Choji

'What do you want for today?'

*Choji - Chef of Mike Team.*

*He likes sea food but hates nasty cuisines. He carries a variety of kitchenware with him.*

*Mike's personal chef. Always on the lookout for the next recipe.*

## Intro

Born in the west, Choji's dream has always been to feast on authentic seafood fried rice. He's worked in his father's little tavern since childhood and awed patrons with his dishes as far away as Crossport, despite the fact that Crossport is too far for the seafood imported to be fresh enough to meet his demands.

Back then, Mike was putting together a caravan and he always had a soft spot for Choji's cooking, so he asked Choji if he'd rather fry a bigger fish. After a whole night's thinking, Choji decided to join Mike and travel the world.

Choji comes off mean probably because he takes cooking very seriously. But don't let that scare you, tell him you love his noodles, then he'll pat his belly in happiness and make you desert!

### Forming a Pact

**Choji's rarity:** R

**Max Epiphany without Illumination:** Level 4

The player can form a pact with Choji by the following methods:

* Starter Summon
	+ Choji is available by default in the starter summon pool.
* Collect 20 Choji Image Shards by purchasing or finding them at:
	+ Mike's Shop

## Skills

### Basic

Reduces the target's Rage by 15
Reduces the target's Mana by 25
Reduces the target's Concentration by 1.
When [Hidden Trick] is active, dispels target's all [Shield] buffs and then consumes 1 stack of [Hidden Trick].
**Skill Level**
1. 73%
2. 90%
3. 106%
4. 123%
	+ Increases the Iron Pot's damage by 50%, and the damage will increase by 85% each cast ( up to 10 casts). Iron Pot has a low chance to inflict Extra Spice on the target when it hits.
		- Extra Spice: While the effect is active, the target's damage toward Choji is reduced by 10%. Stacking up to 2 times, lasting until the end of the battle. Cannot be purified.

### Advanced

**Skill Level**
1. 64%
2. 79%
3. 94%
4. 109%
	+ Increases [Noodles]'s healing effect by 15%.
* **Slow Eating**
	+ [Noodles] cleanses target's All [Poison] debuffs.

### Ultimate

**Skill Level**
1. 98%
2. 121%
3. 144%
4. 167%
	+ Increases [Ultimate Feast]'s healing effect by 11%.
* **Dined & Wined**
	+ Increases [Ultimate Feast]'s healing effect by 15% for targets affected by [Fragrance].
		- [Fragrance]: For details, refer to Mastery Skill [Fragrance].
* **Long Aftertaste**
	+ Increases [Ultimate Feast]'s healing conversion rate for [Fragrance] by 15%.
		- [Fragrance]: For details, refer to Mastery Skill [Fragrance].

### Mastery

* [Fragrance]: (29.56% + Mastery Bonus) of Choji's healing will go to targets affected by [Fragrance]. Lasts until the battle ends. Only one [Fragrance] exists at a time. By inflicting [Fragrance] on a new target, the former [Fragrance] will be removed.
* [Hidden Trick]: While the effect is active, each stck reduces any damage taken by 20%. Stackable up to 2 times, lasting until the end of the battle. Cannot be dispelled.

## Imprint

### Basic Engraving

* Benevolence Engraving (Reduce critical M.DMG by 1.38% per Engraving level)
	+ Each engraving level requires I.N. Flux - Metal x120 and Gold x25,000

### Imprint Skill

The following Imprint Skill can be equipped on other Gyees and Avatars once unlocked.

* [Good Skill], lasts 8 rounds, cannot be dispelled, will be removed upon defeat, and cannot be stacked
	+ After casting an active skill, heals self for 15% of Max HP
	+ After launching a normal attack, dispels all shield effects from the main target
	+ After launching a normal attack, deducts the main target's Rage by 45
	+ After launching a normal attack, deducts the main target's Mana by 70
	+ After launching a normal attack, deducts the main target's Focus by 70
	+ After launching a normal attack, gets [Exhaustion]
	+ After launching a normal attack, removes self's [Good Skill].
* [Exhaustion], lasts 2 rounds, can be purified, will be removed upon defeat, and cannot be stacked.
	+ Character becomes out of control

## Intimacy

### Date Choices

Dates will give either 500, 700, or 900 intimacy points depending on the choice selected.

* **Pots - Gold pot, silver pot, big iron pot...and hot pot!**
	+ **Cue:** All the ingredients are ready, just need to select the flavor.
		- Spicy
		*500 Intimacy*
		- Half-and-Half
		*700 Intimacy*
		- Sun Pot
		*900 Intimacy*

* **Ingredients - The combination of a top chef and strange ingredients makes...strange food? Well, fine by me.**
	+ **Cue:** I'll help! You should use...
		- Cilantro
		*900 Intimacy*
		- Pig brain
		*500 Intimacy*
		- Heartleaf
		*700 Intimacy*

* **Exquisite Dish - This dish must taste as good as it looks! Top-down or bottom-up, Where to even begin?**
	+ **Cue:** Which one would you like to try first?
		- Bright Red
		*500 Intimacy*
		- Shiny Gold
		*900 Intimacy*
		- Lush Green
		*700 Intimacy*

* **Poor Appetite - What shall Choji do about Mike's lack of appetite?**
	+ **Optimal route:**
		- Is Mike getting sick of your food?
		- Choji, you can live just fine without Mike.
		- Well, then think more carefully about whether you missed something in Mike's fasting?
		*500 Intimacy*
		- Mike is really concerned about you.
		*900 Intimacy*

### Intimacy Blocks

To reach Intimacy levels 7 and 11, Choji needs mementos (found in Darkflux Raid), reiki (found in Extreme Fight or Arcana Tracker), and the following block item:

* **Intimacy Level 7**
	+ S-Bromance Coffee
		- A mouthful of Boyfriend each day.
		Used to break through Choji's Intimacy Block. Obtained in Darkflux Raid.
* **Intimacy Level 11**
	+ Hand-made Balm
		- Balm hand made with the ancient secret recipe of Shadowhunters. The fragrance of a single drop can be smelled kilometers away.
		Used to break through Choji's Intimacy Block. Obtained in Darkflux Raid.

