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[chalicejoker]

Who: Hajime Aikawa, Jackson Isaka, and any other unfortunate patrons of this Denny's.
What: Jack's been stuck as a horrible birdmonster for too long and wants to go out to do things. Hajime won't let him go alone. Somehow, they end up at Denny's.
When: The evening of May 10 at some ungodly hour.
Where: A random Denny's in Locke.


[Closed to Jack]
Hajime thought this was a terrible idea. Sure, he could understand Jack's desire to get out and back into the world better than most, but that didn't mean it wasn't a bad idea at heart. And at least when he'd gone through the same thing, he'd gone on a quiet 2 AM run on his own and kept away from people. This was a bit different.

He was in his own bugmonster form now, the better to accompany Jack's birdmonster form. Couldn't drag his human identity into this. Besides, the public at least kind of knew the Lord of the Bugmen. That didn't mean they were expecting the Lord of the Bugmen and some birdman friend to waltz into that Denny's at...well, Hajime wasn't sure of the time, save that it was very late and he could only give quiet thanks that Jack hadn't wanted to go out in the daytime.

Hajime tried to play it as casual as possible. "Greetings, human," he said to the dumbfounded hostess. It couldn't hurt to stay in character as the Lord of the Bugmen, right? "We need a table for two." Nothing at all unusual about this, just a couple of guys out for some Denny's. Surely they'd seen weirder at this Denny's during Locke City's science fiction conventions.

"J-just a moment," the hostess stammered, staring in disbelief at the pair of them. They weren't paying her enough for this. "I...need to see if we've got a table ready."



[Open Action]
So there are two monster men attempting to have a normal meal at Denny's. One is a peacock man, and the other is a bug man. They're probably from the network; one of them is even recognizable from a TV interview following Wise Snake's defeat. Bother them?

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[chalicejoker]

Hajime resisted the urge to give a nickname for Jack, for his cousin was at the moment volatile enough without any needling interference. "An alliance between the Bugmen and the Avians would strike fear into the hearts of any who would be foolish enough to challenge us." He was actually listening to himself and feeling pretty silly, and he did have to wonder if he'd be able to keep his composure up this entire time.

[fusionjack]

It is probably for the best not to stab an Undead in his weird chest-eye. That way lies madness and violence. "Hrmph." A nickname, great... what in the hell should he be calling himself that wasn't a big stupid title? He cast a look to Hajime. "I wasn't told that we would need 'nicknames' in this place. What do they call you, then, o Lord of the Bugmen?" Ha. Ball's in your court, cousin.

[ursoreckless]

"I only mention it since some humans like to come up with nicknames unless you don't mind that," Shou said, waving a hand at the rest of the building. Hajime was probably around Shou long enough to recognize the hint of a smile on his face - the kind of hint that meant Shou was about to go diving into his brat mode.

[chalicejoker]

"They just call me the Lord of the Bugmen." Hajime shrugged. "Or Lord for short." Hajime picked up on that look of Shou's, but he couldn't think of anything he could do to try to distract him from that.

Crap.