"Of course," he agreed, slipping the datasicks away somewhere. "I'll get it to you ASAP. Thank you for your help, Hitoko-san." With that, he rose and stepped out of the restaurant.

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He raised and eyebrow and shrugged. "Sure."

He leaned back to his previous position, decidedly less stoically menacing. "I would prefer 140, if possible, as I only have your word to go on. But I will include the sidearm. Is that acceptable?"

His expression hardened to stone and he leaned forward on the table. "I'm sorry, I'm sure I misunderstood a ronin referring to Lion Clan craftwork as a 'high-end chef's knife'. A wise person would recognize that combining that with attempting to strongarm a Clan samurai without backing would be a pa...

If he noticed the flirtation at all, it didn't register on his face. "Of course I'm concerned for your safety. 130 and I'll throw in a high end combat knife, as well as the sidearm."

"125 and an MHI Conqueror sidearm," he offered in reply.

"Yes... Word on the street is that the standard is somewhere more in the range of a hundred," he agreed. "Despite other considerations, I am inclined to pay fairly."

"I hope to hear so. I take it everything went well, then?" He asked, leaning back.

Inasa... or "Tarou", rather, here, waited, nursing a cup of tea and some genuinely decent soba as her waited for the person he was waiting for to appear.

He paused on his way to the cafe's counter, squatting down to give Debris some very thorough pets of her ears and the sides of her neck. "Hello, Debris! It's so nice to see you again!" A few more pets. "Seeing you is much nicer than a big crowd of people." Then her got up and headed over, finally se...

Her partner did indeed show up shortly, the bell jingling cheerily as he entered. He nodded to her, the ghost of a smile appearing and disappearing. "Evening, Hato-san. Anything you'd like to drink?"

The evening had started off so well! He'd navigated the ins and outs of Scorpion etiquette with aplomb, ready to take on information gathering with every bit of good will at his back. Unfortunately, there was a bit of alcohol available and one particularly charming person, and he didn't remember a l...

"Ah, I didn't even think of that. My apologies, Ide-san." Well, he was nearly 6 feet himself, so it made sense, but still... "Hmm... It's enjoyable, though it's not my top favorite. If I had to pick one, I suppose... The Void Dragon's Blessing? Though it took some liberties with theology that not al...

"We can go to the back. I'm easy," he shrugged, turning up the aisle once they get into the theater. Fortunately, there weren't many people in it with the fireworks show just earlier.

"Around dead center, if possible. I used to like sitting right up front as a kid, but that's a little much for me now," he replied, looking amused as he heads toward the doors.

He nodded. "I'm looking forward to seeing them in action... I haven't seen it yet, so it's pretty exciting." He nodded to the doors. "Shall we find our seats, Ide-san?"

"A hustle and bustle. Even without the Winter Court season, there's always much to do here. With so much commerce, and visitors to all the Embassies, you have to remain ever vigilant and ever dutiful." Yuji replied, reaching for his fan from his sleeve. "There sometimes is a feeling that while you ...

"Kitsuki Kazuhiro," He admitted, looking to the side a little. Maybe he was a little more pink for a moment? But it disappeared before it had much of a chance to appear. "I admire his dedicationto his ideals, even under duress. Plus, he brought a mystery element to the series I liked." He looked ver...

He considered the question. "Hmm... Well, there's a character from the source material. But that would be a spoiler, wouldn't it? Have you read the light novels?" He raised his eyebrows at the snacks. "Someone waiting in the theater? I wouldn't want to interrupt."

He nodded with a small smile. "I am. I've been looking forward to Brotherhood of Swords 2 for a while, and it's a relatively quiet day. I hope you are, as well?"