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maidenofrelief) wrote2025-01-07 11:49 pm
maidenofrelief) wrote2025-01-07 11:49 pm
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Hi, Mifune-san. Kurusu-kun let me know that you're going to be joining us in the machiya. He's working on converting the guest room for you. Welcome!
There are... a lot of people who live here, and some oddities. I was wondering if you wanted me to give you a quick rundown?
There are... a lot of people who live here, and some oddities. I was wondering if you wanted me to give you a quick rundown?
Hello Maruki-san! Thank you for allowing me into your home. You all are extremely gracious and generous.
Oh! Yes, please, if there is anything I need to know to make sure I am being a proper housemate, don't hesitate to tell me.
Oh! Yes, please, if there is anything I need to know to make sure I am being a proper housemate, don't hesitate to tell me.
I have no doubt you'll be easy to live with! It's everyone else I'm worried about...
Well, you know Kurusu-kun, Akechi-kun and I. Adachi-kun is a new arrival who was here a couple months ago during all that chaos, just like yourself. We're still getting to know one another, but he seems trustworthy.
When you see a woman around who looks like a goddess, that's Venat, and I'm not describing her that way because she's my partner. She really was a goddess once, or something close to it... I'm sure you'll learn her story in time. She's wonderfully kind, and deathly strong. I hope you two will get along well - although truth be told, I think it's impossible to not get along with her, and you seem similar in that way!
Eren Jaeger has a room here, although he also owns a farm nearby. He splits time between the two. He's my closest friend in any reality, but I'll be the first to admit that he can be... difficult to get close to. Please don't take it personally if he seems standoffish or aloof. He really is the most incredible person, when you get to know him.
Before I move on, those are the residents! Do you have any questions?
[ It's excessive, he knows, but he's also painfully aware of what a motley crew this is and wants her to be prepared... ]
Well, you know Kurusu-kun, Akechi-kun and I. Adachi-kun is a new arrival who was here a couple months ago during all that chaos, just like yourself. We're still getting to know one another, but he seems trustworthy.
When you see a woman around who looks like a goddess, that's Venat, and I'm not describing her that way because she's my partner. She really was a goddess once, or something close to it... I'm sure you'll learn her story in time. She's wonderfully kind, and deathly strong. I hope you two will get along well - although truth be told, I think it's impossible to not get along with her, and you seem similar in that way!
Eren Jaeger has a room here, although he also owns a farm nearby. He splits time between the two. He's my closest friend in any reality, but I'll be the first to admit that he can be... difficult to get close to. Please don't take it personally if he seems standoffish or aloof. He really is the most incredible person, when you get to know him.
Before I move on, those are the residents! Do you have any questions?
[ It's excessive, he knows, but he's also painfully aware of what a motley crew this is and wants her to be prepared... ]
Edited (words.........) 2025-01-11 06:48 (UTC)
[When she sees the text come in and sees just how long it is, she pulls out one of the papers she bought in the city and starts writing down notes. She's gonna have to take this serious serious.
She does make a small face at the mention of Adachi-san however. Well. Hopefully things won't be too awkward between them. She'll just have to try and be extra nice to him.]
You're incredibly kind, Maruki-san, and I look forward to meeting everyone proper! Especially Venat-san, she sounds wonderful. For Jaeger-san, is there anything I can do to put him a bit more at ease? I am the one imposing after all.
She does make a small face at the mention of Adachi-san however. Well. Hopefully things won't be too awkward between them. She'll just have to try and be extra nice to him.]
You're incredibly kind, Maruki-san, and I look forward to meeting everyone proper! Especially Venat-san, she sounds wonderful. For Jaeger-san, is there anything I can do to put him a bit more at ease? I am the one imposing after all.
[Under Eren's column on her quick and dirty "Machiya House Rules" sheet she writes:
Can potentially bribe with snacks.]
Thank you for the tip! All right, what else do you have for me??
Can potentially bribe with snacks.]
