Ep9: Best Restaurant

Piano music softly spread around the tavernas patrons of all walks of life gathered. Non-holstaur cowgirls talking to anthropomorphic sharks, trappy imps getting along with a male Cheshire at another table. A satyros went around, serving drinks to everyone, eventually coming across Di and Virto sitting in the corner.

"What is this place exactly, and why do I need a suit?" Virto said. "Well, the rabbit that runs this place only wishes for our best attire," She responded.

"Well then, why aren't you changing?"

"I am a celestial entity. I don't need to do a thing. Now, I'm going to meet up with my other playthings. I will meet you outside after you are finished fulfilling another prophecy." With that, she got up and went to another table, where there was a grey and black-furred Cheshire cat making tea. She left Virto on his own, to hum while looking around like that one guy that on one sat beside on the bus.

Alright think Virto, what was one of the windows you saw, he asked himself, looking at each person. He had already made the weird clone of himself yesterday, but today he had to do some other things. "I just need to make doubly sure I don't end up with him," he said, seeing a cloaked figure getting punch from the refreshment table. If he remembered correctly, he supposedly got it quite a bit of trouble with him. He waited until he finished his drink, watching me making a beeline for the bathroom.

He made is move, getting up as casually as he could and acting like he really did have to go number one. However, his progress walking to the bathroom was stalled by the manager landing right in front of him. She wore a black skirt and a red vest, her velvet eyes and wide grin aimed directly at him. Her floppy pink bunny ears perked up like a dog seeing a mailman. "You look like a new member. Whale cum to our di- I mean restaurant! And by ours…"

"It is yours?" he tried, wondering if she just said whale cum instead of welcome. "Yes! I, Melko, am the proud owner of this restaurant. Trust me! You wouldn't find anywhere else better."

"I'm glad, hey I got to use the bathroom so-"

"Wait!" She said, grabbing his arm. "To use the bathroom, you must pay the lifetime bathroom pass fee."

"But I don't have any money…" He wasn't lying. Between upgrading his watch, getting Kiris back, and hanging out with Di (for his own motives, of course…), he didn't really try to make any money. "Don't worry, I'll just take your memes then." She said. She pulled out a handgun, cocking it and pressing it to his temple. Her bright smile turned to an evil smug smirk, the lighting on her face altering to a dark shadow to match her demeanor shift. "Now, bitch."

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The clocked figure was washing his hands when he heard commotion approach the door. He kept on with his usual, going to the electric dryer to heat-blow the water off as something hit the door. One, two pistol shots rang before it opened, A green-haired dude leaping inside and closing the door back. His hand stayed on the knock, some wave of grey liquid flowing from his hand to lock him inside, and whoever shot out. He watched the lab coat guy catch his breath, resting on the door while some pounded on it. "Hi…I'm...Virto."

"Can you open the door? I have somewhere to be." As he asked to get out, the lights in the bathroom went out. Complaints and groans came from beyond the door; it seemed like the lights went out on the other side as well. "Sorry!" Went a high pitched voice. "Raiju Melko said she wanted cheese or no electricity!"

"That sucks," went Virto, a flashlight clicking on in his head. "Well, I can always try to fix it."

"It could be a power breaker shutting itself off," the cloaked person said, a glowing blue hand forming in front of him. "I could go check with you."

"Sure."

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The two of them stared at the circuit breaker, seeing multiple holes in it as the wires that ran through it looked frayed. Wires could be salvaged, but there would need to be completely new parts for the power to be able to come back on safely.

2 hours later…

"We did it!" Virto said, watching the clocked man put in the last screw. Virto flipped the switches on the circuit panel, one my one the lights coming back on in the large restaurant. Music started playing again, the water fountain started working. Everything was back to normal, and it only took a trip to the hardware store!

"Yeah...hey, I'm Ian. It was nice working with you."

"Same. I'm glad you told me your name though, it was getting awkward just calling you nouns."

"I hear ya, but I think these wires are going to snap," Ian said, looking at the frayed, exposed wiring. The gunshots screwed them up, so now they are in danger of failing. "Besides, we haven't turned on the switch for Melko's bedroom."

"Because last time we tried that the circuit breaker overloaded?" Virto said, Ian nodding. "Luckily, the last time we went to the store, I managed to snag this." He pulled out a blue octahedron and opened the panel again, rerouting the power through the crystal. "What about the wires?" Virto asked. Ian took a dagger and cut his hand, letting some blood drop onto the wires. "Just rub that along the wires to coat it. My blood should act like insulation."

"I don't think blood works like that, but we can give it a sh-OCK fuck!" Virto made the mistake of not thinking the circuit was on, getting a nasty shock through his body. He didn't know it then, but the power of the crystal shocking him was enough to fuse the blood to his skin, the blood soaking in and dispersing through his body…

"Man, that was a nasty one," he said, waiting for Ian to finish laughing so he could turn off the power again. Five minutes later, the wires were properly coated in blue magic hand blood, safely this time. Virto flipped the switch to the power, making sure to turn on the bedroom switch along with all the others. When nothing seemed to shut down after 5 minutes, they closed the panel and yeeted the tools into some corner of the restaurant. "I still can't believe you did that," Ian said, swiping a croissant from a table to eat while they walked back to Virto's table. "I mean, touching a live wire?"

