Futabae
Nobody asked you Inari
20XX 1st September, Monday - Coffee Shop, Yongen
"-passengers were found crawling on the floor similar to the events of the June 10th incident. Both investigators and analysts are looking into the case. We have not received sufficient enough material to provide a conclusive report about the phenomenon that occurred at Aoyama-Itchome 17:50 train service. Throughout today we will continue to provide information regar-"
A young man sat on a stool by the counter sipped his coffee whilst he paid attention to the news coming from shop's television. The news reporter's words provoked the young man's thoughts to run across a multitude of different scenarios as well as what-ifs. Tired, he closed his eyes momentarily. Head turned away from the TV, he took another sip of his Caffè Mocha to go. Whilst he had initially planned to stay seated in the shop for a short period of time, the TV hypnotized him to stay 10 minutes more than he should have.
A sigh is heard from the other side of the counter.
"Honestly, what a mysterious and scary world we live in. One day we humans are standing and the next day we're acting like animals on all fours. Shucks..." The barkeep's mouth resonated across the empty shop.
"I'll be off now."
The young man exclaimed to the barkeep. His cup of coffee had but an inch of coffee at it's base.
"Oh.. well alright. Be seeing ya."
The barkeep responded in a hollow, lonely tone of voice as the young man got off the wooden stool, leaving his cup behind and exited the store. The barkeep's eyes glared at the fading silhouette of the man's uniform in the gap between the slowly closing entrance of the shop.
"Heh." He said as he smiled.
"Still the same mysterious, rude fellow. Kids in his third year now, wonder how he'll fair. Bah what am I thinking.. it's him so I know he'll be fine. He's just that type of guy."