Another Day Of Work (Open)

[Ohgr Konoko]

As usual, the Oto Ramen Shop was not hottest place to be in town and therefore, the day had been fairly quiet. A few customers had come and gone throughout the day but it was just that, another day in a line of many that were spent at work. The kitchen had been totally cleaned in boredum and the cooks had just recently poured out several huge pots of ramen that had been keeping for to long.

Ohgr was currently leaning on the counter by one of the tills where he worked. He hated the uniform they had to wear at the ramen shop, complete with stupid looking frilly uniform, but he'd worn worse and so he never complained about it. An expression of pure boredum was stamped upon his face and he was completely ignoring the rule of being required to smile and act friendly as he starred longingly outside the shop onto the streets. At least he could be doing something constructive if he was outside.

Ohgr took to wishing something interesting would happen to try and keep himself from feeling sorry for himself. The last little while he had been battling with his inner depression and mental issues to try and be at least a little more normal. It would be easier to fit in that way. He'd lived in Oto for a few years now, and yet he still found himself very alone.

[Kenta]

Kenta himself sat at the Ramen Shop, drinking a small cup of water. The Genin didn't want to take place in the clan's meeting for the week, they always seemed boring to him. They never talked about the clan jutsu anymore, just simple things like how the clan's making money and such. Kenta held the cup up to his mouth, taking a small sip. Kenta could feel his hair touch as sides as he sipped from the cup.

As he drunk from the cup he kept his eyes closed. He was listening to one of the conversations in the back of the Raman Shop about who was going to do the dishes. Such things were of little importance to Kenta, though he didn't have anything else better to do than to listen in to other's conversations. The cold water of the cup touch his lips as his tounge felt refreshed from the coolness of the water.

His gray hair seemed to sway a bit with his thoughts. 'I wouldn't mind getting my Ramen about now, they sure do take their time.' It was the reason Kenta started to listen to conversations in the first place, just to figure out when his food was comming. He sighed as he reopened his eyes, watching one of the employees lounge around. The employee looked unhappy, and Kenta could tell by the board look upon his face.

"Arn't all of the employees here suposed to smile and look happy." Kenta said dully towards the lounging employee. The look on his face was calm, and implented no emotions. "Isn't that a rule here for the employees or something." Kenta kept his sheath closed, hiding his bodily features.

[Ohgr Konoko]

Ohgr looked over to the person sitting at the table drinking their water. He had totally forgotten that there was a customer in the store and he seemed slightly startled by them talking directly to him. The genin shrugged absently at his fellows response.

"All of us have off days. Better an honest face then a forced smile," Ohgr responded, picking his words carefully. At that moment one of the cooks handed him a bowl of ramen and directed that it be braught out to just that fellow. Ohgr sighed mentally and took the ramen. The job was so boringly routine compared to being a shinobi that it was sometimes hard to work. He walked over to the person and placed the bowl infront of him.

"Sorry for the wait in your meal and thank you for coming to Oto Ramen. Is there anything else I can help you with?" Ohgr asked, intentionally pretending to be happy and cheery. His eyes lacked the same glimmer as his voice and friendly gestures through words. In some ways he was mocking the person, while in others he was simply 'following store code'.

[Kenta]

"An off day huh?" Kenta half asked as he recived his ramen. Kenta slightly looked up to see the guy with a smile on his face, but his dull eyes said that he didn't mean it. "Tch, what a cheery face." Kenta said sarcastically, not needing anything else. It was the bowl of ramen that he wanted, and that would satisfy him enough.

Kenta then revealed his arms from under his sheath as he watched the steaming ramen. He could almost smell the freshness of the meal as he grabbed his eating utensils. He then slowly began to munch on the ramen, trying not to eat so fast that he burned his tounge.

"Why do you work here if you don't want to follow the shop's policy?" Kenta half asked the question, not really caring if it was answered or not. He was only interested in the ramen meeting his stomach. He could care less of what this person had to say. Kenta assumed that the guy wasn't a shinobi, to be working at such a place as this.

After asking the question Kenta closed his eyes, expecting the guy to mumble sarcastic remark under his breath. He took another mouthfull of ramen in, liking the taste that it had to offer.

[Ohgr Konoko]

Ohgr scowled at the shinobi. Clearly the boy had never worked in a ramen shop before, or any food buisness for that matter. He walked back over to his till and leaned on the counter once more. "The owner understands we won't always be at top game. Besides we're only human," Ohgr's tone was slightly rude. He would not stand to have his job choice or reasoning questioned. The other employees could see that their cashier was getting aggitated by the nosey customer.

"And I work here because if I want food on the table and a roof over my head I need income, fair enough you nosey little -"

"Ohgr!" One of the cooks called from the back and Ohgr silenced his sentance into a cough and a grumble. "Sorry but he's got no right asking me things like that... I'm not a freakin robot after all," Ohgr grumbled.

[Kenta]

Kenta couldn't care less about the rude comments that were comming his way. He was enjoying his ramen, not concerened about what others had to say, untill the guy started to catch an attiude. It started to become quite annoying to Kenta, and he hated when there was an annoyance around.

"Tch, your typical loud mouthed kid working at a ramen shop, go figure." Kenta said aloud, not caring if the guy heard him or not. His face still showed the calmness of his personality, and that was one thing that wasn't going to change, even around annoyances. He quickly began to finish the ramen in his bowl. It seemed to cool off a little, so it would be easier for him to eat it faster.

