Asahi Kumoru
Though he had cleaned himself up and thoroughly brushed his hair after his little excursion onto the roof of his house the night before, Kumoru had had to settle for band-aids on each of his palms to cover the scrapes he had acquired. And, finding that he had run out of plain skin-tone bandages, the mage had gone ahead and used children's band-aids instead. Each palm sported a white adhesive bandage decorated all over with colorful miniature dinosaurs.
He discreetly tossed his fare into the collection machine at the front of the bus before disembarking, and immediately balled his hands into fists and thrust them into hiding in the opposite sleeves of his robes. Kumoru kept his arms crossed like this as he walked through the sliding glass doors and into the waiting room at the joint Project X and Lab 305 facility.
"Hello?" he called out, glancing around as he made his way to the front counter. Kumoru squirmed a little as he took hold of the soul bottle and his vial of essence, each of which he was holding in one of the pockets of his sleeves. Hopefully, he could take care of dropping them off right now, and not have to worry about them for a good long while.
He discreetly tossed his fare into the collection machine at the front of the bus before disembarking, and immediately balled his hands into fists and thrust them into hiding in the opposite sleeves of his robes. Kumoru kept his arms crossed like this as he walked through the sliding glass doors and into the waiting room at the joint Project X and Lab 305 facility.
"Hello?" he called out, glancing around as he made his way to the front counter. Kumoru squirmed a little as he took hold of the soul bottle and his vial of essence, each of which he was holding in one of the pockets of his sleeves. Hopefully, he could take care of dropping them off right now, and not have to worry about them for a good long while.
Chloe Star
Chloe looked up with a blink, her glasses sliding down the edge of her nose. She wore her usual... a stark white labcoat and colorful scarf wrapped about her neck. She gave a small smile as a familiar face entered the Lab.
"H-Hello.. a-ah..." Familiar face but not name. She frowned, biting her lower lip. "A-Ah... Ice Rose.." She looked down at the small yellow sticky notes that covered every possible space behind the receptionist desk. Not finding what she desired there she reached for a notebook, flipping it open and feaverishly looking through it's pages before giving a small exclimation of satisfaction, finger stabbing at someplace on the white lined paper. "K-Kumoru. Hello, Kumoru.." Her smile turned sheepish.
"C-Can.. I help you with something?"
"H-Hello.. a-ah..." Familiar face but not name. She frowned, biting her lower lip. "A-Ah... Ice Rose.." She looked down at the small yellow sticky notes that covered every possible space behind the receptionist desk. Not finding what she desired there she reached for a notebook, flipping it open and feaverishly looking through it's pages before giving a small exclimation of satisfaction, finger stabbing at someplace on the white lined paper. "K-Kumoru. Hello, Kumoru.." Her smile turned sheepish.
"C-Can.. I help you with something?"
Asahi Kumoru
"Hello," the mage replied with a small smile and a slight bow. Careful to keep his palms down, and the silly kiddie band-aids hidden, Kumoru set both the essence and the soul bottle down on the desk.
"There is your essence back, and a bottle, this time with the right soul." He glanced up at Chloe and tucked his hands back into his sleeves again. "Is there any paperwork or anything else I need to do for you right now?" Kumoru asked.
"There is your essence back, and a bottle, this time with the right soul." He glanced up at Chloe and tucked his hands back into his sleeves again. "Is there any paperwork or anything else I need to do for you right now?" Kumoru asked.
Chloe Star
Chloe gave a small sound of pleasure at seeing the Essence and filled Soul Bottle. She lifted them with all the tender care of a mother lifting a sleeping child. She peered curiously into the Soul Bottle, watching as colors swirled perpetually.
"A-Ah.. no papers but.. if I could ask.. w-what soul is in here.. if you k-know."
"A-Ah.. no papers but.. if I could ask.. w-what soul is in here.. if you k-know."
Asahi Kumoru
Kumoru leaned forward a bit to peer at the bottle, too. "Oh, it's an owl. Not exactly sure what kind, since it was a ghost when I caught it, but it had a round face. Like a barn owl, I think?"
He smiled a little. "It's a good strong one, too. It really struggled to get away when it realized the bottle was trying to suck it in."
He smiled a little. "It's a good strong one, too. It really struggled to get away when it realized the bottle was trying to suck it in."
