Kida
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Post by Kida on May 3, 2009 17:23:48 GMT -8
She stared at the gooey green creation she was making in her bowl. Why had she chosen matcha? It looked positively inedible and Kida actually had to force back a gag. "Ditto." she muttered. It didn't seem too far off the mark that this stuff could kill somebody. It definately looked bad enough, smelled too sweet. Not to mention she'd put in enough sugar to fill a bucket. Far past the daily amount people could handle, Kida was sure.
Even through the gloves the consistency of the uiro creeped Kida out. She couldn't decide whether she wanted to just leave it alone or squish it like play dough. "Are we sure it was supposed to be edible in the first place?" Good God, they could be unknowingly making poison without adding anything obviously threatening.
Then again that liquid could always be poison in disguise... Again she had to force back a gag.
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Post by Zephel on May 3, 2009 18:34:19 GMT -8
Zeph twitched his eye, he swore he just felt something moving inside his dough...or maybe that's a custard or something. "Well, at least we won't be eating these things." After much mixing, the flour mixture he's kneading finally becomes stiff enough for him to shape it, though it's not as stiff as normal batter since it's still gooey a slight bit.
The silver-haired then pulls the dough out of the bowl, pressing it slightly with his palms to thin it, then continuously fold the mixture until it becomes a rectangular hand-sized shape. It looks like it's already melting since Zeph takes too long to shape it, so he quickly picks up the rectangular goo and place it inside the steam pan, where Furukawa quickly closed the lid.
"...If that thing explodes or something, I don't want to be held responsible." Zeph turned his gaze to Furukawa, who gestured for him to make more. Rolling his eyes, the boy snapped at his mentor, 'How many are we supposed to make?!"
"Go."
"So plus three of yours and each of mine and Kida's now, total uiro tonight are ten??" The nod he receives from gorilla man concluded it, so seeing how fast Furukawa mix his dough, Zeph guessed the large man can managed to make three of the god-forsaken cakes by the time he and Kida finished one of theirs.
"Okay Kida, one more uiro to go and we're finished for the night."[/color]
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Kida
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Post by Kida on May 3, 2009 19:43:34 GMT -8
Watching Furukawa and Zephel, Kida strived to imitate the way in which they were kneading the dough. Goo. Thing. It looked more like folding, really, so she tried to keep folding it over and over again. She even pictured what it was supposed to look like and kept working at it.
For whatever reason the stupid cake thing came out in the shape of a triangle. Perfect. "Only one more of these things, you say?" It was too good to be true. Kida placed the triangle cake with the others and wondered if she would have to redo it. That would mean two more cakes.
"Finished for the whole night?" In all honesty she wanted to haul ass out of there like there was no tomorrow, but had been expecting this hell to drag out longer. Part of her really wished she wouldn't get the job just on the fact that Kida would have to battle through the kitchen every day.
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Post by Zephel on May 3, 2009 22:05:55 GMT -8
"Yes, finished for the whole night. We've already made more than enough stock for tonight." Zeph answered calmly, though by that sigh he just heaved out, he seemed pretty relieved by that fact. Hesitantly grabbing the bag of rice flour and drag it near his bowl, Zeph almost toppled the flour all over the table in shock of the sudden appearance of a smiling man beside him.
"Dammit! Jeez, Mr. Kyouya. Never scare me like that again." And the manager's name is revealed. Mr. Kyouya kept on smiling at the silver-haired, chuckling lightly. "My days, I never thought you could display such emotion, Zeferu."
"I take that as a compliment." Rolling his eyes, Zeph pulls the bowls and bowls of sugar within his reach and starts pouring them into his flour-filled bowl. His eyes are back on its focusing glint as he stares at his bowl, then towards the selective colors of flavors, thinking which random color he'd like to mutilate now.
"Kida-san." The manager beamed a calming smile towards the only female in the group, and nodded at her. "After your short time here, would you like to permanently work in this restaurant or do you want to remain as a customer? I truly wish I can give you more time, but then you need to stay for the night-shift, and night-shifts are dangerous for young ladies such as yourself. ...Unless you trust Furukawa-san and Zeferu to keep you company for the night here."
While reaching for the pink-colored flavor, Zeph ended up tripping the bowl as the pink liquid spreads its way on the table. Furukawa's yelling loudly in Japanese, though Zeph doesn't seem to hear the man one bit. Instead, he turns his attention to the manager, exposing yet another priceless shocked expression.
