It was a long way from the Wutai area, and anyone who has tasted authentic Chinese from the actual area would know that the food here isn't that good. Still, it beats nothing.

There's a video poker machine in the corner, next to the broken table, which is next to the bathroom, which is...you get the drift. It fits in with the rest of the slums.


Faust walks in with the upset Kiwi, and they sit down at a table.

"Hmm...how to start?"

The poor kid was taken awkwardly into the awful looking chinese takeout joint. He didn't catch the name of the place, but the menu looked like a Wutai wannabe place. What's that on the menu? ... KungPaoChocobo??? Those sick people.

But yeah, his mind was mostly on the soldier guy. The bad guy. Sitting him at the only good table and starting out with a question of how to start. "Um.. Um... Um.. Why would my mommy be here?" His eyes once again went over the place. What was that smell?

It soon hit him. The Truth! Kiwi's eyes shot back to the soldier guy with extreme enlightenment. He bit his lip, looked like he was about to cry. Before finally spilling out, "You're... You're not... Gunna make me work here, are you?"

Faust was getting ready to answer the first question when Kiwi blurted out the second one.

"Woah woah woah!" he responded with, waving his arms slightly. "We're just here to eat and talk. You're mom's fine as far as I know. We're not even related. Oh I'll have some hot tea please." His last sentence was an interruption by the 'waitress' inquiring about what to drink.

His eyes were Puppy eyes, whimpering. Until the waitress came over to break his attention. He sniffled to the waitress and said, "oolong?" Hopefully by taking both their orders (with a mutter over how they're freeloaders, being that tea there was free), she leaves earshot.

Kiwi turned back to the soldier guy. Still very unsure of what to do with him. Or if he should trust anything the guy says. Cause aren't the shinra the badguys? "So... What do you want with me?" He raised his hands in protest, "I'm not a theif" ><

"Weeeeeel...You didn't exactly keep quiet when we collided. You see...I'm trying to avoid the guards and Shinra Inc. in general."

Faust leans in and motions for Kiwi to do the same.

(Whispering)
"I'm not really SOLDIER 3rd class. I stole this uniform and 'sword' on my way here from Wutai."

He leans back and looks left and right.

"REALLY!?" Kiwi said after leaning over to listen to him. His eyes huge and bright. He looked extremely happy. Other people just looked (people from outside, really... before going on their way back to what they were doing previously).

The waitress, let's call her Kathrine for now, comes over with a small platter, putting the tea on the table. She hugged the platter and looked at them expectantly, "Anything else?" Waiting for an actual order... Ya know, one that involved getting paid.

Kiwi was just beaming happiness. "So you're a good guy then?"

Faust was startled at Kiwi's loud volume at first. He quickly remembered that he was a kid, after all.

"Oh I'll have some Sweet and Sour Chocobo."

*turning back to Kiwi*
"Name's Faust, member of the *quotes motion with his hands* W.S.F." *Nice guy pose*

By W.S.F., Faust was reffering to the Wutai Special Forces. Of course people outside of Wutai wouldn't catch that...unless you were a Turk or something...>.>

Kiwi continually beemed at Faust as Kathy waited for his part of the order. She rolled her eyes at all this. I mean, you would too if you were a waitress in some place like Midgar. Why would a Shinra Soldier want to take his little brother to a district like this? Some kids need to go up for adoption and this one was no exception to her. "Well?"

That non-exceptional kid slapped his hands on the table and got up (presumably on the chair as he isn't the tallest teen in Wutaii), "Kiwi!"

"Kiwi and scallops it is." Kathrine jotted down a pretty expensive dish on the menu and walked off before Faust could complain or protest.

Looking over at the escaping waitress, Kiwi blushed. Sitting back down and fiddling. Staring at the ground all embarressed. "It's my name..." He muttered quietly to himself. Before too long a worry struck him, like most of his emotional moodswings go, "Have you seen my daddy?" Staring with huge eyes at Faust.

Faust looked slightly relieved finally. After his near panic stricken heart attack in the streets, he was a little on edge. He was still not sure how to handle this kid.

"Can't say I have for sure. Who is he? Is he a member of the W.S.F. also?"

Faust hadn't met really any other members. Not very good to get attached to people who might die the next day. Either way he needed to keep the kid calm, if he didn't want to attract attention.

It struck the kid like a bag of bricks. He had no idea what squad his father was in or what his purpose was. But but but.. Maybe. If they were all sent in One WHOLE group... Then they're all called the W.S.F. That means this new hero of Kiwi's might know his daddy... The next issue that came up was his daddy's full name. I mean, the kid is calling his father 'daddy'. He's not obligated to know his dad's full name. As long as the last name rings a bell, it's all good.

"Um.. um... um..." Kiwi hit deep thought about now.

