Moogie

"Moogie"

- Only my place serves cooked testicles.

Moogie (ムーギィ) is a friendly worker at the restaurant Riko visited in The Village of Iruburu. They explained the nature of Iruburu's language to Riko and taught her a few phrases, as well as pointing Riko towards where she might be able to find Reg and Nanachi.

Appearance
Moogie wears a hood on top of her head, with tentacle-like hair sticking out. According to Riko, the hair has visual sensors and can move on its own, so Moogie can cook even while facing the other way.

Moogie has a line running through her eyes and a mouthpiece-like structure beneath their mouth. Moogie wears a big apron with a ribbon on it. They have four legs, which resemble octopus legs.

Personality
Moogie is very open and direct due to interacting with many different customers. Moogie is also very patient, as is seen when they explain the Narehate language to Riko.

Early Life
Moogie settled into the village a long time ago, but was not part of the original group, Iruburu' s first inhabitants.

Iruburu Arc
When Riko eats at the Narehate Restaurant, Moogie is pleased Riko enjoys the food and tells her trivia about it as well as about the village. Moogie also casually introduces Wazukyan in the conversation to Riko.

Later on, Moogie teaches Riko the basics of the Narehate language. When the Fuzosheppu attacks the village, Moogie is one of the villagers trying to fend it off. After the battle is concluded Moogie notices they have never seen Vueko before in the village and questions her about her identity. When Vueko tells her story, Moogie is surprised by its revelations.

Both Majikaja and Moogie become a bit sad and nostalgic when Wazukyan says the village is the homeland of the ones with no place to go to, and admit they dream of continuing their adventure in the Abyss.

Moogie, addressing Wazukyan, tells him while they would like to venture in the Abyss again, it would be unfair to force Riko to make such a wish, to which Wazukyan replies that nobody is forcing Riko and it is a decision only the ones challenging the Abyss can make; namely Riko's group. Before anyone else can say something, Juroimoh shows up and starts attacking.

After Reg's battle against Juroimoh, he asks Maaa, Majikaja and Moogie to keep Riko safe, just before Faputa arrives.

As Moogie, Riko and Reg watch the destruction of the battle unfold, Moogie is saddened by it but also conflicted with their urge to want to touch Faputa.

When Faputa tries to attack Riko, Moogie and other villagers try to protect her.

When the creatures make their way inside the village, Moogie, seeing how their fellow villagers are decimated and shaken by the events unfolding, says that it is over for them and all will come to an end now. She is pulled out of her shock by Maaa who carries the unconscious Riko and gives her new purpose to at least save Riko.

Moogie is one of the villagers that watch Faputa fight the creatures, and getting more and more ripped apart, they question why they care for her well-being even though she is trying to kill them.

Moogie is present after they escaped the battle scene with Riko and when Riko regains consciousness, Moogie points out the same has happened during the Fuzosheppu incident.

Now that they learned the truth about the village, Moogie suggests that the three should talk to the one that also brought them into this, namely Wazukyan as they just spotted him. Wazukyan, those body is barely still holding up, greets them and also addresses that it is a rather crude way of Moogie saying he was the one who brought them into this since it was their actions they took of their own free will that lead to this.

After Wazukyan faded away, they are interrupted by sounds in the distance and Majikaja and the other villagers inform them that it is Faputa, calling to them for the first time. As such, they think they will regret it if they don't follow it as it feels like they would get destroyed if they don't obey it.

But as they feel like they are the same as Riko, they let her make the final decision on where to head to. Seeing how it is dangerous everywhere, the group decides to go with the villagers. One of the villagers also notes that Vueko should have been with Wazukyan but is nowhere in sight. Reg also questions alarmed if they might have missed her along the way, but Riko says they should be able to catch up to her if she is around because she is not that fast.

As Riko climbs back onto Majikaja, Moogie hands her the part of the letter that was sold at the Iruburu's Market of Value of Value and tells her that it is a present from her and Majikaja they obtained by trading in a part of Faputa Reg gave them.

Riko thanks them and, after having a heartfelt moment with Maaa, the group moves onward.

After the group returned to Faputa, she shifts her attention to address the present villagers in the group and tells them while she can't forgive them she will give them a role to fulfill. She has come to understand the value still present in the village and how to utilize it and plans to draw all of the remaining value out of the village to destroy it to give her mother peace. Moogie tells her that they came because of that and requests Faputa to do it for them, too. Faputa agrees and, while not shown explicitly, was most likely consumed Moogie and the other villagers present afterwards.

Cooking
Moogie is an excellent cook and if one can describe them the flavor or taste of the dish they seek Moogie is able to make it.

Multilingual
Moogie can speak both Iruburu's language and the common human language.

Trivia

 * Moogie's Narehate Restaurant serves a wide variety of dishes catering to the diverse tastes of Iruburu's Narehate. To Riko, some smell wonderful, while others smell nauseating.
 * The Narehate Restaurant is the only establishment in The Village of Iruburu serving cooked testicles. It is a fiery dish with a wonderfully spicy aroma. Apparently, there is a regular customer who supplies his own testicles.
 * The Sage, Wazukyan, is a frequent patron at their restaurant.
 * Moogie can create any flavor and texture a customer specifies.
 * Moogie has learned a lot of languages due to interacting with all kinds of customers
 * Moogie is seen wielding, what appears to be, a weapon in chapter 46, which resembles a large pizza cutter on the end of a staff.
 * Moogie appears to be a fairly old denizen of Iruburu, as they know almost all the residents by face. Moogie also recalls the Three Sages having always been secretive about the founding of the village.
 * According to information revealed during the Cave Raider Guild Great Balancing Meeting, Moogie's Narehate form comes from 40% "being good at managing multiple things at the same time" and a 60% of "being able to eat good food in whatever circumstance" as well as "wishing for feet that do not trip".