### Basic Drink Preferences

 50% bonus

 25% bonus

 50% bonus

 No bonus

*Note: All blended drinks have a base preference bonus of 25% that can be modified by the drink's attributes.*

### Gift Preferences

**50% bonus**

**20% bonus**

**No bonus**

### Views

Unlock views by leveling the intimacy of other gyees.

* **Kitty**: Choji has a pack of abs!
*Kitty's Intimacy reaches Lv.2 to unlock*
* **Sig**: As Choji would say, fallen food that is picked up within three seconds is still edible... I agreed and then I suffer from diarrhea.
*Sig's Intimacy reaches Lv.4 to unlock*
* **Yaen**: Hmph, he can only cook. He can't make candies. I don't like him!
*Yaen's Intimacy reaches Lv.6 to unlock*
* **Mike**: I can't get used to dishes other than Choji's!
*Mike's Intimacy reaches Lv.8 to unlock*
* **A Gourmet**: He knows flavor.
* **A Street Vendor**: He's got the freshest ingredients. One can never fool him with the stale.
* **A Diner**: Give me a Choji, and I can eat up the whole Crossport!

## Scripts

### Consolation Letter

Choji's steamed bun is white, Choji's fried egg is yellow, Choji's vegetable is green, Choji's crab is red, Choji's wok is black, and Choji's friend is fat. Choji's bun, egg, vegetable and crab, cook with black wok, are all for you, my friend.

### Bath Drama

* I'll cook you guys dinner after bath.
* What a great bathing place! Next time, I'll bring Mike. I bet he'll love it!
* On no... Taking a bath makes me hungry again.

### Fave Hottie Slogan

You're going to vote for me? But I haven't promised you anything. My next batch of noodles is just for you!

### Intimacy Breakthrough

**This section contains spoilers for Intimacy Breakthrough scenes.**

**-Intimacy Level 4**

**Choji**: Eh? A new face.
**Choji**: I'm Choji. I'm a cook by trade.
**Choji**: You look like a nice enough fellow. Come find me if you get hungry.
**Choji**: I'll make you something good to eat.

**-Intimacy Level 5**

**Choji**: I've received your gift.
**Choji**: I saw this with Mike before.
**Choji**: I wanted to buy it, but I made Mike something to eat and forgot all about it.
**Choji**: So it's quite fortuitous that you've given me one.

**-Intimacy Level 6**

**Choji**: Your airship is quite large.
**Choji**: I've only ever ridden in cars before.
**Choji**: Airships are both large and fast.
**Choji**: Sometimes I've even ridden squeezed inbetween cargo. Not very pleasant.

**-Intimacy Level 7**

**Player**: Long time no see, Choji! What brings you to Never Isle?
**Choji**: Haha, I finally found you. You know Bromance Coffee?
**Choji**: I was asking around for half a day before I found out it first started getting popular on Never Isle!
**Player**: Of course I know it. So you're here to buy coffee?
**Choji**: What I mainly want to clear up is, just what is Bromance Coffee?!
**Choji**: Two days ago, Mike said he had a piece of cake from Bromance Coffee and that it tasted great.
**Choji**: He is insisting I find a way to learn how to make it for him...
**Choji**: I asked all around and heard that the coffee's over by you, so I came to find you!
**Player**: We do indeed have it here. The guy who started it is a friend of mine from Blue Star, so you've come to the right guy.
**Player**: Hold on for a moment. I'll go get some for you!
*Scene transition*
**Choji**: What?! So this is Bromance Coffee!
**Player**: What, you aren't used to drinking stuff like this?
**Choji**: No, no. This coffee is quite good.
**Choji**: It's just that it should be quite easy to make cake using this stuff!
**Choji**: What's wrong with Mike? This stuff is so easy to make, and yet he pays money for it...
**Choji**: Let me have a taste...
**Choji**: Ah... They've added so much sugar and plant oil. The actual taste is probably very bitter!
**Player**: You're really something, Master Choji!
**Choji**: Haha, I've got it! I'm going to make Coffee Bison Ribs!
**Choji**: But if I'm going to make ribs, I can't add sucrose. I need to add maple syrup for flavoring!
**Choji**: And three spoonfuls of spicy soy sauce!
**Choji**: No, that's not right. Two spoonfuls of spicy, and one spoonful of non-spicy!
**Player**: You already know how you're going to make it...
**Choji**: This is just the marination process. Got any ice cubes? First I'm going to need to season the ribs and then put them in a cold place...
**Choji**: Then I'll have to take them out, add some cooked garlic, onions, green peppers, bacon, and finally...
**Choji**: I'll add some boiled chicken stock and hot coffee!
**Player**: Master Choji... Just listening to this is making me hungry!
**Choji**: Haha! Then go prepare the ingredients. I'll need everything I just said!
**Choji**: I'm going to make some Coffee Bison Ribs for you!
**Player**: Whoa. So I'm going to be the first person in the world to taste this recipe?
**Choji**: Of course! Are there any foods you can't eat? Or do you have any flavor preferences? Let me know, I'll be sure to make it to your liking!

**-Intimacy Level 8**

**Choji**: Heh heh. Fancy meeting you here.
**Choji**: What have you been up to lately?
**Choji**: Come see me when you get the chance.
**Choji**: I've invented a new recipe. I'm eager for someone to give it a taste.

**-Intimacy Level 9**

**Choji**: Mike's eating, so I snuck out.
**Choji**: I didn't have anything to do, so I came to see you.
**Choji**: Are you hungry?
**Choji**: I've made some noodles for you to eat.

**-Intimacy Level 10**

**Choji**: Mike says he's got some important business to take care of.
**Choji**: He wants to take me out for a while.
**Choji**: It may be a while before you see me next.
**Choji**: In the meantime, take care of yourself. Don't let yourself go hungry.
**Choji**: When I come back, I'll make you a veritable feast!

