Donny

I have to say that I was enjoying myself considering how this day started. This place was amazing and it's clear it was high class. I actually worked as a waiter for some time and I knew how hard this job was. Understaffed, underpaid… and worst of it all you work with people who treat you like a slave. But these people here were beyond good. Not a single moment did any of our glasses go under the half full mark. If somebody wanted to ask something a waiter would be here immediately without delay. Even when they were taking our orders everything was explained with patience and professionalism… very surprised considering who the owner is.

Now let’s see how the food goes… and to tell you the truth I was a little worried. Despite my cooking skills I’m a very picky eater. From the chickens I like only breasts, turkey same story, pork only the tenderloin, beef only the steak and so on… And this menu… well it was a little confusing. The names were clearly restaurant chosen and there wasn’t really an explanation on what was what.

So I simply order the same appetizer like Ranva, which was named “Throat’s Delight”, then I chose the “One-Eyed, Black & White salad” which actually sounded like an awesome name. Then I chose a similar one like Xera for my main, which was named “Gaze of the gourmet Traveler”. I actually skipped dessert since I was sure it was going to be to much.

Yes. I know what you are thinking. Why didn’t I simply ask the waiter what was what. Well mostly because I was embarrassed. Almost everybody on the floor was just ordering without delay, even the girls just ordered without asking for anything extra or any questions. I kind of felt embarrassed to start asking to many questions about the dishes and style of preparation. Well I guess I'll just have to fight it out tonight. I can survive one day eating different food, plus my stomach is completely empty so just give me something to eat.

“Oh yea! Hey Donny.” Ranva grabbed my attention “ You know V?”… Is she fucking with me… no… apparently she’s not.

“Ugh Ranva… doesn’t V look kind of familiar? Like a certain sleazy sales man, whose children work overseas?” Even though it was pretty obvious… Ranva clearly had no idea what I was talking about since she just shrugged her shoulders. Ok either her attention span is that low or she just didn’t care to remember him… he’s maybe in a traditional Zandrian dress but it’s kind of obvious… And speak of the devil… well rodent. He was moving around checking on everybody’s table. What a good manager. Then he approached ours

“I hope your drinks are well my ladies kekeke” Then he looked towards me and smirked as he started to speak in Zandrian “I hope you choke on yours, you cheap bastard”

Got to hand it to him. He kept his tone completely polite and neutral… to bad two of us can play that game “Same like your grandma chocked on my dick last night” Oh look at that! An anger vein

“Go suck on a Nikola’s bananas Ha-Ha-Ha!”

“Go blow your children in Kerlex He-he-He!”

After another polite bow and a wish for us to enjoy our dinner that will be here soon, Vlad left us. Now I was meet with the four girls staring at me wide eyed

“Ummm… is something wrong?” My question apparently broke them out of their trance as Luna spoke up first “ You speak Zandrian?”

Oh… I actually never told them, did I? “ Ugh.. Well yea. I speak a few languages actually” My answer apparently made Ranva remember our earlier conversation as she spoke up“ Oh yea! You wanted to be a teacher! What languages do you actually speak?! “

“Umm well Zandrian, Kerlex, Ebonrath, Misia a little bit of Northern and of course the common Vepar… umm girls?” The wide eyes were back.

“Wow… Donny that’s actually really amazing!” Crap! Xera is going to make me blush! “Can you write with all of them as well?”

“Actually I can only write Veparian and Ebonrathian. The rest are not that good… for now at least.”

Which apparently was still pretty impressive to them considering how they were looking at me with awe.

“Your appetizers honored customers” The waiter interrupted our conversation as they brought our first course…..

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IN THE NAME OF THE FORGOTEN SEALS THAT HOLD THE VOID IN BAY! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!!! IS THAT A FUC--

“Oh cool! You guys prepared them just right!” I snapped my head immediately to Ranva who was in the process of happily swallowing the still wiggling… squid. You could actually see the throat bul--- oh by the void, HELL NO!!!

