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Caffeine Overload; Trent realizes that being a dick is kind of a bad idea. [OPEN]
Topic Started: Jan 18 2016, 06:38 PM (728 Views)
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This… was probably a mistake on Noriko’s end, now that she thought about it. She should have known that trying to buy a simple coffee would have been too much in this town, there was always a crowd of people surrounding a dozen coffees and pastries everywhere you looked-no this never happens at all… She hadn’t moved from her original spot when she just stared at the caffeinated bounty in front of her with the single question of… why lingering in her head.

She wasn’t truly aware of the other people around her until Hideki called out her name, which managed to break the spell Trent’s greed had placed on her. “Huh? Oh… hello.” Right, ‘family tradition’ spear guy. Does he just hang out around coffee shops all the time or something? Geez… There where the others as well, but Noriko didn’t know them at all. Well, until Hanako went and introduced herself in a manner that the chestnut-haired girl almost forgot immediately. With Hideki’s hello out of her mind, she was once again free to stare at the coffee cornucopia before her.

Free? They’re giving all of this away for free? I don’t… Then why buy it all? Someone doesn’t just accidentally all the coffee by themselves. But… I wouldn’t have to spend any money getting my own, could put it towards stuff for the shop… But in doing so, she’d also subject herself with being around with all these strangers as well, it wasn’t like she could take the coffee and go. There was the chance that she could spill it on herself trying to get through the crowd in the streets. Noriko sighed softly to herself as slowly reached towards one of the untouched cups on table.

Ehhh, should I really introduce myself? I am kinda mooching off their food, it’d be rude not to. Ughhhh… “Noriko Kaneshiro.” It was slightly mumbled when she said it, but Noriko wasn’t trying to paint too big of target on herself if she could help it. All she needed to do was inhale her coffee then head back to the shop; it was that easy, right?

And what the heck’s a Bedlam?
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At the very least it seemed to be that Hideki was enjoying all of the food that was in front of him, though Trent would appreciate it if he didn't speak with his mouth full. Not because it bothered him or he felt offended, but because it made Hideki slightly more difficult to understand.

Shou, on the other hand, was going wild on all the food and only stopped when new people arrived, to greet them. It was amusing, in a way, but it was also weird for someone to be so enthusiastic about mass-produced low-quality pastries and beverages, of all things. Maybe he hadn't eaten something like this in a while?

After a while, however, another new person decided to show up. A person he'd met on his first day at Taiyoutono, and the witness to one of the biggest fuck-ups he'd made in his life. The pale young man cringed inwardly as he remembered the events of that day... "...hello, Ito-san." For some reason, she seemed to be paler and more disheveled than usual, but it wasn't in Trent to inquire any further on the subject. "Uh, if you want some of this, you can take it."

Trent was entirely unaware of the fact that Hanako was ToxicMedusoid on Bedlam.

Hideki and Shou seemed to speak for a bit about an event that had happened not too long ago, and Hideki made a sign with his hands. Ah. Persona stuff. Of course. "Got it." If it had to do with Personae, though, what was that comment Shou made on being his wingman...? "...Tachibana-san, what exactly were you doing an why would you need a wingman of all things there?" Special emphasis was put on the last part of the sentence, to signify that Trent was well aware of what Hideki was talking about... and was subsequently baffled out of his mind by it.

And then there was this Sekigahara guy. When he spoke, Trent was taking a sip of his cup of iced coffee, but once the brown-haired pretty boy's words reached his ears he froze in place. Slowly, he lowered his cup and looked at him more carefully. Wow. He'd never heard such amounts of condescension outside of internet forums, and now that the pale young man took a closer look, he had the vague sensation that Minoru spent an amount of time similar to the amount he himself spent online. Deciding to let that comment just slide, he went back to his own drink and slowly began to realize how mediocre the coffee of Hoshiyen's was... right until Minoru mentioned Bedlam out loud. Rapidly, Trent put his drink down and shot him another glance. What the fuck!? The fact that someone could so freely speak about Bedlam out in public without being certain that it was a safe environment mystified Trent. He still didn't know if that Noriko girl was a Persona-user...

Speaking about said Noriko girl, she looked like she truly wanted to be somewhere else. Hideki seemed to know her, unsurprisingly enough. Trent just watched as she picked up a cup from the table and went back to his own drink.

