the_brightest_sun | 007th Meatbun ☼ Action / Voice

[It has been already a month, hasn't it? Goku isn't really sure, he remembers that a month is supposed to have around thirty days and though he hasn't been counting he has the impression that such a length of time has passed. At first he hadn't minded it too much, even if he had asked Hakkai to promise to leave a note next time he left before the kid woke up Goku was aware that there were times in which it wasn't possible. And seeing that there was nothing left that belonged to Hakkai in the apartment the kid had assumed it had been one of those times rather than Hakkai merely leaving on his own.

So he had waited. He had kept going to play around the village and helping Ukyo at the okonomiyaki restaurant. He ate at the restaurants before returning to the apartment to wait for Hakkai. And he kept waiting. Eventually the days turned into weeks and he got tired of waiting. He wanted his friend back already, it was lonely without him, the apartment was big and cold and the drawings hanging on the walls didn't make him smile proudly anymore, happy that the older man appreciated his work, instead they made him want to cry and hurt inside. It wasn't the first time that being alone hurt, but the pain this time felt worse. Why wasn't Hakkai coming back? Had he done something bad? Had he got the other man angry? Had he been a burden? An annoyance?

Sitting and crying wouldn't help, so he had grabbed a bag, left a note at Ukyo's restaurant and gone to search for Hakkai. Everyone said they were trapped inside that barrier, they only went outside during those draft-things, so, of course, wherever Hakkai was it had to be somewhere inside, he just had to search for the man. He knew Hakkai's scent so he could track him, he was sure of it. Wherever Hakkai was hiding or trapped, he would find him and bring him back home with him, even if Hakkai was angry with him, it wasn't a reason to hide from everyone else too.

More weeks passed and Goku is finally back at the village. Alone. Hakkai was nowhere to be found. He isn't in Luceti. How had he left? Why? Had he gone back to search for Kenren and Konzen and bring them to Luceti? The two men were taking a really long time to get there after all... But why hadn't he left a note. Why leave without a word? And what if he hadn't found them? What if the army had got them instead and hurt them as Nataku got hurt? Goku has no idea, he can't understand and he is tired, exhausted and hungry.]

[There's a kid walking slowly around the streets, he wobbles and trips at times, but he keeps moving. His appearance is a real mess, he's dirty, full of mud and looking very much as if he had been out and without an umbrella during yesterday's rainfall. He isn't paying much attention to where he's going, or what or who he bumps into, mumbling a soft sorry before he continues his way.

It feels strange inside. It has stopped hurting as the days went by with him unable to find Hakkai, but he doesn't feel well either. It feels as when he's hungry, but he isn't sure how to fill that gap. Sure, he is also hungry now, if the growling stomach is any indication -no, people of Luceti, that's not a lion trotting around the village and roaring, it's just a hungry monkey-, but he knows it's not only that. He feels hungry in the chest too, where it hurt before.

He probably end at Seventh Heaven, he should go with Ukyo but he's worried about seeing her now looking like this. She probably won't like it, maybe she's angry that he left to begin with. So he just sits there, dirty and hungry, waiting for someone to ask him what he wants to eat before he starts munching the table.

Eventually he will open the journal and ask a question he didn't want to ask.]

How long does it take for someone who leaves Luceti to return here? Anyone knows?

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((ooc: Their endings were pretty epic too.))

I went very far into the forest trying to find Hakkai. And to the mountains, but I didn't cross them.

((ooc; I really can't wait to see where Blast goes and how it all ends.))

It'd be dangerous crossing the mountains by yourself, though the beach is past there.

[There's a brief pause as a thought crosses her mind.]

I could take you to the beach if you want? I've been planning on going there myself.

((ooc: I should continue with Reload I stopped when Goku almost died T_T))

Awww, then I missed seeing it by only that?

[Oh, wait, she's asking if he wants to go with her?]

I would like that! I want to see the beach! How is it?

((ooc; It's just.. GAH. Hazel became one of my favorites by the end.))

I haven't been there myself, but I've heard it's very nice. It'll be a nice change in scenery. I've also been told there's a shortcut there so traveling shouldn't be very difficult.

((ooc: I liked him from the moment he appeared anyway, I just loved the concept.))

Then we should use that shortcut! Can I really go with you? I promise I'll behave well.

Of course you can. Maybe we can bring some food with us and have a picnic on the beach.

A picnic! I want a picnic! I can help make food, I help Ucchan at times with that.

[He won't eat anything until it's done, he promises.]

You can certainly help. What should we bring? Maybe sandwiches and some fruit?

Meatbuns too! They are easy to carry and yummy! I was able to carry them even when I was turned into one!

[There's a brief pause as Ginia considers what it'd like being a meatbun.]

Meatbuns then. I'll have to find a recipe, I'll admit I've never made them before.

[It was fun! And disturbing for everyone else, specially when he talked and flied and ate other meatbuns.]

I can teach you! I helped Hakkai make them many times!

[He... Probably can. Technically. It will be messy though but the result should be good enough.]

[The path to cooking is always an adventure and a journey full of experimentation.]

I'd love to hear how to make them.

We need the filling and dough! They are very easy to make.

First we prepare the filling and then we make the dough and knead it. We cut it in small balls and then we flatten them, but not too much but you have to make the edges very thin! We make like a package with the dough and fill it with the filling and close it forming a bun. We then wait for the dough to grow and when it's done we put them in a pot to steam them.

[He's totally mimicking moves as he explains and eats. Multitasking, he can do it when it's about food. Though probably he doesn't make much sense as to how they are done.]

[Ginia listens with a grin, flipping to the back of her notepad to jot down some notes for herself. Something to look into.]

I'll have to look at what goes into the dough and filling, but it all sounds easy enough.

[Some customers come into the restaurant and Ginia quickly gets to her feet, smiling fondly at Goku and giving him a small pat on the head.]

I'll get these customers settled in. You enjoy your food.

Meat goes in!

[And other things, but meat is the most important one.]

Work hard, Ginia-neesan!

[Goku nods happily, not upset by her having to leave, helping Ukyo at her okonomiyaki place has helped the kid to understand that customers are important and he has to wait when they are around. It's okay, he will just be there eating his food and probably scaring people with his stomach capacity... At least he looks so blissful and happy when eating that it kind of makes people more convinced to get food there, even if there's no need for much convincing to be done.]

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