Audience: Yuri Leclerc

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Comments

[aubins]

... I mean it's fun, but I'm not sure I'd pay to have someone I didn't know serve me drinks in it. But it's obviously someone's thing.

[ ... ]

If it was someone you knew, the loss is still a loss.

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Our costumes are mermaid-themed and customers really like it. We give them a trident for their table and everything.

[gesturing to a trident on the wall.]

He was the owner of the entertainment company I'm working for, too. So we don't know what'll happen to Lemniscate next.

[aubins]

[ imagine if iris' floor had been lower. someone would have absolutely murdered with that trident if the cafe is a location. ]

Really leaning into the theme, I see.

[ ah. ]

For your A-Set/Tesa role. There's no one else around who wants to run it? I know any kind of organisation where I'm from does have higher roles who can keep things going even if the leader is gone. It's... pretty much why the Church of Seiros back home didn't collapse in on itself when the head of the church was kidnapped.

[probe]

That's what all the best cafes do. [nodnod. also they probably would have, it's fine.]

I'll figure it out. Running an entertainment company is pretty tough, but Mr. Okiura did have people working for him. We'll have to see what happens now.

[aubins]

I guess it makes it stand out. [ hmm. ]

Surely if you've got a lot of fans they won't want to lose them or their interest, so... yeah, maybe it'll all work out.

[probe]

We'll see. [but she's waving her hands.] This wasn't about that! I just wanted to show you a place like this because I knew it'd be way different than what you're used to. I wonder if we can make simulation food actually work...

[aubins]

Well, it's definitely that.

[ hm. ]

We can try? Don't think it'll do anything for our food intake for the day, but that's kind of a fun idea too.

[probe]

It'll be cool to see if it works! But how do you feel about seafood? Like oysters maybe?

[aubins]

I've got no problem with it, although I don't think I've tried oysters. [ ... ah. ] Oh, seafood speciality?

[probe]

Yup! Though we make other stuff here, too, like rice omelettes. They're not as good as the ones at Ota's place though.

[aubins]

Oh those sound interesting. I've had omlettes for breakfast before but it's never been with rice.

[probe]

Oh it's good! You make a regular omelette and it's filled with fried rice with ketchup on top, traditionally. It's one of the only non-fish dishes we have...let me see if I can get the simulation to get us some. Have a seat!

[pick a table, yuri, she's going to scuttle off toward the kitchen.]

[aubins]

[ oh, well. there she goes. he will take a seat and await this non-fish ketchip rice dish? ]

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[after a few moments, she'll come back with a plate of omurice! there is also a drawing of a fish on top in ketchup.]

Tada! Check it out. Just like this.

[aubins]

[ he will Observe. ]

-- Oh, I like the art.

[ tada! ]

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Thanks. It isn't my best but I thought it'd be cute. [the dish is served and she has a spoon, too.]

...there's a service some people pay for, too, that involved being fed by the mermaids.

[aubins]

[ he goes to take a bite but pauses midway to stare at her-- ]

That sounds oddly specific. [ like an oddly specific KINK ]

[probe]

A little! It's called Option Ahhhn. It's a little less personal than the eel sucking option.

[aubins]

[ he continues to just stare, spoon of omurice like halfway between his mouth and the plate. ]

Do I want to know about the eel sucking option, Little-A?

[probe]

It's like...the customer and the mermaid each have the end of an eel in their mouth and they eat it until their lips touch.

[aubins]

[ ................... ]

Huh.



That's. Something.

[probe]

Maid cafes always charge for extra services like that. [this is why she's lust, probably.] But it's not something I'd do for just anybody here.

Try the food! I wanna see if it actually tastes like anything.

[aubins]

[ maybe that is why she's lust indeed. girl. ]

Oh, you get to say no if you don't want to? [ there was probably something a little angry and concerned brewing up there because i keep forgetting it's emotion share week. but it quietens down at the implication it's not a someone pays and you have to do it sort of deal.

huh. wild. ]

... Right. [ he'll take a bite. does it taste of anything? ]

[probe]

There are some services we can opt out of if we aren't old enough. [so yeah.] I didn't mind doing some of them though.

[the omurice is a simulation so it won't fill him up or anything, but it does at least taste pretty good.]

[aubins]

[ in that case: ]

It tastes pretty nice. I don't really have something to compare it too though, but... you said this was really popular? [ he can see why ]

...

You should be able to opt out of that shit any time. But it's complicated when it's work related.