Scene #5622: Subject and Hime-Chan

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Tamamo no Mae	It's evening. Stars light up the sky, the view of Earth is showing as well and the pedistal in the middle of Tamamo's grand Millenium Capital sits regally there, surrounded by blooming sakura trees. There's a bench in front of the pedistal, a certain blue robed fox girl lying languidly upon it, waiting for her target to show up. He showed interest to her amongst the bad jokes about her over that network... and willingly called her a princess. "Hime-chan, huh? I guess Tamamo can accept this for now." Tamamo's ears perk up just a bit as the blue lines upon the platform glow, indicating something or someone was on the way. "This must be the Subject." she grins happily, perking her ears up happily at this, "Mikon~ I can't wait!" she looks at the portable radio that's nearby... with the amount of bad jokes going on about her... she grabs her mirror and yells at it. "EIGHTFOLD BLESSINGS OF AMATERASU!" and with a, possibly too big for what's needed, explosion... the radio blows up. "Huff..."
Touta Konoe	Following the Attack Drone throughout what is dubbed the Imperial Capital. To Touta the scenery of this land is almost like watching a textbook about feudal Japan coming to life. Everything about this place was so elegant that it felt like it could have only been created through magic. It felt like somewhere he would be going to while dressed up in some sort of old-fashioned kimono or something of the sort. Looking at his own apparel, the boy who looked like he could only be twelve-years of age at the most felt a bit...Underdressed. Not to say he didn't like his attire. But he did feel a bit out of place at the moment. His black spike hair stuck out, his attire was that of black pants and gakuran, and he even ended up bringing his unsheathed blade. He'll definitely need to explain that once he meets her. As he continued following the drone, he reached what he assumed to be the warp pad. If what she said was true all he had to do was hop onto it and... In the next moment he saw her. A woman with fox like ears, adorned in a blue robe that contrasted the pink sakura trees that made up a majority of the Imperial Capital's colors. At first glance she was without a doubt someone who gave off a sense of divinity and composure. And then she blew up the radio as he popped in. . . "Uhm, Hime-chan?" He asks just to make sure that she's the right person.
Tamamo no Mae	Tamamo sighs a bit at this, "I'll just have Master bring me a new one." she comments to no one in particular, lying back on that bench. "Meh, they wern't worth more of my time anyways, my true goal is coming soon." she comments back into the air. Her tail twitches behind her as she brushes some of her pink hair out of her face. "Well, something's coming." a pause, a look, "Oh..." there's a blink, then she sits up, smiling. The words ring into her ears and she nods. "Mmhmm, Hime-chan. You must be my loyal little subject, Touta." she grins "Come, have a seat. Caster has been waiting for you." her voice is sweet and charming, "I'm glad there's at least one person of respect in that gaggle of imbeciles and meat walls." she scoffs slightly before offering a light bow from her sitting position. The drone soon dissapears and her face goes back to a neutral expression. "I hope the drone found you okay, and I hope the trip wasn't too bad."
Touta Konoe	Touta graciously takes a seat at the bench alongside Tamamo. There was still so much to take in. Forgetting the scenery for a moment was the fox girl before his eyes. Now this wasn't the first time he had seen some sort of half-human, half-animal hybrid, but it was his first time meeting one who dressed in such a cordial fashion. Plus when you did add back the whole Imperial Capital factor, it really did feel like he was meeting with some sort of royalty. In response to her bow he gives a brief one himself as he gives her a truely sincere smile. "Yeah, it was surprisingly easy to find this place. Your drone definitely helped with that. Still I can't believe this is where you live, Hime-Chan. This place is practically an entire town!" He took the moment to take in everything he could about his host so far. Honestly, her voice and fluffy exterior almost made Touta want to ask if he could pet her tail, but the moment he heard her calling the others over the radio imbeciles and meat walls he couldn't help but feel that amongst all that fluffiness hid a bit of a sharp tongue. So he didn't really bring that up. Though there was one thing that came to his mind as he saw it which he couldn't help but mention as he pointed at Tamamo's left ring finger. "Oh, you did say you were married, right? Is it just you and your husband who live here Hime-chan?"
