Teahouse

Sun was seated in a small teahouse situated off the corner of one of the nicer streets of Little Shintenchi; though, nicer was a matter of opinion, as it was through money paid to local criminals that kept it nice. Protection rackets were common place around the neighborhood, and often times not optional for many of the small business owners. You either paid up, or you suffered the consequences. Extortion under the guise of protection. Still, as far as places go there were worse ones out there.

The teahouse was modestly small in size, and she was the only customer at the moment which allowed her a sense of peace and quiet away from the busy streets of Little Shintenchi. The shop owner was a friendly old man by the name of Huan, and he had leathery skin, greying hair and a peppered beard. Usually he was keen to gossiping with his customers, but today he was in the back cleaning and she had the front area to herself for now.

The teahouse was on her daily route and she often stopped in to enjoy an early afternoon cup of tea on her way to the Ming Dojo. At the age of twenty-seven she had been running the dojo for three months now, ever since her father's ailing health hadn't permitted him to keep up with it any longer. The Dojo had been in the family for three generations now, and she had been proud to take up the mantle, but sometimes she found herself reminiscing over the possibility of moving to Shintenchi.

It was idle fantasies though. She liked it well enough here, and had no intention of abandoning the family dojo. Still though, she might take a trip out to visit Shintenchi someday.

With thoughts of travel on her mind she finished her tea and put a few bills down on the table for Huan before heading out.

Alexx Walks in

Lara Tsvetayeva sat at one of the tables in the teahouse, hands upon a hot cop of cocoa while she relaxed. It had been a long day, and Lara was enjoying herself before she needed to go out again and...wander. Seeing someone walk into the small shop, she sat up a bit expectantly, examining them coldly.

‘s eyes

Alexx ‘s green eyes scanned the shop, looking at the decor. It wasn’t too shabby, in fact the place looked quite homely, a great place for her to sit down and write some of her fanfiction.

Lara Tsvetayeva held her cup of cocoa and took a small sip as she watched the girl eyeing the room. Hmmm...Did she not come to these places often? Or maybe she was new to the Multiverse, or at the very least Little Shintenchi. "Good afternoon, visitor. New?"

Alexx looked to the woman who had spoken and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks, before her hand came up to tuck a stray strand of her short black hair behind her ear. “Is it that obvious?”

Lara Tsvetayeva nodded slowly. "I live around here, at least for now. I don't recognize you from any of the locals." Saying this, she motioned to the seat across from her. "I'm Lara Tsvetayeva. I was built here."

Alexx tilted her head as she walked towards where the woman had motioned and took a seat, putting her laptop bag onto the floor next to her feet. “Forgive me, but...built?”

Lara Tsvetayeva placed her cocoa down and nodded. "Indeed. I'm an android. I wasn't necessarily 'born', just created. It's been...8 years since I was built?" She pondered on that...her memory stretches back to 8 years, but she wasn't quite sure if she existed prior to that so that was alright. "Is there something wrong?"

Alexx shook her head and gave a gentle smile. “Not at all. I just wouldn’t have guessed that you were an Android. But then again, one doesn’t really come across Androids much.”

Lara Tsvetayeva shrugged lightly. "I suppose it's not too obvious." She stated, taking another sip of the cocoa. "The only indicator is that my tone is flat and my eyes...well, they're purple and they change when I'm in battle. Either of which could reasonably be justified as something else." Her eyes scanned Alexx for a second and tilted her head. "Human?"

Alexx smiled again, before looking down at her lap and shaking her head. “Shifter actually,” she said. She didn’t much like to talk about her particular kind, she always found that it did more harm than good to let people know that she was something many feared and hated.

Lara Tsvetayeva processed this information for a moment, and she leaned back in a bit more. "I see. Shifter. I've heard of some kinds, my apologies. I assume human when I cannot tell and people look human."

Alexx chuckled lightly and fiddled with her hands. As much as she tried to be confident, she was always shy around new people, well she was, Thera however couldn’t be said the same for.

Lara Tsvetayeva folded her hands together for a moment as she sat across from Alexx. "Mmm...you are a very interesting person. I'll be sure to track you down once I get the chance to talk once more."

Alexx Appears in the teahouse and looks around. Upon seeing Lara, she raises an eyebrow and gives a little wave.

Sabnach materializes from the void.

Sabnach has left the area, heading east into Little Shintenchi.