Graficcha
Outside the Lab 305 doors, Graficcha was very tempted to slink out of her little hideout. She had been observing the man, Kumoru he was called according to her little notebook, for a while now.
Ever since that day, on which the little sociopath had first seen a Raevan, her interest had snatched that spark and caught fire. Something inside her was undeniably attracted to the beautiful creatures, and she had quickly grasped the concept of the Raevan-guardian relationship.
Graficcha had no real intention to ever talk to the owners, though. Well, she might have, but her instinctive ways of avoiding contact and being a 'good, normal person' had her insides crawl at the thought of ever being spoken to.
People told her to 'get real'... to 'just do what you're supposed to do'. It had turned her into a sneaky spy-like person, who didn't realise just how abnormal her behaviour really was.
Standing out in a crowd was her greatest fear, but in trying to lay low, she had buried herelf in the masses. Her skills of dissappearing had an almost paranormal quality, and often, if someone noticed her, she'd desperately will you to forget all about her.
Now, she had been keeping a keen eye on the happenings around the Lab, enjoying that feeling whenever she saw Zavier and Tsu together, when Lazarus and Kyou were arguing or enjoying a moment of 'peaceful silence', and like now, when that 'new' person came in, suspiciously carrying a little something that Graficcha took a great curiosity in.
Ever since that day, on which the little sociopath had first seen a Raevan, her interest had snatched that spark and caught fire. Something inside her was undeniably attracted to the beautiful creatures, and she had quickly grasped the concept of the Raevan-guardian relationship.
Graficcha had no real intention to ever talk to the owners, though. Well, she might have, but her instinctive ways of avoiding contact and being a 'good, normal person' had her insides crawl at the thought of ever being spoken to.
People told her to 'get real'... to 'just do what you're supposed to do'. It had turned her into a sneaky spy-like person, who didn't realise just how abnormal her behaviour really was.
Standing out in a crowd was her greatest fear, but in trying to lay low, she had buried herelf in the masses. Her skills of dissappearing had an almost paranormal quality, and often, if someone noticed her, she'd desperately will you to forget all about her.
Now, she had been keeping a keen eye on the happenings around the Lab, enjoying that feeling whenever she saw Zavier and Tsu together, when Lazarus and Kyou were arguing or enjoying a moment of 'peaceful silence', and like now, when that 'new' person came in, suspiciously carrying a little something that Graficcha took a great curiosity in.
Chloe Star
She blinked, holding the bottle up a little higher with interest. "Oh my.. a ghost owl?" She then turned and placed the essence and soul bottle delicatly in the glass display case behind the desk, scribbling a small message on a yellow sticky note.
She then slid the case closed and turned the key in the small silver lock, pocketing it safely. She turned back to Kumoru, bowing her head with a smile. "Dr. Kyou will tend to it as soon as he is able.. there's a limited number of tanks and there might be other Raevens forming right now."
She blinked, looking past Kumoru's shoulder as the doors to the lab slid open but no one entered, they soon closed and she shrugged, someone must have walked too close to the sensors and set them off.
Sticky note
Kumoru - Ice Rose - Ghost Owl Soul
She then slid the case closed and turned the key in the small silver lock, pocketing it safely. She turned back to Kumoru, bowing her head with a smile. "Dr. Kyou will tend to it as soon as he is able.. there's a limited number of tanks and there might be other Raevens forming right now."
She blinked, looking past Kumoru's shoulder as the doors to the lab slid open but no one entered, they soon closed and she shrugged, someone must have walked too close to the sensors and set them off.
peachymint
Jae Eun paused in front of the building before her. ....Had she just seen someone in the bushes? She looked instead at the somewhat crumpled piece of paper in her hand, and decided it was worth a shot. She had heard about this place from one of her professors, so it couldn't hurt to invesigate, right?
Slipping the rather crudely drawn map and note back into a bag that hung diagonally across from her shoulder, she smoothed her skirt, and headed for the entrance.
Walking through the doors, she paused as her eyes adjusted to the change in lighting. She could see two people at the reception desk, and well....was it just her, or was there a floating rose made out of ice and a bottle with swirling.... colored...stuff in it sitting on the counter?
Slipping the rather crudely drawn map and note back into a bag that hung diagonally across from her shoulder, she smoothed her skirt, and headed for the entrance.
Walking through the doors, she paused as her eyes adjusted to the change in lighting. She could see two people at the reception desk, and well....was it just her, or was there a floating rose made out of ice and a bottle with swirling.... colored...stuff in it sitting on the counter?