Thank you for the tip! All right, what else do you have for me??
We have a cat named Korokke!
She hates me and loves everyone else. I'm sure she'll love you too.
[ Truly rude when he's the one who rescued her from his office after he quit counseling, Just In Case Something Happened To The Office, and oops coincidentally the office is a pile of rubble in town now– anyway. Rude, Korokke. ]
There's something else, though...
How do you feel about harmless pranks, Mifune-san?
She hates me and loves everyone else. I'm sure she'll love you too.
[ Truly rude when he's the one who rescued her from his office after he quit counseling, Just In Case Something Happened To The Office, and oops coincidentally the office is a pile of rubble in town now– anyway. Rude, Korokke. ]
There's something else, though...
How do you feel about harmless pranks, Mifune-san?
Ohh!! I adore cats! I can't wait to meet Korokke. ♥
As for pranks, they're fun! Why do you ask?
As for pranks, they're fun! Why do you ask?
I've managed to convince Akechi-kun that a second cat lives here. Kurusu-kun is in on the joke as well. If you'd like to play along, you're more than welcome to!
But whether you do or not, he'll inevitably ask you if you've seen her. Her name is Neko-chan. She's black and white, and very elusive.
But whether you do or not, he'll inevitably ask you if you've seen her. Her name is Neko-chan. She's black and white, and very elusive.
[Oh-ho. Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! It's Akechi-san who is the butt of the joke... well.
Who is she to turn away the perfect opportunity for a little harmless payback?]
I would LOVE to play along!! Are there any other details about her I should know to be consistent?
Who is she to turn away the perfect opportunity for a little harmless payback?]
I would LOVE to play along!! Are there any other details about her I should know to be consistent?
[ God, yes. They'll have Akechi questioning his own sense of reality in no time. ]
Excellent! It's all in good fun, of course.
Hm... I think the only specifics I've told him are that she prefers chicken to fish and she likes to hide under the kotatsu.
Oh, we have a kotatsu!
Excellent! It's all in good fun, of course.
Hm... I think the only specifics I've told him are that she prefers chicken to fish and she likes to hide under the kotatsu.
Oh, we have a kotatsu!
Oh!! A kotatsu... I haven't used one of those in years. How did you get one here??
Well, that's the interesting thing about making wishes at the crystals here...
I believe my wish was something along the lines of, "I wish I could live in a home that I would find in modern day Japan." And I sacrificed a huge amount of shards to make that wish, so I expected something like a luxury condo!
Instead, we got a traditional machiya. It's beautiful, though. The "modern" part only pertains to everything on the inside, kotatsu included.
I believe my wish was something along the lines of, "I wish I could live in a home that I would find in modern day Japan." And I sacrificed a huge amount of shards to make that wish, so I expected something like a luxury condo!
Instead, we got a traditional machiya. It's beautiful, though. The "modern" part only pertains to everything on the inside, kotatsu included.
At least you got something nice! Though it is odd that the crystal interpreted your words so differently.... maybe it couldn't conceive of anything terribly more "modern" than that.
I do have a question- when it comes to cooking, what is the routine around it? Are there certain times of day or night there shouldn't be any, particular cookware to be especially careful with, meal sharing? Things like that!
I do have a question- when it comes to cooking, what is the routine around it? Are there certain times of day or night there shouldn't be any, particular cookware to be especially careful with, meal sharing? Things like that!
[How honest to be here...]
I do! I'm not the best, but I won't burn your kitchen down. :)
[Hopefully. She doesn't really enjoy cooking but she knows she should.]
I do! I'm not the best, but I won't burn your kitchen down. :)
[Hopefully. She doesn't really enjoy cooking but she knows she should.]
You can't possibly be worse than Akechi-kun, so I have no fear!
To be candid, until Kurusu-kun arrived in November, I've cooked every meal myself. I don't mind - in fact, I enjoy it! He's taken over some of that duty, which is a relief... his curry is better than mine too, so everyone benefits.
