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 part of the experiment.

I feel old.]]

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[i_am_not_cute]

[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?

[i_am_not_cute]

[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]

[i_am_not_cute]

[Pao-lin waits patiently for her order, perusing her book again.]

[corrinesbell]

[It doesn't take long for Sheena to bring out a teapot full of oolong tea and an empty cup, which she fills for Pao-lin after setting it on the table.]

There you go!

[i_am_not_cute]

Thanks a lot!

[Pao-lin's about to take a test sip of her tea, but she stops.]

Umm...thanks for running this tea shop and all. It's one of my favorite places in Luceti.

[corrinesbell]

R-Really?

[She's pleased.]

I mean, uh, thanks!

[i_am_not_cute]

[She smiles.]

How long have you had this place for?

[corrinesbell]

Not really very long...and, uh, every time I get kidnapped or drafted or...anything like that, it ends up closed.

[i_am_not_cute]

Because you don't have a lot of help around here? [She glances around the shop.]

[corrinesbell]

Yeah, or the people who could keep it open end up drafted too. Or something else. Lots of other things. And it's only been open for a few months!

[i_am_not_cute]

That sounds like a pain. [She takes a test sip of her tea. Still a little hot, but it's welcomed on a winter day.] I'd help out if I knew anything about brewing tea... [She usually just uses -- le gasp! -- tea bags.]