[Zenkai Hatake]

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[attr="class","ZenkaiExposition"]Saturdays was the day of exploration for Zenkai. Having arrived in Japan only a few months ago he was still relatively new and spent very little time outside of U.A.U. The few times he had ventured outside of his university it was with friends and that was only to the surrounding area. While it was fun to explore the city with other people, Zen still valued his alone time so he decided to dedicate part of his Saturdays to getting lost in Tokyo before inevitably getting hungry and terrorizing a local food joint until they forced him to leave. So far most of the food had been pretty mid tier with the exception of that one ramen place.

The titan's exploration had been going well for the first hour or so until he got distracted by a cat. He didn't know whether the cat had an owner or if it was a stray but what he did know is that he wanted to pet it. Thus Zen spent the next hour and a half following and Pspspspsing at the cat in the hopes that it would stop and let him get his pets in. Unfortunately the poor kitty was absolutely terrified of a giant chasing her and eventually scurried up a fire escape to escape her tormentor.

With his quarry now out of reach Zenkai was now forced to give up. It was only at this point did he realize that he was horribly lost, stuck in some back alley in the middle of Tokyo. To make matters worse he as absolutely starving and starting to get a little bit hangry. It was just the titan's luck that just a few feet down the alley way there appeared to be a quaint little café, if Zen as going to be honest he was hoping it wasn't as quaint as it looked, he needed a massive amount of food and cafes in his experience didn't exactly offer buffets.

Still, Zenkai wasn't going to pass up trying out the local cuisine so with little ceremony walked through the door and sat down at whatever seat he could find that was free "I need like, all the bacon and eggs that you have please...And probably all your ridce as well...And a Menu"

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[shu]

 

Today had been proving to be a fairly normal day at Noyote. They had successfully managed to stave off the morning rush, leaving the usual suspects—otherwise known as the "quiet crowd"—to linger peacefully. The tranquility of this time period was honestly what made most people return. It had a warm and cozy atmosphere, but despite its appearance was quite roomy.  

During this bit of downtime, Shu decided to head into the kitchen to check on their inventory. Normally, he liked to keep the business stocked with a week's worth of food for both the day and night shifts—this meant that the food was always relatively fresh. However, that didn't appear to be the case for today.

"Which one of you put in the food order for this week?" Golden eyes scanned through the refrigerated room, noting a far greater abundance than the norm. 

"Takeda-kun," one of the cooks, Yukami, stated as he continued to prepare one of the meals ordered. "He's been saying he wants to do more around here, so I let him place the order," the cook continued though the pace of his chopping got noticeably quicker, clearly nervous at the line of questioning.

"And did you check his numbers?" Shu emerged from from the fridge, annoyance plain to see on his face.

"Well, remember that eating contest Mari-chan proposed? The one you said was a good idea?" Yukami let out a nervous laugh. "He thought that meant you gave the go ahead for it."

With an exasperated sigh, Shu simply left the kitchen without another word. Though the look he gave the cook said it all—"fix this shit." As he stepped back to the front of the establishment the door chimed as a new customer arrived. They plopped themselves down at the closest available seat and requested his pantry's entire stock of eggs and bacon. 

How...serendipitous. 

"I doubt you could afford it," Shu stated rather simply as he approached the table. Nevertheless, the tanuki was more than happy to oblige. After all, he possessed a similar appetite, so the request wasn't too foreign to him. But there was always a price to be paid, and so Shu slid a menu in front of the silver haired glutton. It was already open to the breakfast menu. "Feel free to prove me wrong though."

AUTHOR'S NOTES: 
Funnily enough, I had been thinking of what Shu would do if he ever had too much inventory. Perhaps one of these days I'll do an eating contest thread or something.

   

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[Zenkai Hatake]

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[attr="class","ZenkaiExposition"]The café was actually pretty nice once Zen had gotten settled. It had a cozy atmosphere and the crowd seemed rather relaxed. It was late in the morning so they assumed they had just missed the morning rush. It was the kind of place that reminded Zen of the small diners back in New York, out of the way with a select few dedicated customers that kept the place running. If the food was any good Zenkai would probably almost certainly make this one of his regular haunts...If he could find this place again. Zen still wasn't sure if this place actually existed or if it wasn't just some magical pop up café like he'd seen in a K-drama before.

The titan was rushed back into reality as a voice interrupted his train of thought. Standing before him was a rather tall, bronze skinned gentleman who definitely didn't look like he was from the land of the rising sun. At the risk of seeming racist Zenkai switch back to English to speak to him. "I'm in the business of defying expectations" Zenkai grinned as he slid over the black card his granddad had given him for college.

Zen opened the menu and began to look through it, each item looked more delicious than the last. For a minute the golden boi considered holding off on the order of Bacon and Eggs in lieu of this discovery but like the true fat ass they were they decided to just add everything else on top of the large order "So what's good on the Menu? what's your favorite things to eat? You got American food here...considering...well" The titan looked Shu up and down before gesturing vaguely to him "Ya don't exactly look like you're from around here"

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[shu]

 

Truthfully, it never took much to sour Shu's mood. From a young age he had always possessed a volatile temper, which lead to a lot of conflict and acts of aggression from the tanuki. But with age came wisdom—or, at least, the wisdom to know how to stay out of jail—and control.

