132. Tetris [voiced]

[corrinesbell]

Y'know. I remember when I thought four months was gonna be too long of a time to live here. That there's no way this'd go on for even close to a year or something insane like that.

...Guess I was wrong, huh?

Oh. Tea shop's open again. Sorry about not warning anybody. I'll be around today.

[[ooc: Hello Luceti! Four long years ago today, a ninja became

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/going to bed now so PLACEHOLDER. [action]

[lists_to_port]

[Jack doesn't bother inviting himself over to the tea shop. He just shows up after this message. Might as well check on her, considering the state she'd been in the last time he'd seen her.]

'Allo, Beautiful Sheena. Fetch me some tea, woman! I'm......feeling stodgy!

[action]

[corrinesbell]

You're gonna have to be nicer than that.

[action]

[lists_to_port]

[So he hits his knees and removes his hat.]

Dearest, most beautiful Sheena, please please please please deign to pour me some of that lovely concoction what you brew in this fine establishment that is not a whorehouse?

[action] 1/2

[corrinesbell]

[mymaidmadeflan]

[Leon will be coming later in the afternoon as he decided to go someplace new today. Why? It's a tea shop. Although... He's had a problem trying to go in for some time now. He knew about the shop, but he wasn't sure about going in. He'd walk past it every-so-often to find himself to shy to even check it. He's went to the bakery, sure, but it was a necessity to him. He doesn't go anywhere else to eat. And because going to the tea shop wasn't necessary, he didn't see the logic in going. At least... Not until now.
The young man wearing a pink cape hesitated a bit going inside. He really wasn't used to going into places so casually.]

...

["It's just a tea shop... Maybe I'll find flavours of tea I wouldn't find in the bakery

[corrinesbell]

[Of course there are teas here you won't find in the bakery! Sheena may know Regal, but she doesn't share her secrets with him. It shouldn't be that hard to go into the Welcome Center and come up the stairs, Leon, really.

Sheena's putting some flowers out on the tables when he comes in. She frowns when she looks at him - familiar? - then stands with her usual half-smirk]

Pick any seat you want.

[mymaidmadeflan]

[Shush. It's supposed to be an encouragement or whatever.
Leon was like this with the bakery the first time he went there also. Feeling uneasy, too shy to try, and wishing he didn't need/want to go.

When he heard Sheena, he looked over to her -nope, don't know her- and then looked at the seats. He picked one that faced the wall. Yup. Now he doesn't have to face anyone; just like in the bakery. He wonders what's on the menu. It can't be just tea, right?
Anyway, Leon's not really going to speak until he needs to.]

...

[corrinesbell]

Just lemme know when you decide, okay?

[There are a few food items on the menu, too. Nothing fancy, just bread-based stuff to have with tea.]

[Voice]

[mistlegacy]

I know the feeling. I never thought I'd see one year here, let alone closing in on year three....

[Voice]

[corrinesbell]

...Does it make you wonder how many more it could possibly take?

[Voice]

[mistlegacy]

It does. I wonder if we'll look back on this and wonder how we could have possibly thought three or four years was a long time, compared to whatever number we reach then.

[Voice]

[corrinesbell]

I don't wanna...get old here.

[lightningcute]

[Oh, awesome, the tea shop's open again. this mun kinda forgot it had closed, oops So Pao-lin's going to wander in and spend some time getting reacquainted with it. She really likes it; there's nothing quite like it in Sternbild that she knows of. There was one Russian place downtown that Natasha sometimes took her to, but it was full of old people so Pao-lin never felt entirely comfortable there. And the tea place next to one of the Buckstars on the Gold Stage didn't have the same cozy ambiance as Luceti's tea shop.

She takes a seat in her favorite back corner, armed with some art books from the library and a sketchbook, doing some preliminary work on planning the Luceti mural.]

[corrinesbell]

[Oh, this one brought...work to do? Sheena can't help but peek over her shoulder for a minute or two, silent as a ninja, before speaking up]

What'll you have?

[lightningcute]

[Pao-lin's slightly startled by Sheena's ninjaness, but she smiles at the older girl.]

Ah, I'll take a cup of oolong, please.

[corrinesbell]

Coming right up.

[brb kitchen]

[voice]

[neoslaying]

Got a whole shop for tea?

[voice]

[corrinesbell]

It works more like a restaurant works. But you could pick the tea and take it with you, I guess...

[voice]

[neoslaying]

So y'sit and drink?

[voice]

[corrinesbell]

Pretty much. And talk, if you're with somebody.