"But I don't DO night-shifts! Do you expect me to run around THAT my whole precious night?!" Pointing at the hectic part of the kitchen, the silver-haired blinked incredulously at the manager. "Please, Mr. Kyouya, I beg of you, I need to REST tonight, PLEASE."
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Kida
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Post by Kida on May 4, 2009 19:37:50 GMT -8
"Ack-!" Kida grabbed a cloth towel sitting on the work table next to them and quickly tried to stop the spreading pink liquid that resembled Pepto Bismal. Gag. It made her wonder if this stuff had side effects.
"Erm....Mr. Kyouya." Crud, she didn't really know how she felt about working here. It wasn't that great, but then again it was a job. The funds she had stored up wouldn't last her forever either. "He doesn't need to stay. I can take care of myself, believe me." Kida had never really tried to drown a person before, particularly in a dry place. But it kind of sounded like fun.
"Let him go home and rest." Zephel had already done enough for her. Inadvertently getting her a job, not ripping her head off when he'd had every right to... Kida didn't need to owe him for anything else.
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Post by Zephel on May 6, 2009 8:53:56 GMT -8
Zeph turned to Kida, blinking in surprise at her, before getting a hard slap behind the head from a large gorilla hand. That strong smack could easily get his head rolling off on the table...good thing he has a neck. "OW!!!" Reaching his hands to the scalp of his silver-hair, Zeph begins massaging his head gently, annoyed at how weak his alertness is when he's dead tired.
"It...tai..." Glaring up at his mentor, Zeph only received another glare in return...only more sharper than his own unsteady one.
"Are you sure?" Mr. Kyouya squinted his eyes at Kida. "Only a few chefs are here on night-shifts, even I have to go. Yamamoto-san is in charge, so I'm asking you this again. Are you truly sure...?" The manager worriedly asked again, since the only chefs left in the kitchen would be Yamamoto, three other ones and Furukawa. If add Zephel, that would be 6 in total.
"Pardon." A strong rough voice surprised everyone, and it took a few moments for everyone to realize it's Furukawa speaking...in his broken English. "We finished all orders. It fine to go home."
A snigger could be heard slightly from Zephel, probably seeing it amusing that Furukawa could speak English, plus the awkwardness of the language is present on his tongue. Though, his snigger ended short after that when he received yet another strong smack behind his head.
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Kida
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Post by Kida on May 10, 2009 19:52:38 GMT -8
The sound of gravel startled Kida. The gravel was, in fact, Gorilla Man's english. He could speak english? Well, why hadn't he done that earlier! Obviously the man's english wasn't perfect, but they could still understand what he was trying to communicate. Kida figured at least both she and Zephel had gotten to study up on their japanese a bit.
"Yes, I'm sure. If you really still need me--" She winced inside. Nuuuu more fighting through the kitchen. "Then I'll stay for the night shift."
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Post by Zephel on May 16, 2009 1:25:07 GMT -8
The manager averted his attention from Kida to stare at the other chefs, who happens to stare at them from the distance. Mr. Kyouya then muttered an, "Excuse me." to the trio at the snack corner, then walks his way towards the rest of the chef. They seem to have a short coversation over there, some of the chefs glanced over to Kida once in a while.
Zeph unintentionally broke Kida and his mentor's focus on the others by accidentally dropping his bowl to the floor, spilling the flour all over the place. It's especially rare of Zeph to be this clumsy, but for the sole fact of working 7-hours non-stop with only a 5 minute break, he's falling asleep....literally.
His whole upper body is on the table, soundly asleep, with his arms bent to cover his head from the cold table. Even Furukawa's thunderous yell didn't have any effects on him.
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Kida
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Post by Kida on May 17, 2009 22:55:04 GMT -8
Kida arched a brow. Why was the manager going to talk to the others? It shouldn't have been such a big deal in her opinion. Or was there some weird taboo about women staying in the kitchen after hours that she didn't know about? She shook her head, to no one in particular.
Then a small crash next to her gathered her attention. Zephel was passed out. Half on the table, half...hanging? Standing? She wasn't quite sure. "Wow..." she muttered. Maybe the real necessity was getting this guy home. There was no way he would get home like that, let alone get home in one piece. Zephel was an easy target to be mugged that way. Unless he was going to be sleeping in the kitchen she felt obligated to make sure he got home safely.
