The two were on Tom's boat getting ready to head out for a new adventure. Éclair looked up at the sky as her skin got some much needed tanning. She sat up as she saw a shark cross her eye line. The girl looked over at her partner, "Uh, Toriko, should I be worried?" The man shook his head, "Nah, it's just a Drunk Shark." The small droplets fell onto the girl's hand and she inhaled. "Is this wine?" She stood up and looked over the boat rail, "This is totally wine!" The bluenette nodded, "Yup, it's called the Liquor Sea. It's made up of different kinds of alcohol. Right now we're headed to the Heavy Drinker Archipelago. ~Look, we're almost there." Her eyes gazed at the upcoming islands, "Wow, that's pretty cool." "You know, this island restricts anyone under 20, so~" The girl frowned, "So what? Toriko I don't know how old you think I am, but I'm 24 going on 25 soon. I may look like I'm 18, but I'm not." He looked confusingly at the girl, "You're almost 25? I didn't know that!" She sighed, "Yeah, but I do have to warn you that I'm not a heavy drinker. If you noticed, I haven't been too big on alcohol and there's a reason for that." The man raised an eyebrow, "Why? You a lightweight?" She shook her head, "Thank goodness no, but it's just not my thing." Tom yelled to the two, "Get ready to disembark."
The two got off the boat and they were ready to see what delights were headed their way. Though she wasn't very big on drinking, Éclair was still excited to see what kind of things they had in this booze infested place. "So why exactly are we here Toriko?" "I went back to Monchy. He said he can't make the Ehou Maki with just the Madam Fish. I need to get vinegared rice. To make a long story short, we're here for King Vinegar. It's a mixture of the alcohol when it ferments." The girl smiled, "Hey, that's some top quality vinegar. Now I'm really excited." Her excitement soon faded as a large drunk animal came charging at them. It ran at full force toward the two, and Toriko smiled. "It's the meat dish on Mansom's Full Course Menu, Drunken Cattle." He raised his hand, "Knife!" The bull dropped dead after the fatal attack. "Now we have a snack to go along with the alcohol."
They continued on, and Toriko ate the fresh catch. "You know, all of the creatures here are drunk." The girl sighed, "Soon you can be added to that list." The man's attention swayed as he noticed a large water fountain of Brandy. The man looked at river flowing across, "It's looks so delicious. It's so shiny like gems." Before the man took a drink, a Brandy Tiger waked over on the other side of the river and took a drink. Éclair looked at the tiger, "It's so beautiful. It seems so docile and timid. ~Not at all like me when I drink." The man rubbed his chin, "Is that so? Then have a drink. I have never seen you even slightly intoxicated." She poked the man's cheek, "You're not a very good influence Toriko! Don't encourage me to drink!" The man put his hands together, "I give thanks to all the ingredients in this world. Now let's drink." He put his hands in and took a drink, "It's so dry and delicious. Have some Éclair." She shook her head, "Nope. I'm being a good girl during this adventure. Now alcohol for me." He pointed over, "You can just have some Ukonunko. It'll help you out so you can drink as much as you want without worrying about a hangover." The girl shook her head, "Tempting, but no. Enjoy the ginger poop on your own. I will have one glass of champagne, and that's what my taste buds will wait for." The man pouted, "Fine, be that way. Let's keep going then."
They walked around and found even more interesting ingredients. Toriko pointed, "I know you said you wouldn't drink, but will you eat chips from this tree?" The girl licked her lips, "I'm a foodie. I'd never pass up this chance." She grabbed chips off the tree and began to indulge. "Mmm, these are so good, and the saltiness isn't too overbearing." As the two continued to eat, a large cloud began to cover them. Rain poured on their skin, and soaked them completely. Toriko ran to the girl and picked her up. "You gonna have a drink now?" She laughed as she raised her hands in the air. "It's so yummy and dry. Champagne rain! Woo! Yeaaaaaaa~ aaaand it's over."
The girl pouted as she was still being picked as if she was Simba being presented to the animal kingdom. "Damn passing cloud. I was so excited too. ~Toriko, you can put me down now." Just as the man set her down, another overcast shadowed their bodies. It was a large Emerald Dragon. Éclair flinched, "No way! That things got top quality alcohol that even I couldn't pass up." The bluenette gazed upon the creature, "Uh oh! This could be trouble considering how tipsy I am." The girl looked back at him, "You see! This is why I don't drink! Oh dear. This is it. This is where we die. It wasn't even in a place I love!" Toriko's face changed as he noticed the dragon wasn't advancing toward them. "Usually this thing is vicious with a bad temper. Hmm, it's not doing anything at all." He walked over and put a hand on the beast. "It's knocked."