"You don't have to answer my questions, I'm just curious." Kenta talked in his calm nature, staring at the ramen still in his bowl. It played around with the ramen with his eating utensil.

[Ohgr Konoko]

Ohgr crossed his arms defensively. He was so used to being pestered and bothered for being different that it was always the same. He was far from passive and always tended to react agressively towards people who questioned his reasons for things and made them seem stupid. It was bad enough he got it when he was wandering Oto, but to get it at work as well was a little bit much.

"You don't need to ask personal questions... And especially not worded like you think I'm worthless. I would obviously know the policy. And as I said, I'm only human," Ohgr said, suddenly he froze when the man called him another loud mouthed kid working at a ramen shop and he twitched in aggition.

"I'm only a loud mouth when people bug me! Excuse me for being defensive about my life style. I hope you choke on your noodles," Ohgr responded bitterly. The cooks had seen Ohgr in these sorts of moods before and they exchanged worried glances. The calmness of the genin at the table only angered Ohgr more. But the pale teenager took in a deep breath, and slowly let it out. Trying to calm himself down. Then he turned on heel and walked into the back. Muttering something about deciding that he wanted to go on cooking for a little while.

[Kenta]

Kenta chose to close his eyes. He could hear the voice of the boy ampified through his ears, ringing throughout his mind. He slowly ate his ramen while listening to the kid speak. 'What an annoyance.' Kenta couldn't believe a ramen shop employee could get so worked up at a customer. 'Must not have that much of people's skills.'

After hearing about the comment on choking on his noodles, Kenta decided to eat a bit slower. He didn't want to choke on something as weak as noddles. It would only leave him embaressed, but that didn't bother him one bit. He continued to eat the ramen, chewing it in small bites while he listened to the boy's rage. 'Tch, does it call for all of this.'

Kenta listened as the boy turned on his heeks, hearing the foot steps slowly getting farther away. As he got farther away he began to mumble about cooking for a bit. Kenta could hear the boy's mumbles as if he were whispering in Kenta's here right then and there. "Yea, it's best for you to go in the back, at least the customers don't get to see you slouch around up here." Kenta finished his ramen, pushing the bowl aside. He made sure he spoke loud enough for the boy to hear.

[Ohgr Konoko]

Ohgr had just started to smooth himself over in the back and regather his composure when he heard the comment from the customer out front the shop. He let out a noise of anger and took his rage out on the counter in the back, slamming his fist into it hard enough to break the knuckles of a normal person. Forturnatly, Ohgr was a shinobi and had trained long and hard enough that his knuckles were just fine.

"Bastard! I wasn't bugging nobody!" Ohgr growled out at the noodle pot before him. One of the girls looked worried, not for Ohgr's anger, a pity shining in her eyes.

"Ohgr calm down... I'm sure he didn't mean it to sound so cruel," her voice was soft and kind. She seemed intent on calming him down. "This isn't the slave trade anymore. Just ignore him, remember you said you wanted to live happier and more carefree...? Don't let people get you so worked up," the girl had no fear of him at all. She knew of Ohgr's gentler side as she spoke to him.

"Sorry... It just pisses me off when people act like know it all..." Ohgr replied to her, frowning slightly at his anger. He really could not be blaimed. His many disorders often made his personality difficult to control.

[Kenta]

Kenta kept his eyes closed, tyring to listen to the comotion in the back of the shop. He heard a slam, as if something hit a pan, or a pot in the back of the shop. 'He has anger problems.' Kenta smirked a bit as he decided to stay at the ramen shop and see who this guy really was. If he had such a bad anger problem, maybe he had fighting skills.

He then heard the boy speaking out of rage and anger. But then, Kenta heard an unfamiliar voice, one of a girl. She tried to calm the angery boy down, and it seemed to work. The girl then began to speak of a slave trade. 'Slave trade? This guy was a slave before? Interesting.' The once calm nature of the boy began to change into curiousity.

'What is this slave trade that he was speaking of? I wonder if I could get a little more information out of him.' Kenta decided he'd leave the guy alone for the day, but he left a little something in the ramen bowl that he was eating. It was a note, just for this guy.

To the Angry Guy,
If you have anytime tommorow, meet me at the Training Facility, the outdoor training facility.

Kenta checked the note once again. The hand writting was eligible, in fact, the hand writting of Kenta was remarkable. The cursive letters in black ink seemed to glimmer off of the dull tanned paper. As he left the bowl, and the yen he had to pay for the dish, a guy came and took it. He looked over the note and knew who it was for.

As he departed from the Ramen Shop he made one last look towards the place. Kenta would have to wait until the next day if he was going to see that guy again, and that was if the guy wanted to come. Of course the guy could have ignored the note, but Kenta had doubts about that. 'Tch.'

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[Ohgr Konoko]

Ohgr was releived when the man left, that meant that he would not have to endure any farther comments made by the nosey little bastard. No sooner did he start to slink back over to his till, did the other guy working at the ramen shop hand him a note.

"I think that customer you were angry at left it for you," the boy said. Handing it over to Ohgr and looking slightly skittish as he did so. The boy was new here and still had not gotten used to Ohgr's outbursts and other such issues.

"Thanks," Ohgr muttered absently as he read the note he had been given. His eyes scanning over it as he whipped off his dirty hands on the white apron that he wore. His brows furrowed. He's going to bring this into a fight? Whatever... I'll show up just to see what he wants... Ohgr thought to himself, he slipped the note into his pants and went the rest of the day wondering what that was all about.

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