This seriously was a terrible choice.
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As soon as Shou made a comment about being "his wingman", Hideki swallowed a bit of the donut too fast, causing him to start coughing for a moment. The comment was so baffling it caught him off-guard.

"I-It's not what you think it was, honestly!" There was, as far as he knew, one reason to use the word "wingman", and as far as he knew, none of them were flying airplanes. As he recovered, he saw that a new person has joined the table, it being someone that he meet quite some time ago... "Hanako-san? Ah, hello there! I haven't seen you since the festival." He greeted.

And then, the mysterious person introduced himself, and seemed... Particularly ticked off at Trent for whatever reason. Merely waving at him, he turned to Trent and asked "What's the matter? Was he also wanting to win this stuff or something?" Really, it was kind of rude to talk about someone present as if they are not there, but Hideki was more concerned about the posibility of any feud between Trent and this Sekigahara.

Finally, there was Noriko who was simply staring at the food, and then proceeded to drink one of the drinks that were on the table. Come to think about it, one of the cups seemed to smell like... Mocha.

Vanilla Mocha.

Grabbing that cup without question, he took a sip from it, and was instantly greeted with the familiar Hoshiyen taste of mocha. Sweet god it was delicious. "Ah, Noriko-san, you don't need to be standing up, you can sit and relax." He said, in a more 'cautious' than 'inviting' way, as he took another bite from the jelly donut.
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OMNOMNOM

Honestly Shou couldn't get enough, but he gave pause when Trent made a rather cryptic comment. Just how did he even figure out they'd met in the ruins? Shou glanced towards Hideki for a moment, due to his own fascination with the food, he'd missed out at the subtle sign he'd done.

His thought process was cut short when none other than Hanako Ito entered the store. He hadn't seen her that often so it was definitely a pleasant surprise. "Ah, Ito-san! Hey! Long time no see!" After taking one look at her, he slowly pushed a coffee her way. "Care for some free sugar?"

Great way to word that.

He stiffened slightly as he realized how that sounded, but just decided to roll with it. She hung out with Machi after all, she probably got worse. After Hideki's reaction though, a sly smile appeared on his face. He couldn't resist, he really couldn't. "What can I say, he's a ladies' man." He shrugged and grinned wider at Hideki.

As he took another sip of his coffee, he noticed that the new girl seemed ten kinds of uncomfortable. He almost felt bad for calling her out."I'm Shou Yoshida, pleasure to meet ya." Hopefully she'd relax once they all introduced each other.

If not, more sugar for him!
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"Careful, careful!" She was quick to come to Hideki's aid, despite the fact that he probably didn't need a …wingman to watch his proverbial six and make sure he didn't choke to death on an overzealous bite of donut. It was totally useful for making a point. "You don't want to be too greedy to bite off more than you can chew, or too self-absorbed to grab everything meant to be shared and then awkwardly ask people to show up, right?"

As she gave Hideki a helpful little pat on the back, she gave Trent the sweetest, most saccharine-filled smile she was capable of mustering.

"No, thanks. My mom actually works for Hoshiyens, so I've had enough of their stuff for free to last me a lifetime. I mostly came to check in."
She couldn't have made it more clear of her bedlam handle without introducing herself by it. But that was just crass and kind of a dumb thing to do in mixed company…

…which Sekigahara did, because of course he did! Why not? She rolled her eyes at his mention of Bedlam like it was just a common livebook. But she was back to her usual cheerful self when she addressed Hideki again. "How have you been since the festival, Hideki-san?"
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"What?"

Minoru sipped at his coffee defensively. Really, the only person present who wasn't a Persona User was that self-identified Noriko, and even then, it was just a name that she caught in passing when she appeared out of nowhere. If their secret online site was going to be compromised by a passing reference, then they were already boned. It wasn't like he was writing the hyperlink all across the walls.