What if this Faust guy was a Spy against Wutaii and... Um... Joined the shinra after scaring off his buddies? No, it wouldn't take long before this was pushed aside. He was Wutaiian and all Wutaiians were good guys, right? So therefore, Faust Must be telling the truth. Yeah! So if there's anyone in Midgar that Kiwi could tell his family name to, it Must be this one. Cause Faust is a hero!

"Koro... sheemom. Tamamoto." He said all secretly and quietly. Eyeing some random people talking at another table. One looked over to him, blinked, shrugged, and went back to eating.

Faust sat back thinking by rubbing his chin. If it's one thing he liked about this SOLDIER uniform, it was the gloves. But this isn't the time to be distracted by comfortable gloves. The name sounded familiar, but he couldn't put a face to it.

"Ya know...The name sounds familiar, but I can't quite put a face to it." He paused for a half second. It had occured to him that he just thought that almost exact sentence to himself.
"I get the feeling that if I saw him, I'd know him on the spot and hit myself for forgeting."

~Pleeeeease don't make a scene kid.~

Kiwi's eyes brightened up. So that must mean.. That.. his daddy was OK! Mouth open all anime/game-kid happy like. And starts to state his mind all loud and.. Well... "My Daddy Is -"

"Here's your order." Kathrine cuts off Kiwi before he can ultimately explode and make a scene. That's right, Kathy deserves a huge tip. Let's give the waitress enough to go on a vacation. She places down the drinks (if she hasn't yet), the sweet and sour chocobo, and a huge kiwi and scallops deluxe dish... That looks expensive. "Is there anything else you'll want?" She asks with her usual impatience and distrust of the two.

Kiwi Looks at Kathy with beaming eyes, "Can I Have-" Feel free to cut him off before hte order gets too feirce.

"THAT's enough. We're all set thanks." Faust intejects as he reaches over the table to cover Kiwi's mouth. Of course he said that with a smile on his face.

After she leaves, he turns to Kiwi. "Easy on the orders, kid. I'm not making any money right now. 'Sides...I can't afford to be making a scene if I can't afford anything. ShinRa's looking for me right now. And I don't mean in a good way either."

He starts to eat the below average Chinese immitation when it arrives. While properly cooked, it lacked the proper zing that the authentic stuff has.

"Mffmfffff ff ff mf." Kiwi continued even after the hand was placed over his mouth. His eyes blinked, then peered over at Faust. Kathy just nodded with an, 'ok.. sure.. I don't think I want to know' look before walking off. Before Faust could remove his hand, Kiwi bit it. Cause.... He could! Chomp.

Quickly after it, he was down and eating the food as if he hasn't eaten in months. Narmhum grum garble squrawk. Even takes a little off of Fausts plate. "Why wud vey e looookem foa u?" he started to ask. But trailed off as that all too foreseen sudden plot device hit in. Kiwi went pale - mouth still full of food.. The area under his eyes went black with an uber tiredness. And he rubbed his tummy, swallowed, said an, "I don't feel so good.." then passed out.

Faust would've probably felt the same nausiating feeling and skipping voices sensation if he bit in too far to his dish (or picked off one of Kiwi's scallops). Compaired to what Kiwi just devoured, however, he could still have time to stop before the effects hit in too deep.

And this is why you should take into acct how quickly you're given shitty chinese-imitation food in the scummiest part of a slum-area.

Faust was obviously larger than Kiwi was and things naturally take longer to go through his system. Of course, that fact didn't make much of a difference when put up against the way this kid was eating. Faust couldn't believe how much food this kid was trying to eat all at the same time. Faust couldn't focus much on eating due to the near constant words of caution to slow down. Especially since he couldn't understand a damned word comming out of his mouth.

Then the kid passed out. Faust didn't notice right away. Faust was zoning out thinking to himself how he really doesn't kids and this was why. After he realized the kid was for all intents and purposes 'gone,' Faust let out a sigh.

"Goddamnit all..." he murmered as he ran his hand through his hair and put his eating utinsil down. Faust reached over and started poking the kid in the head really hard. "Hey kid wake up."

Of course the kid wasn't moving. Faust got up and listened to the kid's breathing. Sure enough, he was. Good thing too since First Aid wasn't Faust's best skill. Faust was getting ready to look for the waitress when he noticed everyone was looking at him oddly.

"Oh Goddamnit..." he said this time, only a little louder. Was it a trap? 'Course it was. Who laid it? Who cares. He had to get the kid out of there. Faust grabbed the kid and put him under his arm. The kid was small but not light.

"Hey this kid's apparently got...a-uh...allergy....problem............So.....put it on the ShinRa's tab."

This play would have worked if this was maybe a Chrono Cross RP and this was Another Another World, but alas. No sooner than Faust announced this did he turn and get sucker punched in the face and drop the kid. It wasn't going to be easy after all.