guy, though.

She had just picked up a sky blue mug off the shelf when she heard her name being called. She turned and look down at Keroro.]

Hey, Keroro.

Hikan Café

[nolicenseyet]

[Feel free to order anything from the menu. Most of the dishes are named after Guests the owners used to know.]

[braidedwonder]

[ Every few days Duo usually ended up showing up at the cafe, usually looking for something to satisfy his usually bottomless stomach in between Black Mesa work runs. Today is his day off, and shuffling around in an unusual outfit of flip-flops and shorts, hair loose (he's somehow managed to lose every hair tie he's gotten since he came here, and it'd remain loose and incredibly long until he shuffled to the store to buy more) - he finds he could get pretty used to this 'normal life' thing.

For the moment, anyway. Right about now.. though... ]

Xiao Qiao chow down time!

Hope this is all right.

[nolicenseyet]

[Eve tended to fill in for some of the waiters when it was needed.

Today was no exception.

She recognized this person as a regular but even if he wasn't she could guess who he was based on his appearance alone, most days. It came with being Keroro's partner.]

One Xiao Qiao. [She paused after writing that down.] Your hair is down today.

[bowdown]

[ She isn't a costumers nor an employee per say, but Condesce does deliver cakes and baked goods to the Hikan Café. Which is what she is doing today, carrying behind her a trolley (a TROLLey ahaha ) with boxes and containers that have pastries inside

Be careful not to trip on her hair, by the way ]

[nolicenseyet]

[It was just as well given that they were a little lacking in cooking staff. Only now were the part-timers who were from this city starting to come back to work.

Eve nodded at Condesce.]

Good morning.

[closedherheart]

[After a successful shopping trip, Anri decides she might as well stop to grab some lunch from the affiliated cafe. Which, of course, means deciding what she wants - easier said than done when the menu looks so good, which means she could be here for a while - and quite possibly not realising that she might be holding up the line in the process]

[nolicenseyet]

[Well, it was part of Eve's job to make sure these things went smoothly.

She had just finished bringing someone their food when she caught sight of a familiar face.]

Hello.

Employees only area

[nolicenseyet]

[Naturally, there is a back room for the employees to eat lunch and sit around when they're on break.

Your boss hasn't been on a mission lately, so sadly he has no souvenirs to give you.]

[sayatakagi]

[ Saya brought her own lunch this time - bento, yeah. She is Japanese after all.

And she still has a Cthulhu plushie on her shoulder, by the way. ]

[nolicenseyet]

[Eve spent most of her time in the café side, so she hadn't really seen the plushie on the shoulder until she came into the backroom with her own lunch.]

...Saya? Why is there a plushie on your shoulder?

[nolicenseyet]

[Everyday during her break, Eve would be practising her calligraphy in the back room. Even though Itou wasn't here to teach her any more, she still preferred to practise here instead of at home. Call it nostalgia if you will.

She picks up the brush once she was done setting up thought about what character to practice before starting on the first character.]

NOW HIRING

[nolicenseyet]

[There's a sign posted outside the stores with 'Now Hiring' written in big, bold letters.

Underneath that it listed some of the positions still available. Feel free to go in to inquire about job opportunities!]