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[ghoulking]

WHO: Kaneki + Some more people
WHERE: Everywhere
WHEN: Through the month of March
WHAT: Catch-all for Kaneki
WARNINGS: None for now

[ Starters in the comments. If you want a starter or have a prompt you want to throw at Kaneki, contact me through PM or through plurk vilani ]

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; LUCINA

[ghoulking]

[ kaneki is at the coffee shop, as usual. After his announcement that some natives happened to hear, news spread fast among Kaneki's fanclubs, and so the coffee shop was a bit busier than usual. The high school girls - the Kennibals - are there, of course, fantasizing to themselves and to their friends about Kaneki's and D33's relationship, and at another corner, a group of older women (grandmothers, even!) was there gleefully waving at Kaneki and congratulating him whenever he passed by.

Now on his break, Kaneki sits by the counter while he reads a book and takes a sip of his coffee, smiling at whoever calls his attention, but also keeping an eye on whoever walks into the coffee shop ]

[fauxmarth]

[after a hesitation to read the address outside, Lucina steps inside, surprised by the demographics present. goodness. this...does not look like the kind of place D33 would be hanging out at. she has half a mind to step back outside and re-check the name of the cafe, wondering if she perhaps misread. but another gaggle of schoolgirls push in behind her, obliging her to hop a step forward with a hasty apology.

...well. can't hurt to look around, can it? Lucina shakes her head, shifting her hold on Falchion so the sheath doesn't bump any of the other guests on her way toward the counter, looking about curiously.

she blinks.

say...the gentleman behind the counter seems familiar?]

[ghoulking]

[ when kaneki hears the bell door, his eyes try not to move from the book, but eventually gives in and he looks up. He recognizes Lucina - she isn't easy to miss since she is carrying a sword.

He pauses for a second and once he realizes she looks completely lost, their eyes finally meet and he waves back at the girl, to silently call her closer ]

Lucina, hello- First time I see you here.

[fauxmarth]

[she smiles with relief when she comes close enough to realize he's a face she's definitely seen before.]

Greetings. Kaneki, yes? [she's fairly sure, but...well, it's been a long month away.]

[ghoulking]

Yes, Kaneki is fine. [ that's what most people call him, even though some realize that "Ken" is his first name and opt to use that ]

You look a bit lost. [ it's a gentle comment, but it's not a lie - Lucina seems a bit out of her element ]

; HEARTH

[ghoulking]

[ Kaneki likes to walk around the Porter cities, without having all that much of a specific place to go. Just to watch the people, the imPorts that pass by - of course Kaneki is always very much aware of his surroundings, always looking at any danger and always too paranoid to actually relax, but this could be as close as to relaxation in kaneki's daily life.

When he finds a spot, he sits on a park bench, taking out one of his books - a small one, with short poems - and takes his time to read and enjoy each line. ]

[plasticbow]

[Hi, Kaneki. Bet you weren't expecting a clumsy elf to walk by you and trip for nearly thirty seconds, eventually dumping a to-go back full of falafel all over your lap. He scrambles, half embarrassed, half irritated that he's just lost his lunch. He takes a couple steps back, about to circle his hearth with his fist (I'm sorry in ASL), when he notices--

[It's the dancing caveman guy.

[Somehow, this is more awkward than there first meeting. Now he's just staring at you, fist poised over his heart like he's about to start singing the National Anthem or something (he's not).]

[ghoulking]

[ oh my god why any of this. Kaneki looks at the food now all over him, and then looks down at the food on the floor and then looks back at the other.

.............. ]

I hope this wasn't on purpose... [ as a revenge for the singing caveman, supposedly ]

[plasticbow]

[Hearth balks, quickly signing:] No. [With a big emphasis on the no!]

Accident. My bad. [His lips do twitch a little though, threatening a snicker.]

; JUSTINE

[ghoulking]

[ While Kaneki has kind of left the farm life behind and was able to give all the farm animals away, he still has a greenhouse which he keeps, mostly to have fresh produce that are hard to obtain in US soil. Which is where he is, right now - taking care of the greenhouse.

He hums softly an unknown tune as he waters the plants quietly, door to the greenhouse open to whoever wants to peek inside ]

sorry i took forever i'm the worst!!

