The Arctic Moon Café

Chapter 1:
The Arctic Moon Café, it's the name of the place I own. Theres not to many places around here, that cater to cosplay fanatics. It's the perfect place to unwind after a log day of shopping, or work. I don't know whats so alluring about it, but there I something about cosplay that bring out a persons inner self. But then again...

“Dammit Alex,” A man said from behind the counter, as he walked around it wearing, a French Maids outfit.

“What?” a girl wearing a Cheerleaders outfit and monkey ears said as she turned around. The hem of her skirt ruffling just high enough to give anyone who was looking in the general direction a peek at a pair of pink panties. “Oh God Ace, you look adorable!”

Ace rolled his eyes, “I agreed to help out today, but I didn't think I would have to wear this.”

“Smile,” I said as I snapped a candid picture of Ace, when he turned around. “Now thats a keeper. I'm thinking of posting it in the next Employee bulletin.”

“You wouldn't dare,” Ace said in a grave tone, as all the color drained from his face.

“Relax,” I laughed as I removed the memory card for the Camera. “I wouldn't dare do something like that. But the Zaft Uniform that was ordered should Arrive tomorrow, and you won't have to be...” I couldn't stop my self from laughing as I finished off. “The French Maid, and Alex, careful about turning so fast. This is a Cosplay Café theres bound to be a few perverts, in the crowd.”

“IEEEE,” Alex said as she pulled the hem of the skirt down.

“I don't know why I have to wear this,” Ace muttered as he walked behind he bar again. “It's not like I'm out on the floor.”

“It's the spirit of the art that is Cosplay,” I said as I put the camera away. “Take a look around, everyone is having fun.”

That was the truth, everyone who works here has a passion for Cosplay, Terra the head waitress, for one, is possibly the most enthusiastic, about it as she devotes herself to becoming Teletha “Tessa” Testarossa. Then theres Alex who's a bit of a ditz to say the least but her personality just keeps everyone around her feeling cheery. Jinny our personal Neko, and the Aly and Kelly the twins. They top off the waitress'. Then there Ace, my man in charge, and finally me the Boss. But then theres also George my Muscle's, the guy who keep the place in line, when ever a customer gets a little too frisky with one of the girls, or tries to take a few cheep shots with a camera. George is the man who they wish wasnt around. The only person who works for me that does not dress in costume. Though I keep telling him he would be perfect as Barret from Final Fantasy 7.

“I don't see why I can't wear something like what you are Boss,” Ace said vehemently.

“Thats because the Onizuka suit was hand made by a friend of mine for me,” I laughed. “And it's the same guy who made everyone of the outfits, that we use in the shop. Just wait till tomorrow, and you'll be Athrun Zala, of the Zaft Forces.”

“Anything is better than this,” Ace said gloomily as he motioned down to the black and white outfit that he was wearing.

“Come on honey,” a man said from a table by a window. “Just a few pictures.”

“I said no,” A girl in a Kimono and Cat ears said as she walked away when the guy grabbed her by the arm. “Let go of me.”

“I'll be back in a second” I said as I walked over to where the commotion was coming from.

“I'm a paying Customer,” the guy said. "So why don't you show some Professional Hospitality?”

“I there something wrong?” I said as I slipped over trying to get this to end as fast as possible.

“Yeah there is,” The guy said. “I'm a paying customer, and all I asked was a simple picture...”

“Yeah me siting in your lap you fucking pig,” The waitress said.

“Is what Jinny said true?” I asked as I cracked my knuckles.

“I don't see the harm,” The guy laughed. “It's just one bloomin' picture.”

“I said no,” Jinny snapped back.

“George,” I said as I snapped my fingers.

A large muscular black guy wearing a pair of jean's and a black T-Shirt walked over and stood behind me, well over a head taller than me, and I'm 6'1” “Yeah boss?”

“Please see to it that this gentleman is removed from the premises,” I said with a smile on my face.

It's this part of my job that I hate, but then I have a duty to protect my employees. It's people like this that make my little place a pain to deal with, I've had waitress's quit before because of the constant harassment. I kinda wish I could beat the shit out of them. Maybe then they would learn don't touch the Waitress's. But it's an occupational hazard, something everyone has to deal with.

But then I look at all those people out there, everyone who is here for a decent time is having fun, enjoying themselves. No one cares about the day outside, a cup of coffee, tea, or even a nice smoothie and entertainment who could really ask for anything more?

Not bad....a few typos here and there. Nothing for me to critisize much except that the 1st chapter didn't give me any feeling of um..... greatness?? well.... what i'm trying to say is that this doesn't really have anything bad it provides a nice light read in contrast to your previous works...

BTW i'm suspecting the boss is gonna have sex with one of the waiteresses right? lol i think this is a given since you are writing something with cosplay in it

Actually this time I'm going to try and stay away from the erotica. Almost everything I have written to date has an Erotic element and I want to say clear of any sex.

Though Perversion will be a factor.

There is nothing wrong with writing a lot of erotica. It is a part of life and it makes things seem even more real to me.