Tamamo no Mae	"That's because it's an entire city as well, Touta." Tamamo replies, the smile and the bow just making her day. "Ah, it's nice to see a human with respect for their superiors. But yes, welcome to my Millenium Capital in the Moon Cell." she smiles, waving her hand as if to introduce the Capital to Touta himself, "And you sit next to the Queen and her domain." she turns her head to look at Touta with a fox-like grin. The sword, however, gets a small look though. "Never come to a place unprepared, do you not? It's okay, you won't need that here. Or at least, around me." Tamamo looks back to where Touta's pointing, the Regalia. "In a way, yes. I am married. My husband has two homes, in her Japan and my Capital." she answers, "And before you ask, yes. She." a grin upon her face as she leans back, "My lovely little mouse. A good Master too, if timid... along with her guardian robocat." she mutters in some disdain, "But that protects her when I cannot." Tamamo looks over Touta curiously, "Though, I have to say, Caster is a bit dissapointed in your outfit. I would thought you present yourself better to your Hime-chan."
Touta Konoe	There's a bit of a mild laughter, he's not sure about the whole superior thing but he's polite enough to at least give the same sort of pleasantries that are given to him. "Moon Cell? That the name for this part of the Multiverse?" He can only assume that's the name for this part. It would make the most sense for him at least. Though he takes a moment to bring up the black katana as he notices her eyes gleaming towards it. "Yeah, sorry about that. I'm living at a friend's right now so I don't really have anywhere to leave this right now. It's probably bad manners but I hope you don't mind." He places it back on his lap at her assurance that it wouldn't be needed here. Then there was the matter of his clothing. As she mentions her husband, he definitely is surprised to hear about her husband being a 'she'. But it only lasts for a moment. "That's awesome! Actually this is great, I have a friend whose married now! Maybe you could give me some tips?" Yes, you heard him right. The twelve-year old looking kid is asking for advice not on love, but marriage. "See, I tried proprosing to someone but it didn't go to well. I think that maybe I didn't ask her in the right way so I'm kinda curious how your husband proposed to you." Then there was the matter of his attire, another chuckle comes out as mild embarassment shows on his face. He pulls on his collar ever so slightly, "Right? I was thinking the same thing as I was getting over here. I didn't realize how fancy this place was going to be. If I had known I would have tried to dress for the occassion. Though, besides these and that school uniform I don't have much in regards to clothing. Definitely we'll have to pack some more when I finally pass through my world's Warpgate again."
Tamamo no Mae	"Mmmhmm, well, it's more my entire world. In fact, it's the entire Earth's Moon." she comments casually to the kid, her tail twitching behind her. "As for tips upon marriage, you're much too young to understand some of it, but be true." she nods, "Be true. Those two words should tell you everything." another nod and her ears flick up, "As for your outfit, I will... let it go for right now, just be more mindful who you're presenting to, little subject." a fanged grin is shown towards the boy. "Now, do you have any questions for me, aside from my little ring and my Husband?" a pause, "If not, I have a few for you. What is it that you do? Surely a child passing through warpgates is either doing it by accident... or is a lot more powerful than they're letting on."
Touta Konoe	There's no real arguement that he's young. In fact he's even younger than what he looks like. If he told her how young she probably wouldn't even believe him. So he'll just keep that to himself for now. Still...'Be true.' It was a very simple and sincere few words of advice. Even if it was perhaps very simple advice it did leavea lasting impression on Touta concerning Hime. Though, the fanged grin also gave a bit of an impression as well. Was that a threat? No way. In regards to questions he couln't really think of any off the top of his head so he should at least answer her questions. "Oh, actually would you believe me if it was both? I guess I fell through the Warpgate through my world and ended up in that place called the Quilt. Luckily, someone found me and explained where I was, gave me a place to stay, even a set of clean clothes." He still hadn't told her what he did. What was the best way to describe it anyway. Would he get in trouble for saying too much? Oh well, Hime seemed nice enough. "As for what I do, I work for a group called UQ Holder. We help people when big problems happen in our world. Though most of the time I'm back at our base working as hotel staff. Our base also doubles as one of those old Japanese style hot spring inns. As for how powerful I am, I can't really say. I'm sure there's alot of crazy strong people in the Multiverse so I have no idea how I'd stack up to them, hehe." While Touta had been explaining himself, he seemed pretty honest with his explanation. There's just one thing that should be bothering Tamamo right now. Something that would probably raise another question in her mind. It's something that she would not have noticed unless it had happened. If she had eyed her Noble Phantasm, the Eightfold Blessings of Amaterasu that took the form of a mirror...Touta there. Or well, his reflection wasn't there.