Graficcha
Graficcha had hushed past the sliding doors to get a better view. She saw Miss Chloe, one of the Raevan owners and Lab assistants, in an exchange with Kumoru.
With a pang of dismay, the spy noticed how she had missed the female's entrance in the building.
Need to pay more attention!
It worried her that there was still no sign of Roux, the ice Raevan. Graf had spent many an hour thinking about how one could please this pretty, egocentric and vain Frei, and make him a little more conscious about the feeling of the people around him. She had yet to find an answer to that one. The tricky part, in her mind, was how to teach him empathy and tone his ego down, all while being honest to him and still keep in control.
He seemed to need something besides praise and the care he got from his loving guardian, but he didn't exactly make things easier for Chloe.
But now, he seemed to have withdrawn somewhere. Graficcha guessed that that could not be a good thing, and it orried her, but she didn't dare break into Chloe's house to see what had happened to him -or even, what anyone had done to him.
While thinking about this, the girl's brown eyes darkened. No one had the right to hurt a Raevan, those pure beings, completely new to the world, and still unspoiled. Where things were headed with Rivener bothered her as well, but that seemed to work out alright. For now.
When Graf saw Kumoru-san hand over the vial and bottle, the bluish sparkle of the ice rose made her even more conscious of the fact that soon, a new Frei would emerge into this world.
You better take good care of your charge... she thought towards the man.
She started when a girl sudenly decided to turn to to doors of the Lab, and she hastily scurried a few steps back, and silently, Graf clambered up a tree and watched.
With a pang of dismay, the spy noticed how she had missed the female's entrance in the building.
Need to pay more attention!
It worried her that there was still no sign of Roux, the ice Raevan. Graf had spent many an hour thinking about how one could please this pretty, egocentric and vain Frei, and make him a little more conscious about the feeling of the people around him. She had yet to find an answer to that one. The tricky part, in her mind, was how to teach him empathy and tone his ego down, all while being honest to him and still keep in control.
He seemed to need something besides praise and the care he got from his loving guardian, but he didn't exactly make things easier for Chloe.
But now, he seemed to have withdrawn somewhere. Graficcha guessed that that could not be a good thing, and it orried her, but she didn't dare break into Chloe's house to see what had happened to him -or even, what anyone had done to him.
While thinking about this, the girl's brown eyes darkened. No one had the right to hurt a Raevan, those pure beings, completely new to the world, and still unspoiled. Where things were headed with Rivener bothered her as well, but that seemed to work out alright. For now.
When Graf saw Kumoru-san hand over the vial and bottle, the bluish sparkle of the ice rose made her even more conscious of the fact that soon, a new Frei would emerge into this world.
You better take good care of your charge... she thought towards the man.
She started when a girl sudenly decided to turn to to doors of the Lab, and she hastily scurried a few steps back, and silently, Graf clambered up a tree and watched.
Asahi Kumoru
"Alright, thank you," Kumoru replied, bowing slightly to Chloe again. "And will he call me or get in touch, I guess, when... things are ready?"
He watched as the doctor locked away the items he had brought, feeling a slight pang of regret that he had not been able to further study the bottle. After a moment, he ventured to ask, "Is there more you can tell me about the soul bottle? How do they work?"
The necromancer had the old one at home, but he was not sure it would still be the same, as it had already captured a soul, and then been taken apart.
Feeling as though he was being watched, the mage shrugged his shoulders ever so slightly, then glanced out the window behind him. Someone else was entering, but he had a feeling there was another person out there, too.
He watched as the doctor locked away the items he had brought, feeling a slight pang of regret that he had not been able to further study the bottle. After a moment, he ventured to ask, "Is there more you can tell me about the soul bottle? How do they work?"
The necromancer had the old one at home, but he was not sure it would still be the same, as it had already captured a soul, and then been taken apart.
Feeling as though he was being watched, the mage shrugged his shoulders ever so slightly, then glanced out the window behind him. Someone else was entering, but he had a feeling there was another person out there, too.
Chloe Star
Chloe looked once more over Kumoru's shoulder as the doors opened a second time, smiling as she saw someone entering. She gave a polite nod to her. "H-Hello.. I'll be with you in just a moment.. f-feel free to take a seat.."
