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Ramen for all, Big and Small
Date of Scene: 16 July 2021
Location: Ramen Empire
Synopsis: A Mouse meets a Mountain.
Cast of Characters: Kaida Connolly, Cain Marko




Kaida Connolly has posed:
When you are very tiny but want custom Ramen, you have to be sneaky. So, sneaky little Kaida used a computer to place an order at a place she likes via their online ordering system, collected the right amount of money and then ran her way over here. She's fast, faster than most can get around in NYC by any car. She runs along walls, the ground and the rooftops as need be. Finally she appears at the entrance to the place and grins as she looks for the to go counter and frowns a little as she doesn't see her order.

"Hmm...too fast maybe?" She asks and rushes toward the counter, sneaking up the counter and peeking over the edge, looking at the various bags for names and huffs a little before dropping back down to the floor, "Or too busy!" She declares and then looks at the people standing around, making sure she remains unseen for the moment.

Cain Marko has posed:
When you are very large, being sneaky isn't much of an option most of the time. Cain can be quieter than you'd expect for his size, but he's far from being a ninja. He's also never really eaten ramen before. It wasn't a thing that you really saw around back in his youth, and since burrowing into the modern age he hasn't checked it out. But, as he makes his way down the street, the crowds parting around his massive frame like waves n the bow of a ship, he spots the restaurants sign and stops in place. Squinting at it and pursing his lips together, thick arms crossed over his chest. Finally he shrugs, then moves over to open the door. This involves bending down really far, and deending on the type of door, possibly twisting his body around some to carefully slip through without destorying them. Then he straightens up and glances over the people waiting for their food and the seemingly busy employees beyond. Grunting quietly, he settles into place at the end of the line. Obviously he's not wearing his armor when out and about, instead wearing what has to be custom made clothing. A tentlike white tee that strains over his muscles, and a pair of likewise huge and slightly looser blue jeans. His feet are stuffed into huge boots.

Kaida Connolly has posed:
Sitting on the floor against the corner, Kaida idly crosses her arms and fidgets as she waits for her food to be ready. All those wonderful smells are making her rather hungry and for someone who is always hungry, that's pretty bad. Then she suddenly thumps and blinks. Then she thumps again and realizes the floor is giving little tremors. She blinks as she flicks an ear, listening to the stomps that are coming and she slowly stands up and peeks around the corner of the counter at the mountain that is moving.

"Whoa..." She says quietly at the sight of such a huge individual and blinks several times more as she looks him up and down. That's one big guy. Then she hears another thump and it isn't Cain moving. She blinks up and then looks to Cain again before she goes back around and scrambles up to the edge of the counter, hanging there and peering at the new bag that says 'Kaida Connoly' on it and she grins before leaping back down to open up her bag and pull out the rolled up money from a tube.

Cain Marko has posed:
The line moves slowly forward as Cain waits, and eventually he reaches the counter himself. Ignoring whatever reactions the person there is having to his size, he squints at the menu. Only four things listed, huh. "Tonkotsu... Shoyu... the hell are those?" He mumbles that mostly to himself, in a voice that's just as deep and rumbly as you'd expect from his size, then looks down at the cashier. "Hey. What actually are those things on the menu? I don't speak Chinese." He glances around when he briefly thinks he saw something moving, but doesn't pick up on the mousegirls presence quite yet. He quickly returns his attention to the person in front of him, whi's nervously replying, 'U-um. Tonkotsu is ramen made with pork. Shoyu is ramen cooked in soy sauce." Cain growns at that a little, considering. Then he says, "Alright. Then gimme the pork. Biggest bowl you have. Eight of them."

Kaida Connolly has posed:
When the large man makes it to the front, Kaida thinks her chance is as good now as any. She rushes up to the top of the counter and peers over, making sure eyes are on Cain and his massive frame ordering his massive order and then she rushes over to her bag and drops off the money. Really, it is more than she owes but she figures it is worth it at the end of the day. She then hefts up the bag that easily weighs almost three times as much as she does.

"And I thought I could eat." She giggles and then lightly tosses the bag over the side and leans out to carefully catch it by the top with those tiny little clinging claws. Then she goes over the side and runs with the bag dangling and as it sets down, she leaps down from the side of the counter and groans.

Cain Marko has posed:
Starting to turn away from the counter and find a spot to sit until his order is ready, Cain catches movement out of the corner of his eye. He glances in that direction, and registers something very small moving around. It doesn't look like a bug, and it's too small to be a rat. So it must be a... "Mouse!" The huge mystical brute smacks a hand down onto the counter to try and catch said mouse. He controls his strength enough that he's not going to shatter the counter, and if it was a normal mouse it wouldn't hurt it either. He's trying to catch it, not kill it. He moves damn fast for a guy his size. And there's a little bit of the effect you get from trains, where they're so big you don't reallly realize how fast they're moving at first. Still, no doubt the agile mouseketeer will be able to avoid a big clumsy paw like that.

