Eaten out (Arthur)

It had been some time since Arthur had that chance encounter he did with his now two newfound teammates at the ramen shop he frequented often. Since then, he had once again gone back to his usual daily routine of ninja arts study, solving cases for various clients, running errands for the Kage's office and for other superior ranked ninja who gave them to him, among other things. So, time had marched on in this manner for Arthur up till present day wherein he was deeply engrossed as per usual in his ninja arts studies, specifically studying the theory behind the more advanced shadow clone technique in the hopes of someday gaining the capacity to actually perform said ninjutsu.

Sadly, however, try as he might, he could not figure it out despite having wrestled with it for several hours now. To make things worse, he felt and heard his stomach grumbling loudly in protest of his willful ignorance of his hunger once again as he always did whenever he was caught up in anything.

Good grief...why are there such things as bodily needs?...I wish I could rid myself of them so they could not distract me from my work as they are doing right now...oh well...best get something to eat, lest I collapse from exhaustion...

With that, he decided to head out of his residence without his ninja gear equipped and then after informing the gate guards of the village of his destination, he headed off to the Heavenly Emporium, a place he had heard about recently from some of his ninja colleagues as being a rather happening place with several impressive restaurants as well as other facilities to entertain and provide for all who went there. It took him a while to travel there due to the distance between Kumogakure and the HE, but he finally got there and then made his way to one of the restaurants there that he had been recommended by said colleagues.

Unfortunately, however, all the other tables and chairs were occupied and the only one free right then was already being sat at by another customer who was currently enjoying what seemed to be chicken noodle soup. So, the restaurant's staff directed Arthur to share the table with the man enjoying the chicken noodle soup in question. Arthur nodded to them and put in his order for tonkotsu ramen and then sat down in the seat across the table from the man and nodded to him in greeting while remarking in his usual rich baritone and melodious voice with the cordial businessman's tone that he had developed over his 19 years of existence till present

"Hello there, please do excuse the intrusion. It would seem that all the other tables are rather full at the moment, so we have to share the seating at this table."

Then, he fell silent and awaited his ordered meal to arrive and while he did, he casually cast his gaze about the area, taking in the sights and sounds as it was his first time at the HE and he was keen on indulging his people watching hobby. He was in his transformed human disguise currently as was his usual habit, so he was confident that no one would and could discover his true identity as a giant sentient, chakra-using spider.

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-Arthur's Appearance (CREDIT TO L LAWLIET-SAN FOR CUSTOM FANART):



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Arthur heard the man reply reassuring him that his presence at his table was not an intrusion and in the same breath, introduce him to Arthur as well. So, Arthur brought his attention to the man at the table he had now sat down at and with his usual and well-practiced, cordial businessman's smile, he responded in turn

"Very good then, sir. It is nice to meet you as well."

He remarked thus briefly, revealing his voice to be a rich, baritone, and yet melodious one and then fell silent to await his order to come to him. Fortunately, despite all the customers there, the waiter brought over his tonkotsu ramen fairly quickly and before long, the heavenly aroma of his favorite ramen type started to pervade his nostrils. So, he took several deep breaths to begin, savoring the scent of the food before him. Then, he proceeded in true ramen connoisseur fashion, first tasting the broth, then a couple of bites from the toppings, and finally ended his first pass with sampling a chopstick full of noodles which he had swirled in the broth briefly to allow for soaking up the broth's flavor.

"My sources were not fibbing...this Heavenly Emporium place really does have some of the best restaurants in the ninja world...I could get used to this..."

He remarked casually and unobtrusively to no one in particular, but rather more in the way of a thinking out loud sort of thing. However, the fact that he was impressed with the quality of the ramen served at this restaurant was apparent in that brief monologue. After that, he fell silent and went back to enjoying more of said ramen.

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As Arthur partook of his tonkotsu ramen, he felt the mealtime pass in comfortable silence between himself and the other man sitting at the table for a while, until finally, it was broken by the man in question asking Arthur where he was from and why he was at the Heavenly Emporium. So, Arthur quietly slurped up the noodles he was in the process of eating and after mulling over his answer briefly, he responded

"I am merely 'calling it like I see it', sir, as the saying goes in the vernacular...now then, as to where I am from, it would suffice to say that I am simply a no-name genin from one of the Five Great Villages..."

He paused for effect and then continued his narrative, wondering what the man's reaction would be like to his next few words

"Regarding my purpose here at the Heavenly Emporium at present...I am merely looking to take a break from working on training one particularly difficult jutsu at present, difficult for me at my current genin level, that is...namely, the basic Shadow Clone jutsu, so I figured a nice bowl of tonkotsu ramen would give me said break and while doing so, allow my mind to absorb and digest the theory behind it so that when I get back to working on learning it, I can have better success...or at least that is the plan as of right now."

With that, he fell silent and awaited whatever response and/or reaction the man would have to his revelation and while waiting, he proceeded to empty the top half of the bowl of its ramen contents slowly but surely.

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As per his plan, his cautious introduction had gone off well with this stranger he had coincidentally met at his dining table. Thankfully, the stranger had not pried more into his nature and thus, Arthur's true identity managed to dodge another bullet, so to speak. What was more, as Arthur beheld the situation further, the stranger finished his meal, remarked about how he loved to spread knowledge and to that end, handed him a scroll which presumably contained something regarding the Shadow Clone jutsu he had mentioned trying to train and then headed off

I wonder...does this scroll really contain details about the Shadow Clone jutsu...oh well, perhaps it is necessary to track this man down again and see if it would be possible to learn this from him in person...

With that thought in mind and his mind racing as it began to craft a plan to track down this man in the future, Arthur finished his tonkotsu ramen as well, called a nearby waitress to pick up his check, gave her a generous tip and then headed out of the restaurant as well. From there, he began the long journey home to Kumo where his residence was, awaiting his return.

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(ARTHUR'S EXIT)

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