She turned back to Kumoru, giving her lip a small bite. "I-I'm sorry.. I don't really know how the soul bottles work. They're Dr. Kyou's invention.. I-I haven't asked him to explain it to me. I'm sorry.."
She turned back to Kumoru, giving her lip a small bite. "I-I'm sorry.. I don't really know how the soul bottles work. They're Dr. Kyou's invention.. I-I haven't asked him to explain it to me. I'm sorry.."
peachymint
Hearing the greeting from the receptionist, Jae Eun smiled back and gave a small bow.
She seems like a nice woman! she thought to herself.
Looking around, she saw that there were in fact some sofas surrounding a table not too far from the entrance.
Picking one that would allow her a view of the reception desk and the entrance, Jae Eun seated herself and pulled out her handphone. Setting it on vibrate so as not to disturb the receptionist and her current visitor, she opened it up and busied herself answering text messages.
She seems like a nice woman! she thought to herself.
Looking around, she saw that there were in fact some sofas surrounding a table not too far from the entrance.
Picking one that would allow her a view of the reception desk and the entrance, Jae Eun seated herself and pulled out her handphone. Setting it on vibrate so as not to disturb the receptionist and her current visitor, she opened it up and busied herself answering text messages.
Chloe Star
Chloe gave a small start as her watch gave a series of beeps. She looked down at the time, giving a small gasp. "O-Oh! Excuse me." She stepped back out from behind the desk, gently taking one of Kumoru's hands in both of her's and giving it a polite squeeze. "Please forgive me, I have to go work on something.. I-I'm so sorry."
She turned to the girl who had entered and sat on one of the couches, even more distressed about leaving her behind. "I.. I'm so s-s-sorry! Please forgive me b-but th-there's something of importance I n-need to attend to.. I-If you could come back at another t-time tomorrow, perhaps... I-I can answer what I can of a-any question you have." She gave a deep bow of apology to the other woman before hurrying back toward the doors that lead into the corridors behind the receptionist area.
She turned to the girl who had entered and sat on one of the couches, even more distressed about leaving her behind. "I.. I'm so s-s-sorry! Please forgive me b-but th-there's something of importance I n-need to attend to.. I-If you could come back at another t-time tomorrow, perhaps... I-I can answer what I can of a-any question you have." She gave a deep bow of apology to the other woman before hurrying back toward the doors that lead into the corridors behind the receptionist area.
Graficcha
When the girl entered, Graf could barely contain her excitement. She HAD to know who this was, and the pull of the Lab's inner workings were strong today. Once or twice, she had snuck in, pretending to be a random Gaian coming to check things out, but whenever someone came into the entrance hall, she hurried out, walking calmly, invisibly, following walls to the exit.
This would be a chance to get in, right when Chloe and Kumoru would focus on the new arrival.
It'd be a risk, and somehow, Graf could feel she might be too tense to flick in.
She knew she'd do something wrong, get upset, be noticed, but this was IT. The doors hadn't closed just yet! Thinking fast, she broke of a broadly leafed twig, climbed to the end of the branch and waved it right above the doors, in front of the sensors.
She jumped down from the tree branch into the bushes where she had hidden, timing her jump so that the noise of impact would be drowned by the sound of a passing car.
Keeping an eye on the motion sensor, cursing it after it had nearly betrayed her just a moment before, she quickly inched closer to the entrance, and chose an angle from which the light wouldn't make her too light or too dark.
Their attention's on the girl.. now or never Graf!
She slipped inside an blended into the shadows inside the building, hoping she had done it right.
This would be a chance to get in, right when Chloe and Kumoru would focus on the new arrival.
It'd be a risk, and somehow, Graf could feel she might be too tense to flick in.
She knew she'd do something wrong, get upset, be noticed, but this was IT. The doors hadn't closed just yet! Thinking fast, she broke of a broadly leafed twig, climbed to the end of the branch and waved it right above the doors, in front of the sensors.
She jumped down from the tree branch into the bushes where she had hidden, timing her jump so that the noise of impact would be drowned by the sound of a passing car.
Keeping an eye on the motion sensor, cursing it after it had nearly betrayed her just a moment before, she quickly inched closer to the entrance, and chose an angle from which the light wouldn't make her too light or too dark.
Their attention's on the girl.. now or never Graf!
She slipped inside an blended into the shadows inside the building, hoping she had done it right.
peachymint
Looking up from her phone as the watch beeped, Jae Eun watched as the receptionist apologized to the man at the desk and to her.