**-Intimacy Level 11**

**Choji**: I'm sorry, I need to trouble you again!
**Player**: No problem, Master Choji. You've given me so much tasty food to eat, I'll be happy to help however I can!
**Choji**: Haha, great! Have you heard of 'Ancient Recipe Sesame Oil?'
**Player**: What are they?
**Choji**: It's a secret recipe of sesame oil the Shadowhunters use. It's said that they've passed down this recipe for thousands of years, and never once has it been leaked.
**Choji**: When outsiders ask if they can take some sesame oil with them to give it a taste, they refuse to hand it over!
**Choji**: I happened by chance to taste it once, and I'll never forget that flavor!
**Choji**: It's very savory. The recipe, as well as how they grind it, must be meticulously crafted!
**Player**: Are you asking me to...help you get a hold of that recipe?
**Choji**: Haha, of course not. How could I ask you to do something like that?!
**Choji**: You're close with Captain Bernard. Do you think you get me a bottle of the sesame oil?
**Choji**: Then whenever you want to eat, I can make it for you!
**Player**: Well it shouldn't be too hard to get a hold of a little bottle of sesame oil. Leave it to me!
*Scene transition*
**Player**: Master Choji, I've brought the sesame oil!
**Choji**: That's the taste, all right!
**Choji**: This is definitely the 'Ancient Recipe Sesame Oil' that the Shadowhunters have passed down for thousands of years!
**Choji**: Hold on... Don't tell me the that they've added some new seasoning!
**Choji**: How is this possible? But...I can't make out what the taste is!
**Player**: I probed Captain Bernard a bit...
**Player**: He said that they take cooked white sesame seeds, grind it together with water, and that's it.
**Player**: However, it takes pure strength to grind it. The grinder they've got is super old, and it requires a great deal of energy to use it.
**Player**: Several people take turns grinding it for days before it's done.
**Player**: The reason they don't want to tell the recipe is because there really isn't anything to tell...
**Player**: The reason they don't want to give out the sesame oil is they're just not willing to part with it....
**Player**: After all, most Shadowhunters need to train and don't have the time to grind sesame oil. They don't even have enough for them to eat...
**Choji**: I see... So those Shadowhunters weren't lying to me.
**Choji**: Many years ago, my master told me that there are no shortcuts when making food. There are no tricks...
**Choji**: And there are no magical, secret recipes!
**Choji**: Only by giving oneself to the art fully, step-by-step, steadfastly...
**Choji**: Can one make a tasty dish!
**Choji**: After all this time, today I finally understand...
**Player**: As long as you understand, it's never too late!
**Choji**: Haha, yes!
**Choji**: I'm very grateful. Thanks to the sesame oil you brought back for me, I finally understand what my master was talking about.
**Choji**: I'm going to give it a try. I'm going to try their earnest and steadfast method, and grind!
**Choji**: Once I've made some tasty sesame oil, I'm going to invite you to a big feast!
**Player**: Deal!

**-Intimacy Level 12**

**Choji**: I've got so many gifts there isn't any space in my room to put them all.
**Choji**: Mike says he wants to sell them all off.
**Choji**: He said he'd give me half of the proceeds.
**Choji**: I didn't reply!
**Choji**: Those gifts came from you. They're special to me!

**-Intimacy Level 13**

**Choji**: Are you hungry? Have you eaten lunch?
**Choji**: Hold on a moment. I'll make some noodles for you.
**Choji**: Auspicious Noodles are here! Eat 'em while they're hot.
**Choji**: Heh heh.
**Choji**: It makes me so happy to see you eat my noodles so earnestly.
**Choji**: I've been traveling around with Mike for a long time now.
**Choji**: I've made all kinds of recipes.
**Choji**: I've tasted all kinds of food.
**Choji**: But the thing I'm best at making is Auspicious Noodles.
**Choji**: Auspicious Noodles may look simple, but they're not easy to make.
**Choji**: My father told me, that Auspicious Noodles respond to a cook's frame of mind.
**Choji**: The more pure and simple a cook's frame of mind is, the better the noodles will taste.
**Choji**: The Auspicious Noodles I've made for you are the best dish I've ever made as a chef.
**Choji**: I don't know why, either.

### Dates

**This section contains spoilers for Date scenes.**

**Pots**

**-Intro**

**Choji**: I'm making hotpot. Care for some?
**Player**: Yes.
*Scene transition*
**Choji**: All the ingredients are ready, just need to select the flavor.

**-Spicy - 500 Intimacy**

**Choji**: Whoa, you like spicy food that much?
**Choji**: For this, the numbingly spicier the broth, the better.
**Choji**: The middle slot will be the hottest, perfect for quick cooking in seconds.
**Choji**: The other slots have even heat, so put food you want to cook longer there.
**Choji**: Oh, if you get the runs from this, don't forget to get remedy from Mercy.

**-Half-and-Half - 700 Intimacy**

**Choji**: Nice choice.
**Choji**: You picked one that everyone can share.
**Choji**: I actually can stand both spicy and plain broth, but that's considerate of you.
**Choji**: Enjoy the food on the spicy half, enjoy the broth in the other half.
**Choji**: That's perfection.

**-Sun Pot - 900 Intimacy**

**Player**: Sukiyaki, of course. It even sounds like a high-class fare.
**Choji**: You sure know how to enjoy life.
**Choji**: If that's what you wanted, I don't need to hit the market for the pot.
**Choji**: I got several at home already.
**Choji**: The pot is round, deep and smooth like a flat sun.
**Choji**: Which is why it's also called a 'Big Mouth'.
**Choji**: Inexpensive, practical, and multipurpose.
**Choji**: It's a perennial best seller.
**Choji**: I used it a lot for stir-frying.
**Choji**: Come with me and let's make a meal with it.

**Ingredients**

**-Intro**

**Choji**: I have a VIP over for dinner tonight. Can you give me some ideas?
**Player**: Yes.
*Scene transition*
**Choji**: He's a food critic.
**Choji**: He gives me bad reviews, yet keeps coming back.
**Choji**: I wish he could stop coming.
**Player**: Aha, you want to make that clear with your food, don't you?
**Choji**: Yeah, but I'm incapable of bad cooking, so we have guess what food he doen't like.
**Player**: I'll help! You should use...

