(open) in which Will is addicted to coffee

[caniaskyouaqstn]

If there's one good thing about the Mansion, in Will's opinion, it's that there's an unlimited supply of coffee. He's sitting in the common room right now, brewing some in a pot over the fire. The smell's wafting down the hallway and probably into some of the adjacent rooms, as well. Usually, he prefers to build a campfire and sit outside somewhere

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[in_summer_leaf]

Hisoka follows the scent of coffee into the common room, where to his surprise he finds a guy brewing coffee over the fire. Of course, the fireplace was a major cooking facility back in the olden days. And Hisoka has boiled a lot of coffee over campfires in his time.

"Hello," he says. "Smells good. May I have a cup?"

[Hisoka's five foot three inches (if you count his boot heels). Would Will be that short?]

[caniaskyouaqstn]

Will smiles. It's not as broad as his usual grin, but it's still genuine. "Why not? It's just about ready."

[in_summer_leaf]

"Thanks! I'm Hisoka Kurosaki." Hisoka sits down near the fire.

[caniaskyouaqstn]

"Will Treaty," Will replies. He usually introduces himself with his first name only, but since Hisoka gave him a surname, he gets both.

[in_summer_leaf]

"Pleased to meet you, Will," says Hisoka, returning the smile. "You look a little down," he observes.

[caniaskyouaqstn]

Will can't help smiling a bit in response to that. "It's really obvious, isn't it? I was trying to look cheerful."

also i forgot to reply to your ooc note on that other tag >.< to answer your question: i think will would be taller than hisoka, but not by much. maybe an inch or two?

[in_summer_leaf]

"I do that, too," admits Hisoka. "What's got you down?"

[They'll be looking at each other practically eye to eye. That's nice.^^]

[caniaskyouaqstn]

Will shrugs, only slightly moodily. "I'm stuck in a strange house with no way to get home."

That's not something that happens to Hisoka very often, is it? XD

[in_summer_leaf]

"It's a problem, all right," says Hisoka. "So, where's home?"

[Nope. XD]

[caniaskyouaqstn]

"Araluen," Will says. "Redmont Fief, more specifically."

Araluen is basically a pseudo medieval England.

[in_summer_leaf]

"What is Redmont Fief like?" asks Hisoka, curiously.

[caniaskyouaqstn]

Will shrugs a bit. It was a fairly ordinary part of the country, really. "It's a fairly large fief on the west coast of Araluen, ruled by Baron Arald. Though I suppose it could be considered a bit more important than some of the rest of the fiefs in the country."

If only because a couple of quite important people live there. A lot of the Ranger Corps activity is based there, too, but Will's not about to tell that to a complete stranger.

[in_summer_leaf]

"Oh, so you really do mean a fief, as in a large tract of land administered by an aristocrat at the bidding of a feudal lord or lady or a sovereign?" Hisoka brightens. "My father's family harkens back to a land that was once under such a system. His ancestors were warrior class, and so was he. How did you fare in that land of Araluen?"

[caniaskyouaqstn]

"Well enough, I suppose," Will says, with a bit of a shrug. Actually, he was quite well known as a result of his ~heroic deeds~, but he's completely oblivious to the fact. "I was in service to the king. What about you? How did you fare back home?"

[in_summer_leaf]

[Moved left to avoid post crush.^^]

[in_summer_leaf]

"I seem to have had two of them," answers Hisoka. "In my first world, for various reasons it was impossible to be a professional warrior, in my generation, anyway, although I was trained to be a swordsman. If I had lived to become an adult, I'd have been off to college and then to a job in business or government. But in my second world, first I became a shipwright, and then I joined the military and spent the rest of my days in the profession of arms. But, Will, how did you come to the Mansion? -- just curious."