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010th Meatbun ☼ Action / Voice

[This past week, anyone trying to go to the okonomiyaki restaurant would find it closed, courtesy of the Malnosso kidnapping the owner and cook. However, that has changed today, today the restaurant is wide open, with a menu sheet on the door for everyone to see, it's the same menu as always though a lot of dishes seem to have been stroke out.

Inside there's one little monkey that goes for the name of Goku, doing his best to imitate all the things Ukyo does when she opens the restaurant, like cleaning and tidying up. He'll be more than ready to take food orders and will welcome everyone with a wide smile and a loud 'WELCOME TO UCCHAN'S OKONOMIYAKI RESTAURANT!'. Anyone feels daring enough to try this kid's food? Don't worry it's not poisonous, he can cook, but don't expect anything too complicated.]

[Later, in the afternoon, the journals will be greeted with a curious kid.]

Ne... Is Ucchan back yet?

[Rhetoric question, kind of, if she's back she will answer if not... Well, he won't get an answer, obviously. After a while more will be added to the feed.]

Does anyone know where can I get a home tutor? They are like teachers, right? Teach you things on your own, I don't wanna go to school but I wanna learn more things. Ginia-neesan is always writing but I'm still no good at understanding what she writes, I want to get better! Also I want to learn to write better to write to her too, she has a pretty handwriting! Ange-neesan too. And, and I want to write a letter to my friends. But if I do it now I'm sure Konzen will get angry because it's messy. I want to learn more than that too, so they will be impressed when they come here! So... Where can I get one of those home tutors? Please?

Ah! Also, how do you know if your flowers are thirsty? My Cosmos flowers are still babies inside their seeds so I can't look at them to know if they are thirsty or not.... I don't think I could know just by looking at them anyway, but the dirt in the pot seems dry. But I don't want to drown them! When I'm not thirsty I know I can't drink even another drop of water!

Oh, Ucchan's okonomiyaki restaurant is open again. I can take care of it while Ucchan is gone, I can't cook much but I'll do my best to make you delicious okonomiyaki!!

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[ So many questions, Goku.. But it's okay, she doesn't really mind answering them. Talking is a way to keep herself occupied, after all. ]

Sort of like that. And they dug up old things that belonged to them as well, and from that people can try to think about how they lived.

Some people believe that gods made humans, but not everyone. I personally don't really care about that sort of belief, but there are plenty of people who do out there.. [ The tone is a bit concerning, but.. maybe she shouldn't pry for now. Maybe if it sometime comes up again, but.. ] And I don't know. It would be pretty complicated, because if you answer that you have to ask who created whatever created gods, right?

[Questions are a normal thing when you're barely one year old.]

I see! ... Wait, then even if I hide something by burying it somewhere someone will come years later and dig it up to think about how I lived? I don't think I like that.

Why do people believe those things?

[He ponders for a second. She's right, if he wonders who created the gods, he can wonder who created those who created the gods... And so on until he loses count.]

Maybe they just came from a stone? They were simply born like that, poof!

They might. But it won't be in a long time.. Say, you'll have to wait a thousand years or so for someone to dig it up again. And then it has to be something that will last in the ground for all that time too, so I don't think you have to worry about anything.

And maybe your theory is true, who knows. It's not like anyone else can make up a better theory. [ devil's proof? ]

As to belief, that part is a little more complicated, mostly since people have lots of different reasons to believe. Some do it out of habit or tradition, and I guess others maybe just like to have something like that to hold on to.

Oh... A thousand years is a very long time, I'll probably have forgotten about it by then, I suppose then it would be okay... I still don't like the idea of people digging up my things, what if I hide a huge big secret no one should ever know?

... Why is it a theory?

[He listens to the explanation regarding belief in silence but... Honestly it doesn't make sense to him.]

I don't really understand it. I believe many things but nothing like that, am I doing it wrong?

If it's a big secret, then you probably shouldn't bury it. People could find it either way, no matter whether it's in a thousand years or a few days.. You should hide it better than that.

Well, it's a theory since nobody can say whether it's actually true or not that they came from rocks, right? So as long as it's still speculation, it's a theory.

[ She imagined as much, but.. hey, it was worth a try. ]

... No, it's okay. You're doing just fine, so don't think about it too much.

What better way there is other than to bury it?

[He has nothing to hide yet but who knows. The next part...]

I came from a rock. I think. Ah, but I'm not a God, so it doesn't count?

If you really don't want it to be found, you could tell someone you trust to destroy it if you'd die or something like that. That's pretty much a sure-fire way.

[ wait, did he really say he.. came from a rock.. ]

You came from a rock? How do you mean that?

Oh... I guess if I die it won't have any meaning to keep it, right? But I don't want to die anytime soon.

[Or think about it. The kid nods.]

I remember it clearly! The largest moon ever, hanging in a dark blue sky with no clouds or stars, the broken rock, in two halves each on my side as I sat there. It was only me and the rock there, up in the mount, there wasn't much space for anything else actually.

Then you can hang on to it for a while more, right?

[ Yes, let's not dwell on the subject of death for too long around a kid, sounds like a plan to Ange. ]

... I don't think that anyone could be born from a rock, no matter what kind of world you come from. All humans are born from other humans.

... Ange-neesan. Why do so many people here call me human?

[At least the way you worded it sounds as if you're calling him that, and that other woman did so too.]

[ ... For a moment she pauses, almost a little surprised, but then continues. ]

So you're not? [ oh, right, assume makes an ass out of u and me and all that.. ] Well, I guess a human would assume that other people they're talking to are human as well, especially when said people look a lot like humans do. Besides, most people aren't even used to anything other than humans and animals existing.