**-Cilantro - 900 Intimacy**

**Player**: Now about cilantro...
**Player**: There's no reason not to like it!
**Player**: Some said it taste like soap.
**Player**: Some don't mind it at all.
**Player**: So, how about you gamble and add a healthy dose of cilantro?
**Choji**: I remember! I would sprinkle a few cilantro on my dishes,
**Choji**: and he would always pick them out before eating!
**Choji**: No wonder he gave me bad reviews!
**Choji**: I shall now make them a cilantro feast!
**Choji**: Cilantro buns, cilantro dumpling, cilantro crepes, cilantro noodles.
**Choji**: So he'll never come back again!
**Player**: You know, shouldn't you be asking customers whether they want cilantro first?
**Choji**: Oh yeah, I should! Then I should be getting better reviews!
**Choji**: Thanks!

**-Pig brain - 500 Intimacy**

**Player**: Pig brain mixed with white, soft tofu.
**Player**: The taste, though...
**Player**: A lot of people love it, but a lot hate it too.
**Choji**: I remember making it once for him.
**Player**: What happened?
**Choji**: He finished it and wanted seconds.

**-Heartleaf - 700 Intimacy**

**Player**: A lot of people relish adding heartleaf to hotpots and cold dishes.
**Player**: But after the first bite, a lot of people also...
**Player**: Thought they just ate rotten fish.
**Player**: What with a gamy, fishy taste permeating their mouth.
**Choji**: So I can use it to make him a dish.
**Choji**: And hope he hates it!

**Exquisite Dish**

**-Intro**

**Choji**: I've been working on new dishes lately, wanna try them out?
**Player**: Yes.
*Scene transition*
**Choji**: Just finished three delicious dishes.
**Choji**: Which one would you like to try first?

**-Bright Red - 500 Intimacy**

**Player**: What is this Bright Red I chose?
**Choji**: Cherry with fried tomatoes.
**Choji**: The point to this epitome of bitter sweet-and-sourness is...
**Choji**: Don't forget to sprinkle some salt.
**Choji**: Come, give it a try inside!

**-Shiny Gold - 900 Intimacy**

**Player**: What is this Shiny Gold I chose?
**Choji**: It's today's main entree: crab and prawn dumpling.
**Choji**: The filling is fresh and chewy, with plump, juicy prawn
**Choji**: and crispy, delicious crab roes.
**Choji**: The two are stir-fried in equal parts and rolled into fillings,
**Choji**: before wrapped in tender, translucent dumpling skins.
**Choji**: Then put into a steamer on high heat.
**Choji**: And finally doused with a half-scoop of abalone broth on the plate.
**Player**: Whoa...
**Choji**: Come, give it a try inside!

**-Lush Green - 700 Intimacy**

**Player**: What is this Lush Green I chose?
**Choji**: Cold scallions with cilantro.
**Choji**: It's seasoned very well, cripsy with a dab of spiciness.
**Choji**: It's a very appetizing side dish.
**Choji**: Come, give it a try inside!

**Poor Appetite**

**-Intro**

**Choji**: I've come to Never Isle. Something's happened. Can you come find me?
**Player**: All right.
*Scene transition*
**Choji**: Ah, you are finally here.
**Player**: What's the matter? Why are you in a rush to find me?
**Choji**: Mike.. Mike..
**Player**: Tell me slowly.
**Choji**: Mike has lost his appetite lately.
**Choji**: Fasting.
**Player**: What? What is that?
*Choices start*

**-Choice A: Did Mike get food poisoning?**

**Choji**: No.
**Choji**: Usually you would lose appetite if you ate something bad.
**Choji**: Mike would still get hungry come meal times.
**Choji**: But he just doesn't want my cooking anymore.
**Choji**: He would put on a nasty face and barely eat anything.
**Player**: If he didn't get food-poisoning ...
*Go back to Choices start*

**-Choice B: Is Mike sick?**

**Player**: Did Mike get some other kind of sickness?
**Player**: I see him stuck to that chair all day.
**Player**: He lacks exercise, I'm guessing he is sick.
**Player**: Usually sick people lose their appetites.
**Player**: You should take Mike to a doctor or a priest and get checked up.
**Choji**: He is not sick.
**Choji**: I already took him there.
**Choji**: Mike doesn't want to see a doctor.
**Choji**: It took me so long to convince him to go.
**Choji**: Doctors checked him and said he was fine.
**Player**: If he is not sick ...
*Go back to Choices start*

**-Choice C: Did your cooking skills get worse?**

**Choji**: How is that possible!
**Choji**: My cooking will always be the best on Never Isle.
**Player**: Calm down, I'm just guessing.
**Player**: Choji has always been an exceptional cook.
**Player**: No matter what, your noodles are forever a favorite with me.
**Choji**: Sorry, I got a little emotional just then.
**Choji**: I didn't mean to raise my voice.
**Choji**: Mike's fasting is really messing with me.
**Choji**: I am a cook, my cooking is getting despised.
**Choji**: I can't accept that.
**Choji**: Please help me.
**Player**: I'm already thinking.
**Player**: If Choji's cooking skills didn't change ...
*Go back to Choices start*

**-Choice D: Is Mike getting sick of your food?**

**Choji**: That shouldn't be, Mike has been eating my food for years now.
**Choji**: This has never happened before.
**Player**: That should be the reason.
**Player**: I think,
**Player**: you should make him a couple of new dishes these days.
**Player**: Then he should recover an appetite for your cooking.
**Choji**: I tried that. I dug up some new recipes a couple of days ago.
**Choji**: I even tried to invent new dishes.
**Choji**: But he still doesn't like any of it.
**Choji**: Now that I think about it, I think you are right.
**Choji**: This is the only possible reason.
**Choji**: What if Mike has really gotten sick of my cooking?
**Choji**: You don't think he will abandon me and find a new cook, right?

