"Now then, go serve that table that just walked in, chop chop!"
"Yes sir!" The boy who was referred to as "Fishy" made his way over to the table where our characters sat. "Hey guys, my name's Fishy, I'll be your waiter and also cook today! What can we get started for you guys today?"
"Your name is Fishy?" Litz asked genuinely. "And why are you waiting our table AND cooking?"
"Great question sir!" Fishy replied. "Fishy is my kitchen name, all the staff go by one. We also have Cheesy, Chunky, Corny, and Stroggy, who's the head chef and my boss. And for your next question, well, we're a bit understaffed at the moment, ehe." Fishy sighed.
Litz nodded. "Oh okay then, well I'll start with getting the beef and potato casserole, that looks nice. And I'll take an apple juice to wash it down."
"Divine choice!"
Shambles, head buried in the menu, peeked up. "Can I just get the macaroni, but uncooked? And some lemon milk to drink?"
Fishy looked at her weirdly, but shrugged and wrote down the order.
Rain looked up from the menu. "Oh, my turn?" Uhhhh... I'll have 2 orders of the spicy taquitos, with just a water.
"Daring, aren't we?" Fishy marked his order. "And finally, for yo-"
"3 orders of chicken alfredo cooked medium rare with extra sauce, and a Mack Graniels to drink!" Kev eagerly exclaimed.
"Alright, 3 chicken alfredo... I will need to see an ID for the Graniels, though."
...
"Better make it a lemonade."
"Okay then, if that'll be it then I'll get started on your orders!"
As Fishy started to walk out, a commotion broke out on the other side of the restaurant.
"GET BACK HERE, YOU SLIMY THIEVES!!!" The tall chef that Fishy had called "Stroggy" was chasing after 2 thugs, attempting to run out of the store. One of them shouted to the other, "Hurry brother, we're almost gone!!" But upon realizing that his brother was not following him, he turned around to a grizzly sight. His brother had a hole in his chest, caused by a sword glowing with an aura imbued. On the other side of the sword was the chef who had caught the thief in a horrific fashion.
"Brother NOOOO!" The surviving thief caught his brother in his arms.
"Chunky, make sure this one doesn't leave until the authorities get here!!" Stroggy shouted, as the whole restaurant began to clap awkwardly.
Our gang of 4 sat there in complete shock. "Did he just..." they all thought in unison. But the one who was in the most shock was Litz. "That's the legendary sword from the begotten blades set, I think it was called... Enema! Yeah, Enema!"
"Such a nerd." Shambles rolled her eyes.
Stroggy, whose ears perked up after hearing the mention of his weapon, began walking over. "How do you know about my sword?" He asked Litz.
"Well, I know a lot about the most powerful swords that exist out there, I even have one of my own!" Litz pulled out his sword, glistening with green haki.
Stroggy's eyes widened. "Ahh, that's Dansai, from the True Triple set, right?"
"You know your stuff!" Litz smiled. "My dream is to collect all three from the set."
"That's quite the ambition. So, what brings a ragtag group of pirates like you all out to Fillenem?"
"We were hungry," Kev replied. "Oh, and the female wanted to do some shopping on a non-government-sanctioned island." Shambles shot him a nasty glare.
"Well, that's great to hear! We are always open to greeting outsiders, as long as you don't bring business like those two!"
"Yeah, who were those guys anyways?" Rain asked eagerly, as if he had been holding onto that question for some time.
"Those were the basher brothers, they've been stealing from my establishment for the past 3 months at least, and I've finally caught them in action. Speaking of which, it looks like the authorities are here to take care of them. I'll leave you guys to the food, it looks like it's all ready." Fishy came out with all of their orders, and placed it on the table as Stroggy walked over to talk to the cops.
"Well, doesn't this seem like a nice island?" Kev chuckled as they all started to chow down on their meals.
Shambles grunted through bites of her pasta. "Sure, but let's talk about how much food you just got! Just because I'm paying for us doesn't mean you can get 3 helpings of Alfredo whenever you want!"
"Oh hush, you know that I have to eat a lot to build up energy for my fruit power. Besides, it's not like you worked for that haul anyways."
They all chuckled as they enjoyed the meals.
Once everyone had finished eating, they paid for the food and decided to split up into the city for different activities. Shambles to go shopping, Litz to go train in seclusion, Rain to go back to the ship, and who knows whatever the hell Kev does.
Back at the ship, Sneeze lies in bed on the edge of the boat, feeling slightly better and playing cards with Jojo.
"You uh, got any 4's?"
"ooh ahh ah ahh"
"You liar, I see one in your left hand, right there!"
"AHH OO AHH AHH"
A voice is heard from over the deck. "Got room for a third?" Sneeze and Jojo peek over the edge, to see Rain climbing aboard.
"Oh, welcome aboard. What's in the bag?" Sneeze asked. "It's your dinner, eat up." Rain replied, taking a seat next to the boy and the monkey.
"You got me taquitos, how did you know I love these??" Sneeze awed.
"Lucky guess, I think. Also, I've been meaning to ask you something. You were the first one aboard this band of scallywags, right? What really made you agree to follow Kev so blindly?"
Sneeze crunched on a taquito. "Well, to be completely honest, if it were anyone else, I don't think I would have taken the offer that quickly. Something in my gut just magnetized me into following him, and you know I have to trust my gut!" Sneeze answered, handing the rest of his snack to Jojo. "Not to mention that he saved my life."
Rain smiled. "I guess that makes sense." The three of them continue playing cards under the setting sun.
Back at the restaurant, in the back kitchen, Stroggy meets with his associate. "Fishy, can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Yes sir, what's up?" Fishy replied.
"You know that group of pirates that you made food for just earlier?"
"Yeah, of course."
"Fishy, uh... I want you to go with them."
"Sir? What do you mean?
"Before they head off somewhere else, I want you to go to their Captain and humbly ask if you can join their crew."
"W-what? But sir, the restaurant, I can't just leave!"
"It'll be fine, this place will be here forever. But you, you have dreams, don't you? And they aren't going to happen when you're working your tail off in a place like this. You need to be with people like them, Fishy. So please, it would mean a lot to me.
Fishy stood there in his kitchen outfit, not sure what to say.
"Okay Stroggy, I'll do my best!!"