What I mean to say is that if you don't want to cook, you don't have to. The two of us have it covered. But if you do, you're more than welcome! There are no real rules, everything that's mine is yours.
To be candid, until Kurusu-kun arrived in November, I've cooked every meal myself. I don't mind - in fact, I enjoy it! He's taken over some of that duty, which is a relief... his curry is better than mine too, so everyone benefits.
What I mean to say is that if you don't want to cook, you don't have to. The two of us have it covered. But if you do, you're more than welcome! There are no real rules, everything that's mine is yours.
[Maruki and Akechi's original intention for the machiya was that it would remain empty, aside from them. Eren, of course, was always the exemption to that rule. He enjoyed that time. Needed it, even.
[But it's over now. Complete strangers sleep in rooms just down the hall from him, and it's nothing like growing up in a barracks. They share no common ground. He doesn't wish to know them. He won't go out of his way to speak to them. And he's never agreed to play nice.
[He will for Maruki. Because his best friend doesn't need any further stress laid on top of him, and especially not from the only person he can fully trust - at least, by Eren's assessment.
[He's warned of Chihaya, shown her picture; so, he recognizes her when she wanders into the kitchen. He's making tea, as he often does. At her arrival, only his eyes glance her direction, dull, grey-green, hollow. They narrow. He turns back to the kettle and puts it on.]
Mifune.
[His voice is far from friendly; dry, cold, dark. He looks the part too, a massive shadow at six feet tall.]
We'll see each other often. I don't anticipate that will be a problem. [That sounds a bit like a threat.
[He still isn't facing her.]
[But it's over now. Complete strangers sleep in rooms just down the hall from him, and it's nothing like growing up in a barracks. They share no common ground. He doesn't wish to know them. He won't go out of his way to speak to them. And he's never agreed to play nice.
[He will for Maruki. Because his best friend doesn't need any further stress laid on top of him, and especially not from the only person he can fully trust - at least, by Eren's assessment.
[He's warned of Chihaya, shown her picture; so, he recognizes her when she wanders into the kitchen. He's making tea, as he often does. At her arrival, only his eyes glance her direction, dull, grey-green, hollow. They narrow. He turns back to the kettle and puts it on.]
Mifune.
[His voice is far from friendly; dry, cold, dark. He looks the part too, a massive shadow at six feet tall.]
We'll see each other often. I don't anticipate that will be a problem. [That sounds a bit like a threat.
[He still isn't facing her.]
[It's truly been an adjustment living in the machiya. She's lived alone for most of her life, by choice and then by necessity, but she is determined to be a good roommate. After all, Maruki and Akira have been more than gracious to give her space and she doesn't think she could ever thank them enough for giving her a place with people she knows in a world she doesn't.
It's with that in mind that she has been adding to her roommate notes meticulously, making sure she pays attention to schedules and who does what and where. There's one person she hasn't seen anything of and has little to nothing other than what Maruki already told her about. It's not a terrible surprise. From what she's heard, Eren is prickly and not one easily found.
...prickly is nicer than the vibes she is getting now.
She'd wandered in to make something or other- she's completely forgotten what it was now as she stares at the imposing figure standing at the kettle. Tall, dark,and handsome with a presence that fills the room and her first instinct is to turn around and walk right out. Give the man his space before he sees her. Of course he's as observant as everyone else in this place, so before she can do anything of the like he speaks.
He really is the most incredible person, when you get to know him. That's what Maruki had said and he wouldn't have said that if he didn't mean it. She trusts Maruki. And Maruki trusts him. So she'll do her best.]
Hello, Jaeger-san. It's good to meet you.
[As neutral and gentle as she can. She just stops herself from doing a formal bow.]
I don't anticipate that it will be either. I'll do my best to be a good housemate.
[He's not some monster. He's a person like her and she can work with that.
