open to all;

[swordboning]

Who: Archer swordboning and YOU. (Maybe Athena too)
When: December 15th and on
Where: Right here where you need him. At least in the streets.
What: Golden Archers is sadly open. Come get your top tier food of choice.
Rating/Warning: Nah.


[Archer was fully cringing at the emblem Athena made and the fact that it was pasted on his apron. Well, inwardly at least. Athena got to have her way with the things went around here since she was the one who put in the money and most of the work. That meant her lame idea of what was great ended up plastering almost anything that had the surface for it.

But for a food stall, there was a serious lack of menu. Archer, though, intentionally wanted that. Restricting himself would only be admitting that he couldn't make things that people wanted outside of said menu. Obviously, there were some restrictions because supplies of some things were exceedingly rare or impossible to find. Which meant that rich people places had to be visited for that. But here were reasonable prices for fresh cooked food.]

Before you ask, there's no menu. So just tell me what you want.

[Customer service needed a little bit of work, however. And no, Saber, you weren't getting any free food.]

Comments

[shacklebreaker]

My thanks.

[Before he digs in to his noodles, he whistles Taka over, and the hawk helps himself to the meat left out. Don't worry, Taka has good table manners...! More or less.]

I'm glad to see an establishment that knows how to treat birds well. Most tend not to accept them as customers.

[swordboning]

Those happen to be for the customer. You don't want to use those up.

[swordboning]

I don't have any particular feelings for him, to be honest. I've never had a pet or animal companion. But I can tell your friend isn't stupid by just looking at him.

[Which was good enough. A lot of animals were probably just plain dumb.]

[shacklebreaker]

No doubt he's too stubborn to admit he needs help. And perhaps he feels unworthy of it. [Speaking as one manpain to another...] Even so, it's very kind of you, to persevere with such an unwilling patient.

[She might detect a brief flicker of sadness in his heart when he goes on to say:] Metis would be proud.

[psycholawgy]

[ Good point. ]

... You got lucky this time.

Anyway, I have something to ask you when we're done for the day.

[shacklebreaker]

Raptors are indeed intelligent birds. But most tend to be rather frightened of him, [PROBABLY BECAUSE HE MAKES TAKA ATTACK PEOPLE...] so it is good to see him treated with respect. Isn't that so, Taka?

[The hawk gives a screech of assent, and Blackquill proceeds to make a start on his own meal.]

[swordboning]

Why do I get the feeling that what you want to ask is something serious?

[psycholawgy]

[ Athena sure did hear a bit of sadness from Simon, but what gets her down again is mentioning her mother's name. And that's obvious enough as Widget's display changes from its default face to a crying one. ]

I hope so. You know her better than I did, so I'll believe in that.

[ She smiles weakly after speaking. It would be nice to talk to her mother again, she thinks. Especially now that she knows her mother's true feelings. Athena had misinterpreted everything all along. ]

[psycholawgy]

I wouldn't say it's serious, but it's not a laughing matter, either.

It's about ViViD.

[swordboning]

Just keep a good eye on him around here. Who knows what tricks people might play.

[swordboning]

What about it? If you're asking if I've been there, I have.

[shacklebreaker]

I know she would be. She dedicated her knowledge to the betterment of others, and you're following in her footsteps in your own way.

[He didn't mean to bring the mood down, but he felt she might at least want to hear it. Neither of them would be sitting here discussing psychology in the first place if it weren't for her, after all.]

[psycholawgy]

I think it's good exercise, so I might start spending more time there.

[ She sure sounded super hyped, but now, she sounds a bit bashful in her tone. ]

I might know self-defense, and I can fight robots, but the monsters there aren't really the type of things I was taught how to fight.

[psycholawgy]

[ Athena cheers up pretty quickly, and she hits her palm with her fist. ]

If I ever go the wrong direction, be sure to tell me, okay? I don't want to be a disappointment to anyone.

[ Especially to her mom. ]

[shacklebreaker]

Hmph. Taka despises trickery; he'll gouge out the eyes of any who try.

[As usual, it's hard to tell if he's being serious or not.]

[shacklebreaker]

I doubt I'm the best judge of that, when my own career went so far off the rails, wouldn't you say?

[He grins, but then offers a more serious answer.] As for you, on the other hand... As long as you remain true to your desire to help others, I do not think you will go astray.

[psycholawgy]

[ She definitely doesn't agree to Simon's first statement, but as that's a thing of the past, it might be better not to argue about it. ]

Then I guess I should help as many people. Maybe that can be my new role in the agency. [ Athena, no???? ] Speaking of which, did you get a job? If you don't have one yet, maybe we can get you one together! I'm sure the gym could use more people at the dojo.

[swordboning]

You're going to have to remind me where I come in on this or why you're telling me.

[swordboning]

I'm sure. Frankly, there are monsters that sometimes show up that the likes of even my legendary weapons can't fell.

[shacklebreaker]

I did. I'm employed under one Sir Hellsing, with the police. [Now he has a boss with a scary-sounding name to intimidate people with, there's no stopping him!!] A samurai pledging his blade to a knight must be unprecedented, but I am not one to question fate.

[emotive]

I think you got Archer's likeness down though! It was a challenge you overcame splendidly.

[shacklebreaker]

Oh? What kinds of monsters?

[This place never ceases to be full of nasty surprises.]

[emotive]

O-Oh! It just occurred to me, but since you don't have a menu, how are you going to decide on price?

[swordboning]

The last I recall happened to be ghosts. The weaker ones were possible to kill but not the stronger ones.

[dishonorstudent]

I'll be sure to pass it on to her, in the meantime I'd like my snack right about now.