Scenario:Lowain - Work is Ever Over

Work is Ever Over

Lowain falls for Katalina while working at a tavern. He invites her out and confesses his love but is curtly dismissed. And yet he refuses to give up. He quits his job and manages to get (Captain) to accept him and two friends as cooks for the crew.

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In a certain town, the crew is getting ready to eat lunch at a tavern Katalina found.

Katalina: Hehe. I heard the food here is great, so I've been wanting to come by.

(Captain) and company sit down but find themselves flinching away from the jeers and boos echoing around the room.

Grouchy Owner: Hey, Lowain! The food's getting cold, you idiot! Hurry up and bring it out!

Lowain: Okie dokie. I'll get right on that.

Grouchy Owner: What's that? It sounds like you don't even care about your job!

Lowain: Dude, if I yelled like you and accidentally spit in the food, our customers would be kinda grossed out.

Grouchy Owner: Excuse me? What a load of steaming dragon dung! You got any more brilliant arguments?

Lowain: Nope, I'm all chill. But I'd better serve these dishes before they get chill too.

Grouchy Owner: Ugh!

Regular Customer: Ha-ha! Looks like he got the boss again.

Vyrn: Huh? Do those guys not get along?

Katalina: Hmm... What's with that guy? He seems rather flippant. Does he work here?

Regular Customer: Oh, he's a better guy than you'd think. He's really good at his job, and he even watches the boss's kids when he has time.

Lowain: Sorry to keep ya waitin'! Here's your order!

Lowain: This here grub's really tasty, you know! You've gotta eat it nice and slow to really appreciate it.

Regular Customer: If he could just fix that attitude, he'd do so much better. What a waste.

Lowain: Nah, fam. I'm both a total stud and a hotshot cook. And that makes me the perfect man!

Katalina: Hmm... Well, the cooking certainly lives up to this place's reputation.

Lowain: Oh? This your first time here?

Katalina: It is. I've heard good things about the place, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Lowain: Awesome! 'Cause, like, the owner's got the finest damn sense of taste ever!

Grouchy Owner: Hey! Watch your filthy mouth around the customers, scum!

Lowain: If we added in my grandma's secret ingredients from home, the food woulda be outta this world!

Lowain: Her cooking is da bomb, and so is the owner's! If we just added them together...

Lowain: It would be legendary. A totally legendary flavor!

Grouchy Owner: Hey! Stop chatting and get back to work! Idiot!

Lowain: Roger that! I'm going! Enjoy your food, miss!

(Captain) and company finish eating and go to pay, but little do they know that a certain young man's life is about to be turned upside-down.

Lowain: You leavin' already? How was it? Our food, I mean.

Katalina: Oh, it was delicious. Though this tavern can be a bit noisy. Hehe.

Lowain: Heh... Guess that's normal when a place is this popular, but—whoa!

Katalina: Huh? You okay?

Lowain: (Now that I get a good look at her...)

Lowain: (This girl's a total babe! Super hot!)

Katalina: ...?

Lowain: Um... Miss! When I finish work this evening... would you come and meet me?

Lowain hands Katalina a piece of paper with the meeting place and time written on it.

Katalina: But why? What do you need me for all of a sudden?

Grouchy Owner: Hey! Am I paying you to chat? Get back to work, idiot!

Lowain: Aight. I'll be right there.

Thus Lowain sees (Captain) and the crew off as they leave the tavern.

After he finishes working, he kills time with his friends until the time of the meeting.

Lowain: So this girl I met at work... Her name's Kat, and she's a mega-babe! Totally devastated my world!

Lowain: I've completely fallen for her. Like, my heart was about five secs away from stopping! That sorta thing doesn't happen every day. So you know...

Elsam: Gyahaha! You? Falling in love at first sight? No way, Jose! How does that even happen?

Tomoi: You really got it bad, don't ya? She must seriously be your type! Can't wait to see her!

Lowain: Kat... You bros think she'll show?

Elsam: Heck yeah!

Tomoi: Booyah!

All Three: Totes!

All Three: Wahey!

Elsam: She'll come! I mean, I want her to!

Tomoi: I've just gotta see her! I can't wait! It'll drive me crazy if she doesn't show!

Lowain: Whoa! It's already time! Gotta go, bros!

Elsam: Ha-ha! I'm right behind you!

Tomoi: Me too!

And so Lowain and his friends look for Katalina at the meeting place.

Katalina: ...

Lowain: (There she is!)

Elsam: (Is that her? Really?)

Tomoi: (Ha-ha! She's a knight! In shining armor! She looks crazy strong! That really her?)