Damn this good natured-ness. It got her in a spot and frustrated more often than not.
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Post by Zephel on May 23, 2009 1:04:17 GMT -8
Mr. Kyouya walked back from the group of chefs towards the snack corner, eyes pinned at Kida at first before quickly noticing Zephel half...hanging on the table, asleep. The manager sighed at the sight, turns his attention to Furukawa, who shrugged his large shoulders and simply snorted.
Mr. Kyouya then looked back at Kida, eyes holding the very thing Kida's thinking of at the moment. But before he speak out what he has in mind, the manager went to Zeph first, held the boy by the shoulder in an attempt to wake him up...but only get a limp body falling off the table and crashed to the floor...
Zephel slipped off the table, then got his whole body covered with the flour he just dropped...though amazingly still managed to sleep peacefully there. Good thing his hair's already white, or that would leave a horribly funny spots on his hair. "...Feed...have to get Ryo....." He murmured in his sleep, twitching slightly...when suddenly...
Timid knocks could be heard from the back door, near to the snack corner, and when the door opened, a red-haired child poked his head inside, blinking wildly at the people inside, seemingly trying to assess in his mind on what exactly is he doing here...
"Uhm...excuse me, sorry for the interruption...but does anybody know anyone by the name od Zephel...?"
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Post by Kida on May 24, 2009 22:14:10 GMT -8
Any thought that he wouldn't need her vanished from Kida's brain when Zephel crashed to the floor. Maybe the guy had a sleeping disorder. It looked like hardcore narcolepsy from where she was standing. "Look, Manager, I'll--" Before she could get the words out there was this tap. Knocking? Weird.
Kida followed the gazes of all the people in the kitchen to a door in the back that she hadn't noticed earlier. A redhead was peeking through. He wanted Zeph. Kida merely pointed down at the ground where Zephel lay in a not-so dreamless sleep.
"Your buddy's kind of entertaining the floor at the moment."
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Post by Zephel on May 30, 2009 11:21:35 GMT -8
"Buddy??" The child repeated in a disbelieved tone, widening his eyes at that rather uncommonly-used term of his relationship with Zephel. "Oh no, we're barely even 'buddies', he's just my--" The redhead pauses, now registering the other half of what Kida just said...
"Wait. He's entertaining the what...?" The boy then quickly slipped himself inside, jogging his way towards the lady. His eye-catching bright red goggles bounces in each one of his steps, provided that its hanging loosely around his neck.
"Nii-san!" Upon seeing the figure covered with flour patches laying motionlessly on the floor, the child kneels beside Zeph, shakes him by the arm continuously, repeatedly calling Zeph 'nii-san' over and over...even to the point of slapping the silver-haired. To no avail.
"Otouto?" Furukawa eyed the child, almost seeming like questioning the redhead. Apparently, the manager and the other chefs are thinking of the same thing. Since this boy calls Zeph 'nii-san', that might probably means...
"Yeah..." The kid stood up while dusting his flour-filled hands to his white blouse. "I'm Zephel's brother, Hikaru." He tried to smile, but only managed to support a dry plain one...considering that his eyes seems a little droopy now, tired probably. "Uh...sorry if he caused some unnecessary troubles here, he has a short fuse... So uhm, who knocked him unconscious?"[/font]
Mr. Kyouya chuckled, walking towards Hikaru with that same smile he's been holding the entire time, tapping the boy's shoulder warmly in a greeting. "My, Zeferu never told us about having a brother. Please, Hikaru, nobody knocked him. He's been a great help, to the point of wearing himself out apparently." Turning his gaze to Zeph, the manager chuckled again while shaking his head.
"...Of baking cakes?" Feeling a sort of firey dangerous aura from a large man nearby, Hikaru tries his best not to turn his gaze to him and focused on his brother instead. "Wow, nii-san must be really tired... One thing he's never great at is endurance, so this kind of makes sense." Wondering that out loud, the redhead then switches his attention to Kida, right at the same moment the nice man beside him spoke.[/font]
"We were just about to discuss on sending your brother home, Hikaru. Do you think you'll be able to carry Zeferu alone, or do you need a company or two? Kida-san might like to offer some help." His generous smile keeps on coming, successfully etching on everyone's mind that this manager might probably injected his face with botox or something to make that smile of his permanently plastered there for hours.