Standing quickly, she bowed back, not realizing she had dropped her phone.
"Thank you for the kind reception!" she said, not aware that the woman had already gone through the doors and out of sight.
Looking up, she realized she was already gone, and there was no one but her and the man in the room.
Standing quickly, she bowed back, not realizing she had dropped her phone.
"Thank you for the kind reception!" she said, not aware that the woman had already gone through the doors and out of sight.
Looking up, she realized she was already gone, and there was no one but her and the man in the room.
Graficcha
Graficcha watched the man and the girl in the hall. Her heart was thumping madly, but she remained quiet.
Now, she began asking herself how the hell she should get out again later. Going deeper into the sacred dwellings of doctor Kyou was out of the question, but taking the chance to take a quick peek at what Chloe had written might be interesting.
But Graf started making a few mistakes. For one thing, she didn't stop to calculate the two people's range of vision, and certainly did NOT remember that there was a light switch placed on the wall she used as a cover.
The lights clicked on when she brushed against the trigger with her black coat, and her eyes widened in shock. She switched them off with a little jab, and dashed for the reception desk, pouncing behind it like a cat, scared out of her wits.
Asahi Kumoru
Kumoru nodded slowly as Chloe informed him that she knew nothing of the bottles' workings, then shrugged. "Quite alright. I'll just play with my broken one, I guess."
He looked a bit surprised as Chloe took his hand for a moment before disappearing into the back of the lab. The gesture did not offend him, but he looked generally unused to it. "I suppose I will see you when things are ready, then," he said hurriedly as she stammered her apologies and left.
The necromancer turned to the other young woman in the reception room and nodded to her in greeting as he started to make his way to the door. "Hello," he said, absently reaching up to brush his long black ponytail back over his shoulder.
As the lights flickered unexpectedly, the mage frowned a little and glanced down the hallway. "Is someone there?" he called out.
He looked a bit surprised as Chloe took his hand for a moment before disappearing into the back of the lab. The gesture did not offend him, but he looked generally unused to it. "I suppose I will see you when things are ready, then," he said hurriedly as she stammered her apologies and left.
The necromancer turned to the other young woman in the reception room and nodded to her in greeting as he started to make his way to the door. "Hello," he said, absently reaching up to brush his long black ponytail back over his shoulder.
As the lights flickered unexpectedly, the mage frowned a little and glanced down the hallway. "Is someone there?" he called out.
peachymint
Turning to the man in front of her, Jae Eun returned his greeting with a small bow.
"Hello----?!" coming back up from her bow, the lights flickered. "Ah??"
Confused, she looked around, her leg muscles tensing. Scanning the room, she was pretty sure the only people there were herself and the man that was standing in front of her. The only thing she could see out of place was her handphone, which had apparently fallen on the ground. Picking it up, she placed it in her bag, and left it on the sofa.
"Hello----?!" coming back up from her bow, the lights flickered. "Ah??"
Confused, she looked around, her leg muscles tensing. Scanning the room, she was pretty sure the only people there were herself and the man that was standing in front of her. The only thing she could see out of place was her handphone, which had apparently fallen on the ground. Picking it up, she placed it in her bag, and left it on the sofa.
Graficcha
Kumoru was very lucky that Graf was too preoccupied to overhear him talking about his broken soul bottle.
Snap! They heard me! a revved panic started to spread through her body.
Right now, it was more important for her to stay calm. Then, an idea born of her desperation came to be.
The can talk to me, as long as it's not ME they're talking to...
With sweaty hands, Graficcha rose up from behind the counter. She slipped into theatre mode as she greted Kumoru and the girl.
"E-'eh, well, umm..." she stuttered, until she got a hold again.
" Oh, no, it's just me... I'll be going now, then."
The plan was to pretend she worked here and had simply forgotten something.
She wasn't going to say anything unless forced to, though. This was war.
The little note caught her attention. She noted the information.
Still, she wasn't aware of the way her eyes seemed to flicker in the shadow of her forehead as she stared at the floor between her and the two people.
Asahi Kumoru
"I see," the necromancer said coolly to the nervous girl who had apparently been messing with the lights. Definitely suspicious, though the whole Project X and Lab 305 ventures did seem a bit too secretive for the mage's liking, too. That, and, having kids now, it was easy to identify the caught-in-the-cookie-jar mannerisms.