Remember how I said I was a picky eater? Well there is one exception… its not technically a exception. I might be willing to eat some things if I have to… but fish hell no! And when I say fish I also mean seafood, shellfish… actually anything that comes from the sea. I hate the smell, I hate the look and I despise the taste.

And now… in front of me… was a still half alive wiggling squid.

“Mhmm!! The after taste that it leaves in the throat is amazing!” Ranva was clearly beyond pleased. Of course it was amazing! Your body is just happy that the squid didn’t decide to strangle you from the inside while going down!!! By the void I cant do this

“Donny? Are you fine?!” Xera was looking at me with a worried expression. Not surprising considering I went completely white just imagining what this thing would do to my organism.

“You need to eat it fast, or it will get soggy” That’s not the problem Luna! By the void! Now all of the girls were staring at me. So I stared into the squid thinking how I can survive this… the squid stared back then.

“YEAAA!!! NO!” The girls actually flinched as I jumped out of the table. Before I could even think of an excuse three waiters were already around me “ Sir! Is everything fine? Is there something wrong with your meal?!”

“I-I-I N-n-no t…” By the void I have no idea what to say! But even fate. may sometimes decided to roll the dice in my favor. Vermilia simply used her fork and stabbed the squid in the middle of it’s eye… poor little fella… I’m sorry. Then she brought it close to her face and smelled it, then she grimaced as she threw the squid back on my plate.

“The seasoning is to strong. I could smell it from here.” The waiters went pale at her words, while me… I wanted to kiss this beautiful savior of mine.

“We are so sorry honored guests! Sir! Please let us bring you another one it wi—“ OH HELL NO!!! “ N-N-NO! *cough* I mean, its fine. These things happen and… and I kind of lost the will. You can just bring the salad”

The waiters were clearly under stress… I'm sorry! I’m so sorry! But I just cant! I will leave a full tip I promise.

“To bad man! The Throat's Delight is amazing! We should really get some a little later so that you could at least try it” Last time I’m following Ranva’s lead. You would think I learned my lesson considering how she drives… but no.

“Donny tell us something about yourself. This is a welcome dinner for you as well” Thank you Luna for changing the subject! “Where are you from, any family?”

“Ummm… well… I came from a small town that’s about 2 hours away from Chrono- Haven”

“Cogsmaw?” I just nodded to Vermilia’s question as I continued then “Yea. Spent my whole childhood there until I left for the Chrono-Haven university when I was 19. Been living here since then”

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“How about your family?” I know the girls were just curios but this subject tends to be a little complicated. Xera apparently took my silence in a bad way since she apologized right away” Oh, I'm sorry if you don’t want to talk about it”

“Ah! No, no! It’s not that… its just that it’s a little complicated. I have a younger brother who has a speech disorder, so it was a little different growing up. My mom left us pretty much soon after that. A older son who is a powerless and a younger brother with special needs was apparently to much for her.” The girls actually looked shocked a little here, ok lets finish this fast before they get wrong ideas “ Ah! But I did have a mother. My dad remarried pretty soon and my step mom is amazing. The two brats she brought with them are also very good” Although the two brats never spoke to me after it became public I was a powerless.

That was actually Dad’s and Diana’s fault. They didn’t want to worry them so we never really talked to them about my situation.

“Hobbies? Likes, dislikes?” Vermilia apparently understood this was a sensitive topic so she decided to change it up. But before I cold speak

“Sir! Your One-Eyed Black & White Salad the chef made sure it w—“WHAT THE FUC--! “—as done properly and he paid special attention to it” –K IS THIS!!?

This was a salad completely right. You had the green, the tomatoes, a little bit of pickles and oh yea… THERE WAS A FREAKING EYE ON THE TOP OF IT.

“T-t-that’s an eye?” The question just made the waiter nod his head with clear pride “Freshly removed from a panda a few seconds after its death. So don’t worry about any animals suffering during it’s making! Your also very lucky sir since we rarely have it available on the menu” THAT’S NOT THE FUCKING ISSUE! THERE IS A FUCKING EYE ON THE SALAD.

