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[color=FF0000][i]Nazca Whitehall... I've got to keep an eye out on this one...[/i][/color] In so far as the Abya Yalan Brits' disastrous sense of picking which restaurant to visit went, that is. Of all places they could have went to, she just had to pick a Japanese place. Ryuuko had been trying very hard not to show her exasperation directly, so as to not make the situation even more awkward for the group; a task that she unfortunately hadn't really been successful at as her smile had been accompanied by frequent light twitching of her left eye and lower right lip, especially whenever she looked at Nazca. [color=FF0000][i]Heck, what about Vietnamese? Chinese even? Of all the Oriental places to pick...[/i][/color] Alas, a Japanese place they had went to indeed and Ryuuko had no choice but to bear with it.

It was a weird few minutes after that, as Ryuuko cannot recall going up to the second floor of the restaurant. Nor can she recall who had ordered the food or such other minor details, her mind seemingly having stopped working in those mysterious few minutes forever lost in the annals of forgotten chimeric dragon memories.

When she came to, the food were already served for everyone in the group. Ryuuko had stared at her portions for a good five seconds, a smile on her face contrasted by eyes that looked very much like the eyes of someone who have just had their beloved loyal pet dog of many years killed from being ran over by a German panzer driven by a maniac with a funny mustache and a bad haircut. After that, she had called for a waiter, asking her for a big bowl to borrow. As soon as the bowl had arrived, she thanked the waiter while simultaneously pouring everything except for the grilled mackerel into the bowl. She then promptly mixed it all together into what was basically a makeshift gruel, all the while keeping a wide grin on her face with her eyes narrowed. [color=FF0000]"There you go. Much, much better."[/color]

Her words were accompanied by a satisfied sigh before she then proceeded to quickly eat the mix by just swallowing them while holding her breath, not bothering to taste them by keeping them on her tongue briefly as she usually did with food that doesn't require the application of her shark-like teeth. The gruel finished in record time, she quickly proceeded to rinse her mouth with a glass of water that she had requested beforehand. She managed not to openly say 'yuck', instead keeping it within her mind instead. Only the mackerel was left, and she left it untouched for now as she focused to listen to Jeanne's words. Jeanne's story had been the actually important thing, after all. Much more important than an unfortunate choice of brunch.

Jeanne's telling of her experience the night before had successfully distracted Ryuuko from her rather foul mood as she listened intently to the French women's every words. So it seemed that Ryuuko's earlier theory had been on track indeed. Or at the very least, it wasn't too far off. [color=FF0000]"An opportunist with a camera, fancying themselves an overgrown bat. And a mysterious gunner as well. Ha, I see..."[/color] As far as Ryuuko was concerned, that made it sounded like there really had been a conspiracy specifically targeting Jeanne. That, or whoever these people were had a very bizarre sense of getting themselves some news story regardless of who became their victim. Or... Well, really there were still way too many possibilities even with these revelations. [color=FF0000]"Funny that this bat bothered to even admit that, especially considering there likely isn't that many devil-looking bat egoist with a penchant for being opportunistic news vulture here in Bermuda... It likely shouldn't be that difficult to find this "devil"."[/color]

Ryuuko spoke no further than that. For now, she wanted to hear what the others think of Jeanne's story first... That, and she wanted to see who ended up being able to enjoy the food and who didn't. Especially the natto. The score as of the moment had been 2 - 0 in favor of the natto being utterly disgusting.

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