Ami/Miroku: Personality Clash!

[Kwokinator]

Kwok shrugged.

"Whatever you want," he answered. "I'm cool with it as long as you're happy about it.  I ain't picky."

[Carthrat]

The only other place that Ami discerned food may lie were the private houses of the town, and the granary nearby the rice fields.

[RyderHakubi]

Ryder sighed and turned to Kwok.  "I guess we'll deal with the bar..." she said.

[Kwokinator]

Kwok chuckled a bit at the response.

"Well, if you had decided earlier, we could've been eating," he smirked. "You'd get your stomach pit filled just that much earlier."

"Anyway, let's go in," he said with a wave of his hand, then started walking into the bar.

[Carthrat]

The bar was loud and messy, and seemed much bigger on the inside than it did the out.

The actual bar proper, i.e, the counter, was somewhere near the back. From what Ami and Miroku could discern, it was raggedly built, and didn't look like it could hold a piece of paper, let alone the many jugs of sake that rested upon it.

Tables were arranged in haphazard formations around the building, most of which were occupied by grizzled farmers and other less-than-brilliant looking people, all of which looked as if they could skin a lion by looking at it the wrong way.

The food on the tables looked delicious, though, and Ami and Miroku could smell something very, very nice indeed...

[Kwokinator]

Kwok mentally winced at the unruly people in the bar, and the sorry state the bar itself is in.

"Well, there's some food for you at least..." he muttered to Ami.

He could almost feel his body tensing up.  It looked like they might have a lot of trouble on their hands if a fight starts up with this bar.

[Carthrat]

A somewhat attractive waitress walked by the two teenagers, stopping to say, "Take a seat anywhere and I'll be with you in a minute."

Ami was getting a few strange looks from some of the men around the bar, too...

[Kwokinator]

Kwok found himself glaring at the men that were looking at Ami strangely.  Whatever their intentions were, they probably weren't good, judging from the looks of them.

Before he could glare long enough for the men to take notice, he grabbed Ami and proceeded to half-drag her to a table that was, hopefully, out out view of most of the men.

"C'mon," he said. "Let's go get a seat and get some food."

[RyderHakubi]

Ryder quickly sat down and looked at Kwok...


"Listen, you don't have to defend me so much.  Yes, these people make me nervous... But, I can still handle things." she says... and then adds, "Thanks..."

[Kwokinator]

Kwok paused to think at hearing Ryder's words.  Just WHY was he defending her so much?

For the life of him, he couldn't think of a reason why he'd do it, but he just got so angry when other men looked at Ami in a... less than polite way.

Deciding not to dwell on the matter anymore, he waved it off.

"No problem," he answered.

His eyes began to follow the attractive waitress as she made her way around the bar, partly so that he wouldn't have to think about the previous topic, and partly because it was just plain easy on the eyes.

[Carthrat]

The waitress eventually caught Miroku staring at her, and responded with...

...a saucy wink, as she made her way towards his table.

"What can I get you, handome?" she said, a little seductively.

[Kwokinator]

Kwok blushed slightly at the waitress' somewhat forward behaviour.

"Umm... food is good..." he sweatdropped. "I just don't know what this place has to offer."

[Carthrat]

The waitress laughed. "Sake, water, sushi, onigiri, maybe some stew, or rice with meat... we don't exactly have a standard menu. You know how it is, working in this kind of bar.."

She was completely ignoring Ami, in both her speech and body langauge, which was directed at Kwok, and insinuating certain... actions.

[Kwokinator]

Kwok pretended to massage his temples in annoyance.

"Ugh..." he groaned. "So many choices..."

"You know what?" he said with a wink. "Why don't you pick for us?  I'm sure whatever someone like you can think up would be delightful."

[RyderHakubi]

"He'll have some sushi...  He's got a cold, and can't eat too much." Ryder cut in, as she stopped looking down the girl's bra.  Hey, he's still internally a guy after all...