But whatever. They didn't want to make a deal of it, and he didn't want to come off like an ass about it any more than he had to be, so he would just bench himself in conversation until something funny enough happened.
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Gods above, has Spear Guy never eaten before or something? Why in the world did he try to inhale all that crap at once? Noriko's violet eyes scanned each of the faces that were gathered at the table, but she had to take a few moments to just... look at what a goof he was being. And apparently he was making enough of a scene to bring yet another person over to their table. Okay, did I stumble into some kind of coffee-themed flash mob? Because if that's the case, them I need to get out of here... The fact that they all seemed to know her didn't exactly help either.

"...Ouch." Hearing that Hanako's mom worked for Hoshiyens made Noriko react almost instinctively as she looked over at the new girl. Working in some kind of big nationwide chain seemed like torture to her, especially if it was something like selling coffee. But Noriko wasn't exactly here to judge someone's mom's choice in career. Figuring it'd be quicker for her to just finish her coffee and go, Noriko just kept standing off to the side of the table as she watched the other people talk a bit more about their whatevers.

Alright so these people clearly all know each other, had some kind of festival go on or something. One of the pale guys is mad at the other pale guy for talking about their 'Bedlam' thing, so I'm guessing it's probably some kind of nerd secret thing, right? This could just be some nerd conference that I stumbled upon, but they're not kicking me out either... eh.

Then there was the last guy. She didn't know what to think about him, but she at least knew his name. She sighed internally. Should I? There's a couple people here so... Yeah... Noriko reached into her pockets and pulled out several business cards, and she fanned them out like a poker hand before she set them on the table, with one less on account of Hideki already owning one. . "KANESHIRO METALWORKS" was emblazoned in thick block letters. "Yeah, nice to meet you too."
Edited by Smile Junky, Mar 22 2016, 08:56 AM.
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It seemed to be that whatever it is that had happened in the Ruins it caused Hideki to be flustered. Entertaining, to say the least. Shou was willing to push the issue further, however. "...somehow that... doesn't seem too probable." To avoid any possible death glares from Hideki, he turned away and sipped on his coffee...

"...I have no idea." Trent made sure not to speak loud enough to be heard by Minoru. Something about the guy perturbed him greatly, but he couldn't exactly pinpoint what.

Hanako's comment, however, bothered him even more greatly. It was accentuated even further when she shot him an unnaturally cheerful smile and then stated that her mother worked for Hoshiyens... At that moment, he froze up. In silence, he picked up his phone and checked the Bedlam thread once more... confirming that he'd stolen all of the codes from ToxicMedusoid - also known as the girl standing in front of him.

He set down his phone in front of himself and tried to pretend that nothing was wrong. In reality, everything was. He was screaming inside and it was evident.

Trying to distract himself from it he eagerly took Noriko's business card and read it over. Was she just going around advertising her shop? Was she even old enough to operate one...?

Perhaps he could use her services to get an actual weapon.
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Still feeling a bit of donut crumps in his throat, Hideki did a mild cough to get rid of them, as Hanako patted him on the back a bit. "Ah, thanks." He said, once that was over for now.

"Oh, I have been pretty well. Things have been mostly peaceful, so nothing to worry about, what about you?" He asked Hanako as he took another sip from the mocha. Things would have gone smoothly, if it wasn't for the fact that Shou pushed on such vile accussations.

Bad time to drink.

Attempting to not spit his drink, Hideki took a sudden gulp and swallowed it all in one gulp. His cup was now half full, and his throat was now burning from the sudden drinking. "W-WHAT." Hideki suddenly said and looked at Shou with a death glare, even if it looked ridiculous on him. "T-THAT'S NOT HOW IT WENT AND YOU KNOW IT."

If he's somehow refering to the pun thing that happened with Tomoyo, Hideki might just splash the contents of his cup towards Shou's face.
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Shou had to try hard not to spit out his own drink at Hideki's sudden violent explosion. Not out of shock or fear, but he was trying RREEALLLLY hard not to laugh. "Hah, relax Hideki-san, I'm just messing with ya." His eyes caught a glint of rage in Hideki's eyes, but Shou felt too damn amazing to stop.

He waited a moment.

"I can bearly believe you'd take me so seriously!"

He prepared himself for anything that may or may not be thrown in his direction. Clearly at this point he hardly even noticed the card passed towards him. He took it with a "Thank you," but didn't once take his eyes off Hideki. He was...curious to see how far he could push this.

With a sly grin, he took another sip of his coffee.

Today was a good day.
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