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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 16, 2010 22:32:00 GMT -5
Chuckling, Shichuumaru wagged a finger at her. "You have a very good point there! And I'm glad you were able to find a job, that means you'll be sticking around, right?" His partner let out a cheering-like noise at the prospect, but any further speculation on his part was cut off by what was quite possibly the quietest interruption ever. "Ah..um....actually...at the tree...Kyousei-san did something with plants, did he not?" Utsuro stated with a very contemplative look on his face. "If he can do that easily, he could very well make a tree in here..though...I cannot say it would be the wisest of ideas..or decor."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 16, 2010 22:41:36 GMT -5
Ayaka paused. "Hmmm... well.... No, I don't think that'd be a good idea," Ayaka agreed. "We work really hard to keep the cafe clean, but the roots would wreck the floors and leaves would get in everyone's food..." "And why are we letting this guy just stand there, huh?" Takeo-kun asked. "A friend of Aya-chan's is a friend of mine. Especially a friend of Aya-chan's who also gets rid of creepy birds. C'mon over here and join us, man!"
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 21, 2010 19:52:19 GMT -5
"Ah, well, sure!" Grinning as he responded, he looked back over his shoulder. "Late lunch sound good to you, buddy?" Not needing to wait for a nod to the affirmative, he slid into the booth next to the Tsutomegi kid. Close up, though, he had to blink a bit. "Uhh...what's with the ice pack?" " I...slipped..and fell." Came the overly quiet reply. This guy must be afraid of his own shadow! "But yeah, that bird had to go. Did you see the size of that thing? The heck has it been eating?! Poor Gabu was terrified..not that he had much to worry about with me right there, but I'm sure you can understand if you look at it from his perspective."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 21, 2010 20:05:24 GMT -5
.... slipped, huh? Well, best not to say anything about that. "I sure can," Takeo agreed with a nod. "Heck, the way that thing was staring at me, you'd think it wanted me for dinner instead of our little buddy here. Talk about freaky. "So what brings you here?" he asked as Aya-chan returned with a menu. "Random luck, or did you decide the bunch of us are just too cool to ignore?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 25, 2010 23:21:43 GMT -5
"No kidding. At the size of the thing, it might have been able to, as well! As for me, I was just...what WAS I doing?" Shichuumaru blinked as he settled in. "Man, talk about losing your train of thought...It wasn't anything important..I THINK I was just wandering around, making sure there weren't any more damaged trees about..then Gabu freaked out over the crow...Then started going off about sensing Aya nearby...and boom! Here we are!" He finished explaining with a laugh. "But you guys are pretty awesome, don't get me wrong!"
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 26, 2010 1:54:28 GMT -5
.... well. It seemed she wasn't going to get anyone's attention by just standing there. Seemed like it was time to take manners into her own hands, or she'd never get that menu to Shichuumaru-san, and there were other customers who needed her attention at well. Still, it was rude to talk over other people's conversations, so maybe she needed to try something else. And so, before she even realized what she was doing, she had shifted her grip on the menu so that she was holding it by the bottom edge, and had brought it gently down so that it now rested, still steadied by her hand, on top of her friend's green-haired head. "Shi-chuu-ma-ru-san. Are you going to let me stand here with this thing all day?" she asked, a very subtle teasing note creeping into her voice.
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 26, 2010 2:29:13 GMT -5
"Gah! Ah, geeze, I'm sorry!" Shichuumaru laughed, reaching up to pluck the menu from her grasp. "I get kind of scatterbrained sometimes when I'm not actively focusing on something super-serious like a mission or work. Let's see here!" Cracking open the menu, his amber eyes began scanning the contents of the menu swiftly. "Ooh, that sounds good...that too...what do you think?" He addressed his partner upon his shoulder. " Gah...hmmm....Bugah?" The larva's response was tendered with a waved nub at a segment of the menu and an incredulous look from the boy. "Are you kidding? I'm not ordering all that! It'd be dinnertime before lunch was made, for one thing, and just because my hair is green doesn't mean I'm made of money! Man you've got expensive tastes for someone who eats chakra!" The infant beetle responded with what could only be approximated by a 'raspberry'. Rolling his eyes, Shichuumaru passed the menu back up, thumb held to a particular item. "Could we get that, please? Thank you~." Looking back to the other boys (Ryuurei-Sensei seemed rather self-absorbed in his tea), he blinked. "What's with you two?" "N-nothing. Still a little dazed, I guess..I shall be fine, though." Really, he could not decide what was more incredible: Ayaka-san's tone just then, or Shichuumaru-san's capacity for speaking.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 26, 2010 22:19:25 GMT -5
"Of course!" Ayaka replied with her best waitress smile. "I'll get this in right away, and I'll be back to check on you guys in a few minutes. But if you need something, just come find me!" Takeo stared after Aya-chan as she left, a nigh incredulous look on his face, and waited until she was out of earshot to speak. "Oi, Tsutomegi. Was it just me... or did putting Aya-chan in that outfit mess with her head?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 28, 2010 19:58:59 GMT -5
"She does seem to be behaving in a manner very uncharacteristic of her.." Utsuro replied, nodding solemnly. "I hope the uniform is not possessed by the spirit of a perky waitress and is controlling her.." Eying the demure boy with an incredulous expression, Shichuumaru tried to make sure he'd heard what he thought he heard. This endeavor mostly drowned out noticing Ryuurei-Sensei choked on his tea. "You're weird, Tsutomegi.." " I know."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 28, 2010 20:04:57 GMT -5
"Well," Takeo mused thoughtfully, watching Aya-chan move about the cafe and cheerfully talk with customers, "it's true that she's a completely different person when she's in here, but I never heard of possessed uniforms before. ..... well. If it's still a problem after a little while, we could always see if I can pick up on anything. Not that I'm sure I'd even be able to see that kind of thing..."
