Sumire's Ramen Shop

Sumire forced a smile. She was happy to have customers, however, she had only just began cooking and would most likely need to prepare a new dish in order to satisfy them. "Hello to you too," she replied. "Would you two like to see the menu? Our special for today is 'Salmon Ramen with Fried Vegetables'"

Sumire more carefully scanned the pair after giving them her opening line. She caught the girl holding onto the man's arm and she giggled.

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"It can't be helped... not with last week..." she mumbled to herself while staring down at the ground. When the voice ended she lifted her head. The Erasers had mixed reactions, although, what was more important to her was Sho's reaction. "Is he scared...?" she mused to herself. "Well... time to have some fun."

"Alright! You heard the man-woman-thing. The last one to do some erasin' is minced meat!" she shouted in a playful voice as she pranced through the crowd.

Whew. Finally made it. It had taken him a few minutes to get here, seeing as he had been in the opposite end of Shibuya. Not a minute too soon, either. He was really hungry. He took a seat behind a group of people who were talking about something, and started to consider what to each until he heard what they were talking about. Partners? Players? Were they dead too? He tried to listen in without being noticed. Maybe he could learn something.

Overwhelming, a simple word to describe the shop. Sumire worked frantically in the kitchen while at the same time working the register. "Dad, you lazy bum," she muttered to herself while dicing chives to top a dish.

"Order twenty-seven!" she shouted to her staff who had gradually begun arriving.

"I should probably check on the couple..."

"Don't worry, everybody doesn't know much at first. Just find someone and stick close. Doesn't have to be romantic, if you're thinking that, you just need someone to hang around with. Pairs of twos." The waitress came back with the apples and set then down in front of Misaki. He held out the bowl to the other two. "Want one?"

Yikes. A game? Was that what that message was all about? To tell him what he had to do in this game? Well, it was good to know. They were starting to talk deeper about the game, and there were just some things he had to know. Turning around in his seat to face the group, he asked, "And these things are...?" Before they said anything to him he added, "Oh, I'm Ryuushi Takiko, and I'm part of whatever this is too."