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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?

[braidedwonder]

I'm just kind of perusing.. [ Duo murmurs before he is able to pull his eyes away from the rack, flicking long bangs out of his face as he turns to see who, exactly, he's talking to. It doesn't take long before he recognizes her, and his face splits in to a grin. ]

Oh, hey! You're Saya, right? I'm Duo!

[sayatakagi]

Ah, Duo-san! [ oh yes, she remembers him. Playing tennis ]

I haven't seen you here before. Welcome to the shop.

[braidedwonder]

Yeah I was just over at the cafe getting some lunch so I decided to stop by. [ He shrugs, as if saying it's no big deal, wobbling a little bit on his toes in thought. ]

I don't pop over, usually, but you've got a bunch of awesome stuff in here.

[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.

[starfruitfrog]

[He isn't too bothered over her shock in seeing him. You tend to get used to it when you're a two foot-tall green frog-thing running a store.

He gives a deep bow back, smiling as he straightens up.]

No problem, de arimasu. Let me know if there's anything you need help with okay, de arimasu?

[closedherheart]

Thank you, I will.

[At least he seems harmless enough - granted, it's hard to be too scared of someone who's only two foot tall, green or no.]

Um...actually. I was told my communicator's okay as payment here but is that on everything? Or just on some things?

[She's still figuring out how that all works]

[starfruitfrog]

It's okay as payment if you're buying necessities, food and cheap alcohol, de arimasu. We also accept the communicator as payment over in the Hikan Cafe. We're currently having a dessert promotion over there too, de arimasu.

[And he actually thinks it's kind of dumb for some of the other businesses to not accept the communicator as payment. Money is money, regardless of where it comes from.]

[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?]

[starfruitfrog]

Well...we've actually never had that problem before, de arimasu. They're boxes, and boxes don't walk by themselves.

[If they walked it would be worrying. And Giroro would probably scream like a little girl.]

The 30-box set will be 32 Death Dollars. Will that be all for today, de arimasu?

[dead_black_eyes]

I hardly meant it literally.

Well... Usually I pick these up in sets of two, but I think the rest must be in the back storeroom or some such thing. This is the only one I saw out.

[He... might buy a lot.]

[starfruitfrog]

[Well, as long as he's going to buy a lot of them...]

I'm sure we have more in the back, de arimasu. They are one of our popular items, after all. If you'll give me a moment, I'll check for you, de arimasu.

[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.

[starfruitfrog]

What are you doing here, de arimasu?

[He looks at the mug.]

Buying something, de arimasu? I can give you a discount!

[blue_wayfinder]

No, that's all right. [No this wasn't exactly what she was looking for...] Thank you for offering, though.

[starfruitfrog]

You're welcome, de arimasu. Anything for a friend. Let me know if I can help you find anything, de arimasu.