"Kida-san...?"[/font]
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Post by Kida on Jun 2, 2009 20:28:32 GMT -8
Kida waved at the redhead and smiled. "Yo." It struck her as odd that a kid with red hair could be brothers with a guy that had white. That had Kida wondering if maybe their mother's hair color was pink or something. Genetics became even more complicated when it concerned colors in her opinion. It was just like tossing a bunch of marbles in a bag and wondering which one you would get with out looking.
She squatted down and poked Zephel's seemingly lifeless body. He didn't even twitch. Exactly how many hours had he been working here? Hadn't this place ever heard of the Labor Code? Then again if Zeph was really wanting a good salary he would have haggled a way out of that. Kida stood, took off her apron and let her hair loose. "Just Kida's fine. Hikaru was it? I kinda owe your brother,"--Though that debt was quickly being repaid--"So I'll help you get home okay. Just point me in the right direction and I'll carry him."
Though it occured to her by picking up Zephel she would be getting that white stuff all over her. Grabbing a couple rags she sort of cleaned the floor and him to the best of her ability in a few seconds. Oh well, it was laundry day tomorrow at the dorms anyway. With that Kida hauled Zephel up and over her shoulder. She had to pause to steady both of them, the guy was heavier than he looked. Remember to test weight before lifting next time.
"There." she said a little huff. Please don't let this guy live on the other side of town. "Ready when you are."
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Post by Zephel on Jun 12, 2009 21:36:24 GMT -8
"O-oh... Nice to meet you then, Kida-san. I-I mean Kida." Followed by that stutter is a low bow to the female, then swings his head up as he stood straight, almost tripping back by the sudden motion. When Hikaru's busy regaining his balance, Kida's statement of her owing Zephel strikes as odd to him.
"Umm...you don't have to carry him alone, you know." He said it so timidly, Kida might not even hear him, since now she's facing her back to him and crouched to...wipe the flour spots off Zephel? ...Okay, this is beyond odd, this is WEIRD. Since when is someone so caring towards a snob like Zeph??
"Kida...did he...is my brother nice to you??" He questioned with his head tilted slightly, his huge red eyes blinking at her every so often in confusion. But then, Hikaru almost yelled witnessing a female hauling up his brother up her shoulder. "Wh?! What are you doing?!! You'll break your bone or something!!" ...Well, he DID yelled apparently.
The child hopped his way in front of Kida, waving his arms frantically like signaling an airplane to land... "Stop that! Let me help you! Bring his feet down and I'll take his right arm and you take his left one!"
Mr. Kyouya chuckled as he watched Hikaru and his antics. "Kida-san, I think it might probably be better if you agree to the boy's terms." With a nod, he then turns his back to the youths, "If you like working here, I'll be seeing you tomorrow evening, Kida-san, so we'll begin a proper interview. Have a nice night." With that, the manager walks off, along with the chefs following behind him.
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Post by Kida on Jun 13, 2009 16:47:19 GMT -8
"Nice? What do you mean, of--" Kida's reply was cut off when the young redhead started frantically waving his arms everywhere. Her brows hit her hair line. "Break a bone? Don't worry, I'm stronger than I look." She gave him a wide grin and chuckled. The more logical part of her brain kept reminding her to not promise more than she could do. After all she didn't know how far away these two lived and Kida could only carry this guy for so long.
Not to mention how the kid--Hikaru she reminded herself--was seeming to panic at the thought of her carrying him home. That and his surprise that Zeph had been nice to her made Kida think that Zeph might just be a harsh older brother. It would kind of make sense and made her wonder how Zephel would act when he wasn't sleep deprived. "How about this...I carry him until I start to get a little tired, and then we'll carry him together? After all, I already have him over my shoulder." It seemed like an acceptable agreement.
Kida waved a goodbye to the other chefs and yelled a 'thank you' after Mr. Kyouya. Carefully she stepped around Hikaru, immediately adjusting her posture and balance to compensate for Zephel's weight. Meanwhile, the guy just snoozed, probably too deep to even dream. At least the Sandman couldn't terrorize another person tonight.
Kida walked for the back door and opened it to the night air. It was significantly cooler than inside the kitchen and had a natural sweetness that Kida was grateful for over the sticky sweet smell of the desserts. With a deep inhale she turned back to Hikaru, mindful of Zephel the whole time. "Which way to your house? Or do you live in the dorms?"
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