[color=8882be]"Cool, food! I'm starved." Meora walks ahead of the group to follow Danter. Sephie and the others follow suit.
"M-maybe some real grub might actually help my tongue..." Kiroketsu mutters optimistically to himself, but his hopes end up dashed as soon as Danter stops him on the way to the dining hall.
"N-No spirits?! What?! Man, that's prejudice!" Kiroketsu complains aloud. He looks over at Sephie's group. "W-what if Sephie and the others get attacked in there, and she ends up needing my protection?!"
"Since when have you cared about your job?" Sephie raises a brow back at Kiroketsu.
"She'll be fine with me and Felixter-kun around for sure. Daijobu." Meora adds.
Kiroketsu frowns at these remarks, and in a desperate flurry, he targets Ammi.
"W-wait! You're gonna let Ammi in?! She's dead! She's pretty much just a glorified spirit!" Kiroketsu tries to point out.
"Oh, Kiro." Ammi chuckles. "Nice try, but no matter what you say, a goddess is still different from a spirit. Perhaps you can go ahead and get comfy in some room in the hotel while you wait for us. Maybe you could explore."
Kiroketsu is left speechless as everyone abandons him for the dining hall. He looks down at the water he was given, and lets out a miserable sigh.
"I hope someone nicer gets here soon...maybe Omoina or Mirui...that'd be great...or maybe Mancy..." Kiroketsu mumbles.
"It's okay, Kiroketsu! We'll stay out here with you!" Amber skips towards the guardian spirit with a cheerful air, and a huge shadow frying pan in her hand.
"Yeah! We don't even eat regular food! We eat dead people, remember?" Clancy does the same as Amber, except now he's holding a shadow meat cleaver bigger than his head.
"G-GAH!" Kiroketsu turns pale with fright. "W-WHERE DID YOU GET A PAN AND A CLEAVER! WAIT, N-NEVER MIND, I DON'T CARE! DON'T COME ANY CLOSER! SOMEONE HELP! PLEEE-EEE-EEEEEASE!"
Inside the dining hall, Sephie and the others hear the cries from outside of the doors.
"Do you hear that?" Felixter asks aloud.
"...Iya." Meora turns away from the doors.
"...Yeah, I don't hear anything either." Sephie shrugs with a simple smile, holding back devilish laughter.[/color]