First Prayer: I'm not your only friend...[Open]

[faithfulflame]

Who: Rei Hino and you?
What: Day in the life of Rei Hino
When: Some nebulous day between 12/17 and 12/21, or whenever works
Where: Residential District, Gym, Shopping District, Research/Tech District
Warnings: None at present?


Residential District/Research District

[Rei's always enjoyed taking walks in her free time, getting to know the area around her and taking in the sites. She's been given a day off, a small thank you for a project deadline completion, and she's taking full advantage. It's different here, of course, given the alien nature of so much of the architecture but that's actually part of the appeal. She's reminded of what she's seen of her own world's future, and while the CERES logo plastered everywhere isn't entirely her favorite thing in the world it's nice to see some of the advertisements she's been working on around.

Eventually she'll make her way into the Research and Technologies District, looking around at all the sterile government buildings and ominous labs too. It's idle curiosity, combined with her family being involved in the civic system, that catches her interest. As well as possibly finding an entryway into CERES' facilities for later.

She's not paying the most attention to her immediate surroundings, though, so she might just bump into you, or brush past you. Trailing behind her, too, is a Cybuddy, this robot taking the form of a fuzzy baby panda bear. Whoever said she couldn't like cute things?]


CERES Gym:

[Next on her list is to find Abe no Sousei's kendo school. With a little help from Edgeworth, she's actually acquired a shinai of the proper size, and she'll turn up at the gym with that and a bow, wearing some pretty standard exercise clothes (scarlet and black of course) and begin warming up if he's not in yet. She'll start off with rock-climbing, an activity she finds herself actually doing pretty well at, and then move on to perform some pretty impressive gymnastic feats. After that? Archery.

Catch her taking a breather at the juice bar, or maybe watch while she's working out? Whatever strikes your fancy]

Restaurant:

[With all that done, it's time to get dinner. And that means heading out to a restaurant and then to pick up some stuff for the rest of the week. The restaurant she's hitting up claims to serve traditional Japanese dishes, and it's worth a try, she figures...though when she gets the food she orders, Rei's lips quiver in absolute disgust. She doesn't yell, but she gets up and carries the plate over to the counter, dropping the tray down hard enough to clatter and catch staff attention]

This is not Hōtō-nabe. [Ugh.] This is not even remotely close. It's green. And it smells like garlic. And since when are edamame purple? I'd like a refund.

[Naturally, she is going to be that customer. Or that fellow patron. Or...whatever.]

Shopping

[And with that fiasco out of the way, she has to settle for less familiar food, in this case a fried fish sandwich. It is what it is, and she'll eat it, but it leaves her wanting. So it's off to the store, where she goes through a little of everything she'd consider “traditional”, gathering up a rather full basket. Sorry if you were looking for that super-secret sauce or those last pickled plums, she's already reaching for the last one...]

Wild Card:

[No prompts to your liking? Watch to catch Rei in between things? Do it!]

Comments

[faithfulflame]

Then, if you're willing to open up for a stranger, please lead the way?

[If not, well, then she'll just go to McCeres or something.]

[swordboning]

We better start walking.

[He has no issues abandoning his order. It's not like they know who he is or anything. But yep, time to leave here.]

[faithfulflame]

Very well.

[And she has zero issues abandoning her own. It’s a bit strange, but he did offer?]

[swordboning]

[It's only a couple minutes away. Keeping things close by his own place of living, even if the stall is mobile.]

You must have been fairly desperate to think the food of any random person would be better.

[faithfulflame]

I've been here for about two weeks and I have noticed that everything CERES does is just off. But other people? Do things normally.

And did you not see the edamame I ordered? It was purple.

[swordboning]

You hope they do things normally.

[Shrugging.]

Besides, purple is the color of piety and royalty. It could have been a message.

[faithfulflame]

Well if you intend to sell a purple aberration tell me now so I can find something less weird to eat.

[She shrugs back.]

[swordboning]

And if it were some kind of fresh baked cake with purple icing?

[faithfulflame]

I'd question your choice of making it purple. But I'd at least try it.

[swordboning]

I just do what is requested of me.

[Oh look here we are.

Which is obvious when Archer reaches out to put on an apron. Truly a sight, the tall man clad in armor wearing an apron.]

So what do you want?

[faithfulflame]

[She taps her chin thoughtfully...before answering with something simple.]

Vegetable tempura? Would that be alright?

[swordboning]

It's fine.

[If fairly simple. But before veggies come out, he's got to get some rice cooking and make the tempura batter. Which he's doing from scratch.]

What vegetables would you prefer? I'd rather not give you something you'd dislike.

[faithfulflame]

Mmm, anything is fine. Preferably avoiding squash, but I'll eat that too.

[She's impressed. Extremely so.]

I do appreciate the kindness, too. This kind of service is rare enough even in Japan.

[A pause.]

And forgive me, my name is Rei. I should have introduced myself sooner.

[swordboning]

I'd be a poor cook if I didn't at least do this much.

[He's a stubborn jerk but that also means he only accepts the best from himself. Either way, an array of veggies is coming out too, minus squash.]

Archer. That's what I'd prefer people call me.

[faithfulflame]

Archer-san.

[It sounds odd, but then she's met an actual *sword* today, and a woman named Saber, so.]

Have you been here long? In...this place?

[swordboning]

Three or four months, perhaps? I honestly haven't been counting since it's a waste of time.

[Okay, rice in the rice cooker, tempura batter being stirred. It's gonna happen.]

And just call me Archer. I'm not someone who needs any kind of respect.

[Some people always start at rock bottom.]

[faithfulflame]

[Rei's nose twitches as she smells the food beginning to cook. Oh, excellent.]

San is...just a marker of being a person I don't know well. But if that's your wish...very well.

[He seems...no nonsense...]

Are you actually an archer, too?

[swordboning]

I can use bows but I prefer swords much more.

[He totally should have been Saber but hey.]

But despite the titles, I'm far more of a blacksmith in the end. Along with doing this, I make weapons for others on request.

[Busy, busy, busy.]

[faithfulflame]

Smithing is a pretty rare art.

[Said with all seriousness.]

Sadly, I know little about it myself. But I am an archer myself.

[swordboning]

That much I do know. I only know of one other person here that does it but his work is barely competent.

[No guesses on who though.]

And that makes you the second archer I've met here. Three in total, including myself.

[faithfulflame]

Oh? And who's the other?

[That too, is...sort of rare.]

[swordboning]

Her name is Natalia. That should be enough to find her if you want to.

[Okay, let's get this stuffed dipped into the batter.]

[faithfulflame]

Fair enough.

[And oooh, that smells good!]

[swordboning]

Do you use your bow as a hobby or in a more serious way?

[AKA: The self defense way.]

[faithfulflame]

Both. I'm not a warrior or anything, but it's useful. And it's relaxing.

[That's about as open as she can get about the whole 'actually a martian princess sniper']