"See you later then?" he subtly suggested, waving to her before he remembered the dinosaur-print band-aid on his palm.
Quickly hiding his hands in his sleeves again, he turned to the other woman as she put her bag on the sofa. "I don't think I've seen you here before," Kumoru said. "Do you also have some involvement with Lab 305, or Project X?" It seemed most people he saw were with one or the other; how confusing to have both in one building.
"See you later then?" he subtly suggested, waving to her before he remembered the dinosaur-print band-aid on his palm.
Quickly hiding his hands in his sleeves again, he turned to the other woman as she put her bag on the sofa. "I don't think I've seen you here before," Kumoru said. "Do you also have some involvement with Lab 305, or Project X?" It seemed most people he saw were with one or the other; how confusing to have both in one building.
peachymint
Jae Eun felt a little uneasy with the lady who had popped up from behind the counter. It seemed as though she worked there...but why was her coat dark and the other receptionist's coat white?
The man's sudden hand movements caught her attention again, and she blushed a bit at suddenly being asked about her situation.
"P-project X? I've never heard of that. I'm just a student at the university here in Durem. Ah! My name is Kim Jae Eun by the way, it's a pleasure to meet you." she answered, bowing slightly as she finished.
What was Project X? Now she was curious, the man had piqued her curiosity. But remembering why she came here in the first place, she grabbed her bag and quickly jogged over to the counter where the other girl was. The pony-tailed man had mentioned 'Lab 305', so she knew she had come to the right place.
"Ah! Excuse me! Miss? My professor told me that there was someone here who has an expert on mythical creatures. I think he said he was called...'Kyou'???" she asked, gently leaning on the counter with her hands.
The man's sudden hand movements caught her attention again, and she blushed a bit at suddenly being asked about her situation.
"P-project X? I've never heard of that. I'm just a student at the university here in Durem. Ah! My name is Kim Jae Eun by the way, it's a pleasure to meet you." she answered, bowing slightly as she finished.
What was Project X? Now she was curious, the man had piqued her curiosity. But remembering why she came here in the first place, she grabbed her bag and quickly jogged over to the counter where the other girl was. The pony-tailed man had mentioned 'Lab 305', so she knew she had come to the right place.
"Ah! Excuse me! Miss? My professor told me that there was someone here who has an expert on mythical creatures. I think he said he was called...'Kyou'???" she asked, gently leaning on the counter with her hands.
Graficcha
"Of course his name is Kyou..." Graficcha whispered after having been generally ignored. She had felt the suspicious look, but her self-preservation instinct commanded her to pay no attention to it. She had overheard the conversation.
But such a nonsensical question... involved with Lab 305... The girl had obviously never come here, didn't that dolt know that? How could Kumoru himself call himself 'involved' if he wasn't even able to make a difference between the Lab frequenters and a random girl wandering in?!
Innerly, Graf was seething. It was irrational, but it just drove her mad.
With a crushed look in her eyes, focusing directly on the girl's ones -she still had no idea how she was called-, she repeated.
"Kyou, indeed. Now WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! What do you want?!"
and then she realised that she had fallen out of her role. Her greatest fears were becoming real, as real as the Baku that Renhei has captured.
She gasped, and almost felt fear creping up to her. It was like an allergic reaction to strangers, xenophobia, even. It was amazing that she had atually spoken at all.
Graficcha started running away in a hectic step towards the doors, but not daring to turn her back yet. Her knees failed, though, and her mental unstability broke through in her physical equilibrium.
She turned around, but sagged through her legs and she sat still, staring at the sliding doors wide-eyed.
In a state of temporary shock, which had never happened before, she quieted down and closed herself of from the world.
... I knew I shouldn't have... I knew it, I knew it, I knew it, and now they're going to ASK more I should have just left I shouldn't have talked I...
and then she lost it.
Chloe Star
Chloe bustled out of the double doors that lead into the back workings of the lab, heading toward the receptionists desks in a hurry. She'd forgotten something. Again.
She blinked as she noticed an unfamiliar face sitting behind her workspace. She gave a small frown, fretting with her labcoat sleeves. "A-Ah.. excuse me... C-Could you please.. not be behind here? O-Only staff is supposed to..."
