A Misshaped Mutant

Ep 22 - Mental Break

He had enough of dealing with yokais and mutants and what not. What he needed... was a little break from all the action and drama. A nice little break, for his little mentally unstable brain.

Ben held out his two hands in front of him, flexing his fingers repeatedly, eyes narrowed in disbelief. He wanted to confirm whether this is a dream, a heaven's blessing that he had escaped that hellish hole, or he was simply just having a vivid dream. A very... vivid one.

Ben slumped forward with a deep sigh. He rubbed his hands against his face, trying to work up his tired face. He was tired... not just physically, but mentally too. And hungry too...

The lil' encounters he had with the turtles, the bratty girl, and his stupid, hateful, unstable thoughts. He hated the times he's gone into a feral state since the fights he had with other yokais made him go autopiloting on instincts when he didn't intentionally mean to. But he couldn't blame it on his instincts... they have helped and saved him at times.

Ben flicked his tail up, getting a random urge to jump around. He held his face in his two hands, groaning out of misery. So many conflicted emotions!!

Ben took in a sharp inhale, holding his breath. First of all, He should and definitely should get some food. It would be nice to replenish some energy for the mind and the hunger. Second of all, He will gladly drop by the office and slap that resignation paper for the sake of getting his brain some mental rest.

"  Sounds like a good plan! I approve."  Ben proudly talked to himself, giving himself a thumbs up.

First off,  no going to the Hidden City on the vacation. Second of all...

"  I should find myself some entertainment..."  Ben looked up across the city. "  I hear that these humans have some nice entertainments..."  He muttered to himself, a grin slowly spreading on his face.

Aimlessly wandering around the city, Ben found some places that people seemingly flock around, assuming they were for entertainment. The first one was a rather large building with some small decorations and lights. Thinking long and hard from a distance, Ben took a gamble and went in with his disguise. Some orange-haired guy behind a countertop and a strange, shaped object pointed at him and commented, "  Sick cosplay!"  Ben simply just gave him the "  Excuse me?"  stare.

Ben noticed that pretty much everyone that entered has gone up to the ones behind the countertop, either showing them with a rectangle object that he could faintly recall a scientist explaining to him about a phone or they showed them a ticket. Well. Ben didn't have either of them so might as well sneak in.

Sneaking in was pretty easy with all the people busily bustling with excitement or staring at the snacks.

Ben snagged himself a little seat in the far corner of the huge room filled with rows and rows of seats. The familiar large object was installed in front of the huge room, an object that Ben remembered he liked to use back then. They always had the videos of flat characters, normal looking characters, comedy and humor, some spooky stuff, and so on.

The thought brought back some bitter moments but the soothing feeling he had whenever he turned the object on. " A TV..." He unconsciously mumbled out.

After some waiting, some people came walking in, taking their seats, and the screen rolled in. Ben couldn't really understand some parts, but he could make out the most of it, his mouth turned up into a smile.

After getting a nice stretch, Ben went to the next place, which was a small building which did not seem to have a lot of people inside. But the windows definitely showed some food from the inside and he was happy to take the opportunity.