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This isn't London, exactly, so much as a fringe of buildings that are just barely close enough to be part of the sprawling city. Regardless, there's a good deal of excitement buzzing through this placid little setting. New Lotus members? And to be picked up here by Lotus itself, no less? A small crowd has gathered in the square, comprised largely of people who had to travel to be here. All look attentively at one another, more than on-edge. Is it you? Is it you? How about you? Are YOU one of Lotus's new members, just trying to blend in quietly?

It's an exciting day for the usually quiet community. Lotus, the organization that each country tips its proverbial hat to and yet that none seem to really understand? That's coming here? Lotus, the enigmatic group that Janus himself has an equally mysterious vendetta against? However covert his jabs at them are...word circulates. Someone sees, and a rumour is leaked, and now everyone knows that most of Lotus's troubles stem directly from the very god of time, the emperor of the expanding Roman kingdom.

And that's all the more reason to respect Lotus. Whatever it is.

Whatever serious undertones may exist, though, the excitement is tangible...new Lotus members! Such giants of men they must be!

Delgerdzaya had to admit, the crowd wasn't exactly something she cared for. The jostling and bumping, and all that noise was very distasteful. But all the same, the girl was there. In her outlandish garb yes, but she had managed to get there in time.

Now, as she gazed at the crowd silently, she had to wonder if she was actually in the right place - It would certainly have been a complete waste to travel here otherwise. Many people probably would have enjoyed visiting London, but as she had thought before, it simply wasn't her sort of scene.

Amidst the confusion and excitement of the crowd though, she noted one person who seemed somewhat out of place - well, as much as one could in a crowd like this.

A bouncing old man. Well, that's not something you see every day.

((Heh, edited it sweatdrop I feel rather silly now.))

The old sailor is thrilled to see him, and a few people get out of his way to avoid him going right through them. "Hello hello!" the geezer calls as he approaches the two just-arrived women. "You two look about as out of place as I would be at the queen's ball!" He grins at his own joke. "Welcome, welcome...you must be two of Lotus's new recuits! You're in the right place!"

A murmur travels through the crowd, and it parts for and around the Easterners, spotlighting them quite nicely.

The short woman watched as the other woman that had arrived just looked her over. She knew that her appearance was deceiving, a leverage she took full advantage of. Her appearance was more questionable with the outfit she was wearing at the moment. A traditional Hanbok with a silk purple top and black skirt with gold embroidery.

She watched as the other woman introduced her self and then with an intention of giving no true reflection of her real character, the woman gave a gentle smile and bowed deeply with her arms held under the flap of her top saying, "Ahn yung ha sae yo."

When she stood straight again, she kept her mischevious eyes on the ground like any proper traditional Korean woman and introduced herself in a more universal language though still in the Korean style of giving her last name first.

"Hello. I am Kim, Eisul."

Eisul blushed prettily and ducked her head. In her mind she wanted to barf at her own actions. She knew how to act, she had been bait enough times in the past to not be able to put on a good show now. She hoped though that her act could be dropped soon when they got down to business and when the action began.

The short young woman gave another small smile, "I think nothing of the sort, sir." She wasn't lying, she truly had no intentions of killing the other woman unless provoked.

Dzaya couldn't help the small smirk that flashed across her face at the man's words, though it was gone just as quickly as it came. When she spoke, it held more wry humor then anything else.

"Being aware is never a bad thing."

Truthfully, that wasn't really an answer to what he had said...but she didn't really think about that. In her mind, that was an explanation - just not to exactly what he had asked. The other girl seemed somewhat embaressed by his comment, something that she noted with more amusement.

Surely someone picked by Lotus couldn't be that - shy.

((Post out of sequence...Pae beat me to correcting. x3;; ))

The sailor grins at Dzaya. Kind of a weird lady, a tough girl to be sure. But he rather likes her. "Nice to meet you both. I'm Henrick. My...parents were absolutely sloshed when they named me, don't ask. I'm just some random guy here to let you know you're in the right place. Other than that, I'm as bloody lost as you."