Description: Benkei finds good food in Metro City, unfortunately it's not his, and the owner is not amused.
After faking a field trip from school with the proper papers, Benkei being a master of forgery, Daniel had taken the young man to Metro City for a FANTASTIC TODOH FIELD TRIP. What this amounted to was Daniel leaving Benkei in a hotel room, with the strict orders not to phone prostitutes, while Daniel took care of some mysterious business. Naturally, Benkei bores easily, being a sixteen year old, his natural sense of rebellion leading him to explore the city.
Dressed in his khakis and button down white shirt, Benkei wanders the streets of Metro City, his eyes wide behind his thick spectacles. So far, he hasn't gotten into any trouble, but he has his cellphone on him just in case - Daniel is a phone away, even if Benkei would prefer to deal with any problems himself. Getting Daniel to bail him out would be embarassing at best.
Cammy has discovered that even in a world of fighting game logic, simply wandering the streets of Metro City is no guarantee that you will eventually bump into Ken, though she has met all manner of other colourful figures. After a day, she's almost had enough and might just settle for an email rather than a chat, boring though that is.
Somewhat demoralised, as she thought finding him would be much easier than this, she needs a break. Fortunately she's in the right place! On a decent paygrade from MI6, she certainly has enough cash for luxury cheesecake, even if it is bought in a ridiculously expensive cafe. As she's too civilised to walk down the street stuffing her face, she's settled at a table outside the cafe in what passes for sun around here, a silver pot of tea before her, cheesecake in one hand. Silver teatray. Pristine table cloth. China cup. Ideal. Dudley would approve.
Benkei comes wandering past the cafe, seeing Cammy there. And then, the cheesecake. Sweet Jesus, that looks like good cheesecake. He shuffles over to Cammy, staring at the cheesecake from behind his thick frames. "Oooh," he says, staring down at the cheesecake, breathing heavily, at an uncomfortably close distance to Cammy. He doesn't say anything to her - just stares at the cake, wheezing a bit.
It better be good cheesecake, dear lord, it cost enough. It probably has gold in it. It better way.
And now it has some kid wheezing on it. With who knows what viruses and germs. How rude. Cammy was about to nom on it some, delicately of course, but instead puts it on the saucer, and scowls at Benkei. Nobody messes with her cheesecake. Nobody! "Do you mind?" she tells him crossly, with a big frown.
Oh, ugh. She inches away from him a bit, as she sees some drool forming there. She doesn't want any of that on her shoulder.
Benkei blinks rapidly, getting ahold of himself and looking at Cammy with a blush. "S-sorry...I was just admiring your cheesecake...It looks quite good," he says with a creepy calm, his eyes returning to the cake. "So...Smooth. Soft...Creamy...I love that cheesecake..." Benkei says as he leers at the cheesecake. "Can I have...Some of your cheesecake?" he asks, not looking at Cammy.
Okay, thats kinda creepy. At least he's not middle aged; it could be worse! Still, she makes a face at him. "Oh, ugh. Who on earth are you?". She's still edging away, more due to being weirded out than drool at this point. "No, you cannot! It's mine, it's expensive, you've probably breathed all over it as it is, and you are being kinda weird!".
She gives him a suspicious look even as she reaches for the beret on her table and puts it on her head. Mmmm. He's so weird maybe he's one of those dolls she read about the other day in MI6's files after the Daniel conversation. Who knows, they sound like bad news though.
"I'm Benkei, Benkei Bunya, student of Daniel Jack and Master Todoh!" Benkei proudly announces, puffing his chest out. He sits down across from Cammy, looking to a waiter and flagging him over. "I'll take one slice of your finest cheesecake!" he announces, before looking back at Cammy. "That's a funny hat. Are you French?" he asks, treating Cammy like his best friend even though he's never met her before.
Cammy has no idea who Todoh is, luckily, but she does know Daniel Jack. The addled hobo. The suspicious look deepens, but first things first. "No, I am not French. Do I sound French?" she tells him in biting tones. This amnesia thing makes her easily irritable, and Benkei is definitely an irritant.
"Why are you sitting there?" she asks, alarmed. Okay, day ruined, unless she finds Ken soon. "I hope you plan on paying for it yourself... and Daniel Jack, if you mean that hobo with the orange suit, I'm not impressed. He's a nut! and a liar, too."
Benkei Bunya blinks at this revelation. "You know Daniel Jack? Yes, he has an orange suit! I can't believe you know Daniel, that's so weird, I'm in town with Daniel right now!" he exclaims, laughing. "Oh, so we know each other! That's so funny! It's a small world, isn't it?" he says, as he waits for his cheesecake to arrive.
