Mosaic City, located along China's coast, is quite large city sometimes called the Crossroads Between Nations due to its diverse population. While it was once a large tourist spot, the city was placed under a blockade as the military appeared claiming there was a radiation leak. The true hazard, however, is much more sinister.
Post by Maria Stark on Feb 25, 2014 8:18:10 GMT -5
The small little cafe was really nice. There weren't many people inside so she just followed Sakuya to a place she wanted to sit. Those groceries stuff must have been heavy. Maria felt slightly guilty about not asking to help her earlier. Sakuya whether she would go to order something or if Maria wanted to go order something already. hmm... "hmm... you go. surprise me!" Maria said and then she looked at the groceries. Don't you worry I won't let anyone else touch those groceries." She told the younger girl. She really wondered what the girl would order for her. She wasn't such a picky drinker or eater. She learned to as she had to give an example for the little kids.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Feb 25, 2014 8:26:26 GMT -5
Sakuya nodded, thanking Maria for her assurance that the stuff would, in fact, not get touched by any strangers. Well, there weren't many patrons here to begin with, so the point was never in doubt. Sakuya went off ahead to the counter, ordering the specialty pain au chocolat for Maria, accompanied with the house brew coffee. As for herself, she got a chocolate crepe and also got the house brew coffee. She had paid for both orders (today, she was particularly loaded). The coffee came after a few moments, but it took a bit longer for the pastries to arrive. When they were served in a tray, Sakuya took the tray back to their table.
"Alrighty, Maria, here's your coffee and... pain au chocolat." she placed the chocolatine on a plate in front of Maria with her coffee, and then got her own crepe and coffee. "So... What is it you do at the kindergarten? Teach?"
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Post by Maria Stark on Feb 25, 2014 9:21:21 GMT -5
Maria was wondering what Sakuya in god's name would have taken for her. She was so curious. After a short while Sakuya returned with coffee and some pain au chocolat. It all looked lovely and smelled nice. Actually not good for the body, but every now and then it would be alright, Yes? "Thank you very much Sakuya." Maria answered as the younger girl placed the coffee and pain au chocolat in front of her. Maria took a sip and ate a small piece of the pastry while listening to Sakuya. "yes, I teach the children. They really change quickly. It's wonderful how much they can grow in a single year." She told Sakuya. "And you, what do you then, if you're not going to school?" Maria asked after a short break out of curiosity.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Feb 25, 2014 9:31:19 GMT -5
Sakuya fidgeted. Yeah, she was a teacher alright. She didn't particularly look the part, but of course, Sakuya couldn't criticize that at all - she was a hired killer. People paid her to kill other people. Bad men. And of course, Maria made an inquiry regarding Sakuya's line of work. Of course. She couldn't just tell a teacher that she made a living killing people. That would just be sick and wrong. At least, it was a woman in front of her, after all. She couldn't care about typical manners and being reasonable when it came to men. Peh. "Oh... Um... What do I do indeed," Sakuya fidgeted. "Ah, I handle specific requests from various clients. To put it in a phrase, I'm a crimefighter. I know it sounds outlandish, and you're free not to believe me, but it's something I do." Sakuya had a soft smile, drinking from her coffee and taking a morsel from her crepe.
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Post by Maria Stark on Feb 25, 2014 10:41:35 GMT -5
A crimefighter? At the first moment she thought she was joking. But she seemed serious enough about it. She didn't really looked the part, but looks could be deceiving. As such could also be said about Maria. It helped that someone in this city tried to do something. "Well, someone has to solve all these crimes. I have seen way to much going wrong since this quarantine started" Maria said. Actually referring to an earlier mission in which she and another person got arrested for maintaining peace in a beach. It should be the punks who got arrested. But of course, she couldn't let a young girl let that know. Maria took another bit from her Pain and coffee. "So. as a crimefighter you must have some interesting stories then, care to tell some?" Maria asked the other girl, waiting while taking another sip of her coffee.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Feb 26, 2014 1:29:32 GMT -5
Oh, crap. Maria asked her about any interesting stories she came across. Unfortunately, most of her particularly interesting stories involved gruesome killings. She would have to fetch some of her more tame pieces of content, then. "Hmm... interesting stories, you say?" Sakuya fidgeted. "Well, here's one. You see, sometimes I am hired to deal with unsavory people. I don't mean the types who would usually just do something like shoplift. I mean, I deal with the underground type of men. They tend not to be as classy as the Mafia, but they can certainly be just as vicious if not more deadly. My particular mark this one night was one who got a sick pleasure out of kidnapping young children - both young boys and girls, but mostly girls - and create sick snuff videos out of them," Sakuya shivered. Though the story was tame, it brought back terrible memories. "So, I had to deal swift justice, somehow, I guess. They told me it was alright to have him in dead or alive. I was locating his whereabouts from the police files I had been given. Eventually, I managed to tail him. But, he thought he could get his hands on me."
I took a sip of my coffee.
"He was dead wrong. I had defended myself, and knocked him unconscious. By the time he came to, he was at the police station and I had taken him in alive. I don't know what happened to him now. But I say this story is interesting because it was one of the least dangerous missions I had come to accept."
