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What's the point of meeting if you're not eating, anyway? [Active]

Character(s): Gourry and Lina
Content: Lina and Gourry meet up for the first time since her arrival!
Setting: Jotunheim's Cheap Eats
Time: Early evening?
Warnings: Gluttony and slapstick violence.

It wasn't the first time Gourry had been to this particular establishment. It may not have been classy, but it just reminded him so much of home -- dimly-lit and humbly furnished, maybe a little shady at times, but altogether simple and without pretense, like most of the inns and restaurants he and Lina would have stopped to eat at in their travels. Then, of course, there was the food -- it wasn't half-bad, and you got a lot of bang for your buck. Lina had taught him how to stretch a dollar when it came to food, and even if that wasn't much of a concern here, it had stuck with him.

Even though it pained him to do so, he kept telling the waitress he was going to wait on his order, knowing full well that Lina would have something to say about it if he'd started without her. He glanced towards the door every so often, hoping to catch a glimpse of that all-too-familiar red hair or blindingly pink outfit, but so far, no luck. Well, he'd already waited a couple of months. A few more minutes wouldn't kill him. Lina was usually pretty punctual, anyway... well. When it was convenient, at least.

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Really it didn’t take too long for Lina to get used to this city. Things weren’t too complicated. For one thing money grew off trees here, that made things very easy for her. She may have grabbed way more than she needed, but hell, gotta make do with what ya got. Lina made her way with ease through the crowd, keeping an eye out for that big blonde jellyfish for brains.

Eyes widen, Lina spotted him, “Gourry!” She gave a big smile as rushed her way over to him while waving. Just so glad to see her friend was here. Then she noticed he started eating without her, which made her slow down her pace a bit as she now focused on taking a seat. “Eeeeeh? Ya couldn’t wait-Of course ya couldn’t-Ooooooi WAITRESS! Gimme all the things ya got for this guy!” Lina loudly exclaimed as she jabbed her thumb toward Gourry, then promptly took a seat next to him, snerking as she poked him, “Ya were makin’ me worried ya got yourself lost y’know. Glad you’re here.”

"I waited as long as I could!" Gourry said in his own defense, jolting slightly as she poked at him. Well, nothing he wasn't used to, anyway. In fact, that was downright gentle by Lina's standards.

"I was worried, too! Ending up here with no sign of anyone we know? I thought somethin' awful mighta happened to you! I mean, you'd just handle whatever it was with a fireball, but I was still worried," he told her, shoveling food into his mouth all the while. Neither one of them had ever been that concerned with table manners, really.

“Not long enough!” Lina protested, as she immediately began stuffing some of the food in her mouth. She listened to Gourry as she chewed one of the turkey legs. She swallowed before she spoke, giving a huff, “O-Of course I’m alright jellyfish for brains! Why wouldn’t I be?! Ya don’t have ta worry!”

Lina gave a little blush at that, but quickly tried to dismiss it by glugging down some juice. Before turning her attention back to Gourry, she picked up one of the potatoes, hesitating just for a moment, “Still-I uh-Glad you’re ok alright? We’ll have to see if we can go exploring around here together and see what if there’s anything that got more information ‘bout this place. Didja go to any of the floors here yet?”

"Not yet-- hey, that's mine!" Gourry interjected, threatening to pout as he watched Lina seize one of the turkey legs off of his plate. Well, he'd just have to do the same to her when the waitress brought her food. They shared just about everything else, but dinner was always a touchy subject.

"I was thinkin' of offerin' my services to people who can't fight so well," he went on to explain, sullenly lifting a biscuit from the basket at the center of the table and biting half of it clean off. "Fighting's what I'm best at! But now that you're here, we can check 'em out together, right?"

Really Gourry, you can’t expect her to give that turkey leg back. Especially a girl who’d rather fight over the food, simply because she knows how delicious it is! She simply gnarled away at the turkey leg, not giving a care if it was Gourry’s or not.

Lina glanced at Gourry when he mentioned about giving his services. She folded her arms as she held on to the turkey leg. “Any luck? Got any money outta that anyway?” Lina asked out of curiosity.

Then when Gourry said he was willing to go check out the other floors together, Lina gave a smile, and winked, grabbing a handful of croissants, “Right! We’ll go together! Gotta find out what the hell this whole place has besides just this floor.”

Edited 2012-07-09 04:42 (UTC)

"Haven't started yet," the swordsman confessed, shaking his head as he devoured the last of the biscuit, "But I bet we can make some money that way. There are always people who need protecting somewhere, right?" Oh. Except money didn't work here the way it did back home. Actually, that was something worth mentioning. It would change the way they ran their little operation, sure, but he was sure Lina would be glad to hear it.