**-Choice D.1: Don't worry, Mike is not like that.**

**Player**: Just relax.
**Player**: You followed Mike for this long.
**Player**: How could Mike get tired of your cooking?
**Player**: and look for a new cook?
**Player**: Mike always values his friendships.
**Choji**: Great!
**Choji**: I'm still looking forward to going lobster fishing with him in the ocean
**Choji**: But...
**Player**: But?
**Choji**: But if Mike doesn't like my cooking,
**Choji**: but I am still with his fleet, making a living off of him.
**Choji**: Then I am just be a freeloader?
**Player**: Umm ... that's kind of true ...
**Choji**: That can't happen.
**Choji**: I know I don't have much of an education, but I refuse to be a freeloader.
**Choji**: I want to make money with my own two hands.
*Choice - Then keep working on your cooking. - 500 Intimacy*
**Player**: Or win back Mike's taste buds.
**Choji**: You are right.
**Choji**: I need a fresh start!
**Choji**: Just like when I was back in my hometown.
**Choji**: Win Mike's affection again with my delicious cooking.
**Choji**: I will make more delicious dishes in the future.
**Choji**: When that time comes, will you come and taste my cooking again?
**Player**: That would be great.
**Player**: I'm the one in luck.
*Scene ends*
*Choice - This way you can survive without Mike.*
*Go to Choice D.2*

**-Choice D.2: Choji, you can live just fine without Mike.**

**Player**: You don't have to work for Mike forever.
**Choji**: I just want to go lobster fishing with Mike in the ocean.
**Choji**: I have learned a lot since following Mike.
**Choji**: I discovered how much bigger the world really is.
**Choji**: I couldn't have seen all this without Mike.
**Choji**: I really don't want to leave Mike.
**Player**: Since the world is so big.
**Player**: why be stuck up forever with Mike
**Player**: With your skills, you can open a restaurant on the beach.
**Player**: It's grilling lobsters all the same.
**Choji**: But, without Mike, I would lose interest in grilling lobsters.
**Player**: Since that's the case...
*Choice - Well, then think more carefully about whether you missed something in Mike's fasting? - 500 Intimacy*
*Go to Part 2*
*Choice - Then you will have to be more independent.*
**Player**: You are a great cook.
**Player**: You should see a bigger picture than just grilling lobsters.
**Choji**: About that ... I have never really thought about it.
**Player**: You should let everyone in Luxium taste Choji's cooking.
**Choji**: Oh man...
**Choji**: But I just want to be with Mike.
**Choji**: and also have everyone in Luxium taste my food.
**Choji**: Thank you.
**Choji**: I have to go and give it a thought.
*Scene ends*

**-Choice D.3: No way, think more carefully if you missed any details.**

*Go to Part 2*

**-Part 2**

**Choji**: Details? What details?
**Player**: Before and after Mike lost his appetite,
**Player**: Is there anything unusual about him?
**Choji**: Let me think ...
**Choji**: No , I don't think so. Mike is always running his business as usual.
**Choji**: I just follow him around and cook.
**Choji**: Everything is normal.
**Player**: Well, except for Mike.
**Player**: Is there anything unusual that happened around you recently?
**Choji**: Me?
**Choji**: Yes ...
**Choji**: Ah! Yes.
**Choji**: But it's not anything unusual.
**Player**: Your reaction tells me it's at least a little unusual.
**Choji**: It's really not.
**Choji**: I just cooked a meal for someone else.
**Player**: Tell me about it.
**Choji**: That day, Mike came to the Arcana Academy here on Never Isle to do business.
**Choji**: I followed him here.
**Choji**: I went grocery shopping at noon.
**Choji**: I was knocked down by a beast-form Gyee.
**Player**: Beast-form Gyee?
**Choji**: Yes, very tall and strong, not the normal kind.
**Player**: You have never seen one like it before?
**Choji**: But he was a really good fella.
**Choji**: He helped me back up after knocking me over.
**Choji**: He even picked up the groceries on the ground for me.
**Choji**: He kept apologizing to me.
**Choji**: He had me feeling very sorry too.
**Choji**: Then he asked me about someone.
**Choji**: It's so funny. He asked me where Choji is.
**Choji**: It really cracked me up, I am Choji!
**Player**: Why did he want to find you then?
**Choji**: He wanted me to cook something. He described the recipe and ingredients to me.
**Choji**: The recipe was full of ingredients that I haven't heard of before.
**Choji**: Fly chicken powder and stuff ...
**Player**: What? Fly chicken powder?
**Choji**: Yes, he said fly chicken powder.
**Choji**: I managed to find the closest matches to the ingredients he had described.
**Choji**: The recipe was not hard, so I made it for him.
**Choji**: He was really excited.
**Choji**: I saw that he was really happy.
**Choji**: It cheered me up as well.
**Player**: What exactly did you make him?
**Choji**: I have never heard of the dish before, nor have I seen anything like it.
**Choji**: The Gyee said it's called the fly chicken.
**Player**: Fly chicken again huh?
**Player**: Did the fly chicken taste any good?
**Choji**: It certainly smelled great.
**Choji**: But I didn't taste it
**Player**: What? Why didn't you taste it?
**Choji**: According to the recipe.
**Choji**: I used a whole wok-full of oil.
**Choji**: I thought it was too oily so didn't eat it.
**Player**: What did the Gyee look like?
**Choji**: Orange hair, really tall.
**Choji**: He was wearing clothes that I have never seen before.
**Player**: !!!
**Player**: Lin Hu!
**Choji**: I think that's the name, I can't exactly remember though.
**Choji**: You know him?
**Player**: Of course, Boss Hu comes from my world too.
**Choji**: Boss Hu?
**Player**: Well ... it's a profession in our world.
**Player**: Also, the food Lin Hu had you make was 'fried chicken'.
**Player**: It's not 'fly chicken'.
**Choji**: Is that so? I don't know for sure.
**Player**: But I think I know what's going on.
**Choji**: Tell me, what's wrong with Mike?
**Player**: You didn't make fried chicken for Mike did you?
**Choji**: No, it's too oily, and Mike just sits there all day anyway.
**Choji**: I never thought to make him that.
**Player**: Lin Hu often visits the Arcana Academy to read books.
**Player**: He has a great relationship with the Principal Vundo.
**Player**: They must have met that day.
**Player**: I am guessing Mike tried the fried chicken and fell in love with it.
**Player**: That's why he has no appetite for anything else.
**Choji**: Oh I see!
**Choji**: Is the fried chicken that delicious?
*Choice - It's very good!*
**Player**: This fried chicken is a world-renowned delicacy from where I came from.
**Player**: Of course it's delicious.
*Choice - Mehh...*
**Player**: Well, different people have different views I guess.
**Player**: Like you said, fried chicken is very oily.
**Player**: Mainstream opinion is that fried chicken is not healthy.
**Player**: But fried chicken is a luxurious delicacy here in Luxium.
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Player**: Even though you let Mike taste all the delicacies around the world.
**Player**: This food from the other world ...
**Player**: should be hard to resist for anyone?
**Choji**: Then why doesn't Mike just tell me.
**Choji**: He is not doubting my cooking skills is he?

