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 Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:50 pm
(( continued from here )) Akram edges towards the screen as well, arms crossed and facing Setsushi, but watching Lily from the corner of his eye. "You do not mind if she goes back there, do you?" he asks. "She will probably just look, but I can follow her to be sure she does not touch anything."
He seems to relax noticeably as the conversation turns to business, though. "Spices and flowers?" he repeats, smiling. "I can certainly provide spices, depending, of course, on what it is your friend wants. As for flowers, fresh ones do not ship well from home, but I may be able to find at least some dried ones, if that would be acceptable?" The merchant realizes that he is not quite sure by the name whether this "Rika" is a man or a woman, and so settles on asking, "If your friend could perhaps provide me a list of what is needed, I could report back what I can and cannot get?"
Then he laughs softly and shrugs. "As for the television, it makes for good background sounds, or if I want to know the weather for tomorrow. Other than that, I do not really need one."The girl shuffles around on the other side of the screen, making a little noise as she nudges things around and pokes at them, but at least has not knocked anything over yet.
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 11:15 pm
"She may explore if she likes... but there are a few things that might be able to topple over..." and Setsushi certainly doesn't want Lily to be injured.
... ... ... "And, ah, there are some such things under the bed." Heavy books. Dangerous ones.
As for his question about the supplies, Setsushi cannot really answer, as he does not know the details of what Rika wants. sweatdrop "I will have her pass the information on to you." He thinks a moment, and then says, "I think the supplies were meant to be for a perfumery...?" But Setsushi isn't positive, so Master should not begin making concrete trade plans.
Setsushi supposes knowing the weather is handy, given that he travels much of the town by foot. But it still seems like something large and inconvenient which would be rarely used... perhaps he should try a "Radio?" instead?
Let's see... for Miss's sampling, some lettuce, bell peppers, bean sprouts, ... spinach? Cauliflower? Cucumber? And fruit, of course...
Setsushi's knife works deftly.
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:19 pm
"Perfume," the merchant repeats with interest. "Well, you know how to get in touch with me when you have more information."
He steps forward to join Setsushi in the kitchen, leaning forward to see around the screen occasionally to keep an eye on his little girl. "Yes, a radio would work just as well. Though I do not know if Gaian music would appeal to you." Akram shrugs a little. "I may even have one I can give you, actually."
There are occasional sounds of things being touched by little fingers from the private half of the house, but nothing falls or breaks. After a few minutes, Lily emerges again with the box containing the pieces of Kouyo's model car, and looks around at the kitchen as if seeing the place for the first time.
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:55 pm
"I would be very grateful," Setsushi says, sounding pleasantly surprised by Akram's offer; indeed, even if Gaian music disagrees with him as he fears it might, he is sure that Rika would enjoy playing with it very much.
Glancing away from the near-finished salad and back towards the adventurous little girl, Setsushi peers at the box she has found. "Ah, that is Kouyo's..." he murmurs. It is true that Kouyo does not like his things disturbed, but...
"Well, I'm sure he won't mind" if Miss Lily and Master Akram wish to play with it, he says brightly.
And, possibly, with deadly inaccuracy.
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:08 pm
Lily climbs into one of the chairs at the nearest table and opens the box... and seems quite disappointed when she finds only plastic pieces instead of a completed car. Pouting and looking slightly confused, she studies the picture on the lid of the box again, then the contents, then shoves it all aside, shrugs, and toddles over to see what the grown-ups are doing.
"I guess we still need to get that painted and put together," Akram murmurs with a faint smile as he sees what Lily has found. Then, figuring it will at least keep her from messing with the Porcelains' belongings further, he bends down to lift the girl up in his arms again when she comes close.
"I guess whenever Kouyo returns, you can tell him to contact me, as well?" he adds, shifting slightly as he tries to find a spot from which Lily can watch Setsushi work at cooking, but not reach Setsushi's hair with her grasping fingers.
"But yes, I will try to return in the next day or so with the radio for you, if I can find the one I am thinking of."
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:17 pm
Setsushi chuckles at Lily's antics as he lets the preparations for Akram's noodles be for the moment, arranging the cut fruits and vegetables onto a plate attractively and picking it up. "... Ah... were you going to eat outside or inside, after all?"
As he moves the food to whichever table, he thanks Akram thoroughly for the offer of the radio. There is, though, a slight hesitance to the projection -- inwardly, Setsushi worries about the proper method for receiving this gift, and if he should accept it eagerly as would be customary for the Empire or if he should offer to pay as many seem to do in Gaia -- for now, he thinks he will prepare some money just in case, for when the radio arrives.
