Special Delivery!

[thrasherpunk]

Ichi gets a text message a few days after he's come to New York, in The Shadow's voice. He's supposed to expect a delivery of food and clothes by an agent, and he's not allowed to mention the Nexus. He is encouraged to practice his English, though

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[blind_masseur]

Ichi is a little wary of the visit, but he does his best to prepare. He's been trying on various clothing he's been provided, and has found a pair of navy blue sweatpants, and a plain gray shirt to be the most comfortable so far. It's only luck that they aren't clashing.

The knock, and then the doorbell interrupts his time sitting on the couch, playing the tape player and he stands, bringing his cane with him.

He gives a generic shout to let whoever his visitor is that he's coming, but he's still working on some things, and doesn't feel comfortable shouting in English yet.

The entrance opens to Ichi pointing an ear around the door and raised eyebrows. He looks every part of wary that a man like him could.

"Hello?" He speaks a bit meekly, and with a very, very, very thick Japanese accent.

[thrasherpunk]

His visitor is shorter than he is, and smells like the streets and bubblegum. "It's Ichi, right? The Chief sent me over with some stuff." She's also got a slightly husky voice, but somebody like Ichi can tell in an instant it's definitely a she, and probably young.

[blind_masseur]

Ichi is still uncertain, the word Chief is still not something he's learned yet, nor does he know The Shadow is called this by his subordinates. The fact that she knows his name though, allows him to see enough cause to permit her to come inside.

He holds his cane near him, and once Chaz is inside, she'll see that lights are intermittently on and off throughout the apartment without any sort of rhyme or reason.

At least he's a tidy man, especially for all the traveling he does and being unused to keeping his own place. There are not even dishes in the sink. He closes the door behind her once she's inside and puts his back against it. He's honestly a bit surprised that a girl was sent to deliver items, and his first wonder is if the female voice is the Myra-woman that has been previously mentioned. He's not about to go guessing though.

"From Shadow-san?" At least the name was something he didn't need to translate.

[thrasherpunk]

"Yeah. Tall guy, big nose, wears lots of bla- nevermind." She's grinning, and looking him over. Ichi doesn't strike her as the agent type, so she assumes it's somebody he's protecting from dangerous criminals. "He said you were learning English still, but I brought food and a few clothes. He said something about you'd want booze but I wasn't allowed to cheat the law to get it for you. Sorry."