Cammy did just say she wasn't impressed! "Yes, unfortunately. Some detective guy. Who is half mad. He reminds me suspiciously of you. I hope it's not contagious." she tells him sourly, and more than somewhat meanly. Nobody ever said she had much of a sense of humour - or was always sweetness and light. "You're his /student/?" she asks, incredulously.
"If I were you, I'd look elsewhere. Anywhere elsewhere in fact." she mutters. She peers at the cheesecake, hoping it's not too contaminated by weird, but... she is helpless before it's power. She picks it up, nibbles.
Benkei grins at this. "Yes, me and Daniel are alike, because we have both had the famous TODOH EDUCATION!" Benkei proudly announces. As his cheesecake arrives, he says to the waiter, "Thank you, my good man, may I also have an ice water?" He turns his attention to the cheesecake, and picks up his fork. He daintily slices through the very tip of the cake slice with his fork, then lifts it up before his eyes as if he was examining a rare insect.
"This would be the aforementioned Master Todoh? Okay, tell me about him then, as you seem set on eating with me." Cammy is dead set on being just about the worst snack companion imaginable right now. Upset. And so hating everything. Everything! "Like, where he lives for starters, so I know where to avoid." she says disagreeably.
She assumes a somewhat forlorn look as she looks at the cheesecake in her grasp. Delicious. Expensive. Perfect. And now ruined. She takes another tiny bite, wondering if it will cheer her up. No. She sighs, leans back in the chair, closes her eyes momentarily.
Benkei nods excitedly, still holding the bit of cheesecake on his fork. "Master Todoh's home town is none other than Southtown, the city of champions! However, right now he is wandering the world, in search of the ULTIMATE TECHNIQUE that will defeat his rival Geese Howard!" Benkei exclaims. He slips the cheesecake into his mouth, swirling it around his tongue as he leans backwards. "Mmmn, divine."
"I've heard of Geese Howard. I've never heard of Todoh though.". Disappointing though, it sounds like she might bump him into him anywhere. "I've been to Southtown quite a few times though. I've never found it to be a particularly friendly place, I have to say. I think Metro City is much nicer. And, apparently saner." Cammy finishes drily, ornery enough to say it rather than merely think it. Dudley would be less impressed with her manners now. She opens one blue eye, and peers at him. He better pay for that food he's nomming on there.
Benkei begins wolfing his cheesecake down hungrily, eating big pieces of it in his chewing mouth. He doesn't respond to Cammy until he's finished. "Southtown is way cooler than Metro City, even if Southtown is full of bullies. But some day, I'm gonna get those jerks! Once Master Todoh's training is complete, I will be a REAL man!" Benkei proudly announces, puffing his chest out.
"I confess to being slightly curious as to this master." Cammy admits, despite her better judgment. "How long have you studied under him? How long as Daniel studied under him? Is Daniel skilled in whatever art Master Todoh teaches? Is there some sort of grading?" she wonders. She is somewhat interested in other styles after all. "What art /does/ he teach?" she wonders.
"Todoh-ryuu Kobojutsu!" Benkei announces, sipping his ice water noisily as it arrives, washing down that cheesecake. "I began studying when I was thirteen, but my mother forbade my studies to continue. Now, Daniel Jack is my sensei, while Master Todoh wanders the world. I have known Daniel for three years, although we haven't talked until recently." He reaches for his wallet. "How much for the cheesecake?"
"12 dollars." Cammy tells him, and flips the menu, so he can see the exorbitant price for himself. The cheesecake of the gods does not come cheap. "Daniel Jack is a sensei?". Now she's curious. "He didn't really look like a sensei sort to me. Is he a skittish man do you think? He seemed a bit afraid of me at first, thats not the sort of emotion I expect from a master. And then the next time... he was just weird. Rather like you.". This Todoh must be quite a character if these guys are his students...
"Twelve dollars?!" Benkei exclaims, before sighing. He puts the money on the table. "Now I won't have any money for a Haggar t-shirt." He stands up. "He is a master of the martial arts, my friend, I promise you this! But now, I must go! Great things await...BENKEI BUNYA! Excelsior!" He rushes off on little legs.
Cammy watches Benkei disappearing into the distance, still with a somewhat sour look on her face. Ugh. Some people just put her on edge. Though Master Todoh sounds like someone she'll have to meet one day - she's not sure if she's going to enjoy the experience, though.
At least she now has her peace, and she noms on the cheesecake happily, oblivious to whatever Benkei may or may not have drooled over it.
Log created on 10:50:33 04/23/2012 by Cammy, and last modified on 14:27:24 04/23/2012.