She crept sideways past the sitting girl, noting with perplexity how emotional she seemed. Maybe she hadn't intentionally gone back here but had fallen? Chloe picked up her notebook from behind the desk. The girl didn't seem like she was about to move but... well.. Chloe was -very- busy.. and it wasn't too bad, the girl seemed to just be sitting there... She hurried back through the double sliding doors into the back halls of the lab.
She blinked as she noticed an unfamiliar face sitting behind her workspace. She gave a small frown, fretting with her labcoat sleeves. "A-Ah.. excuse me... C-Could you please.. not be behind here? O-Only staff is supposed to..."
She crept sideways past the sitting girl, noting with perplexity how emotional she seemed. Maybe she hadn't intentionally gone back here but had fallen? Chloe picked up her notebook from behind the desk. The girl didn't seem like she was about to move but... well.. Chloe was -very- busy.. and it wasn't too bad, the girl seemed to just be sitting there... She hurried back through the double sliding doors into the back halls of the lab.
peachymint
The girl's sudden outburst and following reactions left Jae Eun dumbfounded. She seemed okay...and then all of a sudden, she was sitting on the ground!
She watched in shock as the other receptionist emerged, told the other girl that behind the desk was 'staff only', and disappeared again.
o.....kay..... she thought to herself.
Deciding she had had enough excitement for one day, she pulled out a pen and a small sticky-pad with some floral stationary on it. She scribbled a quick note for the receptionist.
To - Miss Receptionist
Hello! My name is Kim Jae Jae Eun Kim.
I came into the Lab earlier today.
I am a student majoring in East Asian Lore at Durem University.
One of my professors mentioned to me that there is someone here
by the name of 'Kyou' who is extremely well-read on mythical creatures.
I would really like to meet Mr. Kyou if possible. ^^
I can be reached on my hand-phone at xxx-xxx-xxxx
I hope it isn't too much trouble!
Thanks~
Jae Eun <3
Leaving the note on the reception desk, she re-shouldered her bag and headed out. She paused when she walked up next to the man.
"It was nice to meet you today! Maybe we will see each other again sometime!" she said with a polite bow before quickly exiting the building.
She watched in shock as the other receptionist emerged, told the other girl that behind the desk was 'staff only', and disappeared again.
o.....kay..... she thought to herself.
Deciding she had had enough excitement for one day, she pulled out a pen and a small sticky-pad with some floral stationary on it. She scribbled a quick note for the receptionist.
To - Miss Receptionist
Hello! My name is Kim Jae Jae Eun Kim.
I came into the Lab earlier today.
I am a student majoring in East Asian Lore at Durem University.
One of my professors mentioned to me that there is someone here
by the name of 'Kyou' who is extremely well-read on mythical creatures.
I would really like to meet Mr. Kyou if possible. ^^
I can be reached on my hand-phone at xxx-xxx-xxxx
I hope it isn't too much trouble!
Thanks~
Jae Eun <3
Leaving the note on the reception desk, she re-shouldered her bag and headed out. She paused when she walked up next to the man.
"It was nice to meet you today! Maybe we will see each other again sometime!" she said with a polite bow before quickly exiting the building.
Asahi Kumoru
Kumoru frowned with concern at the strange girl who had been running away and then stopped in the doorway. From the words of Chloe, however, he suspected that she was not supposed to have been behind the counter in the first place.
He bowed again, almost reflexively, as Jae Eun spoke to him again, and turned his attention to her. "Nice to meet you as well," the necromancer replied. "I will probably be back here quite a bit, like when I need to get my daughter out of the house for a while. So maybe we shall see each other."
His business was taken care of for now, as his soul bottle and essence were now locked away. Best he get home as quickly as the bus could take him; maybe he could spend at least part of the afternoon further examining the various pieces of the dismantled bottle. And maybe wash out the scratches on his palms again. Touching the pads of the bandages tenderly, he walked out of the lab's sliding doors and headed for the bus stop.
He bowed again, almost reflexively, as Jae Eun spoke to him again, and turned his attention to her. "Nice to meet you as well," the necromancer replied. "I will probably be back here quite a bit, like when I need to get my daughter out of the house for a while. So maybe we shall see each other."
His business was taken care of for now, as his soul bottle and essence were now locked away. Best he get home as quickly as the bus could take him; maybe he could spend at least part of the afternoon further examining the various pieces of the dismantled bottle. And maybe wash out the scratches on his palms again. Touching the pads of the bandages tenderly, he walked out of the lab's sliding doors and headed for the bus stop.