"And Kouyo should not be too long returning," Setsushi says, nodding. "I will pass on your message."
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:34 pm
Lily squeals excitedly at the plate of food, leaning in Akram's arms to try to grab something from it as Setsushi moves past her.
"Outside is alright," Akram tells the Porcelain, and follows him out of the house; it is still a bit strange for him to be in a room that is both a home and a business, and he is not totally sure how he is expected to behave inside. ... And if they are outside, Lily will likely be a bit easier to keep track of.
He sets the girl in one of the chairs at the table outside, and settles back in a chair himself as he watches Lily attack the plate of food.
"... Apologies for the little one," he says with a sigh and a faint smile. "She is only a few days old at this point. I will work on teaching her to be more polite."
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:27 pm
Setsushi laughs gently as he sets the food down on the outside table... though he pauses to wonder aloud if perhaps they should get some pillows for her, as he does not have a proper child's-chair?
"I think manners can come later," he murmurs, smiling. "I think that most will forgive Miss's exuberance at this age."
... Perhaps a bit strange coming from the typically stiff and formal Knight, but perhaps not.
He steps back inside to finish preparing Akram's noodles. They only require a bit more preparation, he informs him projectionally, and then to be cooled...
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:12 pm
Little crimson-scaled arms seem to be able to reach the plate of food just fine heart
And Setsushi's projections regarding noodles come back to him after a few moments, sounding like very quiet echos from across a large space. It is difficult to tell, though, if it is the Knight's own voice returning to him, or the kirin girl's coming from the opposite end of a great distance. Perhaps they are Lily's, as the mental sound is touched with faintest hunger...?
The girl gives no sign of having done anything, though. Instead, she focuses rather intently on attempting to stuff as many grapes as possible into her mouth at once.
"Lily, be careful or you will choke...."
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:18 pm
Setsushi abruptly stops in the middle of what he was doing, frowning in confusion, and steps back to the doorway to poke his head outside.
Did someone say something? confused
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:12 pm
"Hm?" Akram raises an eyebrow momentarily and shakes his head. "No, I did not...."
... Did someone say something? Lily jumps a little and looks around ... then grabs the carrot stick that fell from her mouth and wipes it off on the front of her dress before attempting again to consume it.
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:20 pm
... Setsushi stares at Lily, from whom the projections seem to be coming -- or, well, not exactly, but as if they are coming from her direction, but far further away.
"Master Akram, can Miss Lily use mindspeech...?" he asks, confused.
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:49 pm
"Can she?" he asks, glancing over at the girl. "I mean, I do not know. I would feel it if she could, I think. But then-" The human pauses for a moment, rubbing at the mark beneath his eye as he wonders how to express what he had been about to say without sounding rude. "But then ... I suppose if she does so very quietly, I may not be able to feel it over what I already feel from your mindspeech?" He shrugs a little, then goes back to studying the girl.
After cramming one more grape into her mouth, Lily settles back in her chair and proceeds to make strange faces with the effort of chewing all of the vegetables she has started to eat.
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:02 pm
Well, Setsushi admits it is entirely possible that the Knight is just getting old and hearing things sweatdrop
He returns to the kitchen to finish tending the noodles, straining and chilling them, then bringing out the (newly purchased) zaru to present them. A moment later, he brings the dish out with a basic dipping sauce and a variety of condiments Akram can try adding.
"This is typical summer food," Setsushi says. He glances at Lily and, though a little worried at all the food she is trying to eat at once, he smiles at her.
Hello~ he projects, experimentally.
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:22 pm
Akram shifts in his chair, scooting it a bit closer to the table in anticipation of the food's arrival, and curiously scrutinizes each component to the meal as Setsushi sets it down.
Then, with a faint sheepish smile rather uncharacteristic of the merchant, he inquires, "Ah, and how precisely do I eat this, to enjoy it properly?" He had eaten Chinese food before - apparently a staple of the Gaian college student? - and so had some experience with chopsticks, but he was not sure he had yet been presented with something quite like this.
Lily beams back at Setsushi... or presumably would be if her cheeks were not presently stretched slightly to accommodate her meal. She chews a few more times and swallows a bit of it, then glances over at what Akram has.
As she gets up onto her knees on the chair and leans onto the table with her elbows, a faint hello comes in reply. Lily reaches out for one of Akram's noodles with two fingers.
The human glances at the girl, then at Setsushi, then back at Lily again.
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