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

[emotive]

I'll think about it. Extra income is always a welcome thing after all.

[souredsweet]

[The sarcasm is caught and earns Archer a quiet laugh. Kaoru's met plenty of people with white hair who aren't inhuman, after all.]

You were? My... It sounds like things have changed a lot for you since then.

[But it's not exactly an unsaid request for him to keep talking about it, even though there's room for him to do so if he wants.]

Oh! [Definitely some understanding there.] I see... Is that why you can create the sort of swords that you do? I can't say that I've ever met a heroic spirit before - or any sort of spirit at all, to be honest. From the legends, I would have expected them to be a little less... solid.

[But Kaoru knows better than to take legends at face-value too, considering what they say about demons and how inaccurate that is.]

[psycholawgy]

I might have to quit my job at the gym sometime. I want to do a lot of studying and helping people out, so I'm trying to find a place where I can be a counselor.

I guess money isn't a problem when Ryuko also works. And we don't have to pay for rent yet.

[swordboning]

If you're expecting something like a ghost, then you're not too far off. Very few heroic spirits don't have that capability. [Saber, for example. Mostly because she hasn't quite....died in her own time.] I can become more of what actually fits the description of a spirit when I want to.

[psycholawgy]

You bet, you'll be first!

[ She pulls out her CereVice to take a picture of Yogi, for documentation purposes! That goofy face may or may not be what she'll put on his membership card, too. ]

And nice to meet you. You can call me Athena!

[springful]

[WHAT IF THAT'S THE POINT.... Subconsciously wanting to compare Senpai's cooking to Super Senpai's and see who really is better!!]

Then I'll ask for the chef's specialty. [LOOK AT THIS KOUHAI SMILE] If you didn't make the apron though, who did?

[souredsweet]

So it's something that you can change at will? Is such a thing common where you come from...?

[Maybe he's from a different version of Weird Japan, or maybe Kaoru just hasn't had the questionable fortune of running into something like that back home just yet.]

[dishonorstudent]

[ She catches the lemon. Look, she really likes to eat lemons, ok!! ]

Heh. Don't mind if I don't.

[shacklebreaker]

Hmph... Is there anything to surpass the one you already gave me? But I shall keep the offer in mind.

[If Athena has her way, she'll wrangle him into coming back to Archer's stall tomorrow, anyway.]

[heiwana]

Yes. This place is...strange in that way. [ He can't say he'd be surprised to see other walking objects about. Speaking of which, apparently there were actual countries much like himself here so it's not too far a stretch to see. ]

...what purpose would people have for swords here. There is...no fighting. [ Yet. But he doesn't really want to get into that. ] Swords are best left unused...to draw them would only bring about more sorrow and unneeded violence.

[invisibleair]

The ability to stop making jokes.

[ Especially when Saber is the butt of said jokes!!

And she shakes her hand a little from that. Stingy old man. ]

[hoasen]

You're not human? And somehow your form here kept you as a spirit? [Since she's seen how her kind could be killed. She can't compare though, since she needs food to stop hunger.] What exactly is a heroic spirit? I am sorry for asking, I just have never heard of one, so I wish to understand.

[swordboning]

It's absolutely uncommon and entirely rare.

[No lie. Also filling up a mold here. Proper shape is important.]

[swordboning]

[REJECTS YOUR KOHAI SMILE.]

Fine. And blame that one on Athena.

[Gotta get back out his spices and shit for this sauce. Chef's specialty seems to be very popular today.]

[swordboning]

Good. Because Rin said I should charge other people on her tab so she can ruthlessly charge them interest on what they owe.

[No, she didn't. But that might happen who even knows.]

[swordboning]

Plenty. I have most weapons from stories and legends. I spent a good part of my life hunting them down so I could recreate them.

[swordboning]

I'm sorry to destroy your bubble of peace but there's plenty of fighting here. Both inside the game world they have and right here, when they try to pull things that could end in people's death.

[He shakes his head. No, this guy is plenty new.]

That's a morality argument I've got no need for. But I'm willing to bet that plenty of people would argue that a true hearted person with a drawn blade is a savior. [AKA: Were he back to being in his young adult years, he would have argued it completely.]

[swordboning]

It would be helpful if you didn't make it so easy.

[Gosh, Seiba.

Alright, time for super high heat chicken cooking. Like dragon level heat. Otherwise, it won't turn out right.]

[swordboning]

In the simplest statement, a heroic spirit is a hero from the past who has achieved such a level of greatness that they could be considered a guardian of humanity. As such, they live on forever, waiting to be summoned by those who need them.

[A terribad description that leaves out a ridiculous amount of detail. But Archer isn't for tl;dring about it.]

[sugarcoats]

Huh, that's very impressive. I think it's really admirable when people are that dedicated. Not everyone would be able to keep up with all of that.

[Those pancakes look like the best pancakes ever, and he's definitely eyeing them up while sipping his hot chocolate and making appreciate noises.]

[sugarcoats]

[He fairly bounces at having his picture taken; memberships cards YEAH.]

Athena, then! So, I guess you help run this place, right? You're the manager maybe?

[swordboning]

There's always something that impresses others.

[Knife and fork, check. Setting the plate in front of him]

[psycholawgy]

I like the sound of that! I guess I am the manager.

[heiwana]

[ There is such a deep frown on his face right now, my god! He doesn't like the thought of people having to fight because of their supposed peaceful saviors making them do so. That was entirely not the point of this place, wasn't it? ]

...I don't understand why they would make us do such things to one another.

[ He shakes his head looking very dour and upset now. Though it just comes across as a very pronounced glower from him. ]

We are supposed to work together from what I have heard. Is there really such a need for things like that...when our worlds have been taken from us already? [ More violence is not the answer, or at least to Kousetsu. Seems like Sousei was quite right about not trusting them, this only solidified the other's words. ]

[feytality]

Yes!

[She's not calling you anything until she tastes that meat, bud]

..... Aren't you a chef? Isn't that the whole point of this?