Business As Usual [Open]

[Hideyasu Jonouchi]

Walk into the front door of URSA, go down the hallway, make a left, then a right, and bam - you're there. URSA's own little garden of Eden - the fruit parlor Drupers. 

Some might find it rather bizarre that there's a restaurant selling fruit and fruit related products here in the main HQ of a world defense organization such as this one, Bando would like to disagree. After a hard day of protecting lives and battling monsters, it's always nice to set down and relax with a fresh cup of peaches or even oranges. He did serve a mean Kazuraba Special. 

It was business as usual at Drupers 2.0. Bando was at his side of the counter, non-nonchalantly cleaning out some glasses with a rag.  

[Natsumi Kureshima]

The front doors part to reveal a beauty in a dark dress and heels, with the Sengoku driver on her waist as a normal belt. This particular woman had an aura of coldness around her, though it wasn't *as* prevalent as when she was on duty. Natsumi would approach the customer side of the counter, giving a glance to the menu. "Bandou-san." she greeted. "What's the special today?"

[Ken Motai]

It was always nice to know that at the end of a long day you could always pop down to your favourite drinking hole and have a beer or two to wash away your worries. That was a common thing in salarymen in Japan it seemed and it was no different for the police force as Ken could remember going down to his favourite bar after an intense raid and having a bottle to drink down the worries and whatnots. However since working for URSA he didn't need to walk far to get where he needed to go as he was surprised to find that there was a bar right in the middle of HQ. 

But perhaps working with an international organisation had its perks and he wasn't going to complain as he took the lift down to the lobby and followed the familiar route before arriving at Drupers. The bartender was already there cleaning out some glasses with a rag followed by a woman that he had seen around the place, but never spoke to as he dragged a chair beside her, "The usual thanks," he said to Bandou.

[Natsumi Kureshima]

The woman turned to him, having noted his presence but not talked to him either. "Seems this is our first time meeting." she gave to the man. "Kureshima Natsumi." with a nod of her head.

[Ken Motai]

"Ken Motai," Ken said turning to the woman, "a pleasure to meet you," before he rubbed his hands. He hadn't really had much luck with women before, even back when he was an SAT leader he didn't meet with the women in the police force. Maybe that's because of his strict professional attitude, but he couldn't be sure, "You come here often?" he asked.

[Natsumi Kureshima]

"Hmh, First time here, Mr. Motai." Natsumi nods. "I suppose I'll return in the future. What's your position within URSA?" She asks him, before tapping the Sengoku driver on her waist. "Field Leader and Armored Rider for me."

[Ken Motai]

"I recommend the chef's special, it's always good," Ken suggested, "it's convenient for me to come here at the end of the day, plus it's much better than the ones down the street," before he glanced at the Sengoku driver. "Same as you, I'm a field commander with the G4 system. What was your occupation before coming here?"

[Hideyasu Jonouchi]

"Right away, Motai-san," he nodded before quickly fixing up the usual and placing it on the counter before him. Motai was always a good customer, and a good tipper.  

He then turned his attention to the woman and smiled, "Ah Kureshima-san, nice to see you have finally graced my store. The special today is the Raspberry-Beet Smoothie, or as I like to call it the Rasp-Beat Rider Special."

[Natsumi Kureshima]

"I was my father's assistant. Trained to take his place." She gave, nodding. "Inherited the belt, too." Twirling the Melon Lockseed in her hand, she considers the offer of the chef's special. "I'll have to try that sometime, Mr. Motai." Natsumi added, before looking to Bando. "Let me have that then, please." in reference to the Rasp-Beat Rider special.

[Hideyasu Jonouchi]

"Coming right up," he nodded, leaving the two to each other's company as he prepared the drink.

He knew Natsumi's father all too well. He was the one who gave him the permission to live underneath URSA's roof, granted under constant supervision. Any friend of Kota's though was a friend of his and that courtesy extended to his young daughter.

[Ken Motai]

"Ah so you inherited the belt, can't say the same for me. They built it and found that I was the best person to use it," Ken said nodding in thanks to Bandou before drinking it. "I was a police officer before coming here, Special Assault Team field commander to be precise," he said as he looked into his drink.

[Natsumi Kureshima]

"So you have field experience. That's something I'm lacking in, unfortunately." Natsumi gave, nodding. "I'm open to hearing advice should you ever feel the need to give it."

[Ken Motai]

"Field experience will come in time, just try to get into the action whenever you can even if it's a mundane thing," Ken said, "also it's probably a good idea to get some advice from other senior Riders. Even I need to ask for help now and again, no harm in doing it."

[Hideyasu Jonouchi]

"Here you are, Kureshima-san," he said placing the drink gently in front of her, "No need to pay, I'll just put it on your father's tab for you."

Besides Motai and Kureshima, Drupes was pretty light on customers today. In fact, Bando had been slowly losing his clientele since they opened that bar down the street..

Why slowly drink yourself to death, when you can drink great healthy drinks at Drupers? But he understood a lot, he's been through some shit, just as most people here. Sometimes you just have to drink the melancholy away and fresh melons don't always cut it.

[Natsumi Kureshima]

"Of course. I'll keep that in mind, Motai." She nodded to him, and then smiled a bit at Bando, still giving him a couple of small bills anyway. "Here, a tip. I know times are hard, but we do appreciate your presence here."