Tamamo no Mae	Tamamo gives a brief nod, listening to the little Subject, ears twitching as she takes in what he's saying. "Mmhmm." she nods, "So a boy who has a lot of power, but he's not sure how powerful he is." Tamamo grins "Have you decided to go into one of the factions? Maybe you can serve your Hime-chan in the Concord~" she comments, her tail twitching happily behind her, "I'm sure they could use a powerful person in there!" There is a brief glance at her Noble PHantasm, then back at Touta... "Mikon?" she looks between the two again and ponders, "Hmm." she gives a brief shrug and nods, "Perhaps I may come to this UQ Holder place and visit the hotsprings. I could use a good, relaxing bath." she leans back on the bench and stretches, dismissing the Noble Phantasm. "You're free to walk around the Millenium Capital. Just you cannot enter My Room. That's only for me and my Husband."
Touta Konoe	Touta scratches his head as he bluntly answers to Tamamo. "Mmmm, not really sure I'm interested in joining. I mean I've read up on them and I'm not really sure I'd fit in. Plus, I'm already in UQ Holder so I'm not sure my boss would be happy with me taking on a sidejob without her permission. But if you ever want to check out the base feel free to. I mean I need to make sure we found the proper Warpgate and stuff but when we do, feel free to let me know! I think you'd definitely like it." He gives a raised eyebrow at the mention of My Room. He's assuming that's just her room, so it'd make sense that she wouldn't want him to go there but now he's sorta curious. "Sounds good! So can I wander around on my own or were you going to give me the tour?"
Tamamo no Mae	Tamamo nods a bit, "I see, well, think of me if you ever get the permission." she smiles, moving to pick herself up a bit and head in front of the boy. "I definitely will, assuming they don't mind a supposed 'murderous fox spirit' that's under control~" a playful tone of voice could be heard from that sentence as she heads forward. "The main building you see is where I do all my work. And the entire area is a battlefield. In case some enemy Servant wants to try and take over my land." She turns her head a bit, "Do you know anything about them? Assassin, Lancer, Berserker.. Servants of the Grail War?" she turns back ahead, "If not, that will be a lesson some other day my Subject." back to walkling, she shakes her head a bit, "Over there in that building is a small bathing area, and there is the kitchen and dining area. Seats a few hundred!"
Touta Konoe	Touta can't really tell if she's joking or not about the whole murderous fox spirit thing. That's probably the way Tamamo intended it as well. So it would only make his response all the more unique. "Actually, I think you'd fit right in. Some of the people in UQ Holder have done bad things, but they're good people. I can vouch for all of them. Besides I've seen plenty of demi-humans enter the inn with fox features. Alot of others too. Demons, skeleton people, vampires, revenants,and plenty of others!" He begins following as she begins the tour of her domain. This place really did seem spacious. It probably was even bigger than the island the UQ Holder base was on to say the least. He assumes the work she does resolves around maintaining her home, but other than that everything else she begins talking about flies right over his head. "Yeah, I don't know anything about any wars, but didn't they call you Caster over the radio right?" As they reach the athing and kitchen area he stops. "Oh, if that's the case have you eaten yet? Least I can do for showing me this place is cook something up real quick."
Tamamo no Mae	Tamamo nods slightly, "I see, so many many people of various... 'legendary' races live there? Sounds like another Japan I know." she nods, "Ah, down this corridor is where the stairs to My Room are. I won't show that to you and soon..." she leads Touta to a bigger room with a table in the center and ... a couch at the back? It's a very ornate couch and soon, Tamamo's floating along to it before resting languidly on it. "Welcome to the THrone Room. This is where my ... subjects come to worship me." she nods a bit until another question picks her ears. "Ah yes. Caster. That's my Class in this war. Fitting for me, no?" she smiles, tail draping over her body as she looks down Touta curiously. He wants to cook? "I could stand to use some food, inarizushi please, with a side of edamame and three rolls of spicy tuna."