She steps into the kitchen gingerly, watching to see if he will tense or otherwise move in a way that would tell her to give him more space. She starts collecting some ingredients and after a few minutes of awkward silence, she speaks again.]
Um... I was going to cook up something. I don't know if you have already eaten but I would be happy to make some for you as well if you would like?
[Time to test if her one note on him is true.]
It's with that in mind that she has been adding to her roommate notes meticulously, making sure she pays attention to schedules and who does what and where. There's one person she hasn't seen anything of and has little to nothing other than what Maruki already told her about. It's not a terrible surprise. From what she's heard, Eren is prickly and not one easily found.
...prickly is nicer than the vibes she is getting now.
She'd wandered in to make something or other- she's completely forgotten what it was now as she stares at the imposing figure standing at the kettle. Tall, dark,
He really is the most incredible person, when you get to know him. That's what Maruki had said and he wouldn't have said that if he didn't mean it. She trusts Maruki. And Maruki trusts him. So she'll do her best.]
Hello, Jaeger-san. It's good to meet you.
[As neutral and gentle as she can. She just stops herself from doing a formal bow.]
I don't anticipate that it will be either. I'll do my best to be a good housemate.
[He's not some monster. He's a person like her and she can work with that.
She steps into the kitchen gingerly, watching to see if he will tense or otherwise move in a way that would tell her to give him more space. She starts collecting some ingredients and after a few minutes of awkward silence, she speaks again.]
Um... I was going to cook up something. I don't know if you have already eaten but I would be happy to make some for you as well if you would like?
[Time to test if her one note on him is true.]
[Eren tends to be of the opinion that one should carefully reserve their judgment as to his own humanity until they have enough to form their own opinion - he could very well be a monster, but if people take him in good faith, he supposes that's their problem.
[She seems nice. He's never trusted "nice" very much.
[Yet, he pulls out two mugs.]
I won't get in your way. [Unless he has to.]
Make enough for yourself.
[Now.]
Do you drink tea?
[See that, Maruki? He is being so friendly right now. Everyone who offers others hot drinks also sounds like there's a significant risk they might slip poison into one of the cups.]
[She seems nice. He's never trusted "nice" very much.
[Yet, he pulls out two mugs.]
I won't get in your way. [Unless he has to.]
Make enough for yourself.
[Now.]
Do you drink tea?
[See that, Maruki? He is being so friendly right now. Everyone who offers others hot drinks also sounds like there's a significant risk they might slip poison into one of the cups.]
You were cooking all by yourself!?
[Akechi you free-loader!]
No, you don't need to worry! I will happily help you and Akira-san. You can count on me!
[Akechi you free-loader!]
No, you don't need to worry! I will happily help you and Akira-san. You can count on me!
[Well, she wasn't immediately booted from the kitchen! She'll take that as a win. And while he didn't take up her offer to cook, she blinks when she sees him pull out two mugs. Oh!!]
I do!
[She keeps her face towards the bowl she is mixing her ingredients in, in an effort to not look too happy at this turn of events. Progress!
(Would someone do that???? Come in here and poison the tea?????? It doesn't even cross her mind that this is something to worry about.)]
Please don't feel obligated to make any for me, however. I don't want to take up more of your time than needed.
I do!
[She keeps her face towards the bowl she is mixing her ingredients in, in an effort to not look too happy at this turn of events. Progress!
(Would someone do that???? Come in here and poison the tea?????? It doesn't even cross her mind that this is something to worry about.)]
Please don't feel obligated to make any for me, however. I don't want to take up more of your time than needed.
The water will boil either way.
[That's all he gives her. He takes a jar of loose leaf tea from one of the cabinets. Maruki never really warmed to Levi, but his old Captain's shop still sells the best tea in Visium. Eren begins to prepare it for the mugs.]
[That's all he gives her. He takes a jar of loose leaf tea from one of the cabinets. Maruki never really warmed to Levi, but his old Captain's shop still sells the best tea in Visium. Eren begins to prepare it for the mugs.]
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