An eyebrow raised when Zen opted to speak in English and slid a black card on the table with a shit eating grin. Shu groaned mentally as he swiftly sized up the kid. Old money. He knew the type all too well. Being the adoptive son of an American top hero it was impossible to escape that sphere of privilege. He generally found them to be insufferable. So far, Zen wasn't doing anything to change his opinion.

And just like so many of those self-absorbed shitheads, Zen didn't know what to say out of his mouth.





This was hardly the first time someone had shit to say about his heritage and his complexion—in Japan or even in the States. It came in various levels, but whether it was being viewed as a hāfu or a minority it all boiled down to the same thing. He was viewed as an other. Even in this era of quirks, it seemed like the focus on such differences was just as prominent as ever. And Shu honestly had no tolerance for it.

"I'm in a generous mood," Shu stated in Japanese, though his tone implied he was feeling anything but generosity. Golden eyes glared down upon the so-called titan in the way a predator eyed its potential lunch. In that moment, the chair that Zen had been sitting in lifted up, spun him around, and raced towards the door. In pure Fantasia fashion the door would open just in time for the chair to fling Zen out of the establishment.

Back in the day, a much younger tanuki would have simply kicked Zen's teeth in and fed him his breakfast through a straw. But again, jail was not a viable option at the moment. So kicking him out of Noyote would suffice for now.  

"Try it again," Shu instructed in fluent English as he walked up to Zen. He then flicked the black card that Zen had pulled out to the ground as if it were discarded trash. "And leave your bullshit," he mimed the same vague gesture that Zen had done moments ago, "on the street."

With that, the door shut and Shu returned to work with the chair floating back to its table.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: 
I think that this is about as well as this could play out. Being racist in his establishment gets you kicked out. But, hey, if he can fix himself then Shu will happily take his money.

   

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[attr="class","ZenkaiExposition"]Zenkai blinked a few times as Shu glared a whole into his soul, it was a familiar kind of glare, the same kind he received when he talked to Thea about her skin color except she threw a chair at him afterwards. The moronic titan was starting to come to the realization that the color of a persons skin wasn't exactly appropriate small talk. Of course, coming from a privileged life this idea had never occurred to Zen and he it was clear he had severely fucked up when his chair was yeeted out the door with him still in it. The look of revelation was clear on the golden boi's face as he was deposited on the street along with his credit card.

"welp..." Zen let out a small sigh as he stood up and brushed his robes off, letting out a small sigh "Looks like I've got some apologizing to do" After picking up his card Zenkai opened the doors and walked back inside "Hey, I'm sorry for my comments earlier, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed and I've only been around old crusty monks for the last four years so I'm not really good at knowing what people should talk about and clearly...That wasn't it." Zenkai shifted back and forth as he rubbed the back of his head "That was definitely racist wasn't it? I'm sorry, I was just trying to make small talk" To emphasize his point Zen bowed deeply, staying there for a few seconds before standing up straight.

Hoping that his apology at least allowed him entry back into the establishment, he was still hungry and needed to eat. "That was pretty cool what you did though! How the heck did you do that to the chair? Telekinesis quirk?" Zenkai was going to make another joke about it but he thought better of it. Dude already seemed pretty angry at him, no need to make it any worse.

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[shu]

 

Shu had just about made it back to the bar when the chime of the door opening again caused him to pause. There were really only two likelihoods as to what would happen next.

The first, most likely, option was that Zen would prove to be the exact time to entitled dickhead that Shu couldn't stand. He would barge in making demands and proclaiming his self-importance. Coming face to face, possibly for the first time, that actions had consequences and his money meant nothing.

Or—and Shu had very little reason to believe it even a viable option—he could simply apologize and try to do better. 

So, when Zenkai did just that, the tanuki was a little taken aback. Turning around slowly, Shu couldn't help but raise a brow when he saw the little idiot bowing so deeply. That was probably from the monks, he decided to himself. The anger and annoyance that had been brewing within him just moments ago flushed away. The kid had done what he asked. There was no need to carry on any further.

"Fine," he said with a sigh. He truly must be in a generous mood.

Once again, the chair came to life and scooped up Zen. Except, instead of chucking him out of the establishment, this time it gently set him down at the table he had been at previously.

"Telekinesis is a decent guess, but it's not nearly so broad," Shu stated in English as he approached the table once more. He extended a hand out and black granules began to rise up from it. They listlessly floated upwards before they all converged together and merged to create a black sphere the size of a baseball. Shu then made a few subtle nods to all the black metallic furnishings throughout the building—the legs of the chairs, the door, window panels, table legs, and so much more. "I don't just own Noyote," Shu claimed. "I control it too."

He then took this moment to turn Zen's attention to the menu. It was a very eclectic spread, containing dishes from Japan, the USA, and even some African options. The variety was also one of the many charms that Noyote had to offer. However, Shu made sure to point out something very specific: The Tanukitsuki Special. 

"Now let's see if you're really willing to put that appetite," a slight smirk tugged at the edge of his lips, "and that card to good use."

AUTHOR'S NOTES: 
The Tanukitsuki Special: Named after the effects of "tanuki possession," this specialty menu item is for the truly insatiable. The customer will provide the kitchen with any health restrictions and they will create a personalized dish—pricing will vary from order to order.

This menu item was established back when Shu was a child.

   

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