Lowain: (Quiet already, ya goons! Get outta the way and don't butt in!

Elsam and Tomoi: (Gotcha!)

Lowain: Sup... I mean, good evening.

Katalina: Hello, Lowain. So what did you need to see me about?

Lowain: Um... Well... the sky is really pretty tonight, isn't it?

Katalina: Huh? I guess so... You surprise me. I wouldn't have thought you were the type who cares much about scenery.

Lowain: Huh? Scenery? Oh, yeah, I really love scenery! This city's really pretty at night, don't you think?

Katalina: Sure. It's certainly got a nice atmosphere.

Lowain: If I went out on a date with a girlfriend, this would totally be the best kind of atmosphere! And she'd look even more beautiful...

Lowain: You're incredibly pretty too, Katalina! Especially in this light! Almost too pretty! Ugh... What am I saying?

Katalina: I'm... pretty? What are you saying all of a sudden?

Elsam: (Ha-ha! What does he think he's doing? This is like watching an airship crash!)

Tomoi: (Ha-ha! Dude's sweeping himself right off his own feet! Just hilarious!)

Lowain: (Aw crud... This isn't goin' well, but I can't turn back now!)

Lowain: I'm, like, totally in love with you, Kat! I'm spinnin' outta control here! You gotta be my girl!

Katalina: Wha... You have a lot of nerve teasing me like that! What has gotten into you all of a sudden!

Lowain: I'm not teasing you! Okay... Maybe we could start by being friends?

Katalina: A-anyway! I'd just like to forget this ever happened! Goodbye now.

Lowain: K-Kat!

Distraught by his uncharacteristic blunder, he falls to his knees, no longer able to stand.

He can only watch Katalina's back with despairing eyes as she disappears into the darkness, cloak fluttering.

Elsam: Lowain...

Tomoi: That was... interesting...

Lowain: Don't say anything yet... Please...

Elsam: Sorry... but there's something we just have to say.

Tomoi: Yep! That's what friends are for! That female knight was...

Elsam and Tomoi: Totally amazing!

Lowain: Right? So pretty she was practically sparkling!

Elsam: And so pure!

Lowain: Now I'm even more in love with her...

Elsam: I think I love her too.

Tomoi: Me too! Kaaat!

Lowain: Right!

Elsam and Tomoi: Definitely!

All Three: Totally!

All Three: Absolutely!

The three friends meet in a tavern later to talk. They talk about Kat late into the night, spending almost all their money.

And the next morning, Katalina is in a cabin on the airship.

Katalina: I just didn't sleep at all last night... That was even worse than getting hit by a monster...

Katalina: Huh? It sounds like there's someone up on the deck.

Katalina comes out onto the deck, rubbing her eyes. Rackam is standing there, surrounded by the three men from the night before.

Thinking that some kind of trouble might be afoot, she gets ready to draw her sword, but she's in for a surprise.

All Three: We're on the Grandcypher! Rackam is at the controls! Dreamboat Rackam is in charge!

All Three: Rackam! Rackam! Raaackam! Raaackam!

Rackam: Ha-ha! You guys are funnier than I thought!

Katalina: Wha? What are you guys doing here?

Lowain: I quit my job, Kat. Put my head right on the floor and told the manager I was leaving.

Katalina: You did what? But why?

Lowain: I just can't forget about you. Like, I thought I'd do something to surprise you...

Elsam: So Lowain's gonna be a cook aboard the ship! And we'll be around to help out!

Tomoi: Would you let us work for you?

Rackam: Ha-ha! Sounds good to me. You seem different from the other thugs in this town.

Katalina: Normally I'd throw you right off the ship, but how can I do that now that you've quit your job? Ugh...

Katalina: But wait! What do you think, (Captain)?

1. I don't really mind.
2. Taking all three would be kind of annoying.

Choose: I don't really mind.

Katalina: Ugh... But if that's what the captain wants, then I'll go along with it...

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Choose: Taking all three would be kind of annoying.

Lowain: Annoying? My fault...

Elsam: We totally misread the situation... Our bad.

Tomoi: But we'd never do anything bad! You can trust us. And... sorry.

Katalina: Ugh... Now you're suddenly obedient?

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Katalina: Fine! But if you do anything out of turn, you'll have to answer to me!

Lowain: Really? Seriously? Truly? Yes!

Lowain: All right! Just you wait, Kat! I'll be your number one soon enough!

All Three: Wahey!

Katalina: As long as you don't get in the way...

Thus Lowain and his two buddies join the crew.

Katalina doesn't quite know what to make of him at first, but she gradually starts to open up.