Uhm... I don't know? Back in Heavens everyone called me heretic or a youkai... Or Goku but that's my name so that doesn't count.

[He laughs a bit.]

I don't really understand, there were a lot of deities in Heavens, but all of them looked like the people here. And I was called youkai or so, but I look like the people here. It's difficult to know of someone is something or the other just by looks, there are tons of things one could be that I can think of.

[Assuming others are like you, Goku doesn't get it.]

Youkai.. [ She frowns a little to herself when she repeats the word, but.. well, if he really was a youkai, would that really be that weird in a place like this which pulls in people from everywhere? Besides, Goku had mostly seemed human to her so far either way, so it wasn't that big of a deal, was it? ]

... Yeah, it's pretty difficult, isn't it? But all the same.. What's most important isn't what people call you, but what you call yourself or think of yourself, right?

I call myself Goku and think of myself as Goku.

[Obviously!]

There's another Goku here but he's older so it's not really the same. Isn't it easier that way? We all already have names that say who we are, why do we need more words for it? We can just use our names... And 'people'! People is a good word for talking about lots of... Uh, people.

[Okay that didn't sound too well even for him.]

[ There's something just.. adorable about his logic, really. Kid logic. And it's true too, in a way, so she can't bring herself to disagree. ]

Yeah. Some people just feel the need to differentiate, but we can just say you're Goku and be done with it, right? No need to decide which other term to use.

Yeah! And you're Ange-neesan. I like that more, 'sides some people say those other words in a way that sounds bad, you know? Human, heretic, youkai... They say it as if it's something bad to be or something. I don't like it, I haven't done anything bad... At least I think I haven't. And when I do something bad it's easier for me to know if people just say my name angrily or whatever, I never know for sure if they are talking about me otherwise.

[Adults and their need to have hundred of words to make themselves feel important.]

It's a little sad to use the way you call someone just to insult them, don't you think? [ sob, Ange has experience with being bullied, after all.. ] And it's no good to be insulted if you haven't even done anything. I'm sure you haven't done anything bad either, so everyone can just say Goku so you won't be confused over whether you did something bad or not, right?

That's true! Besides I like my name a lot, I don't want any other name, it's the one Konzen gave to me even if I don't know what it means. You like Ange too, right? I'm sure everybody likes their names.

[ She thinks for a moment. ] ... Well.. I think the name Goku usually means.. 'sky' or something like that. I could be off though.

And I guess my name is alright. It could have been worse, especially when you look at my family members' names. But still, 'Ange' is not really a normal name for a Japanese person, so people picked on me for it. [ among other things. ]

Sky? But I'm not big and blue...

[Why did Konzen give him that name? Goku frowns at what he hears next.]

What's a Japanese person and why can't they be named Ange? I like Ange's name, it's pretty like her! Where are the ones who picked on you for it? I'll beat them to pulp for doing bad things to you!

[And he's dangerously serious. See Ange, you did it wrong, you shouldn't have befriended magic stakes, you should have gotten a monkey boy as your friend and he would have broken the heads of the bullies in an instant.]

Maybe it was supposed to be more symbolic. ... Or maybe he just found it a pretty name, it could just be as easy as that. It doesn't mean you're exactly the same as the sky.

[ When he gets more fired up though.. she pauses for a moment, blinking at her journal in surprise. She didn't quite expect that kind of reaction, but.. well, it's so much like him all the same. Clearly she should just have gotten the monkey boy, it would have made her life a lot better. ]

... They're not here, Goku. Don't worry about it.

Symbolic? Of what?

[He hums lightly.]

He said it was just a name easy enough for even me to remember... So it doesn't have any meaning?

[He sounds kind of disappointed about that to be honest. But he still likes his name.

The kid hums again at her reply regarding the bullies, almost as if he doesn't believe it.]

Okay then... I guess I can't teach them a lesson if they aren't here. But if they come here tell me right away! I'll kick them in the head and teach them to not pick on you! Ange is a pretty name and you're pretty and really nice no matter if you're Japanese or whatever. They don't have the right to do anything bad to you, if anyone tries to I'll do bad things to them too and make them regret it all!

[That also goes for new bullies. And he hits really hard so it's better to pay ear to his warnings.]

Yeah, then maybe just that coudl be it. It sounds like a good reason for a name all the same though, since I don't think Goku is a bad name at all. It somewhat seems to suit you, just the feeling of it.

[ and jkgkhdfgfd, that last part is almost flustering her a bit, since.. well, Goku is a kid, but all the same, it's not like many people in her life have ever told her that much, that they would really do that just for her.. ]

You don't have to go that far for my sake. [ But there's actually something a little bit warm in her tone, a little bit grateful, and she can't help but let it slip out a little. ] Even if they would be here, I can handle it. If you don't pay attention to them, they give up sooner or later since you're not amusing to them anymore in that case.

You think it suits me? Because it's simple and short?

[Well, he has been told he's pretty simple several times, and he admits he prefers things being simple than being too complicated, so he doesn't take it badly. Still, he would have liked his name to have a pretty meaning after all.]

But what if they don't? I don't like it. I don't want anyone talking badly about the people I care for, or picking on them, or anything! They probably don't even really know you, but they still dare to judge and talk badly or pick on you, as if they were better or superior! I don't like people like that, they don't deserve to just be ignored, they need to learn a lesson! It's people like that who end thinking that others are there just to be used by them, and that no one is as worthy as them!

I like this place because there aren't any people like that, or at least I haven't met them. If any of those bad people dare to come here, I'll teach them a lesson. They don't have any right to even try to hurt you, even if you're strong, I'll beat them to pulp!

[And that's final. The kid seems pretty set on this idea, it's quite personal for him.]

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