Kaida Connolly has posed:
The shadow is what gives him away. Sure, he's fast but shadows are shadows and she has agility enough to react while moving near the speed of sound. She's just tossing the bag whsn she spots the shadow and her head whips to the side briefly to spot the incoming paw. She is suddenly a blur of movement and her original plan is heavily altered. The bag is flying and she is in motion. The large hand hits right where she was and she's already leaping off the counter at nearly 400 mph. The wall near the counter splinters and cracks before she suddenly pushes off of it and spins mid air to grab the top of her falling bag and slow its dissent by altering its trajectory. It spins in the air and she hits the counter before sliding down.

"Jeeze, big guy!" She then rushes across the floor and grabs the bag as it essentially lands on her. She oofs and then lets out a sigh of relief and looks up, "Please don't be ruined..." She says softly before running with the bag in a direction she doubts others might look. Most would think the door and instead she goes between people, heading for a booth and the dark space beneath.

Cain Marko has posed:
Wait, what? That mouse was moving in ways he really wouldn't have expected a mouse to be able to move. Did it find something radioactive? Maybe sneak into a magic shop and eat something it shoulnd't? It catches him off-guard enough that he just stares at first. And then he hears a voice? Was that the mouse talking to him? He looks closer and notes the bipedal stance, and the fact it seems to be wearing clothes. He rubs his eyes. Clearly he's seeing things. And hearing things. By the time he looks again, she has plenty of time to retreat to her dark corner. He glances around, then considers the damaged wall. Well, he didn't do it. So he doesn't have to pay for it. He grumbles, and goes to find a place to sit... which as usual, doesn't pan out. So he just leans against a wall. Carefully. It happens to be near the boot that Kaida went under. "I've been at this too long if I'm seeing mousegirls."

Kaida Connolly has posed:
The bag is simply cut open at the side and out is pulled a large bowl of ramen that is a bit shook up but overall fine. She pops up the top and is happily breathing in the smell before she slides out the fork that was inside and carefully scoops up a bunch of it and then opens her mouth wide and pulls off a healthy chunk. She smiles as she nods in a pleased way about her choice. Then she blinks at the huge feet that appear near her booth and tesnes a moment. Then she hears what is said and she giggles. She quickly slurps up a sip of the liquid inside and then sneaks ot the edge of the booth and looks up at the big guy.

Then she zips up the wall with easy alacrity.

"At what?" She asks from one side of his head before casually scampering to the edge of the ceiling above him. Which, frankly, isn't as high up as she would normally hope given his size but at least puts her 2 and a half feet above his tall head, "Selling big and tall sutis?" She giggles.

Cain Marko has posed:
Arms crsosed, thick fingers tap impatiently on a bulging upper arm. They say everything seems to go by quicker the older you are. That must show how impatient Cain really is if at ninety years old waiting on an order still seems long. Then suddenly he hears that strange tiny but loud voice almost in his ear and starts a little. Luckily not enough to damage the wall he's against. Turning his head in time to catch sight of the wee mouse before she's climbing higher, his eyes tracking after her. He stares for a few seconds, rubs his eyes again, looks once more then decides, yeah. It's a talking mouse. Wearing clothes. "Exterminator. When you spend all your time squashing bugs, you get lonely. Which I guess is why I'm seeing a tiny humanoid mouse. Still, you don't look exactly like Gadget. Where does a mouse get money anyway?" He's tempted to reach out and try to snag her again. He's not sure why. Something about her being so tiny makes him want to pick her up. And being more of the villainous nature than most, it's not like he tends to deny his own impulses. But, he still refrains and just talks for now.

Kaida Connolly has posed:
"Exterminator, huh? What? Mountainside exterminators? We bring the mountain!" She laughs and zips off to the side a little so she's a little further way and idly clinging to the wall as she looks at him, "And mice get money through hard work and lunk heads." She chuckles, "I beat up the lunkheads." She nods her head, "At least when they are being lunkheads." She nods her head and shrugs, "Also, I'm not Gadget." She smirks, "I'm Kaida and certainly not some cartoon!"

Cain Marko has posed:
There's a loud thump from the counter, and Cain looks that way to see his order is ready. He moves over to pick up the stack of ramen bowls, placing his money down before returning to the wall and settling down on the floor this time. He opens the first bowl of ramen, inspecting it critically. He gives the steam a sniff, then finally slurps some right form the bowl. "Hmm. Not too bad." He can't really look at her from where he's sitting, but still says to the mouse, "Kaida, huh. I dunno. You're a tiny talking mouse wearing clothes and lifting things way bigger than you are. Are you sure you're NOT a cartoon?" He takes another slurp. With just that he's pretty much finished the bowl. No wonder he ordered eight of them. "I'm Cain. So. Why're you a mouse, anyway? Or were you always a mouse and you learned how to talk somehow?"

