maskormenacelogs | The struggle is real

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† komasan | the youkai king

The struggle is real

WHO: Komasan and anyone else!
WHERE: Fast food joint, Heropa
WHEN: Now
WHAT: Upsell hell, sad dogs, free food
WARNINGS: Will edit if needed

[Fast food is a cheap and easy way to get meals quickly, everyone knows this. Granted Komasan prefers home-cooked meals, in fact most of the time he only steps into these establishments to pick up a drink. And that's it.

But it never ends that way. No matter how much he plans.

There's just something about the cashiers, their over-friendliness, their endless "new" offers, their smiles. Komasan's politeness won't allow him to say no. He just can't, how can he? How can anybody?! It has to be a trick of some kind, there's just no other explanation.

So like always, Komasan finds himself at one of the many tables, unsure what to do with this mountain of food he now possess.]

Why, zura? Why, zura? Why, zura? Why, zura? Why, zura?

[Komasan just repeats that, over and over, his face buried into his hands. He doesn't want all this fast food, but it'd be rude just to throw it all away...

Someone, please, take it.]

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That's...a great deal of food you have, there. [Mako knows the struggle. Though, honestly, she's way hungrier than usual and that's something she's been noticing.]

[It's like the moment he hears someone's voice, one he's pretty sure is directed towards him because he knows damn well everyone else is somehow competent enough to not mess up the difficult task that is ordering food, Komasan's frustration just shoots out of him in the world's most awkward rage.]

N-Not on purpose, zura!!

[As quick as he is to shout, he's just as quick to timidly shut himself up because his manners are absolutely livid with him. That is a lady and we do not shout at ladies.]

I-I mean... [Although he still looks frustrated, his entire face turns a bright red. Komasan can't help but be embarrassed by his own outburst.] ...it was an accident, zura.

Everything looks so good here. [Mako grinned.] Sometimes it looks so good I can barely stop myself from taking as much as I can with me. Perhaps it isn't an accident at all, but good fortune. Now you have a great deal of food you can share, if you want. It's a good way to meet new friends.

[Oh, she didn't get mad. That's a relief, although Komasan can't say he's really used to it. Still, he listens to what she has to say and slowly begins to nod his head.]

Well...you can have some, ah...if you want, zura. I'm not gonna eat any of this, zura...

Perhaps a little. [She sat at the table neatly and tilted her chin a little./small>] I'm Mako Mori, it's nice to meet you. [Her eyebrows arch a little.] If you're not going to eat any of it, you should definitely have a list of people to call to come help.

[He was just running in to get some fries real quick but

but what the hell is going on here what is with this comical pile of food]

Are you. Okay? Uh....

[Is he okay?

Is he okay?

It's like that's all he needs to hear to unleash the storm.

...Which is to say, Komasan can't keep himself from crying anymore.]

No, I'm not okay, z-zura!! They're doing this on purpose, zura!!

Doing what? Feeding you? You could just. I dunno. Bring that to some friends or something. Like a high cholesterol Santa Claus.

...Eh?

[Komasan stops, the tears on hold for now. He seriously takes the time to consider that.]

...I don't think that's a thing Santa would do, zura.

Be your own Santa Claus, a rebel Santa Claus that follows his own rules.

[Oh, um...]

...I could probably get in a lot of trouble for that, zura.

How? The food police will come for you?

There's a food police, zura...?

Ah, well, b-besides them, I think the committee might get mad if I started impersonating Santa without their... permission, z-zura. It's not even Christmas yet, zura...

[It's a big deal.]

You take things pretty literally.

Just go give the food away as presents to friends, Santa or not. Sharing is uh. Caring?

[Wait, what's that supposed to mean? Did he...? Who just makes up a whole police force?

Komasan will have to look into it later, the internet is always there, but right now he has to deal with this food. And this guy is totally right, sharing is very important.

...So he silently hands him a burger.

Please. Just take it.]

Oh uh. Thanks?

[Takes the burger. It's free so why complain about that, ya know?]

That's a lot of food for you to cart around, isn't it.

[Oh thank god, he took it.]

It's worse, I don't even have a cart, zura.

[He really doesn't mean to be so literal...]

Wagon? Bike with a basket? Friend with a truck?

Oh! I got a car, zura!

So problem solved.

But, ah, I think I'm gonna need a cart to get all this inside the car in the first place, zura...

I'll help you carry it if I can have another burger and some fries.

Y-You can have as much as you want, please, just take it, z-zura!!

I don't want all of it. And as much as Hunk likes to eat I'm pretty sure he'd be offended if I brought too much of this home.

...You know Hunk, zura?

[For whatever reason, that pings his interest so much more than how offended said Hunk could get.]

Yeah, you a friend of his? He and I are both members of Voltron. And before that we were on the same team at school.

Under my guidance he has come far.

[And just like that, Komasan lights up.]

M-Monge~!!

So...does this mean you like yogurt too, zura?!

[...Yeah, he has no idea what a Voltron is, all he knows is that Hunk's nice so maybe his friends are nice, too.]

[how is this person real what is this]

Are there people who DON'T like yogurt?

...I'm not sure, zura.

[He hopes not, what a said life they must live.]

Me and Hunk were gonna go get frozen yogurt together. Did you know they have places where you can choose your own toppings, zura?

[Because honestly that still sounds kind of fake to him.]</small

Oh yeah, those places are fun. You get to put whatever you want on and then pay for it by weight at the end. I've been to a few of those. Do they not have those where you're from?

[Huh...that's exactly how Hunk described them, too. Maybe they are real...]

Mhn, no... There wasn't much back where I'm from, zura. I'm still kinda new to city life, it's almost like you guys have a thing for everything, zura...

Not everything, but lots of stuff. So uh, your car? Sooner you get out of here sooner you can go leave some of this on your friends' doorsteps like unwanted babies.

...What...why would someone do that to a baby, zura?!

[LANCE, NO, LITERAL.]

People don't really do it anymore I think? But like if people couldn't afford to raise their baby they'd leave it on some richer person's doorstep and hope they'd take it. So the kid could have a better life or. Whatever.

It's mostly just some thing you see in stories a lot more than real life.

[Komasan must have missed that last part, or totally ignores it seeing as he comes from a world where most people are considered "stories" themselves, because he's scrambling out of his seat as fast as he can.]

We have to save the babies, zura!!

The babies are fine. All babies are fine.

Well, most babies are fine. I am pretty sure none are on doorsteps right now.

[Doc's passing through on one of his now-frequent Heropa visits, where he's entirely surprised to find a towering mountain of food at one of the tables. He's not entirely surprised to see the familiar boy behind it all, though.]

Are your eyes bigger th---ah, I mean, you bit off more than you could---I mean.

How on earth did you end up with so much?

[He's learned to avoid the colloquial metaphors, finally.]

[You're a saint Doc, Komasan would have cried if he thought his eyes had suddenly grown larger. Because that's exactly what he needs right now, another thing to worry about.

Instead he can only continue to look frustrated.]

They tricked me, zura!

[Fast food must be a youkai.]

Who tricked you? Them?

[He gestures to the employees behind the counter. They probably look confused by this point.]

Yeah...yeah, them, zura!

[Good, let them be confused. Now they know how he feels every time he walks into one of these places.]

They trick you with their smiles and extra offers, I just came here for a drink, zura!!

[Doc looks over at them, considers this, then smiles and sits beside him.]

Well, it appears you have your drink. But I can't see you possibly eating all of this.

Maybe your friends can help?

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