Chapitre 6: Chapter 6: I Swear, I Didn't Knew That's Going To Happen!
"Okay, so far, you have collected four hundred Tips, earned fifteen thousand Gold – and spent five thousand of it upgrading your restaurant – you fought some Fallens in Parisel ten times, served about a hundred and fifty customers in a week, fought and defeated two Dine-and-Dash customers, and you've leveled your Food Souls up by ten. Good job, Samson," Akira lists. "Now, you need to complete two delivery orders, complete three Explorations, obtain five spirits from the Catacombs, get past a total of ten levels in the Catacombs, and summon three more Food Souls. Keep in mind that you can summon more than one of the same Food Soul, but they'll be turned to Shards for your corresponding Food Soul, which can be used to ascend them." Samson asks, "Is there anything else I need to learn about Soul Shards?" Akira answers, "Yes, Food Souls can only be ascended up to five times, and you can use any excess Shards to convert them into Shards for other Food Souls. There are more missions to take care of, but I'll list them later. For now, deal with the ones I assigned you if you want to directly summon the second Food Soul. You'll also get rewards for completing your missions. They'll be sent to you shortly."
Akira leaves the restaurant, and Samson instructs his Food Souls on what to do. He also tells the two new Food Souls some of the rules of living in this restaurant, which is mostly just some common sense regarding self-care, keeping the peace, doing work when instructed to, and so on. Since I worked hard on helping Brownie yesterday, I got instructed on helping Vodka and Bamboo Rice take care of their animal companions. Also, Hawthorne will be accompanying me in case anything goes wrong.
While Rice and the other Food Souls are working, we hang out in the living room. I ask Bambri how does he care for his bamboo rats. He explains, "Big Ah and Little Ah are Chinese bamboo rats, and not unlike other rats, they can develop health issues if not cared for properly. Of course, since they're summoned with me, their life span is endless like a Food Soul. Although Big Ah and Little Ah are playful and great companions, they're also mischievous so I have keep an eye them and make sure they don't cause a lot of trouble. You might think that I put them in a wire cage, but I'm not that kind of guy; no, I let them roam freely while supervising them. Like other rats, they like to chew on things, so I carry pieces of bamboo and wood around in case if they need to gnaw or scratch on something."
I write What about Andre, Vodka? How do you care for him? Vodka answers, "Andre is a gyrfalcon. Like all birds, he needs a clean and tidy environment for Andre to live in. He likes to feed on rodents and small animals, but he's not going to bother eating other people's pets such as Bamboo Rice's rats. I often let him fly, so from time to time, Attendant needs to let him out so he could get the exercise he requires to be healthy."
There is a sudden commotion in the kitchen. Sounds like another Dine-and-Dash customer. We take a peek from the door with the STAFF ONLY sign. A disgruntled skeleton (yes, there are skeletons as NPCs in the game) is mutating into another Bulimia. It is a nasty sight; I almost retch at it. Meanwhile, Sandwich is comforting a trembling and probably crying Rice. The Food Souls and I get into the dining room to face the Fallen Angel head-on. Bambri asks with a sly tone of determination, "Ah, do you want to fight? I will not lose." Vodka adds, "Even if I haven't been here for very long, I shall protect everything behind me."
Bulimia does the first move, but Bambri counters it with a defensive counterattack using his forearms. The Bulimia fights back, and is just about to stuff Bambri's face with whatever is in her plate, but Big Ah and Little Ah crawl up to her and bite repeatedly all over her. The pain causes her to shriek and drop her platter, which clatters on the floor. The bamboo rats jump off her and onto Bambri's arms and climb up to his shoulders. Immediately, Vodka yells, "Be silent!" and sends Andre to stun the Fallen Angel, freezing her instantly. The ice immediately dissipates and the Fallen is stunned. Hawthorne performs the finishing move with her attack, Rock Candy Flame, swinging her weapon at the Fallen, dealing critical damage. The Bulimia faints and starts dissipating. I look around. There's no one here but us Food Souls (and a dragon).
A crash suddenly occurs. The team of construction workers that are building the Dine-and-Dash hall busts a hole in one of the walls. A Food Soul I recognize as a Tempura, working on it yells, "Don't worry, your Master Attendant gave us permission to do this!" Regardless, it's still business as usual. After thirty minutes of cleaning, we reopen the restaurant, two hours pass smoothly, and Samson and his team of Food Souls come back with supplies for Andre, the Chinese bamboo rats, and me. The rest of the day goes by normally. Master Attendant and his Food Souls come back and Rice greets, "Master Attendant, you've … returned…. I'll go … put on a kettle … for you…." The Food Souls working in the kitchen and the dining area switch places with the team, allowing them to rest for a while.