"Yeah….so…" Virto was thinking of a snarky comeback, but his vision start swirling as Ian's DNA was spreading and duplicating itself in his hands. They pulsed with uncontrollable power, being detrimental to his health rather than enhance his ability. He fell over, a slow but unstoppable drop to the floor. He fell unconscious before landing in a large blue hand, stopping him from hitting his head and causing more trouble to himself.

Virto woke up at his table, opening his eyes just in time to see someone splash water in his face. He wiped the water from his eyes before getting spaced again. "Well it looks like he's awake now Ian. By the way, you both cannot sue me for the weird hands he has now," Melko went away, but not before quickly pouring the rest on Virto and scampering off.

"Come back here you trigger happy- wait, weird hands?" He looked at his hands, panic setting in as he saw his hands turning gold and black. He tried frantically waving them in case it was paint, but it looked as stuck onto his body as his own skin. He turned towards the cloaked man, who had brought out a bunch of vials and a slightly larger one to mix things into. "What happened to me!?" Virto exclaimed. "Am I going to die?"

"No…..and yes. Try this." Ian gave him a vial of blue liquid to drink. "It will probably halt the effects my DNA."

"Probably?"

"Well, last time this happened it didn't go so well, so why you must drink it now."

Virto, near on panic, took a swing from the vial, the swirling headache in his head disappearing as it went down his gullet. He sat back down, looking at the progress of the of the gold on his hands. They stopped short of his wrists, staying limited onto his hand. He sighed with relief, Ian also relieved. "Good, now we just need to figure out how to contain the damage. You didn't have anywhere you needed to be right?"

"Even if I did, I think my clone should be able to hold down the fort while I'm gone...."

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"Isuka?" Kiris said, pulling her with her spade tail while she drank from her teacup. Isuka looked up from her book. "Yes?"

"Have you noticed something off about Virto lately?" Kiris asked, pointing to where Virto was. They saw him drawing a bloody river on an isle, cackling under his breath, but loud enough for the sound to carry over in the quiet library. "He hasn't been talking about Earth things lately, and his eyes are pink."

"Maybe he's taking a break from tinkering?"

"To draw a bloody river?"

"Yes, I can see your point. Should we go over to check on him?" She asked. Kiris nodded and walked over, tapping Virto on the shoulder as he drew in green grass around the winding river. "Virto?"

"Yeeeeeaassss~" His yes came off sinister and like a lamia, as he turned around on his seat.

"W-well, you seem different lately…" She watched his eye twitched as he stared at her. "Different?" he uttered, scratching his chin as he struggled to comprehend what she meant. He was always the same Virto, just the best piece of him, extracted and picked for use. "I don't know what you mean, I'm just drawing Kiris~"

"You're painting blood in grass, and all that you say seems to end in sexual undertones. I should know."

"I do not know what you're talking about, but if you are implying that you would like to go behind the shelves…~" totally-not-clone Virto shot a wink to Kiris, Kiris blushing before pushing down her skimpy clothing and walking back to Isuka. "So, is he strange?"

"H-he wanted to have sexual intercourse, a-and I panicked and..aah~" she let out a soft moan as her tail came out of her cunt, dripping with moisture. "S-sorry…"

"No no, this was informative. He has never drawn before, much less enable sexual interaction. In fact, he actively made sure Holi knew not to lewd him...your suspicion may be warranted." Isuka placed down her book, making sure to put a bookmark where she left off before neatly closing it. "What should we do?" Kiris asked.

"We should prepare to confront him." Isuka teleported both of them away, leaving the cackling scientist to continue working away at his unsettling piece…

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"How are you feeling Virto?" Ian asked as Virto tried moving his golden hands. "Well, my hands are now shiny and maybe metal, but my headache, so I don't really know right now."

"Better confused and sarcastic than dead. Do you feel this?" Ian asked, pinching the back of Virto's hand. They both winced, Ian shaking his corresponding hand as Virto shook his. "So I can still feel pain, but why did you feel it?"

"Same DNA, same feelings. You are not going to die, but the antidote is going to take time to run through your system. In the meantime, I'm going to get some more food." Ian left Virto too look at his hands, staring off into the semi-glossy texture onto someone cleared his voice. Virto looked up from his hands, seeing a man in a white and red kimono blocking the view of the rest of the restaurant. Why does he look familiar… Virto thought as he waved, the man scooting beside him. "Sorry, my mother wanted me to clean out her workspace, so I could reserve a table."

"Oh well, you have a nice dress."