I see what your getting at but I have a thing about Cosplay, I can't Jack off to it(I've tried), I would not want to have sex in Cosplay, and I do not see the appeal of writing a Cosplay Lemon. To me Coplay is something of a sore subject, when it come down to it. I believe in the purity of it, and I could kill almost any Male who dresses like Sailor Moon or Faye Valentine Aka Man-Faye.

... That sounded a lot like Tanaka from Genshiken didn't it?

Chapter 2 is kinda short

Chapter 2:
The one thing I hate about Saturday is the employee meetings. Everyone is so groggy because the meeting is at 7am and the Café doesn't open until 10. But it's a must do, to keep everyone in the loop.

“Alright everyone listen up,” Ace say as a stick of Pocky bobbed up and down in his mouth. “I know your all tired and some of you want to go back to sleep. I myself would like to actually get another hour or so but we all can't have what we want, and this is important.”

“Just drop the speech Ace,” I said, taking a sip of coffee. “It's been said fifty time before. Beside' I'm the one who's got the important things to say.”

“Well then go right ahead,” Ace said as he put another stick of Pocky in his mouth.

“Alright,” I said taking a deep breath. “First off, this week was good. There were only a few minor mishaps.”

“Yeah the Perverts are a real problem on Fridays,” Jenny butted in.

“That I know,” I explained. “Thats why George is here. But I've tried to be lenient about customers wanting to take pictures but it's getting bad. So no more photography is allowed. The only camera allowed is the store camera.” I held up the Nikon D40x I used for store purposes. “Also the new costume are in. If you want to wear the old one go right ahead jut try to wear the new ones a well. As for the parking problem, I've talked to the city, they are willing to let employees use the parking garage down the street free of charge. Now any questions?”

“Yeah where can I put these?” A guy said as he walked up the stairs into the shop carrying a bulk of suit storage bags.

“It's about time Matt,” I laughed. “Everyone's here waiting for the new stuff.

“You try lugging these things around they're heavy,” Matt huffed. “But let me see, I've got them sorted.” Matt pulled the first one off the stack and handed it to Ace. “Lets see, here's yours Alex, and Terra, I fixed a new jacket the one you have seems to be wearing out. George I know you don't like Cosplay but you have got to try this.”

“I never said I don't like Cosplay,” George snapped. “I just like the ability to move easily.”

“Thats the point of this,” Matt said pulling the suit storage bag from the hanger. “I took a guess at your measurements and put together a Sha Gojya outfit minus the weaponry. Easy mobility, and I think it would make you look a bit more blended in to the place. The only down side is you would have to wear this.” Matt pulled a dummy head with a blood red wig on top of it from a duffel bag on his back.”

“Well it's better than being dressed as a French maid,” George laughed, as he moved a little closer to whisper. “Ask Dean about the French Maid.”

“Ace?” Matt asked, as George nodded. “I can see it now.”

After a few minutes everyone came back out of the dressing room changed into there outfits for Matt to make sure everything was fitting right. Alex in a Blue and white Summer Style Sailor Fuku, Terra in the new jacket, Jenny was wearing a Priestess Kimono, then Aly and Kelly dressed as Subaru and Hokuto from Tokyo Babylon. Then there was the matter of George in costume which stuck us all as odd seeing the red wig actually looked natural. Ace pulled the Athrun Zala look off perfectly. But the big surprise was the unveiling of the secret that was in the works months before this order was even set up.

Dean the Stampede, as I was calling myself. It was a perfect look, my hair is naturally blond and it's a bit long, when combed out. So before I strapped everything in place, I took some Pomade and slicked it straight up, and donned some glasses I bought at a Con a few years back. If I wasn't sure of it I could have likely passed as a doppelgänger of Vash himself.

“Alright everyone's fitted,” Matt said as I walked out of the office. “Hows the suit?”

“It feels like I'm inside of a snug comfortable glove,” I said as I was smiling. Looking over the ornate complexity of the suit. “Alright everyone. 30 minutes till show time. If your working today then stay as you are if not then get changed and be on your way. Your welcome to hang around as usual but I'm sure you all have better things to do.

As everyone who was not working wen off to change it was Me, Ace, Alex, Aly and George who would be here for the fir part of the day then Kelly and Terra come in at 3. But this is one of the bigger days. Saturdays are always fun.

um....basically what i said in my 1st post anyway the typos are still there which i find really annoying btw.... But i think this is a good little read for a rest from the "serious" genres so i think i'll keep reading and post my comments after that....

As for the typos I would like to speak in my defense.

1. I use a laptop that is over 3 year old and has been heavily used to type notes for classes which has caused the keys to wear out to a certain degree.
2. Even though I am an native speaker of the English Language I am far from fluent in English Mechanics. It was just never really taught my primary/secondary education.

I know double post but I went through and tried to fix the obvious typos.

Lol... but you shouldn't let that as an excuse you know... Finding excuses is always bad no matter what... So just admit your faults it's not as if anyone is gonna kill you for that lol

That is what I said in my defense, This keyboard is literally a piece of shit, half the keys don't work when I want them to. Also I was being honest about the English Mechanics thing. They never did teach it to us throughout school it was all this portfolio crap that we had to do. They never explained the mechanics of the English language. Some times I think I would have done better in a Japanese Schools English Class. I also did admit tha I have gone through to try and fix my obvious errors.

