Hotaru Tsuyo wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 05, 2022 6:15 am

Tsuyo had to admit, having Sakura around had been a blessing during the long hours of the past month getting the installation done. No matter how well you planned, it always seemed that something would crop up to make the final stages run everyone into 12 hour workdays for a bit. Having someone in the embassy with a bit more autonomy than the servants had meant not having to think much about what takeout place was still open when she dropped back into the embassy after a three day rotation out at the moon. And then there was the 3 a.m. library search when she'd messaged about finding a reference sketch of what the constellations of Benten's Biwa had looked like back at the founding of the Empire.

Since she'd messaged just after waking up, and just before hitting the shower (then made a note in her calendar about scheduling a proper bath), she arrived about 10 minutes after the girl who'd frantically scrambled to get there. The long, dove grey vest was a common sight. The rest of her outfit is a well-tailored, but subdued ensemble of dark brown slacks and soft gold tunic, everything appearing to be silk by the flow and drape of it.

She spots the red-tipped hair easily enough and heads for the table Sakura's found, pausing to stroke a lazing Garbo on one of the cat hammocks along the walls. Considering the lack of anyone important nearby just now she remains informal. "Mornin' Sakura-san...well, afternoon, I guess. You order yet?"

Hotaru Tsuyo wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:41 pm

Tsuyo flaps a hand in a way that repeats at least 50 iterations of the 'just -san, I'm not a captain or anything,' conversation that she's given up actually saying out loud.

"Done! Finished all the footage and checked that the drone runpath was going to work out on the last trip. It's all theirs now, and the last installment of the contract payments should be hitting the embassy account any time now." She paused at the order screen and tapped in her usual tea and sweet mochi soup, Sakura's usual, and then... "I haven't eaten yet, so I'm orderin' cake for breakfast-lunch. Want anything beside your usual?"

She looks down at the kitten rubbing hard against her fake leg and adds a cup of treats for the cats to the order since it's early enough that their displayed allotments don't seem to have been filled yet.

Hotaru Tsuyo wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:22 pm

"Oh, I know why the names are like that, just surprised they'd then give them the luxury treatment. But I guess they're usin' the cats to make money so the Fortune's ok with it?" She pushes a ball from under the table with her foot, watching Debris scamper after it.

"World of Dreams isn't bad. Not sure I'd want to live here for good, but it's not like the time I spent working in Tadaka. Spent as much time up in the ship workin' as possible because their houses there felt like you were exposed on a mountaintop and expected to just enjoy that." Glancing around the room, she adds, "all the comforts here, for sure. At least if you can afford them."

"You hopin' to transfer out eventually? It's great having someone on staff who knows the place from the ground up and all, but eventually that head for trade you've got could be useful during other court seasons someplace else, I'd think."

She shifts a bit as the server comes out with their tray, several feline ears perking up at the slight rattle as the cup of cat treats is shifted from tray to table.

Hotaru Tsuyo wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 10:33 pm

Tsuyo laughs as she picks up the very pastel cup of tea. "We're not a clan that stands hard on etiquette, Sakura-san. Talk about it if you like. Your...um...former family might not be happy about it if they're not ronin as well, I imagine." She sips at the tea, fruitier and sweeter than her preference, but it fits the cafe just fine. "I was taught that it's rude to push for too much about a ronin's past. I trust Hotaru-sama did all the uncomfortable background checkin', so you're Firefly now...not sure if that makes it less rude to ask though."

"Any case, I wouldn't ask yet. I'm sure you'll do great things here. Then you might see if you'd be a good fit to travel. Guessin' that you'd rather stick to the side of things that isn't pulling ore out of mines in space?" Picking out a few treats, she scatters them across the floor, watching the mad feline dash for them.

Hotaru Tsuyo wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 08, 2022 6:58 am

"Nothin' wrong with stayin' on one world. Plenty of folks do. And if you've got family here..." she offers a one-handed, indistinct gesture that at least seems to imply that staying near family is understandable. "Pretty sure the clan'll be happy to have someone interested in stayin' put and keepin' a steady hand on the contracts that come through here."

She makes sure to toss a treat near Ugly, so the shy cat gets some. "But now I've finally got some time to hear the story of how you rescued our illustrious leader from the follies of this world. How did that even happen? I wouldn't've thought he had time for gettin' into that kind of mess."

Hotaru Tsuyo wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 09, 2022 8:03 am

Tsuyo shrugs a bit. "I guess it's nice? Like habitable and slowly getting built on. There's some good bones to the place. But...not where I'd want ta live with all the wide open space." Shaking her head she adds, "it's folks like you, or the next generation of Firefly that're going to want to settle there, I think. Most of us raised in the mining clusters aren't comfortable in that kind of place.

She nods at the certificate mention. "Given the way we live, a fair bit of instruction is remote, so you're not much different there." She taps the metal leg. "Probably not testing much higher there myself now. But that's not really my focus anyway. Good that you got enough education here to help pick all that up fast. Ronin stuck on some of the more backwater places don't always get enough to read well."

Hotaru Tsuyo wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 09, 2022 7:08 pm

Pulling out her densai, she tries to queue up a holo of Amanoseki and the work taking place there...only to have a cat itself in the way...swiping at the floaty icons and bringing up Dechen's latest recorded message. Tsuyo, hits the power button to shut that down before the cafe gets to listen.

"Well everyone's really proud of it, and most everyone I know takes it seriously. Been outgrowing the ships we've got, marrying folks out more just to ease that pressure before things got tight. There's some tricky balance to the cost of new ships taking away from the budget for maintaining existing ones..and we could really use another carrier to serve more contracts, and... " She stops with a bit of a laugh. "Well, kind of spiral. I expect you'll get an earful of all that here in the next few years."

"I hear we actually in an Isawa with strong terraformin' experience at a pretty recent miai; which was refreshing after seein' so many skilled Hotaru havin' to marry out because there weren't ships for 'em."