**-Choice A: Mike is really concerned about you. - 900 Intimacy**

**Player**: It's probably because Principal Vundo revealed that Lin Hu is from another world.
**Player**: I guess he didn't mention this to you.
**Player**: He's afraid that you won't find the recipe anywhere in Luxium.
**Player**: He's afraid that you will be sad.
**Choji**: That's true, hahaha.
**Choji**: Our Mike is the best.
**Choji**: Mike is such a fool.
**Choji**: I made this alright.
**Choji**: Thank you, you've been a great help to me.
**Choji**: ...
**Player**: Why are you not making Mike fried chicken right now?
**Choji**: No rush, staying hungry a little longer is good for his body.
**Choji**: I see now, you are a real smart one.
**Choji**: I will be sure to cook you more delicious food in the future.
**Choji**: Who knows, maybe I'll be working with you some day.
**Choji**: You can take me to eat grilled lobster from your world!
**Player**: Wow, I would be so happy.
*Scene ends*

**-Choice B: Mike might have forgotten. - 700 Intimacy**

**Player**: He travels around Luxium everyday running his business.
**Player**: Must have been too busy to tell you.
**Choji**: Mike used to tell me firsthand what he wants to eat.
**Choji**: Thank you, you've been a great help to me.
**Choji**: I will go cook him some fried chicken now.
*Scene ends*

### Trifle

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**A Bowl of Noodles**

Choji is going to entertain a distinguished guest to a fancy dinner, so he has been preparing since morning. What is he preparing? And who is this guest?

**-Part 1**

*Scene - Never Isle*
**Player**: Choji? What are you doing on Never Isle all of a sudden?
**Choji**: Oh, it's you! Hold on a sec. I need to boil some soup!
**Choji**: I'm preparing dinner. I've got an important guest coming tonight!
*Choice - You're preparing dinner this early in the morning?*
**Choji**: But of course. This soup requires my attention.
*Choice - An important guest? Mike?*
**Choji**: Mike? Mike should only be so lucky!
**Choji**: I've developed a brand new method of boiling the soup base. I've put my all into it!
*Choice - Is this guest from Never Isle?*
**Choji**: There is no such important guest on Never Isle!
**Choji**: Even though the guest isn't on Never Isle, the water I use to make the soup can only be found here.
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Choji**: This soup can only be made from the water of Lake Bliss! I mix in three parts for every one part fresh water.
**Choji**: I then add my specially made soup base, add some thick lard and fried garlic together, boil it up...
**Choji**: You have to boil it when the sun comes up until the sun goes down.
**Choji**: Only such a noodle broth could please the palate of this esteemed guest!
**Player**: Listening to you talk like this has my stomach growling...
**Player**: So who is the guest?
**Choji**: Have you ever heard of the legendary gourmet Mr. Zephyr?
**Player**: ...
**Choji**: It's said he has 'the most divine tongue in Luxium!'
**Choji**: It doesn't matter what food you put in front of him. As soon as he tastes it, he can immediately taste...
**Choji**: taste everything!
**Player**: Everything!
**Choji**: That's right! If you stew a pot of fish soup!
**Choji**: All he needs is one taste and he'll know what ingredients you used and in what proportion!
**Choji**: He'll know where you got the fish, what kind of heat you used, and for how long!
**Player**: You must be exaggerating.
**Choji**: This is not exaggeration, it's true! It's one hundred percent true!
**Choji**: There was once a chef who displeased him.
**Choji**: The next time there was a competition, the scum actually put sand in the fried rice!
**Choji**: Then, when the fried rice hit the table...
**Choji**: The old man took a few bites, nom nom nom, and then said, 'This tastes like Eversun Beach. Zero points.'
*Choice 1 - The competition was at Eversun Beach?*
**Choji**: I didn't say that. It was at Crossport. I was also competing at the time!
**Choji**: But at that time my culinary skills weren't up to snuff. I barely placed third...
*Choice 1.1 - Incredible! - 5 Intimacy*
**Choji**: What do you mean? It's only third!
**Choji**: I am determined to be the number one chef in the world. What use is it getting third in some podunk competition?
*Choice 1.2 - You think he brought sand all the way from home just to do that?*
**Choji**: Why are you so hell-bent on doubting me?
**Choji**: He came from Elysiann. He only used sand from Eversun to mess with Mr. Zephyr!
**Choji**: Mr. Zephyr truly has a divine tongue!
*Choice 2 - Incredible! - 8 Intimacy*
*No additional dialog*
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Choji**: His dream is to try cuisine from every corner of the world.
**Choji**: Although he's achieved this dream, he's suddenly become totally apathetic and without desire.
**Choji**: Ever since then, he's suffered from anorexia. None of the world's food has been able to excite him.
*Choice - Not even new dishes?*
**Choji**: To him, there are no new dishes...
**Choji**: If it's just a variation on an old dish, he'll know exactly what it is with one taste.
*Choice - Not even your noodles? - 8 Intimacy*
**Choji**: \*sighs\*...
*Choice - Sounds like a fate worse than death! - 5 Intimacy*
**Choji**: I agree. That's why I think Mr. Zephyr is so resilient!
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Choji**: It's said only one person's dish has been able to move him.
**Choji**: But as for who made the dish and what the dish was, only the cook himself and Mr. Zephyr know.
**Choji**: Mr. Zephyr himself said that it was the best food he's ever had in his whole life!
**Choji**: Moreover, that person didn't try to conceal their ingredients nor their cooking method!
**Choji**: Of course, you cannot hide anything from Mr. Zephyr.
**Choji**: More importantly, Mr. Zephyr has said that as long as someone can make a dish that can move him in some way...
**Choji**: He would share with them the world's most delicious recipe!