I would also like to ad that I have not made any characters off of real people yet. This stems from the other place I post writing, where two people believe I have used them as Characters. There is only one Real Character and that has not been published yet.

Another Short one a brief explanation of the beginnings of Arctic moon

Chapter 3:
It's been five years sine The Arctic Moon Cosplay Café opened it's doors. I think it's how the café itself is located factor a lot into how we have been so successful. All throughout the town are two story buildings most of which are shop on the ground floor with loft style apartments on top of them. Thats basically how this building was originally made. A Shop front down stairs with an industrial loft above it. The fact that both had there own entrance really made it a plus for he idea of opening up hop up here. The store below is actually a little comic book shop catering to the Otaku generation. Which also happens to be it's name. “Generation Otaku' or as the regular customers call it 'Gen O'.

I actually used to work for the guy who runs the shop below. He bought the building and opened up Gen O while the upstairs loft was left alone and used for storage of literally empty boxes. After a few years of working with Dave, I got to know Matt, and most of the girls who work as waitresses here in the Arctic Moon.

I get the idea of a Cosplay Café up above a comic book shop. I bounce it off Dave, who likes the idea, a it could bring more business to the shop. The joint venture of me and Dave the Arctic Moon Café was jut about to take off. I set to work, getting ideas for everything, and Dave doing his thing making contacts to contractors to get it put together.

Three months later, the Arctic Moon opened with Me running the show, and Alex, Jenny and Terra, in some cheep store bought costumes, for the first week, until Matt got the first set finished. Once business picked up George became a key player as the bouncer and after 3 years, I took my savings from the joint venture and bought Dave out of his share, and hired Ace, as the middle man to run the day to day operations. Though the building is still owned by Dave, I do my best to keep up a good tenet facade and pay a small sum of rent each month.

Then there is the Atlantis Anime Con that rolls through town every June. Thousands of Anime and Cosplay fanatics swooping into town for a period of 3 days, it's probably the busiest time time of the year. The last time it rolled through, Aly and Kelly went to the convention hall handing out flyer's and coupons. The next day lines to get inside were wrapped around the block. Not to mention the number of times we ran out of anything. I remember Gen O's shelves were almost bare by the end of it all.

Well, we all do what we can, so I would the minor typo here and there are fine. We can't all be perfect all the time.

After reading through these first three chapters, it seems like you're going a bit slowly, and it lacks enough impact, but hopefully it'll get better after all the groundwork and introductions. Though with TV the way it is, it almost seems as if you're writing a for a TV show.

Overall, it's quite enjoyable, though it needs to sit up and bark more than anything. Still, just the impact and perhaps a bit more descriptive detail.

Around chapter 6 or s I've got a lot of hit planned. A lot of cliché stuff, i won't go into detail about i yet but yeah this is just a little project nothing thats supposed to be really heavy, just an on the lighter side kinda thing. But I'm glad you like it.

Chapter 4:
I don't know what it is but the smell of Ink, Paper, and Pocky always seems to comfort me thats probably why I like Generation Otaku so much. The shop front is crammed with bookcases that are filled to the brim with dōjinshi, manga, and a variety of snack foods.

“Your down hear earlier than normal,” A man said as he leaned back in a chair behind the register looking up as I came into the shop.

“Of course I am,” I laughed as I walked over. “I've got a lot of stuff to do. First of all This month's rent. Second I got some pictures that you would like to see, I'm sure the top would almost make you piss yourself from laughing so hard.”

“The new Costumes?” The guy said sitting up, taking the stack of printed off pictures. “And what do you mean piss my pants... GOOD GODS IS THAT ACE!”

“I told you Dave,” I laughed.

“I think I may have wet myself,” Dave said as he thumbed through the rest. “All high quality, Matt's done an excellent job as usual.”

“Thats why he's the guy I turn to when I need shit like this,” I laughed as I leaned against the counter looking at a flier for Atlantis, and picked it up. “That reminds me, about something. Shop's going to be closed for...”

“The Con?” Dave said finishing my sentence for me. “Same here, I'm putting a booth up in the dealer room. I've got the prize chest for the Contest that your holding as well. I also have one other thing to ask of you as well.”

“And what would that be?” I asked as I stood up and stated over to where a big box that had the letters AMC written on it.

“Mind if I borrow some employees of yours for the Con?” Dave said cringing a bit as he said it.

“Ace is helping with the administration of the contest, and Terra is going to be our announcer.” I ticked off. “But come up Saturday at 7am and we'll see.”

Most of what i said in my posts before....(typos etc etc...)

BTW i think that the chapters should be longer.... It wouldn't feel like a chapter since it is so short. A chapter of yours is about 1/3 of what a normal length chapter is supposed to be....

Again, I would like to say, that I split it up into small chapter like this because I do not believe in making a chapter that is placed in fifty different places, it gets too confusing.