[fingerchewing]

[ Correction: all but the ugliest goat, which Justine fell in love with and is taking excellent care of. Larger animals were more of Alex's deal when they were in veterinary school, but this one is hers forever.

Justine meets him out there on a lazy weekend, her hair up in a messy bun. ]

Hey. You need any help?

it's alright!

[ghoulking]

[ as long the goat doesn't try to eat Kaneki's hair, it's fine.

When he hears Justine, Kaneki turns to the girl and nods softly] If you want to water those in the corner, you are welcome to.

How are things, Justine?

[fingerchewing]

Everything's fine. You know. [ Same old, same old, right? Justine takes the watering can as offered, and sets out to make herself useful. ] Actually, can I ask you something?

; HANGE

[ghoulking]

[ Kaneki mentioned driving lessons off-hand, and he didn't really thought Hange would take upon that offer. Since he has a car, it's not difficult for him to demonstrate, but it might be a bit harder when the student has never seen a car in her whole life. The easy part might be that this is a hoover car and doesn't have stick, so she won't have to worry about that particular part.

Still - he is certain nothing will go wrong. The hoover car is ready, and Kaneki glances back at Hange ]

... So, you are certain you wish to do this. [ just making sure ]

backdated to week 1?

[aberrant_type]

[It might seem like a weird decision for Hange to sign up to spend more time with Kaneki, who is after all a human-eating monster. Usually, Hange slaughters those. But she really wants to draw a bead on him, and keep an eye on him, and it's much easier if they have a somewhat friendly relationship as she does that.

So, she doesn't take her eyes off his car even when he asks the question. Instead she continues to stare at it curiously. She truly will be a student starting at the very most basic of levels.]

Yes, this seems like an important skill to master when it comes to living in this world. It's for the best if I can use all their common machines with some degree of skill.

[ghoulking]

To learn all of the machines will be difficult- [ there are far too many ] But this is most famous type of transportation around here.

he pats the car ] So, you didn't have any of these in your world?

[aberrant_type]

Nothing like these at all. When we traveled on roads, it was by foot, ahorse, or in a wagon. In some ways I think horses are superior...

[Her horse, for example, would come when she whistled. A car can't do that. Hange looks at the machine dubiously.]

Why don't we start with you driving?

; ITSUKI

[ghoulking]

[ Thanks to the announcement that kaneki had married, a lot of people have been coming into the coffee shop to congratulate Kaneki (and D33, but Dee doesn't want to talk to anyone). The place had a lot more people than it usually does, but overall it's still quiet (unless it's a rush hour, like morning or after the kids leave school).

Kaneki is behind the counter, drinking a cup of coffee he made for himself. There aren’t many people around, so he can take his time enjoying the coffee in peace and quiet. If anyone approaches, of course he will put the cup down and be ready to serve them or simply just chat away for whoever would like to have a conversation.

He also keeps an eye out for new imPorts. As usual, it's the beginning of the month and that means new faces will be around soon enough. ]

[fervidclaret]

[Itsuki had much to learn about this place in general, though it seemed overall just like moving to a new city. It just so happened that the new city was a whole new world and that he had no contacts or way to return from whence he came. Oh well.

He had followed an interesting smell to the cafe, that honestly being enough for him to chase his curiosity.

Itsuki presses his fingers against the door, opening it and sticking his head in first, as if he didn't know what he would find in there despite the windows making it quite obvious. There was a strange moment between him opening the door and actually stepping inside in which he just stared at the man behind the counter for a moment, but then he managed to straighten himself up and stroll on over.]

A coffee shop? How interesting! Not what I expected, but alright. I suppose I should order something now, hm? It'd be weird if I didn't.

[As if it were not already weird. And also as if saying something like that didn't just make it weirder.]

[ghoulking]

[ yeah, Itsuki, that wasn't absolutely weird at all. Everyone talks to themselves out loud and mention weirdness, of course they do.

At least Kaneki hardly judges others.

He rises his eyes from his coffee to look back at Itsuki while he takes a slow sip from his drink. It doesn't look like a native, if only because the man looks a bit too lost to be one. Unless, of course, they are new in town, but then kaneki doubts they'd come to his coffee shop, of all the places.

When the man reaches over, Kaneki places his cup away and offers him a big smile ] Hello, welcome to :Re.