"This is a kimono, are you new here?" He seemed taken aback. People seemed to just know the type of clothing around here, but he…

"Yes actually. 1st day here and I got held at gunpoint by the manager, and now I am about to die because I shocked some DNA on to my hands." He held up his hands, the material making it look like he was wearing gloves instead of it being his actual skin. "I would say this day is going pretty terrible so far."

"Don't mind Melko, she just likes memes a lot. I could make your day better, if you would like," he offered.

"Thank you, but what could a man in a kimono do?"

"You don't see my form? I must have not changed yet. Give me a moment…" his hair lit on fire, turning pure white as fox ears grew from his head, catching ablaze with the same flames. Tails shot out from behind him like an airbag in a crash, filling the space between his back and the corner booth they both sat it. His face began to appear on his face, his skin turning more white, and red rings forming around his eyes, the top corners of the eyerings turning into a flaming point. His pupils turned into silts surrounded by yellow irises.

"You're…" Virto started to realize who he was, remember the wedding vision he saw. He started to slid away on the red leather padding, scooting to the opposite end of the seating. "No no, I'm just a yokai, wait." One of his tails grabbed his leg, sliding Virto back over to him. "Are you scared?"

No! I'm just not into you! "No, it's just awkward…." Virto said, looking away. He looked back when felt someone messaging his hand, seeing the inari rubbing his thumb his hands. The golden color started retreating, shifting away into is watch. "This looked worrying, so I'm putting it in this contraption." He pointed to the watch, watching the gold flow into the top. "Feeling better?"

"But...how?" Virto was confused. Did the yokai hold the power to heal him? "Well, in this restaurant, I've learned anything is possible, as long as both parties are okay with it. So, I am using my magic to help."

"Thank you…" Virto said, noticing that the watch changing as it took in more of Ian's DNA. Its sleek black look turned blue with gold lines zig-zagging to and fro across the sides and wrist strap. The DNA was enhancing it, but how?

"There, your hands are fixed, but I'm sorry I messed up your device." He poked Virto's watch with one of his fingers, his red fingernail tapping the screen.

"It is alright. Maybe it's for the be…" He saw Vargas hand him some sake. Placing it in front of him. "...tter?"

"My repayment. Do you want to talk a bit?"

"W-well…" He stared into the sake, wondering if it would be a good idea to get drunk. "I understand, but I swear on my sister's domain I will monitor over you." He put his hand over his heart. "Yokai's honor."

"N-no it's not that, I am just uneasy around you…"

"Well, maybe the sake can help put you at ease."

"I suppose…"

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"Virto has been in here for so long," Kiris said, holding her tail like a lasso. "When can we go in?"

"I guess now, now one...too..three!" They both busted in, holding ropes to tie the Virto up before he could flee, but instead, they were greeted to a lady cleaning herself up. She was faced away from them, her body concealed by Virto's lab coat. She hummed some classical music, putting makeup on her face. "Do you people know the March of a Sabbath? Of course you don't, since it is an Earth song."

"Who are you, before I tie you up out of spite?" Isuka said, the lady turned around to face them. She was a human, her body looking untainted and completely naked. Kiris blushed and left the room, saying sorry as she ran away embarrassed. Her hair was in the middle of being dyed white from green, only going to her shoulders. Isuka looked down, seeing a bucket full of cut green hair. Her eyes were still pink, like the Virto from earlier. "Do you like my breasts? I thought of something absurd, but C-cups were just elegant enough for a Lilim."

"Where is Virto?"

"Virto, my lovely original, should be back in a bit. I was supposed to cover for him but after the conversation between my and Kiris, I realized that I was simply too wonderful to be him! Which is why I am leaving, to become my own entity!" The lab coat started disappearing, the nanites that made it up sliding over her skin. Some position just above her ass, growing into a, white, girthy succubi tail. A few go to her head, forming black horns that started from the back of her head and curled over her hair. The rest for the giant, trademark wings of a lilim, each one as big as her body when fully unfurled. "There, do you love it?~"

"I hate it. Get out if you're not Virto."

"Spoilsport. What would I wear for clothing? Should I just have to flaunt this extravagant?" She got her chair and turned her around, her tail raising to show her pussy, dry and as pure as a newborn baby. "F- get out!" Isuka exclaimed, hitting her with the rope so she will stop showing her lewdness to her. Instead of pain, Isuka heard a moan come from her, her butt raising for her to smack again. "Come one, punish this ass more, make it red when it has just finished it's reinvention of itself!"

"No," Isuka flatly said, teleporting both her and herself outside. She saw the real Virto, being carried up by an inari to them. He placed him on the ground, slipping a note into his Virto's lab pocket and bowing before going back the other way. Virto looked asleep and drunk, snoozing on the grass. He kept sleeping as Isuka picked him up to take him inside. The lilim started to follow them in, but Isuka shut the door to her before she could go indoors.

"Snap, well I guess it is warranted. Nothing to do now but to make my name, and other lilim things. Hmm...Calice could work," she said to herself, walking away from the library as she repeated the name to herself, liking how it rolled off the tongue.