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 29, 2010 5:52:27 GMT -5
"It is not an unheard of circumstance, Takeo-sama. If, for instance, the waitress died a tragic and untimely death on shift, or shortly thereafter before she had the chance to change into her normal clothes, it is entirely feasible for her spirit to have become bound to the cloth. Alternatively, if she particularly enjoyed being a waitress, or if the uniform is particularly old enough to have developed a spirit of its own, it is also plausible for that to affect Ayaka-san." Utsuro explained as if this were the most simplistic of things to have occurred. ....What am I gonna do with you..Hitsuatsu-san was staring now too. Kyousei-san had stopped talking, which seemed something of a feat. Utsuro sunk a little lower into the bench and applied the ice pack to his head again. "Gomen.."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 29, 2010 15:13:25 GMT -5
Takeo sighed and took a long sip of his drink. He had forgotten that other people probably didn't know about Tsutomegi's knowledge of those old stories. Though, honestly, with Tsutomegi it was more like a way of life than a way of study. And he wasn't sure how to say anything to get the other two to stop staring that wouldn't make Tsutomegi feel bad at the same time. Distraction, he thought, his gaze darting around the cafe in desperate search for something else to point out. Need a distraction. Let's see... Is that weird crow back!? No, that's a different bird. That guy's toupee is about to fall in his soup, but he might hear me mention it. Uhm... Let's see... That's normal, that's normal...
Oh, whoa. What the..."Hey. Hey. Check that out," he said lowly, nodding to a tall, broad-shouldered, trenchcloak-covered figure looking into the cafe's front window. "That's an interrogator's coat, right? The heck is one of those poking around here for? Don't they have enemy soldiers to finish up with?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 29, 2010 20:53:30 GMT -5
"Eh?...Whoah, is that what that guy is? Pretty intimidating looking...guess it's part of the job description though.." Shichuumaru remarked as he shifted his gaze from the weird guy across the booth to the weird guy out the window. "I dunno...maybe he's on lunch and is considering the place?" An...Interrogator? What if they were here for him? Wasn't me!"That is...very curious.." Setting his cup down, Ryuurei slid a hand up to tuck some hair behind an ear. In the process of doing so, though, a few hand signs were flashed to the Interrogator outside. It was not really his place to question someone like that, but he was admittedly curious as to their presence. What are you here for? Watching from the corner of his eye, he waited for a response, hoping he'd been noticed.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Mar 29, 2010 21:07:32 GMT -5
I should be asking you that, Hideki thought flatly, still staring into the cafe. Of all people to be hanging around a bunch of kids, his former teammate was the last person Hideki would have expected. Then again, the Hokage had said he'd been assigned a team. Were these guys the ones? Somehow it didn't seem like Ryuu to bring a Genin team to one of his haunts, though. Well. Either way, he did have work to do, and he was probably giving people the creeps just standing there staring in. And so, in lieu of replying via hand sign, he simply turned and entered the cafe. The waitress seemed to be getting something from the kitchen, so instead of approaching her he made his way over to the unortodox group who'd spotted him. Now that he was close enough, this obviously wasn't Ryuu's team. One of the boys was working as a temp for the Administration, and another was the much talked-about Tsutomegi. No, this was no genin team. Just what was Ryuu up to? "Well, this is unusual," he observed in his smooth baritone, addressing his former teammate. "I never thought I'd see the day."
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Post by strangevisitor on Mar 29, 2010 21:54:56 GMT -5
"You do not know the half of it. It is simply amazing the variety of people you'll run into when you stop for a cup of tea, mm?" Ryuurei replied with a smile, running a finger around the rim of his cup. " This is Uchiha Takeo.. Tsutomegi Utsuro.." He explained, gesturing to each boy as their name was spoken. That portion was mostly superfluous, as Takeo was clearly a Uchiha, and he was certain his friend had or would be spending a good deal of time with someone as...interesting as Tsutomegi-kun. "And this rather noticeable young man is one of my Genin's, Kyousei Shichuumaru. Boys, this is Tensei Hideki, a former teammate of mine." " Ah..Hello again, Tensei-san.." Tsutomegi-kun mumbled, bowing his head a bit. So they had met already.. " Former Teammate, huh? That's pretty cool! It's nice to meet you! Probably got all kinds of neat stories about Sensei from when you guys were our age!" Kami-sama, there Shichuumaru went.. " This is my partner, Gabu!" Shichuumaru reached over his shoulder...only to come back empty. " Gabu? Where'd you go??" " Ah...I...believe I found him.." Tsutomegi 'spoke' up, shifting slightly to show the larva on the back of his head, a very confused look on its...his?...face. " Buhhhh~.." " What do you MEAN he has no taste? Get back over here, what have I told you about sampling people without permission?! Sorry Tsutomegi!" "So. What brings you here, Hideki?"
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