Raiden's New Job

Prologue: The New Guy

As the two glass doors to the Restaurant open, Raiden walks in, adorned in the outfit of the other workers currently performing their daily tasks. A white long sleeve shirt with a big red apron overtop bearing the Restaurant's logo of a slice of pepperoni pizza dripping with melted cheese inside a large golden ring surrounded by plant life like vines and bushes, with some flowers sprinkled in there too. Bland red pants, and he is supposed to be wearing normal shoes but since Raiden has heels built into his feet, he had to get a special pair made so that he could slide them into.

"I'd be more surprised if they hadn't all looked at me." Raiden thinks to himself as he walks towards the back. The eyes of the other employees gazing at him like spotlights. He flips the wooden counter top open and walks behind the registers and into the kitchen. He is slightly taken back when he sees, instead of a cramped small kitchen in utter disarray, he finds a large and expansive one with an almost mesmerizing rhythm to how the cooks worked in unison with each other. The smell of the pizza being cooked and all the ingredients in the air fills his nose. A male voice with a thick Italian accent calls for his attention.

"Ah, Raiden, welcome welcome!" Raiden looks to where he hears the voice coming from to see a muscular man with a similar outfit to his but on the top left of his apron sits a metal tag that reads 'Manager' "Please, this way. I'll show you your job." He takes Raiden over to a small separate room from the kitchen, the room has a marble counter top with a large wooden cutting board laid out. A man is currently hard at work cutting pizza and other ingredients, but is clearly struggling. "You said in your resume that you were perfect at cutting and chopping. Lucky we found you when we did because our 'ingredients cutter' just quit on us, and we need someone new. So you are now our NEW official 'ingredients cutter and pizza slicer'."

"Ingredients cutter and pizza slicer? I thought the chefs had that covered." Raiden asks.

"Well, unlike most businesses, we function a bit differently. Everyone has a specific role here that they fill out." He explains. "Yours is to cut ingredients and pizzas. Pablo here will show you where everything is, follow me." He walks closer to the counter. "Hey, Pablo." The man at the counter stops what he was doing and turns to face them.

"Yes, Sir?"

"This is Raiden." He says, pointing to him. "Raiden, Pablo. Pablo, Raiden."

"It's good to meet you." Raiden says, sticking his hand out, Pablo grabs it, and they shake.

"Likewise."

"Alright." The Manager says, clapping his hands together. "I'll leave Pablo to show you where the ingredients are. If you need me, I'll be walking around the kitchen making sure everything is going ok. Sound good?"

"No complaints from me." Raiden says. As the Manager walks away, Raiden looks at Pablo.

"So, first off, all of your meats are to your right-hand side when facing the cutting board. And all of your vegetables and fruits are on your left-hand side, got that?" Raiden gives a thumbs up. "Good, because I hate repeating myself. And don't worry about swapping out the cutting board when cutting different ingredients unless necessary, like say if someone has an allergy to a specific ingredient you just cut, and you need to swap it out, the other boards are all down here." He points to a cupboard by his feet. "But just remember after you cut meats, and you're about to cut some vegetables and vice versa, just rinse it in the sink over here." He points to a small metal sink in the corner. "Sound good?"

"I think I got all that. Be careful about allergies, wash the board after cutting meats or vegetables when you're about to swap from one to the other, and my meats are on my right, and my vegetables are on my left."

"Yup, you got it. Another thing is the window." Raiden looks up and sees a widow like opening in the wall leading to the rest of the kitchen. "This is used by chefs when they need a pizza sliced. They place it here on the ledge and ring this bell twice."

"Got it."

"AND, when cutting pizza, use this station in the corner behind you. Literally just use the counter top, it's completely fine. Other than that, you're good."

"Hey, hurry up in there, we need some ingredients out here!" Someone yells from the kitchen.

"Hold your horses for a couple of minutes, god-damn! Anyway, you'll be fine." He walks out and leaves Raiden to his bidding.

Almost instantly, a chef places a piece of paper on a cloth pin attached to the top of the window. Looking at it more closely, he finds out it's an order for ingredients. 10 Slices of Pepperoni, and some grated cheese. He gets right to work. Quickly finding all he needs, except one thing. Raiden had a special pair of knifes made for him. High frequency blades, the kind of blade he was an expert in using. Looking around to make sure no one was looking, he closes the door to the room, lifts his apron and takes out the pack of knives rolled up like a scroll and unfolded them on the counter. Taking out a chef's knife, he gets to work.