Touta Konoe	As Touta continued to follow into the throne room he couldn't help but feel like this woman really might have been royalty now. Everything here honestly looks very elegant, traditional, and just down right pretty to say the least. For a guy that essentially grew up in the boonies this kind of place would have felt so much more out of the ordinary if not for his time at UQ Holder's base. There was just one thing that kind seemed to throw him off. 'Worship'? Even a certain rich kid who held herself in as such a high prestige as Hime never asked for others to worship her. Then again she also wasn't some sort of fox spirit or anything. He puts those thoughts to the side though as he receives Hime's request. "Edamame, spicy tuna, and inarizushi coming up!" Like that he began looking through the ingredients of the building. It really seemed like they had anything you could ask for. In fact most of the things here seemed pretty high quality as well. As for how high tech it was, well that was yet to be seen. That being said he had to impress or he wouldn't be able to hold his head up high to Nikumaru. So cooking he would do! First, he'd probably start with the rice. He'd take a strainer or anything similar enough to one he could find and start running cold water through the rice to clean it briefly. Preparing sushi rice involved a good balance of sugar, vinegar, salts, and oil. It was important to make sure that the neither the sweetness or the saltiness didn't overpower the other in sushi rice. After all, in sushi it was the main ingredient and not really the fish used for sushi instead. After letting the rice cook and making sure that it there was a fine balance he start preparing the spicy tuna. Touta was definitely a swordman, or the way he maneuvered the knife he was using made it seem like the one he had brought wasn't just for show. Fileting and de-boning the Tuna happened quickly and in a professional manner. It was clear that he had done this a few times. He'd begin preparing the spicy sauce as well before mixing it with the sliced pieces of tuna. From there he prepared the nori, placing the sushi rice down and laying the spicy tuna inside before wrapping it. He then sliced the roll into six seperate but even pieces. He repeated that two more times for the three spicy tuna rolls in total. Preparing the Edamame was much easier as it just involved steaming the soybeans and then just making sure to properly season them with salt. But even as he did that it looked like he was taking care to make sure that they were all being salted even as they were steamed. Lastly was the Inarizushi. Using the leftover sushi rice he placed them into the fried tofu pockets he had made, making sure they had fried too a nice golden brown in the oils. Making this he couldn't help but chuckle considering what they represented. After a few minutes or so Touta would present a bento box to Tamamo with all her assorted items elegantly placed within. Of course he made sure that there was soy sauce, wasabi, pickled ginger, and a clean pair of chopsticks as well. "Sorry if it's not great, I have to admit I was not use to the kitchen. Still feel free to dig in." In truth, every at least from a presentation point of view looks like it's a restaurant quality meal that Touta was serving.
Tamamo no Mae	Tamamo nods a bit, leaning back in her couch as she takes a bit of rest, eyes closed but not sleeping. "Ah, such a good kid. Would be a waste to make him a maidservant." she comments to no one in particular as she flips around, tail in the air, swishing hypnotically. "Though, no reflection... wonder if he's related to that Berserker..." she mutters, shaking her head, "SE.RA.PH... I need a list of all Servant models that fit 'Vampire'." she commands, poking at a few screens that appear in mid air in front of her. With the food taking a bit, she gives a brief nod at it, swiping the windows away as her ears pick up the sound of footsteps and the smell of delicious foodstuffs coming into the Throne Room. "Mmm?" Sitting herself up, she gives a bright smile, seeing the bento. "Alright, let Caster take a good taste of it, maybe I can find a good use for you here, when UQ Holder decides they don't need you." a pause, "Hmm, forgot the green tea, that's okay~" and off she goes digging into the bento like a polite fox. It's wordless eating, savoring each bite, bit of wasabi here, bit of ginger. Even a tiny... tiny bit of soy sauce and soon, nothing left. "Ah~, Tamamo is pleased." she mutters, without regard on who's present. "Almost like a Master Chef prepared this from hands given to them by the gods and tools forged in the fires of a volcanic mountain..."