Despite that, Bambri, his pets, and I help Brownie, Sandwich, and Samson with the cooking, while the rest of us serve the customers and regain some energy from going out. It's pretty straightforward on what to do; wait to receive orders from a customer, cook the food, and get it ready. Surprisingly, Bambri is really good at cooking. He might be wild, but he's a hell of a sophisticated chef when it comes to cooking. Rice comes into the kitchen and checks on us.
I suddenly remember something. I run up to her and write, I just remembered something. Do you remember that time when you went out to look for ingredients and made Master Attendant worried sick? Rice answers, "Worried sick…? Yes, I remember…." I add While you were in the forest with Samson, did you encounter a strange hooded man and possibly an evil lobster guy? She looks confused. "No…?" Now I'm confused too; that should have happened since it's part of the game's main story. I cross out what I wrote and scribbled awkwardly Oh, never mind then. I guess it's a false alarm. Well, shit. "Okay…." Rice said, wincing slightly at my language. She then picks up the plates that are ready to serve and walks to the dining area. Strange, why didn't that happened?
Later that night, as we're sleeping, I hear something crashing downstairs. I wake up from a decent rest and get out of the bed that Samson bought for me. Whoa, I can see everything in this room. The outlines of every object are shown in a dark neon red while the rest is in a darker tone (almost black), much like the very beginning of Beastars when Tem was in that classroom before that predator broke in and ate him. (If you've seen the first episode of Beastars, you'd know what I'm talking about. If not, think of my newfound dark vision thing as a sci-fi/cyberpunk thing.) The only exception to this is where the moonlight shining on through the windows and through the light itself. It's creating a weird contrast that oddly works, but I don't mind it. I head to the stairs leading to the living room, but I don't go down there. I hear footsteps in the dining area. They're getting louder. I decide to watch from above, peering through the bannister. The STAFF ONLY door opens. Two hooded people enter the room. Judging by their appearance, I think they're both male. I hear one of them whisper, "It should be here somewhere." The second person asked quietly, "What do you think the boss is going to do when we give that thing to them?"
"Who knows. For now, we focus on finding that dragon." My blood grows cold. I silently head to Black Tea and Milk's room and open their door. I close the door silently so the intruders wouldn't hear me and the Food Souls. I reach for her face and wake her up. As soon as she sleepily opens her eyes, I do the same with Black Tea. Milk turns on the lamp on her nightstand and asked, "Danny? What are you doing here?" I immediately scribble INTRUDER ALERT! TWO BOGEYS DOWNSTAIRS! on my notepad and show it to Milk. Black Tea asks, "What's going on?" She answers with an alert look, "There are two intruders in the restaurant. We have to alert Master Attendant." Black Tea adds, "Right. I'll take care of the enemies while you warn him." Milk nods in agreement.
Black Tea and I sneak to the bannister as Milk stealthily walks to Samson and Rice's room. She grabs hold of her pistols and remove them from their holsters. Black Tea fires once at the floor, and the bullet ricochets – a warning shot that she'll shoot the hooded men if they don't leave. One of the men turn on the light; Milk picks up the speed and knocks urgently on the door before opening it. Black Tea threatens, "You have one minute to leave." One of the men yells, "Go, go!" and they rush up the stairs. Being the smart but occasionally indiscreet teenager that I am, I run to the intruders and attack in a similar fashion to how Bambri's rats fought that Fallen Angel. The man struggles, but manages to grab hold of me. I hear the pistols cock and Black Tea immediately fires at him, with the bullets somehow missing me. The two bullets pierce his shoulder and solar plexus, knocking him back and letting go of me. The second figure dodges the first, making sure he doesn't fall down the stairs with him. I feel something burning from my chest, surging to my throat. "Be silent!" a voice screamed. Whatever was going on in me fades right away. Andre swoops in with Vodka's ice magic and knocks the hooded men off their feet. They stumble back up and the second one uttered, "Let's get out here." They flee from the restaurant as I hiss, "And stay out, cunts!" and give them the finger, much to Andre's surprise.
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Danny_RPG
Danny_RPG I'm aware that this chapter is shorter than I intended, but I did have plans for Chapter 7 to make up for how short Chapter 6 is compared to the other chapters. Also, the reason why it was shorter is because I had a pretty bad writer's block for Chapter 6. I hope you guys enjoy it, though.
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