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received directions to the library, Kusuriyuri found himself a little baffled by the sheer number of books availible. He glanced around himself, relieved the walls were covered in bookcases. The moving pictures were too close to mononoke, and though he appeared unruffled, that all his instincts and tools told him there were no mononoke
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"Good evening," he said to Kusuriyuri.
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"And what brings you to the library?"
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It amused Wednesday to hunt up obscure academic reference work for his students to read. Sometimes the scholars were close to practical, sometimes they were so far off the mark it made Wednesday's teeth hurt. Both sorts of monograph had educational value.
He had come to the library to find a new article for such recommendation when he chanced upon Kusuriyuri. Of a certainty he knew what the medicine peddler was. Perhaps the medicine peddler would also know what Wednesday was.
"Fancy meeting the likes of you here." It wasn't a challenge. It was a neutral observation, even shading toward friendly.
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But, then, he was here.
"It is a pleasure to meet you. I am called Kusuriyuri. I look forward to knowing you," he offers, though he knows on some level the one before him already knows this. It is still proper to offer someone a name by which to address him. The ritual of greeting is something he finds soothing. It is something that is still familiar, even in this place.
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That would be Dr. Hook.
"You wouldn't happen to be Professor Kusuriyuri, would you?"
The fellow just looked like a Kusuriyuri. (Also, Hook cheated and asked a house-elf 'who's that guy over there?' before approaching. The house-elf was happy to interrupt its reshelving of books.)
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((OOC: anyone with a planned death would wear white...criminal, ritual suicide. I think it was even used as funeral dress))
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(( thanks for the explanation! ))
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((OOC: sensei does mean teacher...and doctor...and master [in the teaching sense]))
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He's planning on devouring some more history, to see if this place follows the timeline he knows when he spots Kusuriyuri. Edo-era Japan? That was unexpected, considering they were in 21st century Scotland.
He pulls himself up onto a chair next to Kusuriyuri.
"Hello."
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"I'm Bean. When are you from?"
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