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Post by Maria Stark on Feb 26, 2014 1:45:32 GMT -5
Maria listened carefully to Sakuya's interesting story. Maria utterly hated the person who target young children. Fight someone your own size. Especially if what Sakuya implied was what she thought about. She wasn't going to ask further about it as this topic seemed to make Sakuya nervous. Maria was however looking with unbelief in her eyes When Sakuya mentioned it was one of the least dangerous missions. 'no way' flew through Maria's mind. Maria kinda wanted the knew more about the more dangerous missions but as Sakuya seemed to get nervous Maria took another sip of her coffee and didn't ask. "Wow, Nice job. Anyone who targets children should be put behind bars." Maria stated to Sakuya. Some people were just that sick it seemed. "What do you do in you're free time then?" Maria asked to switch the topic. Hoping to go to a topic which would make Sakuya less nervous.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Feb 26, 2014 1:51:35 GMT -5
"What do I do in my free time? Hmm... I have quite a bit of that," Sakuya said, nodding. "I do enjoy walks out in the park, or maybe at the beach... I read non-fiction stuff a lot," she started going on a small tangent. "And I guess I used to play chess a lot, though I'm not very good at it. Just of average skill. I'm a girl who does as she pleases. I've got the means to stay afloat, so things are relatively smooth sailing for me... How about you, Maria? I'm sure you have some interesting hobbies? What do you do in your spare time?" Sakuya had flung the question back at her. She might be able to get something interesting out of her."
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Post by Maria Stark on Feb 26, 2014 3:54:08 GMT -5
Maria listened carefully to what Sakuya liked to do in her free time. Walking was nice, not the sport she would choose but still nice. She read non-fiction, Maria preferred fiction but that might be influence from the games and children. Chess? Maria had absolutely no idea how it worked. She wouldn't even know about that a pawn could move two squares at the start, or how a knight moved. But she would want to try it sometimes. If she ever thought of it to look up the rules or read the manual. Sakuya then asked about her hobbies. "Well I really like to play video game, and since father makes games I sometimes get to test them out a bit." Was Maria's answer. "I also like various sports, dancing my favorite till now." She added after a short break to drink a little bit of her coffee and eat a little more of her pain au chocolat.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Feb 26, 2014 4:15:48 GMT -5
Sakuya had forgotten to mention that she played video games as well. So, Maria's father was a developer. Interesting. "I see; your father develops video games. That's quite cool," she said, smiling, munching on her crepe. "You must be quite lucky to be able to test them in the alpha or beta stages," she continued, using the lingo she learned from the World Wide Web. "And you enjoy dancing? Hmm. Dancing is nice. I like slow dancing. Especially with a nice partner." Sakuya had to resist winking. She managed to, fortunately. That would look rather creepy if she managed it, and as much as possible, she didn't want Maria running away. She had a very pretty face, beautiful hair, and an innocent, nurturing personality. So perfect for Sakuya!
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Post by Maria Stark on Feb 26, 2014 5:47:33 GMT -5
Maria didn't actually took much praise for things her father did. It wasn't like she did anything other then looking for mistakes in it. "Yesterday he asked me to test a new game. It was a rpg with visual novel elements. The choices you made were important for later, while also needing to advance in dungeons." She said with enthusiasm. Sakuya told Maria she liked slow dancing with a nice partner. Maria liked slow dancing as well, but she wasn't picky about what to dance as long as the music was good. Good music was hard to find these days. "I know what you mean, I prefer slow dancing too." Maria said before drinking some more of her coffee. Sakuya would be such a nice dance partner, but Maria wasn't sure about her standpoint on such things and thus she didn't suggest it, for now.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Feb 26, 2014 6:05:33 GMT -5
Maria mentioned that she had to test a new game for her dad. It was purportedly a role-playing-game that had elements from a relatively popularizing (and enterprising) visual novel genre. Apparently, while the choices you made in the game were important for later presumably to advance relationships, they also seemed to be crucial for dungeon advancement. Was it a dungeon crawler? A strategy RPG? Minor questions, but ultimately unnecessary. She would keep an eye out for that if it ever got out in the market.
"I'm glad we see eye to eye on some things," Sakuya said with a smile, sipping some more of her coffee before finishing off her crepe. "I certainly wouldn't mind hanging out with you more often, madam Maria."
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Post by Maria Stark on Feb 26, 2014 7:27:07 GMT -5
Maria was glad that they had things in common. Then Sakuya said that they should do this again sometimes. hmm... was she leaving already? "Sure, I would like to very much." Maria said to Sakuya. That would be sad. Maria felt actually quiet good with Sayuka. "Do you want to do something else, or do you have to be somewhere?" Maria said while finishing her coffee. She said they should do something again, but why not just now? Maybe she didn't want to at the moment or maybe she needed to go somewhere. But one could always try. She wasn't sure where but she was thinking about something. She putted her hand on her chin to think a little.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Feb 26, 2014 7:34:36 GMT -5
Sakuya smiled. "Well, I don't need to be anywhere right now, I just wanted to let you know, that's all~" she said with the most innocent voice she could muster. "I wouldn't mind doing more things with you right now as well, Maria." she nodded as she began to finish her coffee. "I'm sure you must be getting a little restless in your seat... Though at some point I do need to drop off my groceries at some point... But again, if you have something in mind you'd like to do or you need to do, I would love to accompany you." Sakuya did really like this Maria. She was very cute and had the looks to match. Hopefully, things would not turn out badly.
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Post by Maria Stark on Feb 26, 2014 7:56:01 GMT -5
Maria was pleased to hear that Sakuya wasn't tired of her or that she had something else to do. "alright, let's get these groceries to your place then. We can decide afterwards what we still could do." Maria proposed to Sakuya. While listening to Sakuya's answer she quickly ate the pain au chocolat She got from Sakuya. She really liked sakuya, and she looked nice too. She really wondered what they could do next. She really wondered again what other cases would be Sakuya would go on for work, but she wouldn't ask as she was so nervous earlier when talking about that. She didn't want to see the cute Sakuya like that again, at least not without reason. "any suggestion to what you want to do is welcome though. She kindly informed Sakuya. Maria wasn't one to decide on such things so quickly.