**-Choice A - So why have you chosen noodles to try to move him?**

**Choji**: Because noodles are what I'm best at...
**Choji**: Actually up till that point, Mike and I had already worked really hard for over two months...
**Choji**: Mike collected the recipes and the ingredients and I was in charge of making the food.
**Choji**: We basically made all of the dishes under the sun at least once.
**Choji**: Elysian River Crabs, Eversun Oyster Cakes, Northern Roast Lamb, Crossport Smoked Duck...
**Player**: (Ooh... I'm getting hungry...)
**Choji**: That's not all. We also made Cold Pork Knuckle in Jelly, Spicy Stir-fried Venison, Three Delicacies and Shark's Fin, Sauteed Sea Cucumber with Scallion...
**Player**: (Ooh... my stomach is rumbling...)
**Choji**: In short, they all failed.
*Choice - He must have really high tastes... - 5 Intimacy*
**Choji**: Yes...
*Choice - Maybe he's got sores on his tongue?*
**Choji**: Don't talk about Mr. Zephyr like that!
**Player**: I apologize. Please continue...
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Choji**: So Mike just straight-up quit.
**Choji**: But I cannot give up that easily!
**Choji**: I think there is a fundamental flaw with Mike's method...
**Choji**: He brought too many exotic foods from faraway places. It was all stuff he wanted to eat...
**Choji**: If even Mike can find the recipe and the ingredients, then Mr. Zephyr has already tasted that dish, for sure.
*Choice - Then boil him some noodles! - 5 Intimacy*
**Choji**: You're absolutely right! I will use my very best noodles to win him over!
**Choji**: But that glutton Mike said he can't stand to be away from me for too long, so he only gave me a month.
*Choice - Where is Mike?*
**Choji**: Who knows? Maybe he's out looking for his scoundrel brother.
**Choji**: That glutton said he can't stand to be away from me for too long, so he only gave me a month.
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Choji**: I've spent twenty nine days researching this recipe. Today is the final day...
**Choji**: I don't know if I'll succeed.
*Choice - All this to get your hands on that recipe?*
*Go to Choice B*
*Choice - I see.*
*Go to Part 2*

**-Choice B - You're trying to get your hands on the recipe?**

**Choji**: You really think I'm that shallow?
**Choji**: Mike's the one greedy enough to spend the whole day thinking about the recipe!
**Choji**: Even if there were no recipe, I would still want to use my cooking skills to try to move Mr. Zephyr!
**Choji**: It would be an honor as a five-star chef!
**Choji**: Moreover, Mr. Zephyr's opinions are very, very precious!
**Choji**: It would not be a stretch to say I've learned a lot from him!
**Choji**: Of course, haha, getting my hands on that recipe wouldn't be so bad, either!
*Choice - So why have you chosen noodles to try to move him?*
*Go to Choice A*
*Choice - You're trying to get your hands on the recipe?*
*Go to Choice B*
*Choice - I see.*
*Go to Part 2*

**-Choice C - I see.**

*Go to Part 2*

**-Part 2**

**Choji**: All right. It's been nice talking with you-I've got to keep working!
*Choice - Let me be your assistant chef! - 11 Intimacy*
**Choji**: That would be great, haha!
**Choji**: You can help me grind some wheat!
**Player**: This is some really finely ground flour.
**Choji**: Yes, the finer, the better!
*Go to Part 3*
*Choice - All right. See you later!*
**Choji**: Goodbye!
*Scene ends*