Touta Konoe	Touta laughs lightly. "Hey, don't just assume they're not going to need me anymore. I really like the people their and they like me too." He smiles as he sees her happily enjoying the meal, it just made him happy to see someone else happy. "Trust me, it's not that great. I had to cook alot back in the country cause my chaperone was terrible with making stuff. I learned alot of stuff from my friend, Nikumaru. He would have put me to shame though. He wants to open a restaurant back in the capital of Japan in my world." Then she mentions the tea. Did she mention she? She didn't did she wanted tea? Mmmm, it would have made sense for him to make some still. It was customary after all. "Wait here just a second!" Without even being asked he brings in a assortment of teaware, and right before Tamamo's eyes starts making green tea in the traditional way. Granted it's not as elegant with his unusual attire, but the tea smell's properly prepared at least. "Sorry about that." Slowly he pours a cup for the fox spirit and one for himself. "A toast to our new friendship." He gently raises the teacup with both hands. He's not too sure if there'd be any clinking involved with tea cups, but at the very least he'll wait for her to start sipping her cup before drinking as well.
Tamamo no Mae	"Caster can hope, you know." she comments, "You may have to bring NIkumaru in some time, so I can taste his work as well if he is as good as you say he is." she whispers, "May have to make him my personal chef, if I can't get you." she smiles that fanged smile again and she relaxes, perking up just slightly when he speaks... then retrieves a tea set. Okay, she likes this boy. She waits properly, looking at the tea being made curiously, he's at least doing it properly, if his dress is currently out of tradition, but... so is Tamamo. "It's no problem, Caster forgot about it briefly." she mutters, "But your initiative speaks volume for your character." Taking a cup, she raises it with both hands, with a smile. Her ears perk up and she gives a brief nod. "To our new friendship, my dear little Subject." and with that, she takes a soft sip of her cup, eyes closed, enjoying the flavor. "Ah, such delight."
Touta Konoe	The tea was indeed superb. It probably had less to do with his preparation of it and more concerning the quality of the tea leaves. This was nice though. He could whole heartedly admit to enjoying a nice cup of tea with a pretty girl in an almost feudalistic Japan background. Touta couldn't help but smile to Tamamo as she whispered her subtle teasing, highlighted by the fanged smile at the end of her remark. If this was perhaps any other guy they might have been more subtle in their choice of words. "I'll let him know. I'm sure he would be happy to make something for a pretty girl like you. I'll probably have to tell him you're married already though. But that'll have to be when we get the Warpgate rea-" Without any forewarning Touta's phone starts ringing. The device he'd been using to keep in touch with those in the Multiverse and acting as his connection to the comms. "Sorry, I thought I put it on vi-" Touta had briefly read the message as he spoke before cutting off once again. He looks at the message with a silent stare for a moment, using all his focus to make sure he's reading it right. Before Tamamo knows it that silence is broken with a huge grin on the young man's face. "It's ready...Hime-chan! It's ready! The Warpgate for my world is ready! Sorry Hime-chan, I got to meet up with the others now!" It was interesting, in one instance Touta seemed so content being with Tamamo, yet the moment news of his home came he became so excitable. Perhaps it was only naturally. Though, would this certain situation accrue a certain feeling she might have felt once before, perhaps not. But perhaps some subtle comparison could be made to a certain situation once had before. Though that wasn't important now right? "Hime-chan, thanks again for showing me around this place. I promise when we get the Warpgate accessible to everyone, I'll bring you to my world so you can see what I was talking about! You'll love it!" With that he quickly finishes off his tea, and picks up his sword. He's ready to head out and find his world.
Tamamo no Mae	Tamamo smiles and refills her cup once she's done with the first bit... it's been a while since she had the company of someone not her Master... or her Boss, but this is nice, something she could get used to. "Alright, when you get the Warpga...." her voice trails off from the ringing, her eyes moving to the pocket. She waits, tilting her head at the silence and that stare, but with the grin coming, she can only think it's good news. "Hmm?" "Oh that is good news. Well, don't keep them waiting." she comments, "Go prepare for everything, I'm sure they're expecting some big reveal, am I right?" she questions, "No no, don't answer that, run along now, I'll find you when I need you again." she smiles, "Even if need is just to have another cup of tea with another person." a pause, "It does get slightly lonely when Master is out and about." she nods. She picks herself up a bit off the 'couch' and goes into a bow. "Please be well, Touta-kun. My little Subject for the Millenium Capital~"