[fervidclaret]

[He is 100% free-range Normal Guy here. So he sometimes needs to talk himself through human interaction. Like how they didn't usually care for people who curiously stick their heads into their business places and then just kind of leave. It was suspicious or something. Probably. Humans were so paranoid.

...For the best, really.]

Hello!

Got anything that's the opposite of vegetarian?

[He could probably have coffee, but he'd really rather not. It had plant material in it and that would not agree with him.]

Like, only protein?

; VIAGO

[ghoulking]

[ :Re Café is the "cannibal" café in Nonah, known by now among natives and some imPorts. The place actually looks rather normal; there are books, trinkets, the smell of coffee everywhere and a generally nice atmosphere - nothing that someone would expect from a cannibal.

The schedule is probably the weirdest part (open from 7pm to 2am), and also a door at a corner with golden letters saying "private", locked with an electronic lock and only opens when the owner allows it. Newcomers might not know for sure, but those who have been around the shop know by now that's the private area and that's where unusual and exotic foods are provided.

Thanks to the weird time, the coffee shop is usually quiet. Kaneki still gets regular clients who will drop by every day, and he still gets small groups of fangirls who just want to look at their hero for a second. Otherwise, the place isn't very busy and that allows Kaneki to grab a book and take his time reading it behind the counter - which is what he usually does when it's late at night.

With a cup of coffee nearby, Kaneki flips through a book about old japanese poetry, as he waits for someone to come in. ]

[awakeywakey]

[ Viago had found out about the cafe almost by accident. There were certain ways of telling which establishments were vampire-owned and operated - there were the late hours, of course, but also a few key words when being advertised about in print and a sigil somewhere around the building. It had also been nearly 100 years since Viago had been outside of New Zealand, or Wellington for that matter.

While he'd heard plenty of stories about the big cities in America being filled with vampire-operated nightclubs, so far in Nonah Viago had discovered they were just that: stories. And having been an imPort a little over half a month now, Viago was starting to get desperate. It wasn't blood ( although truth be told he was in the stage of two layers of foundation for his ashen skin ) but the company of another vampire that was sorely needed. So he'd picked up all kinds of pamphlets and papers on the local sites and features, using his nights to visit two or three within a moderate flying distance of one another.

Tonight he'd already been told off from one of the promising nightclubs so he figures, to hell with it, and walks the few blocks down the street to the book cafe that the bouncer had spat at him like an insult. Viago was accustomed to being called prissy and mocked for his more antiquated style, so the prospect of having a nice place to read was what he took away more than the offense.

It's disheartening to see that the door is shut, but not a deal breaker, especially when not when he sees the printed hours are nearly from dusk til dawn. He can see a white-haired fellow inside reading a book and, after waiting a few minutes to see if the man might look up ( he doesn't ) reaches to tap his fingernail politely on the glass. Whenever he is give attention, the vampire will perk up and give a silent but enthusiastic, fang-filled 'Hi!'. He also waves- a simple, slightly greying rainbow.

Tonight it's a long black overcoat ( not really his style, but it was 'free' ) and his usual vest-slacks combo. ]

[ghoulking]

[ at first the knock is mostly ignored, since while the door is closed, it could be easily opened. But eventually his eyes rise from the book at the window, only to meet a man waving at him with a... rainbow. And what ishe wearing, Kaneki asks himself, but who is he to judge when he owns a cannibal coffee shop, right?

He could at least tell that was an imPort. Not just because of the strange clothes - though that could certainly be a give away - but because he can see those teeth and they surely aren't normal teeth. He has seen fangs like that before, since Kaneki is quite familiar with most vampires that arrive.

Of course the man (yes, Kaneki is a man, though he probably looks too young for that) gestures so Viago comes inside, and eventually he offers him a smile as well. Surely he can come in - that's what coffee shops are for. To come in and enjoy a drink, right? ]

[awakeywakey]

[ Not a literal rainbow, just a semi-circle motion with his hand, I'm a failure of a writer. Viago realizes that this is going to get a little more complicated when the shopkeep tries to wave him in rather than coming to the door. Unfortunately the rules for invites just didn't work that way, which was terribly inconvenient but also something Viago had been dealing with for a long while.

So not wholly discouraged just yet, Viago makes a beckoning gesture himself, keeping his smile wide. No, you come here! ]