**-Part 3**

*...*
**Player**: Chef Choji, I've ground the flour. Take a look.
**Choji**: Well done, very finely ground!
**Choji**: Next, help me grind some buckwheat!
**Player**: This is very complicated...
**Choji**: Of course! This is the most exquisite ingredient!
**Choji**: Mix the wheat flour in with the buckwheat flour. Add some egg and alkaline water. Once we knead the dough...
**Choji**: We'll be able to make fish stuffed noodles!
**Player**: Fish stuffed noodles?
**Choji**: You'll find out soon enough. Quick, help me grind the buckwheat!
*You helped Chef Choji make the flour and watched him knead the dough while preparing the fish meat.*
*Choji put the fish paste between two pieces of flatbread...*
**Player**: Is there anything else you need me to help you with, Chef Choji?
**Choji**: ...
**Player**: Chef Choji?
**Choji**: Go outside. Don't bother me!
*Choice - Don't tell me you're afraid I'm going to steal your method?*
*Choji stopped what he was doing.*
**Choji**: I said don't bother me. It is very, very important that I am able to focus!
**Player**: O-okay...
**Choji**: That's not what I meant.
**Choji**: I'm not afraid you'll steal my method. I haven't mastered this skill yet, so it'd be useless for you to try to steal it, anyway.
**Choji**: I need to be able to focus very hard to make these noodles.
**Choji**: I'm sorry, my behavior just now was inappropriate. Please don't take it to heart.
**Player**: It's no problem! I'll be waiting outside.
*Choice - All right... - 5 Intimacy*
*No additional dialog*
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Player**: (Making stuffed noodles must require intense focus. I'd better not bother him.)
**New Old Man**: Hello there, young man. Do you know where Chef Choji is?
**Player**: Ah, yes. However...
**New Old Man**: Choji! You aren't done yet?
**Choji**: Didn't I say not to bother me!
**Mr. Zephyr**: It is I, Zephyr...
**Choji**: I am cutting the noodles!
**Player**: ...
**Mr. Zephyr**: ...
**Choji**: Mr. Zephyr!
**Choji**: Mr. Zephyr, I... didn't know it was you.
**Choji**: Please hold on a moment! I'm almost finished!
**Mr. Zephyr**: Hahaha, this kid...
**Mr. Zephyr**: There's no rush. We'll wait for him a little longer.
**Mr. Zephyr**: (Muttering to self) Oh... my stomach is so hungry...
**Choji**: I'm done, Mr. Zephyr! Please have a taste!
**Mr. Zephyr**: Yeah...
**Mr. Zephyr**: Compared to your previous soup, the water is different. It seems you've added water from Lake Bliss...
**Mr. Zephyr**: Very good. The other ingredients are making themselves clear. You've stopped using Elysian River downstream snapper and have started using fish from the Sea of Sunlight.
**Mr. Zephyr**: You've made great progress with the soup. But that won't be enough to move me...
**Choji**: Thank you, Mr. Zephyr!
**Choji**: How about the noodles? How are they?
**Mr. Zephyr**: Hmm... the noodles are quite good. No wonder you did not want me to bother you while you were cutting them.
**Mr. Zephyr**: You've chosen to make stuffed noodles. This is quite an audacious work.
**Mr. Zephyr**: But why did you mix black fish from the Sea of Silence into the blue fin cod base?
**Choji**: Because cod has a mild taste and tender texture. It complements the noodles well, but does not affect the taste of the soup.
**Choji**: But by the same token, since it is so tender, if I directly put the cod paste into the noodles...
**Choji**: Which I also tried, you don't get stuffed noodles, it just becomes fish powder...
**Choji**: But with black fish, I thought if I paired it with the cod...
**Mr. Zephyr**: Choji, you're splitting hairs.
**Mr. Zephyr**: If you were indeed deadset on using cod, then black fish from the Sea of Silence would indeed be the best pair.
**Mr. Zephyr**: But why did you insist on using cod in the first place?
**Choji**: So...
**Mr. Zephyr**: Perch!
**Choji**: Haha, please don't tease me...
**Mr. Zephyr**: How about Crossport wavescale perch? The kind you get from the fish market on your hometown's messy thoroughfare!
**Choji**: Wave... Wavescale perch... How could... What...
**Mr. Zephyr**: Mike told me about your history. You became a chef so you could make authentic seafood noodles.
**Mr. Zephyr**: But think about it, is seafood necessarily better than river cuisine?
**Mr. Zephyr**: I still need to suss out the situation.
**Choji**: You're right...
**Choji**: I still have a long way to go. Trying to excite you is indeed no small feat...
**Mr. Zephyr**: Mmm. Maybe that's not true. I'm on the fence still. It's ambiguous at this point.
**Mr. Zephyr**: Whatever the case, I know for sure that these are the best noodles I've ever had.
**Mr. Zephyr**: Just follow my advice and take things to the next level. I don't think you'll have any trouble moving me!
**Choji**: Really?!
**Choji**: Getting your approval... I'm so happy!
**Choji**: Uh, Mr. Zephyr. Haha, could you maybe tell me the recipe right now?
**Choji**: I can't wait to find out any longer!
**Choji**: If I knew the recipe, I could make it for you every day!
**Mr. Zephyr**: Oh, uh...
*Choice - (I'd better take a step back.) - 11 Intimacy*
*No additional dialog*
*Choice - (What balls!)*
**Mr. Zephyr**: Actually, I don't think it would help you...
**Mr. Zephyr**: If you must hear it, then I would only tell you.
**Player**: (They're really not going to let me hear it...)
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Player**: Ah, I don't mean to bother you two. I have something I need to do. I'll be back later!
*Mr. Zephyr and Choji have a conversation*
**Choji**: I had... I had no idea a dish like this existed...
*Choice - Shouldn't you be happy? - 5 Intimacy*
**Choji**: I'm not happy...
**Choji**: Mr. Zephyr was right. It wouldn't be of any help to me.
**Player**: Why not?
**Choji**: Because I... well, I don't know how to say it.
**Choji**: It's getting late. I need to go back and find Mike.
**Choji**: However, now I know how to make my noodles!
**Choji**: Next time you come, try out my noodles. I'll give you a real surprise!
*Choice - What kind of dish is it?*
**Choji**: I promise Mr. Zephyr that I wouldn't tell you.
**Choji**: However, now I know how to make my noodles!
**Choji**: Next time you come, try out my noodles. I'll give you a real surprise!
**Choji**: All right. I need to hurry back and find Mike!
**Choji**: Otherwise that stingy guy's gonna dock my salary!
*Conversation continues after choices*
**Player**: All right. I'll come find you next time!
**Choji**: All right! I'm leaving then!
**Player**: What could the recipe be. I'm still very curious...
*Scene ends*

## Audio

*Note: Skins will use the audio from the basic skin unless indicated otherwise.*

### Choji's Basic Skin

* **Butler Interactions**
	+ Before Intimacy Level 7
		- **Head**: *Man, Mike sure is a finicky eater.*
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		- **Torso**: *Peppers, steak, put 'em together...*
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		- **Waist**: *Want something exciting? No, I'm talking about food!*
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	+ After reaching Intimacy Level 7
		- **Head**: *Never distract me when I'm seasoning!*
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		- **Torso**: *Mike is right, I should be frying a bigger fish!*
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		- **Waist**: *Heh heh heh! I wanna make you a dish so fine you'll want me for desert! W.. wait, no, uh, just kidding?*
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* **Skills**
	+ **Basic**: *Come and get it!*
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	+ **Advanced**: *Here! Have some noodles.*
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	+ **Ultimate**: *ULTIMATE FEAST!*
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* **Arrival**: *\*laughs\* There's nothing I like better, than feeding your face!*
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* **Display Voice 1**: *\*laughs\* Give me a skillet and I'll feed the world.*
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* **Display Voice 2**: *You'll eat \*hic\* what I make.*
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* **Hit**: *Uagh!*
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* **Dying**: *The dish is... ruined.*
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