Breakfast Banter

Kalec stared at his new blonde friend with a look of confusion on his face. "You're kidding me right? You don't know what an omelette is?" He would ask as they continued their walk to the guild kitchen. Kalec shook his head in disbelieve at the girls food knowledge. He already knew what he was going to get for breakfast. He was going to introduce Poko to a monster omelette that he always ordered for breakfast. "Don't worry you're going to learn today what they are." He boldly said as they went and entered the serving line.

Kalec was impressed that the kitchen was filled with so many people already. While impressed he was also filled with a little bit of sadness that all these people beat them in completing their chores. Kalec began to beat himself up over it. He knew that if it wasn't for him being late/lazy, they probably would have been eating by now. Kalec stopped beating himself up once he noticed a small rabbit like creature bounced it's way right into Poko's arms. Kalec tilted his head at the site of the creature, he knew rabbits didn't have any horns yet this one did. Poko extended her arms out holding it. Kalec's first reaction to the rabbit when she introduced it was an expression that would send the message to anyone who saw it "What the hell is it?" but Kalec would keep try and play it off. He reached out and scratched it's chin as he had watched Poko do so. "Nice to meet you Zephyr, I'm Kalec." he would say as they continued to walk in line.

Kalec had put in an order for the biggest omelette creation he could think of. He ordered an Omelette that contained diced up ham,cheese,tomatoes,bacon and sausage. The omelette was so full of ingredients that folding it over was a huge pain. The chef got frustrated to the point where they just picked it up and slapped it down on the plate. The sides of it were completely busted open by the edges of the bacon cutting into it. Kalec looked down at his plate like a small child eyed a candy store. Kalec's face was full of excitement and joy. He had worked up a massive apatite cleaning the hot springs today, but here in a few minutes he was going to solve that problem too. While walking to go to a table he picked up two oranges, a glass of orange juice and some hot sauce for his omelette.

Kalec scanned around the room looking for a place to sit, that's when he noticed Poko had just sat down a table in the back of the room. He followed suit and walked over to the table. He carefully sat his tray down in front of her. "Is this seat taken?" He would ask in a smart ass tone as he took it upon himself and sat down across from her. Kalec began to twirl his small bottle of hot sauce around letting it seamlessly dance between his fingers. He spun the cap off and began to douse half of it with hot sauce. "This my dear, is an omelette." He proudly said as he tore open his packet of utensils. "Want to try it?" he would ask her before he took a bite of it himself. It was very rare that Kalec would let anyone have the first bite of any of his food. He made an exception this time.

Kalec held in his laughter as Poko sprung up out of her chair yelling, about her mouth being on fire. Suddenly a piercing cold jolt ran it's way up the blue haired man's body. He turned his head to look at everyone that began to stare in their direction. He flashed a half ass smile at his fellow guild mates who were shooting weird looks at the pair. While his attention was directed at the onlookers, he didn't notice that Poko had grabbed his orange juice and downed it all. Poko's shout caused him to readjust his attention. She accused him of trying to kill her, which was hardly the case. Kalec left half of the omelette with out any hot sauce on it. It wasn't his fault she grabbed a piece of the spicy side. "Woah calm down princess,no one is trying to kill you. You took a piece of the hot side. This side over here is plain." He would say to here in a calm and kind tone of voice as he would point to the plain side of the omelette.

"Sorry about my juice? what did you do to my juice?" He would ask as he looked down at his glass and noticed that it was empty. "It's not a big deal, I'll go get us some more. Just watch my food, and I'll be back in minute." Kalec would say as he winked at the blonde haired girl and walked back up into the line to get more drinks for the both of them. He grabbed more apple and orange juice, and began to make his way back over to the table.

When Kalec returned to their table, he was greeted by Poko calling him "Her knight in shining armour." He smiled at her as he sat the apple juice down on the table. "It tis my honor to serve." He would say as he let out a hearty laugh. Kalec sat down and began to eat his food. Kalec would become more noticeably red in the face with each bite of his omelette. He took a minute and paused as he slowly exhaled out of his mouth. His mouth grew hotter and hotter with each passing bite of his food. He began to think that perhaps Poko wasn't lying about his food being hot. He thought to himself as he began to take large chugs from his orange juice. He sat the fork down and eyed Poko as he took a moment to let his mouth cool.