"Who's talking down there?" They heard a voice coming from up high on the Emerald Dragon. Down looked none other than the Knocking Master himself. Éclair smiled, "Jirou! Thank goodness!" The old man laughed, "Oh, hey boys." The blond girl scrunched her freckled nose as she whispered under her breath, "I am not a boy, but whatever." The old man continued, "Do you wanna join me in this bath?" The girl jumped on Toriko's back as he climbed the dragon to the top. The two stripped down and entered the small spring. Éclair lay back and sigh, "This is what I needed." She looked over at Jirou, "You know, seeing you here is somehow not surprising." The old man laughed, "Well I do come here 8 times a week."
Her eyes amplified, "Whoa, that's insane! I couldn't imagine." He handed the two a guinomi, "Have a drink you two." Éclair shrugged, "I may as well. I'll only be here probably once in my life." She took a sip of the once in a lifetime alcohol. "Hey! This is pretty good! Mmm! I want more!" Before she took another drink, she looked over and saw something strange. "Hey Jirou, what's in this bucket thingy? More liquor?" He walked over and nodded, "Yes, actually it's the drink of my Full Course Menu. Would you two like some?" Her heart skipped a beat as she was offered the drink of ages. A lump formed in her throat. The mere mention of said drink dried up her throat causing a longing for only that. The old man laughed as he turned back to them, "Oops, looks like I drank it all. Well, don't worry you two. Someday you'll go to the Gourmet World yourselves and find a magnificent drink of your own. ~But for now, let's drink what we got and uproariously drunk!"
~It had been a while since they delivered the King Vinegar. The two sat on a train ready for their next adventure. "The girl folded her arms as she looked out the window, "The Dodurian Bomb huh? Who would want to eat that? I don't even like regular durian let alone a big gigantic ass stink bomb." The man shrugged, "Hey, well we needed a strong component, and Teppei said this is what should work." Éclair sighed, "I just don't want to get too smelly you know? Regular durian's are already banned on all commercial airliners, trains, and some ships, so I can't imagine this thing." As she was going to continue her rant, the train stopped at their exit. As the doors opened, everyone inside flinched. The two stepped off the train, and the girl screamed, "What the hell is this! This smells worst than anything I have ever experienced! Toriko, let's get back on the train, please! There has to be another way!" The man shook his head, "How could we? The train already left. Just endure it Éclair, we can do this."
They went on, and the closer they got to the Dodurian Bomb, the worse it smelled. The girl could endure any type of weather conditions, but this was something she couldn't take for much longer. It seemed like years since they started their long walk to get the smelly fruit. The smell was so bad they couldn't even eat anything because it rotted to the core. The girl's involuntary tears clouded her vision, but she kept pressing forward. She looked over at her partner, "Toriko how much longer?" He looked down at her face, "Wow, I've gotta say this is the worst you have ever looked." "Right back at ya." The man pointed, "Look! It's here! The Dodurian Bomb is here, and it's getting ready to fall. They say that when is busts open anyone in a 100 kilometer radius can smell it. The smellier it gets, the tastier it gets." Éclair shook her head, "I don't care! I don't want it to be smellier! This is just toxic!" As the fruit began to break off the branch, its stench rotted the clothes right off the two. The girl looked at her bare skin, "No! Stupid stinky durian!"
The gigantic fruit finally broke off from its branch and fell to the ground. Éclair jumped onto the man, "Toriko! ~stinky~ We're gonna die in the worst ~stinky~ way possible!" The fruit crashed onto the hard ground and next followed both Toriko and Éclair. The girl woke up a moment later and looked at the passed out man beneath her, "Are you oka~ Ew~" Before her words could finish, she passed out again. The bluenette sat up and looked at the girl, "That was terrible eh Éclair? Écla~ Stinky~" The two weren't able to stay conscious as they fell into an endless cycle of waking up and passing out. She hoped it would end soon, and that she'd finally be able to go home at some point.
~Her wishes finally came true. The two were back home and ready to get back to the daily grind. Éclair smiled as she inhaled the air, "Ahh, it's good to smell that city air again huh Toriko?" The man nodded, "Yeah, let's go in and get some food!" She nodded, "Okay! It'll be nice to get back to work anyway." As they ran inside, all of the customers worked up into a frenzy. They plugged their noses and ran away from the two. The girl pouted, "No way! We can't still smell can we!? I soaked for 3 days straight and used a whole bottle of my special body wash!" As she was feeling down, in walked Sunny with a jolly smile on his face. "Hey Muffin, let's get some of that cookin~ gross~~" She bit her lip as she looked up at Toriko, "This can't really be our destiny can it? I'll never get invited to another party again. People won't want to be around me. ~ Worst of all, how can I work!? I can't cook in my kitchen this way!" She put her hands over her face, "I need a miracle! Please don't let me live the rest of my life being malodorous. I can't take it."
Her head faced down, 'Dodurian Bomb, you have taught me that I really hate smelly things. Your only purpose in life was to make everyone faint and lament your existence. You have done nothing but strain relationships that I have, and prevent relationships that could have been. ~For that, I give uncivil condemnation!'