"Actually, money here isn't like money at home! Didya see any of those plants or trees on your way over here? They're kinda fake lookin'! People use the leaves and stuff for money here, so money really does grow on trees, heh! When I first got here, I was all worried about findin' a job, but getting paid was a lot easier than I thought it was gonna be!"

“Un, what a start,” Lina commented, then gave a nod, “Of course, of course. It’s for the well-being of others, and mine. Sounds like we’ll have to find who’s the richest guy ‘round here so we can sucker-I mean uh, help out.”

Lina glanced around at the folks around them as Gourry brought up those fake plants with jewels, “Hm, ya gotta good point actually, since money grows on trees ‘round here, going through an effort like that would be kinda wasted. Perhaps we should stick to someone who has something of most value or in this case power,” she said with a sort of sneaky grin. Honestly, if Amelia were here, she’d comment something that was like how a villain would think. But hey, girls’ gotta look out for herself. Why not go after something that’s worthwhile?

“That Vyers guy might know somethin’ ‘bout that… I’ll have to ask him next time,” Lina said to herself as she rubbed her chin, still with that suspicious smirk.

"Power?" Gourry asked her vacantly, blinking a few times in rapid succession as if the thought hadn't even occurred to him -- which, of course, it hadn't. He had never been the type to think in terms of power or consider what certain artifacts or magic practices were really worth. The whole thing seemed kind of abstract to him. He had his sword and the ability to use it, that was more than enough for him. He may not have been the brightest guy around, but what he did, at least he did well.

"Huh. Didn't think of that," he went on to voice, as though it weren't already glaringly obvious. "Who's this Vyers guy, anyway?"

“Sure power, we gotta be prepared for whatever comes our way, right?” Lina said, and then gave a wink, “And as much we can handle ourselves, a little bit more back-up wouldn’t hurt either.” Chewing on some more of the food, she swung a Turkey Leg about as Gourry asked Lina about Vyers.

“Oh Vyers is this guy I met when I first got here, knows a lot about the city,” Lina rubbed her chin, “Apparently he’s from some place called the Netherworld. Never been there myself, but I think there are all sortsa people that came here that are from other worlds. Figures we ain’t the only captives here.”

"There's people from all over," Gourry told her, putting in his two cents. "I met all kinds of people. Or talked to 'em on the thingies, anyway. Think there was even a talkin' lion." He scratched at his head briefly, considering. He hadn't been imagining that, right? ... yeah, that lion had definitely been talking.

Weird. Though he supposed he'd probably seen weirder in all their travels. Their world had plenty of things in it that other people probably thought were out of the ordinary.

"So what are we gonna do about backup? Y'think this Vyers guy is good for that? Feels kinda weird, bein' here without Zel and Amelia along for the ride." Even though their other companions hadn't been a constant when it came to their adventures back home, he'd gotten used to having them around -- and he always appreciated that neither of them chose to hit him when they were feeling particularly frustrated.

“Talkin’ lions eh?” Lina said as she picked up on one of the corn breads, “Tch, figures. I wonder what animals talk ‘round here… Come to think of it I haven’t seen many animals around, just mostly people, kinda weird. Ya think someone would have one or two pets.” She looked around, this whole place just shouted that it’s off.

Giving a nod, Lina spoke, “Vyers seems to know what he’s doing. Get better acquainted and we’ll see if he’s good at fighting at all. My guess he probably is, seeing that he is some kinda demon,” shrugging, “I don’t think he’s up to anything bad either. Doesn’t seem the type, y’know? Though he certainly likes to dress fancy, like some kinda vampire or somethin’.”

Looking to the side, “Ne Gourry… You think we might see Amelia or Zel here sometime…? I don’t know when they might show up or if they even could… Kinda concerns me a bit that we got summoned here.”

"And a lot of those people all look the same, too." He may not have been the sharpest knife on the rack, but now and then, Gourry managed to catch a bone. "I noticed that awhile back. Lots of people with blonde hair. Like more than usual!"

He chewed thoughtfully as he listened to her continue -- at least, an unknowing onlooker might have considered him thoughtful. He almost tuned out for a moment; this meatloaf was incredible.

Oh, right. They were talking about this Vyers guy.

"Sounds kinda familiar. Can't be any worse than all that time we spent with Xellos tagging along, right?" Really, for a monster, Xellos was alright. Not really trustworthy, but more often than not he seemed to be on their side, even if he was pretty shifty. His powers came in handy, anyway.

"I'm not sure... I think people show up here all the time, so they could, too. I don't want 'em to be stuck, but it'd be nice to know where they are instead of worrying that they got thrown somewhere else."

“Not much to worry about him as much as Xellos I think,” Lina commented as she rubbed her chin, “But Xellos was one different kinda mazoku than Vyers here, but I do see some similarities. We certainly could need one more ally.”