“Sir… is everything… all right?” The waiter was starting to panic since I was just staring at the dish with a open mouth and frozen expression. By the void h— And then Vermilia in the rescue again, she took a bite from one of the leaves

“The leaves are not fresh…” OK! First off… Vermilia I love you so much today. You are my shining hero! Second off… this waiter is getting a double tip. He is now sweating as he kept going more white… by the void I'm so, so, so sorry!!!

“Seriously? Not one time, but two times!” LUNA STOP “ He may not look like it but he is actually a very skilled chef!” BY THE VOID IM NOT! I JUST DON’T LIKE THIS FOOD! MORE LIKE I'M AFRAID FOR MY SANITY IF I EAT IT “ So please get your act straight! This is unacceptable and I'm this close to pack up and leave “ I am so sorry my friend. Not double, not triple. Il make sure you get a whole paycheck’s worth of tip tonight.

“P-p-p-p-please accept our apology! We will get you a n—“But he got interrupted by Luna” No! It’s fine, just bring out the main course. Remember my words though!”… I am so sorry!

By the void… I should just come clean. I should have just asked what is what! But now its to late. Please be normal main course please be..”

“WHAT!! AGAIN!?” And now I could hear the chef scream. I actually turned towards the kitchen… big mistake. The guy was giant. Like 2m and twice the wide. He was probably more heavy then the five us combined together. Plus he was a demon and the gaze he was giving me was screaming murder.

“Seriously! What's wrong with this place tonight!” No Ranva… there is nothing wrong, I'm just an idiot

“I’m really disappointed… are they making Donny’s food badly on purpose or something?!” No Xera, they are not… I’m just a big idiot.

“This is outrageous… one more time and somebody is going to be sorry! Did they reduce their quality since the last time we were here” No Luna, they didn’t… I’m just a very big and massive idiot.

And then V showed up “ My favorite customers! What's wrong?!”

And then Luna started. Commenting on the bad food I received and how she was disappointed and everything. V on the other hand… well I got to hand it to him. He was very professional, polite smile and apologies without arguing or giving excuses. Then he turned towards me and also gave me a sincere apology… by the void now I really do feel bad. Then as V left, he was replaced with the waiters immediately who brought our main dishes… well almost all of them were the waiters. One of them was the giant chef who placed the food in front of me.

“Please sir! Enjoy! I promise that everything is done to perfection!” That look was screaming *Let’s see you complain now!!!*

And to tell you the truth… I was actually impressed with it. It was a giant blotted roasted chicken with a crispy skin… oh wow! This actually looks amazing! But before I could actually cut anything Xera spoke up!

“Ah wait Donny! You need to crack it!”… Excuse me what?!

And then Xera used the back of her knife to crack the chicken. It broke in half revealing a… yea… I’m dead… I died earlier today with Ranva on her bike and now I’m getting tortured in the a Void Pocket

“The Chameleon head is very sweet! And the eyes are the sweetest! So combine them with the meat from the chicken” There was a giant Chameleon head with crispy fried eyes looking straight at me…

Yea that’s it! No way! I’m done! My skin was not even white anymore! It was actually fucking green now! That’s how sick I was feeling!

“Donny wh… holy crap! Are you OK!?” Of course I was not OK! I was definitely not OK! It’s a fucking chameleon head with fried eyes! To make it worse only the eyes were fried! HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU EAT THIS SHIT AND LOOK SO GOOD! I’m just going to come clean and b—

“I think I can finally see what's going on here dears” Crap! Looks like Vermilia figured me out maybe if I tr—“ Donny is clearly still sick from the ride with Ranva today” … When a lie doesn't work and comes back to bite you in the ass… LIE EVEN HARDER

“Y-y-y-yes! Your right Vermilia… ugh my stomach still feels so bad. I’m so sorry to ruin your dinner like this. ”Ranva just laughed “ Don’t worry Donny! These things happen hahaha” The crazy bitch just laughed… this is all happening because of you! Actually its happening because I'm a idiot but that's not the point

“Now if you'll excuse me I'll go to the bathroom. Enjoy your dinner please and Xe—“ She’s eating it so happily… she’s eating those eyes so happily “P-p-please help yourself to my portion” I cant believe I was actually worried on my cooking skills and if they’re going to be good enough… these girls will eat anything!

