An okonamiyaki stand! [For MV Ankh]

[wontreadthemanual]

My favorite oden vendor is on vacation this week, so I've been exploring the other food carts in the area nearest to it. It never hurts to diversify, and I admit I've gotten a bit complacent in my habits, always patronizing the same shop. I like knowing the proprietor, but I've more than enough opportunity to get to know a whole bunch of them all at once.

So today's okonamiyaki, and I'm definitely looking forward to a big, hearty meal after the scare I had with Hino-san earlier this past week. I had hoped, despite what I'd heard from my doctors overseas, that it wasn't as bad as they'd thought; there's always a space for margin of error in these sorts of medical situations and I know that better than most.

The blow to my head last week reduced my hopes on that topic rather bluntly. But, I already knew, well before I had earned my one million yen, that the odds weren't in my favor. The same way that you can flip a coin ten times and get tails less than half those times, even beyond poor odds, sometimes it's just not meant to be.

Well, today's an okonomiyaki day. And that makes it an excellent day, in my book.

Yama-san's shop has a fair number of customers out front, and that makes me smile. Looks like it's a good day for him, too. As I get closer it's easier to see the types and features of the people eating at the little tables set up in front. One of them, seated by himself, is far more familiar to me than I was expecting!

"Anko! Anko-chan!"

[Family reunions, always traumatic] For Hibiki

[hotshotlightning]

[set around the same time as the Fourze reunion post]

It's not bad, seeing everyone again but there's also a lot of people I would happily have carried on not seeing again. I'm hungry and irritated so heading for the cafeteria is probably the best bet. I can get something there and then be grumpy somewhere quiet.

It's kind of surprising I still know the way, though.