Lina Inverse gave a sigh as she wondered about her friend, “You’re right, I guess it would be kinda troublesome for them. Still it’d be nice if we were all together, but I guess that’s just how things go sometimes,” Lina said as she put her hands behind her head, “Guess we don’t have to worry about that for now and just focus on gettin’ outta here. Although, Gourry, anyone toldja some stuff about the Organization yet?”

Gourry shook his head in reply, fork protruding from between his lips.

"Nope," he told her with his mouth full, pausing just long enough to swallow. "Don't know much of anything. What's the Organization?"

Lina gave a somewhat serious look to Gourry, “Apparently it’s the guys in charge of this crazy world. They shroud themselves in darkness, and do some nasty things. There’s some speculation that those guys are the ones responsible for us being here. And if that’s the case we gotta try and find out more about them so we can find out a way to reverse this. So we can get back home.”

Glancing to the side as grabbed a bunch of chocolate donuts for dessert. “As much as I like the fact jewelry grows on trees here, I do wanna see my friends again,” Lina grumbled, “And not be trapped here forever.”

Gourry quickly helped himself to one of Lina's donuts before she could inhale them, taking a large bite out of it to mark it as his own. "So," he began, mouth full, "It's their fault we're stuck here? So we gotta find out how to get to 'em! Well. It can't be that hard, right? I mean, we beat Shalabingo and everything."

Lina gave out an “Ah-!” as he took one of the doughnuts. Hmph, just for that she’s taking one or two of your cookies Gourry! Gnawing on them, Lina gave a swift nod, She spoke also food still her mouth, “Right! We gotta find out exactly what those guys are up to and what they want to do with all of us!”

Then the red head gave a sigh at that mispronunciation. Jellyfish memory strikes again! Lina grumbled, “Shabranigdo, Gourry. And sure I ain’t too worried. It can’t be too hard to fight guys who have power of darkness, I mean you got the sword of light, this should be cinch, right?”

"That's true! The Sword of Light should be extra good against them, right?" Light totally vanquished darkness. That was just how it worked.

"Alright! So we've got this one in the bag already, if you think about it!"

“Sure it will be!” Lina said with a wink, waving the cookie carelessly, “Buuuut just to be safe I’d say we go exploring ‘round here. See if we by chance bump into any creatures of darkness and see how effective it is.”

Giving a little smirk, Lina leaned in a bit, “Call it an experiment of sorts, see how well we can beat these guys~” she said with a bit of a snicker. She was already looking forward to beating up some monsters already. She could use a little excitement and fun ‘round here.

"Sounds good to me! It's been awhile since I've gotten to swing my sword around! It'll feel good to get back in action!" He'd been planning to offer his services to people who wanted to explore other floors but were unable to fight on their own, but so far, he'd been distracted. There was a whole lot of 'ooh, shiny' to catch his eye in this place.

“Right!” Lina said with encouraging smile, “We’ll show them how tough we are! The powers of darkness ain’t got nothin’ on us!” Over confidence was always a thing for Lina. Though she likes to think it helps her win the fight, for the most part anyway.

Finishing up the meal-pardon banquet, which was a lot for the average human being to eat, Lina and Gourry were just that special though. She brought a bag of jewels for the check, and gave a smirk as she looked at Gourry, “Nyaaah, that was good~ Shall we be on our way then?”

He nodded, even as he leaned back into his chair and patted his stomach, finally satisfied. The poor waitress was staring at them haplessly from a few tables over, looking astonished at the sheer amount they had both managed to pack away.

"Yep! Now that my stomach's full, I could take on anything!"

“Great!” Lina pumping her fist into the air, she led the way for both Gourry and her. Leaving the poor waitress to just stare at the mess and the money bag they left as payment for the check. “Let’s get going then!”

As Lina started walking she made a slight pout, “Ano… Gourry?” she looked back up at him, “Where have you been staying ‘round here exactly? I mean we should probably room together or somethin’”

Pausing as she holds up her hands with a little smile, “I-I mean just so we don’t have to look far to find each other, y’know? It’ll be much easier!”

He waved dismissively, not having thought much of her idea to room together. They'd done it plenty of times before, with him dutifully taking the floor to keep watch for intruders. "I've been stayin' at a hotel kind of near here," he told her casually, nodding in agreement. It would be easier to stick together. He didn't like the idea of getting separated again in a strange place.

"Since money really does grow on trees here, the price didn't matter much! Beds are pretty comfy, too, and the food's decent!"

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((Sorry I'm late! Busy week!))

((Oh no you're fine, I was busy myself <333))

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UGH So Late Sorry ;A;

Quite alright! <3

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