He leaned back in his chair crossing his arms behind his head. He smirked at her question of why he joined the guild. He brought his arms down on the table still keeping them crossed. "My, my aren't we the curious one." He would tease her as he flashed a toothy grin. "Well..that's an easy enough story to tell I guess."Kalec said as he leaned forward a bit over his arms. "Well for years. I traveled alone with some pirates. I loved the adventures and all the traveling we did, but my favorite part was the treasure hunting." Kalec would answer truthfully as he paused and took another deep breath before talking again. "After some troubles with the pirate crew I was running with. I decided that it would be best to do some work helping out others with their jobs. While I tried to figure out what exactly I wanted to do. Thus I came across a member of this guild who was in a rough spot. I helped them out of a really tough spot. After it was all said and done. We began talking about the guild life. Not lying I was instantly hooked. I mean who could pass up the chance to have incredible adventures everyday, not to mention I gained a family of weirdos when I joined. That's another big thing that was missing for me." Kalec would finish talking and took another drink of his orange juice.

Kalec sat back in his chair and looked at Poko trying to read her expression as he finished talking. He began to think of all the people he shared his story with. Once they heard his story most of them if not all distanced themselves from him. It was a typical pattern he began to notice. He watched Poko's face carefully waiting for any sign that his past had freaked her out.

Kalec began to chuckle as Poko asked her questions about why he wasn't missing parts of his body. Kalec would flash Poko a large toothy grin. He leaned forward on the table getting closer to her. "well here's the thing. Someone had to be the handsome one out of all those slobs." He would answer chuckling slightly as he pulled himself back into his seat. Kalec never really gave it any thought on why he didn't have a hooked hand or a peg leg, or any other things that associated with the whole pirate stereo types.

In his past Kalec was mainly the one who cleaned the deck of the ship. He never really played a huge role in their plans on looting and plundering. Kalec leaned back in his seat day dreaming of his old adventures with the group. He got to the memory of when he was leaving them and he quickly shook his head dismissing the memory. He didn't quite leave on such good terms with them. He focused his gaze back to Poko and stared into her ever changing colorful eyes. "So what's your story? what did you do before joining the guild?" He would ask in a friendly tone of voice.

Kalec was spooked at hearing what all Poko had gone through. Kalec wasn't terrified of her actions that she took, but he was more spooked at our their life stories were practically reflections of one another. He leaned forward in his chair. He slowly turned his head checking to see if anyone had overheard her. He slowly leaned over the table making eye contact with her, as her eyes changed. He could tell that her eyes began to swell but she didn't shed a tear.

"I'm sorry to hear that you had such a rough life, N..no one should go through that.Trust me you're..." He said as a look of pain and sadness began to form on his face. He stopped speaking he didn't exactly know where to tell her that he's been in the same boat. He sat still and waited for her to finish her story. While she continued her story Kalec sat with the same look of sadness upon his face as he tried to cover up some of it, by crossing his hands infront of his face.

Kalec nodded when she spoke of the evil angel Xiolan. He remembered her saying that name earlier outside of the one of the hotspring rooms. Kalec now knew who she meant, when she told him Xiolan took care of it. He would continue listening to her speak. Poko's speech pattern began to change as she revealed more of her story to him. It was then that he knew. He should share his similar story. Kalec never really liked sharing his past.When asked about it, he would always just share a small piece of it. His past was dark and painful,and it grew more so every time he told the story.

He took a deep breath and pressed his palms on his eyes to wipe away the water that had began to slowly creep out from his saddened eyes. "Thank you for sharing your painful story with me. I myself know how hard it must have been to tell it." He would say with sincerity in his voice. Kalec paused and leaned back a bit, looking around making sure no one else had been trying to listen to the two talk. He wasn't worried about them hearing Poko, he was more worried about people hearing his. Kalec turned his attention back toward Poko his eyes and facial expression was now a more serious nature. "Earlier when I told you that I used to be a pirate.."He paused and took another quick glance around the room. "That was only partly true..." He would whisper to her. His actions would come off as him being paranoid that someone might be around, that he didn't want hearing him.

Poko asked him not to tell anyone else about her past. Kalec could relate to that. He knew that most people would judge their actions and not fully understand the circumstances of the situation she was in. He knew that people had judged his past many a time. Kalec began thinking to himself as he wanted to tell her a bit more of his story. He thought that anyone over hearing would be some of the judgemental people. He lowered his hands down from his face and took a drink of his juice.

"It's alright, If I can't say it out loud, then I need to work on my apparent trust issues with the guild. Which I have no trust issues." He would say as if he was trying to explain himself. The idea of fully opening up to someone was a new concept for him, and he didn't really know how to go about it. He politely shook his head dismissing her idea on moving somewhere more secluded. He scooted up closer to the table and leaned in. "Now if I tell you this, I don't want you judging me for it." He asked her in a serious tone, yet his voice was mixed with bits of fear. Kalec wasn't sure how she would react.