Breakfast for Dinner [Holly]

[Kaitou Nagano]

"Order thirty-seven!"

Kaitou strode across the restaurant's kitchen with a tray full of freshly-cooked dishes balanced in one hand. After sliding it over the counter and ringing the bell, he snatched up the next piece of paper dangling on the order carousel, wiping his brow with his free hand. His shift was just about over-- this last dish would be his final submission for the karaoke restaurant. After adjusting his toque, his eyes drifted down to the order.

"Surprise me."

For a moment the brunette was tempted to crumple the order into a ball and throw it across the kitchen. Instead, he just rolled his eyes and stuffed the order in his pocket, grabbing a few eggs and an unopened Spam tin from the pantry. "You want a surprise, you get a surprise... I'm not making anything that requires more work than an omelette as my last damn meal of the night."

A few minutes passed as Kaitou prepared the dish. After all, it wasn't as if he'd just half-ass the meal. That went against his pride as a chef. No, he'd at least make an above-average omelette, even if it took a few extra minutes to set up. Eventually, he was staring down a plate piled with rice, the omelette itself, and a few slices of sourdough toast on the side. An odd dinner for sure, but whatever. Deciding he would deliver this one personally, Kaitou yanked the order receipt out of his picket to check where he was carrying this meal to. Room thirteen, in the back. Cool. Whatever. Since he'd be leaving right after dropping off the grub, he grabbed his sword bag from next to the double doors and slung it over his shoulder. Soon he was knocking at the customer's door before barging in. He spared a very short glance at the customer (a blonde Caucasian girl) before neatly setting her dish on the table.

"Let's see... You asked for a surprise, so I decided to make you breakfast for dinner. Spam omelette over rice, sourdough toast and jam... If you want something else, you can call the waiter over. My shift's... done..." While Kaitou spoke (and rather haughtily at that), he looked up from the receipt and at the girl he was serving. as their eyes locked, realization struck like the bad memories of a lightning attack to his chest. He was staring right at Holly Mason, one of the more powerful Users from the shrine battle and the one who had tried the hardest to keep the ragtag fighters somewhat organized. The brunette had been planning to meet up with her, but not quite like this.

Regardless, opportunities like these didn't just fall in your lap. taking a step back, Kaitou snatched his toque off his head, running a hand through his hair before folding his arms. "Er, I'll be blunt about this since there's no good way to approach the subject. You were at the shrine last week during the full moon, yeah? I was there too-- and I've been wanting to speak with you."

"...After you eat, of course."

[Holly Mason]

Holly wasn't quite sure if she actually wanted to be here.  Her last trip to a karaoke place had been...an adventure to say the least, but it wasn't going to stop her from coming here, nor did it particularly make her want to come here.  No, what made her decide to come here today was the fact that they might invite her out again.  Her singing voice wasn't very good and she knew it, but she also knew that all things got better with practice.  With the way these things were built she could do it safely because she'd be alone in her own private room with no one else around.  They also served food apparently, which was nice.  It would save her a trip later.  She didn't care what she ate, so she just decided to let the chef pick.  It wasn't unusual for her to do so.  She waited until the food was delivered before singing though.  She didn't want a single soul to hear, not yet.

Eventually, the food came.  The waiter knocked, but didn't exactly wait long enough for her to get up and open the door herself.  Hell, she didn't even have enough time to stand up before the door opened.  Holly frowned and took her seat again, crossing her legs at the knee and folding her arms across her chest.  The guy didn't look like a normal waiter either, in fact his words suggested that he wasn't one.  In fact, he claimed that he made it and sounded a little bitter about it.  Well, that was one way to take her order she supposed.  Shortly after setting the plate down, he actually looked at her and seemed to recognize who she was.  Well, wasn't this interesting?  She didn't recognize who he was, but if he knew about the incident at the shrine it was probably safe to talk about.  He was probably there and left while she was busy dealing with other people.  Holly just leaned back in her seat, a somewhat arrogant and amused expression forming on her face.

"My, my, you come in here very suddenly, give me a meal that you appear to have made either as a joke or as revenge for my rather vague order, speak to me somewhat rudely and then once you see me you suddenly want to talk to me?"

She just stared at him, her grin and gaze unwavering.  She stayed like that for awhile, hopefully long enough to make him squirm a bit.  When it looked like he was about to speak, Holly  leaned forward and started nibbling on the food.  Hopefully the sudden movement would stop whatever he was about to say, but even if it didn't she probably spoke louder than him anyway.

"Not bad," she shrugged.  "I wouldn't have said 'surprise me' if I was picky.  What do you need?  I can talk while eating.  I just won't speak while there's food in my mouth."

[Kaitou Nagano]

Oh, great. Girl seemed to have some lip to her. Kaitou rolled his eyes and leaned back against the door. The two engaged in a fully healthy staring contest with her smiling haughtily and him attempting to create a perfectly flat line out of his mouth. Eventually, he decided to reply. "I'm a chef and I'm off duty. I don't really see a need for--" He was cut off by the blonde digging into her food mid-statement and rolled his eyes in response. "Oh, so you're one of those types..."

How annoying, don't you think? Impudence always was one of the quicker ways to your heart.

'...You're getting to be just as annoying.'

As it was, she did at least compliment his food (in the slightest of ways) before (formally) inviting him to speak with her. Kaitou took his sword bag off and tossed it on the empty couch cushions before walking over there and seating himself there, stretching out a bit. For a while he was silent, reaching over to the console to pick a song out and let it play while the girl ate. After letting the first minute play through, he finally spoke.

"I'm new in town. Sort of. Okay, I've been here for six months, but that's not important. For the most part, I've been fighting Shadows on my own. That's proven to be harder than usual as of the past few weeks, so now I'm trying to make... allies, I suppose. There are many capable fighters, but very few that seem to capable of taking charge in the chaos. See where I'm going with this?"

[Holly Mason]

Looked like he was going to give her a bit to eat anyway.  Holly just shrugged and continued nibbling as he turned on some music in the background.  It was unnecessary, as she just said, but she didn't blame him for wanting to be...a little nicer or more polite given how he came in.  She was just giving him a hard time though, she wasn't actually angry.  After about a minute he decided to speak up anyway.  She wasn't anywhere near done with her food as she was not a vacuum cleaner, but it was easy enough to listen.  She just turned towards him and continued somewhat absent-mindedly poking at her food.

"I see," she nodded.  "So you'd like to work together.  Well, I see no point in turning away potential allies, what can you do?"

[Kaitou Nagano]

Offer up, friend. Oh wait, you don't have much to give.

Snide remark aside, this girl seemed quite receptive towards the prospect of working together. Not that it surprised him-- the enemy of my enemy made for a decent friend, right? Kaitou remained silent for a while after she proposed her question, eyes flickering idly from the screen to her until he felt like speaking again.

"Very little you don't already have, I wager. You've strength-- I lack it, being a non-User. There are many who have gone around collecting information-- I'm sure you've met Alisa Ayakura by now." Despite throwing himself under a bus with his lack of qualifications, the man didn't seem to be nervous about his explanation. "Besides funding--which may not even be necessary--all I can really offer are polished leadership skills and battle strategies against Shadows collected from years' worth of combat. Formations, strategies, assets distribution, and the like. It would be useful if the Users here were all part of an organized unit, but seeing as we live by our own agendas until the full moon..."

Kaitou shrugged, leaning back into the plush cushions before closing his eyes. "I suppose at the moment, all I can offer you is interpersonal insight between Users and general information on Personas. I also make for a good tsukkomi."