The bathroom was actually all the way to the bottom floor. The strange thing is though that when I passed through the second floor it looked like the people were eating normal food… I even glanced at the menu and I recognized so many traditional Zandrian dishes… I will never understand the rich and powerful. Are they so bored they actually have to eat some crazy dishes.

As I finally made it to the first floor and saw the entrance to the bathroom. But i never made it since Vlad stepped in front of me.

“My office, now”

So I complied. It was at the back and truthfully I was not even surprised when we passed a big room with multiple people playing cards and gambling… this is more Vlad’s alley. When we finally entered a small room it took every bit of my self control not to scream in delight.

There on a small desk… was a giant burger with fries. And as suspected it was for me since Vlad just pointed to it and said it was for me. I didn’t need to be told twice, immediately I pounced on it… sweet blissful normal food!

“By the void… Thanks Vlad I owe you” But the rodent just chuckled as he took a seat across me “ Don’t thank me Donny, if it was up to your truly, you would be kicked out for disrespecting our food.” I just arched my eyebrow as Vlad continued “ Ms. Vermilia requested it, with a message of course” And then he handed me his phone, there on the screen was a message that was sent about 10 minutes ago “Please provide Donny with some normal food, I would appreciate it. Also pass a message to Donny *Next time don’t be an idiot, just ask* “

I guess she figured me out…but why did she help me? I'm really going to need to thank her latter for this.

“So Donny, you mind telling me what a nobody like you is doing with INFINITY L00p ? “

“If you tell me what's this Zandarian restaurant bullshit with a illegal gambling system in the back… V”

After that we just both chuckled and talked about the headphones I was ordering from him. After about 15min I was ready to go back, but V stopped me with a nervous expression that was screaming guilt

“Ummm… Can you maybe… make sure the girls don’t kill me kekeke” I just nodded my head with confusion since I had no idea what I was talking about. But as I made my way back to the third floor… I understood what he meant.

The girls were surrounded by a mass of people and reporters. Fans were taking selfies with them, while the reporters were constantly asking question and taking pictures… bastard rated them out!

There was no way that I was going to be able to rejoin the table now. Not all was that making me uncomfortable looking at it. But I still didn’t knew if it was a smart thing to make my appearance and work relationship public… these paparazzi are just looking for a excuse to make drama… example number one Jara.

After a little patience I was finally able to make eye contact with Luna. I wordlessly said that I'm leaving and also motioned with my head. She actually looked a little confused but one of the reporters apparently noticed me so I immediately left without giving him a chance to think about it.

It didn’t take long for my favorite Taxi driver to come “ Ah! My favorite customer! Welcome, where to today!” Yea… I actually shivered “ Yeaaa! Lets not use favorite customer anymore, got it?” To which he just nodded with a giant smile “ Then My lord? Your highness, The amazing person who is going to fund my children's education?”… Why am I surrounded by crazy people

“Nah just ho… actually. There’s a bakery that work 24h about half n hour from here. Lets go there first I'm hungry”

“Understood!”

As he started to leave I could still see the flashing lights of the cameras and hear the screams from the third floor. I guess the girls are going to be busy tonight. Not really surprising considering who they were… compared to them I am a nobody. Nobodies get to enjoy their life in peace and quit…I'm still not sure, but I guess today turned out to be a good day when you think about it... and then remember the squid. Today actually sucked when I think about it some more.

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Even though I ran outside as fast as I could, it was to late. I could only see the back of the Taxi as it turned the corner. That was him! I'm sure of it!

“Dude! Why the fuck are you outside!” My co-worker called me from inside with a annoyed expression “ You know the chef is pissed of because of that one guy! Now he’s making everybody double check all the food! Don’t fuck around”

“Haha sorry, sorry! Il be right inside!” I could hear him mumble *Freak* as he closed the door. Doesn't matter! I was sure today was going to turn out bad... But! Today actually turned out to be a good day, hahah!