Alright, yeah, he could do this. Taking in a deep breath and imagining the tears that would be shed if he left the nacho parfait untouched and discarded, Rui-Ling decided to stick with his creed of suffering so that others do not, and began to plow through the cheese-and-chips ice cream smorgasbord. His tongue was rioting against this nonsense, and his stomach was protesting about this bullshit, but nevertheless, the young immortal ate the whole thing, sighed deeply, and promised to himself that he will never try this again. Clearly, culinary experiments were meant for those with cast-iron stomachs, not the sensitive, neverchanging stomach of a teenager.
He suppressed a burp, looked around the shop once more, and was surprised to see that not many people were present at all. Outside of the always-lovely Alice, and a newish face that looked rather foreign, it appeared that the usual group of Chasers that gathered in the Dangeki Parlor Café weren’t present. Odd. Did something happen in their missions? Or were they still working on them?
Scratching the back of his neck, he relaxed for a bit longer, giving time for his stomach to settle from the odd combination of umami and sweetness that broiled within, before turning to the other missions that Aria had added on board. While, the additions were rather convenient missions for him, in terms of his set of abilities if nothing else, there was finally something that stood out.
A mission of proper difficulty for Rui-Ling: that of the investigation of the appearance of a SSS-Class Youkai. His silver hand flexed and clenched in anticipation of the challenges and the deaths, as the flaxen haired youth grinned. Chances are high that he was going to be heavily outgunned if an encounter happens, and chances are higher that this SSS-class youkai was also going to be female, but hey, it was always fun, fighting a Lunatic mode boss monster.
Getting off his ass and brushing a few stray crumbs from the front of his black jacket, Rui-Ling pulled the message off the board, and said, “I’ll be taking the Red Woods investigation then, Aria. This is just an investigation, right? Not an extermination?”