Kaida Connolly has posed:
"Better question is why aren't YOU a mouse? Way better than being the size of ten people. Everyone can see ya comin' from ten miles out!" She nods her head, "Hear ya, too." She then zips down the wall rather quickly and under the table before pushing out a bowl rather easily to the edge of the booth and slurping off her own bit of ramen before looking up at the large man again, "Do you usually start with questions about why people are things? I didn't ask you why you could slam dunk from the free throw line."

Cain Marko has posed:
Cain thinks about that for a few moments. "Hmm. I guess I'm not a mouse 'cause my parents weren't mice. That's how that usually works. And I don't really care if people see me comin. They won't be able to do anything about it anyway." He watchs her push out her own drink, setting aside his empty bowl and picking up another one. Another gulp and it's about half gone too. "Depends on the person. If it's somebody like you, yeah. I'm gonna get kind of curious. I don't meet a lot of talking rodents. Seems worth looking into." He gives her a broad grin and adds, "As for why I'm as big as I am... that's easy. I ate all my veggies and drank my milk growing up." Sluuuurp. Some chewing. "That seems like an awfully big meal for you. It looks like it's bigger than you are. Guess they dind't come in any smaller sizes, huh?" He's eyeing the petite mousette while they talk, studying her curiously. He still kind of wants to grab her. No doubt it's something a lot of people she meets struggle with.

Kaida Connolly has posed:
Looking up at him, she laughs, "Really?" She asks and then rolls her eyes, "And it was typical stuff. Lab accident, magical mouse, explosions. Ya know, that sorta stuff." She waves a small paw like hand before she idly takes in a deep breath and then, she's a blur of motion and slurping and chewing and the bowl is gone and she flops back on to her hindquarters with a satisified grin, "Just the right size, if ya ask me." She laughs and nods her head even as she pats her belly and then eyes him carefully, "I suppose you do eat plenty, though. Somehow I doubht that makes it so you can bump your head on most ceilings."

Cain Marko has posed:
One ginger brow quirks up at her words. "Magical mouse? Don't see a lot of those, either." The bowls are stacking up pretty fast beside him. Maybe that huge body of his takes a lot to keep it going. "Mmm. Well, it would be kind of silly of me to just come out and tell you whatever secrets I have right after meeting you, right?" He gulps down his last bowl and sets it aside, giving his belly a pat. Then he considers the little mousegirl. "So, Kaida. You been in this city long?" He leans over closer to get a better look at her, steadying himself with a hand near her. Waiting for her response... and if he sees a moment where she seems like she'd be off-guard, snatching at her with said hand as well. Like earlier, he makes no effort to hurt her. Maybe being in a conversation and packed full of food will make her slower to react!

Kaida Connolly has posed:
"You don't see many of a great many things. Well, except for spider peoples. There's lots of spider peoples. Gotta be a ton of magical spiders or something running about." She nods her head and shakes her head, "Surplus. And it'd be silly of me to tell you all my secrets!" She points at him and nods before she eyes him carefully and states, "I have been in various cities for a lot of time." She nods her head, "I'm very fast." She tehn notes the incoming hand and the thing about her eating is it fuels her. If anything, eating is the best thing in the world for the little mouse. Catching her hungry is a far better choice.

"Too slow!" She declares and zips to back under the booth with incredible speed and then is atop the table of the booth, looking over at him, "Gotta be quicker than that!" She giggles and shakes her head, "I have been dodging quick things tryin' to eat me for a long time!"

Cain Marko has posed:
Damn speedster rodents. Cain's hand closes on air, and then she's on top of the table. He gives her a lopsided smile. "Worth a shot. I want to pick you up because..." He stops, and considers that for a time with a scrunched brow. "Hmm. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure why. But I do." He shrugs, then clambers to his feet. Brushing his clothes off and looking far down at her. "I'm not planning on eating you, mousie. I'd at least ask you out on a date first. And I have enough trouble dating normal sized ladies, so I don't think that would work." He chuckles and adds, "That said, I wouldn't mind talking again sometime." He produces a card from somewhere. It just has a number on it. He drops it on the table near her. "I need to get going. But it was interesting meeting you, Kaida."

Kaida Connolly has posed:
"Interesting meeting you, too, Big Handsy Man!" She smirks and then grabs the card before it can hit the table and she idly folds it in half and folds it again before sliding it idly into the bag over her shoulder. She eyes him as she does all the same, not letting him leave her sight as she works and then shifts in her spot, "Anyway, best get going before the people staring at us decide to do more than just stare." She laughs, "Honestly wasn't too bad speakin' with ya cause no one would dare mess with the mouse that the mountain berserker was talking to." She laughs a little and indeed, there are quite a few people, including the guy at the counter, who are staring and seem rather unsure of what to do about a mouse and a mountain.

Cain Marko has posed:
Cain glances at the people in quesiton. "Folks like to stare." He's use to it whereverhe goes. "And like I said before, it's Cain. Take care, little mouse." He nods ot her, then carefully squeezes out the front door again and onto the street.